Warning: Nearly 1 million Crock-Pot cookers
recalled over burn risk
https://www.komando.com/technology/crock-pot-recall/766392/
Apple patent application seeks to electrically
detect windshield cracks
It uses the resistance of a conductive layer in the
laminated glass to detect damage.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/apple-windshield-electronically-detect-cracked-windshield/
How To Forward Text Messages To Your Email
https://www.techjunkie.com/forward-text-messages-email/
Apple’s Windows Migration Assistant utility now
compatible with macOS Big Sur
https://news.thewindowsclub.com/apples-windows-migration-assistant-utility-now-compatible-with-macos-big-sur-104191/
How to End a Task Using Windows 10’s Task Manager
https://www.howtogeek.com/700000/how-to-end-a-task-using-windows-10s-task-manager/
Delete 'Go SMS Pro' From Your Android Now
https://lifehacker.com/delete-go-sms-pro-from-your-android-now-1845726166
Windows 10 free download: How to get the upgrade
now
Microsoft no longer supports Windows 7. If you
haven't upgraded to Windows 10 yet, follow these simple steps now.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-download-windows-10-for-free-now-that-windows-7-is-dead/
How to disable Sponsored Top Sites in the Firefox
web browser
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/11/22/how-to-disable-sponsored-top-sites-in-the-firefox-web-browser/
How to Unlock Your iPhone If You Forgot Your
Passcode
https://www.maketecheasier.com/unlock-iphone-if-you-forgot-passcode/
Salesforce is in talks to buy Slack, deal could be
announced next week
- Salesforce is in talks to acquire Slack,
and a deal could be announced as soon as next week, according to a
person familiar with the matter.
- Shares of Slack jumped Wednesday after the
Wall Street Journal first reported that Salesforce had held talks
to buy the company.
- The acquisition would be Salesforce’s
largest to date if the companies go through with it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/25/slack-shares-jump-following-report-of-possible-salesforce-acquisition.html
How to switch between Standard and Conversation
view in web-based Gmail
Jack Wallen shows you how to enable the
Conversation view in Gmail and why you'd want to do so.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-switch-between-standard-and-conversation-view-in-web-based-gmail/
Windows 10 on M1-Powered Macs is Totally Possible,
Apple Says
Apple announced the M1, its very own ARM chip for
the Mac, earlier this month, and the first devices running on
Apple Silicon power are already available for purchase.
https://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-on-m1-powered-macs-is-totally-possible-apple-says-531591.shtml
MacBook Pro 16-inch with M1X could be a performance
monster: Here's why
Impressed with Apple's M1? Just wait for the M1X
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/macbook-pro-16-inch-with-m1x-could-be-a-performance-monster-heres-why
After Math: Windows turns the big 3-5 (updated)
Plus you can bring 'Wonder Woman' home for the
holidays!
https://www.engadget.com/after-math-microsoft-turns-the-big-35-163017108.html
Forget M1 MacBooks: Now Chromebooks are ditching
Intel, too
AMD is about to challenge Intel on Chromebooks with
three new Ryzen 5000 laptop chips
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/forget-m1-macbooks-chromebooks-may-abandon-intel-too
Apple iPad Air 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+
Both Apple and Samsung aspire to replace your
laptop with these powerful slates
https://www.lifewire.com/apple-ipad-air-4-vs-samsung-galaxy-tab-s7-two-premium-tablets-without-compromise-5088535
If You're Using This to Charge Your Phone, Stop
Immediately
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/youre-using-charge-phone-stop-204413148.html
Amazon and Feds Team Up to Sniff Out Counterfeiters
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-and-feds-team-up-to-sniff-out-counterfeiters-1845755020
Big capacity, blazing-fast speed: This 1TB Adata
NVMe SSD is just $90
Newegg is selling the Adata 1TB XPG SX8100 for $40
off the usual price.
