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We know the gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school made chilling posts on social media. There are a lot of people blasting social media for glorifying violence and adding to the threat our children face.

News4JAX Consumer Investigator Lauren Verno sat down with OnDefend Security CEO Chris Freedman to discuss the differences between two popular social media problems circulating the cyber world: cloning and hacking.

On average, people spend almost five hours a day on their smartphones. That’s a third of your waking time, and when it comes to parenting, this type of distraction can have damaging consequences.

AAA experts said another round of testing for driving assistance systems revealed more inconsistencies with their performance -- resulting in crashes with a simulated car and bicyclist.

The same companies that create addictive electronic devices are offering new ways to limit screen time, giving parents even more control.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch that sent 53 Starlink satellites into orbit this morning at 5:42 a.m. left some News4JAX scrambling to get photos of the unexpected object in the sky this morning.

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.

New smartphones can cost more than $1,000, so if you break the one you have, it might be worth trying to fix it. But a Consumer Reports investigation reveals making those do-it-yourself repairs can be harder than you think.

Duval County parents only have until Tuesday to apply for a free laptop or hot spot for their child through Duval County Public Schools.

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.

Duval County Public Schools will be offering families in need to opportunity to apply for free laptops and hot spots, the school district announced Tuesday.

If you have a new car, there’s tech built in that’s supposed to make traveling down the road a much safer experience, but the fact is that technology has its limitations.

Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos.

Consumer Reports says there are some quick and easy steps to free up storage on your phone without sacrificing your data. It all starts with a little detective work.

One in five Fortune 500 companies use Ukrainian IT services. Or at least, they did before Russia invaded.

One in five Fortune 500 companies use Ukrainian IT services. Or at least, they did before Russia invaded.

A consumer alert: The FBI is warning that criminals are stealing people’s cellphone numbers and costing them millions of dollars.

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.

Several firms are working on artificial eye tech that incorporates wireless, embedded sensors.

Camden county voters will have the final say on whether to build a spaceport in their backyard.

Go ahead — Google yourself. You may be surprised just how much personal information pops up on the screen. So the News4JAX I-TEAM teamed up with Consumer Reports to help you wipe your name from the net.

Your children's safety is your top priority, but there's a fine line to walk when protecting them, especially when it's time for their first cellphone. You want to trust them, but how do you also battle the pitfalls of social media, possible bullying and your child's curiosity?

Already this month in Duval County, police have received 140 cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. More than 1/3 of them are videos or images that minors sent themselves through electronic devices or social media applications.

Not even a day after authorities said a University of North Florida student threatened a mass shooting on social media, another threat was made on the same app. This time, it was at the University of Florida.

Broken laptops, old cellphones, printers that stopped working years ago -- you may be wondering what to do you’re your old tech clutter. The good news: Consumer Reports says you can get rid of it safely and maybe make a little money too.

A warning from law enforcement: check your bags and make sure you’re not being tracked.

"Unvaccinated Soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness," Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth says. The Army says 96% of active troops have been vaccinated.

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.

Medical experts have been seeing a rise in functional tic disorders in teen girls, and they’re linking the increase to the popular social media site, Tik Tok.

A judge has denied a request to stop a county from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to opponents of the project.

Artificial intelligence, or AI, allows machines to work more efficiently and solve problems faster. AI is all the buzz in the health care industry right now.

Two major cellphone carriers, AT&T and Verizon, agreed Tuesday afternoon to delay some new 5G wireless service.

If it’s acceptable for our jobs to demand our time on evenings and weekends, grabbing a break during traditional business hours should be as well.

A judge is weighing whether a Georgia county can move ahead with buying land for a commercial spaceport or must first give voters a shot at a special election to approve the deal.

Now that Christmas is over, many kids are eagerly starting to play with their new video games, which can be a great way to stay entertained. But, it’s also important to make sure they’re taking regular breaks.

Each new year, technology seems to amaze us more than the last. So, what are the newest and biggest tech trends that will impact Americans in 2022?

If your company’s human resources department uses the program Kronos, it could take several weeks before its systems to be fully restored due to a ransomware attack.

A new study published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health suggests social media harms girls more than boys, leading to cyberbullying, sleep problems and less exercise.

The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite was the stand-out performer on Tuesday after gaining more than 3% for its best day since March.

Amazon’s cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities and companies, including News4JAX and The Associated Press.

Instagram is now telling young users to take a break from the photo-sharing platform.

The FBI reports that last year about 800,000 people were robbed after making a social media posting. Here’s what you should never post online.

