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 Apple's latest iOS 18.4 software update appears to be causing long-deleted apps to reappear on some users' iPhones, based on corroborating reports on forums and social media.
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The Switch 2 Nintendo Direct will be a full hour -- here's what we expect will be in it, plus everything else coming with the new console.
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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 2.
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CERN says there are no technical issues with plans for its Future Circular Collider—though the expected costs are exorbitant.
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ChatGPT's built-in image generation feature is now available to everyone. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said last week that the company is delaying its rollout to free tier "for a while," because the tool was way more popular than they had expected. But the company made the feature available to free users over the weekend, allowing them to generate images from within ChatGPT and without having to switch to OpenAI's DALL-E generator. Prior to its rollout to the free tier, the tool was only available to Plus, Pro and Team subscribers.
Altman previously said that free users will get a limit of three images per day. Based on our experience trying it out, some accounts are limited to just one a day. Those who find themselves able to generate more than one will still have to wait anywhere between a few minutes and a few hours. One of the tool's most popular uses that we've seen so far is the creation of Ghibli-style images using real-life photos. Users simply have to upload the photo they want to use and then instruct ChatGPT in natural language to create a Ghibli-style version of it. The trend had raised concerns, yet again, about the legality of using copyrighted work as training data for artificial intelligence. It also resurfaced the reaction of Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli's founder, upon being shown AI-generated animation years ago. "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself," the director said.
In a tweet, Altman said that the tool could still exhibit erra
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 Is there no middle ground between a $200,000 deluxe camper van and an arduous, time-consuming DIY build? Established camper van nameplate Outside Van is looking to till that ground, providing buyers with a Goldilocks solution in which some of
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The Tricky Trees look to underline their Champions League credentials as they host Ruben Amorim's Red Devils.
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 Amazon today has all-time low prices on the new M4 MacBook Air, with up to $60 off the 13-inch and 15-inch versions of the computer. Right now these discounts are only available on Amazon, and most of them have estimated delivery windows of early April.
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TikTok's deadline to sell off or cede its US operations is once again approaching. The 75-day extension delaying the enforcement of a nationwide TikTok ban is set to run out Saturday, April 5, unless the company finally reaches an agreement to find a new owner. Who might buy it, and what happens if no deal is reached? Here's the shape of things right now:
Potential buyers
President Donald Trump has suggested that "a deal" is imminent and could be reached before that deadline. What such an agreement will look like is still extremely unclear. A number of interested buyers have come forward, including YouTuber MrBeast, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and Perplexity AI. Oracle, which almost bought TikTok in 2020 and was a key part of TikTok's earlier negotiations to address national security concerns, is also in the running.
Depending on which bid wins out, TikTok could end up looking very different. ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, won't allow another company to take control of the app's coveted recommendation algorithm. That means a new owner would have to rebuild TikTok's central feature. Perplexity AI, for example, has said it would take on this task of reverse-engineering the app's "For You" feed, making it
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Quick Machine Recovery is the first tangible result of Microsoft's work following the massive CrowdStrike incident of 2024, which knocked out large parts of the global IT infrastructure. QMR allows IT administrators to fix boot problems remotely, even when a problem is so grave that the computer can no longer boot as usual.
The recovery is done via the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), where the system connects to the internet and sends diagnostic data to Microsoft. Based on this, targeted updates can be sent back to the computer via Windows Update, Thurrott reports.
Previously, the feature was mainly aimed at business users, but now Microsoft confirms that private individuals will also have access to it—and it will be enabled by default. In managed IT environments, administrators will be able to control availability.
QMR is available in the Windows recovery menu as an option under "Advanced Options." According to Microsoft, the feature contributes to increased system resilience by automatically detecting errors and applying solutions, without any manual troubleshooting.
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Then again, if you're rocking a four-, or two-speaker system in a light and thin laptop, then even when Windows' volume setting is 100 percent, your audio is likely to still be underwhelming at times. In that case you're going to want to tune your volume past Windows' 100 percent volume limit.
