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There are lots of ways you can save your passwords, so you can pick whichever method you’re in the mood for.

Each day, people adopt technologies and accept policies that ask them to trade privacy for greater convenience or perceived security: from smart home devices, to facial recognition scans at the airport, to endorsing legislation such as the Patriot Act. For many people, this discussion ends with “Well, I have nothing to hide.” That is, nothing […]

It’s pretty remarkable that DNA tests are a normal part of life in the 21st century. For a reasonable fee you can learn all about your ancestry and genetic traits. Of course, mailing saliva to a tech startup so they can analyze your DNA also sounds like a dystopian sci-fi movie. How safe is it […]

There is a finite amount of space between your ears, and while it seems as though you can always store more memories in there, well…science still doesn’t really know how memory works. What we do know, however, is that remembering things is no trivial matter, especially today when it seems we are busier than ever. […]

Disorganization runs in my family. My dad once lost his car keys by mysteriously leaving them in the fridge, and I misplaced 12 (!) student IDs over four years at college.  For someone like me, using Facebook to log in to apps and websites has been a no-brainer for the past few years. I can […]

The Web is a jungle! Web technologies give developers the freedom to program websites and web applications in thousands of different ways. Standards from the W3C are very permissive, and mainstream programming languages for the web (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) let developers get away with pretty much any type of coding mistake, as long as the […]

There’s nothing like that feeling of relief once you’ve finished filing your taxes, and e-filing services like TurboTax and H&R Block definitely ease the pain of getting to the finish line.  During tax season however, the IRS warns consumers to avoid common tax scams—from unscrupulous return preparers to phishing emails and websites. So when submitting […]

Creating unique passwords guarantees that when an account is breached, no other accounts are affected. The human brain, however, was not built to remember hundreds of passwords.

Smartphones are perfect distraction machines. They bombard us with messages and news updates whether we’re interested or not, and constant connectivity can feel like a double-edged sword. But you don’t need to chuck your phone in a river to get a little peace of mind. Here’s how to simplify your iPhone and rein in unwanted […]

Decision-makers need to be up-to-date on the latest cybersecurity risks. Trade shows are an important part of almost every industry. These events provide crucial networking support for smaller businesses while exposing exhibitors to potential customers. Most executives and small-to-midsize business (SMB) leaders attend their industry’s conferences and trade shows to identify the most pressing developments […]

It may be hard for you to remember life before Gmail (it was born in 2004, if you’re wondering), but Google’s client has changed the way we email many times over. By making email vastly more searchable it has saved us time, and by popularizing the conversation view it saved our sanity. But there have […]

A recent New York Times investigation revealed the extent to which even children’s locations are tracked by the devices they carry and apps they download. While location tracking is hard to avoid completely, there are definitive steps you can take to keep your kids’ data as private as possible. Here we’ll outline how to find […]