The Unseen The wind howls from the south and rattles the windows. I watch the storm and revel in its power — surrendering to its majesty, admiring its beauty and strength — sitting mesmerized before the glass. It occurs to me that no one truly knows where the wind comes from or where it goes. It blows where… Read More »
Cover Your Tracks (by the Electronic Frontier Foundation) Have you ever searched for a pair of shoes online, only to have ads for those exact shoes follow you around the internet for weeks? Most of us know that advertisers use cookies to track us. You delete your cookies, clear your history, maybe even turn on a VPN, and… Read More »
Five Windows 11 Features That Behave Like Spyware We love technology, but we don’t love it when big tech companies decide that your private computer belongs to them. In the old days, you had to actually download something to get spyware; nowadays, Microsoft builds data-harvesting apps right into Windows 11 and calls them “features”.If you want your computer… Read More »
Your Computer Case is Not a CPU, and Your 500 GB Hard Drive Is Not 500 GB If you’ve ever crawled under your desk to plug in a cable and thought, “Let me just plug this into the back of the CPU,” you’re far from alone. For over two decades, people have used the term “CPU” to describe… Read More »
Google is Changing How It Tracks Your Searches (And Your Photos) If you use Google, Maps, YouTube, Shopping, or any other Google services, you’ll want to pay close attention over the next few days. Google is rolling out an update to how it saves your search history, and they are splitting one big setting into two new ones.… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 061326 It won’t be long, and the first day of summer will officially arrive (or the first day of winter – if you live south of the world-famous equator) on the 21st. Today is just an ordinary early mid-June Saturday, and it is time for a new edition of Saturday Bonus Questions… Read More »