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One Tech Tip: Don't give your email to strangers, use a decoy address instead

You've heard of burner phones. What about burner email?... Read more

What makes a good search engine? These four models can help you use search in the age of AI

Every day, users ask search engines millions of questions. The information we receive can shape our opinions and behavior.... Read more

Does 'vibe coding' make everyone a programmer?

Can a complete tech novice create a website using everyday language on ChatGPT?... Read more

Tech firms fight to stem deepfake deluge

Tech firms are fighting the scourge of deepfakes, those deceptively realistic voices or videos used by scammers that are more... Read more

Web search formulas offer a first step for protecting critical infrastructure

The technology behind web search engines is useful for more than tracking down your long-lost buddy or discovering a delicious... Read more

Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives—it's time to stop using them

The use of information technology (IT) has significant environmental and social impacts, including human mortality from climate change. One striking... Read more

Cybersecurity officials warn against potentially costly Medusa ransomware attacks

The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme.... Read more

One Tech Tip: Wasting too much time on social media apps? Tips and tricks to curb smartphone use

If you've got a smartphone, you probably spend too much time on it—checking Instagram, watching silly TikTok videos, messaging on... Read more

Meta tests 'Community Notes' to replace fact-checkers

Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms in... Read more

The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech, if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

You've probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X,... Read more

Countering a flaw in anti-censorship tools to improve global internet freedom

A newly identified time-based vulnerability exposes a widely used technique to evade internet censorship, University of Michigan researchers have found.... Read more

Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down

Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the... Read more

Can AI tell us if those Zoom calls are flowing smoothly? New study says yes

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers have spent countless hours in videoconferences—now a fixture of office life. As... Read more

Russian disinformation 'infects' AI chatbots, researchers warn

A sprawling Russian disinformation network is manipulating Western AI chatbots to spew pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers say, at a time when... Read more

Albania to shut down TikTok in coming days

Albanian authorities said Thursday they were moving to shut down TikTok in the coming days, following through on a ban... Read more