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The same task feeds three equal panels labelled ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

ChatGPT · Sep 27

ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: how to choose

Match the assistant to your documents, research sources and the output you need to use.

AI

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A grid of monthly AI credits, partly used, beside a consumer licence card reading personal use only, with client work and products crossed out.

AI image generators · Nov 4

Microsoft Designer Image Creator free: credits and licence terms

How Microsoft Designer's free AI credits work, what a subscription adds and why its licence is personal use only.

A website page with an image and its alt text field, beside three rules: describe informative images, mark decorative ones, and say where linked images go.

website builder · Nov 4

Alt text website builder guide: Wix, Squarespace and Framer

Where to add image alt text in Wix, Squarespace and Framer, what to write and how to check it.

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini deletion paths lead to a Delete account bin, with steps to export chats and cancel paid plans first.

ChatGPT · Nov 3

How to delete your ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini account and data

Steps to delete ChatGPT and Claude accounts, why Gemini works differently and what happens to your data.

A timeline of screen snapshots stops where the Save snapshots switch is turned off, beside Reset Recall and Pause until tomorrow options.

Microsoft Recall · Nov 3

How to turn off Microsoft Recall and what its snapshots save

Switch off Save snapshots, then reset to delete what Recall stored. What it saves and how to filter it.

TECH

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A laptop running a local game beside three preparation checks: save sign-in, finish updates and launch each game once

Steam · Nov 1

Steam Offline Mode: prepare your PC before you disconnect

Set up Steam Offline Mode, test your games and understand why a downloaded title can still need a connection.

Illustration of an Android phone with a locked Private Space and its key limits: apps stop and send no alerts when locked, are hidden from search and recent apps, and their data is not in device backup

Android · Oct 31

Android Private Space: hide apps and understand the limits

Set up Android Private Space, understand locked-app notifications and check backup and privacy limits.

Illustration of a Mac with FileVault turned on and two recovery routes: an Apple Account through iCloud, or a separate recovery key written down and stored away from the Mac

Mac · Oct 31

Mac FileVault recovery key: turn it on safely

Turn on FileVault, choose an iCloud or recovery-key route, and store the recovery details away from the Mac.

BEST PRODUCTS

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A web host linked to four CDN edge copies, beside a list showing images, CSS, JavaScript and fonts cached by default while HTML pages come from the origin.

hosting · Nov 4

Do I need a CDN for my website? A small-site guide

What a CDN does, when a small site gains from one, what it caches and what to check before you switch it on.

Four random example words forming a passphrase, with a checklist marking long, unpredictable and unique as good and a predictable sentence as poor, and an arrow to a password vault.

Password managers · Nov 2

How to choose a master password for your password manager

Use a passphrase of four or more random words. How to build one, check it and plan for forgetting it.

A bin listing two files marked restore and one marked gone, beside a bar showing a 30-day restore window ending in gone, with OneDrive, Google Drive and iCloud Drive labels.

Cloud storage · Nov 2

Recover deleted files from cloud storage: OneDrive, Drive, iCloud

Check the Recycle bin, Trash or Recently Deleted first. How long each service keeps files and what can't come back.

A phone sends a browser and a chat app through a VPN tunnel to a VPN server, while an excluded banking app connects directly with the device's own IP address

VPN · Nov 2

VPN split tunnelling: choose which apps skip the VPN

Split tunnelling sends chosen apps outside the VPN. How the modes work and the kill switch and DNS catches.

Two browser windows, Site A and Site B, each holding its own cookie jar, separated by a dashed line marked no share

Firefox · Nov 1

Firefox Total Cookie Protection: settings and site fixes

Keep cookie isolation enabled and diagnose broken sign-ins with a narrow, reversible site test.

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