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2024 October


Best password managers 2024: Protect your online accounts

Best password managers 2024: Protect your online accounts

A full-service password manager, Dashlane offers easy access to your logins, secure notes, payment data, and other information, all through its elegantly designed web portal or via one of its browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, or Safari.


GPD’s powerful dual-OLED laptop is now available to order

GPD’s powerful dual-OLED laptop is now available to order

Michael's previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he's covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live.


Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes

Though there are patches affecting Windows, SQL Server, Microsoft Excel and Visual Studio, only the Windows updates require a “Patch Now” schedule — and they’ll need a significant amount of testing because they cover a lot of features: networking, kernel and core GDI components and Microsoft Hyper-V. Printing should be a core focus for enterprise testing and the SQL Server updates will require a focus on internally developed applications.


Windows 11: A guide to the updates

Windows 11: A guide to the updates

The build also fixes a variety of bugs, including one in which Windows Local Administrator Password Solution’s Post Authentication Actions (PAAs) did not occur at the end of the grace period.


SwitchBot S10 Review: “This Is the Future of Home Robots”

SwitchBot S10 Review: “This Is the Future of Home Robots”

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Think data leaks are bad now? Wait until genAI supersizes them

Think data leaks are bad now? Wait until genAI supersizes them

The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek, Computerworld and eWeek and his byline has appeared in titles ranging from BusinessWeek, VentureBeat and Fortune to The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Detroit News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


Google Search is testing Twitter-style verification badges

Google Search is testing Twitter-style verification badges

Michael's previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he's covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live.


Best early USB flash drive deals for October Prime Day: Save big on tiny drives

Best early USB flash drive deals for October Prime Day: Save big on tiny drives

To create the deal lists below, I’ve taken into consideration several factors, including the manufacturer’s reputation, user reviews, as well as the product’s pricing history.


What to expect from Apple this October and beyond

What to expect from Apple this October and beyond

Within that context, it seems wise to anticipate an ever-expanding array of features will be made available, even as developers begin to deploy Apple Intelligence APIs within their own software, further expanding what is available to consumer and enterprise users.


Microsoft unveils new AI-powered Windows 11 features for Copilot+ PC users

Microsoft unveils new AI-powered Windows 11 features for Copilot+ PC users

“Click to Do works by first understanding everything you’ve seen on your screen, then enabling useful shortcuts to actions that help you more quickly search, learn, edit, shop, or act on those items,” Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer, explained in a pre-recorded press briefing ahead of the announcement.


The lesson of Helene: you and your business need satellite comms

The lesson of Helene: you and your business need satellite comms

After all, other than avoiding platforms characterized by frequent ransomware attacks and spiralling ancillary security support costs, it just might be that smartphones equipped with satellite connectivity could become a vital business asset as we navigate an increasingly uncertain world.