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Memorable Tech Stories 2024 Featured

The Most Memorable News Stories of 2024

Let’s revisit the most memorable tech news stories of 2024 and examine how they have already changed tech and all of our lives.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 31, 2024

Dollar with US Treasury.

U.S. Treasury Department Hacked By China

The U.S. Treasury Department was recently hacked. Find out why, what may have been accessed, and who is behind it.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 31, 2024

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Google Chrome 2FA Compromised In Cyberattack

Think Google Chrome 2FA is completely secure? Find out how hackers bypassed it during a holiday cyberattack.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 30, 2024

Group of people texting.

New Google Messages Features Starting to Roll Out

Ready for new Google Messages features? See what’s rolling out and how they’ll change the way you message friends and family.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 27, 2024

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That Honey Deal You Found May Not Be as Good as You Think

A YouTuber claims that Honey is a scam, is responsible for stealing from influencers, and that it promotes its own coupons over better deals.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 24, 2024

Open PC with various components.

PC Upgrades Could Cost More Next Year

Thinking of upgrading your PC next year? Find out why PC upgrades could cost you much more in 2025, thanks to potential tariffs.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 23, 2024

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Supreme Court Gives TikTok One Last Chance to Stop Ban

Could the Supreme Court be the last hope for TikTok? Find out whether the impending TikTok ban can be stopped before it’s too late.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 20, 2024

TP-Link router next to PC.

Is a TP-Link Router Ban on the Horizon?

Do you own a TP-Link router? Learn why there could soon be a TP-Link router ban, how it could affect you, and when it could happen.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 19, 2024

YouTube on a chalkboard.

YouTube Still Battling NSFW Ads

Seeing explicit ads on YouTube? You’re not alone. See how the YouTube NSFW ads are still plaguing the platform a year after they started.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 18, 2024

Starlink satellite train.

IRIS² Gives Starlink Competition in Europe

Ready to see Musk’s Starlink get some competition? Find out how the new IRIS2 satellite constellation could change everything.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 17, 2024

YouTube logo with red and black background.

Can You Bypass YouTube TV’s Price Hike Temporarily?

Hate the new YouTube TV price hike? Find out whether you’re eligible to get a temporary halt on the increase for six months.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 16, 2024

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Android XR Blends VR and AI for One Incredible Experience

Is Google ready to step into the VR world again? See how the tech giant is blending VR, AR, and AI with Android XR.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 13, 2024

Phone with Find My Device alerts turned on sitting on a laptop.

Google Helps Android Users Find Hidden Trackers

Worried about someone using Bluetooth trackers to track you without your consent? See how Google is helping spot hidden trackers.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 12, 2024

Phone with OpenAI laying on a laptop.

OpenAI Releases and Halts AI Video Tool Sora On Same Day

Want to create AI video clips? So do others, as OpenAI’s latest AI video tool, Sora, was released, then quickly halted, due to heavy traffic.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 11, 2024

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Appeals Court Puts Another Nail in TikTok’s Coffin

A U.S. federal appeals court has furthered a potential sale or ban on TikTok, but there is a glimmer of hope that it can remain as is.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 10, 2024

Anker Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker Featured

Have an Anker Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker? Stop Using It

he Anker Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker has been recalled, as they can overheat, then start on fire or cause a further burn hazard.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 6, 2024

Amazon Lawsuit Delayed Deliveries Featured

’Where’s My Amazon?’ Retailer Slowed Deliveries for Low-Income Users

Amazon is the subject of a lawsuit that says the retailer made deliveries slower in two low-income zip codes and still accepted the Prime fee.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 5, 2024

Encrypted Apps Text Messages Featured

Only Use Encrypted Apps to Communicate, Says FBI

The FBI and CISA are saying it’s not safe to use native apps to send text messages and that we should only use encrypted apps.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 4, 2024

Apple Watch Saved Life Featured

Apple Watch Saved Pregnant Cardiologist’s Life – and Mine

A cardiologist’s life was saved when she had an emergency C-section after her Apple Watch recommended that she seek medical help.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 3, 2024

Black Friday Online Spending Featured

Did You Take Part in the $107.3B Spent Online on Black Friday?

Did you take part in Black Friday shopping this year? $107.3 billion was spent online shipping so far during this Black Friday.

By Laura Tucker – Dec 2, 2024

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A Greenland shark caught in 2016 was carbon-dated to roughly 400 years old, meaning it was already swimming the Arctic when Shakespeare was writing Hamlet — and biologists still can't explain how its cells resist ageing

In 2026, scientists assembled the Greenland shark’s 5.9-billion-letter genome and examined retinas from animals more than a century old, finding intact vision, expanded DNA-repair pathways and unusual chromatin machinery inside a vertebrate believed capable of surviving for nearly four centuries

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At 3 gigahertz, a processor has only a third of a nanosecond between clock ticks, enough time for light to travel about 10 centimetres in vacuum before real interconnects, logic gates and capacitance shrink the distance a signal can cross on the chip

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When Adobe announced Flash’s end-of-life in July 2017, it closed a technology that had once run on 99 per cent of desktops — and took with it an estimated four million animations, games and interactive works now preserved only by an amateur archive called Flashpoint

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When Japan’s trade ministry put the PlayStation 2 under export control in April 2000, its 6.2-gigaflop hardware was considered adaptable for missile guidance, briefly forcing anyone exporting more than one console to seek government approval

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How did a failed CD deal between Sony and Nintendo in 1991 accidentally create the console that would sell 155 million units and reshape gaming?

How did a failed CD deal between Sony and Nintendo in 1991 accidentally create the console that would sell over 100 million units and reshape gaming?

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Every QR code hides three larger squares in its corners — they let a scanner find the code at any angle, and the pattern also carries enough redundancy to still read after roughly 30 per cent of the code is damaged or covered

Standard QR codes hide three larger squares in their corners so scanners can orient them from any angle, while their strongest Reed-Solomon setting can restore roughly 30 per cent of damaged codewords, though not necessarily 30 per cent of the visible square

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