You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who disagrees that America’s schools are in need of serious reform. And it’s an obvious leap to think technology is the fast lane to improvement. “Ed-tech” is where some of America’s thorniest issues collide, however. Big Brother. Marketing to kids. Privacy. Boondoggles. Attention deficit [Keep reading]
While Comcast is pushing new modem/router gadgets at subscribers around the country, some consumers are complaining that they are being tricked into ordering new modem/routers that come with a monthly fee. Also, in many cases, customers who simply click on a link in an email to learn more information about [Keep reading]
Some Pinterest users around the web are complaining that the massive sharing site is malfunctioning, leading to a lot of anxiety among pinners. “Wow! A disaster on #Pinterest. It’s having a nervous breakdown,” wrote one. “No ones pins are in the right place. All the boards are totally mixed up. A [Keep reading]
I spent the last couple of weeks looking at work-at-home jobs and the various gotcha and booby-traps they come with for Credit.com. As usual, many of these things work because they contain a grain of truth and perhaps even stay on the right side of the law. But the real [Keep reading]
A recent study published in a serious academic journal found a connection between credit scores and heart disease. A note tucked inside the paper mentions research that could by vital to parents. Scientists at Duke University examined 1,000 New Zealand residents for signs that credit behavior and health were linked, [Keep reading]
You’ve probably heard about online scams involving high-priced items allegedly for sale on web sites. Consumer sends money, item never arrives, victim loses thousands of dollars. But no one really falls for that, right? Wrong. In fact, $20 million wrong. Scams like that are so successful, and so pervasive, [Keep reading]
People are freaked out about drones being used by Peeping Toms, when the real privacy risk could be much more “innocent.” And embarassing. An Australian woman was recently photographed by a drone subbathing nude in her private backyard. Bad enough. But the photo was taken by a real estate agency [Keep reading]
Malicious software that researchers think has been used by hackers to attack critical infrastructure systems, such as trains and power plants in Ukraine and Poland, has been found in similar American systems, the U.S. government says. And while there is no sign hackers have used the software — called BlackEnergy [Keep reading]
You couldn’t get nine out of 10 Americans to agree that the sky is blue. So it’s remarkable that nine out of 10 say they have lost control over how their personal information is collected and used by corporations, a new survey released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center has found. [Keep reading]
Watch your inbox for emails from Home Depot. And treat them as potentially radioactive. Home Depot on Thursday disclosed that the massive hack it attack it discovered earlier this year is even bigger than previously thought. Computer criminals who stole 50-million-plus credit card account numbers also managed to take 53 [Keep reading]
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