A beginner’s guide to ChatGPT: Make AI work for you
Hardly anyone can have missed the AI phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. Almost every major company has some kind of AI initiative now. Politicians talk about how important it is not to…
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The Windows 11 survival guide for Windows 10 refugees
The bells are ringing for Windows 10, and many users who have waited are now choosing to update to Windows 11. If you’re one of them, congratulations on continued security updates and new features, but…
Drives, images, and virtual disks: A guide to storage terms & concepts
The term hard drive refers to the actual storage medium — either in the classic sense with rotating magnetic discs (HDD) or as a modern SSD with flash memory. The term drive refers to the…
ChatGPT gets ‘study mode’ to guide students without spoon-feeding answers
OpenAI has launched a new “study mode” for ChatGPT that’s designed to help students better understand complex topics—but instead of dishing out direct answers, study mode employs the Socratic method to ask questions and guide…
How to protect your laptop: A student’s guide to cybersecurity
Security is essential for any laptop, whether you’re on a college laptop, a gaming laptop, or especially a business laptop. But college laptops face unique challenges. For example, if you’re a student and you’re connecting…
How to switch from Windows 10 to Linux: A technical guide
There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step is the hard one: get…
macOS survival guide: Handle every calamity with these Mac-saving tips
Whether you’re new to the Mac or a longtime user, you want to get the most out of macOS. It has a ton of features, but even someone who’s been using it for years forgets…
Streaming Major League Baseball games: A how-to guide
Baseball fans have more ways than ever to stream Major League Baseball games, but keeping track of where to watch can be a challenge. National broadcasts remain spread across multiple networks and streaming services, while…
A beginner’s guide to using a Chromebook
In a few months, Windows 10 will take its final bow. That means folks will have to start paying for security updates, which has many people thinking about buying a new computer. One alternative to…
Sick of Elon’s antics? Here’s a beginner’s guide to Bluesky
Whether it’s politics or tech, we live in a polarizing world. Since Elon Musk took over Twitter and renamed it X, the platform has become an increasingly important tool in his political ambitions. This is…