by Keykhosrow Khodarahmi | Sep 15, 2021 | Life Hacks, Microsoft Windows
You no longer need a password for a Microsoft account Microsoft now lets you remove passwords from Microsoft accounts to embrace a passwordless future. Starting today, the software giant will let consumers sign into Microsoft accounts with its Microsoft Authenticator...
by Keykhosrow Khodarahmi | Sep 2, 2021 | Life Hacks
Updating this Bluetooth setting increases the chances you’ll recover your missing buds. Two hundred dollar wireless earbuds are great. Until you lose them. I long resisted buying nice earbuds, even back in the heady days of the omnipresent headphone jack. I know...
by Keykhosrow Khodarahmi | Aug 25, 2021 | Google Updates, Life Hacks
My friend (and occasional writer for The Verge) JR Raphael has a newsletter in which he recently wrote about cleaning up your Google Contacts list by deleting old and no-longer-wanted entries. What a good idea, I thought. But. Unfortunately, I am...
by Keykhosrow Khodarahmi | Aug 24, 2021 | Life Hacks
I’m going to preface this by saying I use the term “hack” in the more commonly used vernacular of the day, as in “life hack.” We’re not actually going to hack Gmail. But I do have a really great “hack” for you to use...
by Keykhosrow Khodarahmi | Aug 9, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Life Hacks
Your security is more valuable than a little social media entertainment When my wife [NAME REDACTED FOR SECURITY REASONS] and I log into our bank account [NAME NOT SHARED FOR SECURITY REASONS] we’re often confronted with a series of “Security Questions,” basically...
by Keykhosrow Khodarahmi | Jul 27, 2021 | Life Hacks
Is your Gmail inbox filled to overflowing with emails you’ve already read? Want to mass delete them? Jack Wallen shows you how. I tend to collect email like some might collect Star Wars action figures. OK, that’s not a perfect analogy because mostly I...