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Google Chrome Now Uses AI to Protect Your Browsing Online

For years, Google Chrome has had a security feature known as "Enhanced protection." This option was designed as part of Chrome's "Safe browsing" feature, to help preserve your security while browsing the web. Now, Google has updated the language of...

February 17, 2025

Microsoft’s February Patch Tuesday Fixes Four Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Each month, Microsoft releases its "Patch Tuesday" update, which contains security patches for bugs and security vulnerabilities in Windows. For February's Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft fixed 55 flaws, including notably four zero-day vulnerabilities. As we've covered in the past, zero-day...

February 17, 2025

If You Have an iPhone, Turn On ‘Stolen Device Protection’ ASAP

A good password is essential for securing your devices and data. However, it isn't foolproof. If a thief knows your iPhone passcode, for example, not only could they steal your device and unlock it, they could use that passcode to...

February 11, 2025

Microsoft Edge Now Blocks Scareware

The internet is full of scams and malicious activity, but "scareware" or tech support scams are some of the more nefarious schemes. These scams appear as pop-up alerts as you browse the web, "informing" you that your machine is infected...

February 11, 2025

Four Keyboard Shortcuts New to Windows 11

We've been talking a lot about Windows 11 this month: Microsoft's plan to end support for Windows 10 means that upgrading to the company's newest OS is the easiest decision for most PC users. If you do make the switch...

February 4, 2025

How to Quickly Restore Your Previously Opened Tabs in Windows 11

The internet is quite large, and there's a lot of it to see. Whether you're surfing the web for work or for personal use, you likely amass an unwieldy number of tabs by the end of a browsing session. When...

February 4, 2025

Can Your PC Be Upgraded to Windows 11?

Windows 10's days are numbered. As we outline here, Microsoft will drop its free support for Windows 10 on October 25, 2025. That's less than nine months away, and anyone still running the popular OS will be putting themselves at...

January 28, 2025

Password Protect Your Microsoft Office Files to Secure Your Work

If you frequently use Microsoft Office for work, you likely manage many Word and Excel files on a daily basis. While it's easy to create, work, and save these files as you normally would, it's worth the extra step to...

January 28, 2025

Did You Know You Can Clear Most Windows By Shaking the Title Bar?

True to its name, sometimes Windows simply fills up with too many windows. You don't need to spend your time minimizing and closing all these windows, however: Instead, you can use a trick built into the OS that lets you...

January 20, 2025

Windows 10 Support Ends This Year (for Most Users)

No software lasts forever. No matter how popular an operating system may be, eventually, a new version must take its place. So it is with Windows 10, a fan-favorite among Microsoft customers. While many have moved on to Windows 11,...

January 20, 2025