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Engadget looks back at 20 years of MacBooks and finds Apple's choices on metal bodies, sharp screens and fewer ports shaped most laptops on store shelves.
Read more: How 20 Years of MacBooks Changed the Laptops Everyone BuysA new report says UK ministers met mostly businesses about datacenters, while environmental groups got no meetings and residents had little say.
Read more: UK ministers met AI datacenter firms often, but not green groupsHulu's live TV plan costs $100 a month and folds in Disney Plus and ESPN, but YouTube TV costs $17 less and Sling is far cheaper.
Read more: Hulu's live TV plan costs $100 a month but bundles a lotMonobank added a tasks feature to kids' cards, and parents have already set over 8,000 chores. Here is what it means if your child has a bank card.
Read more: Parents in Ukraine sent over 8,000 chores to kids' bank cardsMeta's Muse AI app reportedly passed 10 million users in six weeks, and Korean rivals Naver and Kakao now feel pressure to keep pace.
Read more: Meta's Muse AI app hits 10 million users in just six weeksOutSolve, a firm that helps employers follow workplace laws, bought AI company Legets to catch rule changes faster. Here is what it means for businesses with staff.
Read more: HR compliance firm OutSolve buys AI company Legets to track law changesKaspersky says Lazarus, a North Korea-linked group, used required banking security software and fake résumé sites to break into South Korean companies.
Read more: North Korean hackers hide malware in South Korea's bank security softwareA leak says Apple's next budget iPhone keeps a 60Hz screen and adds little else, which matters if you plan to buy a cheaper iPhone.
Read more: Leak suggests Apple's cheaper iPhone 18e will change littleA breach at the email host of Germany's AfD party exposed more than 345,000 email addresses, and the leaked messages are still being picked apart.
Read more: Hack of German party AfD's email host exposed 345,000 addressesA writer turned a dusty budget tablet into a free second screen for a Windows laptop, using a free app and a USB cable. Here is how it works and the catch.
Read more: An old tablet can become a free second screen for your laptopGitHub Copilot now offers the GPT-6.1 Terra model, but not everyone gets it at once. Your plan, rollout stage and company admin all play a part.
Read more: New GPT-6.1 Terra model arrives in GitHub Copilot, with limitsA used Galaxy S23 Ultra drew a $291 top cash offer but averaged $404 on Swappa, so where you sell your old Samsung phone can change your payout a lot.
Read more: Old Galaxy phones still sell for hundreds, but where you sell mattersAnthropic's founders say trust holds their seven-person team together. Their S-1 filing shows they will also control half of all shareholder votes.
Read more: Anthropic's seven cofounders say trust keeps the company togetherDoorDash is reportedly in advanced talks to buy rival Instacart for about $17 billion, which could change how you order food and groceries.
Read more: DoorDash reportedly in talks to buy Instacart for about $17 billion23andMe has reached a settlement with California. The terms are not yet known, but anyone who used a home DNA kit has reason to check where their data stands.
Read more: 23andMe settles with California, closing one part of its troublesCloudflare counted 49 Internet disruptions in Q3 2026. Government shutoffs and power failures led the list, a reminder that being online depends on electricity.
Read more: Power failures and government shutoffs knocked the Internet offline in Q3Zankore, an Nvidia-backed Indonesian firm, is offering a $3.1 billion loan to lenders, a sign of how fast Asia's AI computing supply is growing.
Read more: Nvidia-backed Indonesian firm seeks $3.1 billion loan for AI computingA Tom's Guide reviewer says Samsung's 12.6-inch Galaxy Tab S12 Plus is easier to live with than the bigger Ultra, though the keyboard adds a lot to the cost.
Read more: Reviewer picks Samsung's mid-size Tab S12 Plus over the bigger UltraNvidia and AMD will buy $4 billion of Meta stock as Meta raises $95 billion, a sign chip makers now fund the customers that buy their chips.
Read more: AMD and Nvidia put $4 billion into Meta as it raises $95 billion for AIStripe says companies can now find each other by Stripe handle and send money instantly and for free, which could speed up paying suppliers and partners.
Read more: Stripe lets businesses pay each other instantly, for freeGeneral Compute raised $100 million and is now valued at $800 million, a sign that demand for AI computing is holding up even as some investors worry.
Read more: AI computing startup raises $100 million while rivals fret about a bustPocket Prep's new AI tutor is free for all users and nudges you to work out answers yourself, a method it says helps knowledge last past test day.
Read more: Pocket Prep adds a free AI tutor that won't hand you the answersRobo-advisers charged a median 0.25% of assets in 2024, versus about 1% for human advisers, but they fit simple needs best.
Read more: Robo-Advisers Charge Far Less Than Human Advisers, but Have LimitsA Heedify CEO says AI phone assistants will always hand some calls to people, so the handoff, not the robot voice, decides whether customers get good service.
Read more: AI phone assistants still need a smooth handoff to real people
