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News
Dropbox Suffers Data Breach After Phishing Attack
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Dropbox has announced that 130 GitHub repositories were stolen via a data breach. The breach occurred as a result of a successful phishing attack.
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Cyber Security
Spot These 14 Common Facebook Scams Before It's Too Late
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Facebook is a social networking site that has its fair share of nasty scams. If you think you're too smart to fall for a scam, think again. Anyone can become a victim of an online scam, especially when it appears on a trusted platform.
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Microsoft
The 8 Best Uses of Excel in Daily Life
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Excel has long been considered the best tool for data analysts. But Excel’s uses are not restricted to people who work on data regularly. As a layman, there are plenty of Excel uses, which can ease your day-to-day work responsibilities. You can do everything from maintaining attendance in an office/school to creating elaborate budgets to manage your monthly expenditures in Excel.
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Windows
How to Run Windows 11 in a Virtual Machine
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Windows 11 is famous for its strict hardware requirements. Those requirements require you to take some extra steps when you’re setting up a Windows 11 virtual machine — here are all the things you need to do to get it running.
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Useful Information
Should You Bother With an Email Signature?
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Email signatures ostensibly make your communiqués look like they’re wearing a nice suit, but really, it’s just an extra part of the email that we can’t help but read. No one likes to read more emails than they have to.
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Is That a Period at the End of Your Text, or Are We Fighting?
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Punctuation is an extremely important part of text communication, and I’m not talking about grammar. You may think a simple period is the correct way to end a message, but it can mean a lot more than you realize.
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5G/Internet/Wi-Fi
Is Satellite Internet the Answer to an Unreliable Power Grid?
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With aging power infrastructure worldwide and rolling blackouts becoming more common, there’s a real chance that your internet connection may go out when the power does. Satellite internet services could be the answer to staying connected in those dark times.
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Smart Home
7 Inexpensive Gadgets to Make Your Home Feel Futuristic
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The smart home era is here. Hundreds of smart devices are popping up in the market every year, and many homeowners are jumping on the bandwagon to make their living spaces as futuristic as possible.
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Interesting & Random Things
How Many Websites Are on the Internet?
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To say the internet is “big” would be a massive understatement. It’s become the central place where an incredible amount of activity occurs. Most of that activity is happening on websites, so just how many are there?
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FAQ of the Week
Why Do Batteries Lose Charge When You Aren’t Using Them?
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You charge a tablet or a battery pack for your power drill to 100%, put it in a drawer, and forget about it. The next time you pull it out, the battery is dead. What gives? Here’s why batteries don’t (and can’t) stay charged.
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