Finally, a tech newsletter that explains the bits everyone else skips
No hype. No doom-saying. No jargon without a translation. Just one proper read, plus a few short tips that might save you money or a headache. Free, fortnightly, and easy to leave.
Six short sections, designed to be read with a cup of tea.
A plain-English deep-dive into something you’ve actually been wondering about. Smart speakers listening in. Whether crypto is for you. Why your phone keeps nagging you to update.
Wake words, two-factor authentication, the cloud, blockchain. The terms that get thrown around as if everyone already knows what they mean. We translate one a fortnight.
Someone wrote in to ask whether they could keep ignoring their phone update notifications. The answer wasn’t quite what they expected. You can write in too.
The deepfake Martin Lewis adverts. WhatsApp “Mum, I’ve lost my phone” texts. The latest tricks doing the rounds, what to look for, and how to swerve them.
Mute the smart speaker. Turn off ad tracking. Set up two-factor on your email. Small, specific, immediately useful. Nothing that takes longer than the kettle to boil.
A Which? scam alert. An Age UK guide. A useful BBC piece. Three solid links from sources you can trust, not the usual algorithm-driven nonsense.
“I write the newsletter for the same reason I started the blog. There’s a generation of us who mastered everything else, and there’s no good reason technology should be the exception. If you can figure out how to set the clock on your microwave, you can figure out the rest of it. I’ll show you how.”
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by Walter Ledger
Technology explained by someone who remembers when ‘wireless’ meant a really long cord.