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Cassian Holt

Latest Articles by Cassian Holt

Discontinued fine-china patterns from Royal Doulton and Wedgwood still sell to collectors

The Maya city Minanbé sat inside a protected reserve, untouched while the world walked past

Scammers pretending to be FTC staff will text you a photo ID to “verify” themselves — a real one never would

Set every app’s location to “while using,” not “always,” to stop background tracking

A NASA spacecraft caught an asteroid shaped like a lumpy, slowly tumbling peanut

Free apps often pay their bills by selling your location to marketing firms

Turn off “Precise Location” — a weather app needs your city, not your house number

The FBI says crypto scammers are now sending couriers to victims’ doors to collect cash in person

From Pyrex to Polly Pocket: the household items appraisers say to check before you toss them

Harvard researchers tied the heaviest ultra-processed diets to a 58% higher dementia risk

One iPhone setting, “Allow Apps to Request to Track,” is the toggle most people leave switched on

On a phone, check which apps used your location in the last 24 hours, then cut the ones that don’t need it

Your bank will not call to move your money, no matter how official the caller sounds

A real FTC employee will never text you a photo ID to prove they’re real

Forward a suspicious text to 7726 and it goes straight to your carrier’s fraud team

A text offering a job you never applied for is almost certainly a scam, the FTC warns

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