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Getty Images Why the iPod’s Click Wheel Is the Best Device Interface Ever
Pity the folks who never got to use one.
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Google Is Going to Kill Its Dark Web Monitor. Here’s Why.
It’s a useful tool, and it’s not quite clear why Google is jettisoning it.
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Credit: NordPass NordPass Just Released a New Authenticator App. Is It Good?
If you use NordPass to manage your passwords securely, you’ve now also got a secure authenticator right inside the app.
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Credit: Adobe/OpenAI You Can Make Unlimited AI Images in Adobe Firefly (For the Next Few Days)
Free users are out of luck, but paid users can go nuts with it… for a few days.
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Liquid Glass on an iPhone (Credit: Apple) Why Haven’t Most iPhone Users Updated to iOS 26 Yet?
IOs 26 adoption is low compared to past year’s adoption rates of major iOS releases by this time in the year.
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Sankai/Getty Images Samsung Says AI’s Insatiable Need for Chips Will Make TVs More Expensive
There just aren’t enough memory chips made each year to satisfy every company that needs them.
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DNY59/Getty Images Claude Wants More Money for the AI War. Is the AI Bubble About to Burst?
Such funding would make the company worth a reported $350 billion. And it still wouldn’t be the most valuable AI company.
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Bose SoundTouch 30 Series III from 2015 (Credit: Bose) Can Still Use Your Bose Smart Speakers After They Shut Down the Servers?
Bose earns some goodwill for how it’s handling the SoundTouch’s retirement.
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NurPhoto/Contributor/Getty Images Swipe, Tap, Repeat. Every App Is the Same Now, and That Sucks.
Every app has shed its original purpose to become a feed, a dopamine loop, or a “creator economy.”
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Live Listening on the Spotify Mobile app (Credit: Spotify) How to See What Your Friends Are Listening to on the Spotify App
Mobile users get a feature long available to desktop users.
