Fatima Rispo said her beeping phone woke her up early Saturday morning. She had received an automatic notification that her son had been in a car crash in Broward County. The message sent shortly before 2:50 a.m. included the location: Valentine Lake in Pompano Beach.

Digital games platform, Roblox, has introduced updates it says will protect younger users and help give parents and caregivers more control and clarity.

Students at Florida International University can now enjoy their favorite cafeteria meals prepared by a robot.

Broward County Public Schools administrators announced Sunday morning that a person had been arrested over threats.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and host of the Chasing Life podcast, points out that teenagers have grown up with social media as an integral part of their lives. For many, it defines their entire world.

Saying “It’s just business,” ransomware criminals engaged in a cyberattack against the North Miami government this week.

A new high-tech tool is helping patients breathe easier, and a South Florida doctor is one of the first to use it. This week’s Healthcast takes a closer look at how 4-D imaging is revolutionizing a well-known procedure.

CrowdStrike’s software update to Microsoft computers impacted the operations of American Airlines, Delta, United, Spirit, and Allegiant on Friday at Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport.

CrowdStrike’s software update to Microsoft computers impacted the operations of American Airlines, Delta, United, Spirit, and Allegiant on Friday at Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport.

A worldwide technology outage affected airports around the world Friday, including in South Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that several airlines requested their assistance Friday morning with ground stops for their fleets until the issue was resolved.

Deputies used Sniffies, a service advertised as a “map-based hookup app for gay, bisexual, and bicurious men” — and allegedly so did the vice chairman of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees.

In today’s Technically Speaking report, Local 10’s Gio Insignares explains how a local institution is helping people keep pace by providing real world experience in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Hackers who profit from stolen data have taken down a California-based consumer genetics company that millions of customers had trusted in the United States and Canada.

Security issues and data privacy are the main reasons one in four organizations are banning the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence, or GenAI, according to Cisco’s new study.

Which groups on Facebook do you benefit from the most and why? Are there any interesting stories about how a particular group has enriched your life for the better?

In 30 minutes or less, drones are delivering packages from two Walmart Supercenters in Lewisville and Frisno in Texas.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is moving back to Miami, after nearly three decades in Seattle.

“Enhanced Hydration” – that’s what one South Florida company is promising it can do with water -- amplifying its natural properties to transform it into a liquid supplement and antioxidant.

In today’s “Technically Speaking” report, Local 10′s Gio Insignares walks us through the technology that hopes to make hearing more efficient and the emotional reason behind its start.

Whether it’s a glass of wine, a cold beer or your favorite cocktail, there are plenty of ways to unwind after a long day. But what if the person making you that drink was unlike anything you’ve seen before?

The Federal Trade Commission announced late last year that Epic Games would pay $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints revolving around children’s privacy and its payment methods that tricked players into making unintended purchases.

In this week’s “Technically Speaking” report, Local 10’s Gio Insignares introduces us to a new piece of technology easing the pain and making the patient experience a lot easier.

These days, playing games or seeing if you won doesn’t even require people to go to the store.

There was chaos around Kai Cenat, a Twitch live streamer and YouTuber, during his Playstation 5 giveaway event on Friday at New York City’s Union Square.

Happy Independence Day! Arguably the best day for fireworks is here.

We’ve highlighted tech stories featuring self-driving cars, medical assistance, military training and more. But now it’s time to spotlight something a little more common and accessible.

On average, a physical therapy clinic in the U.S. sees up to 200 patients a week, helping people with a variety of injuries regain the best possible function.

In this week’s “Technically Speaking” report, Gio Insignares shows us how one local company is using its technology to try and create a future of accessibility and inclusion for everyone.

Netflix has reported a boost in new subscribers less than one month after changing password sharing rules in the United States.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is launching his presidential run amid an ongoing feud with the Walt Disney Co. The conflict started last year.

Making music is one thing. Getting noticed is another. A free platform with a Miami-Dade connection is aiming to change that. Thomas Hibbler — better known as “Tommy Gunz” — believes it already has.

Wynwood, one of Miami’s most popular neighborhoods, is taking a step into the future with the launch of a new metaverse.

Canada is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office dive team now has brand new eyes in the water: a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) with a high-tech camera and a multi-beam sonar.

In Local 10 News’ latest Technically Speaking report, anchor Gio Insignares takes us to Florida International University, where a new name and a promised “refocus” for one school plans to take future students into a great, big, beautiful tomorrow.

