How to Reboot a WiFi Router

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/how-to-reboot-a-wifi-router/

These 6 Tips Could Help Fix Slow Wi-Fi on Your Windows PC

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-tips-could-help-fix-slow-wi-fi-on-your-windows-pc/

9 Steps to Take if You Accidentally Download Malware on Windows

https://www.howtogeek.com/steps-to-take-if-you-accidentally-download-malware-on-windows/

The Best Free Password Managers of 2024

https://www.howtogeek.com/best-free-password-managers/

10 Common Mistakes Beginners Make With the Linux Command Line (and How to Avoid Them)

https://www.howtogeek.com/mistakes-beginners-make-with-linux-command-line-and-how-to-avoid-them/

The Linux Directory Structure, Explained

https://www.howtogeek.com/117435/htg-explains-the-linux-directory-structure-explained/

8 Tips to Organize Apps on Your Android Phone

https://www.howtogeek.com/tips-to-organize-apps-on-your-android-phone/

Google Messages Is Getting Safer

https://www.howtogeek.com/google-messages-getting-safer-2024/

You Don't Need to Pay for Third-Party Antivirus Software To Protect Your PC Anymore

https://www.howtogeek.com/you-dont-need-to-pay-for-third-party-antivirus-software-to-protect-your-pc/

PSA: You Can Control How Links Open Apps on Android

https://www.howtogeek.com/psa-you-can-control-how-links-open-apps-on-android/

AI Web Crawlers Are Ruining the Internet

https://www.howtogeek.com/ai-web-crawlers-are-ruining-the-internet/

The AI Safety Clock Can Help Save Us

https://time.com/7086139/ai-safety-clock-existential-risks/

Ok hear me out iPhones should have a sense of shame

https://interconnected.org/home/2024/10/03/shame

Embodied AI Is Just Around the Corner: What It Is, and Why It Matters

https://www.howtogeek.com/embodied-ai-is-just-around-the-corner-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/

Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise

https://mynoise.net/

A great site (with mobile apps) and an infinite number of soundscapes, because you can configure them yourself!

From the site: "Discover a world of immersive and customizable soundscapes that can enhance focus, relaxation, and sleep. Choose from noise generators, nature sounds and ambient music to create your perfect audio environment. Explore our vast library of interactive sound generators and find your audio haven!"

How to Move Your Windows 11 Installation to a New Drive

https://www.howtogeek.com/move-your-windows-11-installation-to-a-new-drive/

LLMs are getting dumber and we have no idea why

https://www.ignorance.ai/p/llms-are-getting-dumber-and-we-have

Parking fines: How firms like ABM Industries may be using A.I. to target drivers.

https://slate.com/technology/2024/09/parking-lot-fines-ai-privacy-regal-movie-theaters-abm-industries.html?via=rss

Why Using Password Hints Is a Terrible Idea

https://www.howtogeek.com/why-using-password-hints-is-a-terrible-idea/

Don't Toss Your Old Router: 5 Practical Ways to Reuse It

https://www.howtogeek.com/dont-toss-your-old-router-practical-ways-to-reuse-it/

Passkeys on Android Make Your Life Easier—Here’s How to Use Them

https://www.howtogeek.com/passkeys-on-android-make-your-life-easierheres-how-to-use-them/

Get Rid of These 6 Annoyances From Windows 11

https://www.howtogeek.com/get-rid-of-these-annoyances-from-windows-11/

• Disable "Let's Finish Setting Up Your PC" Prompt
• Turn Off Lock Screen Ads
• Disable Taskbar Widgets
• Get Rid of Search Highlights
• Turn Off Web Searches in Windows Search
• Disable Startup Apps

 

EVs are better for the environment than gas cars, but more Americans doubt it : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-5074064/ev-gas-cars-environment-skepticism

10 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Up a Wi-Fi Network

https://www.howtogeek.com/mistakes-to-avoid-when-setting-up-a-wi-fi-network/

Make Your Old Windows Laptop Feel New Again

https://www.howtogeek.com/make-your-old-windows-laptop-feel-new-again/

Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’

https://www.wired.com/story/deepfakes-deep-doubt-era-artificial-intelligence/

What Is "Brainrot"? The Social Media Trend Explained

https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-brainrot-the-social-media-trend-explained/

