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Q&A: What exactly is a GaN charger?

Posted on September 2, 2026

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Question from Darla:  I went online to search for a new wall charger for my phone and iPad and I noticed that some of them were labeled as GaN chargers.

I had never seen that before (but it’s been years since I bought a new charger).

What does the GaN mean?  [Read more…]

Q&A: What does the term ‘Social Engineering’ mean?

Posted on September 1, 2026

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Question from Lona:  Hi, Rick. I have a really short question that I’d like to ask if you don’t mind.

What does the term “Social Engineering” mean? I keep hearing it but I don’t have a clue what it is.  [Read more…]

Q&A: If I remove a computer’s hard drive will any data be left behind?

Posted on August 29, 2026

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Question from Karen:  I have several old computers in my basement that I want to recycle.

I’ve always heard that you need to destroy a computer’s hard drive before you recycle it to prevent someone else from maybe getting your files.

My question is will removing the hard drive from a PC completely eliminate any possibility of someone finding my old files.

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Q&A: Is the Copy Plain Text browser extension safe?

Posted on August 28, 2026

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Question from Amber:  I do a lot of copying and pasting when I’m writing posts for my lifestyle blog.

Something that always irritates me is having to paste everything into Notepad to get rid of the formatting and then copy the “clean” text and paste it into the blog post I’m working on.

I checked Google and found a Firefox browser extension called Copy Plain Text that allows you to copy text and paste it without the formatting.

My question is, do you think it’s safe to use this extension?  [Read more…]

Q&A: Is it legal to spoof someone else’s phone number?

Posted on August 22, 2026

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Question from Brenda:  I’m so frustrated with all the calls I’m receiving from scammers who have spoofed someone else’s phone number!

I’ve always heard that’s illegal so why are so many people doing it?

So tell me, is spoofing illegal or not?  [Read more…]

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