Review: Garmin’s Enduro 2 is the ultra sports watch to beat While there are a ton of reasons to love the Enduro 2, it turns out that one function I use just about every single day is the integrated LED light found at the top of the watch. It is advertised as being twice as bright as the flashlight on the Fenix 7X and just like the best camera is the one that is with you, the best flashlight may be the one that is always on your wrist....

Also: Ditching Twitter? How to get started with Mastodon Why? Simple. You can’t lay off half of the staff of a cloud-based social network and expect things to keep running smoothly for Twitter’s 450 million monthly active users. Indeed, Twitter accounts are already failing in odd ways. For example, Benjamin Dreyer, author of “Dreyer’s English” and copy chief of Random House, found that the vast majority of replies to one of his tweets were vanishing into the aether....

That’s all about to change with a coming ay Services update. Right on the heels of ’s declaration that the G6 would be the first third-party phone to feature Assistant, announced that it would be bringing its voice-activated concierge to all phones running Nougat Marshmallow. As it is with the xel, users will be able to summon Assistant by saying “OK ” or long-pressing on the home button. ile Assistant’s capabilities vary depending on which device or app you’re using, it appears as though the full xel version will be used here, letting you tap into Maps Calendar, receive weather reports, control smart devices, among numerous other comms....

Apparently, with WiFi Alliance (an organization that promotes WiFi technology and certifies WiFi products) adopting a new naming convention, it would be much easier for common people (with a limited understanding of technology) to comprehend and differentiate the different WiFi versions and help themselves make an informed decision when shopping for a networking device. Until now, the WiFi naming convention has been based on the 802.11 protocol – a family of specifications for wireless local area networks (WLANs) developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)....

‘I have too much money now!’ – Jeff Bezos, probably As an 11% stakeholder in the company, that means Jeff Bezos’ wealth has also increased. His personal worth is now valued at $138 billion, which shows an increase of $24 billion during the coronavirus crisis alone. Discouraging shoppers to help other ones Since March, Prime subscribers have seen their guaranteed shipping times go up in smoke, with some orders that would have taken days in previous months now taking weeks to arrive....

Since you’re going to be watching these movies anyway, maybe you should pay attention to the Hallmark Christmas movie sweepstakes. This sweepstakes is much more than it first appears, but don’t worry. We’ll tell you how to can enter the sweepstakes, and what you need to know before pulling the trigger. Watch movies, get paid. A new holiday contest is going viral across social media. A CenturyLink cable affiliate is daring entrants to watch 24 Hallmark Christmas movies in the span of 12 days to qualify for a shot at $1,000 cash....

But even then, there are still some premium features you have to subscribe to. Items like Apple Music, Microsoft Office, and iCloud all require monthly fees on top of the money you already spent on the product itself. Tap or click here to see which subscription services are worth keeping. In spite of this, it’s rare for companies to start off charging nothing for service and pivoting to a paid model....

The San Francisco-based company, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and today revealed an influx of $40 million in new VC funding, is enabling companies to address their business-process problems by utilizing a new wave of low-code automation development for line-of-business users. “This will put the power in the hands of the team members best suited to solve them,” CEO and co-founder Rich Waldron told ZDNET. What exactly is hyperautomation, you ask?...

A Microsoft update release that’s free of major bugs and glitches would be a once-in-a-lifetime event. We’ve gotten to the point where most of us are numb from how many buggy updates the company has shipped. Tap or click here to see what the last one broke for Windows users. But there is one tiny problem with the new Windows update: It’s being phased out for 32-bit users! People buying older PCs running Windows 10 may be left out in the cold once this update drops, as Microsoft is ending support for these systems altogether....

Credit card issuers routinely send attractive card offers to consumers with good to excellent credit. Therefore, when you receive these types of offers in your mailbox, it usually means credit card issuers believe you to be a good credit risk and want to do business with you. [This article was first published on The Simple Dollar in 2020. It was updated in March, 2022.] Why do card issuers mail so many pre-approved offers of credit?...

Despite record excitement for iOS 13, many users felt disappointed with what’s been deemed a “problematic” update. Between security issues and general bugginess, iPhone owners across the spectrum found themselves wishing for a way to roll back their phones to iOS 12. In light of these issues, Apple has accelerated the release of the first major update to iOS 13. This new edition of its latest OS not only patches bugs from the previous version but streamlines the experience so users can enjoy iOS 13 the way it was intended....

Beyond that, credit card numbers for 209,000 Americans were exposed, as well as 182,000 U.S. Customers (presumably customers of Equifax and not consumers). We also know now that Equifax could have prevented this whole thing from happening, but left the door wide open to hackers. The risk to your Social Security benefits Now, it looks like your private information and stolen credit card details may not be the only things you need to worry about....

Have a Nexus 7? You may want to pick it up right now and tap the “software update” over and over again until your finger falls off. According to Android Police, there’s a new update available called JSS15R. It weighs in at a hair under 10 megabytes, and no seems to have the slightest clue what it does, but hey, it’s better to be on the latest version of the software than to not be, right?...

Wikileaks has shown the world more than 8,000 documents and files but has much more to keep. In order to prevent abuses, Wikileaks has now committed to collaborate with the affected companies so that they can solve their shortcomings. Not many companies are affected, but their size leads to great care when revealing the flaws exploited and the tools used in these processes. Both Android and iOS are identified as having flaws that were being actively exploited, leaving almost all smartphones exposed....

The point of the elaborate attack was to make mass spam – promoting a fake sweepstake – look like it originated from the compromised Exchange domain rather than the actual origins, which were either their own IP address or third-party email marketing services, according to Microsoft. The sweepstake ruse was used to trick recipients into providing credit card details and signing up for recurring subscriptions. “While the scheme possibly led to unwanted charges for targets, there was no evidence of overt security threats such as credential phishing or malware distribution,” the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team said....

Last week HTC published a press release that I’ve now read at least 10 times. It’s about the HTC One and how the company will be taking the device “on tour” around America to show people why they should buy it instead of another smartphone. Let me begin by saying that on the surface this sounds great. HTC setting up tiny stores to demo their products is exactly the type of marketing campaign that’s needed....

It is not as feature-packed as previous versions but includes important updates for security and stability. Microsoft has had a rough couple of months, with several security breaches requiring immediate patching. Every second Tuesday of the month is known as Patch Tuesday, and the previous update corrected over 50 flaws. In April, the company had to hurriedly plug over 108 vulnerabilities in the operating system and compatible software. Let’s look at what’s in the latest release....

Now, Zoom is very much a household name in terms of use and popularity. But that hasn’t stopped the platform from stumbling in recent weeks — particularly in the realm of security. Tap or click here to see the Zoom security settings you need to change now. Zoom’s reign as king of the video conferencing platforms may be coming to an end soon, though. Facebook has updated Messenger to allow for group video chats of up to 50 people....