Protect Important Folders From Ransomware

Protect Important Folders From Ransomware Windows includes a lesser-known security feature called Controlled Folder Access that can stop untrusted apps changing files in important folders such as Documents, Pictures and Desktop, helping protect them from ransomware. Why Is This Useful? Ransomware often works by encrypting or changing files so you can no longer access them.

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Turn Your Home WiFi Into A Security Motion Sensor

Turn Your Home WiFi Into A Security Motion Sensor Comcast has begun turning compatible Xfinity home routers into camera-free motion detectors, showing how WiFi infrastructure can now do far more than connect devices while raising important questions about privacy, data use and intelligent buildings. What Has Comcast Launched? The new capability forms part of Xfinity

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OpenAI Makes Privacy A Competitive Advantage

OpenAI Makes Privacy A Competitive Advantage OpenAI is turning data privacy into a competitive weapon, promising eligible business customers its frontier AI models can operate without retaining their prompts or responses, just as rival Anthropic is requiring 30-day retention for some frontier-model traffic. Zero Data Retention As A Selling Point The company has just previewed

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How AI Could Help Planes Avoid Warming Contrails

How AI Could Help Planes Avoid Warming Contrails Google and the UK government are launching a £5 million trial using artificial intelligence and advanced weather forecasting to help aircraft avoid the atmospheric conditions that create persistent warming contrails over the North Atlantic, potentially reducing part of aviation’s climate impact without changing the aircraft themselves. What

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Tech Tip : Automatically Clear Out Repetitive Emails

Tech Tip : Automatically Clear Out Repetitive Emails If newsletters, automated alerts or regular notifications gradually fill your Outlook inbox, Sweep can automatically clear out older messages from particular senders so you do not have to keep tidying them manually. Why Is This Useful? Sweep is particularly useful for emails where you normally only need the latest

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