Sunday, October 28, 2018

If any of your apps don't work in MacOS Mojave, a small tweak in your settings might fix the problem



I have an old version of Adobe Photoshop I've kept on my laptop for many years now — it's CS5, for those of you keeping score. When I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Mojave last month, I loved all of the changes, particularly the new Stacks feature.

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies



The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain, according to extensive interviews with government and corporate sources.

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Remove yourself from people search sites and erase your online presence



There is now a very thin line, easily broken, which separates our physical and digital identities. Social networks have evolved from the days of MySpace to valuable, data-slurping machines that have information on everything from our friends and family to our voting habits.

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Saturday, September 8, 2018

The Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra



Imagine winding the hour hand of a clock back from 3 o’clock to noon. Mathematicians have long known how to describe this rotation as a simple multiplication: A number representing the initial position of the hour hand on the plane is multiplied by another constant number.

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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Grabb-It wants to turn your car’s window into a trippy video billboard



It reminds me of something out of Blade Runner. Maybe it’s because it looks a bit futuristic — a bit unreal. Maybe it’s because I’m looking at an ad somewhere I never expected to see one, like the skyscraper-height ads of Ridley Scott’s future.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

How to share Apple iCloud storage with Family Share



Real estate is always at a premium, so why should online real estate -- namely cloud storage -- be any different? Some people have roommates to make ends meet, and some of us need a family member with a large iCloud plan to accommodate all those selfies.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

How to Get Help With Your Medical Bills



After a 10-day hospital stay for a heart condition in January 2016, Bill Townsend racked up a $134,000 bill. The 59-year-old comic-book store owner from upstate New York thought his insurer would cover the bulk of the cost.

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