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6 things your Android phone can remember so you don't have to

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I've outsourced the boring parts of remembering to my phone.

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Your Galaxy's always-on display is draining battery, here's the hidden fix Samsung built in

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This feature makes always on display use less battery

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Razer squeezed a full controller into something that fits in your pocket

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This mobile controller won't need a backpack to carry it around with.

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Anthropic shares 3 metrics to help AI companies monitor pace of development

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Anthropic said it measured AI-led research and development, oversight of AI agents and compute allocation within the company.

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Jensen Huang says Nvidia will sell twice as many chips next year

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Huang's comment is the latest forecast from Nvidia and points to continuing massive growth for the next six quarters.

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What an Oscar-winning movie can teach us about investing through the AI slowdown debate

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The problem for investors: much of what's flowing through the airwaves is noise and won't help you make money.

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Before The Queen's Gambit, its creator made Netflix's best Western, and almost nobody talks about it

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Creator Scott Frank made another acclaimed series that deserves a second look.

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I cancelled Spotify, Audible, and Kindle Unlimited for apps my library already pays for

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Canceling with three companies for stuff my library already bought just feels like like common sense.

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Linux taught me these 5 commands first, and I barely use any of them anymore

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I was surprised by which Linux commands I stopped using.

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Arm CEO says he's more confident its new AI chip can meet a loftier $2B revenue goal

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Arm Holdings CEO Rene Haas said Wednesday he is increasingly confident the chip designer can secure enough supply to meet $2 billion in customer demand.

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Snap tries to bring AR glasses to enterprise market, partnering with Nvidia, AWS and Salesforce

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Snap is partnering with Nvidia, Amazon Web Services and Salesforce as part of an enterprise sales push centered on its $2,000 Specs AR glasses.

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Cramer bets AI spending will 'continue apace,' says he's not giving up on data center trade

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CNBC's Jim Cramer said he doesn't see AI spending slowing, despite growing concerns about the pace of model development.

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I found a Windows shortcut that makes the Settings app feel embarrassingly incomplete

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The Pandora's box of Windows' administrative settings.

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff joins growing chorus of tech leaders warning about AI risks

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff urged the AI industry to act responsibly as increasingly powerful models are developed.

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Forget Spotify and Overcast, this free app is where I find exciting new podcasts

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Both these popular apps seem like a letdown after trying what this free one has to offer.

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Inside South Korea's university programs offering a direct route to Samsung and SK Hynix

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Companies are helping universities develop courses, provide financial support and create pathways through which qualifying students can join them.

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I found a 24-year-old Windows tool that Microsoft still can't replicate

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Windows has Settings while Toolfish has ideas.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sides with Nvidia's Huang on AI safety and slowdown debate

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's view of artificial intelligence safety is akin to the perspective of Nvidia's Jensen Huang rather than Anthropic chief Dario Amodei.

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I tested Samsung's hidden repair mode and was shocked by how much stayed private

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My Gallery and messages vanished from view while the phone still allowed technicians to run checks and capture logs.

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After years of fighting file formats, I switched to VLC and never looked back

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VLC media player works smoothly across devices and operating systems.

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5 Windows emergency shortcuts I hope I never need but have absolutely memorized

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My keyboard has a tiny emergency kit built into it.

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CrowdStrike CEO on Anthropic's AI safety warning: 'The genie's out of the bottle'

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CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said slowing AI development won't eliminate the risks because potentially dangerous models are already widely available.

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Broadcom CEO addresses Anthropic's slowdown push, says AI revenue targets haven't changed

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Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said demand for AI infrastructure remains strong despite growing concerns about increasingly powerful models.

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Samsung backs Nvidia AI chip rival in $230 million funding round as GPU alternatives boom

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Dutch startup Euclyd raised the funding in a round co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the Scaleup Europe Fund and Innovation Industries.

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Linus Torvalds just showed the right way to use AI for coding and everyone missed it

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The AI said impossible; he knew better, and proved it.

