OTR Backup 07/20/2025

• ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Another shameful episode in American history

• We Recommend These 9 Tips to Safeguard Your Home Address From the Internet - CNET

• It's the end of the internet as we know it

• We bought the same groceries at three Ontario grocery stores to find the cheapest products - Narcity

  Which store gets you the most bang for your buck?

• Microsoft scraps the new Windows 11 system tray after user criticism | PCWorld

  The simplified Windows 11 system tray design was close to being launched, but Microsoft backed out at the last minute.

• How Lindsey Buckingham enhanced Fleetwood Mac, according to Christine McVie: “The wrong way around”

• AI's biggest impact on your workforce is still to come - 3 ways to avoid getting left behind | ZDNET

• Did You Know Your Smart TV and Phone Can Wirelessly Work Together in These 5 Useful Ways?

  Your smartphone and your smart TV make quite a pairing.

• This Number System Beats Binary, But Most Computers Can't Use It | Scientific American

  Why do computers only work with the numbers 0 and 1? There are machines that process three digits with more efficiency than you might expect

• Face Scans to Estimate Our Age: Harmful and Creepy AF | Electronic Frontier Foundation

  Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd our way out of the many harms they cause to speech, equity, privacy, and infosec. Their silver bullet? “Age estimation” technology that scans our faces,...

• 92 Percent of People Don’t Check Their AI Answers, a New Report Warns

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