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Do you create backups of your email accounts? A popular solution for that is MailStore Home, which is free and cross-platform. The original founder of MailStore Home has created Vanderplanki, which serves the same purpose. Vanderplanki can backup email accounts so that you may read messages offline, search across accounts, and more. It lacked some…
Meta-owned WhatsApp announced new features for the messaging service’s updates tab designed to “help” WhatsApp users find more channels and businesses on the messaging platform. All three features are added to the tab updates in WhatsApp. They are: The primary purpose of these changes is to increase monetization on the platform and thus Meta’s revenue….
Mainstream AI tools rely on large sets of data that they are trained on. This data, often websites, posts, comments and the like, has been created by humans (for the most part). Reports suggest that part of the Web population is shifting towards using AI first for any of their tasks and there are good…
Mozilla released a new version of its open source Firefox web browser today. Firefox 139.0.4 is a point update that addresses security issues and bugs in the browser. The update is already live. Most Firefox installations should receive it automatically, but you can speed up the installation by going to Menu > Help > About…
Reddit users will soon have an option to keep their interactions on the social site private. The company is rolling out a new feature that enables users to hide posts and comments that they made on the site on their profile page. Currently, all posts and comments show up when the page is opened. Anyone…
PC Gaming platform Gog just announced a new addition to its ever-growing arsenal of tools and options for PC gamers. Called Gog One-Click Mod, it integrates the installation of curated mods into the platform. Mods are modifications. These can range from tiny changes, like a modified outfit for a character or a fix for an…
When Microsoft released the April 2025 security updates for Windows, users and administrators started to notice that the update created an empty folder called inetpub on the Windows drive. Microsoft did not reveal any information about the mysterious folder in first place. This folder was linked to Internet Information Services in the past, but it…
The team behind the open source email client Thunderbird has revealed information about Thunderbird Pro and Thundermail. Thunderbird Pro is an upcoming subscription-based service that adds features to Thunderbird. It won’t take anything away from current Thunderbird, but adds new features, namely Appointment management, Send and Assist. Also, Thundermail is a web-based email service that…
Many sites support comments. You can leave a comment under videos, articles, or in forums to add your take on something, add something that you think is missing, or, most likely, to correct the original author. Using public comments or posts is not a new invention. In fact, it goes all the way back to…
Google released a new security update for its Chrome web browser that fixes three security issues, including one that is exploited in the wild. The security issue affects the desktop versions of Google Chrome and the Android version. Desktop users may select Menu > Help > About Google Chrome to install the security update immediately….