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Microsoft will increase price of Xbox Live Gold subscription plans in apparent push for Game Pass

GeekWire

Gold subscribers will still receive the option to download several free games each month, as well as access to a rotating assortment of exclusive flash sales. By way of comparison, the similar subscription services on Sony’s PlayStation 4/5 and the Nintendo Switch cost $59.99 and $19.99, respectively, for a year’s access.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Online Backup using Proxure's KeepVault.

Sean Daniel

Online Backup using Proxure’s KeepVault for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Small Business Server 2011. When using Windows Home Server v1, I had found an Online Backup solution that I previously reviewed on this blog. Simply click on the Order a KeepVault Backup for Windows Home Server Subscription Now button and sign up.

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 T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet: I tried it, and it tried me

The Verge

So I wondered: could I, a remote worker and heavy internet user who likes to stream video, play multiplayer games, and do cloud backups, actually be fine with internet delivered through the air instead of a cable? After you plug the router in and turn it on, it’ll prompt you to download T-Mobile’s app using a QR code displayed on its screen.

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Six apps that help you stick to a budget

The Verge

I don’t use an app that downloads all of my accounts and tracks everything for me (although I have played around with Mint a bit). In fact, I held on to Money for several years after Microsoft sunsetted it but still kept it available as a download. All-around accounting. Thank you for that, Microsoft!) Spoiler alert: I can’t.).

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Samsung’s Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus are the default Android phones to buy

The Verge

inch screen, while the S22 feels downright petite in comparison with its 6.1-inch I saw the S22 battery take an alarming plunge from 30 percent to 20 percent over half an hour of downloading apps and logging into accounts, and in a day of typical use, the S22 was down to 58 percent by 3PM. The S22 Plus has a bigger 6.6-inch

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Steam Deck, one month later

The Verge

Compare to the Nintendo Switch, where The Witcher 3 looks like dirt by comparison.). I downloaded a 654.6MB patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection three times in two days, for example. I was able to set up a Steam Library on an external NVMe SSD and download games to it incredibly quickly. for peripherals. You’ll want an M.2

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24 things we think will happen in 2024

Vox

—DM Waymo will expand to a new city (80 percent) As of this writing, there are two US cities where average people can download an app from the Alphabet-owned firm Waymo and get a ride from a self-driving taxi that doesn’t even have a human driver in it as backup: San Francisco and Phoenix. Madison (where I live!)

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