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The Microsoft 365 (Office) app is now called the Microsoft 365 Copilot app WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT 2 usonian Yesterday 14 hrs ago 0 99

How do I share a "reel" and have it show up? I keep getting a link 0 Nittersing Yesterday Yesterday 0 72

LocalSend. Share files between all devices on your home network. Free and Open Source. 0 usonian Sunday Sunday 1 152

Is Microsoft Defender good enough or should I stick with McAfee? thanks in advance 7 dflprincess Saturday Saturday 2 269

Apple verification code.... 6 albacore Dec 23 Saturday 0 439

Fixed. Why can't I stay logged in to DU today? 5 rzemanfl Thursday Friday 0 168

Fixed.Why can't I stay logged in to DU today? 1 rzemanfl Thursday Thursday 0 144

One icon to access every Windows setting 3 Nittersing Wednesday Wednesday 3 287

I just opened a PDF attachment then learned that their email had been hacked. I didn't click the link. 9 mahina Dec 27 Dec 28 0 365

How do I upload a picture on this site? 18 iemanja Dec 27 Dec 27 0 366

Argh. MS wanted to update and when I did, it made everything MS/Bing. I reinstalled mozilla and duckduckgo ... 8 marble falls Dec 26 Dec 26 0 392

Would we be better with a laser printer? 9 CTyankee Dec 22 Dec 22 0 334

Youtube is F***ing with Us? 6 Ranting Randy Dec 19 Dec 21 2 553

Apple verification code robo-call... 1 albacore Dec 21 Dec 21 0 287

is something going on with postimages? or my desktop? 9 Kali Dec 19 Dec 19 1 279

No emails coming in on iPhone 14. What can I do? 4 demosincebirth Dec 9 Dec 9 0 328

Not getting email on iPhone. I'm not too knowledgeable on these 3 demosincebirth Dec 9 Dec 9 0 306

I have a spreadsheet question. 10 Ptah Dec 9 Dec 9 0 600

Windows 10 end-of-life (October 2025) - Zorin Linux had a million downloads last month 13 LVZ Dec 4 Dec 7 3 728

GMail now allows more than one email address and migration 4 bucolic_frolic Dec 6 Dec 6 1 478

Hi! I'd like to use Windows emojis every now and then on my posts 10 wolfie001 Dec 2 Dec 5 4 556

Anyone know how to copy a picture or image off of instagram ? 4 KS Toronado Nov 26 Dec 5 0 417

Need advice on a new laptop 13 dflprincess Dec 4 Dec 5 2 663

So, I'm reading about AI, LLM hallucinations... 7 electric_blue68 Dec 4 Dec 4 0 449

How AI Threats Have Broken Strong Authentication 2 usonian Nov 30 Dec 1 4 425

DU not working on Edge 4 UCRalum83 Nov 28 Nov 29 0 409

WhatsApp install is plaguing me 2 bucolic_frolic Nov 28 Nov 28 0 345

Windows 11 desktop Bitlocker recovery issue 5 nuxvomica Nov 10 Nov 27 1 471

Best data removal services of 2025 0 littlemissmartypants Nov 26 Nov 26 4 363

Hawk, a liberal youtuber, said we should delete all biometric login info, face and fingerprint logins, 9 mahina Nov 22 Nov 24 1 729

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A RAID of floppy disks 3 struggle4progress Nov 22 Nov 23 0 501

Anyone know why the old csh is now codice non grata ? And what's so freakin' hot about zsh ? 4 eppur_se_muova Nov 17 Nov 20 1 568

If I can deal with my shameful pile of cables, so can you 8 Pinback Nov 19 Nov 19 8 685

Cloudflare 3 murielm99 Nov 18 Nov 18 1 534

Last week, my DU screen 3 JMCKUSICK Nov 15 Nov 15 1 451

REVEALED: LLM's are not so brignt at generating code. (sarcasm ... I hope) 2 usonian Nov 11 Nov 11 3 445

Once again my computer has stopped changing color for posts I have already read. I am using Firefox and was told to go 6 ratchiweenie Nov 11 Nov 11 2 473

Question about initramfs ... default is corrupted, how to safely delete ... (Manjaro, ARCH Linux) 2 eppur_se_muova Nov 9 Nov 9 1 380

Zorin OS 18 (Linux) Downloads Skyrocket, and more than 70% came from Windows (Oct 18, 2025) 12 usonian Nov 3 Nov 9 7 739

