Online Tech Tips Weekly Roundup - June 4, 2023

WEEKLY ROUNDUP NEWSLETTER [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Welcome to our weekly roundup newsletter, where we will be looking at the best articles to go out on Online Tech Tips the previous week. We will also be profiling geek trivia, our new YouTube videos, and much more. Best Articles Of The Week [Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dangerous?]( [The Best 15 Free Itinerary Templates for Google Docs]( [How to Fix Omegle’s “Error Connecting to Server” Issue]( To prevent your location from being revealed, turn off location services for your web browser or the Omegle app. This will help protect your privacy and reduce the risk of someone identifying your whereabouts. This Week On Our YouTube Channel [Virtual Machines -EXPLAINED!]( Not all computers are physical, some exist only in the imagination of a real, physical, “bare metal” computer. So why would we go through all the trouble of inventing these “Virtual Machines”? Here’s a simple explanation of what they are and why they are so useful. [Why Would You WANT A CRT MONITOR?]( CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors seemed to have died a quick death, but interest in this older display technology is heating up again. Why would anyone want a CRT today? We unpack some of the key benefits as well as some reason you might want to stick with flat panel screens. When using a CRT monitor or TV, it's important to be aware of screen burn-in. CRTs are susceptible to burn-in, which occurs when a static image is displayed on the screen for an extended period, causing a permanent ghost image to remain even after the image changes. To prevent burn-in, it's recommended to use screensavers or enable the power-saving features that turn off the display when it's idle for a certain duration. Interesting Tech News [Amazon's Ring used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy settlement]( A former employee of Amazon.com's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms, the Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday when it announced a $5.8 million settlement with the company over privacy violations. [Twitter is adding crowdsourced fact checks to images]( The feature comes a week after a fake image of an ‘explosion’ near the Pentagon went viral. [Reddit app developer says the site’s new API rules will cost him $20 million a year]( Reddit’s recently-announced plan to charge for API access could price out the developer of one of the most popular third-party Reddit apps. The developer of Reddit client Apollo is raising the alarm on the new API pricing, saying the changes would require him to spend millions of dollars to keep his app going in its current form. Geek Trivia Of The Week The idea of the API (application programming interface) is much older than the term itself. British computer scientists Maurice Wilkes and David Wheeler worked on a modular software library in the 1940s for EDSAC, an early computer. The subroutines in this library were stored on punched paper tape organized in a filing cabinet. [Wikipedia]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2023 Online-Tech-Tips.com, LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you joined our newsletter on our website, www.Online-Tech-Tips.com. You'll get an email whenever we post a new article! Our mailing address is: Online-Tech-Tips.com, LLC 11703 Trotter Point CtClarksville, MD 21029 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](