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David Lynch made a G-rated film for Disney, and it's about a lawnmower

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A tender road odyssey about a 73-year-old on a patched John Deere crossing state lines to heal an old rift.

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I went looking for obscure open-source apps and found 6 that are way too good to be this unknown

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These apps have no business being this invisible.

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Z.ai shares tumble over 10% after $5 billion fundraising, its second major raise in two months

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Z.ai shares tumbled after the Chinese AI company announced its second major fundraising in two months.

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Anthropic's Amodei says China presents 'toughest dilemma' for his proposed AI slowdown

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, the chair of Google DeepMind, and Elon Musk have all welcomed Amodei's proposal.

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Washington scrambles to meet calls for AI guardrails while the window to act closes

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The House is scheduled to be sent home in the coming days until after November's midterm elections, leaving a narrow window to pass any form of AI regulation.

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Windows Search feels completely broken after you try this tiny free app

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Windows Search lost me a while ago.

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I've tried dozens of Android launchers, but I always end up reinstalling this one

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This launcher ruined every other one for me

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OpenAI rules out IPO this year as Altman, Musk & Amodei warn AI is moving too fast

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Altman's IPO comments and Amodei's public call for more careful pacing of AI development cap a week of loud AI warnings.

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Larry Ellison nixes plan to offload up to $7.5 billion worth of Oracle stock

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Oracle founder Larry Ellison has canceled his plan to sell up to $7.5 billion worth of stock in the software company.

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Stocks stumble on inflation fears, but 2 of our names give us reasons to stay bullish

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Stocks came under pressure last week as surging oil prices and bond yields stoked renewed concerns about inflation and the Fed's next move.

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I disabled Android's location tracking and reclaimed my privacy in 30 seconds

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If you're concerned about privacy, check the apps and services that have permission to track your location.

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Dell stock jumps on RBC initiation, now up nearly 350% in 2026

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Dell sold about $16.4 billion of AI servers in its second quarter, RBC said.

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The 4 settings I change on every new Roku before I watch anything

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The device just takes a little fine tuning.

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Oracle's Larry Ellison adopts trading plan to sell up to $7.5 billion worth of stock

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Oracle founder Larry Ellison, the world's seventh-richest person, can sell up to 50 million of his shares in the software company under a new trading plan.

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I used a free tool to track my laptop's battery in real time, and it changed how I charge it

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I turned battery anxiety into an actual number.

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HeroDevs Donates $10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation

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The Perl and Raku Foundation is delighted to announce that HeroDevs has donated $10,000 to support our work. We’re grateful for their generosity gifts like this go directly toward the people and infrastructure that keep Perl and CPAN healthy.HeroDevs provides long-term security and support for open source software that has reached its end of life.As we continue to see support from community members and corporate sponsors,2026 has been shaping up to be a genuinely good year for Perl and CPAN.The CPAN Security Grouphas been very busy with security research, publishing CVEs and patching some of theexploits which they have found.Alpha-Omega funded thatwork,which was a solid vote of confidence in the ecosystem. The CPAN Security Group is also workingwith other packaging ecosystems to learn from their experiences fighting thesame battles. This is the kind of work that cannot be done solely byvolunteers. We would like to see it funded on an ongoing basis.Meanwhile, the ecosystem itself is growing. Comparing January to August 2026against the same period in2025,we can see significant growth in CPAN across multiple metrics. The first-timereleaser number is particularly encouraging. It’s great to see people decidingto publish on CPAN for the first time.

