ChatGPT's Web of Lies
Why does ChatGPT lie? It's a great tool for research, but sometimes "hallucinates" its answers. By that I mean, it tells outright lies. Find out how to spot when ChatGPT is being a fool, and how to av...
18 Sep 202417min
Scammy AI Wants Your Money
You’ve probably seen content generated by AI (artificial intelligence) because it’s all around us: on the internet, in advertising, and worst of all, in your DMs. Come on down for a wild ride through ...
11 Sep 202424min
Easy Money! Get Rich Schemes
"You can get rich like me. Just buy my course to learn how!" Don't fall for it. Social media has made it a lot easier for scammers to sell you on a dream. Maybe they were early to the game and lucky t...
28 Aug 202425min
How the WWII Enigma Machine Impacts Modern Cryptography
If you've seen The Imitation Game you've heard of the Enigma, the cryptographic machine used by the German military in WWII. Everything about the Enigma--how it was used, how it was solved--is echoed ...
14 Aug 202413min
CrowdStrike Special
On July 19, the CrowdStrike outage was all over the news. But what was it really about, and what does it have to do with all of us? While the outage was repaired quickly, the fact that it affected so ...
1 Aug 202420min
Sneaky Phone Downloads
Your smart phone keeps busy, even when you're not on it. Apps are constantly downloading data–thumbnails, ad content, new posts–at a surprising frequency, even when you're not actively using the app. ...
10 Jul 202410min
Apple vs. The FBI and Your Right to Privacy
In response to the San Bernardino shooting in 2015, the FBI demanded that Apple, Inc. create a "back door" to bypass the shooter's iPhone security, a back door that could also compromise any iPhone, a...
26 Jun 202413min
Buzzword Bingo: Deciphering the Lingo
Buzzwords are the language of business and marketing. But do they really live up to the hype? Find out how phrases like "end-to-end encryption" and "blockchain" are used to hype up a service that migh...
12 Jun 202416min
