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    Ikea takes on Craigslist with classifieds site for its used furniture

    I mean, yeah, that's the way of enshittification.
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    Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel

    If Logitech has their way with mice you'll want to brush up on command in general.
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    Telco to pay $1M fine for fake Biden robocalls that told people not to vote

    One million dollars might as well be zero. Nowhere near enough.
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    Shady weight loss drugs sold online are mislabeled, contaminated, study finds

    Story time. Almost two years ago our kitten ended up with FIP. The vet didn't want to say exactly what it was or anything because they knew there was nothing legally they could do to help. My wife went down a rabbit hole online and ended up going through some shady sites to import gs-441524...
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    A few weeks with the Pocket 386, an early-‘90s-style, half-busted retro PC

    Also an Ars reader of a certain age here. We didn't have windows 3.1 at home, I went from PCjr to 286 to Cyrix6x86. The last one was dual booting PCDOS 7.0 and OS/2 Warp. I'm sure you can tell my father was an engineer for IBM.
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    “Pained by having let you down”: Sonos apologizes for app failures

    The whole point of the Arc is using the ARC connection from your TV to control the volume. Of all the problems with Sonos lately this isn't one.
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    Samsung delays Galaxy Buds3 Pro release over quality concerns

    It reminds me of their TVs a couple years ago that came with what looked like a protective film over the screen. Except when you peeled it off, oops, that's actually part of the screen! Just incredible self-owns.
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    Google’s Pixel 8 series finally supports DisplayPort

    Displayport only, or will HDMI be supported as well? I could legitimately use this in my work troubleshooting AV systems around the school I work in.
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    GOG will transfer your dead relative’s game account, but only with a court order

    Not too excuse it, but at least GOG sells their games DRM free. I can download my game library and leave that NAS in my will.
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    Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after breach of 600K accounts

    Roku has required a credit card to be put in when creating an account with them whether you're purchasing anything or not. I hope this will get them to recons.... Nah, it won't.
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    A touch(screen) of nostalgia: Delta brings classic Nintendo consoles to iOS

    I really like the Backbone controller a lot, but charging a subscription to emulate on screen controls with the physical buttons is slimy.
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    Google is killing off its “One” VPN service

    This is why I use Mullvad. Swedes who even accept cash if you want to be super private.
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    It could well be a blockbuster hurricane season, and that’s not a good thing

    He grew up here and his brother still owns a pizza shop here. Occasional false alarms for us.
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    “Pink slime” local news outlets erupt all over US during election year

    In the US it's always election season. The election dragon cannot be sated.
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    Embracer Group lets go of Borderlands maker for $460M after three years

    I wish I could be responsible for a billion dollars lost (just in this example!) for my company and still make millions without the likelihood of being fired. Sounds like a sweet gig.
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    Here’s our comprehensive, in-depth guide to viewing the total solar eclipse

    Vermont emergency management is notifying folks of high visitor numbers and making sure people have backup communication options because our cell towers are likely to be overwhelmed. Should be fun!
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    Samsung is making it harder to know what type of OLED TV you’re getting

    Their crap UI includes changing inputs and adjusting settings, unfortunately.
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    200-foot AM radio tower disappears, halting Alabama station broadcast

    Where! in the world is! Carmen Sandiego
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    Dungeons & Dragons, the rulebook that started it all, is 50 years old

    ... I liked 4th edition. It was very different and weird, but it really felt like the start of something cool. Giving cool abilities to non-spellcasters was a great move, and there were a lot of changes and tweaks made the game flow better. But then fifth integrated a lot of those changes with...
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    Macintosh at 40: The oddest and rarest Macs ever built

    What about the one of a kind P-P-P-Powerbook?