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Losing your kids to doom scrolling? Greece is building a government app for that

Dec. 30, 2024 14:20 PM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece announced plans on Monday to enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 through a government-operated app, that will help get digital age verification and browsing controls. Dimitris Papastergiou, the minister of digital governance, said the...

Investigator finds Colorado voter system passwords were not intentionally posted online

Dec. 09, 2024 17:40 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — A “series of inadvertent and unforeseen events” resulted in Colorado voting system passwords being posted on the Secretary of State’s website, an outside investigator said. A Denver attorney did not find any intentional wrongdoing by Secretary of State Jena...

Spotify Wrapped is finally here. How can you see your 2024 recap?

Dec. 04, 2024 09:54 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s that time of year: Spotify has released its annual Wrapped, personalized recaps of users' listening habits and year in audio. Spotify has been giving its listeners breakdowns of their data since 2016. And each year, it’s become a bigger production — and...

One Tech Tip: Home for the holidays? Show relatives you care with some tech support

Nov. 28, 2024 09:25 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — It's time for the holidays, which means robust family conversations and seemingly never-ending courses of food. But for the more tech-savvy among us, the journey home could also mean we'll be called on to provide a backlog of tech support to parents, grandparents and other family...

What you need to know about the proposed measures designed to curb Google's search monopoly

Nov. 21, 2024 12:37 PM EST

U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade. The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could...

One Tech Tip: Replacing passwords with passkeys for an easier login experience

Nov. 14, 2024 07:42 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — If you're tired of memorizing passwords, then give passkeys a try. You might have noticed that many online services are now offering the option of using passkeys, a digital authentication method touted as an easier and more secure way to log in. The passkey push...

Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition

Oct. 07, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire. The injunction issued by U.S. District...