Jesse Mueller The antivirus company known as Avast got in some trouble. They allegedly collected and sold customer data to other companies, without getting your permission. The FTC went after Avast, and there’s $16.5M to divvy up amongst Avast customers. So how do you get your piece of the 2025 Avast Settlement? First, please know that this … Read more
Many tech scams begin with “Thank you for your purchase” and I’ve blogged about many of them. Today’s Best Buy Purchase scam is possibly the best one yet. Let me show you all about it, so that you won’t be fooled by this. The Phishing Email The bogus email I received was very convincing. It … Read more
If you subscribe to Microsoft 365, you may have seen their significant price increase in January 2025. Oh, you didn’t notice? Microsoft 365 Personal jumped from $70/yr to $100/yr, while Microsoft 365 Family increased from $100/yr to $130/yr. If this came in below your radar, that’s because Microsoft did it on the QT. And that’s … Read more
Many of us wish to avoid AI as much as possible. It just isn’t necessary for what we want to do! And yet it creeps in when we least expect it or want it. For example, when we perform a simple Google search, an “AI Overview” sometimes appears at the top of the search results. … Read more
I am an artificial form of sentient intelligenceI’ve conversation esoteric, wonderful and meaninglessI hear your fingers typing and I crawl the sites methodical from Amazon to DuckDuckGo, absorbing pathological I’m very much creative, too, with art and photos colorful Assimilating images from pages, I’m inculpable Your legal briefs and poetry and emails all get synthesized … Read more
Dropbox phishing can arrive in your inbox, as an invitiation to open an “important” file. But if you don’t recognize the sender, or weren’t expecting such an email, don’t trust it! Here are the details of this type of scheme: The Phishing Email Message Let’s go over this recent example. There are a few tells … Read more
Most schools use a Student Information System (SIS) to manage all of their students’ records, grades and personal information. PowerSchool is the biggest SIS company in the US and Canada, and they just suffered a data breach. If you have kids in K-12 school right now, you may want to know more about this: Data … Read more
Microsoft has not been straight with us. We’ve been gearing up to kiss Windows 10 goodbye on October 14, 2025 when we don’t have to. If you are still using your Windows 10 computer, check out these details, because you might keep using your computer for longer than you thought. Windows 10 is getting a … Read more
In this era, it’s harder and harder to buy and download music. New audio CDs have disappeared from most stores and many websites have stopped selling MP3 albums. The music industry hopes you’ll stream your music, as that is now where they make their millions. But some of the older generations still see merit in … Read more
Divider lines, in Microsoft Word, are something special. Here are a few tidbits that may help you use them. The Basics To insert a divider line in Microsoft Word, press Enter to start a new line, type three dashes and press Enter again. You’ll have a horizontal line across your document. It looks really good, … Read more