First-time releasers: 31 to 54, up 74%
New distributions: 464 to 1,007, more than double
Uploads: 6,276 to 9,430, up 50% already past last year’s full-year total with four months to go
Distinct authors releasing: 489 to 546, up 12%

Uploads	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug
2025	1,704	708	727	896	670	507	512	552
2026	1,189	866	1,430	1,190	919	1,052	1,368	1,416
Change	-30.2%	+22.3%	+96.7%	+32.8%	+37.2%	+107.5%	+167.2%	+156.5%

The in-person side has been busy as well. The Perl ToolchainSummitmet in beautiful Vienna, Austria in April to work on the infrastructure everyone dependson and nobody sees. The Perl and RakuConference ran in Greenville, South Carolinain June, and the London Perl & Raku Workshop is comingup in the UK at the end of November. Perl 5.44 also shipped in July theannual stable release, succeeding 5.42 (odd versions like 5.41 and 5.43 beingdevelopment-only).It has been a good year, but there’s plenty still to do and we need your help to do it.If your organization is interested in becoming a TPRF donor, please reach outto me. I’d be more than happy to set up acall so that we can discuss how a donor relationship with TPRF canbenefit your organization.

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Altimeter's Gerstner blasts researchers voicing AI extinction warnings, questions 'political agenda'

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Brad Gerstner responded to the flurry of AI stories this week after a researcher quit his job at Anthropic, accusing AI companies of "gambling with our lives."

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I wouldn't use a new Pixel 11 without turning on these features first

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Got a new Pixel 11? These are the software tricks you need to try.

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The iPhone Duo enters China's crowded foldable market and faces a price test

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Chinese netizens focused on the price of Apple's iPhone Duo, as cheaper Xiaomi and Huawei foldables raise value comparisons and muddle the foldable's reception.

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Chinese AI labs secretly used millions of Claude exchanges to train their models, Anthropic says

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Anthropic said it detected unauthorized efforts by China-based AI labs including Alibaba and Moonshot AI to use its Claude models to help improve their own AI systems.

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Smart thermostats aren't the money savers we've been sold

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Are smart thermostats really reducing your energy bills by what they claim to be capable of?

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I wired my home network once, and these are the 5 mistakes I wouldn't repeat

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Here's the home networking lessons I learned the hard way.

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I thought my Windows PC was clean until WinHance found hidden bloatware

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My "clean" Windows install wasn't clean at all.

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Y Combinator's Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech

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At Y Combinator's annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation and the existential risk of AI.

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Samsung works to draw iPhone users to its foldables even as Apple enters the market

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Samsung is drawing more iPhone users to its foldables as Apple's rumored entry threatens to reshape the market.

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An Anthropic researcher thinks AI could kill us all within a decade, I'm worried it won't have to

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Preparing for AI harms focuses on protecting your data and habits rather than prepping for a sci fi annihilation.

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Amazon adds cybersecurity veteran Kevin Mandia to board 2 years after he left Google

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Amazon said Kevin Mandia, the founder and former CEO of cybersecurity company Mandiant, is joining its board of directors.

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My Android storage was full until Files revealed nearly 15GB hiding in plain sight

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The 15GB was only the first surprise. Seeing what else was eating up my storage gave me a much better place to start.

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I tested every Roku audio-output setting, and "Auto" wasn't the best choice

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A cautious default left explosions sounding fuzzy and dialogue drowned out until I tried each Roku audio mode.

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$100 oil isn't turning Cramer bearish on stocks. Here are 3 reasons why

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CNBC's Jim Cramer said he's not ready to turn bearish despite mounting pressure from $100 oil and signs that higher gasoline prices are weighing on consumers.

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Windows finally has the app store it deserves, and Microsoft doesn't run it

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My Start menu has never been this easy to feed.

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Samsung has had eight generations to fix foldables, and this problem still persists

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You'll still see it. Every single time.

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My TV looked way too dark for months, and the fix took 10 seconds

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Turns out, LG hides the brightness across three different menus, and they move every year.

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Marvell shares have soared 241% in a year. CEO says this is a key reason why

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Marvell Technology CEO Matt Murphy said trust has helped fuel the chipmaker's massive run over the past year.

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AI infrastructure stocks rally on deal announcements from Qualcomm, Corning

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Shares of Qualcom, Corning, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and others tied to the AI infrastructure trade popped on Tuesday.

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Jim Cramer says investors are too focused on AI stocks. Here's where he says to look instead

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CNBC's Jim Cramer said investors should look beyond the AI data-center trade as compelling opportunities emerge in other areas of the market.

