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My “Pick” for today is the fantastic, but affordable Fifine XLR/USB Gaming Microphone Set.
This is a really good microphone for most everything from gaming to podcasting to creating YouTube or TikTok videos, and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg.
Click here to check out the Fifine XLR/USB Gaming Microphone Set at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a pair of colorful puffins (the northern counterpart to penguins) looking out to sea from atop a rock cliff. I hope you like it.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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December’s winner will receive a fantastic GMKtec Mini Desktop Computer.
It’s amazing how much computing power they’re packing into such tiny packages these days. True tower desktop power in a small case that’s about the size of a brick.
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on December 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
Good luck!
There was a time when photographs were widely considered to be the ultimate “proof” in situations where there was a dispute or disagreement of some kind.
In fact, photos carried such weight that criminals often simply decided to confess to their crimes after being confronted with photographic evidence rather than try to plead their innocence.
But the days when we could confidently take at picture at face value are now long gone thanks to the wide use of Adobe Photoshop and AI generated images. [Read more…]
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Question from Theresa: Rick, I was wondering if it’s possible for an infected email to load a virus onto a smartphone?
Last night I was using my iPhone to check my email and I accidentally opened an email that appeared to be from China while I was trying to delete it. When the email opened up it said it was downloading a file.
I haven’t noticed any problems with the phone so far. I’m cautiously optimistic because I’ve always been told that only Windows computers are subject to virus infections.
Do you think I have anything to worry about? [Read more…]
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I receive frantic messages on a regular basis from folks asking for help getting back into their Facebook accounts because they have somehow gotten locked out of them.
Sometimes I’m able to help them reset their password and log back in with no problems, but all too often a simple password reset doesn’t work for them.
And sadly, in situations like this Facebook’s “Account Recovery” tools can be pretty close to useless. [Read more…]