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processor that debuted on Windows 95 Microsoft has added it to its list of removed features and functionality it'll be gone from all additions of Windows starting with Windows 11 version 24 H2 which started rolling out this week we are witnessing the death of a Legend So pour one out but not just any drink something classy something fit to celebrate the life of a program born in the 9s an aged can of surge a few days ago Amazon's ring sent an email out to protect plus subscribers reminding them that they would be migrated to the protect Pro Plan next year doubling their subscription fee that reminder comes with heavy air quotes because the Verge Tracked Down When ring sent its original notification which turned out to be a tiny fine print footnote in a September 2021 email with the subject line important your plan name has changed the email said quote don't worry everything else is staying the same ring sent a similar email to Canadian ring home standard subscribers this week with the heading new name new features same great price the email then informs users that their subscription will no longer include alarm professional monitoring and SOS emergency response because now calling the cops costs extra do you think calls to the police grow on trees someone's got to pay him the government who Google is testing the use of blue check marks as a way to protect users from fraudulent links in search results hovering over the check mark explains that Google is pretty sure the business is who they say they are and example of this also from The Verge depicts a notice that says Google can't guarantee the reliability of this business or its products but to be fair the business in question was Apple fr oh what the symbol I needed the symbol that's a new Rim shot boom fruits speaking of unreliable products Google search's AI overview feature will now be getting ads that are relevant to your question finally Gem and I won't just tell you to eat rocks but also recommend the tastiest ones I like ignas rocks the best Samsung issued a faulty software update two days ago that bricked many older Galaxy smartphones globally even worse the issue seemed to have been caused by an update to Samsung's smart things framework app an automatically installed app for controlling compatible smart devices I feel like users Still rocking Galaxy phones from 2019 aren't splurging on a smart fridge we're not sure whether this was necessary they're buying sensible things like basically anything else you can buy cabbage would you put in a dumb but the smart fridge enthusiasts watching this video may be excited to know that Apple fix fixed the update that was bricking M4 iPads what a transition I'm not saying only smart fridge owners own M4 iPads but I'm pretty sure they could afford one I want a fridge I can watch Tik Tok on and a court has dismissed a shareholders lawsuit against Tesla over Elon musk's exaggerated claims about its full self-driving feature of course the case wasn't dismissed because those claims were true but rather because according to Tesla's own lawyers the statements were nothing more than corporate puffery AKA bull that no reasonable investor would have taken seriously I mean come on guys we're all just just locker room talk like but Elon had less success in Australia where a court upheld a $418,000 fine against Twitter which the corporation formerly known as Twitter fought on the grounds that following its merger with excore Twitter no longer exists Twitter who's that Twitter I never even met it Twitter I never even met look Elon just because somebody gets married and changes their name doesn't mean they no longer exist and it definitely doesn't mean they don't owe me money like how you owe it to yourself to come back on Monday for more Tech news you also owe it to me like a little bit I mean I gave up a crown for you I was bossing people around it was great few assassination attempts I was executing peasants"}