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What should you do if you clicked on a phishing link?
Clicked on a phishing link? What to do right away, in the right order, for passwords, cards and apps, with a checklist to tick off and a card to send to the people you care about.
Software
How does Akinator guess everything, even the weirdest character?
Akinator can't read your mind and doesn't use ChatGPT. Every question halves the suspects, and twenty are enough for a million characters. My clone awaits at the end.
Cybersecurity
Why are computer viruses called viruses?
The word virus was suggested in 1983 by a professor researching HIV. From Creeper to WannaCry, here's why computer viruses behave just like biological ones.
Personal growth
Why do you have to keep failing to get better?
As a baby you fell 17 times an hour and still learned to walk. Why you have to keep failing to get better, and what separates people who make it from people who quit.
How does it work? · Software
How does Shazam work out which song is playing in 3 seconds?
Ever hit Shazam and wondered how it recognizes a song in 3 seconds? The secret is more surprising than you think!
Cybersecurity · How does it work?
How does a contactless payment really work?
What happens in those two seconds between your card and the terminal, why your money doesn't move right away, and whether a card or a phone is safer.
Spending smart on tech
MacBook vs Windows, which one really costs you less each year?
MacBook vs Windows? At checkout they now cost the same, but resale and lifespan change the math. Here's what a laptop really costs you each year.
Personal growth
How do you keep your resolutions when you always quit after two weeks?
How do you keep your resolutions when you always quit after two weeks? It's not about motivation, it's about focus. With the 1% rule, if-then plans and seven simple moves.
Artificial intelligence
What is Moltbook, the social network just for AI agents?
What is Moltbook, the social network where only AI agents post? How an agent publishes, what it can do, how many humans are behind it and what changed since Meta bought it.
Cybersecurity
What is the principle of least privilege, and who has too much access?
What the principle of least privilege is, why too much access piles up on its own, and a 10-minute check to close the doors you've forgotten.
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