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See more stories from CNET Magazine. Michael Muller It starts iocently enough, with the same exact transaction you've performed a thousand times before. You walk up to an unassuming ATM kiosk, slip a plastic debit card into the slot, punch in a personal code and withdraw cash. Convenient, absolutely, but ATMs can host hidden dangers, especially for travelers already distracted by luggage, train schedules or herding an unruly family through an airport. It's a scam called ATM skimming, and it's only one of the pitfalls to watch out for, especially when traveling in unfamiliar territory, whether you're on vacat...

Enlarge ImageCanon's EOS 5D Mark IV introduces a new dual-pixel raw photo format. Canon Don't panic, Lightroom fans, Adobe Systems will support the new photo format Canon tucked into its hot new SLR, the EOS 5D Mark IV.Adobe's Lightroom, for editing and cataloging photos, has a particular emphasis on "raw" photo formats that offer more editing flexibility and image quality than ordinary JPEG but that are more of a hassle to handle. Canon's new $3,500 5D Mark IV, introduced Thursday, adds a new variety called dual-pixel raw that lets photographers fine-tune focus after a shot was taken. To take advantage of dua...

The Intercept on Friday published documents stolen from the NSA by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Handout, Getty Images The latest documents from Edward Snowden, published by The Intercept on Friday, appear to support earlier reports that the National Security Administration's "secret" cyberweapons are anything but.The Intercept, whose reporters have access to files Snowden took from the agency in 2013, says a top-secret NSA manual contains the same 16-character alphanumeric tracking code that appears throughout a portion of code released online earlier this week by a group called The ShadowBrokers. The group ...

Intel on Wednesday issued a recall of its Basis Peak fitness watch, urging owners to immediately discontinue use of the device out of conce overheating could cause bus.The company first shared its conces of overheating in June, piing its hopes for a solution on a software update. That plan did not pan out as hoped, Intel said in a statement that urged customers to retu the devices immediately for a full refund. "We had hoped to update the software on your watch to address the problem," the company said in a statement. "Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we aren't able to develop such a solution without completely compromising the user experience. As a result, we are asking that you ret...

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET "Hillary 2016" isn't just a campaign slogan. It's also a new iOS app designed for people who want to see Hillary Clinton as the next president.Launched on Sunday for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, the app is served up by the Hillary for America campaign. Hillary 2016 tests your knowledge about the pressing issues, offers daily challenges to help elect Clinton, shares news and information about the Democratic candidate and gives you the ability to set up your own virtual campaign headquarters.You can also compete against friends and fellow Hillary supporters to see who knows...

Firefox maker Mozilla is clamping down harder on Flash. Adobe Systems Firefox parent Mozilla is taking its battle against Adobe Flash a few steps further. In 2017, Firefox will require "click-to-activate approval" from you before you can trigger Flash-enabled videos and other Flash content on a website, Mozilla engineering manager Benjamin Smedberg said Wednesday in a blog post. This means the Flash content will remain dormant unless you actively click on a link or icon that says: "Activate Adobe Flash." You can currently do the same thing yourself in Firefox by manually setting Flash to "Ask to activate." ...

The Republican National Convention comes to Cleveland this week, but noticeably absent will be the support of several major tech companies, including HP, Apple and Motorola. The decisions were a big victory for online activists ColorOfChange and Credo Action, which used social media to push the companies to avoid backing Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.We also discuss SoftBank's massive acquisition deal for ARM Holdings, as well as Kanye West's beef with Taylor Swift playing out on Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter.The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by CNET Executive Editor Roger Cheng, Senior Writer Ben Fox Rubin an...

Enlarge ImageTidal's latest update enables Chromecast support on the mobile app. Tidal Tidal refreshed its media streaming app today with an update that finally lets users send audio and video to a Google Chromecast dongle.In addition to software bug patches and improvements to the play queue, Tidal's latest version 1.14.0 for iOS and Android adds an integrated Cast option that pops up in the playback screen. Your phone will always show up as the default source, but now you can see Chromecast devices in the menu too, as long as both sources are coected to the same wireless source. Tidal joins a handful of app...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.His ire was inflated. HBO/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It was impassioned.But when you're defending a slur on the reputation of your hometown quarterback, your blood boils and the flaming words spill out. Other words begiing with "f" spill out too.At least if you're Ben Affleck.The actor, director and Batman appeared on Wednesday night with Bill Simmonds on Simmonds' new HBO show, "Any Given Wednesday."Naturally, one of the core topics was Deflategate. Should this event have flattened itself in your min...

Now you can control your Sonos speaker on an iOS device directly from the lock screen. The company just released a software update for its multiroom streaming speaker system that will allow customers to perform a wider range of iOS shortcuts, including quick navigation from the lock screen, Force Touch access to menus, Split View support, and more. Before version 6.3 was released today, iOS users had to unlock their devices and click over to the Sonos app to do things like change tracks or adjust the volum...

Sarah Tew/CNET Vizio TVs from the 2010-2011 model year will no longer support the Amazon Video app.That's the word from Amazon, which notified users of the affected televisions via email. The app will cease to work on August 15.Amazon is offering an olive branch, however: the same email offers affected users a $15 discount on the Amazon Fire TV Stick with voice remote. (We'd suggest you opt for a Roku Streaming Stick instead, which also has the Amazon app, but is currently on sale for just $5 more.) So fans of Transparent and The Man in the High Castle can breathe a sigh of relief.Note that this isn't the fi...

Plex Good news for Nvidia Shield owners: Not only can it run Plex's Android TV, but it will soon be able to run its Full Media Server, including support for hardware-accelerated video transcoding (H.264, MPEG2 and HEVC) with multiple simultaneous streams.For those who've never heard of Nvidia Shield it comes in three different versions: Android TV, Tablet K1, and Portable versions. All include a game controller. Android TV is its set-top streaming media and gaming box that has a 64-bit CPU and powerful GPU that lets you play games and stream content from a variety of sources at up to 4K resolutions.Plex s...