Star Wars Droid, senior scams, snake bites, screwworms, Android redesign, tariffs, foldable iPhone, Rivian R1S Gen 2 and two-headed snake. I’ve heard more about security related topics in the past couple of weeks than I have in a long time. Part of that was because of World Password Day, but a lot has come from issues with Web sites, social media and warnings about potential scams. In many instances, I have strong security protections in place. Yet sometimes that security is so tight that it can cause other things to not work. Sadly it is a constant battle that likely won’t go away anytime soon. Check out all of this week’s news in the many stories below.
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- Microsoft Raises Prices on Xbox Hardware and Games: Act Fast to Avoid Paying Extra
- Worried About VRAM? Nvidia’s New Pro Graphics Card Has 96GB of GDDR7
- This new Asus smartwatch is the first to measure both blood pressure and ECG
- This Star Wars Droid Follows You Around to Carry Your Bag for $2,875
- Asus Vivobook Go 15 Review: This Bargain Laptop Is No Big Deal
- AMD May Sell an 8GB Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU After All
- World Password Day: Why Haven’t We Ditched This Crackable Tech?
- 4 Million SSNs May Have Been Leaked in Employee Benefits Company Breach. Are You One of Them?
- Why MFA is getting easier to bypass and what to do about it
- Don’t watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
- RIP Passwords: Microsoft Moves to Passkeys as the Default on New Accounts
- Don’t Feel Bad, There’s a Scientific Reason You Don’t Protect Your Data
- Why Is It So Hard to Protect Seniors From Scams?
- Apple Warns iPhone Users About Mercenary Spyware Attacks: What to Do If You’re Notified
- How to Spot and Avoid Phishing Scams: 5 Tips From Our Security Expert
- Cybersecurity Firm Hacks Ransomware Group, Alerts Potential Victims
- How to Avoid Cryptocurrency Scams
- Hundreds of e-commerce sites hacked in supply-chain attack
- Man pleads guilty to using malicious AI software to hack Disney employee
- Hacking Group That Wreaked Havoc on Las Vegas Appears to Be Back
- Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users
- RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
- After 856 ‘Snake Bites’, Man’s Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom
- Is This a Heart Attack? Warning Signs and 5 Life-Saving Tips
- Screwworms are coming—and they’re just as horrifying as they sound
- Amateur Athletes Are Turning to Ozempic to Raise Their Game
- 5 Powerful AI Tools You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
- The best AI for coding in 2025 (including two new top picks – and what not to use)
- How I used ChatGPT to analyze my massive Kindle library – and the mysteries it revealed
- Google CEO: Gemini Could Be Integrated Into Apple Intelligence This Year
- Windows 11 Update Lets You Access Your Phone Directly From the Start Menu
- This Windows 11-like Linux distribution is aimed squarely at developers
- Google Spilled the Beans on its Fresh, New Look for Android — and Then Deleted the Evidence
- Oops: Google Accidentally Posts Details About Android Interface Redesign
- Google accidentally reveals Android’s Material 3 Expressive interface ahead of I/O
- Microsoft Tests Using Copilot AI to Adjust Windows 11 Settings for You
- Turn Off Mail Categories and Change These Other 9 Key Settings in iOS 18.4
- Google is finally building its own DeX: First look at Android’s Desktop Mode
- This Campaign Wants You to Upgrade Your ‘End-of-Life’ Windows 10 PC to Linux
- Windows 11 24H2 may now automatically install itself, whether you want it or not
- Did you know that Windows 11 has a secret restart method? Here’s how to access it
- 6 rumored Android 16 features I can’t wait to try
- What Is an AI PC? How AI Will Reshape Your Next Computer
- Tariffs will take a $900 million bite out of Apple next quarter, says Tim Cook
- How I make my own NFC tags to share my Wi-Fi password with guests – it’s easy!
- I Panic-Bought a New PC: How Tariff Fears Led Me to Upgrade Now
- Tariff Tracker: So Far PC Build Prices Hold Steady, Except This One Crucial Component
- Amazon CEO: This Is Why You’re Not Seeing Higher Prices From Tariffs (Yet)
- MSI’s Yellow RTX 5090 Power Connector Is No Defense Against Burning GPU Cables
- We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites
- Microsoft raises prices on Xbox hardware, says “some” holiday games will be $80
- Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts
- I Tried Working With a 100-Inch Display on My Nose. Here’s How It Went
- Here’s How You Can Self-Install Your Internet Like a Pro
- In Its 2025 Surfaces, Microsoft Is Still Sweet on Snapdragon X. But Why?
- Starlink Rival AST SpaceMobile Wants to Launch 243 Giant Satellites by 2028
- Tariff Tracker: GPU Prices Are Bad, and They’re About to Get Worse
- ‘I paid for the whole GPU, I am going to use the whole GPU’: A high-level guide to GPU utilization
- T-Mobile’s free Starlink beta adds enticing perks – for new and existing users
- Report: Apple Eyes iPhone Release Schedule Shake-Up, Book-Style Foldable
- iPhone 16 Pro Long-Term: One Feature Stands Above All Others
- Rivian R1S Gen 2 review: The rugged foundation of Rivian’s electric empire
- Eyeing a 2026 Ioniq 9 SUV? Hyundai Reveals Range, How Much It’ll Cost You
- Cirrus G7 Plus Test Flight: I Landed a Plane With One Finger
- The company with the world’s largest aircraft now has a hypersonic rocket plane
- Is it weird that I don’t hate the new ‘Chinese Cybertruck’ design?
Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.
- Do Animals Have Regional Accents?
- Does a Magician Really Never Reveal Their Tricks?
- Why Is It Called a “Duffel Bag”?
- Why Is Having a Good Time Called “Painting the Town Red”?
- In Ancient Bulgaria, the Tombs of the Elite Were Filled With Golden Treasures
- This Eye-Popping Two-Headed Snake Is Beating the Odds to Stay Alive
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