You might not think of a CAPTCHA check as a cybercrime lure, but if you fall prey to one, you may become infected with malware. Learn how to spot them with our guide.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It's been a quarter of a century since the invention of the CAPTCHA. The great gatekeeper of the internet was originally created by students at Carnegie Mellon University to prevent bots from rigging ...

If your touchpad isn’t working on your laptop, you’re going to have to rely on your mouse. But there are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot a touchpad not working in Windows that may just fix ...

Are you human? A new game wants you to prove it. I’m Not a Robot is a fun spin on the popular CAPTCHA game synonymous with using the internet. Except it’s not just one game, but 48 increasingly absurd ...

Jay Ellis has joined the cast of “Not Suitable for Work,” Hulu’s upcoming comedy series from Mindy Kaling. Per the official logline, the series follows “five work-obsessed twenty-somethings striving ...

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The federal government is reportedly paying more than 154,000 employees not to report to work under the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program. Thousands have been receiving pay since ...

Your phone's hotspot feature can help you get your laptop or tablet online, but sometimes it takes some settings fixes to make it work. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the ...

Economics is famous for being the dismal science. Sadly, recent work highlighting the slowdown in productivity growth stretching back to the 1950s is no exception. But I take a more cheerful view ...

ClickFix, a social engineering tactic that has been targeting both Windows and Mac users since early 2024, continues to evolve. Just last month, I reported on how attackers were using fake CAPTCHA ...