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Jan 05 • 5 months ago

SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives

Optimus SSDs will continue with the same model numbers that the WD SSDs used. ...

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Jan 05 • 5 months ago

Amazon Alexa+ released to the general public via an early access website

Amazon brings back browser-based Alexa but will eventually add a paywall. ...

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Jan 05 • 5 months ago

Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87

Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing. ...

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Jan 01 • 5 months ago

“Streaming stops feeling infinite”: What subscribers can expect in 2026

Streaming may get a little worse before it gets better. ...

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Dec 30 • 6 months ago

I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret

Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM. ...

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Dec 30 • 6 months ago

Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

Remembering Windows 10's rollout can help diagnose what ails Windows 11. ...

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Dec 23 • 6 months ago

The Splay is a subpar monitor but an exciting portable projector

Splay can be a monitor and takes a lot of the stress out of projectors, too. ...

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Dec 23 • 6 months ago

FCC’s import ban on the best new drones starts today

US drone makers are happy—US drone hobbyists, not so much. ...

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Dec 20 • 6 months ago

Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs

BIOS checks will only affect a limited subset of Valorant players for now. ...

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Dec 20 • 6 months ago

LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems

LG says it'll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren't going away. ...

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Dec 19 • 6 months ago

Peacock showing ads upon launch opens the door for more disruptive streaming ads

Subscribers will start seeing ads when selecting a user next year. ...

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Dec 19 • 6 months ago

YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers

Google loves AI content, except when it doesn't. ...

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