Recently, I found myself at a photo booth after an exhausting day. While processing my order, a screen appeared asking if I wanted additional photos for just £2 more. There were two options: a bold green “Continue” button that commanded attention, and a barely visible, desaturated grey “Skip” button that appeared almost non-clickable. I caught myself nearly pressing “Continue”, simply because it was the visually dominant choice — but I... https://webdesignernews.com/what-is-a-dark-pattern-and-ho
Since joining Microsoft’s AI team last year, I’ve found myself diving headfirst into the world of artificial intelligence. What began as an overwhelming experience, trying to grasp concepts and frameworks, has now turned into a passion project that I’m eager to share with you. In just six months, I transitioned from being a complete beginner to confidently speaking at conferences, sharing insights about AI and its impact on business and... https://webdesignernews.com/ai-learning-resources-insigh
Going from the most basic ways to style lists directly in HTML to advanced customization techniques that are even capable of making things that aren't lists look like lists.
Styling Counters in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the
An active Microsoft 365 account is required for some of the new AI features added to the apps. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/microsoft-is-paywalling-notepad-and-paint-but-only-ai-features/#ftag=CADf328eec
The price of eggs keeps rising, and if you want to save some dough, you should try this delicious and nutritious tofu scramble instead. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/i-save-money-and-boost-my-protein-with-this-tofu-egg-scramble/#ftag=CADf328eec
Certain fruits and vegetables are a better bargain than they seem at face value. https://www.cnet.com/news/heres-what-youre-really-paying-for-produce-with-edible-yield-factored-in/#ftag=CADf328eec
TikTok wants to give people greater visibility and control over their accounts. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tiktoks-new-security-dashboard-makes-it-easier-to-lock-down-your-account/#ftag=CADf328eec
The design would represent a handful of big changes coming to future iPhones, according to Bloomberg. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/iphone-17-air-is-all-in-on-thin-report-says/#ftag=CADf328eec
I tested 45 K-Cups ranging from McDonald's McCage to more high-brow roasters. Here are the 5 best K-Cups to buy in 2025. https://www.cnet.com/news/i-tested-more-than-40-keurig-coffee-pods-to-find-the-best-k-cups-in-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec
Fill out your bracket then find the best way to watch or stream all the games on Max and Paramount Plus or a live TV streaming service. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/march-madness-2025-how-to-watch-the-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament/#ftag=CADf328eec
A researcher was able to crack how Akira encrypts files, and created a brute-force tool.
The newly revealed Seagate Genshin Impact limited edition SSD is one of the best looking drives I've seen yet.
I want to see more unique, fun action movies with tight runtimes like Demon City on Netflix.
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-18-march-2025
Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-18-march-2025
Complexities in infrastructure and monitoring solutions are changing - how can businesses adapt and thrive?
https://www.techradar.com/pro/technology-monitoring-solutions-are-becoming-obsolete
I wanted to see if LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini could help me get dressed.
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-18-march-2025
One UI 7 is set to bring the Samsung Galaxy S25’s Log Video feature to the Galaxy S24 series, with the latest One UI 7 beta allowing users to try the new recording mode already.
AMD appears to have leapt to an eye-opening sales share of 45% in Japan, according to info from a press event held by Team Red.
Google recently cracked down on web scraping. Here's what it means for digital marketing.
An updated patent hints at an AI upscaling future for the Nintendo Switch 2.
Black Basta's leaked chat logs reveal brute-forcing tool called BRUTED, used since 2023.
Google unveilS new AI initiatives at its DeepMind London HQ.
Got an Apple Watch? Here are some common mistakes you might be making.
Copilot vanishes from some Windows 11 PCs after an update. Microsoft says it's a bug, but users might have a different opinion.
World of Warcraft's upcoming Player Housing feature finally gets video footage and more details demonstrating how players can decorate.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/world-of-warcraft-housing-system-details-from-blizzard
The Valor Pro offers a range of pro-level features at a lower price than the brand's usual offerings, but its price tag may still deter much of its target Xbox-centric audience.
Laptops with ample storage can be pricey, especially because they don’t go on sale as often as smaller options do. I’ve seen it so many times — a base model laptop goes on sale for hundreds of dollars off, but the model with more storage remains full price.
