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Press review · Friday, 23 October 2026
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cnet.com
How to Stop Google Maps From Displaying Your Home to Strangers
A straightforward privacy request to Google can remove your home from Street View entirely. Here's the step-by-step process.
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sammobile.com
Galaxy Watch 9's leaked marketing images reveal its colors, chip, and more
Just three days before the Galaxy Watch 9's official announcement from Samsung, the smartwatch's marketing images have leaked.
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foxbusiness.com
China cracks down on chatbot romances as birthrate crisis worsens: report
The new rules reportedly aim to curb emotional dependence on AI chatbots as China grapples with a shrinking population and record-low birthrate.
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androidcentral.com
Stop tap tap tapping on your Android keyboard and get the message through faster with this ancient but underrated feature
Time to increase your typing speed.
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polygon.com
July 23 is about to be a super busy day for millions of gamers
It's an unusually busy week during a typically slow season
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thegamer.com
Valve Replaces Stolen $1,300 Steam Machine Left Outside
The community is calling on Valve to take more precautions to prevent deliveries from being left out in the open.
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kotaku.com
GTA: Vice City Made Playable In GTA 3 In GTA: San Andreas
A modder made the entirety of Grand Theft Auto playable as a texture within another Grand Theft Auto and took it to the logical conclusion
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spacedaily.com
The lines etched into Voyager’s Golden Record cover point towards 14 pulsars whose spinning clocks reveal both where the Sun is and roughly when the spacecraft left — directions designed to work without relying on a single human language
The starburst etched into the lower-left corner of Voyager’s Golden Record cover is neither decoration nor a picture of an explosion. Fourteen of its rays
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businessinsider.com
I promised to care for my mom with Alzheimer's. I'm building a tiny home in our yard instead of choosing a care facility.
Lena Koropey bought a home so her mother, who has Alzheimer's, could age in place. She plans to build an ADU instead of sending her mother to a care facility.
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tomshardware.com
GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas — a mod lets you revisit Liberty City and Vice City without leaving San Andreas
GTA Inception
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gizmodo.com
Apple Has Reportedly Started Recording and AI-Summarizing Conversations at the Genius Bar
It's limited in scope; it's opt-in; and managers don't get to see the summaries. Employees are still nervous.
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theverge.com
This unpronounceable series of glyphs is an incredible side project from Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet)
No seriously, good luck with ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ
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nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo maintenance schedule - July 19, 2026 - Switch Online downtime still planned
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of July 19, 2026. We recently reported that Nintendo Switch Online has a session on the docket. That’s still the case, with Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch set to be impacted during the middle of August. As of now, no further sessions have been officially announced. Below is the full Nintendo...
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wired.com
How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify
A recent update made video playback the default for songs and podcasts with a visual component. If you just want to listen to music—and save your data and battery—follow these tips.
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macrumors.com
Apple Reportedly Worked on Two 'Extreme' Chips
Apple once developed "M2 Extreme" and "M3 Extreme" chips for the Mac Pro, but it decided not to release them, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. He first reported on this topic in 2022, and he touched on it again in his Power On newsletter today. "Extreme" chips would have had twice as many CPU and GPU cores as Apple's "Ultra" chips. "The idea was to offer twice as many graphics and main processing cores as that chip," he said.
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bleacherreport.com
New Shohei Ohtani Injury Update as Dodgers Star Shut Down Indefinitely from Pitching
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani won't be taking the mound anytime soon.
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ftw.usatoday.com
Yes, Donald Trump got booed at the World Cup Final
People are NOT happy to see Donald Trump at the biggest event in professional sports.
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androidauthority.com
5 things Gemini still can't do that keep me paying for ChatGPT
Gemini has improved dramatically, but I still can't cancel my ChatGPT subscription. These are the five shortcomings holding it back.
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bgr.com
5 Reasons Why Some Gamers Swear By Sennheiser Headphones - BGR
Sennheiser headphones match premium listener profiles, have great spatial imaging, multiple open-back architecture options, and an optimized ergonomic design.
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forbes.com
Millions Of Samsung Galaxy Phones Are In Line For A Free Upgrade
Samsung's One UI 9 rollout just hit a major milestone, with the first stable build spotted and testing now underway on even more Galaxy phones.
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apnews.com
Not Greek to them. Scholars question Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
Greek translator Emily Wilson finds the release of Christopher Nolan's film “The Odyssey” both gratifying and unsatisfying.
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thedailybeast.com
Trump Humiliated With Boos at World Cup Final
Soccer fans at the world’s biggest sporting event gave the president a chilly welcome.
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thenextweb.com
AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
A study found that access to AI advice collapsed people's willingness to say "I don't know" from 44% to 3%, while accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%.
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spacedaily.com
Voyager 1 is still crossing interstellar space with six computers holding about 68 kilobytes of memory between them — less storage than a single compressed photograph on a modern phone
Voyager 1 carries six flight-computer units designed in the early 1970s, and NASA’s own accounting puts their combined memory at about 68 kilobytes. That is
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xda-developers.com
LibreOffice once again slams Microsoft for using "lock-in" with Office files
It wants to keep things as open as possible.
