Month: August 2024

How to troubleshoot a Mac that won’t boot

If your Mac suddenly refuses to boot up properly, it can be frustrating — but you don’t have to immediately head to an Apple Store. There are a number of simple tricks you can try to get everything up and running again. I’ll take you through them here. First, I’ll…

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The 29 Best Deals From REI’s 2024 Labor Day Sale

Shop these end-of-summer deals on REI, Nemo, MSR, Coleman, and other outdoor brands. Source

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Preorders Are Live for Microsoft’s New Xbox Series X and Series S, but Should You Buy? (2024)

A mid-cycle refresh of the company’s gaming console offers extra storage and a slightly lower price. But is an Xbox even worth it in 2024? Source

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Google DeepMind workers protest over US military and defense contracts

Nearly 200 workers at Google DeepMind, the company’s AI research division, have signed a letter urging the company to terminate its contracts with military organizations.  The May 16 letter, revealed by TIME, highlights growing concern within the organization about the ethical implications of its AI technology being used for digital…

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The Morning After: Is Google’s Pixel 9 worth buying?

There’s a lot of power in the notion of the default: The obvious, sensible choice you won’t get picked on for making. Until now, the default choice for an Android flagship is whatever model of Galaxy Samsung is stamping out this year. Sam Rutherford has been using Google’s new Pixel…

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Keen to get macOS Sequoia? You may not have long to wait – the OS could arrive in just a few weeks

Those keen to get their hands on the next incarnation of macOS will be pleased to learn that Sequoia is almost with us, apparently. Typically we expect a new macOS to turn up at any point between September and November, but MacRumors claims that it’s going to be the early…

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