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A collection of four short items. Overview Here are four short items, none of which is long enough for a separate article. The first is an update to the Sports Illustrated article I wrote last month. The second is a preview of a new AI-generated […]
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I ran across this website through Facebook. It allows you to see how you would look as a Hippie, Vampire, Pirate, etc. It’s pretty simple to use. First, go to: Evadeaza Games You can select how you want to look. Scroll down through the list
In this article, I’ll explain a number of simple options to help safeguard your primary email address. Not only against spam but, more critically, against that all-important piece of personal data being compromised. It seems hardly a week goes by without yet another major data
We are familiar with text-based searches, but you can also search for an image. Reverse image searches have many uses. Some examples are finding the identity of a person, finding a location, determining what an item is, and discovering web pages where an image appears.
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS! The Walking Dead Consider this an update on my other zombie article, Let’s Talk Zombies from July 2021, because a lot can happen in the zombie universe during the intervening years. As I mentioned in 2021, I managed to reach the end
There’s some good content on Prime Video and since our ISP offered it to us at a very cheap rate, we signed up some months ago. However, most of the shows have Spanish titles because of where we live, so I can accept that. But,
You may know from reading my articles that I play games with my kids. Some of the games we play are on Epic Games. As a parent, I like to keep my kids from playing games that are not age-appropriate. So this week, I decided
Google has announced plans to eliminate cookies altogether and replace them with a new system dubbed “Privacy Sandbox”. Details on exactly how this new system works are scant but, according to Google, the idea is to prevent third parties from tracking users and help eliminate
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Whether you like it or not, Monty Python’s Flying Circus is very likely responsible for how all that crap in your inbox is named and their Spam sketch is said to have been the precursor to what we all know as unwanted email. The sketch
AI-generated content is becoming more common. What’s more, it is often passed off as having been written by a human. A prime example is the shocking case of Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated Scandal In 1954, the first issue of Sports Illustrated was published. Sports Illustrated
You can connect remotely to another computer using the Chrome browser and an extension. You will need the Chrome browser, a Gmail account, and the extension, “Chrome Remote Desktop”. One downside to this method is that if you want to connect to someone’s computer remotely,
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Fraud and scams are rampant on today’s Internet. And, scammers are getting better at tricking people into giving up personal information, credentials, and money. In the United States, a Federal Trade Commission report estimates that consumer losses from fraud increased by 30 percent between 2021 and
Overview VirusTotal is an online scanning tool many Daves Computer Tips readers use to scan for malicious content. However, DCT readers need to be careful when using VirusTotal. VirusTotal The Spanish security company Hispasec Sistemas created and launched the VirusTotal website in 2004. In September
In a recent post, Google revealed the most popular searches for 2023 divided into categories. 2023 Top Movie Searches Surprisingly, well surprising to me anyway, Barbie tops the list of movie searches during the past year. Oppenheimer, the story of the American scientist’s role in
