News

2021

September

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• How you pay the rent may help your mortgage application. Later this month, a group of renters in the United States will get a new break when they try to become homeowners: Their history of consistently paying their landlords will count toward qualifying for a

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• ‘El algoritmo me despidió’: un proyecto de ley de California apunta a cambiar la dura cultura laboral de Amazon. Los legisladores de California tienen a Amazon en la mira. Se espera que un proyecto de ley aprobado por la Asamblea llegue al Senado esta semana, o la próxima, para corregir las turbias

August

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• How to block Facebook from snooping on you. Facebook says it’s not literally activating the microphones on our smartphones, but it is tracking what we do in other apps, websites and even real-world stores. Here are seven steps to stop Facebook

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• Fraud alert: Malicious QR codes. Con artists have added QR codes to a variety of familiar scams. Based on reports to the BBB Scam Tracker, these hoaxes include advance fee loan, employment, and utility scams. Here’s how to

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• Privacy of streaming apps and devices: Watching TV that watches us. We reviewed the privacy protections in the top 10 streaming apps, as well as the top five streaming devices, that include programming directed at kids and families and found that most apps and devices are using

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• Seeking early signals of dementia in driving and credit scores. Learning your odds of eventually developing dementia — a pressing concern for many, especially those with a family history of it — requires medical testing and counseling. But what if everyday behavior, like overlooking a

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• T-Mobile hack exposed personal data of 40 million people. A cyberattack on T-Mobile exposed the information of more than 40 million people, with stolen files including names, birthdays and social security numbers.  The company said the stolen files included information from approximately 7.8 million current

• Adolescentes conocedores de la tecnología son las nuevas víctimas de estas 5 estafas virtuales. Los adolescentes conocedores de la tecnología están cayendo en estafas en línea a una tasa más alta que las personas mayores.

• EEUU: reguladores presentan nueva demanda contra Facebook. Reguladores federales en Estados Unidos arreciaron sus ataques antimonopolios contra Facebook el jueves, presentando una versión enmendada de su querella en la que dicen que el gigante de las redes sociales ha abusado

• US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities. The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes.

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• QR codes are here to stay. So is the tracking they allow.. QR codes — essentially a kind of bar code that allows transactions to be touchless — have emerged as a permanent tech fixture from the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants have adopted them en masse, retailers including

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• Zoom pagará $85 millones de dólares a usuarios. Si usaste o descargaste la app de Zoom para uso personal entre el 30 de marzo de 2016 y el 30 de julio de 2021, tienes una gran probabilidad de ser elegible para recibir un reembolso.

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• Mitos y verdades sobre el tiempo en pantalla de los niños. Las reglas absolutas sobre los niños y la tecnología no ayudan, dice una experta en desarrollo infantil.

July

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• Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers. As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on

• Consumer advocate and data network call for transparency and control in data sharing. By Linda Sherry and John Pitts Linda Sherry is director of national priorities for Consumer Action, a national consumer education and advocacy nonprofit organization celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. John Pitts is head of

• La mejor manera de proteger su celular de hackeos. Como miembro de la comisión de Asuntos de Inteligencia del Senado de Estados Unidos, Angus King tiene razones para temer que su teléfono celular será hackeado. Durante un taller reciente

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• Tu celular te espía, ¿seguirás permitiéndolo?. La “privacidad de datos” es uno de esos términos que parecen desprovistos de toda emoción. Es como un refresco sin gas. Al menos hasta que los fracasos de Estados

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• A priest’s phone location data outed his private life. It could happen to you. Right now, your smartphone is likely filled with apps that are collecting details about you, including your age, gender, political leanings, GPS data or browsing habits. “Consumers don’t really have the tools

• Caso de cura exhibido en EEUU muestra el peligro del rastreo. Cuando el medio católico The Pillar usó datos de una app para deducir la orientación sexual de un alto funcionario de la Iglesia, expuso un problema que va má

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• iPhone security no match for NSO spyware. Pegasus,the NSO’s signature surveillance tool, can collect emails, call records, social media posts, user passwords, contact lists, pictures, videos, sound recordings and browsing histories, according to security researchers and NSO marketing