The 10 Most Evil Scams — and Who They’re Designed to Destroy

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Not all scams are created equal. Some are annoying. Some waste your time. And then there are the truly evil ones — the scams designed to hit people at their most vulnerable moments and wipe them out emotionally, financially, or both.

Passwords in 2026: Still Necessary, Still Annoying, and Still Causing Trouble

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Let’s start Let’s start with the truth no one likes to admit: Passwords are terrible. They are inconvenient, confusing, easy to mess up, and somehow still responsible for most security problems on the internet. And yet — here we are in 2026 — still using them.

Why Your Email Is Suddenly Trying to Help You Write (Whether You Asked or Not)

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There's a new pop-up in every gmail I write that others may have also noticed. It's "Press / Help Me Write" and appears in the content. I know you can type over it and it disappears, but it's also appears when starting a new paragraph.

Password Managers, Unique Passwords, and Passkeys — Explained for Windows 11 Users

So, you’ve heard about password managers, unique passwords, and now the shiny new passkeys everyone’s buzzing about. Sounds intimidating, right? The good news is, these aren’t sci-fi concepts. They’re simple tools that make your online life both easier and safer. Let’s take it one piece at a time.

Don’t Click That! 8 Common Email Scams (and How to Outsmart Them)

Email scams are like raccoons: sneaky, persistent, and always rooting around where they don’t belong. A reader recently shared a scam that pretended to be from “Outlook Customer Service,” warning about “spam roaming around” and urging them to “activate double security.” That urgent link was nothing but bait.