Dispensing soap, WiFi 6E, ransomware gangs robbed, fixing Windows 11, airless tires, wooly mammoths, James Bond and monster myths. While the number of stories included this week is less than usual, the information included is still really high. Go through all of the stories listed below and click on headlines to get the full story.

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• Review: Amazon’s Smart Soap Dispenser encourages good (and fun) hand hygiene
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• ‘I’m having trouble understanding right now.’ 5 pesky Amazon Alexa problems solved
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• Netgear’s quad-band WiFi 6E mesh router will set you back $1,500
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• Facebook, WhatsApp outage shows danger of relying on one company for messaging
• Ransomware gangs are complaining that other crooks are stealing their ransoms
• Apple again makes its case against sideloading apps on iPhones in new security research report

• Can I Get My Flu Shot and COVID Vaccine at the Same Time?

• You’ve just installed Windows 11. Here’s how to make it more like Windows 10
• Alexa’s preset Halloween routine offers virtual trick-or-treating: How to set it up
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• Holograms get real: Startup creates objects out of light and thin air
• Airless tires are finally coming in 2024: Here’s why you’ll want a set
• Woolly mammoths could walk the Earth again by 2027 if CRISPR startup succeeds
• Scientists estimate 85% of world’s population affected by climate change
• Excerpt: How Google bought Android—according to folks in the room
• William Shatner rockets to space and back with Blue Origin

• ProRes video on the iPhone 13 Pro: What it is and why it’s a big deal
• Apple iPhone may let you control your car’s HVAC, radio and more, report says

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• 45 Fascinating Facts About James Bond
• My Heart Will LEGO On: New Titanic Replica Is LEGO’s Largest Model Yet
• Michael Dell says the key to winning is being unafraid to take risks
• 11 of the Strangest Plots Hatched by the CIA
• 11 Monster Myths Invented By Hollywood
• The Long History of the Quest to Find a Peak Taller Than Everest
• The Weekly Cross-Dressing Balls of 18th-Century Russian Royalty
• 11 Facts About Lizzie Borden
• 35 Classy Slang Terms for Naughty Bits From the Past 600 Years
• These Butterflies Full of Wasps Full of Microwasps Are a Science Nightmare

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