One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your location

Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been

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Write Down Your Thoughts in a Digital Journal on Your Phone

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Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China under a new partnership with the Shanghai government
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Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs
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Trump's tariff threat sends crypto prices falling

Cryptocurrency prices took a hit from the prospect of a trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners, with some well-known digital assets seeing values fall more than 10%
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