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Venmo is among the most widely used peer-to-peer payment platforms, used for everything from splitting bills to making purchases from merchants both small and large. The app has a number of built-in features that make it easier to manage expenses, collect funds, and keep your data private and money safe along the way, but they aren't always obvious. Here are 10 tips and tricks you can use to get the most out of Venmo. Make your Friends list private to protect your account from scammersBy default, Venmo makes your friends list public, which means it is visible to anyone logged into Venmo. Scammers can capitalize on this by impersonating people you know—using their name, profile picture, and similar username—and trick you into sending money to fake accounts. To hide this list, go to Me...

If you've ever been on a cruise, there's a good chance your personal information was just exposed in a major data breach. Carnival Corporation—the largest cruise line operator in the world—is alerting consumers of a recent hack affecting 6 million people. The incident has been claimed by the ShinyHunters hacking group, which has targeted hundreds of companies in recent years, including Canvas and TransUnion. Carnival Corporation operates a fleet of more than 90 ships across nine cruise lines: Carnival Cruise Line, Costa, P&O Australia, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Holland American Line, AIDA, Cunard, and Seabourn. Approximately 13.5 million people traveled with Carnival in 2025. What happened with the Carnival Cruise data breach?According to a data breach notice filed with the Ma...

When Health Editor Beth Skwarecki and Staff Writer Meredith Dietz pitched the idea of training for a Hyrox race, my first question was straightforward: What's Hyrox? I imagined a CrossFit competition rebranded into a new social fitness craze by mashing together previous ones, like CrossFit meets SoulCycle, or HIIT meets Barre, or Peloton meets parkour. I wasn't too far off, but Hyrox is more straightforward: Hyrox is a workout competition mixed with a traditional race, where participants run in one-kilometer intervals and complete a fitness station after each run. Beth is a competitive weightlifter, and Meredith is a seasoned marathon runner, so Hyrox is a perfect opportunity to test their respective skills against a challenge that requires both. I gladly accepted their pitch, and s...