The internet has a master key, and it just got swapped for only the second time ever. On Thursday, Nov. 12, the volunteers who guard it meet in a Virginia vault, and anyone can watch. Here’s the weird, wonderful ritual that keeps fake websites from hijacking your bank’s address.
Smart locks, smart garage doors and Wi-Fi everything are great until the electricity stops. Here’s what keeps working in a blackout, what quits, the $60 gadget that keeps your Wi-Fi alive and the weekend drill that gets you ready.
Your phone can sit on hold for you, one email can go straight to the CEO’s office and a free federal complaint forces your internet company to answer in 30 days. Plus California’s new right-to-a-human law and what it means for everybody else.
Your “atomic” clock fell back an hour on its own thanks to one government radio station and 16 atomic clocks in Boulder. Last winter, a power outage made official U.S. time slip. Here’s the story, plus the gadgets you still need to fix by hand.
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The first Wi-Fi 8 routers are on sale before the standard is even finished, and they’re no faster than Wi-Fi 7. Here’s the 15-minute fix that beats any new router.
That padlock you’ve trusted for years? Nearly every scam site has one, friend, and Google quietly dropped it from Chrome. Here’s how public Wi-Fi snooping works, from fake hotspots to trap sign-in pages, and what closes the gaps when you bank or check email away from home.
Think VPNs are only for airports and coffee shops? Your internet provider sees more from your living room than any hacker at Starbucks. Here’s what it can see and how to close the blinds.
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Google skipped the Faroe Islands, so locals made their own Street View with sheep. Google showed up. Now you can wander the islands, a desert, the Galapagos and even the International Space Station from your couch. Here’s where to tap.
Incognito mode keeps your history off the computer, but your internet company still sees every site you visit. Here’s what they collect and how to shut it down.
Kim Komando built a website with AI in about an hour. No coding, no designer. The exact steps, 5 prompts to copy and why Komando.com runs on Hostinger now.
Two Chinese companies make nearly half the world’s cellular modules, the chips inside doorbells, thermostats and fridges. Your smart gadgets, friend, may be chatting with Beijing. Five minutes on your router shuts the conversation down.
Starship will carry 26 next-gen Starlinks into orbit. Here’s how big they are, how fast they’ll be, how long they’ll last and what happens when one dies (nobody reboots it).
Not all AI bots guard your info the same. Here’s which ones are worst, what not to type and how to lock your data down.
Why the people building AI are the ones sounding the alarm, and what you can do about it
Twenty-five years ago, millions of Americans picked up the phone at the same moment, and most of them couldn’t get through. The network wasn’t destroyed. It was busy. That continues to happen in hurricanes and blackouts, and there are four things you can set up tonight that make you reachable when everyone else isn’t.
Vesuvius buried a library in 79 A.D. and turned 1,800 books into charcoal. Open one, and it crumbles. This June, friend, scientists read an entire scroll without touching it. A 21-year-old found the first word.
There’s a button on the back of your phone you’ve never pressed. Your AirPods are an FDA-cleared hearing aid. Your carrier will route calls over Wi-Fi, so the basement isn’t a dead zone anymore. And these short phrases get you past any phone tree. Seven tricks, all free, all already on the phone in your hand.
Loyal customers pay the most. Here’s the AI script trick that turns a 10-minute call into hundreds a year, free.
