Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

As the New York Times reported in 1998, it was Les Crane who first spotted the woman who would be Mavis. Crane was a former ...
PCMag

Practice Safe Browsing: 6 Ways to Protect Yourself While Watching Porn Online

I've been writing and editing stories for almost two decades that help people use technology and productivity techniques to ...
MLive

Passenger train from Ann Arbor to Traverse City is on track. Michigander input will get it rolling.

TRAVERSE CITY, MI -- The wheels are turning for a public transportation option that could bring Michiganders from Ann Arbor to Traverse City. Years in the making, the North+South Rail initiative is ...
The New York Times

It’s Not Just You. Users Struggle With the Instagram Repost Button.

The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users. By Hannah Ziegler If you fancy yourself an online sleuth or doom-scroll ...
AZ Central

Amazon users have begun receiving settlement checks. Will you get one?

Some eligible Amazon customers have received their piece of the $2.5 billion settlement the e-commerce giant agreed to pay after being accused of antitrust activities. In the first of two waves of ...
CNET

WhatsApp Users Could Get a Welcome Phone Feature With Support for Multiple Accounts

The latest beta tests of the cross-platform messaging app WhatsApp have uncovered a long-awaited new function. Testers for the WhatsApp beta in iOS 25.19.20.74 report they can switch between their ...
Gizmodo

Windows 11’s Only New Useful Feature Has Nothing to Do With AI

Microsoft has turned Windows 11 into a broiling soup of AI features. Since Windows 10 is effectively dead, forcing the reported hundreds of millions of lingering users to switch to the AI-filled ...
Lifehacker

Windows 11 Users Will Get a Major Start Menu Redesign This Week

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...
TechCrunch

Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos

Tinder is looking to AI to revitalize its dating app, which has now reported nine straight quarters of paying subscriber declines, as of the third quarter this year. The dating app maker, Match Group, ...
Food & Wine

SNAP Users Can Get 50% Off Groceries on Instacart Right Now

As the government shutdown halts federal funding, more than 40 million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits could temporarily lose access to grocery assistance starting November 1. Instacart announced ...
Mashable

How to get a refund from the Amazon $1.5 billion FTC settlement

Amazon will issue $1.5 billion in refunds as the result of an FTC settlement. Will you be getting one? Credit: Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Amazon agreed to a whopping $2.5 ...