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In 2026, corruption in governments worldwide is at an all-time high. It’s important to take care when visiting websites. Awareness is your best defense against rogue entities. Let’s look at some red flag areas that could expose you to threats. That indicates a website might not be authentic. I’ll also share some tools and tips to help you avoid suspicious situations. I’ll also help you compare real sources to the pitfalls of AI-generated content traps....more

Because the US administration being run by criminals, AI companies are being allowed to artificially inflate prices by causing a huge demand on components like ram and storage. This will cause abnormal pricing for all technology in the next year or two. This will effect my custom built computers and any replacement services that involve those components. If you have any questions about this, reach out to me. You can do a search online to confirm this, but here is a source I trust that corroborates what I am seeing....more

I was reading the post “Ask HN Share your personal website” on HackerNews yesterday. Thanks so much to all of you for being creative by sharing and creating lists that showcase personal blogs to keep the open web alive. While browsing the comments and looking at the lists people have created, I found an interesting article from Ariadna’s Blog about YouTube’s prevalence in today’s media for learning. The idea is: What would happen if YouTube no longer existed because people stopped using it or something better came along?...more

Today I feel compelled to talk about Aaron Swartz. In 2012 Aaron was instrumental in helping to defeat the SOPA and PIPA bills. The internet went black causing a titalwave of backlash so strong that the bill’s backers had to withdraw the legislation. Today we really need this kind of activism. We need people hammering the phones, turning their websites black more than ever. We have the far right willing push forward authoritarian agenda’s, that attempt to silence peoples speech, the people behind trump are using these powers to kill and stir up There are more abuses to people’s lives then ever....more

After receiving a custom built computer, or hardware upgrade from me, I recommend: If you need to reinstall the OS, be sure to confirm in BIOS that post-os software helpers have been disabled. If I have built, or performed a hardware upgrade on your computer, that may have already been done by me. Uninstall and don’t use OneDrive: The way in which Onedrive moves data from the local user folders to the cloud to sync data between all devices opens you up to data loss and stability/performance problems....more

An article dropped recently about Apple removing the App “ICEBlock” by the request of the Trump administration. Its not clear if this is lawful. Apple didn’t release any proof that they received a lawful order to remove the app, only a statement that they were complying with a lawful order. Cory Doctorow listed some other apps that got removed over the years from Apple’s App Store that appeared suspicious to me....more

Protect yourself from Microsoft’s Anti-Competitive OneDrive Out of Box Experience Tactics.

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I am a Computer Hardware professional. I started working with computer technology in the early eighties. I have seen the evolution of technology starting with closed platforms like the game console era and then the move toward open platforms like the Home Computer Golden Age. In the last 5 or 10 years, I have witnessed technology changes that are slowly moving away from open hardware designs towards hardware that is locked down and can’t be modified by the user....more

Maybe this is a byproduct of cost savings decisions by replicating enterprise-grade hardware manufacturing design principles and using them to design consumer-grade technology. Recently I received a Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 that has options removed. The storage section had no setting to change to a non-raid option. Because OEMs install bloatware on their systems, I choose to install the OS clean, or in most cases, I need to clone a system from dissimilar hardware....more