How to read the Popular Science archives
Check out all our anniversary coverage here. The first edition of Popular Science hit newsstands in May 1872, with founding editor Edward Livingston Youmans acknowledging the …
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Google is making it easier to scrub your personal info from search results
Google is now making it possible for people to ask them to remove sites from search results that list more types of personal information than …
How to safely share your phone with others
This story has been updated. It was originally published on February 3, 2020. You’re standing on the street when a total stranger walks up and …
Google Chrome finally found a replacement for cookies
Google has a new method for tracking user interests on Chrome, the latest update in its years-long quest to ditch the cookies that are used …
How to avoid seeing yourself on video calls
If you would rather square off against 100,000 hungry Everglades mosquitoes on their home turf than see your own face on video, a “cameras must …
How to create your own new tab extensions for Google Chrome
Part of Google Chrome’s appeal as a web browser is its huge library of extensions—add-ons that cover page layouts, bookmark management, online security, and so …
How Chrome and Safari can help you strengthen your passwords
This story has been updated. It was originally published on November 4, 2019. Choosing a good password means finding a careful balance between something simple …
Google Says It’s Killing the Tired Social Media Platform Google+
Google will be shutting down their social media platform Google+ over a software bug that exposed the private personal information of around 500,000 users. The …
APPLE AND GOOGLE ASKED WHETHER THEY SECRETLY SPY ON USERS BY US LAWMAKERS
Apple and Google must tell users how much they are spying on them, according to US lawmakers. The Energy and Commerce Committee has written to …
GOOGLE NEWS: HOW DOES THE SEARCH GIANT’S HEADLINE AGGREGATOR WORK?
Google News is checked by millions of people on a daily basis looking for quick access to a range of coverage of a given event or …