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This Ultra-Wide Samsung Monitor Is Great For Multitasking (And Really, Really Cheap)
Samsung 34-Inch ViewFinity S65TC Series Monitor $440 $800 Save $360 This Samsung ViewFinity S65TC monitor has a 34-inch 21:9 display with a 1440p resolution, as well as a 100Hz refresh rate and 5ms response times. An amazing option for anyone looking for an ultra-wide monitor. A lot of ultra-wide monitors out there also happen to come with ultra-tall price tags.…
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How to Get a Great Deal on Your Next New Car
You may already be aware that the price on a vehicle’s window sticker (or the one in a car ad) isn’t necessarily the final price you’ll pay, says Gabe Shenhar, associate director at Consumer Reports Auto Test Center, who has purchased hundreds of the cars CR has tested (all of them anonymously so that dealerships don’t know it’s CR doing…
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New PebbleOS Smartwatches Won’t Be Great for iPhone Owners
Pebble is back with a pair of new smartwatches—the $150 Core 2 Duo and $225 Core Time 2. Unfortunately, iPhone owners who buy these smartwatches will miss out on a lot of important functionality. The new PebbleOS watches are explicitly designed for both Android and iOS, just as they were a decade ago. However, as founder Eric Migicovsky explains in…
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Ubuntu Linux 25.04 Will Be a Great Upgrade for Games
Summary Ubuntu 25.04 will support NVIDIA Dynamic Boost for more GPU power on laptops. The nvidia-powerd daemon shifts around power limits for CPU and GPU. Dynamic Boost improves gaming, video editing, and 3D rendering performance in certain cases. Windows has typically been the platform of choice for gaming, but Linux is becoming an increasingly useful option for playing games as…
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7 great ways to use the Gemini AI sidebar – Computerworld
Google’s generative AI chatbot, named Gemini, is available as a web app. But you can also access most of Gemini’s AI tools in a side panel as you’re using Google Workspace apps including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and Gmail. Using the Gemini sidebar within a Workspace app is much more convenient and contextual than copying and pasting between browser…
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The Sonos app fiasco: how a great audio brand nearly ruined its reputation
In May 2024, Sonos released a completely rebuilt and overhauled mobile app for Android and iOS. The new software was meant to improve performance, make the app feel more customizable, and allow for new features in the future. But customers immediately complained about countless bugs, degraded Sonos speaker system performance, and features that had gone missing. The controversy effectively torpedoed…
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Microsoft’s Plans to Make Games With AI Don’t Sound Great
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has recently touted how great the company’s recently introduced technology called Muse is. While this model is a big advancement, it’s nowhere near as good as the company makes it seem. While speaking on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Nadella claimed that Microsoft would eventually use this technology to make games. Something like a prompt system equivalent to…
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Great Plains Bank notifies 7K+ people of data breach that compromised SSNs
Great Plains Bank Corporation, the parent company of Great Plains National Bank, yesterday confirmed it notified 7,767 people about a November 2024 data breach that compromised names and Social Security numbers. Ransomware gang Akira claimed responsibility for the attack on December 16, 2024, saying it stole 18 GB of data from Great Plains National Bank. The group further claims to…
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Old-school smartwatch for the great outdoors!
The Garmin Instinct 3 is a rugged, feature-packed smartwatch designed for outdoor enthusiasts and fitness aficionados who need durability, long battery life, and advanced sports tracking capabilities. Building upon the success of its predecessors, this latest iteration introduces an AMOLED display option, improved GPS technology, and a few other changes. While it maintains the signature rugged design that outdoor enthusiasts…
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10 Great Mov10 Movies About Architects to Watch After ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Megalopolis’ies About Architects
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The final months of 2024 saw the release of two major cinematic works, each laser focused on design and architecture. While very different films (that is, one Oscar-nominated, one Razzie-nominated), each is monumental in its own right. First came Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making sci-fi drama Megalopolis, following a visionary architect,…
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