Hi all, We’re flying home tomorrow (Friday) and our flight is quite early (7:00 am locally), so hopefully I will have Internet on the flight. Will figure out a way to get this done either way. So on that note… Here’s a place for any questions you have this week. Thanks! Paul

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Proton just posted this interesting video and it’s worth watching. How Google Tracks Everything You Do and How to Stop It

“For years, Apple and Google competed heavily around: camera systems chip performance app ecosystems industrial design battery efficiency Now the competitive focus is rapidly moving toward: conversational assistants proactive computing AI-generated content real-time translation intelligent search multimodal interaction task automation Google’s aggressive AI rollout suggests the company believes it currently holds momentum in that transition.”…

I’m using a Mac now because it’s my newest hardware. I use “Paint X” for simple edits like cropping images, adding boxes and arrows, but the app hasn’t been updated in six years. Since it runs on Rosetta, its days are numbered. I’ve yet to find a modern, lightweight alternative that matches the simplicity of…