It’s always a big letdown when new performance-boosting technologies come out but aren’t supported in all games. That’s been the case with AMD’s fourth-generation resolution upscaling technology, FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR 4), which remains exclusively supported on AMD’s new 9000-series RDNA 4 graphics cards.
FSR 4 isn’t widely available, not even acr
There are lots of price search engines that show price histories for products via graphs, which can help you visualize what a product is really worth before you jump on a so-called deal. Why pay full price for something when you don’t have to?
And that’s never more true than on Amazon. If you’re a frequent Amazon shopper, you owe it to yourself to
Graphics card prices are shooting up… and not just because of retailers or resellers. Prices for AMD and Nvidia GPUs made by AIB partner Asus have risen directly at the source, the Asus online shop where the company sells directly to consumers. At the time of writing, almost no cards are available at the manufacturer’s suggested retail price.
The rising pri
If you need to “remote” in to a local PC while on vacation. there’s a new way to do it: the Windows App, which is replacing the Remote Desktop app within Windows.
Microsoft’s Remote Desktop app is one of the easier ways to remotely connect to a PC while you’re out and
Logitech’s MX series of premium mice are some of the most popular around if you don’t want a gaming mouse, but they don’t come cheap. Today, you can get the MX Vertical—the company’s most advanced ergonomic vertical design—for just $70 on Amazon. That’s $30 off its retai
Time is running out for Google Assistant as Gemini prepares to take its place on mobile and—eventually—smart devices. Now Google is announcing another round of features that Google Assistant is soon to lose. None of the about-to-be-yanked features are all that critical, but the move is yet another sign that
Japanese company Elecom has unveiled the world’s first power bank using sodium-ion battery technology, according to the company’s official press release. The sodium-ion power bank consists of 3 battery cells of 3,000mAh each, for a total capacity of 9,000mAh. It com
The Keydous NJ98-CP V2 HE is a magnetic switch gaming keyboard with a compact 96-percent layout, a hot-swap PCB that supports both magnetic and mechanical switches, and a built-in calculator.
https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/mechanical-keyboards/keydous-nj98-cp-v2-he-review
Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model has been found capable of removing watermarks from copyrighted material and depicting copyrighted characters in its generated images.
Pollux Labs is using a Raspberry Pi to power this rotary phone project that integrates Chat GPT and remembers previous conversations.
A major update to GNU's image manipulation program has arrived today, as GIMP 3.0 relieves version 2.10 from its duty as the premier free and open-source image editing software across multiple platforms.
Some critics question the agnostic nature of Web Components, with some even arguing that they are not real components. Gabriel Shoyomboa explores this topic in-depth, comparing Web Components and framework components, highlighting their strengths and trade-offs, and evaluating their performance. https://smashingmagazine.com/2025/03/web-components-vs-framework-components/
Although the future of TikTok remains uncertain, the app continues to get new features. The latest is called Security Checkup, which is a centralized dashboard designed to help you protect your account.
You ca
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we've been working on a KV store for the past year or so which is 2-6x faster than Redis (benchmark link below) yet disk persisted! so you get the speed of in-memory KV stores but with disk persistence. To achieve this we've created our custom filesystem that is optimized for our special usecase and we're doing smart batching for writes and predictive fetching for reads.
In addition to basic operations, it also provides atomic inc/dec, atomic json patch, range scans and a unique key monito
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My goldendoodle, Milo, doesn't count, but here are four situations that might come in handy when you file your taxes. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/some-of-your-pets-expenses-could-fetch-you-a-tax-break-heres-how/#ftag=CADf328eec
Tariffs, inflation and a looming recession make it more important than ever to keep up with your savings goals. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/why-you-should-stick-to-your-high-yield-savings-account-even-in-a-shaky-economy/#ftag=CADf328eec
Don't throw your old tech out -- you can recycle those ancient PCs and printers, and in some cases even get store credit for the good deed. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/spring-clean-your-tech-where-to-recycle-your-computers-and-printers-for-free/#ftag=CADf328eec
Did you know that the Wi-Fi band you use can affect your internet connection's speed and overall performance? Here’s what you should know. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/wi-fi-2-4ghz-vs-5ghz-which-wi-fi-band-is-better-for-your-home/#ftag=CADf328eec
If your immune system is struggling, help strengthen it with these foods packed with vitamin D. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/immune-system-need-boost-vitamin-d-rich-foods-diet/#ftag=CADf328eec
Canva's suite of design tools can simplify the creation process from concept to final product. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-use-canva-ai-to-create-business-cards/#ftag=CADf328eec
The company's new chips can power Android handhelds from small retro devices to the next Steam Deck competitor. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/at-gdc-2025-qualcomm-aims-to-supply-the-android-handheld-gaming-boom/#ftag=CADf328eec
The Best Picture Academy Award winner arrives on streaming. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/oscar-winning-anora-hits-streaming-heres-where-to-watch/#ftag=CADf328eec
The new hub has a physical dial, and I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Apple Intelligence woes could be resolved this week as Apple execs are expected to meet to discuss AI.
