Every day, thousands of busy travelers, commuters and just people out running errands use public charging stations to power up their phones, laptops and more. These kiosks seem convenient—and they are! But many are a front for a sinister scheme to steal your data and leave malware on your devices. …

Are you a Macbook user who has never backed up your data? If so, you aren’t alone! The reliability and (perceived) impenetrability of Macs make many users foolishly neglect to perform a Macbook backup. Macbooks, despite what you’ve probably heard, aren’t invincible. Just like other devices, they’re vulnerable to theft,…

When important milestones happen in our lives, our first instinct is to record the moment with a photo. Those images of cherished family and friends—whether holidays, graduations, new babies or just the greatest house party ever—are what takes us back to the moment and lets us relive the best times…

Have you ever backed up your iPhone to a computer? Few people do even though everyone should. For most of us, our entire lives hinge on carrying a small pocket computer around with us everywhere we go. Need to pay for something? Grab your iPhone, and scan your credit card…

There are 3.6 billion of us using cloud storage. The world’s population amounts to more than 7.5 billion people. You do the math.  Over the past decade, we’ve observed the rise of cloud storage as a viable means to store our data. Some use cloud storage for personal data backup,…

Not too long ago getting your first flash drive was a big deal, making you feel like a cool, tech-savvy type, ready to take on the world one USB drive at a time. That drive might have been a gig or two (if you were lucky) and was used to…

Every day, more than 4.5 billion internet users relentlessly create an astronomical amount of data with every move they make on their computers, smartphones and other devices. That means by 2025 the amount of data worldwide will be around 175 zettabytes.  The sheer volume of that data is almost unimaginable…

CAPTCHAs are used to secure websites from spammers, hackers and other invasive actors by preventing spam bots from submitting forms. Literally standing for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart,” this technology has been around for about 25 years and has protected many websites from would-be…

Spam. No, we’re not talking about the meat-like delicacy from yesteryear. We’re talking about the annoying, invasive, tenacious, unfortunate byproduct of the internet that has been wreaking havoc on perfectly good websites for years. Spam, much like the food product (depending on your tastes), is unwanted and comes in many…

Solid state hard drives (SSDs) have been around for some time. They were first invented in 1976 by Dataram, and since then, they’ve mostly been used as server accessories to boost speed and storage. But the price tag has been high. In 1977, an SSD configuration bearing 256KB of storage…