Reader's Digest May 2020

Reader's Digest May 2020
This week's cover story is about how everything we do online leaves a footprint. Companies like Google and Facebook can track you using cookies, what you look at and search, etc. But there are also other things that can track you. First, your TV. TVs are getting cheaper, but it's partly because the new smart TVs can sell your information, money-makers for the manufacturers. If you read the privacy policies carefully, you may find your TV tracks every. single. pixel. Also a hot topic these days - smart speakers. You may have heard Google Home, Alexa, or Siri burst in on conversations or TV, thinking you called for it. But this is scary. It means the speakers are listening to everything, waiting for its command word. The companies claim they do not use their recordings for profit, but it's best to be wary. Cars are getting smarter, too.

Reader's Digest April 2020

Reader's Digest April 2020

This month's cover story is on unsolved murders that are still open. In many of them, the suspect is almost certainly believed to be guilty, yet no evidence can be found. One of them, the Black Dahlia murder. In another, a series of child-killings with a suspect jailed for life on 2 completely unrelated murders. A killing in broad daylight in front of a crowd that supposedly saw nothing. And finally, the killing of a beauty queen in her own house, with her parents being accused. Can you figure out what actually happened?

Reader's Digest March 2020

Reader's Digest March 2020
This is part of the monthly magazine series Reader's Digest. This month, the one of the most captivating articles was the story of a Muslim exchange student from Pakistan and a Christian from Texas.