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Microsoft Exchange hacked, Defender broken, BitLocker bypassed
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday looked quiet. Since then, there's been an unpatched Exchange CVE, three Defender flaws, and a new BitLocker bypass.
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You're probably missing these 13 useful Google Chrome tools
Are you using Chrome to its full potential? These key features—which many users overlook to their detriment—will make sure you are.
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Google’s AI answers are starting to look like ads
New ad units in Google Search and AI Mode will be written by Gemini and woven into its responses. What’s next?
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Lose your laptop, not your data: 7 Windows settings to enable now
Take these preemptive steps to protect your data and make your laptop more recoverable in case it's ever lost or stolen.
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Ryzen AI Halo is AMD's $3,999 answer to maxing out ChatGPT
The AMD Ryzen AI Halo can run powerful LLMs and generate images, video, and music, all without the cloud. It's overkill for most of us.
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Firefox 151 brings a big privacy boost and fixes 30+ security flaws
Firefox 151 is out for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android with fingerprinting protection, PDF merging, VPN locations, and security fixes.
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Duolingo got easier when I paid for it. That's the problem
I used to love Duolingo, but paying for it killed my love for the language-learning app.
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Look out, Canva: Google Pics' AI editing is scary good
No one should write off Canva's new Magic Layers technology quite yet. But Google's new Pics app will eventually end up in Workspace, and my hands-on with its AI editing suggests it will give Canva a run for its money.
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Google is turning the brain dump into a productivity feature
Google is rolling out "Docs Live" and similar features for Google Keep and Gmail, taking a hot mess of your disordered thoughts and trying to create something cohesive a document, an email, a note) from it all.
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Google's new Spark AI agent will run your digital life for $100/month
At I/O 2026, Google unveiled Spark: a Gemini-powered 24/7 cloud AI agent that manages your inbox, builds documents, and runs tasks.
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Google Search is turning into an AI assistant—and it doesn't want you to leave
Google's traditional search engine is trying different tactics, from personal agents to conversations to search agents, to keep you within Google's pages.
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Microsoft is officially killing SMS verification for personal accounts
Microsoft is phasing out SMS login codes for personal accounts. Passkeys are the future, even if they don't work everywhere yet.
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Say goodbye to (most) PlayStation exclusives on PC
It's been confirmed by a Sony executive: Big narrative titles like God of War and The Last of Us won't be getting PC ports from now on.
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Google just made big changes to Gemini usage limits
Following in the footsteps of GitHub’s Copilot plans, Google’s AI subscriptions are moving to “compute-based” usage limits rather than a fixed number of requests.
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ChatGPT can access your bank accounts now. Here's why I'm not ready
ChatGPT's new personal finance integration can read your bank accounts and remember your spending. I won't be participating.
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Unpatched Windows zero-day from 2020 gives hackers full system access
Microsoft supposedly patched CVE-2020-17103 in 2020, but a new proof-of-concept exploit shows the vulnerability is still hackable.
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Microsoft backtracks on Edge storing your passwords in plaintext RAM
When a security researcher showed that Edge passwords are plaintext readable, Microsoft initially said the behavior was intentional.
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Google quietly cuts free storage to 5GB without a phone number
New Google accounts are now limited to just 5GB of free cloud storage. To unlock the full 15GB, you'll need to give up your phone number.
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