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Samsung killed its texting app, but your texts are fine.
Samsung Messages stopped working July 6 on newer Galaxy phones. Nothing is broken, your old texts are not gone, and the switch takes about ten minutes.
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That sketchy letter from your hospital might be real
Rochester patients got a real breach notice with the wrong hospital name on it. Many threw it away.
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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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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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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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Windows 11's new rewind button works, but it is not a backup
Windows 11's new Point-in-Time Restore can roll your PC back to yesterday. It is handy, but it is not a backup.
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Google is changing how Android apps get installed.
A countdown clock says your Android phone is about to be locked down. Here is what Google's new app verification actually changes, and what it does not.
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You can finally hide your phone number on WhatsApp
WhatsApp is finally letting you hide your phone number behind a username. Here's what that actually protects, and what it doesn't.
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Microsoft pulls Edge extensions due to malware
Microsoft pulled 119 Edge add-ons that worked for years, then turned on their users. Time to clean out the extensions you forgot you had.
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Police take down major pop-up scams
An international police operation seized the servers behind the fake 'update your browser' pop-up. A rare win, and what it actually changes for you.
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iPhone to Android texting finally encrypted.
A text between an iPhone and an Android phone can now be locked end to end for the first time. The tell is a small padlock, and it doesn't cover everything.
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Three breaches in one week, and your medical records are the target
Three companies disclosed breaches in one week, and medical data was the target. Why thieves want it, and the free steps that limit the damage.