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Courage? (Premium)

The other day, lashed out at Sonos for the poor quality of its new app.…

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A Few Smart Home Upgrades for Mexico City (Premium)

We just booked the flights for our next trip to Mexico City, in June, and…

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Microsoft Fined $242 Million in Patent Infringement Case Loss

A federal jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $242 million in damages in a patent…

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What If Snapdragon X Marks the Spot … for Chromebook? (Premium)

Snapdragon X could transform Windows on Arm, but what about ChromeOS? Isn't this platform an…

Apple to Use Google Gemini to Fix Siri

Report: Apple Killed Self-Driving Cars to Give Siri an AI Makeover

The next time Zooey Deschanel asks Siri if it's raining, Apple's plucky little digital assistant…

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Ask Paul: May 10 (Premium)

Happy Friday! We're all feeling a little angsty with the Xbox stuff, but I think…

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New Windows 11 Dev and Beta Builds Are Available With Minor Changes

Two new Windows 11 Insider builds bring a couple of minor changes to testers on…

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Microsoft May Soon Bring Widgets to the Windows 11 Start Menu

Microsoft could be planning to make the Windows 11 Start Menu extensible with widget-like adaptative…

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Xbox’s Sea of Thieves Was the Most Downloaded PS5 Game in Europe in April

Xbox's Sea of Thieves was the most-downloaded PS5 game on the PlayStation Store in Europe…

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OpenAI’s Google Search Competitor Could Be Announced on Monday

OpenAI could announce its Google Search competitor on Monday, just a day before Google kicks…

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Apple Apologizes for New iPad Pro Ad That Crushed Creative Tools

Apple issued yesterday a rare apology for its new iPad Pro ad that showed various…

Arc for Windows 11 Review

Is Arc just different, and thus confusing for no good reason, or is it better,…

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Microsoft to Launch Mobile Game Store in July

Microsoft revealed today that it will open a mobile game store on the web in…

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Snipping Tool is Getting Emoji Support and QR Code Scanning

A new Snipping Tool update that's rolling out to Windows Insiders adds emoji support and…

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The New Sonos App is a Dumpster Fire. Of Course It Is (Premium)

I have long supported Sonos as a customer and fan, but I've always been clear…

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Xbox App on PC Improves its Compact Mode With ‘Jump Back In’ Feature

Microsoft is improving the new Compact Mode on its Xbox app for PC with a…

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