https://www.techconnect.com/article/3598688/big-capacity-blazing-fast-speed-this-1tb-adata-nvme-ssd-is-just-90.html
Use Speedify to Combine Connections and Speed Up
Your Internet
Speedify lets you combine existing connection in
your home of office to get faster internet
https://www.makeuseof.com/use-speedify-to-combine-connections-and-speed-up-your-internet/
Tesla hacked and stolen in minutes using a key fob
and Bluetooth hack
https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/stolen-tesla-hack/766079/
Intuit Ditches Credit Karma's Free Tax-Filing
Business Amid Antitrust Concerns
The Justice Department says it would be bad for
competition if TurboTax developer Intuit acquires Credit Karma's
free tax-filing business. Instead, Intuit will divest the business
to mobile payments provider Square.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/intuit-ditches-credit-karmas-free-tax-filing-business-amid-antitrust-concerns
How To Create A Budget In Google Sheets
https://www.techjunkie.com/create-budget-google-sheets/
Malicious browser extensions now targeting
Microsoft Edge users
https://news.thewindowsclub.com/abusive-browser-extensions-now-targeting-microsoft-edge-104177/
How to Turn On HTTPS-Only Mode in Mozilla Firefox
https://www.howtogeek.com/701303/how-to-turn-on-https-only-mode-in-mozilla-firefox/
How to Trick Out Your Android Home Screen Just Like
an iPhone
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-trick-out-your-android-home-screen-just-like-an-1845723324
How to upgrade PS4 games on your PS5 for free
You can upgrade Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Mortal
Kombat 11 and other games to shiner next-gen versions.
https://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-upgrade-ps4-games-on-your-ps5-for-free/
Windows File Copy tool TeraCopy 3.5 is out
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/11/19/windows-file-copy-tool-teracopy-3-5-is-out/
How to Access an Android Phone with a Broken Screen
https://www.maketecheasier.com/access-android-with-broken-screen/
Amazon Web Services outage causes issues for Roku,
Adobe
- Amazon’s cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web
Services, suffered an outage Wednesday.
- Roku, Adobe and other services that rely
on AWS reported some issues with their websites.
- Major clients like Apple and Slack
appeared to be unaffected.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/25/amazon-web-services-outage-takes-some-services-offline.html
Remote working: This new Microsoft VPN aims to make
your mobile devices more secure
Microsoft has delivered a managed VPN for mobile
devices -- using a Linux container.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/remote-working-this-new-microsoft-vpn-aims-to-make-your-mobile-devices-more-secure/
Here’s How Much Microsoft Contributed to the
Development of Chromium
Microsoft has become one of the biggest
contributors to the Chromium engine after embracing it for the
modern version of Microsoft Edge, so naturally, the Redmond-based
software giant has helped improve it quite a lot lately.
https://news.softpedia.com/news/here-s-how-much-microsoft-contributed-to-the-development-of-chromium-531590.shtml
Android users could soon get this huge privacy
upgrade
Google Beta testing new message encryption.
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/android-users-could-soon-get-this-huge-privacy-upgrade
OnePlus 9 Pro leak hints the curved screen is here
to stay
You could also expect a Note 20-like camera bump.
https://www.engadget.com/oneplus-9-pro-leak-212000322.html
Best fast VPN 2020: which provider is fastest?
If you want maximum speeds, you're going to need
the best fast VPN
https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-fast-vpn
How the US Defended Elections Against Hacking
Couldn’t save the truth, though
https://www.lifewire.com/how-the-us-defended-elections-against-hacking-5088199
Why It's Time to Buy a WiFi 6 Router
https://news.yahoo.com/why-time-buy-wifi-6-110007607.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
SEC Proposal Seeks Ability to Pay Gig Workers In
Stock
https://gizmodo.com/sec-proposal-seeks-ability-to-pay-gig-workers-in-stock-1845755030
45% off: This 14-inch Windows laptop by HP is $210
Target is selling a 14-inch HP laptop with Windows
10 in S Mode for $170 off.
(CAUTION: this is a low end laptop for lite users.
It has a low resolution screen (1368x768), 4GB ram memory, Core i3
CPU, but only 32GB slow eMMC (like a thumb drive) storage.
When the version of Windows 10 is our of date, you have to backup
data and any downloaded programs installed, then clear the drive
to install a newer version of Windows 10 from another USB thumb
drive)
https://www.techconnect.com/article/3598067/45-off-this-14-inch-windows-laptop-by-hp-is-210.html
7 Great Apple Watch Apps to Boost Your Productivity
If you have an Apple Watch, these apps help you
keep track of tasks, bits of information, and much more.
https://www.makeuseof.com/apple-watch-apps-boost-productivity/
Tech how-to: Create your own keyboard shortcuts
https://www.komando.com/tech-tips/create-clever-keyboard-shortcuts/765624/
Google Photos Is Killing Free Unlimited Storage: 7
Top Alternatives
Taking advantage of free unlimited photo and video
storage with Google? That deal ends in June, 2021. Here are your
best options for storage if you don't want to pay Google.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-is-killing-free-unlimited-photo-storage-7-alternatives
Twitter Keeps Crashing On Android—Here’s How To Fix
https://www.techjunkie.com/twitter-keeps-crashing-android-fix/
Malicious browser extensions now targeting
Microsoft Edge users
https://news.thewindowsclub.com/abusive-browser-extensions-now-targeting-microsoft-edge-104177/
How to Easily Install Apps With Windows 10’s
Package Manager (Using winstall)
https://www.howtogeek.com/700045/how-to-easily-install-apps-with-windows-10s-package-manager-using-winstall/
How Do I Recover an Account Password in Windows 10?