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Trump says he's made 'Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks' for the U.S., in stream of AI posts

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U.S. President Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on Sunday

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Android's security switch locked me out of 5 Android features I actually use

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Many features I was used to stopped working within a day, and it changed what Android meant as a smartphone OS

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Turning off one Windows setting made Search feel like it's supposed to

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A few registry edits later, Search finally just searches my PC.

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"Shut Down" is probably the most misunderstood feature in Windows 11

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Windows 11's shutdown button is lying to you.

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Crashed Amazon cargo jet struck two vehicles, ended up 1,300 feet past runway, NTSB says

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The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board didn't provide details on the cause of the crash in Miami, which killed at least five people.

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The real reason Microsoft bundled Solitaire with Windows had nothing to do with games

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Solitaire was basically mouse school with playing cards.

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I tried a phone with a battery over triple the size of the Galaxy S26 Ultra's

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The Oukitel WP70 Ultra has a 16,000mAh battery, and it's glorious.

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Samsung Notes' new AI features work just fine with your finger, and no stylus required

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One UI 9 gave Samsung Notes a redaction tool and killed OneNote sync, but I'm still a fan

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'Model fatigue' sets in as AI labs race to roll out new versions at frenetic pace

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Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google all released model updates this week, while Nvidia said it's acquiring open-source AI platform Hugging Face.

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OLED fixed almost everything except the problem everyone remembers

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20 OLED TVs, 441 days of CNN, and every single one burned in.

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Anker's Sleep 4 Pro earbuds could replace your AirPods, smartwatch, and phone at bedtime

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Anker's Sleep 4 Pro case has a screen now, and it's not the only thing Soundcore launched at IFA.

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Meet the CISO: A new front line star in the AI cybersecurity war

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The OpenAI-Hugging Face agent hack sent shockwaves through the business world and helped put the chief information security officer into the spotlight.

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We got more defensive last week as Wall Street raised the bar for AI stocks

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We initiated positions in defensive stocks to balance our AI exposure amid higher oil prices and Treasury yields.

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Many truckers don't feel like the rest of America about AI data centers as business booms

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Sprawling data center components from HVAC systems to tubing, wiring and semiconductors arrive primarily by truck, a boon for a business hit hard by trade wars.

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I replaced one soundbar with two speakers, and the TV finally sounded as good as it looked

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A small change with a big impact.

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Tesla's stock drops 6% as Cybercab update 'underwhelms' Wall Street

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Tesla's long-awaited Cybercab update failed to dazzle investors.

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These Windows storage rules make no sense until you remember DOS

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The 1980s are still bossing your file system around.

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Back-to-school shopping brought to you by AI how Amazon, Google are positioned to win

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The rise of AI-assisted shopping during this year's back-to-school season may be an early window into evolving consumer buying habits.

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6 power tool specs that don't mean what you think they mean

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These power tools specs are often misconstruedhere's what they actually mean.

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Hulu's best hitman drama is only 30 minutes long, and it has a 98% audience score

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Every 25 minute episode discards filler to deliver sharp, unsettling beats that make domestic tasks feel dangerous.

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The jobs report, Lululemon earnings, the NFL heads to Australia and more in Morning Squawk

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Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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Revenge of the 'Magnificent Seven' Jim Cramer says it's time to buy

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CNBC's Jim Cramer sees catalysts across Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla.

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Hulu buried one of its smartest sci-fi thrillers inside a sinister Silicon Valley lab

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A gold cube lab hangs over redwoods where a grief-stricken CEO and silent engineers worship a math problem.

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Your smart switches won't work in half of American houses, and it's all because of this wire

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If you live an older home, you may run into this common problem with smart switches.

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South Korea's AI rally is reshaping romance, reality shows and academic preferences

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South Korea rally is changing what Koreans watch, how Koreans date, and what Koreans study.

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These awesome Linux distros run completely in RAM and barely touch your SSD

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These six operating systems run happily in less RAM than a browser tab.

