Google Calendar Malware Is on the Rise. Here’s How To Stay Safe
While software makers and app developers continue to make their wares safer and less open to attack, you can never get complacent with digital security—and you need to be aware of all the different methods of attack that bad actors use to get at your accounts. Those methods include targeting Google Calendar: An app so […]
How To Get Rid Of Clothes Moths And Protect Your Wardrobe
AMIT ISRAELI Tips to get rid of clothes moths 1. Deep clean your wardrobe Moths like undisturbed corners that are dark and warm. Remove everything from your wardrobe, vacuum all the corners and drawers, and wipe all your surfaces with a detergent-soaked cloth to kill off larvae. Then wash all of your clothes (and curtains […]
Does Chocolate Go Bad? How to Store It, Freeze it, and Ship It
If you’re keeping your bonbons much more than a week before eating, this is when we start talking about fridges and freezers. Nothing That Isn’t Cold Can Stay “I rarely advise my customers to refrigerate or freeze their bonbons, but it’s not because it can’t be done. It’s more that it requires a few steps […]
How to Turn Off Apple Intelligence on an iPhone, iPad, and Mac
apple Intelligence isn’t as big a success story as Apple may have expected. The suite of artificial intelligence features—introduced late in 2024 in iOS 18.1—has received mixed reactions. Some capabilities, like automatically transcribing voice notes and recordings, creating custom emojis, and proofreading, are handy. Others not so much. Apple came under fire for inaccurate notification […]
How to Send Cash | WIRED
So you need to send some money. Maybe you want to slip a couple of $20 bills in a birthday card. Maybe it’s a larger payment for some not-at-all-sketchy, off-the-books services rendered. Either way, it can be a pain to send paper money without having to worry that it might mysteriously slip out of your […]
How to Use Apple’s Genmoji to Create New Kinds of Emojis
For decades, choosing an emoji has been constrained to what’s available on your smartphone’s keyboard. Every year brings new emoji—I like the “face with bags under eyes,” though that one is still rolling out. But there are times when the preinstalled options just aren’t specific enough. Thankfully, Apple has a solution, and it’s called Genmoji. […]
How to Pay Your Taxes Online
FreeTaxUSA: A popular free tax service that, similar to the IRS Free Filing tool, lets you e-file your federal return for free directly to the IRS. You can also file state returns for just $15. Although FreeTaxUSA is super affordable, it includes services for more complicated filings, like home ownership, investments, and small businesses. Cash […]
How to Build a Healthier Relationship With Your Screen
Whether it’s for work, convenience, connection or entertainment, we rely on digital technology. But the prevailing wisdom is that our screen-based lives are not good for us—that our digital devices and apps are addictive and harmful, wrecking attention span, sleep, and more. However, research suggests screen time isn’t actually the driving force behind declines in […]
How to Change the Default Search Engine in Google Chrome
Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of course, Chrome has Google’s search engine built right in. However, if you love Google Chrome but you’ve decided […]
What a VPN Kill Switch Is and How to Set One Up
Should something go wrong with your VPN server or your device, even if it’s a temporary blip, that extra layer of privacy and security goes away in an instant. Your browsing and app use is then exposed—which is probably not something you want if you’ve taken the trouble to install a VPN to begin with. […]