Some guides recommend using Windows Volume Mixer to do this, but Windows Volume Mixer generally won't give you the option to surpass 100 percent for each app or program. Changing the registry isn't advisable either since it can cause system instability. You're better off using the following methods…
What to do…
Method 1: Use VLC media player
VLC media player is available for download on the Microsoft store so it's readily available. Just a disclaimer: You may not want to raise the volume to VLC's maximum 300 percent volume since this could damage your speakers. Here's what to do:
First download and install the VLC app from the Microsoft store.
Select Tools from the top menu, then Preferences. Below Show Settings toggle All.
From the left select Main Interfaces, then Qt. Scroll down on the right until you see the category Maximum Volume displayed. In the box, type the value of
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Nintendo's best franchises pushed the Switch to its limits. Here are games that could use better graphics and frame rates on the Switch 2.
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As it turns out, March was a particularly bad month for Windows 10. The aging operating system saw its biggest drop in user base to date, a whopping 4.43 percentage points. Windows 10 is now running on 54.23 percent of Windows computers worldwide.
On the other hand, Windows 11 saw its biggest user growth in three years. The share of Windows 11 users grew by 4.53 percentage points, to 42.66 percent of all Windows desktop users. That's still significantly behind Windows 10, but it's the rate that's important here.
It seems Microsoft's constant alerts about Windows 10 reaching end of support in October are finally showing results. With just six months to go, users are running out of time.
If you're still on Windows 10, you'll need to upgrade to Windows 11 or pay to extend Windows 10 support. If you do neither, you'll stop receiving security updates and your PC will become increasingly vu
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Yes, all this sounds familiar, although it's not yet clear if we're seeing a typical rough landing for an app revamp or a Sonos-level dumpster fire. Plex does have a laundry list of issues it plans to address in the coming weeks (again, déjà vu), and the laggy, stuttering app performance will hopefully improve over time. We'll be watching.
In the meantime, there are some Plex "new experience" issues we can tackle right now, starting with the Live TV, Discover, and On Demand tabs at the bottom of the screen. You can't swap them out with other options, unfortunately, but you can make them go away.
Another "new experience" feature we can hide are the user reviews for movies and TV shows in your Plex library. If you love seeing what random folks thought about the content on your Plex media servers, then hey, leave ‘em be. Want to hide them? No problem.
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This year's Amazon Spring Sale has ended, but there are still some deals floating around that you can take advantage of. While this shopping event focused the discounts on household, outdoor and fashion gear, a number of our favorite gadgets made it into the sale. In line with the "spring" theme, we found great discounts on cordless vacuums, robot vacuums, air purifiers and other smart home tech, along with solid deals on headphones, streaming devices, mesh Wi-Fi systems and more. Here, we've collected the best Amazon Spring Sale deals you can still get today even after the event has ended.
Best Amazon Spring Sale deals you can still get
Amazon Fire TV Stick HD for $20 ($15 off): Our top pick for the best bud
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Many of the most popular PDF apps switched to subscriptions, meaning you're functionally paying to be able to use an extremely common file type. If you don't want to pay every month for as long as you need to use PDFs, then replace your subscription to Acrobat with a perpetual license to SwifDoo.
This all-in-one PDF app can edit, annotate, rearrange, scan, and do a whole lot more to any PDF file, and you only pay for it once. It's normally $129, but right now, a SwifDoo Perpetual License is on sale for $29.97.
How to use PDFs without a subscription
SwifDoo is a simple tool. It lets you work with PDFs about as easily as if they were Word docs. You can edit text, add annotations, convert between different file types, or just sign documents. SwifDoo also lets you encrypt PDFs, compress them for easier file transfers, and rearrange pages. The OCR can even recognize text on documents that you couldn't edit before. So all those hard copies lacking an original can finally go digital again.
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 Last week, we covered a report claiming that Apple's book-style foldable iPhone (or "iPhone Fold," as we are provisionally calling it here) will use liquid metal hinges to improve durability and help minimize screen creasing. Today, a Chinese leaker provided more details on the properties of this hinge material that help to clarify why Apple chose it for its first foldable device.
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