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[ad_1] Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Profile of FTC chairman Joseph Simons, who wants the agency to have more direct authority to oversee privacy practices and fine companies  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission has no shortage of …

[ad_1] Maddie Stone / Gizmodo: A deep dive into Apple’s plan to stop mining the earth “one day” suggests that it will not happen until Apple overhauls its business model  —  This week, we are writing about waste and trash, …

[ad_1] Windows 10 represents three decades of development and as an operating system it’s pretty polished by now. That doesn’t mean, though, that when you boot up a fresh copy of this operating system, it’s perfect in every way. Windows …

[ad_1] Nick Statt / The Verge: An overview of how advances of modern AI research can help developers build more sophisticated and immersive games  —  The advances of modern AI research could bring unprecedented benefits to game development  —  The …

[ad_1] Will Oremus / Slate: By shifting focus to private messaging, Facebook is getting closer to emulating WeChat, which has made Apple’s control of iOS largely irrelevant in China  —  The social network’s “pivot to privacy” puts iOS in its …

[ad_1] Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime are almost more prevalent than cable these days. In fact, a news story from late 2017 showed that Netflix had nearly as many customers as traditional cable services did. The service has only grown …

[ad_1] Have you ever tried to do real work on your phone or tablet? Your everyday, pay the bills, kind of work? It can be done, but with just a touchscreen, it’s a real pain isn’t it? There are some …

[ad_1] Smart home hubs are the lifeblood of any fully connected home. These devices act as a “translator” between protocols. For example, if a device that uses only Zigbee needs to communicate with a device that only uses Z-Wave, then …

[ad_1] YouTube has a surprising number of shortcuts built straight into it that many people don’t know about. If you want to know what tips exist for YouTube, read through this guide. You can treat this guide as the ultimate …

[ad_1] OpenOffice is remarkable software in that it provides you with nearly everything Microsoft Office offers, but at a much more affordable cost — absolutely free! Unfortunately, OpenOffice lacks a lot of the more advanced features that Microsoft Office has. …