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Scam Alert: Fake Costco Turkey Emails Are Targeting Shoppers Now

Scam Alert: Fake Costco Turkey Emails Are Targeting Shoppers Now – womansworld.com
You’re planning your Thanksgiving feast when an email lands in your inbox promising a free Thanksgiving meal from Costco. Sounds too good to be true? That’s because it is—this special offer is not what it seems. The seasonal email is actually being sent by scammers targeting shoppers looking to save money on their holiday meal.

These hidden settings made my Google Wallet so much faster

These hidden settings made my Google Wallet so much faster – howtogeek.com
The entire point of mobile payments is to be more convenient than a physical card. Any little bit of friction ends up feeling more cumbersome than just pulling out your wallet. While Google Wallet is genuinely great, there are a few often-hidden tweaks that can make the tap-to-pay process even better.

This one app adds all the features Windows forgot

This one app adds all the features Windows forgot – howtogeek.com
Every recent Windows update feels like a lateral move in terms of new features added (unless you count Copilot, which I won’t). However, behind the scenes, Microsoft developers have built some super useful new features for Windows 10 and 11, but you have to install them manually. It’s a set of utilities called PowerToys, and the best part is they’re free and open source.

– Your phone screen has a secret coating that’s slowly destroying itself

Your phone screen has a secret coating that’s slowly destroying itself – howtogeek.com
We all love our phones and are probably more addicted to them than we realize. Did you know the average person unlocks their phone around 100–150 times a day, and taps the screen over 2,600 times a day? We use these little pocket computers for everything, which is why your oleophobic coating is slowly but surely getting destroyed.

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