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Also, the same applies if you have a printer from: Fujifilm, Konica, Minolta, Ricoh, or Toshiba.

If you have a Brother printer of any type that is connected to WiFi or Ethernet, there is probably a firmware update you need to apply. Also, change the default password.

If you use Apple devices, you should update immediately to secure yourself against 29 vulnerabilities patched in iOS 18.6.

Still Use One of These Old Routers? It's Vulnerable to Hackers, FBI Says Hackers targeted at least 13 'end of life' internet routers with the goal of hijacking them to host botnets or act as proxy servers.

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We care about your privacy along with 891 of our partners we share with…. (Note that “Manage Preferences” is grayed out, so I can’t adjust the settings either).

I just needed an outlet to plug in the vacuum cleaner and all of them were full. I figured no one would miss one of the servers.

What is Section 230

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Section230 helps protect your freedom of speech on the internet.

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Cats beat babies at word-association game Study suggests our feline friends are listening to us more than we think

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If anyone has a problem with pet hair on their furniture , I highly recommend the Chom-Chom roller! They also make a smaller one for lint/fur on clothes.

Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.

If you have alexa devices in your environment, you need to be aware of this.

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If Assembly language is interesting to you, this guy has written several books on it.

Prusa is now on BlueSky.

She is good!

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What are your favorite adult beverages?

My treatment was delayed so long I got cancer – and there are tens of thousands like me Delays in NHS care have led to almost 40,000 compensation claims since 2010, costing more than £8bn

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GPs will be replaced by ‘non-doctor medics’ amid surgery closures Patients could be seen by physician associates with two years’ training, leading to fears of a decline in care and missed diagnoses

Wow, British healthcare seems to be in trouble.

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The t-echo is good.

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Massive location data hack exposed 30M records - here's how to protect yourself Over 30 million location data points leaked after hackers breached Gravy Analytics, a location data broker. Here's how to defend yourself.

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TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote before US ban A swarm of

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If you are looking for a way to help people help themselves:

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Read about what they do, and how they do it!

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A few things you can do to help keep your home network safe.

TP-Link faces possible US ban as hijacked routers fuel Chinese attacks Founded in China, TP-Link makes routers popular in US homes and businesses.

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Additionally, this advice also applies to your computers. Check for updates today, and apply them. If there have been no updates in months, or years, you are at risk.

These updates not only help protect you and your computers and data, as well as your online transactions, they also help keep malicious actors from taking control of your router and/or computers and using them to attack other people/companies on the internet.