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Chitchat Forum Guide Hello and welcome! We're absolutely delighted to have you here. Your thoughts and ideas are more than welcome – we can't wait to hear what you have to say! Now, what sets Flatboard Forum apart from the rest is its user-friendly approach and a strong focus on your privacy. Unlike…
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ASUS’ ROG Strix PSU Returning From RMA Was Discovered To Have Bypassed Internal Safety Fuse Instead Of Replacing Faulty Components
The high-quality power supply unit is the first and last line of internal defense to keep your PC from impending harm, as it’s loaded with a bevy of protections to prevent irreparable damage. However, someone at ASUS decided to take a shortcut when an ROG Strix PSU owner revealed that the unit…
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Microsoft Secretly Pushed OneDrive Photos App to Windows 11 Without Consent, and Users Are Not Happy
Microsoft automatically installed a new OneDrive Photos app on Windows 11 PCs via routine OneDrive updates. The app features unified gallery browsing and opt-in AI facial grouping, but sparked backlash due to its forced installation and accidental deployment to enterprise systems. Microsoft claims that facial recognition is cloud-only and not used for AI training.…
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Elon Musk: Optimus Will Be Bigger Than Cars and Smartphones Combined. Why Physical AI Is the Next Wave
“If Optimus is successful, it will be the biggest product ever.” He added that Optimus currently occupies more of his “mental cycles” than anything else — more than cars, more than rockets, even more than superintelligence. This is not marketing. This is strategy. We are standing on the threshold of a shift that…
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AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development — or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts. “Al could help create a…
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PS5 fans flock to piracy as Sony plans to ditch physical games
There is little companies can do to prevent video game piracy. Sony may have just proven that there are surefire ways to encourage the practice. A day after the publisher announced it would cease production of physical games in 2028, interest in piracy of its hardware has begun to spike. Early in 2026,…
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Your old Android phone can be turned into a dashcam for free - how I did it in 5 easy steps
Want a dashcam? Before buying one, repurpose an old phone. It's free, takes minutes, and works well. I don't review phones as much as I did at the start of my tech journalism career, but at one point, I was flipping between two or three devices a month. So, today, I have a…
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Stop Letting Microsoft Ruin Your PC (Do This Immediately)
Your brand new, multi-thousand-dollar PC just booted up for the first time—and it's already shoving TikTok promos, Bing AI garbage, and literal spyware right into your Start menu. You didn't buy a personal computer just to own a glorified digital billboard. Yet, the moment you finish a clean installation of Windows, you are…
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Your TV is. Recording Everything You Watch - Here's how to Turn it OFF!
Your TV is taking screenshots of everything you watch and sending it to advertisers. TRUE. And the feature even has a name most people have never heard. It is called Automatic Content Recognition, or ACR. It works by capturing screenshots of whatever is on your screen at regular intervals, fingerprinting those images, and…
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DEEP DIVE - Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?
