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YouTube Now Gets More Watch Time on TV Than Mobile in the US

As YouTube will celebrate its 20th birthday in December, TV is now the primary device…

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Investors Make Unsolicited $97.4 Billion Offer for OpenAI Parent Company

Elon Musk and a consortium of investors have offered $97.4 billion to buy the non-profit…

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OpenAI is Reportedly Working on its First In-House AI Chip

OpenAI is reportedly working on its first in-house AU chip to lessen its reliance on…

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Online Accounts 2025: First Steps (Premium)

20 years ago, I purchased two 1 TB external hard drives so I could replicate…

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Microsoft Has Likely Sold Fewer Than 30 Million Xbox Series X|S Consoles

Take-Two reports that hardware makers have sold 94+ million current-generation video games consoles. Let's do…

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Tech Nostalgia: Microcomputer + Software (Premium)

Most are familiar with the story of Bill Gates and Paul Allen, BASIC, the MITS…

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.NETpad 2025: Thinking About Layout (Premium)

I've made remarkable progress on the important, low-level code to manage multiple tabs and documents…

Paint now has a Copilot button/menu

Microsoft Issues New Windows 11 23H2 Preview Build to the Beta Channel

Those with PCs enrolled in the Windows 11 Insider Program's Beta channel can optionally move…

Third-party autofill in Google Chrome for Android

Google Delays Third-Party Autofill in Chrome on Android

In October, Google announced that it would update Chrome on Android to support third-party autofill…

Windows Setup OOBE in 24H2 as a new cumulative update installation phase

Businesses Will Soon Be Able to Configure Whether Windows 11 Setup Installs Cumulative Updates

Microsoft made a major change to Windows Setup in Windows 11 version 24H2 that adds…

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Ask Paul: February 7 (Premium)

Happy Friday! It almost feels like a reckoning on multiple fronts this week, but there's…

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Google May Have Faked a Gemini Response in Super Bowl Ad

A Super Bowl ad for Google Gemini appears to be showing an AI-generated description for…

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Candy Crush Solitaire is King First’s New Game Under Microsoft Ownership

Candy Crush Solitaire is King’s first new game since Microsoft acquired its parent company Activision…

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Apple’s 4th-Gen iPhone SE Could Be Revealed Next Week

Apple’s 4th-gen iPhone SE may be announced next week and start shipping later this month…

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Amazon Revenues Up 9.5 Percent to $188 Billion

E-tailing giant Amazon reported a net income of $20 billion on revenues of $188 billion…

GitHub Copilot Agent Mode

GitHub Copilot is Getting Agentic

GitHub Copilot may be the single most useful AI companion I've used, but it's about…

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