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Your iPhone can quietly monitor your balance every time you go for a walk, and warn you if something changes. Here's how to set it up. I want to tell you about a feature that's been sitting inside your iPhone; completely free, no extra apps, no subscriptions, that most people have absolutely no idea exists. It's called Walking Steadiness. And if you're over 55, or you have a parent or someone you care about who is, this might be one of the most quietly important things your p

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that deletes messages after they've been read, not just after a timer. Here's what you need to know. Okay, this is a good one. WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta and used by over two billion people worldwide, is quietly testing a new feature that will delete your messages automatically after the other person has read them. Not after a timer. After they've actually read it. That's a meaningful difference. And if you care about your priv

You pick up your phone and it's asking you for your Apple Account password. You try the one you think it is. Wrong. You try a variation. Wrong again. One more attempt. Nope. And now there's a little message on the screen that says your account has been locked for security reasons. I want you to take a breath. Because this is fixable. Completely, easily fixable. And it happens to a lot of people, way more than you'd think. I was talking to a member of our community last week;

That expression. You know it. You've made it. The call you didn't ask for, from the number you don't recognize, saying something just urgent enough to make your heart rate tick up. We're going to make sure that stops. My phone rang last Tuesday at 9:15 in the morning. Unknown number. Toronto area code. I picked up and heard that unmistakable half-second pause before a recorded voice launched into something about my vehicle warranty expiring. Are you kidding me? If you're nodd

Two people. One laptop. Zero confusion. This is what technology actually looks like when someone takes the time to explain it properly, and when people feel confident enough to lean in. Photo: Pexels / SHVETS Production Can I tell you something that bothers me? Type the words "elderly tech" into Google and here's what you get. Simplified phones with enormous buttons. Devices with names that sound like medical equipment. Products designed to look as much like a Fisher-Price t

This is what digital confidence actually looks like. Not confused. Not intimidated. Just a person who knows what she's doing, and enjoys it. That's exactly where we're taking you today. Can I be honest with you for a second? When most people hear the phrase "digital safety," they immediately picture a very serious person in a very grey PowerPoint presentation using words like "phishing vectors" and "multi-factor authentication protocols." And then they close the tab and go ma

That little grey gear icon contains everything you need to make your phone actually work for you. Most people never open it. Today we're changing that. Let me tell you about Gerald. Gerald is 71, lives in British Columbia, and bought himself a brand new iPhone last spring. He called it "the most expensive thing I've ever been confused by." He could barely read the text on the screen. Notifications were exploding at all hours. His location was being tracked by seventeen apps h

Learning something new is always easier when someone patient is sitting right beside you. That's exactly what this community is here for. A man reached out to our community a few weeks ago, I'll call him Doug, because he was at his wit's end. His 78-year-old mother had nearly wired $4,000 to someone claiming to be her grandson in trouble overseas. She had almost done it. The only reason she didn't was because the bank teller got suspicious and slowed the transaction down lon

Your Gmail app is about to get a very useful upgrade. Google is now letting you change your address without losing a single email. If you have been living with an embarrassing Gmail address for the last decade or more, you are not alone. Millions of people created their first Google account when Gmail launched in 2004, and a lot of those early addresses include nicknames, random numbers, birth years, or combinations of all three that made perfect sense at the time and feel co

Right now, without you knowing it, your email address and password may already be in the hands of hackers. Not because you did anything wrong. But because a company you trusted was breached, and your data was stolen along with millions of others. Today I am going to show you how to find out in 60 seconds, exactly what to do if your information has been compromised, and how to make sure it never happens again. What Is a Data Breach — And Why Should You Care? A data breach happ

Curious what Google actually knows about you? Here's how to check it yourself, in just a few clicks. *Updated July 23, 2026 Want to see what Google knows about you? Go to myaccount.google.com right now and sign in. What you are about to see will surprise you. Google has been quietly building a detailed, searchable file on you (your Google data), every website you have visited, every search you have ever typed, every YouTube video you have ever watched, every place you have ph

Have you ever picked up your phone to check one thing, and looked up 45 minutes later not entirely sure where the time went? You are not alone, and it is not a personal failing. Your phone is designed by experts to keep you on it as long as possible. But there is a built-in tool on both iPhones and Android phones that puts you back in control, and it takes less than five minutes to set up. Why Screen Time Limits Matter The average adult spends over 4 hours per day on their sm