Meta destroying its engineering organization. For two decades, Meta had a unique, high-performance engineering org; right up until around April of this year. For the first 20 years of the company’s existence, it had a “move-fast-and-break-things” culture, and in the early 2020s this shifted to a “move-fast-with-stable-infra” one. Engineers I know at the…
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Google Chrome’s next update will mark the end of popular ad blockers
Google Chrome’s move to Manifest V3 for extensions is closing its final loophole and, with it, bringing the end of many ad blocker tools. The move to Manifest V3 has been in the works for years at this point, with one of the main points of criticism from users being that the…
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Still paying for cable? These simple tips can lower your bill
Not ready to cut the cord? You can still lower your TV bill in the meantime. Dropping cable or satellite TV isn’t the only way to lower your TV bill. Even if you’re not ready to cut the cord, you may still be able to find some extra savings through your current pay…
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FCC Reminds Broadcasters of Their Public Interest Obligations
Public notice says the government could get ‘billions’ by auctioning broadcast spectrum and asserted its the power to yank licenses for ‘engaging in news distortion'. WASHINGTON—In a wide-ranging Public Notice reminding broadcasters of their public interest obligations, the Federal Communications Commission stressed that “spectrum auctions routinely bring in billions of dollars for the…
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How to unlock Roku’s hidden Sports mode for a better World Cup experience
A simple Roku tweak worth making before you sit down to watch the game. Watching the World Cup on your Roku TV should be crisp and clear. Fast-moving action shouldn't blur across the screen or leave trails behind the ball. But if you're using your TV's default picture settings, that's exactly what happens.…
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DuckDuckGo's 'No AI' Search Traffic Climbs as Users Reject Google's AI Overhaul
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has seen a surge in demand for its "No AI" search option in the wake of Google's May 19th I/O announcements. Google debuted a new "intelligent" search box reimagined with AI. It features AI suggestions as an upgrade to autocomplete, support for follow-up questions, expanded Personal Intelligence for connecting…
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Best NextGen TV receivers for cord cutters in 2026
Right now, you're probably paying your cable or satellite provider around $30 a month just to watch local channels you could be getting for free over the air. t's buried in your bill, but it's there – the "retransmission" fees that local ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox affiliates charge providers for access to…
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15 TIPS & TRICKS TO INCREASE YOUR TV'S IMAGE QUALITY
Watching your favorite shows or movies is always a fun experience on a large screen. So if you recently upgraded from viewing content on your smartphone or laptop to using streaming apps on your smart TV, you're definitely going to enjoy the extra real estate. That said, not all types of content…
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Mac mini starting price goes up to $799, may be hard to get for “months”
Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part. Apple’s Mac mini and Mac Studio desktops have been increasingly difficult to buy over the course of the year—multiple configurations are listed on Apple’s site as “currently unavailable,” which almost never happens, and others will take weeks or months to ship…
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Google Is Paying Android Phone Owners $135 Million. Learn Why and Who's Eligible
Anyone who has used an Android phone with a mobile service plan in the last nine years could be eligible for a payout. A class-action lawsuit alleging "Google caused Android mobile devices to transfer a variety of information to Google without users' permission, consuming users' cellular data," is nearing its end. The two…
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Microsoft finally agrees Windows 11 has problems, and K2 is its plan to fix them, claims report
Say what you want about Microsoft, but at the very least, it seems to know when it needs to change course. After over a year of the company adding Copilot to all of its apps, it finally pivoted direction after users told the company that they were sick of AI tools. Now,…
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7 devices in your home that really shouldn’t be on Wi-Fi
7 devices in your home that really shouldn’t be on Wi-Fi The debate over whether you should use Ethernet or Wi-Fi is more contentious than ever, and that's because wireless networking itself is better than ever. The latest Wi-Fi 7 standard promises theoretical speeds of up to 46Gbps, and it's a major increase…
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Legislators Will Make Offline Hardware Brick Itself, And All Hardware Makers Face Infinite Fines
This New Law Can Brick Our Devices. New age restriction laws can cause huge problems with equipment we own. This analysis explores the architectural collision between 2026 age verification mandates for "operating system providers" and hardware-level firmware. By writing the definition of "operating system" to include embedded controllers with no user interface (GPUs,…
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Spotify finally lets you turn off all video content on the platform
While Spotify has dominated the music streaming business for a while, the service was conspicuously missing music videos. That changed last year with the launch of music videos, first in international markets, followed by a US rollout late last year. This is evidently great news for many users, given how rival services like…
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Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo Is a Total Rip-Off — 8GB RAM in 2026? Fans Are Furious!
MacBook Neo in March 2026—Apple's cheapest laptop ever, starting at $599 ($499 for education buyers) While the price is welcome, this latest laptop released from Apple is not without it's share of controversy. Apple designed the MacBook Neo as an accessible entry point to the Mac ecosystem, blending premium engineering with everyday versatility.…
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Apple 2026 Mac mini rumor roundup: M5 & M5 Pro specs, price & release date
Apple’s next Mac mini could arrive in spring 2026 with M5 and M5 Pro chips. Here’s everything we know about performance, features, and release timing. The Mac mini remains one of Apple’s most compelling Macs, offering an exceptional balance of performance, affordability, and compact design. Following a major redesign in October 2024, Apple’s…
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