Author: Reporter

Mobile phones hold so much of our digital lives. From emails, social media feeds, and bank accounts, photos, chat messages, and more. If they ever get stolen or go missing, it can cause major disruption beyond just the loss of a device. In some places, phone thefts have surged so much that it is now an everyday problem, with thieves on electric bikes snatching them out of pedestrians’ hands, swiping them off restaurant tables or pickpocketing them on the subway. In Britain, where 200 phones are stolen every day in “snatch thefts,” the government has pledged to crack down...

If you are tired of memorizing passwords for all of your online accounts over the years, then give passkeys a try. You might have noticed that many online services are now offering the option of using passkeys, a digital authentication method touted as an easier and more secure way to log in. The passkey push started gaining major momentum after Google started accepting them about 18 months ago. Passkeys are seen as eventual replacements for passwords, but if you are still not sure what they are all about here is what you need to know: WHAT ARE PASSKEYS? AND...

Gathering for the holidays means robust family conversations and seemingly never-ending courses of food. But for the more tech-savvy among us, the journey home could also mean we will be called on to provide a backlog of tech support to parents, grandparents, and other family members. And with generative AI being used to supercharge some major cyber scams this year, it’s also a good time to teach and not just fix. Here are some tips on how to manage your tech encounters this holiday season: SET DEVICES UP FOR AUTOMATIC UPDATES Whether it is Windows, macOS, iOS or Android,...

Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama’s Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States. They were living in the U.S. when the Biden administration announced Venezuelans would be offered Temporary Protected Status, which allows people already in the United States to stay and work legally if their homelands are deemed unsafe. People from 17 countries, including Haiti, Afghanistan, Sudan, and recently Lebanon, are currently receiving such relief. But President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, have promised mass deportations and suggested...

Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s revolution, Senator Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of communism. Now as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for America’s top diplomat, he is set to bring that same ideological ammunition to reshaping U.S. policy in Latin America. As the first Latino secretary of state, Rubio is expected to devote considerable attention to what has long been disparagingly referred to as Washington’s backyard. The top Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and a longtime member of the Foreign Relations Committee, he has leveraged his knowledge and unmatched personal...