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• 2 in 5 Cars Sold Worldwide Will Be EVs by 2030. US Drivers, You've Got Some Catching Up to Do

  19-05-2025 23:33
  
  Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly affordable, but that's not necessarily the case in the United States.
  
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• Google I/O 2025 Liveblog: Leaks and Rumors About Android, AI, XR and More

  19-05-2025 23:30
  
  Everything announced at Google's mid-year software event at the Shoreline Amphitheatre.
  
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• iPadOS 17.7.8 update now available for older iPads

  19-05-2025 23:16 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Apple on Monday released iPadOS 17.7.8, an update for older iPads that cannot run iPadOS 18. The 17.7.8 update is for the first-generation 10.5-inch iPad Pro, the second-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the sixth-generation iPad.The update addresses an issue where iPads running iPadOS 17.7.7 did not allow users to log into an app. The release note states that the update includes “important security fixes,” but Apple’s security releases document states that iPadOS 17.
  
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• Uber's Memorial Day-Style Sale: Uber One Member Days Is On Now

  19-05-2025 22:53
  
  In its own version of Prime Day, the rideshare company has a weeklong event full of deals, promotions and savings to coincide with Memorial Day sales.
  
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• Warzone Mobile Is Being Sunset. Here's How Call of Duty: Mobile Compares

  19-05-2025 22:50
  
  The company already pulled the game from the iOS and Android mobile stores.
  
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• 2 in 4 Cars Sold Worldwide Will Be EVs by 2030. US Drivers, You've Got Some Catching Up to Do

  19-05-2025 22:12
  
  Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly affordable, but not so much in the United States.
  
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• May Mortgage Predictions: Prepare for Rates to Stay Above 6.5%

  19-05-2025 22:05
  
  Tariffs threaten to drive up prices, delay Fed rate cuts and keep mortgage rates higher for longer.
  
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• ChatGPT's Image Generator Is Now in Microsoft Copilot. Here's What You Can Do With It

  19-05-2025 22:01
  
  Microsoft Copilot now supports photorealistic image generation and allows you to customize and edit the visuals it creates.
  
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• Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 20, #1431

  19-05-2025 22:00
  
  Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle No. 1,431 for May 20.
  
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• Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 20, #443

  19-05-2025 22:00
  
  Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 443 for May 20.
  
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• Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 20, #239

  19-05-2025 22:00
  
  Hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 239, for May 20.
  
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• Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 20, #709

  19-05-2025 22:00
  
  Hints and answers for Connections for May 20, #709.
  
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• Apple plans to offer AI alternatives as it works to overhaul Siri

  19-05-2025 21:42 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Mark Gurman and Dave Bennett have an interesting feature at Bloomberg about Apple’s AI struggles. It is primarily a summary of the last several months’ reporting on how Apple fell behind in AI, why it failed to deliver on its iOS 18 promises, and how it’s shaking up the organization to get back on track.But there are a few new or updated bits of information in there, even for those who have been paying attention to this drama. The report paints the picture of a company
  
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• 4 Gut Healing Secrets to Stop Gas and Bloating

  19-05-2025 20:36
  
  Is your gut healthy? Here's how to tell and four expert ways to heal your gut.
  
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• What Dermatologists Have to Say About Using Beef Tallow for Your Skin

  19-05-2025 20:00
  
  Beef tallow, or beef fat, is the latest social media trend on what to use for your skin care. We talked to dermatologists to see what they say about using it.
  
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• Google I/O 2025: How to Watch Google's Biggest Event (and What to Expect)

  19-05-2025 19:45
  
  Google's biggest event of the year will almost certainly be about all the ways AI will help you get stuff done.
  
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• Trump to Sign Bill Banning Deepfakes, Nonconsensual Images: What to Know

  19-05-2025 19:43
  
  The bipartisan Take It Down Act passed swiftly in both the Senate and the House, and has been championed by First Lady Melania Trump.
  
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• The 6 Groceries Smart Meal Planners Always Buy in Bulk

  19-05-2025 19:28
  
  We asked experts about the best foods to stock up on to save money and trips to the supermarket.
  
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• Best external SSD for Mac: expand your Mac storage

  19-05-2025 18:55 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Solid-state drives – aka SSD – used to be really expensive, but prices have really fallen in the past few years, and you can now pick up fast, reliable SSDs that cost only slightly more than their hard drive counterparts. Even the slowest SSDs are generally faster than mechanical hard drives.As well as being faster than conventional hard drives, SSDs are lighter and sturdier too, making them ideal for use with a laptop when you’re traveling. That’s reflected in t
  
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• Want to Speak to Dophins? Researchers Won $100,000 AI Prize Studying Their Whistling

  19-05-2025 18:19
  
  The scientists studied a bottlenose dolphin community in Sarasota, Florida, uncovering evidence of language-like communications.
  
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• Want to Speak to Dolphins? Researchers Won $100,000 AI Prize Studying Their Whistling

  19-05-2025 18:19
  
  The scientists studied a bottlenose dolphin community in Sarasota, Florida, uncovering evidence of language-like communications.
  
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• Premier League Soccer: Stream Brighton vs. Liverpool Live From Anywhere

  19-05-2025 18:00
  
  The Seagulls need a home win against the champions to stay in contention for European qualification.
  
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• Is a CD a Better Place for Your Retirement Fund Than the Stock Market?

  19-05-2025 18:00
  
  Thinking of moving your retirement savings from stocks to CDs? Not so fast, experts warn.
  
