I recently moved to a much more rural area, so getting Starlink set up was one of my top priorities. My area is an internet dead zone where you might get a bit of 4G on a nearby hill, but that’s about it. No cellular for phone calls, and the best I can hope from …
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On Friday afternoon, Intel confirmed what everyone already knew: that the U.S. government is taking the unprecedented step of investing $8.9 billion into the company. On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the United States was pushing Intel to accept its $10.9 billion CHIPS Act funding as an equity deal instead. On Friday, President …
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Image: Chris Hoffman / Foundry I review a lot of laptops and I’ve noticed many of them come with a “free trial” of McAfee antivirus preinstalled. I’ve clicked through so many warnings about how my PC will be “at risk” unless I pay up for extended protection, and those McAfee alerts are in a stark …
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TL;DR: Replace your Adobe Acrobat monthly fee with a lifetime subscription to PDF Agile on sale for $40. Adobe Acrobat isn’t the only PDF editor around, and it’s certainly not the cheapest. If you want a low-cost alternative that doesn’t rope you into a monthly subscription, check out PDF Agile. Normally $119, this all-in-one PDF editor is now only $39.99 …
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Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Lock in a lifetime AdGuard Family Plan subscription for just $15.97 (MSRP: $169.99) and keep your devices clutter-free, private, and safe. Pop-ups, banner ads, autoplay videos — online clutter makes browsing miserable. Add in the risks of malware and invasive trackers, and suddenly the web feels like the Wild West. Right now, you can secure …
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Image Credits:Intel Corporation 9:07 AM PDT · August 23, 2025 Intel officially announced an agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday afternoon, following Trump’s statement that the government would be taking a 10% stake in the struggling chipmaker. While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the …
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Meta is partnering with Midjourney to license the startup’s AI image and video generation technology, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced Friday in a post on Threads. Wang says Meta’s research teams will collaborate with Midjourney to bring its technology into future AI models and products. “To ensure Meta is able to deliver the …
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It’s hard to find programmers these days who aren’t using AI coding assistants in some capacity, especially to write the repetitive, mundane bits. But those who refused to try the tools when Coinbase bought enterprise licenses for GitHub Copilot and Cursor got promptly fired, CEO Brian Armstrong said this week on John Collison’s podcast “Cheeky …
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Image Credits:Bluesky 1:30 PM PDT · August 22, 2025 Social networking startup Bluesky has made the decision to block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with a new age assurance law. In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn’t have …
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As AI technology makes its way into the enterprise, Apple is rolling out new tools that will give businesses more granular control over where and how their employees can tap into artificial intelligence. With the release of Apple’s software updates arriving in September, the tech giant is adding another option for enterprise customers: the ability …
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