It’s almost like they want you to be sick… I went for a relatively routine cardiovascular screening the other day, and I’ve never hated social media more. Before I even walked into the exam room, I was pounded by ads telling me the test I was taking wasn’t good enough [Keep reading]
“Lost pet. Help find Fido!” I’m sure you’ve seen signs like that taped on telephone polls, plastered all over bulletin boards at coffee shops, maybe even popped into your mailbox. There’s just something about lost pet signs that always make my heart sink. I immediately picture a family, worried sick, [Keep reading]
The AI Pope? The Pope for AI times, anyway. Just over a century ago, Pope Leo XIII stood for workers and humanity over the creeping inhumanity of the Industrial Revolution. It seems Leo the XIV is spoiling for the same kind of fight, and boy do we need that. It’s [Keep reading]
Reading about scams isn’t necessarily fun, and I’m sure I don’t have to tell you writing about them isn’t exactly a barrel of laughs. I’ve done a few pretty heavy stories lately, so I’m delighted to share something much lighter — dare I say, cathartic — with you this week. [Keep reading]
Jordan: Please, bro….It’s over. You win, bro. Dani: Okay. Goodbye. Jordan: I am KMS RN….which stands for, I’m killing myself right now….because of you. Dani: Good. Do that fast or I will make you do it. I swear to God. And that message … was the last one that he sent to [Keep reading]
How relentless and cruel are online criminals? I recently heard a story about an elderly victim whose family took his phone and Internet access away so he could not longer talk to the criminals who were stealing his money. So they hired a taxi driver who traveled an hour to [Keep reading]
I spent last week interviewing the parents of a teenager who committed suicide after a terrible encounter with sextortion. The entire episode began and ended in a single, horrible night on Instagram. I’ll tell their full story another day, but the interviews are haunting me. Can’t something be done? Companies [Keep reading]
One of the worst parts of my job is hearing from people trying to help someone they know break free from an ongoing scam. They’ve tried everything to persuade these friends or family members to break off contact with online criminals — romance scammers, crypto scammers, timeshare scammers, it doesn’t [Keep reading]
I have long said that poor customer service is a massive cybersecurity and financial vulnerability. I realize that line doesn’t always click with people right away, so I’m devoted to sharing examples with you (like this dramatic story). Hewlett-Packard just offered up a slam dunk. The company recently deployed a [Keep reading]
You can invest in anything, so of course, you can invest in whisky. I was surprised to learn recently how “easy” that is, however. And, like all things that seem easy, there’s a catch. As with all non-traditional investments, there is little regulation. And when there’s little regulation, there are [Keep reading]
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