Like many of you, I woke up today to a dreadful email from Samsung telling its “valued customers” that it had “discovered a cybersecurity incident” that affected our personal information. It’s another data breach. Below is the screenshot of the message I got. My sympathy to anyone who also found …
This post will help you deal with that dreadful practice of Microsoft where it forces you to use an online account—linked to its server—when you start up your new Windows computer for the first time or when you want to create an account for a friend or family member who …
Here’s some upsetting news for those who use NETGEAR home Wi-Fi routers. As it turned out, the networking vendor has been quietly killing off useful features from its networking devices. Over the years, the company has slowly been removing non-essential features such as QoS and Parental Controls from its web …
If you haven’t heard of it, Amazon Sidewalk is a nice-sounding concept that you likely don’t want to be a part of. Why? Well, the fact that you have only four days left to make that choice alone is self-evident. Indeed, according to Amazon, starting June 8, a long list …
If you followed my reviews on the latest Linksys and NETGEAR routers, you’d note how I lamented the fact, among other things, that the vendors insisted on the mobile app for the setup process, instead of the web interface. There’s been a trend in home networking where the vendor forces …
