doug — off the record

• Trump echoes Putin

• I found the ultimate MacBook Air alternative for Windows users – and it's priced well | ZDNET

• Free VPN apps found to have ties with Russia and China – and they’re hiding in Google and Apple’s app stores | TechRadar

• Brave Is the Only Chromium Browser I Still Trust, and Here’s Why

  Finally, a Chromium browser that doesn’t feel like a sellout.

• New Ontario trail has a four-storey boardwalk to explore the forest

• The new 2025 ‘retire comfortably’ number is in. Here’s what Canadians feel they need — and why 95% of us are falling well short of that goal

• “If You Have A Leg Cramp, Pull Back Your Big Toe”: 36 Human Body Cheat Codes That You Might Not Have Known You Needed | Bored Panda

  Maybe we are living in a simulation, because apparently, we even have cheat codes for our own bodies!

• Quantum computing explained: what it means for cybersecurity — and why it’s coming faster than you think | TechRadar

• 3 Nostalgic Songs You’ll Remember if You Were a Kid in 1978

• These Windows Shortcuts Save Me Hours Every Week

  Stay focused on what you're doing instead of hunting through menus to find that one command.

• Desk Sync and a new external touch display calibration tool arrive in ChromeOS 139

  The ChromeOS 139 update is rolling out now to most devices, bringing the new Desk Sync feature and a much-needed calibration tool for external touchscreens.

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