We’ve seen the growth of drones and autonomous vehicles, but this next step in transportation isn’t that far away, and it promises to change how we get to and from our destinations by not just leaving the ground but putting the power in your own hands.

The most hackable passwords and tips to ensure your password is most secure.

Amid the expansion of artificial intelligence applications for military and civilian use, more experts are growing concerned about the possible misuse of the technology.

Robots, that's right robots, may soon be delivering your next Uber Eats restaurant order.

The city of Miami received a new $5 million statewide commitment from Blackstone, one of the largest asset firms in the country on Thursday, to help college students create their own businesses.

A pair of South Floridians are taking a technological twist to a classic piece of childhood equipment and are hoping it provides an added boost to athletes’ games.

The changes to work life since the COVID-19 pandemic have made a lot of things easier, from commute time, meetings, phone calls and even training. But what if the next step in the evolution of work involved employees jumping into the metaverse?

What is catfishing and what are the best ways to prevent it?

Apple security experts are warning people to update their devices, here’s why.

Fawaz and Yang tested videoconferencing applications on major operating systems such as iOS, Android, Windows and Mac, to see if the microphones were still accessed by the apps while muted.

Google is pushing back against claims that one of its artificial intelligence (AI) programs has become so advanced that it has gained consciousness.

Yupix wants to bring real estate into the metaverse with the virtual reality technology they have to offer.

While many are turning to cellphones because they are cheaper and can be used anywhere, there still is some value to having a landline.

With Earth Day 2021 rapidly approaching, Google Earth has released a feature that might really open some eyes when it comes to how certain parts of the globe have changed in recent decades.

There are countless apps that help us do all kinds of things in our daily lives, but there’s a relatively new app that is actually helping people who are visually impaired with what some people don't have to think twice about.

Miami is now getting its very own charging bull statue, reminiscent of the iconic one in the heart of New York City's financial district.

Friday is the start of the inaugural Miami NFT Week, a three-day event kicking off Miami Tech Month, highlighting the digital industry and its future.

The billionaire who flew on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit and the chance to take part in a spacewalk.

It seems as though Wordle has swept the internet: Everywhere you turn, you see people posting that little box grid, showing off their final score, and what it took to get there.

BeBot, the battery- and solar-powered beach cleaning robot, is here to suck up all the junk we humans leave behind.

Lane Bess was one of the six passengers who flew aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s New Shepard on Saturday in Texas.

A father and son from South Florida are getting ready for their flight to space aboard a Blue Origin space capsule on Saturday.

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are pieces of digital content built and managed on a blockchain — a digital system used by Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to keep track of transactions and ownership.

Art Basel invited a group of experts to discuss price transparency in the hybrid contemporary art market on Wednesday at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Every fan seated inside of the arena was greeted by a T-shirt by FTX, a U.S.-regulated cryptocurrency platform. However, these weren’t ordinary game-day shirts — each shirt had a scannable QR bar code on the back that, if unlocked, awarded the person with a limited edition, FTX Arena NFT.

It’s no surprise that Miami has a certain allure to those who have never been (or for those longing for a tropical and fun vacation), and now, there’s proof that the Magic City is being “stalked” — Miami is one of the most-watched travel destinations on TikTok.

FTX, a U.S.-regulated cryptocurrency platform (that is slowly becoming a part of Miami’s vernacular due to becoming the new name of Miami Heat’s arena, FTX Arena), is making headlines once again — the company has announced its first real estate partnership will be with E11EVEN Hotel & Residences Miami.

Just in time for the holidays, Amazon Prime members who shop on the Amazon app can begin sending gifts, without the recipient’s address.

Cutting-edge DNA technology will be used to analyze the remains of more than 1,100 victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center that have yet to be identified.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody warned on Monday there are fraudsters who are impersonating Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to steal financial information.

Can you imagine what life would be like without the World Wide Web?

If you’re one of these Floridians sitting in your kitchen right now looking at your pool that goes completely idle during the summer, a new app is welcoming pool owners to earn some extra cash à la Airbnb by listing their underutilized swimming pools this summer.

A new study has revealed that people have become obsessed with tracking the status of their packages online. So much so, that is has become an addiction.

The City of Miami will be debuting a cryptocurrency this summer to help raise additional funding for local projects.