The Best Tech Support Services for Seniors

https://www.wired.com/story/the-best-tech-support-services-for-seniors/

No one’s ready for this (AI photo manipulation)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24225972/ai-photo-era-what-is-reality-google-pixel-9

The United Nations Wants to Treat AI With the Same Urgency as Climate Change

https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-report/

Do You Need an Antivirus Program on Windows?

https://www.wired.com/story/do-you-need-an-antivirus-program-on-windows/

Don’t Be So Quick to Upgrade Your Android Phone

https://www.howtogeek.com/dont-be-so-quick-to-upgrade-your-android-phone/

How to Use Headphone Mode on the Roku App (And Why You Should)

https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-use-headphone-mode-on-the-roku-app-and-why-you-should/

I’ll add that hearing the stereo presentation of audio adds a whole new dimension to what you watch, and almost everything is recorded in stereo.

Fight Health Insurance uses AI to appeal claim denials

https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/23/holden-karau-fight-health-insurance-appeal-claims-denials/

Why You Should Fake Cancelling Every Subscription At Least Once

https://www.howtogeek.com/why-you-should-fake-cancelling-every-subscription-at-least-once/

Why You Shouldn't Sign In With Google or Facebook

https://www.howtogeek.com/why-you-should-not-sign-in-with-google-or-facebook/

How Good Password Hygiene Keeps You Safe

https://www.howtogeek.com/how-good-password-hygiene-keeps-you-safe/

What Makes Cloud Storage Secure?

https://www.howtogeek.com/what-makes-cloud-storage-secure/

8 Tricks That'll Give Your Old Android Phone Another Year of Life (Or More)

https://www.howtogeek.com/tricks-thatll-give-your-old-android-phone-another-year-of-life-or-more/

7 iPhone Safety Features You Should Start Using

https://www.howtogeek.com/iphone-safety-features-you-should-start-using/

Handling Sensitive Questions in Surveys and Screeners

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/sensitive-questions/

7 password rules to live by in 2024, according to security experts

https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-password-rules-to-live-by-in-2024-according-to-security-experts/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Why It Feels Like Ads Are Listening To Your Conversations (When They Aren't)

https://www.howtogeek.com/why-it-feels-like-ads-are-listening-to-your-conversations-when-they-arent/

What Does Artificial Intelligence Have in Store For Mankind?

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/06/What-Does-Artificial-Intelligence-Have-in-Store-For-Mankind/

What to Do if Your Phone Gets Lost or Stolen

https://gizmodo.com/what-do-to-if-your-phone-gets-lost-stolen-2000480509

A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/a-jargon-free-explanation-of-how-ai-large-language-models-work/

7 warning signs your computer has been hacked — and what to do

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2364323/warning-signs-your-computer-hacked.html

8 Important Online Safety Tips for Non-Techies to Know

https://www.howtogeek.com/important-online-safety-tips-for-non-techies-to-know/

7 Ways You Unknowingly Put Your Data at Risk

https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-you-unknowingly-put-your-data-at-risk/

It’s Not Just Streaming Content, Your Smart TV Collects Data on Everything

https://www.howtogeek.com/its-not-just-streaming-content-your-smart-tv-collects-data-on-everything/

How to Shop With Virtual Credit Cards to Protect Your Privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-shop-with-virtual-credit-cards/

How to detect Deepfakes on Windows PC

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-detect-deepfakes-in-windows

Artificial Intelligence: Glossary

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/artificial-intelligence-glossary

The NSA is Warning You to Restart your Phone Every Week: Here's Why

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-nsa-is-warning-you-to-restart-your-phone-every-week-heres-why/

How to Help Protect Your Family From Online Scams

https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-help-protect-your-family-from-online-scams/

Google Maps Can Tell You When to Leave to Arrive on Time

https://www.howtogeek.com/psa-google-maps-can-tell-you-when-to-leave-to-arrive-on-time/

