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I was trying to place an order for my uncle on Temu. Everything seemed to be going OK until I clicked on the button to submit the order and pay through PayPal. Then I got the following error: Access Denied. You don’t have permission to […]
Microsoft has integrated a fantastic AI-powered image creator dubbed “DALL-E” into its Bing chatbot. DALL-E is available in Edge for Windows 10 and 11 users who are signed in via a Microsoft account. All you need to do is ask DALL-E to create an image
Mozilla recently announced that its anti-tracking feature, known as “Total Cookie Protection”, is currently being rolled out to all Firefox users. Total Cookie Protection has previously been included as an experimental feature available only in the “Strict” mode of Firefox’s “Enhanced Tracking Protection” and in
Update 6/23/2023 This article explains how to whitelist a website with an ad blocker running at the browser level, where most have an ad blocker set. However, an ad blocker can also be set elsewhere. Some Windows security software packages have an ad blocker included.
Mullvad, the reputable Sweden-based VPN provider, has partnered with the Tor project team to develop a brand new free and open-source ultra-private browser. Firstly, let’s get one common misconception out of the way – VPNs do not seriously improve a user’s privacy. Sure, using a
Improvements In Edge A Quick Look Back With the 2015 release of Edge, I was eager to compare it to Chrome and Firefox, my most used browsers at that time. I was glad to see Microsoft move away from IE, a browser with an exceptionally
Something terrible happened to the World Wide Web when advertising agencies realized that the World Wide Web’s massive reach made it the perfect platform for advertising and we were all subsequently bombarded with ads of all descriptions at every turn. It was only logical then
DNSJumper is portable freeware that allows users to quickly and easily change between DNS servers. DNSJumper also provides a quick and simple method to flush the DNS cache, which can occasionally be necessary when experiencing issues connecting to certain websites. Flushing the DNS cache isn’t
An often-used analogy to explain the Domain Name System is that it serves as the phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses. For example, the domain name www.example.com translates to the address 93.184.216.34 ~ Source Wikipedia The DNS (Domain
With its built-in privacy/security mechanisms, the Chromium-based Brave browser is widely regarded as the most private and secure browser available. Built-in privacy/security features include anti-tracking and ad blocking, HTTPS upgrading, script blocking, global “shields” with per-site shield settings, and at the time of writing, is
There was a time when I used Skype quite extensively and I’ve had an account with it for well over a decade. However, with the likes of WhatsApp and others, all my calls are usually app-to-app over WiFi and therefore free. But landline calls, such
Many of you who are mature enough will remember the old saying… don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers. In today’s digital world, the same can be said for what is published online. One of my pet peeves is when a comment includes a
Recently, I was working on my computer, and all of the sudden the address bar showed the Yahoo! icon. This was at the front of the address bar of my Google Browser. What this meant was that it was using Yahoo to search when I
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Ashampoo Privacy Inspector Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Ashampoo has kindly offered our DCT readers a chance to win a free copy of their all-new Privacy
