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What does it take to be a fashion icon? Recently, a friend came up to me and told me he learned from my fashion style. I was a bit confused, since I am not known to be exactly stylish -- unless there is a reason otherwise, I wear hoodies and joggers on most days during the winter months. My friend then followed up, telling me he has been stocking up on Costco and Kirkland Signature-branded apparel, which he had seen me wearing around. For those...

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As an introvert, I find it easy to see people multiple times, but not necessarily get to know who they are or even finding out their name. For example, as part of helping out my girlfriend with her shop I talked about in the DeepCool GT920 review introduction, I have been meeting a lot of new people, and most of them are the vendors that take part in these events. However, I only know a handful of them by their name. Whenever I do recognize them...

Windows Calendar app is crashing after the latest update

From PC World: Microsoft’s Windows Calendar app within Windows 11 appears to be consistently crashing after the latest update.

Microsoft is beginning to receive reports of the Calendar app crashing repeatedly when it’s opened from either the Start menu or in the Windows Mail app, where it’s linked...

Sony QD-OLED TV Amps Up Brightness, Tones Down Reflections

From CNET: Sony typically unveils its new TVs at CES in January but this year it rolled out a car instead, leaving the big screens for March. I recently got the chance to check out the company's new televisions in person and, as I expected, the star of the show was the 2023 Sony QD-OLED model, the...

Microsoft is now openly testing a better Windows 11 volume mixer

From The Verge: A new enhanced audio mixer is coming to Windows 11 that allows users to make individual volume and audio output adjustments directly from the taskbar. The updated volume mixer was officially revealed as part of the new Preview Build 25309 which is being rolled out to testers in the...

RPG publisher Paizo bans AI-generated content to support ‘human professionals’

From The Verge: Paizo, publisher of popular tabletop roleplay games (TTRPG) like Pathfinder and Starfinder, has made its position clear: AI-generated art and text isn’t welcome across its games, be it official or fan-made. In a Twitter post, Paizo said it would update its contracts in the coming...

Select Tesla Supercharger Stations in US Now Open to Non-Tesla EVs

From CNET: Tesla has officially begun allowing non-Tesla electric vehicles to fuel up at some Supercharger stations in the US.

Since Tesla announced Tuesday afternoon that select Superchargers in the US are open to other EVs, drivers in California, Texas and other states have uploaded social media...

Microsoft PowerToys is finally bringing ‘paste as plain text’ to Windows

From PC World: Pasting plain text in Windows isn’t as easy as in browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Hitting Ctrl + Shift + V to dump out a clean copy of your clipboard isn’t universally supported, so you’ll often wind up with HTML links and formatting gunking up your pasted text, which you...

Nothing Plans to Bring Snapdragon-Powered Phone to US This Year

From PC Mag: Nothing CEO Carl Pei says his company is eying a wider launch for the Nothing (2), a follow-up phone to the company's first effort, the Nothing (1).

Notably, the Nothing (2) will swap out the MediaTek processor of the former in favor of the top chip from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 8...

TikTok Will Limit Teen Screen Time to 60 Minutes by Default

From CNET: TikTok said Wednesday that it wants teens to be more aware of the time they spend on the popular app for short-form videos.

The tech company said it'll set screen time limits for teens by default and release new features so parents have more control over their children's use of social...