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Opinion: Here’s a simple way Elon Musk could make Twitter better

Last month, Twitter user Qasim Rashid tweeted the following: Oil & Avg Gas $ June 2008: •Oil: $181. 58/barrel •Gas: $4. 10/gallon Oil & Avg Gas $ Mar 2022: •Oil: $99. 76/barrel •Gas: $4. 32/gallon If you’re blaming anyone but greedy oil companies for their price gouging—you’ve bought into propaganda that hurts you more than […]

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Dell’s thinnest Latitude brings video call control to the touchpad

Enlarge (credit: Dell) Dell really wants to make video calls easier. Like many tech vendors enamored with tackling the obstacles associated with remote and hybrid working, the company has been playing with different ways to simplify web calls: from a 4K monitor with a built-in 4K webcam to a magnetic wireless webcam concept that can dock […]

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New Dell workstation laptops fit 128GB of DDR5 RAM on a single module

Enlarge / Dell’s 17-inch Precision 7770. (credit: Dell) There’s no denying the convenience of a thinner, lighter laptop. But power users requiring workstation-level performance often end up sacrificing portability for power. The Dell Precision 7670 and 7770 mobile workstations announced Tuesday debut new ways to deliver RAM and chassis options to those who want heavy-duty power […]

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Apple will delist App Store apps that haven’t been updated recently

Enlarge / Apple’s App Store. (credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) Apple plans to imminently remove games and apps on the App Store that have not been recently updated if developers don’t submit an update for approval within 30 days. This news comes from screenshots and claims shared by various app developers and reporting by […]

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Pixel Watch prototype is left at a bar, gets photographed

Enlarge / The Pixel Watch. This bootloader is the only thing the watch would display. (credit: Android Central ) The watch bands don’t have pogo connectors, but the watch does? (credit: Android Central ) The Pixel Watch had an iPhone 4 moment over the weekend. Just as Apple’s 2010 flagship leaked after being left in […]

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Portable monitors tested—which puny panels are worth it?

Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) Whatever your reason for needing an extra screen, a portable monitor can help increase your productivity—and often for less money than other display types. When selecting a portable monitor, your primary concern should be image quality, but there’s more to consider than just finding the prettiest screen. Depending on what you’ll […]

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Insteon finally comes clean about its sudden smart home shutdown

Enlarge / The lighting puns write themselves. (credit: Insteon) Smart home company Insteon and its parent company, Smartlabs Inc., suddenly disappeared last week. In what will probably be remembered as one of the most notorious smart home shutdowns ever, Insteon decided to turn off its cloud servers without giving customers any warning at all, surprise-bricking […]

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Report: Sonos will finally make a soundbar that’s almost affordable

Enlarge / The second generation Sonos Beam, which was introduced last year. It’s slightly larger than the rumored cheaper cousin to come. (credit: Sonos) Sonos smart speakers are known for their ease of use and audio quality, not their affordability. That’s especially true for Sonos’ home theater products like soundbars, which only address the midrange […]

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Buy the Framework laptop’s $399 motherboard to make your own mini PC

Enlarge (credit: Framework) We were fans of Framework’s modular, upgradeable laptop when it was released last year, thanks to its nice design and user-replaceable RAM, SSD, and ports. Today the Framework folks are making it possible to buy the motherboard at the heart of the Framework laptop without buying any of the other laptop parts. […]

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New Moto G takes on impossible task of competing with the Pixel 5a

Enlarge (credit: Motorola) Motorola is launching even more midrange phones. The $499 Moto G Stylus 5G (2022) and the particular $399 Moto G 5G (2022) are both coming to typically the US in the next few weeks. Don’t confuse today’s $499 “Moto Gary the gadget guy Stylus 5G (2022)” with this $299 “Moto G Stylus […]