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Google’s ‘Results About You’ Tool Can Now Help Users Protect Their ID Numbers

Google’s Results about you tool is being updated to help users find and remove government-issued…

YouTube Music

YouTube Music Adds AI Playlist Generator for Premium Users

YouTube Music is starting to roll out a new AI playlist generator feature, but only…

Spotify Has Over 750 Million Users

Spotify Has Over 750 Million Users

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Spotify revealed that it now has over 750…

OpenAI ChatGPT ads

ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers Now Show Ads to US Users

OpenAI has started to roll out ads in ChatGPT in the US, but only for…

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De-Enshittify Windows 11: OneDrive ⭐

Windows 11 often auto-enables a OneDrive feature called Folder Backup without telling users that it…

Microsoft Announces Windows Baseline Security Mode and User Transparency and Consent

Microsoft Announces Windows Baseline Security Mode and User Transparency and Consent

Microsoft today announced two transparent, consent-first initiatives that it says will help restore user trust…

Windows Insider Program

Microsoft Releases Dev and Beta Builds to Insiders With a Few New Features

Microsoft issued identical pre-release builds of Windows 11 version 25H2 to the Dev and Beta…

YouTube TV Genre-specific plans

YouTube TV Launches First Genre-Specific Plans

YouTube TV is launching this week its first genre-specific plans, which will be slightly cheaper…

WhatsApp Meta AI

EU Commission Says WhatsApp Banning Other AI Chatbots May Be Anticompetitive

The European Commission has warned Meta that WhatsApp’s recent decision to block third-party chatbots on…

DuckDuckGo Brings Real-Time AI Voice Chat to Duck.ai

DuckDuckGo quietly unveiled a new opt-in feature for its Duck.ai AI chatbot, real-time voice chat.

YouTube Music

YouTube Music is Making Song Lyrics a Premium Feature

YouTube Music appears to be rolling out a change that puts song lyrics behind a…

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De-Enshittify Windows 11: Microsoft Edge ⭐

Microsoft Edge is the modern successor to Internet Explorer, but it's also a key vector…

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Gurman: iPhone 17e is Imminent

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported this morning that Apple will kick off a big 2026 with…

Disney+

Disney+ Disables Dolby Vision and HDR10+ in Some European Countries Due to “Technical Challenges”

Disney+ has disabled Dolby Vision and HDR10 for Premium subscribers in several European countries, citing…

Ask Paul: February 6
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Ask Paul: February 6 ⭐️

Happy Friday! Let's kick off the weekend with some great reader questions. After all, I…

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EU Commission Urges TikTok’s to Change its “Addictive Design”

The EU Commission says that TikTok’s infinite scroll and autoplaying videos could lead to addictive…

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