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Every computer that connects to the Internet has an Internet Protocol (IP) address, which is a unique number similar to a phone number. Everything a user does online uses these addresses to identify them and send them the right information.

If you use your cellphone to call your bank, they can use Caller ID to know it's you. However, your cell phone provider also knows you called the bank because they log your phone calls. It also knows when you call the pizza place for takeout and when you finally call your mom back.


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Apple's computers are powerful tools with fantastic displays. If you need more real estate, though, we've rounded up the best monitor for your MacBook Pro, or any other Mac for that matter, updated in July 2024.


While many believe the Mac or MacBook you use is the biggest part of a person's computing experience, the display is the main human interface surface for that computer. At least with a MacBook you get a built-in display — you don't have that with a Mac mini, Mac Studio or Mac Pro.

Some people prefer larger displays so they can see everything they need to work on, or have one monitor for Mail and Safari, and another for photo and video editing. Others may want wider displays instead of having two monitors on their desk. And, like some of our staffers with a desktop Mac Studio, extra monitors in portrait orientation are great for feeds, coding, and more.


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An ex-employee has accused Apple of exposing her to gaseous organic chemicals from a secret chip fabrication plant located near her home.


Apple fired whistleblower Ashley Gjovik in September 2021, accusing her of leaking its intellectual property. At the time, Gjovik claimed that this was the result of retaliation by Apple against people who had spoken out in the #AppleToo movement.

Also in 2021, she claimed that the Apple building where her office was situated, was built on a Superfund site. This is a previously-contaminated area, and Gjovik reported Apple to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


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