Whether new or old, one thing is the same: TVs need to be properly anchored or mounted. Consumer Reports explains why and walks us through the safety steps to avoid a TV tragedy.

How a former World War Two pilot came second in a cycling competition for older people.

With travel to Mars on the horizon, the time has come for space ice cream to step aside and make room for the flavor of a new era of planetary travel: tomato ketchup, the “Marz Edition.”

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel said this week that people should be more worried about "surveillance AI" than artificial general intelligences.

Feeling stressed? Overwhelmed? Depressed? You are not alone. Fifty-six million Americans are suffering from anxiety or depression.

Facebook has announced it’s preparing to roll out new controls that are designed to encourage teenagers to take a break and steer them clear of content that’s not conducive to their well-being.

Facebook and Instagram users faced problems on Monday.

Schools are warning students about new social media “challenges” that are circulating on sites like TikTok.

Senators fired a barrage of criticism Thursday at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis asked Florida’s secretary of state to investigate Facebook on Monday based on a news article that reported the social media company gives preferential treatment to politicians, celebrities, professional athletes and other prominent people.

Mosquitoes. The good news, there are some devices that promise to keep them at bay, and one that’s about to hit the market is designed to be unlike any other.

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.

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

Authorities say predators are known to prey on children using these popular apps.

Floridians continue to disconnect telephone landlines and go wireless, with the COVID-19 pandemic giving an extra push to the shift.

Even with headwinds from the Fed and inflation, a booming economy and strong earnings should send the market to a series of new highs this summer.

Vaccination passports could further divide the U.S. Tech companies are working on digital "vaccine passports" that could help the U.S. track people who have received coronavirus vaccines as more businesses and services reopen nationwide. Some researchers believe that this effort could end up further dividing an already fragmented country. Albert Fox Cahn, founder of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and a Wired contributor, joined "CBSN AM" to discuss.

Tech stocks — Tech and more-speculative stocks rose en masse on Tuesday as a retreat in U.S. Treasury yields helped the sector reverse some of the steep losses its seen in recent weeks. Electric car maker Tesla jumped more than 14%, on pace for its best day since March 2020. Zoom Video — Shares of the video communications company popped more than 7% midday after chief executive and founder Eric Yuan transferred roughly 40% of his stake, according to a government filing. First Energy — Shares of the energy company rose more than 2% after Bloomberg News reported that activist investor Carl Icahn is in talks with the company about potentially taking two seats on the board. Dick's Sporting Goods — The retail stock slumped about 6% on Tuesday despite the company beating Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom lines for its fourth quarter.

Why "vaccine passports" could be a future travel requirement Tech and travel companies are teaming up to create digital "vaccine passports," which could be someday be required for travelers to prevent the spread of disease. CBSN technology reporter Dan Patterson joined CBSN with more on what this new technology could mean.

BlackRock has raised equities to overweight for 2021, based on its view that the restart of the economy will accelerate with the distribution of vaccines. The firm is raising equities from neutral on a tactical basis, meaning over a six-to-12-month basis. From a long-term strategic view, BlackRock remains neutral on stocks, due to valuations and a challenging environment for earnings and dividend payouts. Pyle said the firm remains focused on the stocks of quality companies, particularly in the U.S. In addition to U.S. stocks, BlackRock also overweights emerging markets and most Asian equities.

Tech has fallen out of favor in the past week, with mega-cap stocks such as Apple and Microsoft coming under pressure. But, even in the case of sector weakness, two market watchers see some opportunity in the space. I mean, this is the big Chinese ecommerce play here," Binger told CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Monday. Binger noted the stock trades cheaply relative to the rest of the tech sector. Matt Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak, backs the chips stocks, highlighting one name by way of example.

The five largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. – Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook – will report earnings this week. Bapis warns that tech stocks could come under near-term pressure during the earnings stretch after their sharp climb off the lows. Apple and Microsoft are categorized as tech, Facebook and Alphabet are in the communication services sector and Amazon in consumer discretionary. That's what we've seen. And then when we've seen these market setbacks tech's been able to hold up against that backdrop, too.

The materials sector has taken over the leadership position as tech hit a rough spot this month. Materials stocks hit a high for a second day in a row on Thursday after rallying more than 5% in September. Just on Thursday, the XLB materials ETF rose 1%, while the XLK tech ETF fell 1%. International Paper is one materials stock that has benefited from the materials breakout and the surge in online spending during the pandemic, according to Matt Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak. "Seventy percent of their sales come from packaging, so with everybody using e-commerce to have their packages delivered to them, it's very positive," Maley said during the same "Trading Nation" segment.

