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Did You Know? In 1990, Willie Nelson had nearly everything he owned confiscated and sold by the IRS to pay a mountain of back taxes and fines due to fund mismanagement by his accounting firm. One of his few possessions to escape confiscation was his iconic guitar, Trigger—all thanks to his daughter, who smuggled the guitar out of his home in Texas and hid it in Hawaii until the heat died down. Geek Trivia Which Of These Weather Phenomena Are Known As “St. Elmo’s Fire”? Ball Lightning → Coronal Discharges → Morning Glory Clouds → Sun Dogs → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. 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[The New York Times] Malicious Chrome extension is next to impossible to manually remove Seriously devious: install this extension and you can't access the extensions panel anymore. [ArsTechnica] All the Ways You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free Windows 10’s free upgrade offer is officially over. But, unofficially, free copies of Windows 10 are still available. Read This Article → How to Disable the Pathlight on a Nest Detect The Nest Secure system comes with two Nest Detect devices, which are open/close sensors that can also act as motion detectors. They even have a small, motion-activated LED light (named Pathlight) that can light your way in a dark hallway. However, if that’s not something you need, you can disable Pathlight in the Nest app. Read This Article → How to Watch or Stream the 2018 Super Bowl (Without Cable) We’re at T-minus three weeks to Super Bowl, the biggest event in American sports (sorry-not-sorry, “World” Series). What’s that? You don’t have a cable or satellite subscription? Don’t worry, you still have ways to watch. Read This Article → How to Hide Your Activity Status on Instagram Instagram recently added a new option that allows other users to see when you were last active on the service in their direct messages. If you’re not into letting everyone on the planet know what you’re up to every minute of the day, you can disable it pretty easily. Read This Article → How to Share Your Work Under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons licenses make it easy for people to share their creative works so that other people can use them for their own projects. Here’s how to release your work under a CC license. Read This Article → What Is WPA3, and When Will I Get It On My Wi-Fi? The Wi-Fi Alliance just announced WPA3, a Wi-Fi security standard that will replace WPA2. It was one of the most covertly interesting things announced at CES 2018. In a few years, when the laundry folding robots and smart fridges are forgotten, WPA3 will be everywhere making it harder for people to hack your Wi-Fi. Read This Article → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. And it doesn't just work on PCs — they have a Mac version too. Click here to download