Zenbook Duo, ErgoChair Pro, Microsoft SMS, weight loss drug, Ollama, Pope Leo on AI, Ultra Mobile, electric Ferrari and Paris sewers. Thinking back many years, I remember being frustrated by the display on a VCR being on at night. I solved that with some black electrical tape. Last week I was doing some minor maintenance around the house and I used that as an opportunity to again cover some annoying LED lights with black electrical tape. The challenge is that where I once had only a single device with an annoying light, now I have quite a few. It sure would be nice if companies would consider a way to disable the lights so I didn’t have to buy so much tape. You’ll find much more interesting stories from this week’s news in the many stories listed below.

• Acer Nitro 65 review: Solid gaming performance, but skimping on some features
• I’m thrilled to report my huge SanDisk G-Drive hasn’t deleted my data even once
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• After a week with the reMarkable Paper Pure, I finally get digital notepads
• Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) Review: The Best Two-Screen Laptop Around
• Super Flower Leadex 2800W ATX 3.1 power supply review: Top-notch build quality, exceptional efficiency
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• Autonomous ErgoChair Pro Review: Comfortable, but that’s it
• NZXT H2 Flow Review: A Mini-ITX Skyscraper for Big GPUs
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• Sennheiser Momentum 5 Brings Better ANC, Replaceable Battery
• Arctic Freezer 36-S Review: Small size, effective performance, low price
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• Ring Battery Doorbell Pro (2nd Gen) Review: Premium Features Meet Impressive 4K Quality
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• Microsoft won’t send you SMS texts for login anymore – why it’s pushing passkeys instead
• Mobile phishing is a bigger threat than email now – how to stay protected
• Time to Switch: How to Set Up Passkeys Before Microsoft Ditches SMS 2FA Logins
• Kash Patel’s Apparel Site Is Trying To Trick Visitors Into Installing Malware
• First VPN Seized by European Authorities Over Organized Crime Links
• Age Verification Laws Are Coming for Your OS. Here’s What You Need to Know
• The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy
• Yearslong fight over users’ right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
• Hackers Exploit GTA 6 Hype to Spread Malware Via Fake Beta Tests
• Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package
• Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And It Might Not Take ‘No’ for an Answer

• Experimental Drug Yields Dramatic Weight Loss
• It’s like the Olympics – except steroids are allowed
• New watchOS 27 Rumor Tips Better Heart-Rate Tracking, Delayed AI Health Coach
• Fitbit Air Review: The New Leader in Screenless Health Tracking
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• Ebola outbreak now third largest recorded and “spreading rapidly”

• Android 17’s Best Feature Isn’t AI—It’s the Brilliant Doomscrolling Intervention
• 6 reasons why Firefox is the better browser for most users
• I Was Suffering From Major Task Paralysis. Here’s How an AI-Powered Goblin Tool Helped Me Break Overwhelming Chores Into Tiny Steps
• Hey Apple, It’s 2026. Where Are These 12 macOS Features?
• I quit ChatGPT for a free, private, and local AI called Ollama – here’s why
• T-Mobile Debuts AI-Backed Live Language Translation Beta, No App Needed
• Hey, Windows Users: If You Have an iPhone, Ditch iCloud Photos for OneDrive

• Chinese memory maker CXMT enters mainstream consumer memory with Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit — Chinese-made DRAM emerges as an antidote for crushing shortages
• AMD Ryzen AI Max 400 ‘Gorgon Halo’ packs up to 192GB of unified memory — refreshed APU uses Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5, and can clock up to 5.2 GHz
• First Look: Samsung’s New 6K Odyssey G8 Gaming Monitor Is Pure Overkill—in the Best Way
• Don’t Overpay for Tech: An Expert Guide to Shopping for Refurbished Electronics
• Buying or Building a PC in the RAM Crisis? Here’s How to Avoid Paying the ‘AI Tax’
• Apple May Be Preparing Mysterious New Over-Ear Headphones
• Pope Leo Compares AI Threat to Biblical ‘Tower of Babel’
• Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must “disarm” AI
• Is Peter Thiel the target of Pope Leo’s Gandalf quote? An investigation.
• Huawei claims sanctions-busting breakthrough with 1.4nm-class chips by 2031, claims 55% higher transistor density — firm claims new LogicFolding chip architecture can bypass EUV restrictions, introduces ‘Tau Scaling Law’ to replace Moore’s Law
• “Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition” may help you avoid paying for a new PC
• NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a “perimeter”
• American Airlines picks SpaceX’s Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi on more than 500 planes
• Intel’s new Bartlett Lake flagship loses fight to a four-year-old CPU — Core 9 273PQE has 50% more P-cores but can’t surpass Core i9-13900K in games

• Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) Review: A Standout Flip Phone With Luxury Touches
• Ultra Mobile Makes International Travel Easier With New $5 Roaming Passes
• Apple Developing iPhone Anti-Snatching Feature That Locks Stolen Phones Instantly

• SpaceX Postpones Launch of Newly Redesigned Starship
• Ferrari Launches $640,000, Jony Ive-Designed, Glass-Clad Electric Speedster
• Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions
• Self-driving, Tesla and the influence of brand

• The 19th-Century Iron Balls Still Cleaning the Paris Sewers
• 4 Eerie Coincidences That Changed History

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