Stocks rose sharply on Wednesday, building on this week's gains, as traders increased bets of an economic recovery with more states easing stay-at-home orders. The S&P 500 advanced 1.7% to 2,971.61, its highest closing level since March 6. It also put the Nasdaq up 4.5% for 2020, adding to the index's lead over the Dow and S&P 500 year to date. Facebook's gains came as investors cheered the company's new e-commerce, Facebook Shops, while Amazon continues to benefit from consumers ordering online. Connecticut began allowing consumers to dine in at restaurants with outdoor seating on Wednesday, and some shops also began reopening.

Stocks fell from their all-time highs on Monday as investors took off some risk on the second-to-last trading day of a historic year for equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 183.12 points, or 0.6%, to 28,462.14, while the S&P 500 fell 0.5%, or 18.73 points, to 3,221.29. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.6%, or 60.62 points, to 8,945.99, after topping 9,000 for the first time ever last week. The S&P 500 notched five straight weeks of gains, rising 28.5% in 2019 through Monday's close. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% last week during the shortened holiday trading.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 183.12 points, or 0.64%, to close at 28,462.14. The S&P 500 dropped 0.58% to 3,221.29. Tech was the worst-performing sector among the 11 S&P 500 groupings. Some of the biggest winners of the year, including Microsoft, Visa, Nike, and Procter & Gamble, were all in the red on Monday as investors took profits. Microsoft and Visa were among the top three gainers in the Dow this year, rallying 55% and 42%, respectively.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York City, November 21, 2019. Technology stocks, a longtime sector leader, once again lifted the broad market to records. Tech was the best-performing sector among the 11 S&P 500 groupings, led by Micron Technology and Western Digital which traded 4.5% and 6.9% higher. Micron and Western Digital surged Monday on upgrades from Susquehanna International Group. The equity research firm upgraded Western Digital on the expected ramp-up of the 5G smartphone build cycle.

The S&P 500 is up more than 25% and counting. For stock investors specifically, it was hard to guess wrong. A look at the S&P 500 companies' internal performance shows only 64 names, or 12%, are down this year. With the trade war still unresolved and the election coming up, Wall Street is forecasting much more modest gains next year. Wall Street's equity strategists are generally more cautious about 2020, with the average S&P 500 target of 3,272 implying a little more than 5% gain.

"You're seeing the semis, measured by the [VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF, or] SMH, make new highs. You're seeing large-cap tech like Microsoft just below highs. You're seeing Apple at new highs. Climbing to $88 would mean new all-time highs for the XLK, and a nearly 8% rise from its Wednesday morning levels. So, I'm risking about a dollar, or $100 per call spread you're trading."

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Across the Great Plains -- even in winter -- the new cash crop is high tech. Tech companies are bringing thousands of people to the Midwest in what is being called America’s new innovation frontier. Mark Strassmann reports.

Tech company Yahoo may approach potential buyers; gas prices climbed nationally for four days straight; CBS News Moneywatch's Jill Wagner has today's business headlines from the the New York Stock Exchange.

The federal government is proposing new technology regulations for the car market: vehicle-to-vehicle technology. The new system would allow cars to "talk" to each other on the road. Kris Van Cleave reports regulators hope this will help prevent accidents.

A droid named BB-8 steals the show in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - and it's based on tech from a real-world robotics start-up called Sphero. CNET's Brian Tong reports.

Tech companies hope to change the way we drive by having cars drive themselves. Advocates say it will make the roads safer, but testing driverless technology doesn’t come without fender benders. Ben Tracy reports on the alarming new information on the test car collisions.

Tech to expect in 2015 2014 was the year of the bigger smart phone, fitness trackers, drones, 3D printing and security hacks. So what will next year bring? CNET's Kara Tsuboi gazes into the tech crystal ball and reports on some of the innovative trends and gadgets you can expect to hit the market in 2015.

New wearable tech will be more fashionable Another brand of smart glasses will soon hit the market. Intel has teamed with Luxottica to create a new line of eyewear they promise will be stylish too. CNET's Bridget Carey joins CBSN with more on how companies are looking to make wearable tech more fashionable for consumers.

Start up using tech to bring hope to the homeless Hand Up, a start up company in San Francisco, California, is using technology to help bridge the gap between the wealthy and the homeless. Carter Evans reports.