Many websites will track you through URLs. That's why many URLs have long strings of random numbers at the end. They look like a mess — but they reveal highly sensitive information about you. Sites you visit can then turn around and sell your private data to advertisers. Here's how to stop it from happening.

Have an iPhone? Here’s a quick tip to avoid having to sit through those unskippable ads on YouTube.

• Instead of watching through the YouTube app, open the Safari browser.
• Press play on the video, and when the ad pops up, refresh the browser. Your content will resume once the page loads, skipping the ad. Voila! 

Here’s one more iPhone trick for good measure. Have a ton of old alarms you don’t need anymore? Deleting them one by one is a pain. Instead, just say, “Siri, delete my alarms.” Done!

🤖 I didn’t forget about you, Android pals. If Google Assistant is driving you batty, try these six fixes.

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You take all the right steps to make sure you're protected online. You don't click strange links, you secure your accounts with strong passwords and you don't skip out on important updates. But what about your Wi-Fi network? Do you know how many devices are connected and who they belong to? It's all too easy for someone to jump onto your network without your knowledge.

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Big Tech is supposed to safely handle our personal online data, but now they’re getting into the political game. I don’t want to be any part of that, and neither should you. That’s why I trust and use ExpressVPN.

These Big Tech companies match your internet activity to your identity or location by using your public IP address, but with ExpressVPN, no one can see your IP address — no one.

How many times have you gone to dinner with a group of friends and ended up spending much more than you ate or drank? It's happened to all of us. Thankfully, we've found an app that solves this age-old dilemma for good. We'll detail how to use this handy app to split a dinner bill perfectly.

Navigation apps are great for getting to your destination as efficiently as possible, but they can do much more. Did you know that you can plan a future drive with Waze, so you know the best time to leave? We'll share five Waze features that you'll wish you knew sooner.

Over on my Instagram page, I share photos of my life. I keep my profile private, but I'll add you!

The world's largest employer isn't Walmart. It isn't Amazon. It's the U.S. Department of Defense, and it's not even close. This massive organization has over 3 million employees across the globe. With all these people working all around the world, getting them from place to place necessitates a massive transportation system. How do the logistics for the enormous system work, and what goes into making it run smoothly?