Amazon Sidewalk is designed to allow devices, including Echo speakers and Ring doorbells, to remain online by connecting to a neighbor’s internet if someone’s signal drops

Florida Power & Light gave a sneak peek at some of its newest technology to make sure that when the power goes out this hurricane season, it won’t go out for long.

Popular dating sites team up with the White House to promote COVID-19 vaccinations.

China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B carrier rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on Earth.

Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users.

According to a new study, Florida residents are actively searching for travel on Google more so than those from any other state in the United States, unchanged from 2019.

San Francisco has lost more residents during the pandemic than any major city in the country — and hundreds of them have moved to Florida.

Popular question-and-answer site in the early 2000's will be scrubbed from the internet in early May

Actor and host of NBC’s Access Hollywood, Mario Lopez, has launched a delivery-only, virtual restaurant that helps support the community by hiring only local, independent restaurateurs — and it’ll be serving up delicious dishes in Miami inspired by Lopez himself.

Broward County Public Schools was the target of a cybersecurity breach linked to ransomware, a type of malicious software used to threaten to block or publish data unless a ransom is paid, according to a Local 10 News source.

Miamians ordering a meal through their favorite food delivery app may very well receive their next order from a robot at their doorstep thanks to Miami-based startup, REEF.

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In this Aug. 25, 2020, file photo, a pedestrian walks past an entrance to the University of Miami in Coral Gables. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami was the victim of a data security breach involving third-party vendor Accellion, a beleaguered California-based global cloud provider, UM said in a statement on Thursday. The Accellion security incident has also affected Harvard and the University of Colorado. Ad“We continue to enhance our cybersecurity program to further safeguard our systems from cyber threats,” the UM statement said. In February, Accellion announced that it was working with FireEye, a California-based cybersecurity company, after a series of cyberattacks in December and January.

Earlier this week, a few Netflix subscribers began to notice difficulties when plugging in their friends’ passwords into Netflix to access the streaming platform. Today, after a report dug into the cause, it seems as though the top streaming platform may be cracking down on password sharing outside of the household. According to a report by The Streamable, Netflix is conducting a test to crack down on people who are using accounts they are unauthorized access to. Therefore, some users are no longer able to login using the passwords they had been using. A spokesperson from Netflix told The Streamable, “This test is designed to help ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorized to do so.”While Netflix’s terms state that an account can only be shared with members of one household, the streaming platform has yet to police the issue.

In communities across the country, local pharmacy owners are among the people administering COVID-19 vaccinations. The website is called Dr. B, and according to USA Today, more than half a million people have already signed up for it. The website texts users on standby for a vaccine based on their eligibility status when there are extra doses nearby at risk of going unused. AdMassoumi, the co-founder and former CEO of ZocDoc, tells USA Today he created the website to help vaccine providers deal with the challenge of vaccinating the entire country. For local information on where or how to get the COVID-19 vaccine in South Florida, visit our guide here.

Elon Musk knows how to dream big, and he may be helping Miami Mayor Francis Suarez to do the same. The 49-year-old billionaire tweeted in January that there is a solution to Miami traffic. On Thursday, Suarez met with representatives of Musk’s Boring Company at City Hall in Coconut Grove. Musk founded the infrastructure and tunnel construction services company in 2016 and unveiled its first underground tunnel in Los Angeles in 2018. Suarez plans to travel to Las Vegas from March 18-19 to get a closer look at the Boring Company’s tunnels.

If you’ve been on Instagram or Facebook these past few months, you might have been hit with the occasional engagement or pregnancy announcement, but there’s one announcement trend that might actually do more harm than good — the vaccination card selfie. Someone gets their COVID-19 vaccine, and after releasing a sigh of relief, they grab their smartphone, open the front-facing camera, and take a selfie with their self-identifying COVID-19 vaccination card. According to the BBB, the self-identifying information on the card makes you vulnerable to identity theft and can help scammers create phony versions. Unfortunately, the card has your full name and birthday on it, as well as information about where you got your vaccine. If your social media privacy settings aren’t set high, you may be giving valuable information away for anyone to use — including scammers.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced Wednesday that it is donating a whopping $15.3 million to invest in Miami-Dade County’s tech and entrepreneurship community. A total of $10 million of that will go to Florida International University to expand what will become the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences. This will help the university increase talent development and research in fields such as artificial intelligence, smart robotics, bioinformatics, biodevices and digital forensics. The University of Miami will receive $4.3 million to grow its Institute of Data Science and Computing and Baptist Health will receive $1 million to launch a health care innovation fellowship. According to a news release from the foundation, with these latest investments, Knight will have donated more than $55 million to Miami-Dade’s “tech entrepreneurship ecosystem” since 2012.

