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What’s happening McAfee researchers spotted five Chrome extensions that were tracking user browser activity without their knowledge. They were downloaded a combined 1.4 million times before Google removed them from its store. Why it matters Keeping malicious extensions completely out is a close-to-impossible task, so consumers need to be cautious when installing any kind of …

Threats to your personal data have grown more common in recent years, and they’re unlikely to subside anytime soon. There were a record number of data breaches last year, and cases in the first quarter of this year have risen by 14% since last year. At this rate, data breaches will soon be as common as houseplants in a millennial’s …

Want to learn a second language? There’s an app (actually, several) for that. Whether you’re planning an exciting trip abroad or you want to spend your down time doing something enriching (and don’t have time to commit to traditional classes), a language learning app can help. The best language learning apps can build your vocabulary, develop proper grammar and eventually allow you …

GameStop is going all in on crypto. The video game retailer launched its own self-custodial ethereum digital wallet, it said Monday. The wallet will be accessible through a Google Chrome extension and can be used to buy and sell NFTs on GameStop’s upcoming NFT marketplace, which is expected to launch by the end of July.    NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, are …

Hustle culture has convinced many people they should constantly be working on something, striving toward a goal or monetizing a hobby. This kind of thinking is promoted just about everywhere, but especially on social media. Instagram houses countless instances of hashtags like #riseandgrind, #millionairemindset and #success. Hustle culture views downtime as a missed opportunity. Selin Malkoc, associate professor of marketing …

You may have heard of Netflix Party during quarantine. Netflix Party helped ease the severe lack of socializing most of us had to deal with during the reality of the coronavirus and the risk of meeting in person. Watching TV and chatting was one of the ways to hang out with friends virtually and safely during the pandemic. Even though many people are going back …

Based on the same engine that drives Google’s Chrome browser, Microsoft’s new Edge browser is now available for Windows and MacOS. A year in the making, the new Microsoft Edge browser will work with websites and not deal with the compatibility issues that browsers with a smaller share of the market can face.  More specifically, Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, …

You might have seen the news that Outlook.com has a new dark mode and thought, “That’s all well and good, but I use Gmail like everyone else. Where’s my webmail dark mode?” I have good news and bad news for you. The good news? Gmail has not one but two dark mode options. The bad news? Gmail’s dark modes are …