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You’ll soon be able to automatically switch between light and dark modes on Windows 11. You’ll soon be able to automatically switch between light and dark modes on Windows 11. is a senior editor and ...

The first time I saw the “Duplicate without user-selected canonical” error in Google Search Console, I gulped. “Oh, no. Please, not this.” Then I saw it again ...

Microsoft is urging Windows 11 users to ignore error messages that appear following the installation of the July 2025 preview update and the August 2025 security ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it is legal for Minnesotans to carry a ghost gun without a serial number. The ruling stems from a case in 2022, when a state patrol trooper responded ...

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Texas lawmakers this year passed a bill to help offset a projected shortage of more than 10-thousand doctors by 2030. House Bill 2038, also known as the Doctor Act, allows experienced international ...

These days, everyone seems to have an opinion about A.I. companions. Last year, I found myself joining the debate, publishing a paper—co-written with two fellow psychology professors and a philosopher ...

Perplexity is planning to open up its Comet browser that's powered by "agentic search" to Windows users, according to the company's CEO. Aravind Srinivas posted on X that the Windows build of Comet is ...