| Maleos are large birds found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. They’re most notable for their clever use of open sandy areas, volcanic soils, and beaches that are heated by solar or geothermal energy to incubate their buried eggs.  | |
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 Wi-Fi 6 is the next-generation wireless standard that’s faster than 802.11ac. More than speed, it will provide better performance in congested areas, from stadiums to your own device-packed home. It’s coming in 2019. Read More »
|  Every now and then your router will hiccup and need a bit of a jolt to get it working again. We all know the feeling of having to power-cycle our routers, but with a smart plug, you can make the process a piece of cake. Read More »
|  Windows 10’s Task Manager now shows you the power usage of each process on your system. This feature is new in the October 2018 Update. Read More »
|  Did you just install the October 2018 Update? If so, there’s more than 10 GB of data wasting space on your hard drive—we had 21.8 GB! On a laptop or tablet with a limited amount of storage, this can fill up your device quite a bit. Read More »
|  Windows offers a setting named Dark Mode that applies a dark theme to apps you get from the Windows Store. It doesn’t affect most desktop apps, but we’ve got some other solutions for those. Here’s how to get your whole desktop (or as much as possible) looking dark. Read More »
| REVIEW GEEK  Amazon is the latest company to jump on the cheap 4K streamer wagon with the new 4K Fire Stick, following Roku’s $40 Premiere announcement last week. But the biggest question here is should you buy or upgrade to it? Read More »
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Why Does the macOS Dashboard Still Exist?
 Remember the Dashboard? It was the marquee feature of Mac OS X Tiger back in 2005, but these days basically no one uses it. Yet it’s still part of macOS Mojave. Read More »
Outlook.com is Adding a Verified Icon for Businesses. Will That Help Fight Phishing?
 Microsoft is adding a verified icon to Outlook.com, the online email service formerly known as Hotmail. US-based businesses can sign up to be verified here as part of a public beta. Read More »
Look Out: Windows 10’s ‘Free Up Space’ Can Empty Your Downloads Folder
 Windows’ built-in cleaning tool can now empty out your Downloads folder, so make sure you don’t check that option if you keep anything important there. Read More »
Google Updates Assistant on Phones with a New Touch-Friendly Design
 When Google Assistant was first introduced, it was all about voice control. Since then, we’ve seen small touch elements added here and there—like the addition of a keyboard. Today, Assistant is getting a full touch makeover. Read More »
Bots and Volunteers Replaced 9 Million Broken Wikipedia References with Wayback Machine Links
 You click a reference on Wikipedia, only to find the URL is broken. It’s frustrating, but it should happen less often now thanks to The Internet Archive. Read More »
Plex Continues Pivot Away From Servers, Offers Web Shows
 Plex now offers a “Web Shows” feature in certain versions of their interface, providing access to shows from brands like TWiT, GQ, and Popular Science. Read More »
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