Holiday Digest: A New Year with a Royal
By Miranda McPhee “I need your New Year’s story no later than Dec. 30,” said my editor for the umpteenth time. “Then we’ll talk about renewing your contract.” I grimaced down the phone. It was Dec. 20 and I was coming up empty. As a New York transplant…
Warning over holiday ‘smishing’ text scams that are stealing banking information with bogus package tracking links
A WARNING has been issued over bogus texts used over the holiday season to hack phones and rob people of cash by pretending to include package tracking links. Phone users are being told to be on alert for texts from “smishing” scams as…
Giving your child a smartphone or tablet this holiday season? Read this first
A lot of parents (and maybe Santa) will be giving kids smartphones or tablets as holiday gifts. I spend a lot of time in the community speaking to parents in the community about the three Big Bads; pornography, cyberbullying and sexting, but I am not…
GTA Trilogy PC Owners Can Get A Free Game Per Rockstar’s Holiday Offer
Players who purchased the GTA trilogy remaster on PC can redeem a bonus game from Rockstar Game’s roster or acquire virtual currency for free. After the disastrous launch of the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, Rockstar Games…
Epic Games Store’s New Free Holiday 2021 Game Is Its Best Yet
Epic Games Store’s newest free holiday 2021 free game is one of its best yet. To celebrate Christmas and other holidays, the Epic Games Store is giving away a free game every day, for several days, rather than a free game once a week like it…
Finish your holiday shopping with tech everyone wants
You Got This is a series that spotlights the gear you need to improve one area of your life. It’s the season for splurging on shiny new tech for yourself and your loved ones, and we have good news: getting a sweet new laptop or visually stunning monitor…
Holiday parties have unique potential for harassment
By Christopher B. Dolan and Emile Davis My workplace is hosting a holiday party and the company is telling us to keep it work-related and professional if we decide to attend. I don’t plan on getting crazy, but can they tell us how to act outside of our…
Enjoy Spotify Streaming On Delta Flights This Holiday Season
Spotify and Delta are allowing travelers to stream music and podcasts directly on their own devices during flights for free, but only for a few weeks. Delta and Spotify have teamed up to enable access to the latter’s music and podcast library…
Supply chain problems hit charities’ holiday gifts for kids
With less than four weeks to go until Christmas, Kristyn Begari has been rushing to find enough doll styling heads to give to kids in need. But, the purchasing coordinator for the California-based nonprofit Family Giving Tree says it’s been difficult to…
8 amazing gifts to give travel lovers this holiday season
Getty Images It’s Travel Tuesday, and one thing we know is that Americans are hoping to travel soon: According to AAA, 55% of American adults are planning a trip that includes at least one overnight stay before the end of next year. And that makes this a…