Which browser should you actually use? Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge compared
Choosing a web browser used to be a simple decision based on which icon you liked best or which one came pre-installed on your computer. Today, the stakes are a bit higher. Your browser is your primary window to the digital world, handling everything from your banking to your social life. While they all technically “open websites,” the differences in how they handle your data, your battery life, and your productivity are significant.
In this guide, we’ll look past the marketing and dive into what actually separates Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge in 2025.
Read moreHow to view academic journal articles off campus using your library's proxy
If you are a student or researcher, you are probably aware that much of the academic research out there is not free to access. However, if you’re affiliated with a university, you may also notice that you can access academic journals and similar content without any effort when you’re connected to your institution’s WiFi.
Suddenly, at home, the journal websites complain that you need to pay up to see the content. Chances are, though, that you can use your library’s proxy to see it.
Read moreMyPermissions shows you who has access to your social media accounts
We often will use one of our social media accounts–Facebook, Google, Twitter–to sign on another site. As you do this, there are a few permissions you have to grant along the way. In our haste, we tend to just breeze through them. After years of doing this, it is pretty easy to lose track of just who it is we have allowed to view, alter, and gather our social media data. MyPermissions puts you back in control.
Read moreHow to secure your passwords with LastPass
A lot of our privacy and security content makes an important assumption. That assumption is that nobody can get into your account without breaking through some sort of protective measures, meaning you are only vulnerable due to either your activities or security holes on the web. The truth is, though, bad passwords are much more often your personal security’s weakest link.
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