July 2025
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Amy Skorheim: How to turn off Google’s AI Overviews in web searches
May 2025
Carlton Reid: Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
https://www.wired.com/story/why-car-brands-are-finally-switching-back-to-buttons/
Drew Turney: AI Models Can't Tell Time or Read a Calendar, Study Reveals
March 2025
Connor Jones: How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/google_android/.
Anthony Robledo: Amazon is Removing an Echo Privacy Setting that Keeps Alexa Recordings from the Company
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/03/17/amazon-echo-alexa-reporting-privacy/82503576007/
FCC: Avoid the Temptation of Smishing Scams
January 2025
Lily Hay Newman: Hey, Maybe It's Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories
https://www.wired.com/story/old-chat-history-delete/t
Peter T. Kirstein: How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who created the first password on the internet
Andy Greenberg: Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars
https://www.wired.com/story/subaru-location-tracking-vulnerabilities/
December 2024
Paresh Dave: New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos
Davey Winder: Gmail Takeover Hack Attack—Google Warns You Have Just 7 Days To Act
Rob Toews: 10 AI Predictions For 2025
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2024/12/22/10-ai-predictions-for-2025/
Dan Goodin: Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security
November 2024
Kyle Wiggers: A Popular Technique to Make AI More Efficient has Drawbacks
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/17/a-popular-technique-to-make-ai-more-efficient-has-drawbacks/
Zak Doffman: FBI Warns Chrome, Safari And Edge Users — Do Not Buy From These Websites
October 2024
Imad Khan: ChatGPT Glossary: 47 AI Terms That Everyone Should Know
No power or cell service? Life-saving satellite tech available on your iPhone, Android
https://www.wesh.com/article/hurriane-milton-satellite-iphone-android-how-to/62551394
Andrew R. Chow: Why Surgeons Are Wearing The Apple Vision Pro
https://time.com/7093536/surgeons-apple-vision-pro/
Dan Goodin: Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
Zachary McAuliffe: Google Drive Full? Here's How You Can Get More Storage Without Paying for It
September 2024
Davey Winder: Hackers Force Chrome Users To Hand Over Google Passwords, Here’s How
Adam Benjamin & Zachary McAuliffe: Clear Your iPhone Cache Before You Upgrade to iOS 18
Chris Baraniuk: How pen and paper comes to the rescue in an IT crisis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9zx22ley8o
Davey Winder: Google’s New Gmail App Password Rules — You Have 24 Hours (September 30) To Comply
August 2024
Anthony Spadafora: 2.9 Billion Hit in One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever — Full Names, Addresses and SSNs Exposed
Clifford Colby: Check if Your Social Security Number Is Included in the National Public Data Breach
Andreas Dumont: 15 open-source apps that make any PC better — for free
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2432103/the-15-best-free-tools-for-your-windows-pc.html
July 2024
Melissa Heikkilä: What are AI agents?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/05/1094711/what-are-ai-agents/
Better Business Bureau Tip: How to Spot and Avoid Identity Theft
https://www.bbb.org/article/news-releases/16951-bbb-tip-identity-theft
June 2024
Kim Komando: How to Stop Google from Listening to Your Every Word
Nelson Aguilar: How to Boost Your Phone Signal for Better Reception on iPhone or Android
May 2024
Jackson Chen: Google's New Built-In AI is the Biggest Update to the Browser in Over 15 Years
https://www.inverse.com/tech/google-chrome-gemini-ai-browser
Benj Edwards: The BASIC Programming Language Turns 60
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/
Emily Stewart: Credit cards are getting smarter (How banks are using huge amounts of data to separate legitimate purchases from scams)
Mayank Parmar: Frustration Grows over Google's AI Overviews Feature, How to Disable
April 2024
Trevor Mogg: ChatGPT AI Chatbot Can Now Be Used Without an Account
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/chatgpt-no-longer-requires-an-account/
Zac Bowden: Microsoft reveals subscription pricing for using Windows 10 beyond October 2025, and it's not cheap
December 2023
Summer Stephan: Tech Scams are Financially Devastating Senior Citizens
The author is the District Attorney for the County of San Diego.
Tekla S. Perry: Meet the PHOLED That Is Transforming Displays
Blue phosphorescent materials fix OLED display weaknesses, improving energy efficiency and longevity.
November 2023
Dan Goodin: This Tiny Device is Sending Updated iPhones into a Never-ending DoS Loop
The Flipper Zero device can cause havoc on nearby electronic devices.
September 2023
Emma Beddington: 50 of the Weirdest, Most Wonderful Corners of the Web
Something for everyone, including: Music from selected decades and countries, Historical maps, Marine traffic, Word pronunciation, Live air traffic control chatter, Wildlife web cams, etc.
Karandeep Singh: Use Google Search like it’s 1998 to mark its 25th birthday