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We occasionally come across people still using email addresses they created 15–20 years ago — sometimes from old internet providers, old jobs, or addresses that perhaps sounded like a good idea at the time. The good news is that moving to a better email address is usually much easier than people expect. In many cases: Auto-forwarding can be enabled, so emails sent to the old address automatically arrive in the new one Existing emails, folders, contacts and calendars can usual

We often see people using a mixture of OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud and other cloud services all at the same time. Before long, things can become a bit of a mess. Photos end up in multiple places, files become difficult to find, and many people unknowingly pay for several storage subscriptions at once — often backing up the same files multiple times. In most cases, it’s much simpler to stick with one main cloud service (or perhaps one for home and one for work). Th

Artificial Intelligence — usually shortened to AI — is suddenly everywhere. Depending on who you ask, it’s either going to revolutionise the world… or steal everyone’s job by Tuesday. The reality is a bit less dramatic. At its core, modern AI is simply software that’s been trained on huge amounts of information so it can: answer questions write text summarise information help with research generate images and assist with everyday tasks Think of it as a very fast digital assis