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California Sea Lion
California Sea Lion, in San Francisco County, US, CAWe took some visiting family to Pier 39 to see the sea…
5 gaming accessories I refuse to play without
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I lost over 100 pounds for an 80-mile hike with a friend - here's the tech that kept me on track
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How spatial audio works on headphones and speakers - and the best way to experience it
Home & Office Home Home & Office Home Entertainment How spatial audio works on headphones and speakers - and…
Exploring self-distilled reasoning for supervised fine-tuning with Amazon Nova
When you fine-tune a model using Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), creating high-quality chain-of-thought (CoT)…
Ernst & Young breach exposes client tax data - find out if you're at risk and what to do next
Tech Home Tech Security Ernst & Young breach exposes client tax data - find out if you're at risk and what to…
TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe
The company behind the disk space analyzer TreeSize has irked some users by no longer offering support or…
90,000 Flock cameras have quietly gone up in the US: What they track and how to check your city
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence 90,000 Flock cameras have quietly gone up in the US: What…
Light's new $299 flip phone has no apps and T9 texting, but aims to connect people
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Nativ: Run AI models locally on your Mac
Nativ: Run AI models locally on your Mac Prince Canuma is the developer behind the excellent MLX-VLM Python…
This Android 17 setting logs suspicious activity on your phone for troubleshooting - turn it on ASAP
Tech Home Tech Services & Software Operating Systems Mobile OS Android This Android 17 setting logs…
Android backups count toward your 15GB Google storage limit now - how to check your settings
Tech Home Tech Services & Software Operating Systems Mobile OS Android Android backups count toward your 15GB…
AT&T's new business plan includes 'unlimited' hotspot data - and starts at $75 per line
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A Fireside Chat with Cat and Thariq from the Claude Code team
Earlier this month I hosted a fireside chat session at the AI Engineer World's Fair with Cat Wu and Thariq…
I tested iOS 26 Siri against iOS 27 Siri AI in my car - and it wasn't even close
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Best tablets for note-taking 2026: Expert tested and reviewed
We've tested and reviewed the best tablets on the market for note-taking in study sessions, meetings, or when…
T-Mobile will pay for your first month of 5G home internet, and give you up to $200 back - here's how
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Fedora Xfce or Xubuntu: Which is the best Linux desktop?
Tech Home Tech Services & Software Operating Systems Linux Fedora Xfce or Xubuntu: Which is the best Linux…
I wore Meta's $499 prescription Ray-Bans for 6 weeks: They're stylish but not for me
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Want to add Android Auto to your old car? Here are two ways - including one that's under $20
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Reverse-engineering is cheap now
I keep hearing anecdotes from people who used coding agents to reverse-engineer and automate devices in their…
I tested a 4TB quantum-resistant USB drive - but you don't have to spend $3000 for this much security
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Custom OS installation now available on AWS DeepRacer devices
With the stock firmware and software, developers couldn’t modify their AWS DeepRacer devices to use the…
Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models?
Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models? Interesting proposal from Ben Thompson that both addresses the hypocrisy of…