The AirPods Max 2 are Apple's most premium over-ears headphones, but I wouldn't recommend them to everyone....
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Published on: 2026-04-03
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This cheaper Brick alternative blocks distracting apps and adds its own unique features. There's just one catch....
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Published on: 2026-04-03
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PrivacyBee is one of the most comprehensive data removal services I've tested, with the ability to remove your personal information across hundreds of sites....
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Published on: 2026-04-03
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Gemini will now let you transfer your memories, chat history, and preferences from another AI so you don't have to start over. Here's how it works....
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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The Lisen Retractable Car Charger lets you recharge multiple devices at once. It's also under $20 right now....
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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The new map view shows your location relative to the affected area, which is especially crucial headed into the US storm season....
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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With gas prices climbing ever higher, these apps help me find the cheapest fuel based on my location....
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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Now open-source under Apache 2.0, Gemma 4 brings offline, multimodal AI to servers, phones, and Raspberry Pi - giving developers total local control over edge and on-premises deployments....
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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AI may be 'minimally sufficient' at most of your text work tasks by 2029, according to new MIT research. Here's why that's good news....
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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Windows 11 users who tried to install March's broken preview update will want to grab the new replacement....
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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On March 26, Microsoft released the preview update of KB5079391 (for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2). Soon after, Microsoft pulled back and stopped it from being offered because of reported installation errors. On March 31, Microsoft released KB5086672 that — at the initial reading — gave me the impression its...
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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Apple has released Security Updates on April 1, 2026, to address multiple CVEs associated with the DarkSword exploit, thus making iOS/iPadOS 18.7.7 available to more devices that have not updated to v.26.x. Although the updates contain numerous security vulnerability fixes, caution should be taken if updating immediately after the updates...
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Published on: 2026-04-02
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I use OneNote every day, all day — primarily to keep our master editorial calendar. I paste text into it all the time. I call this “quicksand.” That’s because the keyboard shortcuts for this simple task keep changing. Even worse, the actual “paste as text” function keeps changing. To the...
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Published on: 2026-04-01
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Last week, Intel had a relatively low-key event called Intel Pro Day 2026. It was about processors in the Core Ultra Series 3 lineup that are designated “vPro Eligible.” vPro chips are intended for the commercial market, with manageability and security built in. As best I can determine, all the...
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Published on: 2026-03-31
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ISSUE 23.13 • 2026-03-30 LEGAL BRIEF By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq. This prestigious award, the Knuttie, memorializes King Knut. Or Cnut or Knute or Cnute. Or Knud or Knutur or Canuto, Canutus, Knutr, or Nuutti. (He preceded spell-check.) Anyway, Knut of Denmark conquered England, Scotland, Norway, and parts of Sweden...
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Published on: 2026-03-30
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PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston Most of the “smart” devices in your home or office are constantly uploading personal information about you to data brokers who sell your profile to all comers — but there are ways to prevent this leakage of your life to people who clearly don’t have...
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Published on: 2026-03-30
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FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen Is it just me, or has the Task Scheduler always been like the red-headed stepchild of Windows? It’s been there forever, doing important stuff but looking like something Microsoft forgot to update. Don’t get me wrong — it’s a useful bit of software. You can...
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Published on: 2026-03-30
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PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley Is Microsoft finally listening? We’ve been through this rodeo before. We’ve seen vendors make changes and then pull back, only to make changes once again. So which vendor has decided to do a mea culpa and perhaps bend a bit to its customer base? Microsoft....
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Published on: 2026-03-30
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Spotted an interesting post that discussed how to ensure your health information doesn’t get slurped up by other sites. While this was discussing Covered California, the same is true for other websites. Change browser settings to be more aggressive on blocking things. Install privacy browser extensions (ones that you and...
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Published on: 2026-03-27
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Whenever I hear or see headlines about a “supply chain vulnerability,” I think in terms of big enterprises and delivery of goods and services. You know — supplies. But in technology, the term “supply chain attack” means that an attacker has gotten into something trusted — such as a software...
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Published on: 2026-03-26
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