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Question from Seth P.: I have a WordPress blog that has several missing posts that I’ve deleted because they contained outdated information that was either incorrect or no longer relevant.
My blog now has lots of requests going to the 404 error page because those posts no longer exist.
I’d like to redirect all of those requests to my blog’s home page instead of displaying the 404 error page. How can I do that?
Ricks’s Answer: [Read more…]
Back in the “Stone Age” of the Internet (i.e. before Facebook came along) Yahoo Messenger and AOL Messenger were used on a daily basis by millions of users to keep in touch with friends and family.
Well, times have changed…
AOL Messenger was shut down last year, leaving only Yahoo Messenger to compete with Facebook’s hugely popular Messenger app.
As of today that competition is officially over because Yahoo has just announced they’ll shutting down the entire Yahoo Messenger platform on July 17, 2018. [Read more…]
The popular DNA testing service MyHeritage DNA has just reported that hackers have stolen the email addresses and hashed passwords of over 92 million users.
The company apparently didn’t know about the breach until they were alerted to it by a third-party security research firm. [Read more…]
Do you use Microsoft’s “Groove Music” app to listen to music on your iOS or Android mobile device?
If so, you’ll need to switch to something different before December rolls around.
Microsoft has just announced that they’ll be “retiring” the Groove Music apps for both Android and iOS on December 1, 2018.
After that date you’ll still be able to access any music that you have stored on OneDrive, but you’ll have to listen to it using OneDrive or some other Microsoft-based player because the Groove Music app on your Android or iOS mobile device will no longer work. [Read more…]
By now you’ve probably heard about the dangerous VPNFilter malware that’s attacking routers all over the globe.
If you haven’t, this is an insidious strain of malware that could potentially allow a hacker to take control of your router and use it for a wide variety of illicit purposes.
What’s more, the malware can even remove itself after a time and brick your router in the process. [Read more…]