Cmd + spacebar: This Mac shortcut opens Spotlight, an incredibly powerful tool for finding documents quickly, opening apps or searching the web right from your desktop.
How-to: Clever way to hide your private phone searches
If you’ve got kids or a spouse, you already know that privacy is scarce, especially with your smartphone. Tap or click here for seven essential Android security settings to enable.
What if we told you there’s a way to prevent weird, awkward or otherwise private internet searches from being recorded in your phone’s local history? Sometimes, mum really should be the word. It’s easy to forget to hop into Incognito mode when juggling apps or multitasking IRL.
Android users should check out this tip. You can use Incognito windows to keep all your searches private, no questions asked. It’s super simple, and we’re going to show you how.
How to keep phone searches private on Android
You’re in luck if you’re worried about your mobile search information being compromised. This quick Android hack ensures that your Incognito tabs are locked, even after exiting the Chrome app.
Here’s why it’s important. Anyone who uses your device can access the Incognito tabs you leave open. To keep your Incognito tabs open and not viewable by other device users, you can lock them.
RELATED: 5 Android phone settings that drastically improve your privacy
Here’s how to automatically lock Incognito tabs after leaving Chrome:
- On your Android phone, open Chrome.
- Tap More > Settings.
- Tap Privacy and security.
- Turn on Lock Incognito tabs when you leave Chrome.
Alternatively, you can plug the following string into the Chrome app directly: chrome://flags/#incognito-reauthentication-for-android, but this method only works on a completely up-to-date Android.
Incognito mode protects your search data from prying eyes by preventing each inquiry from being added to your search history. This extra step also keeps each tab password-protected.
Look, we’re not judging. Embarrassing medical questions? Christmas gifts for the kids? These and other silly excursions will always stay between you and your Android device. Toggle the setting on, and enjoy unfettered privacy when browsing the web on your phone.
Security camera warning: This brand is missing a key privacy feature
There are plenty of reasons to install a video doorbell at your home. The most significant benefit for many is seeing who walks to the front door. Tap or click for a handy product that solves the Ring doorbell’s biggest problem.
Peeping Tom caught in the act
Target shoppers saw him slip a phone under a woman’s dress (ew). Plus, get updates on the TikTok ban, dark web blackmail, and a major ground beef recall. We also talk with popular YouTuber Kitboga about taking on scammers by wasting their time.
iPhone trick: How to copy and paste text and images from your photos
Safety is a selling point of Apple’s latest offering. The iPhone 14 has improved car crash detection and even emergency SOS via satellite. Tap or click here for instructions on sending an emergency text when you have no signal. It could save your life.
Opt-Out Tuesday: How to remove your info from ZabaSearch
As you surf the web and social media, companies and data brokers are building a robust online profile. They use everything from the ads you click on to the topics you spend the most time browsing to hit you with related ads.
Teens turning to social media for medical advice
Are you searching the web for health tips? Here’s why it’s becoming riskier, especially for teenagers.
15 things you didn’t know you can get for free
Internet advertisers are master manipulators, and they want you to feel excited about their products when you browse the web.
They want you to feel dazzled when you look at targeted ads. These emotions inspire you to whip out your credit card and buy the cool tech gadgets and services lighting up your screen. Tap or click here for a few ways to avoid personalized ads on social media.
Conspiracy theorists are putting their routers in Faraday cages - and complaining about bad Wi-Fi
Conspiracy theories have become a common presence on the web. You don’t even have to go far to find them — simply venture deep enough into the comments section of any news article and you’ll learn about secret societies, reptilian overlords and harmful radiation from cell phones.
Antitrust lawsuits: Google accused of manipulating what you see in web searches
Google is without a doubt the biggest search engine in the world. And when it gets accused of manipulating what you see when browsing the net, it’s bound to get ugly. This is not the first time that the search giant has been accused of antitrust behavior.
Parler: Your guide to the 'free speech' social network
Debates about free speech on the web are as old as the internet itself. But due to rapid changes in public discourse and opinion, not everyone is sure as to where free speech applies online.
Per the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Congress shall make no law “…prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech.” Of course, this applies to the government making rules about speech, not businesses and the platforms they own. Tap or click here to explore a high-resolution digital edition of the U.S. Constitution.
Track your $1,200 stimulus check - here's how to use the new IRS site
The number of unemployed Americans is at its highest since the Great Depression. Not only did 17 million workers file for unemployment in the past few weeks, but nearly a third of Americans couldn’t manage to make rent on the first of the month.
Blast from the past: Play thousands of archived computer games
In the early days of the web, Flash was king. You couldn’t go past a popular website without seeing troves of Flash videos, cartoons and games. Sometimes, even entire websites would be built in Flash — and featured insane custom layouts and animations you couldn’t find anywhere else.
Amazon vs. Best Buy vs. Target vs. Walmart: Which has the best shipping?
You are online shopping and thinking you are getting a great deal. You have found so many great gifts for all your friends and family. You click the checkout button all ready to pay, and then you look down and see the shipping fee. It’s enormous. Many of us have been in that situation. But this year, you may be able to limit or even get rid of that shipping cost. Which retailer is the best?
iPhones can easily be turned into a bodycam to record police
By now you have probably had enough time to get the hang of iOS 12. You have played around with some of its new features, enjoyed its faster speeds and, despite its flaws, probably think it’s a pretty good update.
But even if you have checked out the new features you could not afford to miss or have gotten the hang of some of the things you could never do prior to iOS 12, odds are good you haven’t seen all of what the new operating system allows.
