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  1. OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all users

    It supports pretty much everything but API calls.

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  2. iOS 18’s drive-formatting option shows how far iPhones have come for power users

    The beta's Files app lets you format external drives in APFS, exFat, and FAT.

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  3. Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11

    But most Microsoft account sign-in workarounds for Windows 11 continue to work.

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  4. Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn

    Remembering Finger, 84, who learned as he went and left his mark on many.

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  5. iFixit says new Arm Surface hardware “puts repair front and center”

    Both devices make it relatively easy to get at the battery and SSD.

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  6. $200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era

    Pocket 386 supports external accessories and will just barely run Windows 95.

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  7. Citing national security, US will ban Kaspersky anti-virus software in July

    Kaspersky blames the "present geopolitical climate and theoretical concerns."

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  8. 40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess

    One astrophysics professor's memories of writing X11 code in the 1980s.

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  9. Apple Intelligence and other features won’t launch in the EU this year

    iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay screen sharing will also skip the EU for now.

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  10. Win+C, Windows’ most cursed keyboard shortcut, is getting retired again

    Win+C has been assigned to some of Windows' least successful features.

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  11. Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”

    Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted.

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  12. Reports: Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper

    Finding a lower-price replacement for its high-end displays could be difficult.

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  1. Windows 11 24H2 is released to the public but only on Copilot+ PCs (for now)

    The rest of the Windows 11 ecosystem will get the new update this fall.

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  2. MacBook Air gets hosed, other models hold steady in macOS 15 as Intel support fades

    Sequoia is both more and less generous to Intel Macs, depending on the model.

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  3. Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonprofit foundation model

    Because of Swiss laws, there are no shareholders, and only one mission.

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  4. After a few years of embracing thickness, Apple reportedly plans thinner devices

    Thinness is good, as long as it doesn't come at the expense of other things.

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  5. TDK claims insane energy density in solid-state battery breakthrough

    Apple supplier says new tech has 100 times the capacity of its current batteries.

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  6. Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code

    A physics simulation flaw in text-based 1969 computer game went unnoticed until today.

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  7. Give yourself a day to tackle all your recommendation and subscription guilt

    Opinion: It never ends, but you can triage and help out your favorite creators.

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  8. Microsoft delays Recall again, won’t debut it with new Copilot+ PCs after all

    Recall will go through Windows Insider pipeline like any other Windows feature.

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  9. “Simulation of keyboard activity” leads to firing of Wells Fargo employees

    With worker surveillance on the rise, vendors sell devices to fake keyboard and mouse movement.

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  10. Roku owners face the grimmest indignity yet: Stuck-on motion smoothing

    Software updates strike again, leaving interpolated frames in unwanted places.

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  11. Starlink user terminal now costs just $300 in 28 states, $500 in rest of US

    The $600 standard price was replaced with regional pricing of $500 or $300.

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  12. Google’s abuse of Fitbit continues with web app shutdown

    Users say the app, which is now the only Fitbit interface, lacks matching features.

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  1. My favorite macOS Sequoia feature so far might be the old-timey Mac wallpaper

    Combo wallpaper-screen saver is a walk down memory lane for classic Mac users.

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  2. Apple quietly improves Mac virtualization in macOS 15 Sequoia

    It only works for macOS 15 guests on macOS 15 hosts, but it’s a big improvement.

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  3. Google’s Pixel 8 series gets USB-C to DisplayPort; desktop mode rumors heat up

    Grab a USB-C to DisplayPort cable and newer Pixels can be viewed from your TV or monitor.

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  4. The Google Pay app is dead

    Google Wallet takes over app duties, but it looks like Google is quitting P2P payments.

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  5. These are all the devices compatible with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18

    Luckily for owners of current devices, only a handful of iPads get dropped.

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  6. Apple integrates ChatGPT into Siri, iOS, and macOS

    ChatGPT is treated like a search engine for Siri, and generates text and images for apps.

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  7. Here are all the Intel and Apple Silicon Macs that will run macOS 15 Sequoia

    With one major exception, Sequoia will run on everything that can run Sonoma.

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  8. iPadOS 18 adds machine-learning wizardry with handwriting, math features

    Also coming: new SharePlay features and a new "tab bar" for first-party apps.

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  9. Apple announces macOS 15 Sequoia with window tiling, iPhone mirroring, and more

    New release brings iOS 18 features along with a few Mac-specific additions.

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  10. iOS 18 adds Apple Intelligence, customizations, and makes Android SMS nicer

    Mail gets categories, Messages gets more tapbacks, and apps can now be locked.

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  11. Apple’s new Vision Pro software offers an ultrawide virtual Mac monitor

    visionOS 2 offers iterative improvements and refinements, plus new developer APIs.

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  12. Microsoft pulls release preview build of Windows 11 24H2 after Recall controversy

    Release Preview version of 24H2 was the only one where Recall could be enabled.

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