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The Best AI-Free, Encrypted Alternatives to 
Google Docs

Face it: with the competition spending hundreds of millions of dollars on it, Google's recent foray into AI isn't going to stop anytime soon.

While you can hide Google Workspace's Gemini buttons and prompts for now, you can't actually stop the company from continuing to build its apps around a technology that revolves around getting its hands on as much data as possible.

I rely on Google Docs for collaboration, but the company's AI push has got me looking for alternatives, even if Google currently denies using your data to train its models.

On that note, these are the best (in my humble opinion) AI-free, encrypted alternatives to Google Docs.

6 Free Google SEO Tools to Boost Your 
Search Visibility

Unlock your website's potential with Google's free SEO tools.

This guide explores six free Google SEO tools and explains how you can use them to increase visibility in Google Search.

Discover how to track performance, fix indexing errors, and understand user behavior. Learn to optimize for speed, manage your online presence, and research valuable keywords.

Let's start.

Predatory App From Google Play Store Steals Data, Uses It For Blackmail

With its façade of helpfulness, a predatory app disguising as a financial management tool infiltrated 100,000 devices via Google Play Store, exploiting users' trust and eluding security measures.

The app illicitly accessed personal information for potential blackmail, targeting India's users specifically.

NOTE: This article is not meant to scare you away from the App Store but to again, provide a warning to remain diligent in your own security when downloading any app or software onto your device(s).

Be sure to read over the comments in this article for additional information.

World's First "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" Runs on Living Human Cells

The world's first "biological computer" that fuses human brain cells with silicon hardware to form fluid neural networks has been commercially launched, ushering in a new age of AI technology.

The CL1, from Australian company Cortical Labs, offers a whole new kind of computing intelligence – one that's more dynamic, sustainable and energy efficient than any AI that currently exists – and we will start to see its potential when it's in users' hands in the coming months.

Could this be the next phase in computing or just another science fiction movie plot.

36 Spring Marketing Ideas To Actually 
Grow Your Sales

Get into the spring fling by upping your marketing game this season.

Spring marketing ideas can help separate your marketing efforts from competitors by engaging your audience and increasing revenue growth.

Consider running special promotions aligned with spring activities or one of these other 30+ marketing ideas.

Invest a few minutes of your time with this for a great ROI!

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The sales page will not win any awards but if you use or teach Cloudflare (or want to), then you should at least take a peek at the 17 different videos to see if any would help you or your students.

Between Cloudflare 101, 201 and now Cloudflare 301, these have covered most of the current basic features of the Cloudflare Free Plan (works on the paid plans as well).

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Sample Videos and all the details inside

There are three not-required-addon offers plus a report called Cloudflare Secret Sauce that includes a terminology key, several FAQs and some tips. This is on the checkout page for the main offer. If you have any questions, please hit reply or reach out at your convenience.