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WhatsApp's New "Read and Delete" Feature Is Coming, And It's Actually a Big Deal for Your Privacy
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

Michael Routhier
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Forgot Your Apple Account Password? Read This Before You Do Anything Else
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;

Michael Routhier
May 145 min read


Apple's $250M Siri Settlement: Here's How to Claim Your Money Before the Deadline
You bought the phone. You trusted the advertising. Turns out the features Apple was selling you weren't ready yet. A court agreed and now there may be money owed to you. Let me tell you something that doesn't happen very often. A trillion-dollar company got caught. Admitted it. And now has to pay. Apple has agreed to a $250 million settlement over a class action lawsuit that accused the company of advertising AI-powered Siri features that, and this is the important part, didn

Michael Routhier
May 74 min read


Apple's New MacBook Neo - Should You Actually Buy It?
Let's talk about the brand new MacBook Neo, what it is, who it's for, and whether you should spend your hard-earned money on one.

Michael Routhier
Apr 74 min read
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