The Data Everyone Should Back Up in Case of a Layoff
While there are some common signs that a layoff may be coming, it’s still totally possible your employer will spring one on you, and often not in a tactful way.…
Your Old Email Address Is Hurting Your Job Prospects
Email is old. In its earliest incarnation, email dates back to 1965—a time when computers were the size of elephants and only a small number of nerds had regular access…
You Can Get a Year of Peacock Premium for $20 Right Now
Photo: monticello (Shutterstock) For a limited time, you can get an entire year of Peacock Premium for $20, down from its usual $50 price. You just have to give up…
You Can Use AI to Summarize YouTube Videos and Boring Emails
As it stands, AI is not a reliable source of information. But while AI bots like ChatGPT are known to hallucinate and offer false information, there is one task where…
Block People From Seeing That You Opened Their Emails
When you fire off an important email, you don’t get to know when the recipient opens it. You have to sit in front of your computer like a dope waiting…
How to Back Up Your Gmails to Avoid Paying for Storage
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Like many veteran internet users, I have had my Google Account for a long time. More than a decade in, I’m running out of my free 15GB…
How to Write a To-Do List You’ll Actually Do
Photo: Respiro (Shutterstock) A to-do list is probably one of the most common strategies for keeping track of tasks and goals. But the problem with long and overly ambitious to-do…
Your Gmail Account Has Unlimited Addresses
Photo: Jarretera (Shutterstock) One Gmail, one address. That seems right. After all, you have one phone number, and one home address. The same should be true for your email addresses,…
You Can Now Use Gmail to Track Your Holiday Packages
Photo: In Green (Shutterstock) Holiday shopping gets overwhelming fast, and keeping tabs on your many incoming purchases doesn’t help. You end up digging through your inbox constantly looking for shipping…
Don’t Mistake This Microsoft Security Alert for Spam
Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) Recently I received two security alerts from Microsoft warning me someone had attempted to log into my account. The emails offered me links to review the…