https://lifehacker.com/how-do-i-recover-an-account-password-in-windows-10-1845716628
How to use Zoom like a pro: 15 video chat tips and
tricks to try today
We'll teach you how to change your Zoom background
and your audio and video settings, and how to turn on the beauty
filter.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-use-zoom-like-a-pro-15-video-chat-tips-and-tricks-to-try-today/
Thunderbird 78.5.0 is now available
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/11/18/thunderbird-78-5-0-is-now-available/
How to Do a Reverse Image Search on iPhone and iPad
https://www.maketecheasier.com/reverse-image-search-on-iphone/
Apple makes another concession on App Store fees
- Apple said on Monday that companies that
offer digital classes through iPhone apps won’t have to pay
Apple’s 30% App Store commission fee on in-app purchases through
June 2021, an extension from December.
- The extension will help businesses by
giving them more time to hold paid digital events rather than
in-person events during the Covid-19 pandemic, without the
additional fee.
- Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked about the
company’s policies around virtual classes and events at a
congressional hearing in July.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/23/apple-extends-fee-waiver-for-digital-classes-in-app-store-.html
Webex security flaw allows people to secretly sneak
into meetings as "ghosts"
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/webex-security-flaw-allows-people-to-secretly-sneak-into-meetings-as-ghosts/
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit
Straightforward application with intuitive options
that provides a real-time safeguard against vulnerability
exploits, catering to all user levels
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/ExploitShield-Browser-Edition.shtml
Zoom bombers begone! New update blocks meeting
intruders
Zoom creates a warning system to prevent Zoom
bombers from intruding
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/zoom-bombers-begone-new-update-blocks-meeting-intruders
Google extends Chrome support for Windows 7 until
2022
It was supposed to stop releasing Chrome updates
for the OS in 2021.
https://www.engadget.com/google-extends-chrome-support-windows-7-184700959.html
Can you get a good free Windows VPN?
Are free Windows VPNs all they're cracked up to be?
https://www.tomsguide.com/features/can-you-get-a-good-free-windows-vpn
Why Phone-Based Authentication Can Be Insecure
Cyber criminal’s delight?
https://www.lifewire.com/why-phone-based-authentication-can-be-insecure-5087935
Social Security Scams Are Up. Here's How to Spot
One
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/6cf2e1da-3b2a-32a1-93af-0fde17571803/social-security-scams-are-up-.html
Fine, This Smartphone Mount That Turns an Apple
Watch Into a Viewfinder for Selfies Is Pretty Clever
https://gizmodo.com/fine-this-smartphone-mount-that-turns-an-apple-watch-i-1845754523
Get an Apple Smart Keyboard Folio for your iPad Pro
and save 40%
A new all-time-low on an essential accessory
https://www.techconnect.com/article/3598530/get-an-apple-smart-keyboard-folio-for-your-ipad-pro-and-save-40.html
Maxoak Bluetti AC50S Review: Tiny But Powerful
Portable Power Station, With Lifesaving Features
500Wh capacity, an emergency light, Qi charging,
and the ability to power small appliances make this an incredibly
powerful package.
https://www.makeuseof.com/maxoak-bluetti-ac50s-portable-power-review/
Avoid these imposter VPN extensions that hijack
your browser search results
https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/imposter-vpn-extensions/765938/
Ransomware Attack Forces Baltimore County Public
Schools to Cancel Classes
The school district has been relying on virtual
classes to teach students during the pandemic. But it decided to
cancel classes today, citing a ransomware attack, which has shut
down the district's IT systems.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/ransomware-attack-forces-baltimore-county-public-schools-to-cancel-classes
Why Do New PCs No Longer Have DVD Or Blu-Ray Drives
Any More?
https://www.techjunkie.com/new-pcs-dvd-blu-ray-drives-more/
Preview Pane missing or not working; Cannot preview
Files in Windows 10 Explorer
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/preview-pane-missing-or-not-working-and-cannot-preview-files-in-windows-10-explorer
How to Forward an Email as an Attachment in Gmail
https://www.howtogeek.com/694611/how-to-forward-an-email-as-an-attachment-in-gmail/
Our Favorite Updates to Chrome 87 and Firefox 83
https://lifehacker.com/our-favorite-updates-to-chrome-87-and-firefox-83-1845707017
The Wyze Smart Home Starter Bundle slashed to just
$50
Back in stock at the lowest price ever for this
comprehensive kit, which includes light bulbs, motion sensors,
smart plugs, a camera and more.
