Technology

ABOVE PHOTO: Washington Metropolitan Police Department chief Robert Contee speaks during a news conference in Washington. Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and meddling in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias. All the while,…

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By Stephanie Humphrey This past school year wasn’t pretty, but your favorite student made it — congratulations to them! Through all the online classes and missed milestones, they hung in there and will now be participating in some sort of ceremony where they will finally get to walk – or virtually Zoom – across a…

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By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — for now. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot….

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By Stephanie Humphrey While I absolutely hate the fact that an article like this is necessary, here we are. It would be naïve of any Black person in America to think they were immune from the rampant brutality we have seen from police departments across the country, and it would be irresponsible of me not…

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SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users. The new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” rolled out Monday as part of an update to the operating system powering the iPhone…

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By Micheal Liedtke and Tom Krisher ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN RAMON, Calif. — As the U.S. economy rebounds from its pandemic slump, a vital cog is in short supply: the computer chips that power a wide range of products that connect, transport and entertain us in a world increasingly dependent on technology. The shortage has already…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers. The information appears to be several years old, but it is another example of the vast amount of information collected by Facebook and other social media sites, and the limits to how secure that…

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By Stephanie Humphrey Tax season is quickly coming to a close, and if you’re like me and haven’t finished your taxes yet, these tech tips won’t stop you from procrastinating, but hopefully will help you get them done safely and more easily. The first tech tip I would highly recommend is to use the resources…

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By Stephanie Humphrey The events happening in Texas over the past week or so have weighed heavily on my heart. Scrolling through photos on social media of homes completely encased in ice were so devastating they almost didn’t even look real. And as I’ve thought about everything that has been lost – including far too…

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By Stephanie Humphrey Over the holiday, I was blessed to be able to redecorate my home office/studio. I did some painting, bought new bookcases and a new desk, and completely tore my room apart and put it back together with all the reorganizing that needed to be done. During that process, I unearthed quite a…

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