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Father takes on website after son's tragic death

This episode discusses suicide. If you’re struggling, reach out to the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. You’re not alone.
Last year, Brett Allred’s world shattered when his 23-year-old son, Riley, took his own life. While searching Riley’s phone for memories, Brett found screenshots of a website with step-by-step instructions on how to die. Now, he’s on a mission to shut it down.

🖥️ Heard of WorkComposer? That’s the tool your boss might be using to watch everything you do on your computer. It just leaked over 21 million screenshots online, and some could include your logins, emails or company info. The data was left wide open in the cloud. Argh.

⚡️ 3-second tech genius: iPhone and Android both let you copy text from a photo. Just tap and hold the text, e.g., menus, signs, screenshots. Boom. Instant clipboard magic.

📚 Take Kindle screenshots: Want to save something on your screen? Tap the upper-right and lower-left corners at the same time. To view it, plug your Kindle into a computer and check the Screenshots folder (Root folder for older models).

🖼️ Add borders to screenshots: Using the Snipping Tool in Windows 11? You can automatically add borders. Open the tool, click the three-dot menu > Settings, then scroll down and toggle on Add border to each screenshot. Click the arrow next to it to choose the border Color and Thickness.

🧐 Blurry screenshots? Set your screen to the highest resolution so they look crystal clear. On Windows, head to Settings > System > Display. For Mac, open System Settings > Displays. Multiple monitors? Click the one you want to adjust. Pro tip: Don’t zoom in or the quality will drop.

👀 Microsoft’s Recall is almost here: Yep, it’s the nosy one that takes screenshots of every single thing you do on your PC. Why? To search anything you’ve worked on by browsing a timeline. FYI: It’s rolling out to Windows Insiders first, but soon anyone with a Copilot+ PC will get it. It’s opt-in, not automatic.

“Bossware” is big now: This software demand is up 54% and lets your boss watch what you do all day. For about $6 per month per person, it tracks what you type, takes screenshots of your computer throughout the day and even records video through your webcam. Smile!

New Google goodies: Big announcements at the Aug. 13 event include the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL (out Aug. 22) and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold (out Sept. 4). The lineup also contains two new AI apps — Pixel Screenshots for searching screenshot info (I want that on my iPhone!) and Pixel Studio for text-to-image generation. Ahem, soon you’ll be able to get a Pixel 8 model as cheap as they come.