Technology

Well, today - July 3, 2019 - all of the major social media platforms were struggling. I'm talking Facebook, Twitter AND Instagram, among others.

We look forward to having Screen Geeks in multiple locations here in Deep East Texas!

We have now added a setting that would allow you to get alerts about East Texas News.

Today, at approximately 1:42 PM CST, social media giant Facebook went completely blank for about five minutes.

There's one item that goes missing all the time, and you can't seem to find it...unless, of course, you go buy a new one.

Now there's a new phone scam in East Texas for you to watch out for.

Not only are they effective and easy to train, they never call in sick or ask for a raise!

This is catching on everywhere, and we'll be seeing more of it in 2019. Fake police officers like "Constable Scarecrow," that are cardboard cutouts made to look like real officers with radar guns.

Kudos to the designers for including charging stations. Can they build an interactive lit tunnel for grown-ups, too? Kidding, kidding.

Despite the concerns, research is showing some interesting results that may be good news for gamers.

If your password is "password," it's really not very secure. And don't change it to "123456," because that's easy for hackers to figure out too. Seriously! People are still using these horrible passwords and several others that need to go away right now.

If you're only asking Alexa for the current temperature in Lufkin or the score of the most recent Texans' game, you're totally missing out. The possibilities are endless, and sometimes she fires back some pretty goofy surprises.