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• Anno 117 Pax Romana Preview: A Beautiful Simulation of a Prosperous Time

  19-05-2025 18:00
  
  Diplomats and traders rejoice. The year 117 is a perfect setting for the Anno series.
  
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• iPadOS 19 will reportedly unlock calligraphy support for Apple Pencil

  19-05-2025 17:51 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  In his recent Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is looking to offer a new capability with the Apple Pencil: support for a “virtual reed calligraphy pen” that would make the device a tool for Arabic calligraphy.A reed pen is also known as a Kamish pen. The “analog” version, if you will, is usually made from river reeds and has been used for centuries by Middle Eastern calligraphers. Apple offers only one type of Pencil tip, and
  
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• Best Gaming Routers for 2025

  19-05-2025 17:49
  
  We ran hundreds of tests on more than 30 Wi-Fi routers to find the ones that minimize lag and packet loss for a seamless gaming experience.
  
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• Experts Share If Cortisol Supplements Can Really Lower Stress

  19-05-2025 16:30
  
  Supplements claiming to lower stress levels are trending. Are cortisol supplements legit? We asked experts to find out.
  
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• Sesame Street Will Enter its Netflix Era, and Cookie Monster Approves

  19-05-2025 16:27
  
  The beloved children's TV show will air globally later this year.
  
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• McAfee Total Protection for Mac review – not as good as it should be

  19-05-2025 16:16 via macworld.com
  
  MacworldAt a GlanceExpert's RatingProsGood price point for up to five devicesAntiviral/antimalware and Real-Time Scanning features combine well with macOS’s GateKeeperSecure VPN offers a good set of tools and customizationConsID Protection and WebAdvisor features flimsy compared to competitorsNo trial period (30-day money-back guarantee ony)Some laggy performance and system freezes requiring rebootOur Verdict
  McAfee Total Protection’s antiviral and anti-malware and VPN functions are
  
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• McAfee Total Protection for Mac review

  19-05-2025 16:16 via macworld.com
  
  MacworldAt a GlanceExpert's RatingProsGood price point for up to five devicesAntiviral/antimalware and Real-Time Scanning features combine well with macOS’s GateKeeperSecure VPN offers a good set of tools and customizationConsID Protection and WebAdvisor features flimsy compared to competitorsNo trial period (30-day money-back guarantee ony)Some laggy performance and system freezes requiring rebootOur Verdict
  McAfee Total Protection’s antiviral and anti-malware and VPN functions are
  
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• I Tried All the AI Tools in Photoshop. These Are the Ones Worth Testing Out

  19-05-2025 16:00
  
  Adobe's AI tools like generative fill, remove and expand, are meant to help speed up your creative workflows.
  
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• Here's Everything Our Wellness Editors Actually Use to Fall Asleep

  19-05-2025 16:00
  
  From calming teas to advanced sleep tech, here are the go-to sleep products our editors rely on each night.
  
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• Dear Apple, Please Make Our WatchOS 12 Wish List Come True

  19-05-2025 16:00
  
  Better battery life, smarter Siri and the other game-changing features we want to see in the next WatchOS that are within the realm of possibility
  
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• The iPhone 17 Air’s battery looks to be exactly as bad as we feared

  19-05-2025 14:55 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Tim Cook giveth, and Tim Cook taketh away. We’ve long known that while this fall’s iPhone 17 Air is set to be an astonishingly slender and lightweight device, it will come with a painfully small-capacity battery to compensate. And now we have a better idea of exactly how painfully small it will be.A leaker and blogger going by the name yeux1122 claims to have uncovered the weight, thickness, and battery capacity of the 17 Air based on what they describe (via Google Translate
  
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• macOS Beta: What’s in the latest macOS beta and how to get it

  19-05-2025 13:35 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Every year Apple updates the Mac operating system. The current version of macOS is macOS 15.5, but development of macOS 16 will start very soon.
  Apple runs a beta program that means developers and registered public testers can try out new features before they are released to the general public later in the year.The beta process doesn’t stop with the full release of macOS in the fall. After macOS 15 Sequoia arrived on Macs in September 2024, development continued with new features
  
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• The best Apple tech that’s gone forever

  19-05-2025 13:15 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Throughout its history, Apple has introduced many industry-changing technologies, some of which are still present in today’s devices, like MagSafe on MacBooks. However, some of the technologies introduced by Apple have been discontinued over time for different reasons.While most of these decisions are understandable, some technologies were ahead of their time, and I really miss them today. Let’s look back at some of Apple’s best ideas that were discontinued but ahead o
  
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• The Fortnite saga shows Apple at its pettiest–and most vulnerable

  19-05-2025 12:30 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  Just when you think Apple’s long-running dispute with Epic Games is finally over, someone manages to find a way to spin it out even longer. There’s always time for one more lawsuit, one more appeal, one more acrimonious tweet. And if two multibillion-dollar corporations can’t find a way to resolve their differences amicably, what hope have the rest of us?At the end of April, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued what felt at the time like a conclusively unambiguous rulin
  
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• Guess what’s cheaper than your iPhone? This MacBook Pro that comes with a Touch Bar

  19-05-2025 10:00 via macworld.com
  
  Macworld
  It seems like no matter what, you’re forced to seriously budget, from daily groceries to tech goodies. But just because you’re limiting your spending, it doesn’t mean you have to deal with your broken laptop for another year.Just opt for this refurbished MacBook Pro deal instead of shopping brand-new. This 2017 model has had its price tag slashed by over 70%, coming in at only $329.97 instead of $1,499. The only catch is that supplies are super limited.This M
  
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