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March 21, 2024
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CNET

Moto G Power 5G (2024) Review: A $300 Motorola Gem With Enhanced Upgrades

Motorola’s quality of life upgrades, like wireless charging and NFC for Google Pay, make this affordable phone shine.

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CNET

Google’s Pixel 8A Will Be Similar to the Pixel 8, Leak Suggests

Google’s Pixel 8A will have a lot in common with its more expensive sibling, if a recent leak turns out to be accurate. The search giant’s next budget phone is expected to run on the company’s Tensor G3 processor, similar to the Pixel 8.

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WIRED

Perplexity’s Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search

Aravind Srinivas credits Google CEO Sundar Pichai for giving him the freedom to eat eggs. Srinivas remembers the moment seven years ago when an interview with Pichai popped up in his YouTube feed. His vegetarian upbringing in India had excluded eggs, …

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The Verge

Steam streamlines its family sharing features

Today, Steam launched Steam Families, an overhaul of its family sharing system. The new system gets rid of limits on how many people can play games from one library, makes buying games for your kids easier, and adds new parental controls and sharing …

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CNN

Meta, Microsoft, X and Match Group challenge Apple over app store terms

Apple is flouting a court order intended to reshape the iPhone maker’s app store in the United States, according to a court filing by rival tech giants including Meta, Microsoft, X and the dating-app company Match Group. The filing accuses Apple of …

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CNN

Princess Peach: Showtime! is a brisk, colorful Nintendo Switch game for all ages

The game follows Princess Peach as she attends a performance at the Sparkle Theater, only to have the villain Grape hijack the venue and temporarily put it out of commission. With the help of the theater’s guardian, Stella, Peach dons several unique …

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CNET

Qualcomm’s Next Chip Improves AI and Gaming on More Affordable Phones

Qualcomm has been on a roll introducing new chips with on-device generative AI, bringing the next hot technology to smartphones even when they aren’t connected to mobile networks. The company’s next silicon is for phones priced below the top-tier …

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WIRED

BMW’s Vision Neue Klasse X Has a Car-Wide Screen and a ‘Joy’ Brain

The German automaker exposes what the next generation of BMW EVs will look like inside and out—including better batteries, a fancy new central computer, and a massive new windscreen display.

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Popular Mechanics

Earth Is Running Out of Helium. A Treasure on the Moon Could Be Our Saving Grace.

Seattle-based Interlune announced $18 million in startup capital to begin harvesting helium-3 from the Moon. The private company hopes to expand its resource mining to additional rare metals found on the Moon. Earth has been in a helium shortage since …

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Fast Company

More than a third of streaming subscribers say it’s not worth the price

Results of a new Deloitte survey could spell bad news for the streaming companies like Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, and others that have recently raised prices. More …

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