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Fresh From Cache: Who gets your accounts when you're gone?

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Who gets your photos and email when you're gone? Set this up in five minutes.

Your photos and email don't pass to anyone when you die. Apple's Legacy Contact and Google's Inactive Account Manager fix that in five minutes each.

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QuickBooks Desktop is going away.

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.

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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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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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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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Leaked Email

Your email address is in a data breach, probably several. What that actually means for you, how to check which leaks you are in, and the short list of steps that genuinely help.

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Why MFA annoyance is worth it

Those two-factor codes show up because somebody already has your password. Which kind of MFA to use, which kind to avoid, and why a strong password is not the answer by itself.

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What a VPN actually does

VPN ads sell a coffee-shop hacker problem the web mostly engineered away years ago. What a VPN really protects, what it never did, and the few times one is genuinely useful.

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How to spot a phishing email in 2026

The old advice about typos and bad grammar stopped working. The current signs of a scam email, where to look before you click a link, and the habits that catch the rest.

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What the heck is a Passkey?

A passkey signs you into a site with your face, fingerprint, or PIN instead of a password. How it works, why a scammer cannot phish one, and what happens if you lose your phone.

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Outlook icon confusion

Windows 11 ships with Outlook (new) while Microsoft 365 installs Outlook Classic, so both sit in your Start menu. Which one to use, and what you give up by switching.

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Four steps to fix your printer (and the rule for when to stop)

Your printer says it is ready and nothing comes out. Four steps that fix most printer problems in order, and the rule for when buying a new one is the cheaper answer.