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The Google Chrome browser offers features like tab management, extensions, online security, and more. It’s easy to lose track of time while scrolling through social media sites on your phone, laptop, or Chromebook. You can block specific URLs on the browser and reclaim your time. However, the process isn’t straightforward. This guide shows you how to block any website in Chrome.

How to block a website in Chrome

At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 keynote, the company revealed the next major iteration of iOS 18 for your iPhone. This is one of the biggest updates to the software in years, and it has cool new features like more home screen and control center customizations, RCS support in Messages, scheduled messages, and a slew of features powered by Apple Intelligence.

iOS 18 release date: here’s when your iPhone will get the update

As we’ve been covering this month, macOS Sequoia brings a lot of new features for Mac users, including iPhone Mirroring and a new Passwords app. But there’s also a discreet but important change coming with the update. That’s because the new version of macOS eases the free storage requirements for downloading apps from the Mac App Store.

macOS Sequoia eases storage requirements for downloading Mac App Store apps

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Google wants searching from your phone or tablet to be as smooth and easy as it is on Chrome from your desktop or laptop.

Google Chrome just got huge upgrades on iOS and Android — what you need to know

Apple and the EU continue to butt heads, betas are for everyone these days, and Meta gets the cold shoulder. Clearly the only way to solve Apple’s problems with the EU is to rent a mansion somewhere and have the two of them live together for however long it takes to film a 24-episode season of reality television. Hey, it’s gotta work better than whatever it is they’re doing now.

This Week in Apple: Beta times ahead

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Yes, it's here: Dark Mode is finally available to all Strava users

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

There’s been an iOS bug for years that gobbles up a big percentage of an iPhone’s available storage. The issue persists in iOS 17.5.1 (and beyond) but fortunately, there are solutions that don’t involve wiping your iPhone. Here’s how to fix the iPhone System Data storage bug.

iOS System Data bug stealing your iPhone storage? Here are 5 solutions [U]

Do you have an old desktop or laptop PC collecting dust? You can transform the old system into a Windows server, opening new doors for adding new functionality to the home or office. We've already looked at ways to transform an old PC into a network-attached storage (NAS) enclosure and use an old laptop for a Ubuntu server. In this guide, we'll look at how to set up a Windows server on older hardware, saving the old desktop or laptop PC from ending up in household waste.

Here's how you can quickly turn an old laptop or desktop PC into a powerful Windows server

The iPad Dock is a handy area that stores frequently used and recently accessed apps, sparing you from having to hunt through multiple screens or folders to find a certain program. You can also use it to more easily multitask by opening two or more apps in Slide Over or Split View mode.

App Control: How to Manage the Dock on Your iPad

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California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

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First introduced in late 2023, AMD’s Radeon Instinct MI300X accelerator has made an impressive debut on Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark. The GPU took the top spot, thrashing all rivals, including Nvidia's RTX 4090, which it pushed down into second place.The Radeon Instinct MI300X is built on AMD's third-generation CDNA architecture and TSMC's advanced 5nm and 6nm processes. It boasts 19,456 stream processors, 192GB of HBM3 memory, 304 compute units, 1,216 matrix cores, and a TDP of 750 watts.These specifications led to the MI300X achieving a whopping OpenCL benchmark result of 379,660, significantly higher than the RTX 4090's score of approximately 320,000....

AMD pulverizes Nvidia's RTX 4090 in popular Geekbench OpenCL benchmark — but you will need a small mortgage to buy AMD's fastest GPU ever produced

Microsoft, this month, quietly published quite a few guides as well as requirements on its official website. The most recent ones have been about Wi-Fi 7 and printer support. On the other hand, the guides include ones on how to Save, Use and Manage Windows 11 Passkeys, how to enable TPM and VBS-powered Enhanced Security Sign-in (ESS), and one which talks about passwordless sign-ins using the Microsoft Account (MSA).

Microsoft apparently hates it when you switch from Microsoft Account to Local account

OnePlus 12 and OnePlus Open have received Android 15 Beta 2, targeting developers and early adopters. Improvements were made to Bluetooth, hotspot, and camera functions. However, bugs remain. Repair mode launched for OnePlus 12 in Beta 1, aiming to enhance device troubleshooting. OnePlus is still carving out a niche in...

An Android 15 beta update has officially launched for some OnePlus devices

If you’re running the iOS 18 developer beta, you may have noticed your Android friends aren’t the same green bubbles as they used to be. Carriers have been steadily rolling out RCS support on the backend, and plenty of iPhone-wielding folks have already reported decade-long feuds being solved due to Apple acquiescing to the existence of the messaging protocol. It’s a beautiful time to be alive!

The Green Bubble Nightmare Is Over, Apple Messages Now Support RCS

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What is more summery than an icy, sweet frozen drink? If the heat wave is getting to you, try whipping up this simple frozen strawberry lemonade. All you need is your choice of lemonade and some frozen strawberries. You can use store-bought lemonade, make your own from scratch, or a powdered version. As for strawberries, frozen ones are the easiest choice. If you'd rather use fresh, add at least two cups of ice until you reach a nice, frozen consistency.

2-Ingredient Frozen Strawberry Lemonade: Beat the Heat!

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The iPhone will support RCS this fall when iOS 18 rolls out officially, something Apple confirmed during the WWDC 2024 keynote earlier this month. That wasn’t a surprise to anyone following the RCS drama closely. Apple confirmed long ago that it would support RCS on the iPhone this year, thus ending the chat wars.
What was surprising was seeing RCS support get forcefully enabled in iOS 18 beta 1. Moreover, Apple rolled out iOS 18 beta 2 earlier this week, which supports RCS on iPhone without any hacks. There’s one problem that still remains: The carriers.
That’s right, your mobile operator has...

RCS comes to iPhone as carriers start to flip the switch

OpenAI launched CriticGPT to help spot mistakes in code written by ChatGPT, improving accuracy and usefulness. Humans using CriticGPT for reviewing code outperformed those without it 60% of the time in an experiment. CriticGPT still has limitations, like handling only short answers and discrete errors, and being prone to AI...

OpenAI launches CriticGPT to catch ChatGPT errors

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Google is still working on different ways to implement its AI into various apps and services. This includes being able to use Gemini in Google Messages, which might be more useful than you think.

How to use Gemini in Google Messages

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5 Things I Dislike About macOS Sequoia After Testing the Dev Beta

Having used macOS Sequoia since day one of the Developer Beta, I have to say I am… Less than amazed, to put it mildly, with its...

5 Things I Dislike About macOS Sequoia After Testing the Dev Beta

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