Computers are well-known for their tendency to notify you of cryptic error messages—especially during startup. Windows will occasionally ask you to run in Safe Mode, or your Apple computer may display a Mac file with a question mark on the front. Annoyances like these usually come at the most inconvenient…

Americans take about 20 photos per day, and most of us have more than 600 just saved on our phones, not counting cloud-based storage systems and local hard drives. We like pictures. A lot. So what happens when they’re accidentally deleted? Do you know how to recover deleted photos from…

When you hear the word, “cloud,” what’s the first thing you think of? For most of human history, clouds were fluffy collections of water and air, passing through the sky, giving us a hint to changing weather conditions. But in recent years, the word has taken on a whole new…

The first hard drive was invented by IBM in 1956. Since then, this piece of technology has completely transformed the way we compute, work and live. Hard disk drives have been in a nearly constant state of change for the last seven decades. Manufacturers are on a near constant quest…

Think about how much of your personal information lives online. You probably have your address and payment information stored in the online accounts for your go-to favorite stores. If you’re like eight in 10 Americans, you use digital banking, as well. And you may also keep sensitive information and documents…

For the last several decades, we’ve been creating data at an exponential pace, and we don’t seem to have any plans to stop. The internet, which was once a novelty used by half a percent of the world’s population, is now pretty much vital to the everyday lives of nearly…

There’s nothing more frustrating than being in the middle of an important task, only for your computer to tell you there’s an error when you turn it on. This always seems to happen at the worst possible time, like when you’re on a deadline for work, need to finish a…

Cleaning out our closets is, depending on how naturally organized you are, an arduous, time-consuming job. This unpopular housekeeping task is usually reserved for the most boring of weekends—or a pandemic-induced quarantine… Few people like cleaning out their closets, but almost everyone loves the result. Items once lost are found,…

When you hit the delete button, where does your data go? Most users would say the recycle bin or trash. But what comes after? Even though you think you’ve deleted your data, the fact is getting rid of information permanently is harder than you may think. If a file is…