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Microsoft Copilot's latest plugin connects to your smartphone and helps you manage your messages. Here's how to use it.

Did you know Microsoft Copilot can now help manage your text messages? But there's one catch.

Microsoft is back to its old tricks. It's using full-screen banners and reminders to try and get Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 before its imminent end-of-support, slated for October 14, 2025.

Microsoft compels Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 with annoying full-screen banners again

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

Microsoft has finally fixed a Copilot-related icon alignment bug on Windows 10 and 11 PCs. The issue affected multi-monitor setups, leading to Microsoft applying a compatibility hold. A patch for Windows 10 devices was released on June 25, 2024, enabling Copilot usage without issues. Microsoft began rolling out Copilot to...

Microsoft finally patches Copilot bug in Windows 10, more than six months after discovery

Creating manual minutes in meetings can be a stressful and laborious task. That's true until you discover that you can automate the whole process. Wave goodbye to hammering away on your keyboard in the corner of the room, and say hello to automated note-taking in Microsoft Word. As someone who...

Top Tips for Creating Quality Meeting Minutes in Word

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A feature in your Google account is snatching up recordings from your web and app activity, interactions with digital assistants. How to stop it.

How to stop Google from listening to your every word

Apple is shutting down Apple Pay Later, its buy now, pay later service, the company confirmed to 9to5Mac. The service, which lets you take out “pay later” loans that can be paid in four payments over six weeks, only launched fully in the US in October 2023. In its place, Apple says that users will be able to apply for “installment loans” from credit cards, debit cards, and lenders when checking out with Apple Pay later this year.

Apple is shutting down Apple Pay Later just months after launch

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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

Turning Vertical Data Horizontal (Or Vice Versa) Excel is a great tool for presenting and analyzing information, but frustrations arise when the data isn't appropriately laid out. Re-typing the data into the preferred layout takes time and is certain to result in errors. Luckily, there are ways to rearrange data in just a few simple steps.

4 Ways to Rearrange Data in Excel

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

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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

What’s one thing you can glean from literally EVERY Google I/O and WWDC? Well, software developers want to make the user experience quicker and more seamless. Google could bring a feature that makes getting to your brand-new app quicker. The Google Play Store could auto-launch apps right after you install them.

Google could auto-launch apps after you download them

Emojis can be a fun and lighthearted way to add some “emotion” to your text messages or emails. Emojis have come a long way; back in the day, all you could really do was send a smiley face, sad face, or winky face, using colons, semi-colons, and parentheses. Now, you can send all sorts of emojis – not just faces, but images of foods, objects, landmarks – you name it, to liven up your message.

Emojis for dummies: How to add emojis into your text messages and emails

We've known for a while that is . While the company says it has been integrating that into various aspects of the voice assistant, it's also working on a more advanced version of Alexa that it plans to charge users to access. Amazon has reportedly dubbed the higher tier "Remarkable Alexa" (let's hope it doesn't stick with that name for the public rollout).

Amazon reportedly thinks people will pay up to $10 per month for next-gen Alexa

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A FORMER Walmart employee called out the retailer’s new self-checkout system, flagging a faulty inventory issue. While he had the products in his hand using Walmart’s Scan and Go, the items were listed as “out of stock.” Ex-Walmart employee Larry Stewart took to Facebook to document his bad experience with his local Walmart’s self-checkout. “I […]

Ex Walmart worker calls out new system as told items in his cart are ‘out of stock’ in error – and flags inventory issue

You’re probably used to seeing a 5G, LTE, or Wi-Fi symbol in your iPhone’s status bar, but recent iOS versions have added another option to the list that may sometimes be a bit confusing. Sometimes, you may see “SOS” up there instead. Contents. Why does my...

Why does my iPhone say SOS? What it means and how to get rid of it

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Qingyue(Annie) Wang overcame seven rounds of rejections from Google before finally securing her role as a software engineer.

Google rejected me 7 times before finally hiring me as a software engineer. Looking back, I'm deeply grateful for not giving up.

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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?

If you're always running from one deadline to another, a time-tracking app can help you build effective time-management habits. They'll help you concentrate on doing deep work and actually free up more hours in the day for doing other stuff. The Perfect Time Tracking App. I’m always on the lookout...

6 Best Time Tracking Apps on Android

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The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

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Lost for Words? Use Copilot in Outlook to Craft the Perfect Emails

To use Copilot in Outlook, you need to have access to the required Microsoft 365 subscription as well as a Copilot Pro or Copilot for Microsoft...

Lost for Words? Use Copilot in Outlook to Craft the Perfect Emails

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