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5 New Year’s Resolutions and Apps to Help You Accomplish Them


The new year marks a fresh start and another opportunity to set goals for what is ahead. Developing a plan is simple, but holding yourself accountable and tracking progress can make it difficult to stick with your objectives for the entire year. Make 2024 different by utilizing apps to stay on track.

Hot Tech Tips to Prepare for Cold Weather


As winter vibes roll in and freezing temperatures take over many parts of the country, it’s important to ensure your tech stays resilient and frost-free.

Cut Costs, Not Your Connection: How to Get Home Internet for Less


If you’re struggling with access to reliable and affordable wireless home internet, you’re not alone. In fact, more than 20% of Americans living in rural areas and nearly 30% of Americans living in Tribal lands lack internet access, compared to only 1.5% of those living in urban areas. To make matters worse, the average American shells out about $75 each month for internet service, with over a third saying that cost is one of the biggest hurdles in getting their hands on home internet.

Best New Tech Gifts for the Person Who Has Everything


Most of us have at least one loved one who’s hard to shop for. Maybe it’s because they insist that they have everything they need already or perhaps they simply have discerning taste. To get a jumpstart on your holiday shopping, consider these five, functional and fun gift ideas that promise to impress even the most challenging gift recipients:

Would Your Pricey New Smartphone Survive a 6-Foot Drop?


Despite space age materials and hefty price tags, today’s top-of-the-line smartphones are still prone to damage, and consumers without protection plans are facing sticker shock at repair shops.

Little iPod Wonders


It is no wonder that ipods are getting fun poked at them by movies this year. It seems as if the ipod is taking over the world. Everywhere you go you see them, they are attached to adults and children alike and they are all over the television and in the movies, it is getting a little insane.

IP Addresses: Finding, Understanding and Using


IP addresses are like real-world addresses, they are identifiers for computers or devices connected to TCP/IP networks. The entire TCP/IP networking protocol is based on the concept of a unique IP address for every object connected to the network. Messages sent via TCP/IP networks are routed to their destination based on the IP address.

A Hurricane of Personal Technologies in the Near Future


Personal technologies are very interesting and if you read the personal Tech Newsletters and magazines they are quite popular with the techie crowd and more and more the mainstream reader. There always seems to be something new and something to write about in personal Tech.

Animated Wallpaper


Animated wallpapers are applications that place special animations, screen savers and media files directly on the desktop. This makes them different from a typical desktop wallpaper, which is just an image in the background. These applications allow full-fledged 3 dimensional animations, screen savers and media files to be displayed directly in the background.

Digital Cameras


But perhaps no product has been more affected by digital technology than the camera.

Portable DVD Players Versus Laptops


For some the big discussion is...should we get a 'portable dvd player" or just spend more money a get a laptop that will play our dvd movies?

Computer Training - Building a PC, Piece By Piece


Building a computer from piece by piece is the best way to get the computer you really want, in addition to being an entertaining process. There are many different parts that make up a computer but it doesn't take long to learn.


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04/18/2024
Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3
The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta today is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works.


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04/18/2024
NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From
Space law just got a little more complicated.


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04/18/2024
We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening
After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.


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04/18/2024
The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem
One juror in former US president Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York has been excused over fears she could be identified. It could get even messier.


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04/18/2024
The 33 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now
From "The Sympathizer" to "Conan O’Brien Must Go," here's everything you need to be watching on Max this month.


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04/18/2024
RFK Jr.’s Very Online, Conspiracy-Filled Campaign
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched his campaign one year ago this week.


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04/18/2024
Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop 'Illegal Immigrant' Voters
Speakers at a conference for Constitutional Sheriffs claimed that militias need to patrol polling stations to stop the "expected flood" of immigrant voters.


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04/18/2024
The Best Handheld Gaming Consoles
The second golden age of portable gaming is here! Mostly. These are the top gadgets for taking your video games on the go.


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04/18/2024
Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains
The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next.


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04/18/2024
What If Your AI Girlfriend Hated You?
AngryGF offers a perpetually enraged chatbot intended to teach men better communication skills. WIRED took it for a spin.


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04/18/2024
The Best Coffee Grinders to Amp Up Your Morning Brew
Get more joy from your java. These conical-burr, flat-burr, and bladed machines let you enjoy freshly ground beans in every cup.


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04/18/2024
Gillian Anderson Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions
Gillian Anderson joins WIRED to answer her most searched questions from Google. Why did she lie about her age to be casted for The X Files? How did she get honorary British citizenship? How would she describe her style on Netflix's Sex Education? The actor answers all these questions and more!Director: Justin WolfsonDirector of Photography: Jack BelisleEditor: Louville MooreTalent: Gillian AndersonLine Producer: Joseph BuscemiAssociate Producer: Brandon WhiteProduction Manager: Peter BrunetteProduction and Equipment Manager: Kevin BalashTalent Booker: Jenna Caldwell; Meredith JudkinsCamera Operator: Christopher EustacheSound Mixer: Mike GugginoProduction Assistant: Sonia ButtSet Designer: Jeremy Derbyshire-MylesPost Production Supervisor: Christian OlguinPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Doug LarsenAssistant Editor: Justin Symonds


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04/18/2024
What It Will Take for Airchat to Take Flight
This week, we talk about the buzzy new social media app where there’s no typing allowed.


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04/18/2024
Donald Trump Is 'Seriously Considering' Jake Paul's Fight Invite
Influencers like Jake Paul can offer Donald Trump inroads to audiences beyond his base—and prime seats at a major spectacle.


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04/18/2024
The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived
Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams.


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04/18/2024
The Rise of the Carbon Farmer
Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.


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04/18/2024
Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel
The fired workers included nine Google employees who were removed by police after occupying Google offices on Tuesday.


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04/17/2024
Delta Is an iOS Game Boy Emulator That (Likely) Won’t Get Taken Down
A new app called Delta that lets iPhone owners play old Nintendo games is available on the App Store. Apple removed a similar emulator Monday.


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04/17/2024
The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot
Before the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unleashed a stronger new Atlas robot that can move in ways us puny humans never can.


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04/17/2024
Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants
One of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration–backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.


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04/17/2024
Sony TVs Are Getting Brighter in 2024
OLED takes a step back as the brand embraces the brightness wars with some powerful new weapons.


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04/17/2024
Will the Olympics Save Nike From Its Midlife Crisis?
Nike’s reputation—and sales—are both in trouble. The Paris games could be the aging brand’s chance to turn its fortunes around.


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04/17/2024
Luxury Airbnb High-Rises Are Reshaping Miami’s Skyline
Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals. Units are selling fast in Miami and coming soon to other US cities.


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04/17/2024
How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
Elisa Shupe was initially rebuffed when she tried to copyright a book she wrote with help from ChatGPT. Now the US Copyright Office has changed course—but there’s a catch.


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04/17/2024
Hackers Linked to Russia’s Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities
Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the Kremlin’s Sandworm unit, is crossing lines even that notorious cyberwarfare unit wouldn’t dare to.


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