Your mode of communication is just as important as the message. Rethinking how you communicate at work can lead to vastly better results. This meeting should have been an email. That email should have been a Slack message. That Slack message should have been an in-person discussion or video call. How we communicate and the …

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A VPN can protect your privacy, if you use it right. We explain what VPNs do, what they don’t, and how to get the most out of a VPN. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have gone from being an obscure networking concept to big business. You’ve probably seen the ads from your favorite YouTuber, on podcasts, …

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There may come a time when you need to know the IP address of your router, as assigned by your ISP. These numbers are easy to find, when you know where and how to look. Networks, and the internet, don’t identify computers (of any size, even your smartphone) by the name you give them. Computers …

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Follow these easy tips to protect the security of your devices, your data, your internet traffic, and your identity. When a big company with lax security suffers a data breach that exposes your personal data, password info, or profile pics, there’s nothing you can do about it. That doesn’t mean you’re powerless to protect yourself, …

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Sick of auto-correct fails? Accidentally press send on the wrong message? With iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, iPhone and iPad users can fix iMessage typos and even undo-send an entire message. How many times have you sent a text only to realize too late that it contained a mistake? Have you ever sent a text …

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Limit the data Facebook shares about you or your friends via websites, games, or apps. Security audits are an annoying but necessary part of online life. Hacks big and small have compromised the data of countless internet users, so it’s up to you to make sure social networks and apps aren’t scraping more data than …

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Having your identity stolen can be a real nightmare. Take these simple steps to protect yourself immediately. Unless you have Luddite levels of paranoia, chances are you have a significant personal presence online. Hackers and ne’er-do-wells can leverage that presence to steal your identity, with disastrous results for you. You could wake up one morning …

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Here’s how to customize Microsoft’s ever-evolving Windows Start Menu for easy access to favorite apps and most-used settings. Microsoft seems to rethink the Start menu with each new version of Windows. Jumping from Windows 7 to 8.1 to 10 to 11 can make your head spin with all the new tools and tricks you have …

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Connecting the two lets you send text messages, see notifications, instantly grab photos, and even run apps from your Android on your Windows 11 PC. We’ll show you how to get started. You take a picture on your phone, and now you want to see it on a bigger screen. You get a text message, …

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