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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, June 23, 2023
Topics covered in this issue…
• Why you should restart your computer every few days
• Q&A: How can I block websites from asking to send me notifications?
• Scam alert: Beware fake charity fundraisers on Facebook
• Video: A drone’s-eye tour of Bali
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Today’s featured tech tip….
Why you should restart your computer every few days
I receive lots of tech questions every week, and there’s one that gets asked on a regular basis:
“Is it ok to leave my computer running all the time?“
The answer is no, it really isn’t. Here’s why…
Both Windows PCs and Macs tend to collect digital junk in their RAM storage areas over time, primarily from poorly-written programs and apps causing memory leaks and/or leaving parts of themselves behind in RAM when you close them out.
On top of that, transient glitches caused by power fluctuations can cause data corruption in isolated memory cells.
While these types of RAM issues often go unnoticed by the user, they often sometimes manifest themselves by causing system instability, system slow-downs and/or a wide variety of other issues.
What’s more, if the problem gets bad enough it can result in data loss, random reboots and other miscellaneous problems that can leave you both frustrated and confused.
Now all of the above being said, it isn’t really necessary to restart your computer every single day.
Just one weekly restart (I restart mine every Saturday morning) should easily be enough to keep the digital gremlins at bay and prevent the types of issues described above from occurring.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Q&A: How can I block websites from asking to send me notifications?
This tip is easy to do, but it could save you a lot of hassle.
• Scam alert: Beware fake charity fundraisers on Facebook
These scams are all over Facebook but they’re easy to avoid if you know what to look for.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Video: A drone’s-eye tour of Bali
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Tech news that caught my eye…
• Meta makes good on promise to remove news from Canadian Facebook
• China-linked malware spotted infecting USB drives to spread attack
• Spotify’s podcast plan is going off the rails
• Chrome for iOS to add support for Maps, Calendar and Google Lens
• Apple fixes zero-days used to deploy Triangulation spyware via iMessage
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