I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead
California residents have a legal right to access the data that companies collect about them. Actually exercising that right is a burdensome nightmare.
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Anbernic RG SP vs Miyoo Flip vs TrimUI: 8x RAM Gap [2026]
The budget retro handheld market hit an odd inflection point in August 2026. DRAM prices are up double digits year over year, several small manufacturers have paused production, and yet three of the most talked-about clamshell and pocket emulation handhelds of the year all launched or remained in active rotation under $70. The Anbernic RG…
Clone a Hard Drive to an SSD: 12 Steps, 45 Min [2026]
A worn-out hard drive is still the single biggest drag on an otherwise capable PC in 2026. Swapping it for an SSD or a faster NVMe drive can cut boot times from over a minute to single digits, but only if you clone the drive correctly the first time. Reinstalling Windows from scratch means hours…
How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should
MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Your thermostat may not look like a power plant. Neither does your electric vehicle, home battery, or HVAC system. But utility and energy companies increasingly want to treat them like one. A virtual power plant, or VPP, is a collection of household devices (such…
Network Segmentation Against Ransomware: 13 Steps [2026]
The advisory arrived from CISA on August 12, 2026, and it read like most of the ones before it: patch known exploited vulnerabilities, keep offline immutable backups, and segment the network so a single infected laptop can’t become a company-wide outage. That last instruction is the one most organizations still skip. The NIST Zero Trust…
Google Gemini AI Pro: $19.99 Price, U7BUY Review [2026]
Google AI Pro costs $19.99 a month. Google AI Ultra starts at $99.99 and tops out near $199.99 for the highest-limit tier. Those numbers look simple on Google’s own pricing page, but the real cost of getting into Gemini’s top model depends heavily on where you live, what payment methods your bank supports, and whether…
RG 55G1 vs Switch Lite vs Pocket 6: 1080p Wins in 2026
ANBERNIC just gave Nintendo something to think about. The Shenzhen manufacturer behind the brand, Bounty Hunter Technology Co., Limited, built its name on cheap, Linux-powered retro slabs like the RG35XX and RG SP. Its newest device breaks that pattern. The RG 55G1 is ANBERNIC’s first handheld built around a Qualcomm chip, and the resemblance to…
Apple M6, M5 Ultra Debut: 80-Core GPU, 512GB RAM [2026]
Apple used a Tuesday morning press release instead of a keynote to introduce the biggest jump in Mac silicon since the M1 Ultra launched in 2022. The M6 and M5 Ultra chips, unveiled August 25, 2026, land in a redesigned Mac mini and a refreshed Mac Studio, and the headline numbers are hard to ignore:…
Boku Casino Deposit Limit: How Pay-by-Mobile Limits Work
Last updated: 28 August 2026 Boku deposits at UK online casinos are typically capped at £30 per transaction, with daily limits usually falling between £30 and £40 depending on your mobile network and the specific operator. As a pay-by-mobile method, Boku charges deposits either to your monthly phone bill if you’re on contract, or deducts…
Best Emulators for Android 2026: 127 Cores vs 15 Free
Android’s retro gaming scene has quietly consolidated around three names. Sideload marketplaces, Reddit threads, and Discord servers dedicated to emulation keep circling back to the same trio: RetroArch, Lemuroid, and EmuBox. Each promises the same basic pitch — one app, dozens of consoles, no need to hunt down a separate emulator for every system you…