OTR Backup 08/07/2025

• The 15 Best Cartoon Duos Of All Time, Ranked

• AI companies are targeting students. Here's how that's changing studying : NPR

  Students are increasingly using AI tools to help with — and do — their homework. Here's how older online study services, students and professors are adapting.

• De-Google your life: These 17 privacy-obsessed apps will set you free | PCWorld

  Want to say goodbye to Google services? How to make the switch: We show you the best alternatives to Google Search, Gmail, Android & Co. - for more data protection and digital independence.

• Canadians push back against Trump’s tariffs by avoiding U.S. goods and travel : NPR

  Many Canadians along the U.S. border continue to avoid purchasing U.S. goods and travel. A major grocery chain is labeling products so customers know what they are choosing.

• Drivers of Canada’s most stolen vehicles can switch and save

  Mortgage and insurance comparison website Ratehub.ca released a comparison of insurance rates for Canada’s top 10 most stolen vehicles versus similar non-listed cars.

• The cheapest provinces to live in Canada were revealed and they're not where you'd expect - Narcity

  B.C. isn't actually the most expensive, either.

• Toronto principal staying put after school community rallies aginst his transfer

  A long-time principal at a Toronto high school won’t be going anywhere after students and parents protested his planned transfer this fall.

• On This Day in 1965, The Beatles Were at No. 1 With What John Lennon Called One of the Few “True” Songs He Ever Wrote

• Tips for Using Em Dash on Windows 11 (and Why ChatGPT Loves It) | Windows Central

• Brandon Pfaadt Delivered a Pitch So Nasty the Batter Literally Said ‘Wow’

  Luis Arraez didn’t know what to do with this one.

• How to Install uBlock Origin on Safari | Lifehacker

• 4 of the Best Closing Lines in Rock Music History

• Two-Factor Authentication for Remote Sensors and Drones - IEEE Spectrum

  How can drones and farm equipment be protected from cyberattacks? A new two-factor authentication method might hold the key.

• Once-Popular Kitchen Tools People Stopped Using

• Google says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities | TechCrunch

  The discoveries by an AI-based bug hunter are significant, as it shows these tools are starting to get real results, even if they still need a human.

• Confused about why you can't upgrade to Windows 11? Microsoft has some new advice that might help... including a trick I wasn't aware of | TechRadar

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