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Our attitude toward cybersecurity can pretty much be summed up as fear with a dose of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. That’s the unfortunate takeaway from a new survey of American’s attitudes about online security put out by the Pew Research Center Thursday morning. The nonpartisan Washington think tank’s “Americans and Cybersecurity” study of about one thousand U.S. adults found both deep-seated anxiety over the safety of our bits, and widespread hesitancy to use free tools to do something about it. “If Americans were taking a cybersecurity test right now, we’d be getting maybe a gentleman’s C,” said Pew associate research director Aaron Smith. Have you been hacked yet? To spin this survey optimistically, a majority of Americans reported no harm in each individual category of data breach covered in its questions. At worst, 41% had spotted fraudulent purchases on a credit card (yeah, me too), and 35% had received a data-breach notification. Meanwhile, “only” 16% had an email account taken over without pe...

Earlier this month security experts warned of a highly effective phishing email that fooled many Gmail customers into divulging their login credentials. Now, police say scammers are targeting our cell phones, too. Con artists behind the scheme, which is being called the “can you hear me?” scam, call potential victims and ask a simple question: Can you hear me? The goal is to get the person on the other end of the line to say the word “yes.” Police say scammers record the affirmative response in an effort to use the recording to authorize fraudulent and unwanted charges. Although criminals need more than a recorded “yes” to make purchases, they may already have access to credit card numbers and sensitive, identifying information that can be used to make charges. They can then use the recorded “yes” response in attempt to prove they gained your permission to make the charge. Though it may be tempting to answer calls from an unknown number—what if it’s someone you know who needs...

The phone pictured at the top of this post might look like an iPhone 7, but it’s not. It has the same matte black finish as an iPhone 7, and it also has the same rounded edges, camera bump and antenna lines. Through the magic of Chinese smartphone parts makers accessible through AliExpress, a number of kits are now available that let you transform your old iPhone 5s into an “iPhone 7 mini.” It’s actually not as complicated as you might think, and pretty much anyone with a steady hand, a bit of patience and about $50 for the kit and tools can get the job done in a few hours. Reddit user “igenno” was intrigued by the various iPhone 5s conversion kits he came across one day on AliExpress, so he decided to buy one and try it out. The kits, which are available from a wide range of sellers on the popular product portal, allow people to transform the 3-year-old iPhone 5s and modernize its appearance, making it look just like an iPhone 7, but smaller. The result is indeed fairly impressive...

Laptop touch screens are a godsend for some, useless for others. Now we have Apple's Touch Bar. Which makes more practical sense? I'll preface this by saying that I've used lots of touch-screen Windows laptops and have been using Apple's Touch Bar for a while now (on a Late 2016 15.4-inch MacBook Pro). The case for the Windows 10 touch screen: I don't have to make much of a case because the utility is obvious. It allows you to do touch-friendly things like scrolling, pinching and zooming, and the myriad things professionals and clerical workers find more efficient with a touch screen. Currently, I am using a couple new Windows laptops with touch screens. Problem is, I don't use the touch screen (anymore). I find it easier to keep my hands on the keyboard and use the capable (and large) track pads that now come on almost all Windows 10 laptops. The case for the Apple Touch Bar: some reviews have gone so far to call it a gimmick. I disagree. Placing what...

The iPhone 8 is rumored to have an OLED display , a first for Apple’s iPhone. But OLED screens have been in use for quite a few years, with Samsung being the most prominent smartphone maker to use such displays in its top smartphones. However, as we’ve said before, the iPhone is still the only phone that matters when it comes to setting new mobile trends. And a new report seems to further reinforce that idea, as it looks like iPhone 8 rumors were enough to convince some Apple competitors out there to bulk up on OLED supply. According to Digitimes’s sources, some of Apple’s China-based rivals are worried that the iPhone maker will eat up all the available OLED display, and they have rushed to secure production capacity for small- and mid-sized OLED panels. The sources expect the increased OLED demand to cause shortages. Samsung is going to be Apple’s main OLED display supplier this year, reports said, but even Samsung won’t be able to meet Apple’s demand in the future. Apple is rumo...

Samsung's QLED televisions have been one of the biggest talking points of CES 2017. The company's new Q7, Q8 and Q9 panels are said to offer a near-generational leap in picture quality and are poised to make QLED the next big thing in TV tech, alongside 4K, 8K and high dynamic range (HDR). Despite this, rival manufacturers LG, Sony and Panasonic have stuck with OLED technology for their latest televisions. OLED is also reasonably new, with Sony only launching its first OLED television, the Bravia XBR-A1E, at CES on 5 January. So what's the difference between QLED and OLED, and which one is better? Here's a brief crash course to help you with your next purchase, or just keep you on top of the technical jargon. Pixel lighting explained Many companies market 'LED televion' sets; these TVs use Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) pixel arrays that are illuminated from behind by LED lights. These illuminating LEDs can either be white, or in more expensive option...

There are plenty of crazy things at CES that will come to market, things like washing machines that contain secondary washing machines and brand-new boomboxes with cassette decks. But the craziest things you see at the show have no chance being in stores anytime soon. Not that it matters: They’re showpieces for companies to strut their stuff, and they’re a lot of fun. Take Razer’s Project Valerie, which is a thick-as-hell concept laptop. It’s loaded with many of the same internals as the company’s insane (but very real) Razer Blade Pro. So why is this concept computer twice as thick? And why does it weigh more than 11 pounds? Well, because those are the sacrifices you’ve gotta make for a laptop with three 17-inch screens. Once you open the laptop, you can slide two full-size peripheral screens out from the sides of the main monitor and lock them into place. These aren’t rinky-dink additional displays, either. Each of the laptop’s three monitors is a 4K IGZO display, and they’r...