The 3-2-1 backup rule leaves out the step that proves it: restore a file, and keep one copy ransomware cannot reach

Three, two, one, one, zero MakeUseOf's Tashreef Shareef keeps the old rule of three copies on two kinds of media with one offsite, then adds one immutable or air-gapped copy that ransomware cannot reach and zero verified errors, pointing to FreeFileSync for mirroring files to a drive you can disconnect and to Duplicati for the backup set, and booking a real restore test every quarter; his warning is that the gaps stay invisible until the worst moment, because files corrupt in transfer, media degrades in storage, and an incremental chain can break without a word, and he cites a 2024 Backblaze survey in which 84 percent of computer owners said they back up while only 15 percent were absolutely certain their important files were safe.

Settings, then Personalization How-To Geek's Vishwamoorthy Ramakrishnan opens the profile icon, Settings and Personalization, then fills the Custom Instructions field with standing rules for every new chat and the More About You field with his role, experience level and constraints, and shows the difference on one question about buying a mid-range phone now or waiting six months: the default answer padded both sides, while the configured one told him to wait for holiday price cuts on existing hardware rather than gamble on next-generation promises, then named handsets chosen for longevity and update commitments; his cautions are that the change reaches only new conversations and leaves open threads as they were, and that the sample templates are a starting point you still have to make specific with your own budget, tools and time.

Connected Apps first Android Police's Akshay Bhalla opens Gemini settings, Connected Apps and the Google Workspace toggle, then works from the Ask Gemini button in the top right of Gmail, where summarizing long threads and hunting for buried details saves him 20 to 25 minutes a day and drafts come back in his own tone; he aims the same connection at notes, asking Gemini to check whether a restaurant is already on a Keep list and add it if not, which also works with Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Honor, OPPO, vivo, TECNO and Lenovo note apps, and at Docs, Sheets and Drive, where scanning 400 video games into a spreadsheet took him about an hour against three hours of typing, and where he has used it to read a lease for unfavorable terms; Google lists further connections including Otter.ai, WhatsApp, calendar apps, Spotify and SeatGeek, and the time savings quoted here are his own measurements rather than a promise.

Save Parking, then the rest How-To Geek's Vishwamoorthy Ramakrishnan taps the blue location dot and Save Parking when he leaves the car, adds a note such as Pillar 101 and sets a countdown for a metered bay so the app warns him before the time runs out, builds a shared itinerary under the You tab, Your Saves and New List so a group can add and vote on places instead of arguing in a chat thread, uses Ask Maps in the top left corner for hyper-specific requests such as a cozy, relaxing and budget-friendly evening, which reads across hundreds of reviews, and opens the Street View layer to walk an unfamiliar street in advance, with older imagery such as 2022 available for comparison; the limit he names is reach, since Ask Maps is on Android and iOS with desktop still to come.

=SCAN(0, range, LAMBDA) MakeUseOf's Adaeze Uche explains that SCAN walks a range one value at a time and returns every step along the way, so =SCAN(0, A2:A8, LAMBDA(a, v, a + v)) spills a running total down the column from a single cell, =SCAN(0, B2:B9, LAMBDA(a, v, MAX(a, v))) tracks a running best, and =SCAN(0, C2:C9, LAMBDA(a, v, IF(v="Active", a + 1, a))) counts only the rows that qualify, with the accumulator holding what came before and the current value arriving as v; her caveats are that the function needs Excel in Microsoft 365 or Excel 2024 and later, and that the starting value has to suit the operation, which means 1 rather than 0 when the calculation multiplies.