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Microsoft confirms it is finally killing the Windows Control Panel in favor...
In a blog post this week, Microsoft announced that “the Control Panel is in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app, which offers a more modern and streamlined experience.” The...
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AMD is pushing Microsoft to release Ryzen 9000 performance-boosting update...
This week AMD has provided an official explanation for the discrepancies between their numbers and what reviewers were measuring. The company has outlined a few culprits that they claim likely caused...
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Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison
Enlarge (credit: MikeCherim | E+) A Kentucky man has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison after hacking into state registries to fake his own death, in hopes of avoiding about $116,000 in...
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Apple splits App Store team in two, introduces new leadership
Enlarge / The Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. (credit: Anadolu Agency | Getty) Apple is comprehensively restructuring its long-standing App Store team, splitting the team into two separate...
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Fed’s probe of hard braking in Cruise robotaxi crashes ends after recall
Enlarge / A Cruise robotaxi seen in San Francisco in 2023. Later that year, Cruise paused operations, resuming them in May 2024. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Following a...
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Want great work-life balance? These are the top tech companies to work at now
American workers are valuing their work-life balance more than ever after an intensive period of fully-remote working which showed swathes of the workforce that it was possible to get the job done, and...
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What was the first HD home video format available to consumers?
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Tactical Breach Wizards weaves engaging tactics with lively dialogue
Enlarge / The player has a lot of agency in this game to choose exactly how snappy their responses will be. (credit: Suspicious Developments) Tom Francis and his Suspicious Developments team spent 6.5...
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Town urges curfew over mosquito-spread disease that kills up to 50% of people
Enlarge / A mosquito collected to test for mosquito-borne diseases. (credit: Getty | Jon Cherry) A small town in Massachusetts is urging residents to stay indoors in the evenings after the spread of a...
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Chick-fil-A’s next move is a video streaming service, apparently
According to an exclusive report from Deadline, Chick-fil-A is working with multiple production companies on unscripted, family-friendly programming to build out a new streaming service. One project,...
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Cards on the table: Are Butch and Suni coming home on Starliner or Crew Dragon?
Enlarge / NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, seen in their Boeing flight suits. (credit: NASA/Francisco Martin) After months of consideration, NASA said Thursday that it will finally...
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From recycling to food: Can we eat plastic-munching microbes?
Enlarge (credit: Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images) In 2019, an agency within the US Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of...
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Sonos struggles with layoffs, delays after disastrous app redesign
In just a few months, Sonos has found itself in serious trouble. The company recently announced the termination of 100 employees, raising concerns about its future direction, as these cuts affect...
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Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly...
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Randy Pitchford surveying the Epic Games Store landscape years after Borderlands 3‘s exclusive launch there. (credit: Gearbox) It’s been five years now since the PC...
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Google’s Reimagine AI tool works well, perhaps too well, so it can be easily...
One of the Pixel 9’s standout features, the Reimagine tool, is already facing criticism from reviewers. This innovative feature is part of Google Photos’ Magic Editor and allows you to simply type a...
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Apple is extending user choice on default iOS browsers and apps in Europe
Apple is gradually adapting to the new business rules enforced by Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). While still risking a fine amounting to 10 percent of its global revenue due to restrictions on...
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Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
Enlarge (credit: Amazon) In September of 2023, Amazon announced the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition. It looked just like the regular Echo Show 8 smart display/speaker but cost $10 more. Why? Because of its...
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Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union
Enlarge (credit: Jaroslaw Kilian | iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus) Amazon may be forced to meet some unionized delivery drivers at the bargaining table after a regional National Labor Relations...
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US sues RealPage, claims rental-pricing algorithm used by landlords is illegal
Enlarge / US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on Friday, August 23, 2024. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) The United States today sued RealPage,...
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Tank sim fanatics build multi-person rig with working hatches and ammo...
The interior feels like the real deal. It has the cramped interior of a bona fide battle tank. It’s dark, with LEDs lighting some areas. The builders laid out the crew positions precisely as expected,...
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