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Image: Mark Hachman / Foundry As a federal antitrust investigation into Google’s Chrome browser wraps up, rivals are striking: Perplexity has launched an unsolicited bid to buy Chrome for a whopping $34.5 billion, according to reports. Bloomberg reported the proposed deal, confirmed by a Perplexity representative, as did The Wall Street Journal. But there’s a …

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Image: Rob Schultz Smart entry locks are the biggest improvement to home security since the lock-and-key system was invented more than a thousand years ago. In many cases, smart locks dispense with physical keys altogether in favor of PINs, fingerprints, NFC tags, smartphone apps–even your smartphone or smart watch. And with some of the latest …

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Image: Martyn Casserly People are bad at passwords. Most don’t bother with the unique, complex phrases or character strings that make a good password. Worse, they’ll share weak passwords with others. The best password managers fix these problems—for starters, they create and store strong, random passwords for you. They also can store passkeys and securely …

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Image: Anker What’s one thing you can never have enough of? USB-C cables. If you’re like me, your charging cables vanish unexpectedly all the time—and that’s why I like to stock up when they’re cheap. Today, you can score a 2-pack of fast-charging Anker USB-C cables for only $9 on Amazon! With a max throughput …

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Image: Chrome If you care about privacy, you probably shouldn’t be using Chrome given that it’s owned and developed by Google, one of the most data-hungry corporations on the planet. But if you have to use Chrome, then you should be employing as many browser privacy tweaks as you can, like blocking third-party cookies and …

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Anthropic has announced it will offer its Claude AI model to all three branches of the US government for $1, following OpenAI offering an almost identical deal last week. These deals both follow the General Services Administration adding OpenAI, Gemini and Anthropic to a list of approved AI vendors for the federal government. Similar to …

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Apple’s AirPods could be getting a live translation feature in the near future as part of iOS 26, . A new beta version of the operating system dropped today and users have spotted a system asset that strongly points to the earbuds getting a language translation tool. The asset appears to depict a gesture that’s …

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Are you a TV watcher with commitment issues? thinks it has the answer in the shape of its new one-day passes. The app-based alternative to traditional cable will sell you a $5 Day Pass that allows you to stream live TV (including sports)from any channel included in its for 24 hours. Sling Orange costs $46 …

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Google is officially rolling out Preferred Sources, which lets you curate search results. The feature allows you to pick specific or “preferred” sources, like a certain blog or news outlet, and see them more prominently when you use Google Search. Google started testing it in June and it should be available in the coming days …

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It feels like Summer Game Fest is only just in our rear view mirror and yet there’s another video game extravaganza on the horizon. Gamescom is the planet’s largest gaming event and we’re sure to find out about a bunch of interesting new games at the Opening Night Live showcase. Xbox is broadcasting from the …

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