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I accidentally wiped my phone and didn’t have a backup — don’t make the same mistakes I did
I have rallied against phones with 128GB of base storage in the past, talking at length about how it just isn’t enough storage for a modern smartphone. And that’s even if you offload most of your media to the cloud. Unfortunately, as someone who reviews phones for a living, I don’t always get a choice in which phones I have,…
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I didn’t think I’d have any use for ChatGPT Deep Research — 7 ways it’s improved my daily life
When ChatGPT Deep Research first launched, I knew it would be a great tool, but I just couldn’t see myself using it. Boy, was I wrong. I tried ChatGPT Deep Research and haven’t stopped using it. I’ve done deep dives on my family history and learned plenty of trivia about my favorite snack foods. Out of all the deep research…
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Employees are dead set on flexible working arrangements – three quarters would turn down a role that didn’t offer hybrid options as work-life balance becomes more important than pay
Work-life balance has become more important than pay when choosing or staying in a job, according to two new reports. A recent survey by Randstad found that 83% of workers view flexible working options as their primary consideration ahead of job security and salaries. Nearly half of the respondents said they had advocated for better working conditions, and a third…
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Nokia Didn’t Think the iPhone’s Touch Keyboard Would Take Off
In an amazing piece of technology history, a Nokia internal presentation from after the iPhone’s 2007 unveiling shows what the company was thinking, and what Nokia got wrong in its analysis. Nokia recently unveiled an online repository of its designs at Aalto University in Finland, which opened to the public on January 15, 2025. The Nokia Design Archive is chock-full…
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I didn’t want to do this 8-minute workout but I’m glad I did — here’s what happened to my abs
As a fitness writer and keen runner I’m no stranger to pushing myself during workouts, but even so, I often struggle to find the motivation to do strength sessions. This year I’m trying to use micro workouts as a method to train regularly, and that includes short, sharp abs sessions like this one from fitness trainer Chris Heria. I had…
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The 2024 that didn’t happen
It’s now a Christmas tradition on the ITPro Podcast to look back at trends that were expected to dominate the year but then fizzled out. What predictions have gone the way of flying cars and the Metaverse? Which are delayed, perhaps permanently? In this episode, Jane is joined by Bobby Hellard, ITPro’s reviews editor, and Ross Kelly, ITPro’s news and…
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1-800-CHATGPT Is the Weird Christmas Present You Didn’t Ask For
OpenAI is nearing the end of its “ship-mas” spree. Now, on the 10th day of this Christmas-tinged AI extravaganza, the company is revealing its most outlandish product to date—an information hotline called 1-800-CHATGPT. The concept here is pretty simple. Dial 1-800-CHATGPT, you’ll be greeted by a ChatGPT Advanced Voice instance. It answers whatever questions you throw at it, similar to…
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Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting reportedly didn’t use a Citi Bike to escape
CNN is reporting that according to an unnamed source in law enforcement, the person who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan fled on an e-bike, but not a Citi Bike, as NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenney previously said during a press conference. Thompson had been scheduled to appear at the company’s…
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Gabe Newell says Half-Life 2: Episode 3 didn’t happen because he was ‘stumped’
You can’t get lazy and say, “oh, we’re moving the story forward.” That’s copping out of your obligatiion to gamers, right? Yes, of course they love the story. They love many, many aspects of it. But sort of saying that your reason to do it is because people want to know what happens next… you know, we could’ve shipped it,…
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Intel exec says Arrow Lake launch ‘just didn’t go as planned’
Reviews of Intel’s new Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 200S-series processor have been lackluster, specifically when it comes to gaming performance, but Intel says that’s not the end of the story. Its new chips should be performing better, and the company will have an ETA on getting them there soon, according to Robert Hallock, Intel’s VP and GM of client…
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