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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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Alexa Will No Longer Process Requests Locally, Recordings Will Be Sent to Amazon

Like Assistants of yesteryear, Alexa has always had an option for users to opt out of Telemetry. It made users less concerned about Amazon collecting their data, but that’s about to change. Soon, Alexa will not process requests locally, meaning your recordings with Echo devices will be sent to Amazon with no option to disable the same whatsoever. Here’s everything…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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Apple delays upgraded Siri: it’s taking ‘longer than we thought’

Siri helps our users find what they need and get things done quickly, and in just the past six months, we’ve made Siri more conversational, introduced new features like type to Siri and product knowledge, and added an integration with ChatGPT. We’ve also been working on a more personalized Siri, giving it more awareness of your personal context, as well…
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digitpatroxFebruary 9, 2025
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Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

Summary Pluto isn’t alone—it’s part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn’t achieved gravitational dominance in its region, the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 definition of a planet means it no longer qualifies. Pluto’s classification change remains controversial, with critics challenging the voting process and planetary enthusiasts struggling to let go of their long-lived…
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digitpatroxFebruary 3, 2025
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Microsoft 365 No Longer Includes Defender VPN

The virtual private network VPN feature in Microsoft Defender, which was available to paid Microsoft 365 subscribers, is shutting down. Microsoft is killing the functionality less than a year after it was introduced. Everyone wants to feel safe when browsing online, and it seemed that Microsoft’s VPN service, added to the Microsoft Defender app on Windows PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads,…
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digitpatroxJanuary 15, 2025
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DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House

For over a decade, you couldn’t easily fly a DJI drone over restricted areas in the United States. DJI’s software would automatically stop you from flying over runways, power plants, public emergencies like wildfires, and the White House. But confusingly, amidst the greatest US outpouring of drone distrust in years, and an incident of a DJI drone operator hindering LA…
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digitpatroxDecember 29, 2024
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Some Windows 11 Users Can No Longer Install Security Updates (but There’s a Fix)

If you’ve recently built a computer, congratulations! You should be proud. There’s nothing like turning a new computer on, seeing it work just fine, and breathing a sigh of relief knowing that you’re done and you won’t have to spend hours troubleshooting why it’s not working. Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but if you happened to install Windows on…
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digitpatroxDecember 15, 2024
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You Can Max Out Your IRA Contributions for Longer Than You Might Think

Credit: J. David Ake/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are available to anyone with taxable income, even if you have retirement benefits at work. Like other types of retirement accounts, IRAs are tax-advantaged: if you contribute to a traditional IRA, you get the benefit of a tax deduction now, while a Roth IRA can be drawn…
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digitpatroxNovember 27, 2024
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Porsche is holding on to gas cars for a bit longer

Porsche is not ready to turn in its gas caps for charging ports just yet. The company reportedly plans to launch more internal combustion engine models due to a slowdown in EV sales, according to Automotive News Europe. The automaker’s CFO, Lutz Meschke, told the outlet, “What is clear is that we are sticking with the combustion engine for much…
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digitpatroxNovember 20, 2024
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10 Features You No Longer Need to Root Your Android Phone For

Quick Links Disable Preinstalled Apps Restart Your Phone With One Tap In the early “Wild West” days of Android, to really make your phone yours, you needed to root it. But times have changed. Many features that once required rooting are now baked right into Android or through third-party apps. 1 Take Screenshots It might seem crazy now, but taking…
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digitpatroxOctober 29, 2024
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Jeff Bezos is no longer relentlessly focused on customer satisfaction

The fallout from the non-endorsement of Kamala Harris at The Washington Post is here: more than 200,000 canceled subscriptions, NPR reports. This is about 8 percent of the paid subscriber base, and the number of cancellations is still growing. To put that in perspective, in an Oct. 15th story about Post CEO Will Lewis’s strategy to get more paying subscribers,…
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