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Windows 11 Is Trying to Unify RGB Device Settings

Windows 11 Is Trying to Unify RGB Device Settings

Rather than making Windows 12, Microsoft made a small change to Windows 11 to control custom lighting of your keyboard or other system lights, if so enabled.RGB controls on PCs are a mess, with each accessory or component manufacturer usually having their own tool for...

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Huawei may face EU-wide 5G network ban • The Register

Huawei was banned in the US late last year by the Biden administration, and now they are facing a ban from 5G networks by the EU. Sanctions-hit Huawei is facing another potential blow amid reports the EU is mulling a mandatory ban on member states using kit from...

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Google Drive Is Ending Support for Older Windows PCs

Google has jumped on the bandwagon to partially support Microsoft with Windows 11 in a strange way. Some users of Windows 10, specifically those with a 32-bit version, will find that Google Drive will no longer be supported in just a couple of months. Fortunately,...

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Adobe Photoshop Will Use Generative AI to Fill Images

Adobe Photoshop Will Use Generative AI to Fill Images

Adobe Photoshop, already known for making amazing pictures, including a bit of fakery, has a new feature. They introduced their Firefly product, an AI image generation into Photoshop, so you can add in content on the fly while you're editing pictures. The...

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How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon—and Build on Mars | WIRED

How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon—and Build on Mars | WIRED

How does one plan to create a habitat on the moon or Mars? In just a few weeks, a four-person crew will enter into a 3D printed building developed for NASA. It's part of the plans for how we might move to space. It's intent is to print using the regolith, essentially...

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OpenAI ChatGPT on the App Store

OpenAI ChatGPT on the App Store

Expected. Didn't take long. Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about OpenAI ChatGPT. Download OpenAI ChatGPT and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. See full story on OpenAI ChatGPT on the App StoreFound at...

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Meet Spacetop, a radical new laptop with no screen | PCWorld

Meet Spacetop, a radical new laptop with no screen | PCWorld

Many companies are still bursting into the AR/VR space, and Steve will talk some of that on this week's show. One company, called Sightful, has a coming product called Spacetop. Think of a laptop, but without the traditional fold up screen. Instead, you put on a set...

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Google will delete inactive accounts this year | Mashable

Google will delete inactive accounts this year | Mashable

Google is cleaning house, wiping hard drives, and shutting down... your accounts. It isn't as bad as it sounds, however. The goal here is anything that hasn't been used for more than 2 years. This shouldn't be a big surprise, as Google is just like any other company....

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Facebook Messenger to lose support on Apple Watch on May 31

Facebook Messenger to lose support on Apple Watch on May 31

Apple haters got excited this earlier this week when Facebook announced they were pulling Messenger from the Apple Watch. In my mind, this isn't about Apple, as people have realized that some apps are natural on phones and others are not. This is, however, about...

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Apple check signed by Steve Jobs fetches diamond prices

Apple check signed by Steve Jobs fetches diamond prices

On July 8, 1976, Steve Jobs paid $175 to some business process consultants, and signed the check himself. Now, many years after his death, someone took that paper check, and sold it for just shy of $107,000. Makes me think about all of those checks that I've processed...

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Google I/O 2023: Everything announced at the event

Google I/O 2023: Everything announced at the event

Google had their announcements this week at I/O, about 4 weeks ahead of Apple. The latest iteration of the Pixel, branded the 7a, was expected. The Pixel tablet finally has specs and a shipdate of June 20. The Pixel Fold was a star for some, but a folding phone at...

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Apple and Google Set Joint Standards to Stop AirTag Stalking

Apple and Google Set Joint Standards to Stop AirTag Stalking

Apple and Google working together, for a change is great. The latest effort is with Bluetooth trackers like the Apple AirTags, enabling their usage on Android devices, as well as creating an open standard for the other manufacturers, like Tile, Samsung, and more to...

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FAA grounds SpaceX Starship after explosion • The Register

A quick follow-on from last week's news of Starship exploding. That incident resulted in the FAA placing a hold on launches until the investigation is over. Some media paint a dire and negative picture, but this has been an ongoing practice for a very long time. See...

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Netflix investing $2.5 billion in South Korean content

Netflix investing $2.5 billion in South Korean content

One of the stranger things (no pun intended) that Netflix has been doing, is putting up South Korean shows and films. They perhaps see value, as popular series like The Good Doctor, and The Masked Singer both have originations in... South Korea. Squid Game,...

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Why This Is the Best Time in Years to Buy a New Computer

Why This Is the Best Time in Years to Buy a New Computer

Looking to buy a new computer anytime soon? This may be the best time since the start of COVID, and the best for some time to come. Worldwide PC shipments have been dropping for a year by double digits each quarter. Further, inventory is still huge in an industry that...

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AI bot ChatGPT faces growing scrutiny in Europe

Governments are starting to look at ChatGPT, but not in the way that you might think. Europe is chasing after the idea of locking portions of AI down, and more. This isn't all that different than what governments do. Italy has banned it, France and Canada are...

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Could the RESTRICT Act criminalize the use of VPNs?

In recent months, I've expressed concerns over TikTok, siding with our nations security, and going with the awareness of how much data that China is capable of skimming from us. Two bills have been pushed forward in Congress, and these don't look good. Instead of...

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Meta layoffs: 10,000 more workers to be cut in restructuring

Meta layoffs: 10,000 more workers to be cut in restructuring

Meta, aka Facebook, Instagram, etc, has announced another series of layoffs, of another 10,000 employees. Now, this is something that more likely reflects the issues that they have been having with reduced growth, struggles in some of their ventures like the VR world...

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Microsoft Makes Outlook Free for Mac | PCMag

Keith and I will discuss this later in the show this week. Microsoft has opened Outlook to the Mac, at no charge. If it's free, however... how do they make money? The email app no longer requires a Microsoft 365 subscription on macOS. See full story on Microsoft Makes...

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DuckDuckGo Launches DuckAssist

DuckDuckGo apparently has decided they will join the AI revolution, or as some may say, revulsion. DuckAssist is their new online update within their browsers and extensions. It allows for new instant answers to your questions. It's capable of answering questions much...

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US Spy Agency Girds for Fight Over Warrantless Surveillance

Section 702 for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is this part of the code that allows our government spies to check on foreign persons. The problem is that these searches (3.4 million in 2020) also loop in American communications along with it. Section 702...

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