Best early October Prime Day deals on office chairs & standing desks
Your desk and chair’s ergonomics have a huge impact on how good you feel after a long session at your PC. But you don’t need to spend a ton on an office chair or standing…
Alaina Yee
Alaina Yee
Losing your phone on a trip? Brutal. Not doing these 3 things first? Security nightmare
Picture this: You’re traveling, either on vacation or for business. Your phone is stolen or becomes lost. And now you’re locked out of your password manager and email accounts. One of my bosses recently lived…
How to set up a passkey for your Microsoft account
As I’ve said before, passwords suck. Microsoft agrees—last year, it announced a goal of getting one billion users to embrace passkeys instead. As part of that effort, setting up a passkey for a Microsoft account…
How to set up recovery methods in Dashlane
Picture this scenario: You forget the password for your Dashlane account. Or you lose access to your methods for two-factor authentication. Or worse, you end up with both. Recovery methods let you avoid a lockout—instead,…
Intel and Nvidia are surprise allies. Is AMD screwed?
Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the shocking topics on our YouTube show or freshest news from across the web? You’re in the right…
You should know how to recover your Windows account. Do you?
Have you ever thought about what you’d do if you ever forgot or lost your Windows password? (That is, besides cursing fate.) In the old days, you could usually get back into the PC through other…
I hate Outlook’s reading pane change. Here’s how I fixed it
Microsoft pushes often for accessibility and inclusiveness, which I love. But recently, it bungled a change in the web-based version of Outlook while pursuing this goal. In August, Outlook on the web abruptly killed the…
You should set up your Google recovery info, before it’s too late
People often overlook a crucial step while setting up a Google account—ways to get back into the account, should they ever forget their password, lose their method of two-factor authentication, or have their phone stolen.…
Credit bureaus keep getting hacked. Protect yourself with 4 steps
TransUnion, one of the major credit bureaus in the U.S., reported a hack at the tail end of August—personal details of 4.4 million individuals stolen. The cause of this breach? Salesforce, the same third-party vendor…
Instagram might be leaking your location. Here’s how to check
Earlier this summer, Instagram launched a new feature called Maps. The idea: You and other friends can share your location in real time, in what Meta calls a “new, lightweight way to connect.” (Having lived…