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Which AI tools do you use?
Which AI tools do you use to save money, boost your income or organise your finances? Let us know your success stories (how much did you save? What did you learn?). Does your bank offer any AI tools and if so, are they a help or a hindrance? We'd like to hear of any duds you've tried too. Thank you. ___________________…
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Techie Stuff sticky
🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first). If there are any other useful Forum threads on this board that you think we should add, let us know 🗣 🖨Other helpful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Best free…
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BT Smarthub3 Router Privacy Issue
I recently took out a contract with BT Broadband and immediately noticed a change in Google knowing my location. I have all these things locked down on my devices, I don't have use locations services on any device. I did a number of tests which proved it was the BT Smarthub3, I was able to switch between wifi services on…
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How is it possible that my Sky password is incorrect?
I'm switching to Sky (or have switched) for broadband which will become active this coming week. I'm told through their correspondence that it's "easiest" if I download the MySky app. Not sure how accurate that is but I download it all the same. I was once a Sky customer so go to sign in & it wants me to reset my password…
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Bought iPad from Costco- they didn’t charge me for Apple care
they forgot to charge me for AppleCare. is it just the same to buy AppleCare online!
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Hands free tech for the visually impaired
I'd welcome details of tech or combinations of tech that are proven to work, for 1. controlling TV 2 making/receiving phone calls & messages Thanks
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Verbally connecting a home for the severely sight impaired.
My mum is nearly 90 and severely visually impaired. She has 2 echo dots - Alexa A Samsung A23 mobile - google assistant? (not enough memory for Bixby) A Samsung TV attached to a BT pro box An Ipad - Siri and a Broadlink RM max I think she should be able to verbally communicate with these devices and they should be able to…
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Replacing windows 10 laptop
my 12 month extension to windows 10 runs out next month and I haven't got the confidence or tech know-how to either use Linux or follow instructions telling me how how to get Windows 11 via Rufus etc. My laptop is my TV and music centre, besides that it's mainly emails and general browsing. So I'm thinking of buying a new…
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copilot sign in now necessary
I use copilot a lot, both for a quick question and serious research. For the former, where extended features are not required, I would use the Copilot integrated into Edge, which was the only way to access it without the annoyance of signing in. Microsoft have changed this to requiring sign in. The result is that instead…
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Solutions to Doomscrolling?
I saw this advert on Facebook (ironically) for a device called 'Brick' available from getbrick.com. I liked the premise of it. It cost £50ish for the product but the app is free. I am really bad for doomscrolling after i've gone to bed. The way it'd work is you pick which apps you want to block (Facebook, Instagram etc)…
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Yahoo not sending log-in codes
Firefox in its ultimate wisdom decided to tick the box 'Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox' on an update, which I always left unchecked. Now I can't log into Yahoo. I used all the 4 options to get a code but got nothing. BTW I did get a code on phone and pc which I put in but got no response. When I…
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Playing Games on Amazon Fire Tablet
Hi. I've been playing various games on my android phone for ages. I was recently given an Amazon Fire tablet. Videos are fine and games look great..…with one problem. For example Harry Potter Puzzles and Spells. The Game itself looks really good on the tablet but the play video button for adverts is greyed out. My Wi-Fi is…
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A device for the elderly to trigger a call to an emergency contact?
Since the fall detection on the Apple Watch SE2 is flipping useless we're looking at other ways to deal with a problem with my mother who keeps going over. Thinking of something like those things you can have round your wrist or whatever & you pull them. Problem is I'm not sure if those things are say to alert someone else…
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NHS App - third party access
Firstly, not sure if this is the best forum. Please forgive me if there's a more appropriate one. I'm not a regular contributor. My sister is trying to get third party access to our elderly father's NHS app. She's filled in all the appropriate forms, got his consent etc. The staff at his GP practice say they have done…
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Eclipse August 2026
There’s a solar eclipse in 4 months time, and I wondered what other people are doing about it? I’m planning to stay in London where it is a 91% partial eclipse, and I have some cheap eclipse glasses in my Amazon basket. Are others simply ignoring it, or travelling somewhere where the eclipse will be total, or just staying…
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4K Player
Hi, I bought a new TV earlier in the year (LG 43" Nano80A6B) and had been thinking of getting a 4k disc player - I currently had an oldish blu ray player which I'm using with the TV. I wondered if anyone knew much about them and if the combination of TV & player would be enough of a jump in quality to justify the cost of…
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More than one user account on Android phone
Reading the thread about third party access to the NHS app made me wonder whether it is possible to have more than one user account on an Android phone. The answer according to google, who ought to know, is that it can be done quite easily. Android is based on UNIX which is multi user, so maybe it’s not too surprising that…
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soundbar for music and tv?
hi just looking at ideas, whether a soundbar is suitable for both music (streamed from phone) and also as the tv speaker (due to poor internal tv speakers) it would be nice to just have one device but i dont want to compromise on the music audio quality, welcome any opinions!
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OneDriveLive
Hi I have being using OpenOffice Writer for ages, but this morning I couldn't open the files. There was no error message. TG yesterday I saved the file on Google Drive and I managed to work on the OneDriveLive. I have no idea how it works. I see that the file gets saved as I work on it. I've seen I can send it to someone's…
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Video door bell , which is best
What is the best budget video door bell? Do they all operate with wifi.
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Firefox, Android phone, entering about:config
Ok, it's a dumb question that everyone who uses their Android based smartphone all day every day will think of as obvious: After a recent automatic update, my phone has started receiving notifications from "Hello You" about news items that it thinks I should see. I don't want to receive these notifications, but an internet…
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Laptop advice - good for streaming/simple photo and video editing.
Hi, as above I need a new laptop and it's come at a time when finances don't allow a brand new top of the range model! I use it for general browsing, streaming from apps like Sky and Youtube, photo editing and now want to start making short videos. I am happy to use a Windows or Apple machine and an older Apple model with…
