If you have highly sensitive files on your computer, you should encrypt them to protect your privacy. This protects you from hackers stealing your private information and exposing your secrets on the Dark Web. Here are three ways to get the job done.

Ever wonder how much of your internet bandwidth certain processes take? Here’s how to see what’s eating up your connection.

• On a Windows PC: Open the Task Manager by hitting Ctrl + Shift + Esc. Click on the Network column to sort by network usage.
  
  
• On a Mac: Type "Activity Monitor" into Spotlight. Click the Network tab.

A big download or a resource-hogging program can slow your productivity, but so can someone stealing your internet connection. Here’s how to see if someone is mooching your internet.

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Are you retired but thinking about taking on a part- or full-time job to add to your nest egg? Good news, we have a huge list of available positions, including bookkeeper, contact tracer, online juror and more, looking for people like you. Even better, most of them are work from home jobs.

The internet is full of junk. We find the good stuff for you, from helpful tools to get stuff done to the best apps and websites out there.

Small businesses have unique needs, and it’s more important than ever to have the right people on your team. That’s why I trust LinkedIn Jobs to help. LinkedIn Jobs matches your open role with qualified candidates and puts your post in front of members every day so you can hire the right person faster. Find the perfect fit for your business with LinkedIn Jobs.

You only have one set of parents. The last thing you want is to lose their precious voicemails after they're gone. Here are steps to saving those cherished memories forever.

Of course, navigation apps need to know your location to help you find your way around. But you'd be shocked to find out just how much information they keep on you. And for super long periods. I'll show you how to take back some of your privacy by changing one simple setting in Google Maps.

Get Apple tips, tricks and updates to your inbox twice a week. Coming up soon: How to hide files and folders on your Mac. Handy!

James Bedford was the first person cryogenically frozen after his death, way back in 1967. His hope was that someday advanced technology would enable him to be thawed and brought back to life. Was his optimism well founded? Will we ever achieve the capability to revive cryogenically frozen individuals?