Google and Microsoft report growing emissions as they double-down on AI

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/g-s1-9545/ai-brings-soaring-emissions-for-google-and-microsoft-a-major-contributor-to-climate-change

Here Are 7 Ways I Keep My Streaming Bills Under Control

https://www.howtogeek.com/here-are-7-ways-i-keep-my-streaming-bills-under-control/

12 Things I Do Right After Installing Linux (And You Should Too)

https://www.howtogeek.com/things-i-do-after-installing-linux/

How to Recognize and Report Spam Text Messages

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-report-spam-text-messages

Smartphone apps are a headache to navigate for travel, banking, hotels, apartments, laundry, and more.

https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/smartphone-apps-are-a-headache-travel-banking-hotels-apartments-laundry.html?via=rss

This Is How I Fixed the Windows Update Error 0x80070643

https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-how-i-fixed-the-windows-update-error-0x80070643/

(For Windows update  KB5034441)

As of this writing there's a typo in the instructions: toward the end it says to use this command:

formatquick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE tools"

But "formatquick" should be two words: "format quick". So the correct command would be

format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE tools"

It is correct in the screen capture.

My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

https://www.howtogeek.com/my-windows-computer-just-doesnt-feel-like-mine-anymore/

7 Reasons Why Windows Users Avoid Linux (Which Aren’t True Anymore)

https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-why-windows-users-avoid-linux-which-arent-true-anymore/

How The Luddite Teens Of New York Changed My Perspective On Social Media

https://www.dailygood.org/story/3222/how-the-luddite-teens-of-new-york-changed-my-perspective-on-social-media-natalie-deville/

AI Search Isn't the Silver Bullet Google Thinks It Is, Here's Why

https://www.howtogeek.com/ai-search-isnt-the-silver-bullet-google-thinks-it-is-heres-why/

Windows 11 Shows Start Menu Ads Now: Here’s How to Turn Them Off

https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-11-start-menu-ads-how-to-turn-them-off/

Instagram Users Hide Photos, Sharing More Privately

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245316400/grid-zero-instagram-users-hiding-profile-privacy

Glanceable Directions is the Best New Google Maps Feature in Ages

https://www.howtogeek.com/glanceable-directions-is-the-best-new-google-maps-feature-in-ages/

Deepfakes and conspiracy theories drive push for media literacy

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/21/1239693671/ai-images-and-conspiracy-theories-are-driving-a-push-for-media-literacy-educatio

End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-terrible-costs-of-a-phone-based-childhood/ar-BB1jONI0

Should You Run a Survey?

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/should-you-run-a-survey/

Library Extension - See book availability from your local library's catalogs

https://www.libraryextension.com/

3-2-1 backup rule: What is it, and why stick to it?

https://proton.me/blog/3-2-1-backup

Avast fined $16.5 million by FTC for selling user browsing data to advertisers

https://www.techspot.com/news/101997-avast-fined-165-million-ftc-selling-user-browsing.html

6 Tips to Make Your Android Phone Easier to Use

https://www.howtogeek.com/make-android-phones-easier-to-use/#enable-easy-mode-on-samsung-galaxy-devices

Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/17/thousands-join-uk-parents-calling-for-smartphone-free-childhood

The rise of obituary spam

https://www.theverge.com/24065145/ai-obituary-spam-generative-clickbait

Literacy crisis in college students: Essay from a professor on students who don’t read.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/literacy-crisis-reading-comprehension-college.html

Accordions: 5 Scenarios to Avoid Them (Video)

https://www.nngroup.com/videos/avoid-accordions/

 

For website managers... Accordions: 5 Scenarios to Avoid Them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8I7rplPN8I

The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep

How to Comment on Social Media (humor)

https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-how-to-comment-on-social-media/

How To Use Your Android Phone or iPhone as a Webcam

https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-your-android-phone-or-iphone-1851147310

Show Me the Science - Why Wash Your Hands?

https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/why-handwashing.html

Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doing-your-own-research-is-a-good-way-to-end-up-being-wrong/ar-AA1n7pEv

Sycophancy in Generative-AI Chatbots

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/sycophancy-generative-ai-chatbots  