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Adobe names Anil Chakravarthy as CEO, replacing Shantanu Narayen

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Adobe announced Anil Chakravarthy as its next CEO, replacing Shantanu Narayen, who announced his departure last March.

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How Equinix has found a niche in the multitrillion-dollar AI data center boom

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Nvidia announced a new data center deal with Equinix and Together AI on Wednesday to help enterprise customers with open-model inference.

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Microsoft to start disclosing Azure quarterly revenue as company consolidates business units

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Microsoft will begin reporting quarterly Azure revenue in dollars for the first time, providing more clarity about its business that competes with AWS.

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Google starts September with AI momentum after longest monthly losing streak in over a decade

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After a slow but extended selloff on Wall Steet, Google began September with renewed momentum, helped by new AI models.

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I replaced VLC with a 22MB video player, and I haven't missed a single feature

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VLC has a rival, and it's 90% smaller with zero features missing.

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Ryobi, DeWalt, and Milwaukee all play the same battery game here's how I avoid overpaying

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How to avoid paying too much for your power tools batteries for these top brands.

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I got GTA 5 running on Android at 60fps, and it's shockingly smooth

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We got GTA 5 on Android before GTA 6.

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WhatsApp has a major new Android bug that can expose all your private photos check this permission now

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Many popular smartphones appear to be impacted, though at present, it isn't clear how wide-ranging the alleged bug is.

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I ran the actual math on UPS sizing, and most buying guides get it wrong

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Size by real AC load and published watt limits, not stickers

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Apple made one of its strangest sci-fi shows with almost nothing to look at

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One of Apple's hidden gems is a show unlike anything you have ever seen. It might throw you for a loop at first, but it's with the investment of time.

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Meta settlement could clear the way for new AI product launches, Morgan Stanley says

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"There are certainly signals, in our view, that Meta's product pipeline could start flowing following this legal clearing event," analysts said.

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G20 live updates: White House readying tariffs on semiconductors, Lutnick tells CNBC

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Follow Day 2 of the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, and ministers discussing AI, policy and trade.

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp backs ousted Ukraine defense minister's new defense tech startup

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Fedorov is launching a defense tech company backed by Palantir CEO Alex Karp, aiming to turn Ukraine's wartime experience into new technologies.

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After this update, your Windows PC will demand a 48-digit key, and most people can't produce one

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Update, reboot, locked out all because of a key you didn't know existed

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Watch 'The Walking Dead', UFC, and 100+ free channels on your PS5 with no subscription

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PlayStation's media tab now hides 100+ live channels and on-demand series including Community, Hell's Kitchen, and Naruto.

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Microsoft accidentally made a fantastic 4K Blu-ray player years ago

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Cheap 4K UHD players are virtually nonexistent, unless you grab a used Xbox.

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How an $80 accessory turned my tablet from mouse pad to productivity powerhouse

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I never realized how revolutionary a simple stand could be. And the Satechi OntheGo Foldable Stand Hub does so much more than hold my tablet.

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I wore Coros and Garmin's sub-$300 sports watches - both are excellent, but one lasts longer

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Not into the chunky sports watches? The Garmin Forerunner 170 and Coros Pace 4 are ultralight devices for athletes with smaller wrists. Here's how they compare.

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Microsoft Outlook and OpenAI's ChatGPT Work are experiencing user outages

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Work offering was down for some users on Monday, and Microsoft said it was having issues with Exchange Online.

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August was the month of the comeback kids. Cramer reviews what drove the biggest winners

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CNBC's Jim Cramer said August was a comeback month for stocks that had been battered by bearish narratives.

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The 10 most popular products ZDNET readers bought this month (including lots of phone cases)

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From phone cases to antivirus software, these are the top tech gadgets and useful items our readers actually purchased in August.

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House Intelligence Committee warns of 'Black Swan' AI risks

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Bipartisan lawmakers cautioned that existing safeguards may not be enough to keep up with AI's advances.

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