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February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

Facebook users lose account

A growing number of Facebook users are reporting an issue in which their Facebook accounts are being disabled because of violations attributed to linked Instagram accounts that the Facebook users themselves do not own.The issue, which was first reported weeks ago on the subreddit r/facebookdisableme and reported by ReviewGeek May 16, starts with the affected user receiving a …

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February 2, 2025February 4, 2025

AI For Seniors

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February 2, 2025February 2, 2025

What is DeepSeek and it’s significance?

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has recently made headlines with its AI model, R1, which rivals leading Western models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Developed at a fraction of the cost and energy consumption, DeepSeek’s emergence has sparked significant discussions in the tech community and beyond. The Rise of DeepSeek DeepSeek’s R1 model has demonstrated …

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September 29, 2020June 18, 2024

Remote Apple Tech support during COVID-19 pandemic

We hope all of you are healthy and safe. During these difficult times of uncertainty when many are working from home due to the COVID-19 virus, we understand that the last thing you need is more uncertainty with your computer, your phone or your wifi. TechnoMinds would like to let you know that we can …

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August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

CRA Data Breach

Data breach exposes passwords to nearly 10,000 user accounts. On Saturday, August 15, 2020, the Treasury Board of Canada announced that the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) website was hacked and that 9,041 user accounts were compromised. The CRA responded by shutting down their website and canceling the affected accounts. They are currently contacting the users.Even …

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May 23, 2019March 23, 2020

Are you paying for storage you don’t need?

Do you get notices saying iCloud storage is full and Apple wants to charge you for more? TechnoMinds can explain the mystery of iCloud storage.

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July 23, 2018June 14, 2019

Email Phishing Scam

Reports are coming in regarding a new extortion scam where scammers email you stating they have hacked into your computer webcam and have a screen recording of you that they will release on adult video websites unless you pay them $2900 in bitcoin within a day.

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May 29, 2018June 13, 2019

Warning! Russian Malware attacking routers.

According to the FBI Russian malware called Fancy Bear has infected thousands of routers and has the potential to spread quickly. The malware can allow the perpetrators to collect information by reading people's internet activity, like email, web browsing, passwords etc.

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November 17, 2017June 13, 2019

Netflix Scam

There is a new assault on Netflix subscribers by scammers, that isn't so new. However, it is more sophisticated than in past attempts. The latest email scam specifically targets Netflix subscribers and it is particularly clever, which is to say that it’s especially dangerous. According to a report from Deadline, scammers are firing off emails with the …

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September 19, 2017July 18, 2024

Apple releases iOS 11 and tvOS 11

Today Apple released iOS 11 & tvOS 11. It is a major release to be followed OS 11 for the Mac on September 25th. These updates come along side the exciting new hardware updates, iPhone X, iPhone 8, Watch series 3 and Apple tv 4k.

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