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New here? A hand-picked tour of the most useful pieces, grouped by topic.
New here? This is the guided tour. Pick the thing that's bugging you, or the topic you've been meaning to get a handle on, and start there. These are hand-picked, not just the newest.
- Spotting scams
- Protecting your accounts
- Your privacy
- Making sense of AI
- Fixing common problems
- Your phone
Spotting scams
- How to spot a phishing email in 2026. The one skill that catches most scams before they cost you anything.
- The fake CAPTCHA scam you run yourself. The scam that talks you into infecting your own computer.
- Police take down major pop-up scams. That alarming “your computer is infected” popup, explained.
- Why the robocalls about your Google listing won't stop. Why the support number you Googled might not be the real company.
Protecting your accounts
- What the heck is a Passkey?. The login that's replacing passwords, and why it's harder to steal.
- Why MFA annoyance is worth it. The extra login step that stops most account takeovers cold.
- Who gets your photos and email when you're gone? Set this up in five minutes.. What happens to your email, photos, and logins after you're gone.
Your privacy
- What a VPN actually does. What a VPN does, what it can't, and whether you actually need one.
- Your photos know where you live. The hidden location tag riding along in the photos you share.
- Your car has been grading your driving and selling the report card. Your car has been scoring your driving and selling the report.
- Your browser can block trackers and scam sites. The strongest settings just aren't on by default.. The browser privacy settings worth turning on, in five minutes.
Making sense of AI
- How Much Water Does AI Really Use?. Cutting through the scary headlines about what AI costs the planet.
- Fake face. Real money.. How AI deepfakes power a new wave of impersonation scams.
- The Self-Driving Car Is Real. You Just Can't Buy It.. Where self-driving actually stands, minus the hype.
- Boring AI Advice: Five Practical Uses for Your Business or Career. The unglamorous ways to use AI that actually pay off.
Fixing common problems
- Your computer feels slow. Here's what to do.. How to find what's actually slowing your PC, before you buy a new one.
- Do you need backups? You might already have them.. The short answer is yes, and the painless way to set it up.
- Four steps to fix your printer (and the rule for when to stop). The printer fix that works more often than it has any right to.
- Microsoft stopped patching Windows 10. Now what?. What to do now that Windows 10 has stopped getting security updates.
Your phone
- Set up your phone to share your medical info in an emergency. Set up the screen that helps first responders help you.
- The apps I'd recommend aren't the ones I use most. The short list of apps actually worth a spot on your phone.
- Stolen iPhones are becoming worthless to thieves.. Why a stolen iPhone is becoming useless to thieves.
- Are those smart glasses recording you? How to tell. How to tell if the glasses across from you are recording.