Disney+ renews Percy Jackson and the Olympians for a third season before season 2 storms onto our screens.
Circular says its new smart ring is getting blood pressure and blood glucose monitoring.
Gemini 2.0 Flash can remove watermarks from images which is deeply concerning.
Yes, the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake seems to still be in development.
European tech leaders want to move away from reliance on foreign-owned infrastructure, and buy and build locally instead.
Google has announced that Gemini will replace Google Assistant, but not just for smartphones. This is how Google has started its Gemini roll out to smart speakers.
Adobe launches its vision for the future of AI-powered digital experiences
https://www.techradar.com/pro/live/adobe-summit-2025-all-the-news-and-updates-as-it-happens
Renault will produce 1,980 of its high-performance halo electric vehicle, with deliveries expected in 2027.
Hackers are impersonating Adobe, DocuSign and more to steal login credentials and deploy malware.
Snap adds GPS data usage, new hand-tracking tools, and impressive apps in its latest update.
Andrej Karpathy predicts that 99.9% of content will be tailored for large language models (LLMs).
Cursor AI refused to generate code for the racing game, recommending manual coding as the best option. It indicated AI-generated code robs users of the opportunity to learn, leading to an unhealthy dependency on AI tools.
Microsoft is turning 50, so I decided to rank the top seven most influential Microsoft video games of the past five decades. Let's see if you agree with me.
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/best-microsoft-classic-games
Qualcomm has announced its three new Snapdragon G Series chips for Android handhelds. Here is info and specs for each one.
Looking for speedy PC performance while minimizing desk space takeover? Maybe you don’t need a full-blown desktop PC. Maybe what you need is an affordable mini PC with quality guts.
The Beelink SER5 Pro mini PC is compact yet performant, delivering great specs for not much money at all—especially now that it’s 23% off. Normally $429, you can
I don’t know about you, but I have trouble sitting still. My personal combination of over-caffeinated autism and ADHD means I need to keep my hands busy during the workday to avoid chewing my fingers to bloody stumps or getting distracted by the latest notifications.
In other words, I fidget — and it’s bad. Fortunately, I have a bunch of accessories, toys,
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Some PC gamers use the terms frame rate and refresh rate interchangeably. But while they’re related, your gaming PC’s frame rate and refresh rate measure two very different things — one fixed, the other varies.
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If you want a top-notch laptop with serious gaming chops, then you need to jump on this HP Omen 17 deal at B&H. It normally goes for $1,910, but right now it’s down to a mere $1,350. That’s an absolutely jaw-dropping $560 discount (29% off) for a high-per
Raspberry Pi has announced the general availability of the RP2350 A and B, the SoC that powers the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 which features both an Arm and RISC-V CPU
Baidu claims its ERNIE 4.5 model offers advanced multimodal understanding with enhanced language, reasoning, generation, and memory capabilities.
AMD marketing manager Yoshiaki Sato reported that Radeon GPUs have accounted for 45% of GPU sales in Japan, presumably since RDNA 4 launched.
An unofficial MSI Afterburner update by Unwinde” unlocks memory overclocking for Nvidia'; GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cardsl.
Apple announced a bunch of news recently, including refreshed Mac and iPad lineups. Now, we're seeing deals on some of the older models that will soon be discontinued. One of the best sales is on the
Qualcomm unveiled its next generation of processors for gaming handhelds at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) on Monday. Fortunately, it isn't all just dry specs; the chip-maker also previewed some of its partners' portable consoles that the new silicon will power. These include new models from
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CDs are a low-risk way to grow your savings in an uncertain economy. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/protect-your-money-from-market-volatility-todays-cd-rates-march-17-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec