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The iPad Mini With an A17 Pro Chip Is Just $379 Today

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 17:57

You can get the newest Apple iPad Mini for an incredible $379.00 on Amazon for a limited time. This is a 24% discount from its original price of $499.00, making this a great price for the latest version of Apple's tablet.

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Python 3.14 Has Arrived With T-String Support

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 17:44

Python 3.14 is officially here, and brings a mix of changes to the core language, the interpreter's guts, and the standard library. These are major updates like template string literals, deferred evaluation of annotations, and even official support for subinterpreters in the standard library.

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8 Useful Things You Can Plug Into Your Car's OBD2 Port

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 17:30

Have you ever looked under your car's steering wheel at all the wires, fuses, and plugs? If so, you might find an odd plug called an OBD-II port. That's the same port any technician uses during a smog test, and mechanics access it to scan for check engine light errors, but that's not all it can do. You can plug several useful or weird things into that 16-pin port.

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From Snatch to Adolescence: 12 of Stephen Graham’s Best Roles Ever

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 17:00

Esteemed British actor Stephen Graham is finally seeing the stardom he has long deserved. The chameleon of talent recently won his first Primetime Emmy for his role in the hit Netflix psycho-drama series Adolescence. Weeks prior to its release, Graham snatched viewers’ attention with his powerhouse portrayal of 19th-century boxer Sugar Goodson in Hulu’s A Thousand Blows.

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Notepad++ Just Got an Update With a New Clipboard Trick

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:33

Notepad++ just dropped version 8.8.6, and now you can finally paste multiple lines of text directly into the Find and Replace fields. You no longer have to rely on workarounds or plugins for multi-line text manipulation, among other fixes.

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This is Why You Should Replace Your ISP's Router ASAP

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:30

When you buy service from an internet provider, they usually give you a router to go along with it. You might be inclined to use this router instead of going out to buy your own, but trust me: there are many reasons to ignore that ISP router.

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Firefox Is Stealing Another Chrome Feature

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:18

Mozilla's Firefox is one of the few non-Chromium browsers that exist these days, and it remains one of the most solid browser options out there. But that doesn't mean that it's not allowed to take a page or two from Chrome every so often. Now, it has just got a pretty useful Google feature that you might like.

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This Logitech Mouse Cured My Wrist Pain—and It's 17% Off for Prime Day

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:15

My first MX Master mouse was the second-generation model, and that transformed my struggle with wrist pain as someone who (like many of you) has to work in front of a computer all day. When my first MX Master mouse wore out, I upgraded to the MX Master 3S, and my wrist pain has never returned.

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It’s Now Illegal for Commercials to Be Too Loud in This State

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:03

California just signed a new law, Senate Bill 576. This is going to force streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video to stop blasting loud, jarring commercials that are way louder than the shows you're actually watching.

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How to Crop Pictures in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:00

Whether you want to focus on a particular part of a picture, remove distracting detail from the edges of a graphic, or reshape an image to fit a specific layout, the Crop tool in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is a useful and versatile feature. Here's how to use it.

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The German Crossover Everyone Overlooks and Why It’s Worth Considering

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 15:30

In a market filled with flashy badges and big personalities, one German crossover often flies under the radar, but it shouldn’t. It delivers the refinement, performance, and build quality you’d expect from a premium brand, all without the inflated price tag or maintenance headaches.

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Why That "Accept All Cookies" Button Is a Privacy Trap

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 15:00

Cookie consent banners have become a common sight on the modern internet. While these banners were meant to offer users a genuine choice to opt out of unnecessary tracking, they've increasingly been subverted by dark patterns and manipulative UX design.

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How to Disable YouTube Shorts

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 14:15

Not a big fan of YouTube's short-form videos in your feed and want to get rid of them? Unfortunately, there's no longer an official method to turn off YouTube Shorts, and while workarounds to hide them stopped working, you do have a few ways to block or otherwise see fewer Shorts. We'll show you how on iPhone, Android phone, and desktop computer.

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Razer Blackwidow V4 Tenkeyless Hyperspeed Review: It Gets the Fundamentals Right

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 11:00

The Razer BlackWidow V4 Tenkeyless HyperSpeed is your archetypal mass-production mechanical keyboard. It has components of a reliable quality at a fair price, but cuts a few noticeable corners to get there. Put otherwise, this keyboard is unremarkably good enough, and that might be okay for the right person.

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Your CD and DVD Collection Is Slowly Destroying Itself

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 23:00

I love physical media, you love physical media. Physical media is awesome, and generally just better than digital streaming or downloads, if a little bit less convenient.

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Is Your Pixel Hiding Notifications on the Lock Screen? This Setting Is to Blame

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 22:00

When I set up my Pixel 10 for the first time, I was pretty happy with how smooth the process was. But then I hit something that didn’t feel right. My lock screen was only showing one notification in full, while the rest were shrunk down into a row of tiny app icons. This new compact style is part of Android 16 QPR1, which the Pixel 10 ships with by default, and it’s designed to keep things tidy.

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Logitech's POP Smart Buttons Are Shutting Down

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 21:59

The era of Logitech’s popular smart home control solution, the POP button system, is abruptly coming to an end. Logitech has announced the complete discontinuation of the service, in some emails to customers, stating that it is effective October 15, 2025.

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Why You Shouldn’t Count on Edge's Real-Time Video Translation Just Yet

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 21:30

The inability to understand the language used in a video shouldn't stop you from watching it. That's why Microsoft is testing a new AI audio translation feature in Edge that allows you to translate audio into your preferred language. However, as much as I want to love it, the feature isn't perfect and has a long way to go.

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Arch Linux Is a Meme, but It Shouldn't Be

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 21:00

You've probably come across the Arch Linux memes, but are they doing it a disservice? Arch Linux is an excellent distribution, and I have five reasons why you should look past those labels and see for yourself.

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Lexar's Magnetic Phone SSD Is Now Available

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 20:47

The Lexar ES5 Magnetic Portable SSD, which was first announced in July, is officially available to buy now. Lexar is clearly targeting Apple users with the ability to magnetically stick the SSD right to the back of any iPhone that supports MagSafe accessories.

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