What Is ActiveX? How It Works and Ensures Computer Security

ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework that enables applications to share data across web browsers, enhancing functionality and security in computing.
New York Magazine

The Gen-Z Founders Trying to Get Guys to Stop Watching Porn

Slater, blond and with cheekbones like Barry Keoghan’s, is a founder of Quittr, an app that for $30 per year promises to kick porn addictions using one of the human brain’s strongest motivators: shame ...
PCMag

Your Phone's Best Defense Against Scam Texts Might Be Turned Off By Default. Do This to Fix It

Tired of spam texts that just won't stop? Your phone comes with built-in protection, but it might be turned off by default. Here's how to fix that on both iPhone and Android.
The Business Journals

Residential conversion planned for downtown Columbus office tower

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Nationwide's real estate ...
Engadget

Here's how to disable Ring's creepy Search Party feature

The feature is advertised as a way to reunite missing dogs with their owners, a noble cause indeed, but Search Party does this by turning individual Ring devices into a surveillance network. Each ...
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Arctic snow once seemed to be expanding. Scientists now say the data was misleading

Just because satellites capturing snow cover images have improved doesn't mean the Arctic lands are flourishing. For years, the widening snow cover led researchers to believe that it was a sign of ...
Gizmodo

Pfizer’s Experimental Weight Loss Drug Shows Promise as a Once-a-Month Shot

In Phase II data released this week, people taking a monthly dose of PF’3944 continued to lose more weight than those on a placebo. Reading time 2 minutes The competition to develop the next ...
New York Post

Here’s how soon Fitbit users need to move their data to Google before they lose it

Fitbit users now have until May to transfer their data to a Google account. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Google has pushed back the deadline for Fitbit users to migrate their data — again.
The Verge

Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

You can disable all AI-powered features inside Firefox, or pick and choose which ones you still want to use. You can disable all AI-powered features inside Firefox, or pick and choose which ones you ...
The Washington Post

I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor.

Geoff’s column hunts for how tech can make your life better — and advocates for you when tech lets you down. Got a question or topic to investigate? Geoffrey.Fowler@washpost.com and geoffreyfowler.88 ...
Android Authority

PSA: Hate the Ask button in Google Photos? You can get rid of it easily

Google introduced Ask Photos in 2024 to let users type search queries in natural-language questions instead of just keywords. The Ask button quickly replaced the traditional search experience in ...
The New York Times

A Heartbreaking Essay, Delivered Fully Formed

When Tatiana Schlossberg submitted an essay to The New Yorker, it had not been assigned or even expected. It was accepted immediately and barely edited. By Jesse McKinley It was the kind of piece that ...