By Melissa Rivera Yesterday, I was teaching my daughter how to enter family history information into a popular program. She painstakingly entered my husband’s name, birthdate and birthplace into the requested forms, then, proudly, we hit save. Way to go. … Read More
On May 23, 1967, a powerful solar flare could have caused World War III. At the time, the U.S. Air Force considered jamming communication equipment to be an act of war. That day, radar equipment at three early warning stations … Read More
What would happen if local police couldn’t get information needed to respond to your call? Or if you needed to refill a prescription, but the pharmacy couldn’t access your information? What if you needed cash but ATMs weren’t working? What … Read More
On the morning of April 21, 2017, a fire in one electric company substation left almost 90,000 people – 10 percent of San Francisco – in the dark. Schools and businesses closed. Rush-hour traffic was thrown into chaos as traffic … Read More
While North Korea has been shooting ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan (they’re really making a splash!), the United States has been spying on her citizens. At least, the CIA has “sophisticated software tools…to break into smart phones, computers … Read More
Scientists are plotting the end of the world. Not only that, but they’re also finding solutions to those scenarios, according to Bloomberg. With fears of a future overrun by rogue artificial intelligence, the time has come to figure out the … Read More
I recently got a new computer. I stored the contents of my old computer – years’ worth of work – on a flash drive. That flash drive also contained a backup copy of my new computer’s hard drive and two … Read More
It’s Cyber Monday. Your e-mail inbox is probably flooded with announcements of one-day deals. (Especially if you haven’t checked it since before Thanksgiving; you may also have gotten announcements about Black Friday sales, Thanksgiving sales, weekend sales, Early Bird sales, … Read More
On Wednesday, September 21, a huge fire at a southern Puerto Rico power plant caused a blackout in 1.5 million homes and businesses. “The entire island is without power,” Angel Crespo, director of Puerto Rico’s fire department, told the Associated … Read More
It’s time to change your email password. On May 4, 2016, a hacker stole hundreds of millions of email account passwords and information and – get this – sold the batch for $1. Calling himself “The Collector,” he is behind … Read More