Year: 2020

Hacking 101: How to keep your information safe

On average, every 39 seconds there is a hacker attempting to break into a computer with internet service.

On your phone, on your iPad, on your computer, the sharing possibilities seem almost endless!

But too much sharing can put you and your family at risk! It’s important to limit any identifying information you share, like where you live, your place of work, or your birthday.

But the over-sharing doesn’t end there. While shopping online is convenient, never allow a website to store your credit card information.

Even your fitness tracker can be a liability! One study showed if you wear it while entering your phone passcode or ATM pin, hackers can use that motion information to guess your code with more than 90% accuracy.

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Apple pulls out of SXSW 2020 over coronavirus concerns, cancels planned Apple TV+ premieres

The tech giant had been set to premiere three new Apple TV Plus originals at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, and also was scheduled to host a discussion of Apple’s “Little America” with docuseries creators Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon. Those have now been cancelled.

Apple joins others that have backed out of this year’s SXSW, including Amazon Studios, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Mashable and Intel.

Organizers of SXSW continue to say the annual music, technology and entertainment festival in Austin, Texas, is still on for March 13-22. On Wednesday, officials for the city of Austin said the festival will still go forward.

To read the rest of the article from Variety, click here.

Google has cancelled its May I/O Developer’s Conference over Coronavirus Concerns

On Tuesday, Google announced that it has cancelled its annual I/O Conference which was scheduled for May 12 to May 14 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak sweeping the United States.

This has become a normal occurrence as other tech companies have also cancelled major events and conferences to help protect their employees as well as the general public.

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