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-wyze-smart-home-starter-bundle-slashed-to-just-50-save-30/
View your WiFi signal's strength, PC's tech specs
with MiTeC System Information X
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/11/18/view-your-wifi-signals-strength-pcs-tech-specs-with-mitec-system-information-x/
How to Download Your Personal Data on Google,
Apple, Facebook and Twitter
https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-download-your-personal-data-on-google-apple-facebook-and-twitter/
Amazon pushes holiday shoppers to pick up packages
at stores amid potential delivery crunch
- Amazon is pushing holiday shoppers to get
their orders delivered to some of its brick-and-mortar retail
locations.
- The company said it will help shoppers
keep their “holiday season spoiler free.”
- But it’s likely to help Amazon save
crucial last-mile delivery capacity, as it stares down a potential
logistics crunch fueled by record online shopping this year.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/23/amazon-pushes-holiday-shoppers-to-pick-up-packages-at-stores.html
Brain hacks to boost productivity with music.
Should you be listening to more ABBA?
We spoke with a neuroscientist and other academics
to understand the principles and neurochemistry to help craft a
personal productivity playlist.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/brain-hacks-to-boost-productivity-with-music-should-you-be-listening-to-more-abba/
Fakespot for Chrome
Avoid being scammed when buying online goods from
known retailers by using this extension's smart buyer grading and
analysis system that detects fake and irrelevant rating reviews
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Applications-Addons/Chrome-Extensions/Fakespot.shtml
iPad Pro: Apple will reportedly launch two in 2021
— what we know
Get your grain of salt! Two iPad Pros could launch
in 2021
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/ipad-pro-apple-will-reportedly-launch-two-in-2021-what-we-know
Sony says the PS5 would still be sold out without a
pandemic
SIE CEO also said there's "news to come" in
response to Microsoft's Game Pass.
https://www.engadget.com/sony-gaming-chief-says-the-ps-5-would-be-sold-out-even-without-covid-19-124538616.html
The Best Cheap VPN in 2020
https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/cheap-vpn
What Zoom’s Security Efforts Mean for You
About time, Zoom
https://www.lifewire.com/what-zoom-security-efforts-mean-for-you-5087249
Comcast faces backlash over plan to charge
customers up to $100 for going over a home-internet data limit
rolling out to 14 new states
https://www.yahoo.com/news/comcast-faces-backlash-over-plan-151250679.html
You Need to Opt Out of Amazon Sidewalk
https://gizmodo.com/you-need-to-opt-out-of-amazon-sidewalk-1845750268
Cord-cutting deals: Grab Roku video streamers at
deep discounts
Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Roku itself have
early Black Friday discounts on Roku Ultra, Premiere, Streambar,
and Streaming Stick+.
https://www.techconnect.com/article/3597936/cord-cutting-deals-grab-roku-video-streamers-at-deep-discounts.html
The 10 Best Extensions to Transform Your Facebook
Experience
From finding out who unfriended you to keeping to
removing those annoying boxes in the sidebar, here are the 15 best
extensions for a better Facebook.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-extensions-transform-facebook-experience/
21 problem-solving gadgets that’ll help make your
tech troubles disappear
https://www.komando.com/kims-column/21-problem-solving-gadgets/765222/
Report: No iOS 15 Update for Apple iPhone 6,
Original iPhone SE
Those with older iOS devices such as the iPhone 6
series and original iPhone SE could be forced to upgrade if they
want to take advantage of iOS 15 when it arrives.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/report-no-ios-15-update-for-apple-iphone-6-original-iphone-se
How To Create A Windows 10 Recovery Disk (every
Windows user should have one)
https://www.techjunkie.com/create-windows-10-recovery-disk/
Europe looks to crack open data encryption on
messaging services like WhatsApp
- End-to-end encryption is a security tool
used by some apps and services — including WhatsApp, Signal and
Facebook Messenger — to provide a greater level of privacy.
- Messages sent using this tool are
encrypted before they leave the sender’s phone or computer, with a
key unique to the devices at either end of an exchange.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/23/europe-looks-to-crack-open-data-encryption-on-messaging-services.html
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