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Comment by Misterfish on Hit the Windows RESET Button? Read this first... (November 13, 2025 08:28 PM)
A few months ago a Windows 10 update royally screwed up my OS (thank you MS) so my options were reset or spend hours rebuilding the OS - or install a ...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. on Hit the Windows RESET Button? Read this first... (November 13, 2025 06:02 PM)
I like to experiment with my computers, so I've taken steps to protect myself from me. I use a cloud service to sync my files off-premise, and I have ...
Comment by Wolf on How to Buy (or Sell) Used Phones - Without Getting Scammed (November 12, 2025 09:47 PM)
Another great article! It is interesting how I receive advertisements from my service provider to get a new phone, which is less than 2 years old. Wel...
Comment by Ken H on How to Buy (or Sell) Used Phones - Without Getting Scammed (November 11, 2025 09:27 PM)
I found it is not worth my time to sell my iPhone. AT&T gives me $1000 (knocks $1000 off the interest free price of a new one) for my old one every th...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. on How to Buy (or Sell) Used Phones - Without Getting Scammed (November 11, 2025 06:49 PM)
I tend to keep all my devices for as long as they remain serviceable/usable, so none of these services would do me any good, because by the time I'm d...
Comment by artm on Wontons, Slush and Wet Phones (November 10, 2025 06:09 AM)
Over the years I've dampened a few phones, calculators & other electronic devices. My solution has been to open the case of the device as best I can, ...
Comment by William Harvey on Wontons, Slush and Wet Phones (November 4, 2025 10:56 PM)
I put my three day old Samsung down while gardening so it didn't fall out of my pocket accidentally. It was turned on. Forgetting the phone I turned ...
Comment by Mike Davies on Wontons, Slush and Wet Phones (November 3, 2025 09:00 PM)
Tesco (a UK supermarket chain) sell own-brand polyethylene "resealable snack bags". The seal is of the "pinch" type where you slide your fingers along...
Comment by cropduster on Wontons, Slush and Wet Phones (November 3, 2025 08:58 PM)
FORGET all those time-consuming "solutions." Instead, do 2 things: (1) refrain from loading your phone with important financial information and photo...
Comment by Ryan James on Wontons, Slush and Wet Phones (November 3, 2025 07:56 PM)
You seem to be a walking, swimming, sailing hazard for mobile phones. Thanks for the heads up....
Artificial Intelligence Articles
Would You Allow AI to Take Over Your Browser?
Imagine opening your Web browser and, instead of manually searching, clicking, and filling out forms, your AI assistant handles it all. Specialized AI tools now promise to browse for you, find the best deals, schedule meetings, draft emails, and even handle repetitive tasks automatically. Is that efficient or creepy, and is it wise to hand that kind of control to AI? Read on for my analysis...
...Should You Switch to an AI Browser?
Back in the 80s, when I was a young computer programmer at IBM, we had an “all hands” meeting with the General Manager. I don't remember much about that meeting, except that he said “I just found out what a paradigm is, and now I need a new one!” Switching to an AI browser is a paradigm shift -- a new way of interacting with a world of information. Read on to find if you need an AI browser...
...Is AI a Big Fat Liar?
AI seems to be everywhere. Is it a dutiful servant of humanity, or an existential threat to human survival? Recent stories have shown that it sometimes will hallucinate, mislead, or outright lie. Sometimes that happens in an attempt to befriend or flatter a user; in other cases it has been found to employ deliberately deceptive tactics when it feels threatened. Let's look at some recent examples of AI gone rogue...
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