Google’s post-purchase support for Pixel has never been fantastic — a quick glance at r/GooglePixel will make that abundantly clear — but with the Pixel 10 series, it seems like the company’s looking to improve on its overall experience with a refreshed premium offering. Pixel Care+ is the name of the new program, which Google says is replacing Preferred Care …
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Dental treatments from sheep’s wool and other hair could be used to coat teeth to repair enamel and prevent tooth decay, according to a new study. After extracting keratin — a protein found in hair, skin and fingernails — from wool and applying it to teeth, scientists found that the substance formed a protective crystal-like coating that mimicked natural tooth …
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Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) says its call to conserve electricity has ended, hours after a substation experienced an unplanned disconnection from BGE’s electric grid. The utility company had told customers to conserve electricity to avoid possible widespread outages. The Maryland Freedom Caucus said the substation failure was tied to the Brandon Shores Power Plant in Curtis Bay. BGE reported …
Read More »Demand for repairs of U.S.-banned Nvidia AI chips soars in China – report (NVDA:NASDAQ) Seeking Alpha Nvidia AI chips: repair demand booms in China for banned products Reuters Nvidia AI chips worth $1bn smuggled to China after Trump export controls Financial Times As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out The New York Times No near-term lifeline from China for …
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After launching three generations of smartwatches that can’t be repaired, Google is reportedly making changes to the Pixel Watch 4 that allow for repairs, but details are incredibly vague at this point. Google’s Pixel Watch has a unique and striking design, but the design has also left customers wearing a watch that, once broken, cannot be repaired. The sole remedy …
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Narong Khueankaew/Getty Images Tire speed ratings basically tell you how fast you can go before your tires turn into shrapnel. Your everyday grocery-getters can get away with, say, inexpensive S-rated tires that will hold together up to 112 mph, a speed manufacturers determine by spinning said tire in a machine that simulates road …
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In context: Microsoft is introducing a new safeguard for Windows 11 users: Quick Machine Recovery (QMR), a feature designed to address one of the most frustrating scenarios in personal computing – when a PC simply refuses to start. Now available in preview builds, this new recovery mode is part of a broader push to make Windows more resilient in the …
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