How to Keep Your Information Safe When Online Banking

usnews How to Keep Your Information Safe When Online Banking THINK ABOUT THE LAST time you wrote an actual check or went to your local bank branch. According to a 2018 FIS Global Consumer Banking report, 72 percent of bank interactions are now done via mobile and online rather than at your local branch. This shift […]
Supremes Deal Victory For Trump, Uphold Travel Ban

Kevin Daley | Supreme Court Reporter A five-justice majority of the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the latest iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel sanctions Tuesday. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the Court’s opinion, joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch. “The president has lawfully exercised the broad discretion granted to him […]
You don’t have to delete Facebook, but you should make your account secure

Your Facebook account is spraying your personal info onto the internet like a hose. Here’s how to stop it. Facebook Apps There are probably too many third-party apps accessing your Facebook data. Facebook Right now is a pretty complicated time to be one of Facebook’s roughly 2 billion active users.
Tech firms battle to resolve major security flaw

Amazon, Google and now Apple… as the list of digital giants hit by the “Spectre” and “Meltdown” computer security flaws grows longer, the race is on to limit the damage. “All Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time,” Apple — whose devices are usually […]
New Amazon service allows couriers to unlock your front door and leave packages inside

Having a stranger in your home when you’re not there may have been the first thing you thought of when you heard about Amazon’s new plan to have delivery-people access your residence to leave packages.
Our Paranoid Society is too Hard on Kids — and on Parents

. By Thomas L. Knapp In the latest sign that America has gone stark-raving nuts at the expense of its parents and children, the Rochester, New York Democrat & Chronicle reports that a “mother faces child endangerment charges for letting her 10-year-old hang out in a Lego Store while she shopped elsewhere” in the same […]
Mourn on the Fourth of July, 2017

. By Thomas L. Knapp I visited Washington, DC for the first time in 1980. I was 13. Jimmy Carter was the president. My family only had one day to see the sights. As I remember it, we went through what seemed a somewhat sketchy neighborhood (I was a country boy, so it may have […]
Supreme Court revives Trump travel ban

The Supreme Court said Monday that most of President Trump’s travel ban executive order can go into effect, delivering the first major victory to the new administration on perhaps his most controversial policy to date. Justices said the lower court rulings that blocked Mr. Trump’s policy were far too broad, and said the president can […]
Airbnb Updates Security

By Jennifer Felten Airbnb has been in the news lately, but not for good reasons. Criminals have started hacking the accounts of highly rated Airbnb users. They then are able to conduct a short-term lease on properties using someone else’s account. While they are in the unit, they rob the place. Other criminals have taken […]