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      <description><![CDATA[This year's book-style Galaxy Z Fold 8 has been a huge success.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new Galaxy Z Fold 8 is no match for dust and fine sand.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Four Pixel 11 phones, a new item tracker, and more.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[New bans across UK establishments highlight an upward trend in community pushback.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The usurper is now being usurped.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A sign language translation feature, Magic Cue name change, and a transcription tool that filters out filler words are on the docket, among others.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The device is said to run an early internal build linked to Windows Phone 8.1.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[After a nearly catastrophic failure, a software update renews hope of saving NASA's Swift observatory before it burns up.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Attackers just needed to join a meeting to run code on attendees' devices without their knowledge or consent.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The robots are designed to protect Ukrainian firefighters and enable navigation in dangerous terrain.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Now we see what the system can really do.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Going forward, models that launch in the EU will mark content from their first day.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[As its name suggests, Aptoide Games focuses on mobile games and doesn't cover every app category.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The channel will play AI-generated sci-fi, drama, comedy, and other TV genres 24/7.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Don't want your identity recorded? It's time to become acquainted with swirls.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Be prepared for a steep price increase with the next iPhone generation.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aliens: Fireteam Elite is still playable elsewhere, but the Switch version is gone for good.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest major data breach has exposed customers' addresses, phone numbers, and much more.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cue Nvidia shutting this down in 3, 2, 1...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's about to out-drive Opportunity in a third of the time.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[This isn't for gaming, but the extra memory wouldn't exactly hurt.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[It connects MIDI notes to the hardware instead of sending audio playback to a musical instrument.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[There's just something so charming about plugging something in to play it.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[BoatPlay and Android Boat-o?]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Google Assistant will survive in some settings, but only in compatible vehicles and some bespoke devices.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Once reported, Teams will show these submissions in the admin center.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[It no longer recommends 32GB and instead touts 8GB as plenty.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[But as expected, Google has not confirmed any of these details.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The rollout is expected over the next couple of years.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[OpenAI said the event was education-focused and tied to the launch of ChatGPT Work.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[But not all Samsung phones are affected by this issue.]]></description>
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      <title>Arctic Cooling Reverses Price Hikes After Trump Tariff Refund</title>
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      <title>Meet the Add-in Card With a B650 Chipsets and All the I/O You Could Want</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SATA, NVMe, USB-C, and USB-A, all on one card.]]></description>
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      <title>Der8auer Built a CPU Cooler Chimney to Prove Vertical Cooling Makes Sense</title>
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      <title>Casio Put a Health Tracker in Its Funky Ring Watch</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new model also has vibration alerts for calls, messages, and alarms.]]></description>
      <link>https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/casio-put-a-health-tracker-in-its-funky-ring-watch</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unsurprisingly, Amazon has said it will now start monitoring and limiting its AI spending.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Your New Tab page can now incorporate a little extra color, or even a personal photo.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Parents are sick of getting stuck with low-quality, often erroneous books aimed at their young children.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rumors point to the first drone-powered deliveries taking place this fall.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Until now, nobody had thought to use a type of observatory first built to investigate the furthest reaches of the universe.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[So just don't let your friends buy a 4GB VRAM gaming PC accidentally.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[AI- and remote-controlled robots that mimic real creatures are no longer allowed on the plane.]]></description>
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      <title>The Fight to Save NASA's Swift Observatory Is (Literally) Spinning Out of Control</title>
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      <title>Hypocrisy: Sony Loves Physical Media, But Only When It Can Sell You a Turntable</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The company is pushing its new vinyl player just weeks after announcing it will cancel game discs in 2028.]]></description>
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      <title>Pixel 11 Pricing to Shift Like Stocks With RAM Market Prices</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Google says it's making a "dedicated effort" to help Android use less RAM.]]></description>
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      <title>China Giving Away Frontier AI Models Poses a Problem For OpenAI, Anthropic</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Maybe the closed-loop business model just doesn't work.]]></description>
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      <title>ChatGPT Blocks Requests to Mimic Famous Authors' Styles</title>
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