OTR Backup 06/22/2025

• Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #12 Issue 30

  This week’s Sunday funny comes to us from cartoonist Ali Solomon.

• How to turn AI into your own research assistant with this free Google tool | ZDNET

• Attention Safari users: Here are 8 reasons to switch to Chrome | Macworld

  Should Chrome or Safari get your vote in the browser wars? Here are eight reasons to give Google's browser a chance.

• 184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more leaked in massive data breach | ZDNET

• Forget virtual pets – the next AI video craze is cats doing Olympic diving, and it’s all thanks to this new Google Veo 3 rival | TechRadar

• School board moves to protect students with new digital safety policy - Guelph News

• Here's the minimum salary required to afford a home in Toronto right now

  Even with a record 32,000-plus homes up for sale in and around Toronto and few of them actually changing hands, housing affordability in the region i…

• Paul W. Bennett: With AI taking over classrooms, it’s time to go old school again - The Hub

• Don’t Just Google It: Smarter Search Engines to Try in 2025 | PCMag

  Are you worried about online privacy? Not a fan of anticompetitive practices? Maybe you just want a new take on web search? These 13 search engines beat Google in many ways.

• New research says using AI reduces brain activity – but does that mean it's making us dumber? | TechRadar

• 7 Ontario driving laws you might be breaking that come with fines up to $2,500 - Narcity

  Driving in Ontario means navigating a long list of traffic rules — many of which aren't as well-known as you might think.

• Microsoft readies new Windows 11 feature drop for next month — here's what's coming, and when | Windows Central

• Why typography is key to good branding, straight from a pro | Creative Bloq

• Ready to ditch Windows? 'End of 10' makes converting your PC to Linux easier than ever | ZDNET

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