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Posted on Jun 18, 2026 by Laurent Giret in Smart Tech, Smart Home, Google Home, Google, Hardware with 4 Comments

Google has stopped manufacturing its 2nd-gen Nest Mini and Nest Audio smart speakers, which are being replaced by the new Gemini-powered Google…

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[CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, June 19
- Paul Thurrott
- Jun 18, 2026
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Hi all, Here’s a place for any questions you have this week. Thanks, Paul ******* CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED *******
Microsoft Office 365 Desktop Apps – Upgrade your plan banner
- Lee Thacker
- Jun 16, 2026
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Hi Folks, Just wondering if this is just me, or if this is normal these days as part of Office Enshirtificaion: When using desktop M365 office apps I have started to see a button ‘Upgrade your plan banner’ I have seen forum posts relating to licensing issues, and signing out of and back into…
Screen Capture
- Greg Edwards
- Jun 16, 2026
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Honest question…how many different ways to we need in Windows to capture what’s on the screen? We have the Snipping Tool, sure, but I also notice that OneDrive has taken over my Print Screen key with its own screen capture function. It looks like PowerToys has one…probably more. And now I’ve noticed that Microsoft PC…
Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
- Jogy
- Jun 13, 2026
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https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access
Notion going platform-native on macOS
- EmmEff
- Jun 12, 2026
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Bye bye Electron, hello better performance? https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/12/notion-is-migrating-to-swiftui/
Apple’s AI Big Bet – Interview with Craig Federighi & Greg Joswiak
- shameer_mulji
- Jun 12, 2026
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Posted on Jun 17, 2026 by Paul Thurrott in Books, Windows 11 Field Guide, Desktop with 1 Comment

The Taskbar is centered by default and simplified in Windows 11, but it looks and works much like those in previous Windows…

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