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I ditched my browser bookmarks for a two-keystroke launcher, and getting to anything takes seconds now

My browser bookmarks are, for all practical purposes, a dumping ground for websites that I use regularly, and often not so regularly. I try to keep them organized into folders, but finding the right folder and the right link tends to be a chore. More specifically, a time-consuming chore.
My browser bookmarks are, for all practical purposes, a dumping ground for websites that I use regularly, and often not so regularly. I try to keep them organized into folders, but finding the right folder and the right link tends to be a chore. More specifically, a time-consuming chore.

Chicago

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Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company's logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its most advanced model to date. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto...
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company's logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its most advanced model to date. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two outlets say the company used their journalism as training data for its AI models without permission and often reproduces passages from their reporting in response to user queries. This is similar to lawsuits filed by The New York Times, Ziff Davis, Merriam-Webster, and Encyclopedia Britannica against OpenAI.The Seattle Times and Newsday also named Microsoft as a defendant in the suit, since Copilot is built on OpenAI's technology. The publishers join a list of nearly 400 local newspapers that recently sued the two …Read the full story at The Verge.

Atlanta

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Obsidian’s automation plugins replaced my entire Notion workflow setup

I first dipped my toe into Notion over a year ago, and its functionality was impressive — but it didn't quite work the way I wanted. As I kept exploring software, I found Obsidian, then its massive plugin library and the variety of automation options available to me.
I first dipped my toe into Notion over a year ago, and its functionality was impressive — but it didn't quite work the way I wanted. As I kept exploring software, I found Obsidian, then its massive plugin library and the variety of automation options available to me.

Atlanta

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The RTX 5080 was almost the most underwhelming GPU I’ve ever purchased, until this one setting saved it

The RTX 5080 is a great GPU in a vacuum. It's got a decent VRAM buffer, enough raw raster capability to play games at 4K, and the ray tracing chops to turn the settings up a bit. It was my first and only purchase from the 50-series, and without any...
The RTX 5080 is a great GPU in a vacuum. It's got a decent VRAM buffer, enough raw raster capability to play games at 4K, and the ray tracing chops to turn the settings up a bit. It was my first and only purchase from the 50-series, and without any context, it's a well-performing GPU.

Houston

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GPT-6 Astra just completed Portal, but it burned through $571.18 in tokens to do it

About a year and a half ago, I watched Claude try to beat a Pokémon game on the Twitch channel ClaudePlaysPokemon. Back then, Claude kept getting stuck on things, and it was mostly frustrating to watch him bumble around and undo progress. Now, GPT-6 Astra has shown how AI has...
About a year and a half ago, I watched Claude try to beat a Pokémon game on the Twitch channel ClaudePlaysPokemon. Back then, Claude kept getting stuck on things, and it was mostly frustrating to watch him bumble around and undo progress. Now, GPT-6 Astra has shown how AI has evolved by beating Portal by itself, although it had to churn through $571.18 in API calls to do it.

Boston

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Windows has been sending your typing data to Microsoft this whole time, and a single toggle can disable it

Windows doing something unsavory isn't news these days. The enshittification of Windows 11 is well-known, and even the average user knows about Microsoft's push for more advertising, AI slop, and data tracking. Moving to Linux has always been an option, but abandoning Windows isn't easy for everyone. So, the love-hate...
Windows doing something unsavory isn't news these days. The enshittification of Windows 11 is well-known, and even the average user knows about Microsoft's push for more advertising, AI slop, and data tracking. Moving to Linux has always been an option, but abandoning Windows isn't easy for everyone. So, the love-hate relationship goes on.

Seattle

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Office 2021 is unofficially getting three more years of security support, for a price

In a few months, Microsoft will pull support for Office 2021. If you want to keep yourself covered officially, Microsoft recommends that you buy a newer version of Office or subscribe to Microsoft 365...but, again, that's if you want to do things officially. If you'd prefer to keep using Office...
In a few months, Microsoft will pull support for Office 2021. If you want to keep yourself covered officially, Microsoft recommends that you buy a newer version of Office or subscribe to Microsoft 365...but, again, that's if you want to do things officially. If you'd prefer to keep using Office 2021 without worrying about a lack of security support, Acros Security's 0patch has the solution, although it's not a free one.

New York

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Not all ESP32 boards are the same, and picking the wrong one wastes weeks of your project time

I've collected ESP32 boards like they were Pokémon, and just like my gaming skills, I keep choosing the wrong ones. Some have no Bluetooth. Others can't run the ESPHome firmware I wanted to use with them because they don't have enough memory, and only one of them can do Zigbee,...
I've collected ESP32 boards like they were Pokémon, and just like my gaming skills, I keep choosing the wrong ones. Some have no Bluetooth. Others can't run the ESPHome firmware I wanted to use with them because they don't have enough memory, and only one of them can do Zigbee, even though that's the protocol I want to use. And it's not really my fault, because the ESP32 covers roughly 15 chips, two CPU architectures, and more radio combinations than the ice cream flavors at Baskin-Robbins.

Ireland

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I disabled this Windows 11 feature and instantly reclaimed almost 25GB of storage

As someone who's used Windows for most of my life, I've disabled several features over the years, mainly because I didn't need them or because they got in the way of my daily workflow. But rarely have I ever turned off a feature and gotten anything meaningful in return. This...
As someone who's used Windows for most of my life, I've disabled several features over the years, mainly because I didn't need them or because they got in the way of my daily workflow. But rarely have I ever turned off a feature and gotten anything meaningful in return. This time around, that wasn't the case. I just disabled a feature I don't recall ever using on a desktop and got back about 25GB of free space immediately.

New York

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6 games you might have rotting in your backlog that deserve to be played right now

There's a strange little lie we tell ourselves about our gaming backlogs — that we're saving those games "for later." Later, when work isn't so busy, or when we have that ever-elusive long weekend, or when the stars align to finally let us boot up an 80-hour-long game. Naturally, that...
There's a strange little lie we tell ourselves about our gaming backlogs — that we're saving those games "for later." Later, when work isn't so busy, or when we have that ever-elusive long weekend, or when the stars align to finally let us boot up an 80-hour-long game. Naturally, that "later" never comes around.

India

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The one Docker container that stopped me from exposing every service

I was making Docker networking far more complicated than it needed to be. Every time I ran a new service, I treated it like another little networking project: expose a port, remember the address, update my bookmarks, and hope I didn’t create another mess I would have to clean up...
I was making Docker networking far more complicated than it needed to be. Every time I ran a new service, I treated it like another little networking project: expose a port, remember the address, update my bookmarks, and hope I didn’t create another mess I would have to clean up later.

Chicago

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An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport

An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on September 06, 2026. | Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in multiple injuries. The extent of the damage...
An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on September 06, 2026. | Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in multiple injuries. The extent of the damage or the seriousness of the injuries was not clear at the time of publication. In the aftermath of the incident, the FAA released a statement saying:21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 6. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.As a result, flights at the airport were grounded and over 60 M …Read the full story at The Verge.

Dallas

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