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Google has announced a new feature within Google image search to find “style ideas” based on image searches you do for various articles. The new feature is very similar to a feature they launched earlier this week, named “similar items,” that shows similar styles and items based on the image …

Microsoft’s Game Mode has been a puzzling feature addition to Windows 10 ever since we got wind of the option at the tail end of 2016. After keeping quiet about expected improvements, Microsoft finally let drop that average PCs might only see a 2-5 percent improvement. This is, to be …

Last week, Congress voted to kill FCC regulations that would have prevented ISPs from selling your personal browser history to third party “trusted partners.” This week, President Trump signed that bill into law. Interest in VPNs has skyrocketed as a result, but at least a few scam companies are trying …

DMOZ — the Open Directory Project — officially closed today. The move comes three days later than originally planned. It marks the end of an era of humans trying to catalog the entire web. DMOZ was a project designed to organize the web using volunteer human editors and born during …

The Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth for more than a quarter century. It’s sent back some amazing photos during that time, while also expanding our knowledge of the universe. The telescope got its last maintenance sweep in 2009, but now there’s talk in the government of sending another …

In a rare move, Google confirmed that a publisher named Natural News was penalized and deindexed by the major search engine over Google webmaster guidelines violations. In fact, Google’s John Mueller specifically said the site was using sneaky mobile redirect, and once that is “cleaned up, the site can submit …

The decision to relocate for retirement can be an emotional roller coaster, hugely exciting and a massive financial event.  While some people buy bigger, grander or more expensive retirement homes, downsizing for retirement is the savvy strategy — especially for those of us who have not quite saved enough for …

One of Windows 10’s least-liked features is its tendency to automatically reboot when updates have finished installing. When it launched, Windows 10 quickly developed a reputation for rebooting entirely on its own timeline, as opposed to yours. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update introduced the concept of “Active Hours,” which could …

Toshiba is investigating radical options for restructuring in the wake of its 2015 accounting scandal and a massive write-down on the value of its US nuclear business. The company has confirmed that it is evaluating splitting its semiconductor business with longtime partner Western Digital, and that any entity created in …

Theranos closed its last remaining blood-testing facility after the lab reportedly failed a regulatory inspection, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company, once valued at $9 billion, is shifting its focus to a portable ‘lab on chip’ virus-detection box after its blood-testing business, once labeled revolutionary, came under repeated fire …