Category: Technology
Major US grocery chains hit by cybersecurity incident
You pull out your phone to check your grocery store’s digital coupons or place an order for dinner. Suddenly, the app won’t open. The website is unavailable, and the groceries you were counting on for tonight may never arrive. For anyone who depends on online grocery shopping, that’s a frustrating problem. That’s the situation shoppers
Fox News AI Newsletter: AI engineer accused of bugging conference room
IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Ex-OpenAI engineer charged with planting recording device had one-way flight booked to Saudi Arabia, DOJ says – Anthropic warns self-replicating AI could spread across household devices within months – One state is ground zero as Trump’s multibillion-dollar tech ambitions face a midterm test INSIDE JOB: The former OpenAI engineer charged with
Amazon About You may know you a little too well
Amazon knows what you buy, what you search for and even what you tell its shopping assistant. Now, the company is giving you a look at the personality profile it has built from all that information. When I checked my own Amazon About You profile, I found 81 results, including a reference to my mother
Was your identity stolen? What to do in the first 24 hours
Discovering that your identity has been stolen can leave you feeling angry, frightened and unsure where to begin. Maybe someone drained your bank account, opened a credit card in your name or filed a fraudulent tax return using your Social Security number. Whatever happened, your next steps can help limit the damage. The first 24
Apple wants to move into your home. Should you let it?
Your kitchen counter probably has enough gadgets already. Apple would like to put one more there, and this one recognizes your face. At its “Welcome Home” event on Oct. 13, Apple introduced a $299 smart display called HomeView that promises to make running your home as easy as having a conversation. And Apple has bigger
Man posing as NFL player accused of conning women out of $1.3M
A man claiming to play for the San Francisco 49ers matches with you on a dating app. His Instagram has 85,000 followers and a blue checkmark. There are videos showing what appears to be his football lifestyle. He drives luxury cars and seems to have plenty of money. So, would you believe him? Domonique DuBose
Your phone may reveal doctor, church and pharmacy visits
Nobody needs to follow you to know where you went this week. The phone in your pocket can already keep a record of your movements. And parts of that information can end up in the hands of other companies. Your pharmacy. Your cardiologist. The church you attend on Sunday morning. The support group you’d rather
French supermarkets face millions in losses after cyberattack hits refrigerators nationwide
A cyberattack in France forced multiple grocery stores to discard large amounts of temperature-sensitive product after hackers turned the heat up on food refrigerators in hundreds of stores across at least five chain brands. The hack, according to Reuters and European officials, affected chains such as Carrefour, Monoprix, Les Mousquetaires, E. Leclerc and Coopérative U.
Stop losing photo quality when you share pictures
You take a great photo, send it to someone and then hear the question nobody wants to hear: “Why does this look blurry?” That can happen because some sharing methods resize or compress photos before they reach the other person. The image may still look fine on a phone screen, but zoom in or try
Fake Facebook Marketplace listing uses your name
You get a text message from a number you don’t recognize asking a pretty normal question: “Is this still available for purchase?” Attached to the text is an image that appears to show a Facebook Marketplace listing. Maybe you’re confused because you don’t remember selling anything. Then you look at the seller’s name. It’s yours.