China's AI Upstart Moonshot Stuns Silicon Valley Again With a $4.6 Million Wonder 0 usonian Nov 8 Nov 8 1 437

Lite & Text Only News and other Websites 2 usonian Nov 8 Nov 8 2 382

Advice on Buying a Used Macbook Air please 8 GreatGazoo Nov 7 Nov 7 1 562

Any drone owners here? 0 grumpyduck Nov 5 Nov 5 1 396

Anyone else experiencing YouTube issues this am? 2 Simeon Salus Nov 5 Nov 5 0 412

dell coming to my house to replace motherboard under warranty in just 3 days wait 0 msongs Nov 4 Nov 4 1 351

Do YouTube videos put you to sleep? Here's how to get readable transcripts in a few easy steps. 4 usonian Nov 4 Nov 4 6 526

HULU is crashing on my IPAD when I'm watching MSNBC 4 rickford66 Nov 3 Nov 4 0 524

I am showing the wrong time on replies. New posts and replies show 11:48 PM. How can I fix? Thank you. 7 debm55 Nov 2 Nov 4 0 561

Windows 10 password problem. 9 Susan Calvin Nov 1 Nov 3 1 745

Microsoft One Drive - Windows 11 2 LuckyCharms Nov 1 Nov 1 2 524

How to keep your personalized background from automatically changing on Windows 11 2 Niagara Nov 1 Nov 1 4 548

Microsoft Flags AI-Driven Phishing: LLM-Crafted SVG Files Outsmart Email Security 4 Passages Sep 2025 Oct 31 5 1218

HP Printer App 4 SleeplessinSoCal Oct 28 Oct 28 0 540

MacOS system software not updating. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 0 431

I have a really big gripe about tech companies 3 canetoad Oct 26 Oct 27 3 555

This almost got me 20 Nittersing Oct 27 Oct 27 47 2063

Elvish? 4 usonian Oct 24 Oct 26 1 570

Practical Defenses Against Technofascism 0 usonian Oct 26 Oct 26 7 501

After the latest update windows did 2 days ago 7 KS Toronado Oct 23 Oct 23 1 738

Why You Should Swap Passwords for Passphrases 10 Passages Oct 22 Oct 23 15 1086

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Some old programming books, back to the 1970s. 7 Ilsa Oct 20 Oct 23 0 731

Hi all, Why are replies I make to a post highlighted in yellow. Any ideas? THanks for any help. 5 Paper Roses Oct 20 Oct 21 0 602

I'm looking to get a new Desktop as Microsoft 10 protections ended yesterday. 7 no_hypocrisy Oct 15 Oct 20 0 754

Anyone know why this happens with bluesky posts ? 17 dweller Oct 18 Oct 18 2 862

Is Windows screwing up your background colors, e.g. Files Explorer is black, your taskbar is white 0 progree Oct 18 Oct 18 2 460

Aaaack, I did something 5 madamesilverspurs Oct 2025 Oct 17 2 720

Help with WiFi and/or Windows Security 16 piddyprints Oct 16 Oct 16 0 936

For some time, all my Google maps have appeared entirely black. 2 eppur_se_muova Oct 16 Oct 16 0 504

Never thought to ask here... 6 mntleo2 Oct 11 Oct 12 2 668

*Eureka* - update: MS Spotlight is *BACK* - & by itself after a week! - original OP is here, below the Update. 0 UTUSN Oct 10 Oct 10 1 482

Certain apps on my iPhone no longer work when using NordVPN. 5 Mme. Defarge Oct 9 Oct 9 0 633

This old timer is back again. Can you help? 5 Paper Roses Oct 8 Oct 9 3 726

Phone question since it is a computer 2 Captain Zero Oct 8 Oct 8 0 603

BatShadow Group Uses New Go-Based 'Vampire Bot' Malware to Hunt Job Seekers 2 Passages Oct 8 Oct 8 3 533

I finally gave up on Windows for everyday use, I have two Chromebooks that do everything I need... 2 wcmagumba Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 562

Cannot get my HP (sadly Windows 11) to stop timing out within 3 minutes of non use. 5 efhmc Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 659

Sign In to Confirm You are not a Bot Error 4 MagaSmash Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 685

Brave Now Has Over 100 Million Users 4 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 1000

*UPDATE, EUREKA post #7* - (original headline here: ) Low-tech-me's latest hard-knock lesson: USB-A /USB-A a no-no! 7 UTUSN Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 775

Update to stupid laptop issues 4 Phentex Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 679

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