How To Check If Your Android Phone Is Still Getting Security Updates

https://www.engadget.com/2277410/android-phone-how-to-check-security-updates/

A new prayer for the fruit fly connectome

“I have moral queasiness about the fruit fly work going on in the AI world – I’m not 100% sure why.”

https://interconnected.org/home/2026/09/26/connectome

 

The Easiest Way To Find And Remove Spyware On Your Android Phone

https://www.engadget.com/2254646/android-phone-how-to-find-remove-spyware/

LG TVs Snoop Your Local Network, Listen To You When ‘Off’

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/15/lg-tvs-snoop-your-local-network-listen-to-you-when-off/

Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch

"There is a privacy trade-off. By enabling the feature, Comcast says it may disclose information generated from a customer’s use of Wi-Fi Motion to outside parties under a broad array of reasons — and Comcast says it doesn’t have to tell you."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/comcast-adds-motion-sensing-to-millions-of-its-newer-routers-with-a-privacy-catch/?ICID=ref_fark

Don't fight hotel Wi-Fi: How a travel router secures and connects all your devices at once

https://www.howtogeek.com/dont-fight-hotel-wi-fi/

A growing movement wants to free us from our smartphones

https://apnews.com/article/internet-screens-phone-addiction-attention-bde9f575a54921ca320d30519783c250

Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture. - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.hEIM.t4VT9vat1uj-&smid=url-share

Windows has built-in repair tools that work better than any paid optimizer

https://www.howtogeek.com/powershell-commands-that-fix-common-windows-problems-faster-than-any-optimizer-tool/

I freed up 10GB on my Android phone with this free open-source app

https://www.howtogeek.com/i-freed-up-10gb-on-my-android-phone-with-this-free-open-source-app/

How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors

https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-internet-broke-everyones-bullshit-detectors/

How To Have A Healthier Relationship With Social Media

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016854764/social-media-balance-relationship-boundaries

This detox may erase 10 years of social media brain damage, researchers say

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/detox-may-erase-10-years-100000315.html

Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.hEIM.t4VT9vat1uj-&smid=url-share

NSA Warning—Reboot Your Internet Router Now

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/09/nsa-warning-reboot-your-internet-router-now/

Why three buttons beat Android's gesture system every single time

https://www.howtogeek.com/why-three-buttons-beat-androids-gesture-system-every-single-time/

The password advice you've been following for years is actually dangerous

https://www.howtogeek.com/password-advice-youve-been-following-for-years-is-actually-dangerous/

Microsoft has lost the plot: 5 Windows "features" nobody asked for

https://www.howtogeek.com/microsoft-has-lost-the-plot-windows-features-nobody-asked-for/

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do. | Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/targeted-advertising-gives-your-location-government-just-ask-cbp?ICID=ref_fark

How a Professional Ensh*ttificator Systematically Makes Everything Worse for Everyone

https://laughingsquid.com/professional-enshttificator/