Ron DeSantis said on Monday that he wants big tech companies to be forced to tell Floridians in detail how personal information is being collected, analyzed, and sold. DeSantis said there is new proposed legislation that will allow consumers in Florida to have a right to decide how their personal information, including biometric data, is used. DeSantis said the new legislative proposal will help to protect Floridians’ data privacy if it passes the Florida House and Senate. Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls said the strong data privacy law also applies to genetic privacy and it will change the dynamic between customers and big tech. “It allows users to request deletion or correction of personal information,” Sprowls said about the proposed legislation, adding “The days in which you had no control will soon be over.”AdNEWS CONFERENCE: 3 p.m., Feb. 15

Accursio announced on Facebook on Monday that he will be reopening his market on Oct. 30. He is relying on the Barn2Door app to pre-sell yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, pickling cucumbers by the crate, and green beans. Geekwire reported in August that Barn2Door had raised $6 million to help farmers around the country to connect with neighboring customers. Accursio said there is a lot of uncertainty in the sector, but there is also a willingness to adapt. “We think the demand is going to be there but we may in two months have to shift gears again," Accursio said.

As if there aren’t enough reasons to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, simply watching your TV is another great way to pay tribute.

MIAMI Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Florida held the states first virtual jury selection hearing Thursday on Zoom. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jennifer D. Bailey was the trial manager who was tasked with making sure the tech was working. She had the help of Yanitza Yanny Madrigal, a judicial support administrator who Bailey introduced as a Zoom expert. The only part of the jury trial on Zoom is going to be this jury selection part, Butchko said, as her black labrador retriever Zeus barked in the background. Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady suspended jury trials on March 13, and he authorized the use of remote technology in civil jury trials on May 21.

BERLIN The world's mountain of discarded flat-screen TVs, cellphones and other electronic goods grew to a record high last year, according to an annual report released Thursday. The U.N.-backed study estimated the amount of e-waste that piled up globally in 2019 at 53.6 metric tonnes (59.1 tons) almost 2 million metric tons more than the previous year. While about a sixth of it was recycled, the remainder of those valuable components worth about $57 billion weren't reclaimed, the study found. Discarded electronic equipment also poses a health and environmental hazard, as it contains substances such as mercury that can damage the nervous system. The authors of the study, which is produced by the U.N. University, the International Solid Waste Association and others, predicted that global e-waste could grow to 74 million metric tons by 2030.

Apple and Google partnered to create technology that public health agencies can use to create their own apps that iPhone and Android users could download. Apple and Google explained the technology in a joint statement last month when it was made available:Our Exposure Notifications technology is available to public health agencies on both iOS and Android. What weve built is not an app rather public health agencies will incorporate the API into their own apps that people install. Infectious disease experts have consistently said that contact tracing is one of the keys to getting through an outbreak like COVID-19. Not according to the Washington Post, which published an article titled: Apple and Google are building a virus-tracking system.

Plan a little watch party for your son or daughter to enjoy the Facebook graduation. Facebook is celebrating the class of 2020 with a whole week of graduation features, and a commencement program. Highlights and more will be posted to the @instagram account on Instagram, and on contributors’ social media accounts.”Grads are encouraged to host their own virtual graduation ceremony and party via Facebook, with special features including a virtual graduation hub, custom filters, family and friends celebrations enabled by Messenger Rooms, and more. JoAnn Fabric has a whole webpage on how you can make a graduation cap embellishment out of paper flowers. This is a birthday party and not a graduation, but you’ll see the general idea!

It's called SOS Emergency mode. Here’s how to add them as your emergency contact in your iPhone:Open the Health app and tap the Medical ID tab. Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services. On an iPhone 7 or earlier:Quickly press the side or top button five times to make the Emergency SOS slider appear. Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services.

Anyone else finding themselves spending more time than usual on social media, considering the coronavirus pandemic? But like most things, Facebook is whatever you want to make it. You don’t have to give up on social media in general, or even Facebook in particular. The social media giants say they’re working hard behind the scenes to remove bot accounts and build a better platform. In the meantime, here are some simple yet effective things you can do to make your own Facebook interactions less contentious and more civil.

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