Tens of thousands report Amazon outages
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - If you’ve been having issues with Amazon right now, you’re not alone. Since around 2:30 p.m. ET, more than 20,000 people reported outages on Downdetector. On the site, some people report being unable to sign in or view the correct prices, while others say…
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Roku Launching Interactive Game ‘Roklue’ to Assist in Content Searches
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Roku is set to launch interactive game, “Roklue,” affording streamers in the culture of the moment, while also helping them discover new entertainment content. Accessible via the Roku Home Screen, each “Roklue” experience tests players on popular movies a…
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Google Now Shows You Which Android Apps Will Drain Your Battery
bgr - Google has revealed it will be changing how it notifies users about apps, and will now clearly identify apps that are using more of your battery than normal.
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Google Launches Canvas in AI Mode for All U.S. Users
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has expanded Canvas in AI Mode to all U.S. users in English, adding coding, writing, and app generation powered by Gemini 3 directly inside Search.The post Google Launches Canvas in AI Mode for All U.S. Users appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra wins 'Best in Show' title at MWC 2026
Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday its latest prem...
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OpenAI Ships GPT-5.3 Instant With 27% Fewer Hallucinations and a Less Preachy Tone
Marcus Schuler / implicator - GPT-5.3 Instant rolls out to all ChatGPT users with up to 26.8% fewer hallucinations, reduced refusals, and a less defensive tone.
- On site: model sheds 'cringe', curbs caveats and moralizing (4)
- On the ground: GPT‑5.3 Instant rolls out with core improvements (5)
- Other: comments, product pages, and everyday‑usability notes (2)
- Reporter: improved web search and better web-sourced answers (2)
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On site: model sheds 'cringe', curbs caveats and moralizing
On the ground: GPT‑5.3 Instant rolls out with core improvements
Other: comments, product pages, and everyday‑usability notes
Reporter: improved web search and better web-sourced answers
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Google Chrome shifts to two-week release cycle for increased stability
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - Google Chrome will shift from a four-week to a two-week release cycle to roll out new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements more frequently. [...]
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Anthropic's Claude can now absorb your past conversations with other AI chatbots
Jackson Chen / engadget - Anthropic has made switching to its Claude AI chatbot easier than ever. The company announced a new memory import tool that can extract all of a competing AI chatbot's memories and context of you into a text prompt that can be fed into Claude.With Anthrop…
- Boycott and Pentagon spat — Claude surges in app charts (2)
- Memory import — Switchers bring full chat history to Claude (11)
- Other — Opinion pieces, ads, and company missteps (2)
- Outages amid surge — Millions locked out during Claude crash (5)
Boycott and Pentagon spat — Claude surges in app charts
Memory import — Switchers bring full chat history to Claude
Other — Opinion pieces, ads, and company missteps
Outages amid surge — Millions locked out during Claude crash
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I thought I’d seen it all, then the Galaxy S26 Ultra pulled these 3 tricks
digitaltrends - Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra doesn’t bring flashy specs upgrades, but thoughtful new features that genuinely improve how you use your phone.The post I thought I’d seen it all, then the Galaxy S26 Ultra pulled these 3 tricks appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data
Simon Willison / simonwillison - Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user dataBecause users lose their passkeys all the time, and may not understand that their data has been irreversibly encrypted using them and can no longer be recovered.Tim Cappalli:To the wider i…
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Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click
msmash / slashdot - Mozilla has released Firefox 148 for Windows, macOS and Linux, bringing a new AI Settings section that lets users disable all of the browser's AI-powered features in one click and then selectively re-enable the ones they actually want, such as the local t…
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Why no magnets in Galaxy S26? Samsung R&D chief explains
Sean Hollister / theverge - Magnet rings have changed my life. I grip and mount and satisfyingly snap awesome accessories on and off my phone all day. Even Samsung sells neat ones like these folding magnetic mirrors. But unlike Apple and Google, Samsung refuses to put the magnets in…
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Spotify’s latest feature automatically reorders your playlists for smoother transitions
digitaltrends - Spotify has introduced Smart Reorder, a new feature that automatically reshuffles songs in your playlists to create smoother transitions between tracks.The post Spotify’s latest feature automatically reorders your playlists for smoother transitions appear…
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YouTube adds downloads and background play to Premium Lite plan
techspot - YouTube said the changes were based on user feedback, noting that the additional features would make Premium Lite more attractive to people currently using the free service. They are already available to Lite users in the US and will be gradually rolled o…
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Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked: Galaxy S26 lineup and more
Kris Holt / engadget - Mobile World Congress is right around the corner, but Samsung got out ahead of many rivals that will be showing off new handsets at that event by running the latest edition of Unpacked on Wednesday. The company took the opportunity to reveal the Galaxy S2…
- Hands-on and discounts: new Galaxy Buds, preorders and deals (6)
- On the ground: Privacy Display stops shoulder-surfing in public (9)
- Reporting live: Samsung pushes ambitious, sometimes divisive Galaxy AI (6)
- Unpacked: Galaxy S26 lineup — specs, pricing, preorders, comparisons (13)
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Hands-on and discounts: new Galaxy Buds, preorders and deals
On the ground: Privacy Display stops shoulder-surfing in public
Reporting live: Samsung pushes ambitious, sometimes divisive Galaxy AI
Unpacked: Galaxy S26 lineup — specs, pricing, preorders, comparisons
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19741 / 38 stories in 9 days
Spotify Can Now Reorder Playlists Using BPM and Key Information
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Spotify is launching today a new Smart Reorder feature that uses BPM and key information to create smooth transitions between tracks in mixed playlists.The post Spotify Can Now Reorder Playlists Using BPM and Key Information appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Amazon’s AI-powered Alexa+ gets new personality options
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Users will be able to choose from Alexa styles like Brief, Chill or Sweet, Amazon says.
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Apple’s touch-screen MacBook Pro will get the iPhone’s pill-shaped Dynamic Island
digitaltrends - The hyped touch-screen overhaul of the MacBook Pro will also get rid of the notch and adopt a lively Dynamic Island. The post Apple’s touch-screen MacBook Pro will get the iPhone’s pill-shaped Dynamic Island appeared first on Digital Trends.
- Dynamic Island, OLED and hole‑punch camera replace the notch (6)
- Late‑2026 (fall) launch and M6 chip refresh expected (4)
- macOS redesigned for touch—contextual menus and multitouch gestures (5)
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Dynamic Island, OLED and hole‑punch camera replace the notch
Late‑2026 (fall) launch and M6 chip refresh expected
macOS redesigned for touch—contextual menus and multitouch gestures
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Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls, AI Kill Switches
BeauHD / slashdot - Firefox 148 introduces granular AI controls and a global "AI kill switch" that allows users to disable or selectively manage the browser's AI features. Phoronix reports: Among the AI features that can be toggled individually are around translations, image…
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Bungie Confirms That Cheaters in Marathon Will be “Permabanned” When Caught, “No Second Chances”
David Carcasole / wccftech - Bungie's upcoming first-person PvEvP extraction shooter, Marathon, will be out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in a little more than a week from the time of this writing, and as you might expect, there has been a lot of communication and marketing from th…
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