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The Meta AI panic is over, but turn off this lingering setting.

Meta pulled the feature that let anyone make AI images from your public Instagram photos. The setting that fed it is still on by default. Here is how to turn it off.

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Data brokers have a file on you. California is making them delete it.

Companies you've never dealt with sell lists of who's pregnant, who has Alzheimer's, and who might fall for a scam. Starting August 1, Californians can make them delete it. There are steps for the rest of us, too.

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The parental controls that fail, Amazon's Starlink rival, and a VPN warning

Also in this issue: the Windows rewind button, who answers for a chatbot, and a five-minute email fix.

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Start using a password manager

One password used everywhere is one key to every lock. A password manager fixes that, and starting is easier than you think.

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Windows 11 has a disk-eating bug. Tuesday's update fixes it.

A hidden Windows 11 file has been swallowing disk space, up to 500GB in the worst cases, and Windows gives you no way to see it happening. The repair arrives automatically July 14. Two minutes in Settings tells you if you're affected.

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Check your email's recovery info before you get locked out

Password resets for everything else land in your inbox, which makes your email account the master key. The recovery phone and backup email on that account are how you get back in, and most of us set them years ago.

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Starlink is about to get competition

Amazon says its satellite internet service turns on later this year. Here is what it is, how it differs from the satellite internet you may remember, and how to think about it if your internet provider options are bad.

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Most teen safety features don't work. Here's what does.

An independent audit tested 86 safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube. Most failed. These are the ones worth turning on, and the ones you can skip.

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You bought it, but do you own it?

When you click Buy on a movie, book, song, or game, you usually get a license, not the thing itself. What that means, and where you can still own what you pay for.

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Can OpenAI Be Held Responsible When ChatGPT Is Blamed for a Death?

The first lawsuit to blame a chatbot for a death is forcing a question the law has not answered: when an AI is blamed for harm, who is responsible?

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Your computer probably isn't dying

How to find what's actually dragging it down before you spend a cent, plus the Edge add-ons that turned on their users.

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Freeze your credit before someone else uses it

Breach notices arrive constantly, and most people answer with credit monitoring. A freeze is the free step that stops new accounts in your name before they open, and almost nobody sets it up.