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Intuit is winding down QuickBooks Desktop one version at a time. I priced out your three real options before you're forced to pick one.
Joel Folgner
IT Manager, consultant, and tech curator based in Molalla, Oregon. I’m Joel Folgner, and I created Fresh From Cache to distill the noise of the tech industry into clear, practical insights.
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The cheaper Microsoft 365 plan Microsoft hides behind the cancel button
Microsoft raised the price of its home Office plans for Copilot. There's a cheaper version without it, at the old price. Here's how to find it.
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Scammers first to the World Cup
Fake FIFA sites are already live before kickoff, a stranger found a "burner" Instagram from one bus ride, and the data trail behind both. Plus two settings worth changing.
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Microsoft stopped patching Windows 10. Now what?
Your Windows 10 PC didn't break. Microsoft just stopped sending it free security updates. Six plain-English ways to handle it, with real costs and steps.
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Your TV has a side hustle, and you're paying for it
Free apps on smart TVs can turn your set into a relay for someone else's web scraping. Using your connection and your IP. Here's how to tell, and how to stop it.
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The World Cup Fraud Economy
Thousands of fake FIFA sites are already live before the June 11 kickoff. Here's how the World Cup scam machine works, and the simple habits that keep you out of it.
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Why the robocalls about your Google listing won't stop
Put your business on Google and the robocalls never stop? Here's why it happens, why blocking fails, and what actually works.
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An IT Guy on Vacation
I went on vacation to shut my brain off. Naturally, I spent it finding the Wi-Fi access points hidden in a cruise ship's walls.
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Your photos know where you live
I handed an AI a photo with nothing in it, a blank wall and a few trees, no signs. It named the state. Then I gave it a window view with the location scrubbed out, and minutes later it had the exact building and floor.
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How a stranger on the bus found her secret Instagram
Last week a Reddit user described a small, deeply unsettling moment. A man sat near her on a bus, the two exchanged a glance, and by that evening he had followed her on Instagram. Not the main account she posts from, but the burner: no real name, no profile photo,
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You can’t say bomb on an airplane
Somewhere over the Atlantic last Saturday night, a plane full of people learned that a teenager's taste in speaker names can cost you your whole evening. United Flight 236 left Newark for Palma de Mallorca, Spain, around 6 pm on May 30. About two hours in, off the
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Microsoft 365 prices go up July 1.
If you run your business or your nonprofit on Microsoft 365, your bill is about to climb. On July 1, Microsoft raises list prices on most of its commercial plans. Business Basic goes from $6 to $7 per user each month. Business Standard, the plan most small offices actually run,