1. Go to the “Me” tab. 2. Tap the “Settings” gear icon at the top right-hand corner. 3. Tap “Privacy.” 4. Under “Past Transactions,” choose “Change All to Private.” 5. A small window at the bottom will appear, asking you to confirm your selection. Click on “Change All to Private” again. 6. Another window will…
Since then, Venmo has slowly made some changes to its app, including clearer privacy disclosures. And it removed its social feed of all users’ payment histories in July 2021, shortly after BuzzFeed journalists reported finding President Biden’s Venmo account in less than 10 minutes using nothing more than the app’s search function. Social feeds are…
A virtual private network (VPN) is like a protective tunnel, keeping your data safe from prying eyes. Whether you’re worried about the open network at your local coffee shop or want to get around geo-restrictions when you’re traveling, NordVPN can help. VPNs aren’t perfect protection (you need to trust your VPN provider), but they’re always…
According to filings released by the US Federal Election Commission on Tuesday night, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and owner of X, is now one of the biggest donors to Donald Trump’s campaign. Since publicly endorsing Trump on the heels of the July assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, Musk has donated close to…
Main theme: In this podcast episode, we give our first driving impressions of the redesigned 2024 Chevrolet Traverse, which we recently purchased for CR’s auto test program. The outgoing Traverse fared well in our testing, owing to its ability to do most things well without any glaring faults. While the new Traverse isn’t drastically changed…
The recalled products were sold nationally under the store brands of major retailers including 7-Eleven, Aldi, Amazon Kitchen, Target, Trader Joe’s, and Walmart, as well as large regional grocers such as Albertsons, H-E-B, Giant Eagle, Kroger, Meijer, Save Mart, and Wegmans. Other products were sold nationally under brand names including Atkins, Boston Market, Dole, Jenny…
For a while now, companies like OpenAI and Google have been touting advanced “reasoning” capabilities as the next big step in their latest artificial intelligence models. Now, though, a new study from six Apple engineers shows that the mathematical “reasoning” displayed by advanced large language models can be extremely brittle and unreliable in the face…
Matthew Sag, a distinguished professor at Emory University who researches copyright and artificial intelligence, concurs. Even if a user creates a bot intentionally designed to cause emotional distress, the tech platform likely can’t be sued for that. He points out that Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has long protected platforms at the…
• General Motors (parent company of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC) said that owners of GM EVs could access Superchargers using an adapter as of Sept. 18, 2024. New vehicles will get built-in NACS charging ports starting in 2025. Owners of existing GM EVs, including the Chevrolet Bolt, Bolt EUV, and Blazer EV; the GMC Hummer…
Honda is recalling 720,000 cars and SUVs due to concerns that a defective high-pressure fuel pump may develop cracks that could allow fuel leaks. The automaker says that when a problem develops, a fuel smell may be detectable when idling or driving. The leak creates a risk of fire, crash, or injury.