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How to Make Sure a Chrome Extension is Safe Before Installing It

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Today's Featured Articles

Don't Want the Spring Creators Update Yet? Here's How to Pause It

Microsoft is set to release the Spring Creators Update, also known as Redstone 4, at some point in April. You can pause the update to avoid receiving it immediately—as long as you’re using Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, or Education.   Read More »


How to Make Sure a Chrome Extension is Safe Before Installing It

Much of Chrome’s power and flexibility comes from its huge ecosystem of extensions. The problem is that these extensions can also steal data, watch your every move, or worse. Here’s how to make sure an extension is safe before installing it.   Read More »


How to Create an Encrypted Disk Image to Securely Store Sensitive Files on a Mac

You don’t need third-party utilities like VeraCrypt to create a secure, encrypted container for your sensitive files on your Mac. You can create an encrypted disk image using the built-in Disk Utility.   Read More »




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FYI / Useful Tips and Headlines
This new section contains our commentary on what we're reading from around the web. It's like a daily digest of the things we found interesting in the world of technology.

Why The Chronological Facebook Feed is Never Coming Back
There are many, many legitimate criticisms you can make of Facebook. The death of the chronological news feed isn’t one of them.   Read More »


Why Your Third Party Instagram Client Just Broke
Instagram broke many third party apps over the weekend as it massively reduced the number of API calls clients can make, from 5,000 an hour down to 200.   Read More »


Chrome Will Remove Scammy Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions, But Not Until June
The Chrome Web Store is full of scammy crypto-currency miners, and Google doesn’t plan to remove them until June.   Read More »


Apple Might Ditch Intel, Design Own Mac Processors
Apple might be ditching Intel and designing its own processors for the Mac, possibly as early as 2020.   Read More »


It’s Really Hard To Grab Mark Zuckerberg’s Trash
Facebook is a trade. You give up some privacy and in return you get access to a “free” social network where you can talk to your friends and family.   Read More »


Valve Quietly Removes Steam Machines Section From Steam
2018 is not the Year of the Linux Desktop—at least so far as Valve is concerned. Last month the company behind Steam quietly removed references to Steam Machines from their website.   Read More »




Everything Else We Published Today
Can You Use a Fake Name On Facebook?
How to Set Static IP Addresses on Your Eero Router
How to Install Any Chrome Extension in Firefox
Elon Musk Is Sleeping at the Tesla Factory to Personally Oversee Your New Car
Prynt Pocket Review: A Retro Instant Photo Printer for Your iPhone
The April Fool’s Day 2018 Prank Roundup
4 Great Phone Grip and Kickstands for Your Smartphone




Geek Trivia

The Earliest Evidence Of Domesticated Goats Indicates They Were Originally From Modern Day?
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Today's Tech Term

Pharming

Pharming refers to the use of domain spoofing (or hacking into a DNS server to change IP addresses) combined with a fraudulent copy of a legitimate website (i.e. a bank’s website) in order to obtain confidential information, such as login information, etc. from users.



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