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Kodak EC35 is a dirt-cheap point-and-shoot film camera
The film photography renaissance continues and gets more affordable.
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17 US service members have died in the Iran war, reflecting a conflict fought largely in the air
The U.S. military reports that another service member has been killed in the conflict with Iran, bringing the total to 17.
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9to5google.com
Android Auto finally starts rolling out a speedometer in Google Maps
It’s anything but wide at this point, but we’re finally seeing signs of Android Auto rolling out support for a...
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Watch a Mad Scientist YouTuber Make Lightning in a Bottle From Mercury and Neon
Yes, of course it's Styropyro.
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geeky-gadgets.com
iOS 26 vs iOS 27: How Apple Is Completely Replacing Siri With Next-Gen AI
Comparing iOS 27 vs iOS 26 reveals faster app launches by up to 30% and an 80% quicker AirDrop. See the new full-page widgets and liquid glass slider.
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lifehacker.com
Today's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, July 19, 2026
If you’re looking for hints and answers for Sunday, July 19, 2026 with the theme “Big talk,” read on.
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onemileatatime.com
The Air India First Class Lounge Delhi Is Delightful... What A Treat!
The first class section of the Air India Maharaja Lounge Delhi is incredible, and the airline knocked it out of the park. Well done!
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hitechcentury.com
New ROG Edition 20 collection features components, peripherals, luggage and more | Hitech Century
The exciting new Edition 20 collection from ASUS Republic of Gamers has just been launched in Malaysia that consists of components, peripherals
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bgr.com
What Does It Mean When Your Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Turns Red? - BGR
Does your Galaxy Watch Ultra's display turn red randomly at certain times of the day? It's actually the night mode feature turning on for better readability.
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hackaday.com
Recycling Laptops And IMacs Makes PC Building Fun And Affordable Again
Building a PC used to be a fun adventure — what’s the latest, what’s the greatest, what can I afford? Well, that last question seems to have taken over and sucked all the fun out …
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fratellowatches.com
Sunday Morning Showdown: Certina DS Super PH2000M STC Vs. Tissot Seastar 2000 44mm
✓ Sunday Morning Showdown ✓ Certina's DS Super PH2000M STC takes on Tissot's Seastar 2000 44mm ✓ Two new extreme divers ✓ Vote here! ✓
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ubisoft.com
AC Black Flag Resynced Title Update 1.0.4 - Patch Notes
Today, July 16th, we are releasing the Title Update 1.0.4 for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced @ 14:00 UTC / 10:00 AM EST / 7:00 AM PST.
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bgr.com
10 Ways To Preserve Your DVDs And Blu-Rays For Years To Come - BGR
The end of disc-based media may be nearing, but your collection still holds a place in your heart and home. Keep it working well for years to come.
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aljazeera.com
Trump visit causes logistical delays at World Cup final
Al Jazeera reporters faced lengthy queues to enter the stadium due to tighter security checks.
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warhammer-community.com
Sunday Preview – Exodites leap from the jungle
What’s coming up next week?
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firstalert4.com
St. Louis Planetarium reopens with the most advanced hybrid system in the country
The largest upgrades in more than 25 years are officially complete at the James S. McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center — and the transformation is out of this world.
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gamerant.com
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Gameplay First Look Leaked for September 2026
A recent leak suggests that the highly-anticipated Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake may be getting its first full gameplay trailer soon.
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wccftech.com
AMD Medusa Point 10-Core "Zen 6" CPU Beats Strix Point 10-Core "Zen 5" By Nearly 35% While Operating at 5.4 GHz
AMD 10-core Medusa Point "Zen 6" CPU scores 3,329 in single & 16,555 in multi-core Geekbench tests, outperforming Ryzen AI 9 365 by up to 35%
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bgr.com
Refurbished MacBook Pros Are So Good They're Actually Causing Problems For Apple - BGR
Apple is struggling with a surge in the sales of refurbished MacBooks as customers now pivot to value over the latest incremental features in new MacBooks.
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neowin.net
This wild Microsoft tech may solve data storage and backup crisis forever
Future data storage backup crises may become a thing of the past, thanks to Microsoft's groundbreaking technology innovation.
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theguardian.com
Trump’s rebranding of Palm Beach airport hasn’t taken off as he planned
Changes inside the Florida international airport are hardly evident as state and county hold back funds for full remodel
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QT6 Brings BASIC To The Web Browser, Or Your Computer
In the old days, you either swore by BASIC or you swore at it — but just about everybody got their start on the educational language. Nowadays, the kids are learning Python, but there’s…
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80.lv
Cliff Bleszinski Knows What Went Wrong
In his first in-depth interview in years, Cliff Bleszinski divulges his deepest and most honest reflection on what exactly killed Boss Key. He discusses the publishing deal that was too favorable, the wrong console choice, and even the co-founder he turned down. And now, he's planning a comeback.
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xda-developers.com
I'm running a 284-billion-parameter model locally, and it competes with cloud AI
DeepSeek V4 Flash can be run locally thanks to some wizardry, and it works really well.
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buzzfeed.com
Studies Show Most Adults Can't Pass A Basic Math Exam. Can You?
Don't you dare pull out your calculator.