YouTube TV vs. Hulu (+ Live TV): Choosing the Best Live TV Service

https://www.howtogeek.com/youtube-tv-vs-hulu-live-tv/

E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance

https://www.fastcompany.com/90996547/e-books-are-fast-becoming-tools-of-corporate-surveillance?utm_source=pocket_mylist

How to create strong passwords you’ll actually remember

https://proton.me/blog/create-remember-strong-passwords

How to Detect Hidden Surveillance Cameras With Your Phone

https://www.howtogeek.com/411095/how-to-detect-hidden-surveillance-cameras-with-your-phone/

Leading ‘Save The Kids!’ Advocate Pushing Absolutely Dangerous ‘Protect The California’ Ballot Initiative That Will Do Real Harm To Children

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/08/leading-save-the-kids-advocate-pushing-absolutely-dangerous-protect-the-california-ballot-initiative-that-will-do-real-harm-to-children/

 

Serious New Facebook Warning For Apple iPhone and Google Android Users

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/06/serious-new-facebook-warning-for-apple-iphone-and-google-android-users

Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service

https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service

LastPass now requires 12-character master passwords for better security

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lastpass-now-requires-12-character-master-passwords-for-better-security/

From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'

https://text.npr.org/1222040458

Older Americans say they feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans

https://text.npr.org/1222561870

10 Things You Didn't Realize Your iPhone Can Do for You

https://www.howtogeek.com/things-you-didnt-realize-your-iphone-can-do-for-you/

What Using The Internet Is Like In 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t15a0im-_4

How to Tell When It's Time to Replace Your Router

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/wireless-routers/how-to-tell-when-its-time-to-replace-your-router-a5475786635/

A fridge but in reverse? The fascinating science of heat pumps – visualized

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2023/dec/23/heat-pumps-science-visualised?utm_term=6587e5050249c5ea21ae29fcce94b3c8&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

What Is Hardware Acceleration, and When Should You Turn It On?

https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-hardware-acceleration/

Amazon's now-hidden Q&A

One of the many ways Amazon has become disappointing (besides long shipping times even for Prime stuff, and most egregiously, the insertion of ads into Prime Video) is the removal of browse access to the Questions and Answers. (For those new to Amazon, you used to be able to see the entire collection of questions and answers.) You can still ask a question, and you can search the Q&A for specific words; but you can no longer browse through all of them. I found this activity to be very valuable, as I’d often find facts, or problems, that I never would have thought to search for. Yes, there were lots of repeated questions, and an irritating amount of lousy answers, like “I don’t know I bought it for someone as a gift”, or my least favorite: “Ask the seller/manufacturer”. But I could wade through those easily and learn a lot about a product.

As of this writing it’s still possible to see all the questions by editing a URL:

• Find the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) of the item from the URL
  Example, with ASIN highlighted: https://www.amazon.com/Enhancer-Dispenser-Packets-Calorie-Flavoring/dp/B003YP3MUS/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3JB81XUN26IFV&keywords=true%2Blemon%2Bpackets%2B100%2Bcount&qid=1703958856&s=grocery&sprefix=true%2Blemon%2Cgrocery%2C125&sr=1-4&th=1
• And just add the ASIN after https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/asin/
  In this example, the finished URL is: https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/asin/B003YP3MUS

If someone could write a browser extension to do this, it would be most appreciated.

Another disappointment: some years ago I chatted with Amazon support, and suggested that the emails they send out to product purchasers with the submitted questions have an “I don’t know the answer” link that leads to some gentle message thanking them but not leading to a published answer. It must have been misinterpreted, because somehow after that I no longer received emails asking me to answer questions for things I’ve purchased or reviewed. That’s too bad, because I believe the Q&A and reviews are the most useful things offered by Amazon, and I liked to help answer questions.

Why holiday LED lights flicker, and what you can do about it

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1198908957/led-lights-flicker-headache

Deceptive Patterns in UX: How to Recognize and Avoid Them

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/deceptive-patterns

5 Formatting Techniques for Long-Form Content

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/formatting-long-form-content