doug — off the record

• Captain Zuckerberg shows off his fleet in Seattle

• Ontario Weekend Weather Forecast 2026: Severe Storm Alerts

  Extreme heat has triggered an air quality warning and severe thunderstorm risks across southern Ontario. See the full weekend timeline from Environment Canada.

• 12 countries where the Canadian dollar goes a long way in 2026, according to an expert – Narcity

  Dust off your travel bucket list!

• Google accidentally enabled a new Gemini feature for some users – Android Authority

  Google seems to have accidentally enabled a new Gemini feature. Multiple users are saying that the feature is showing up in the model picker.

• I use Google Keep every day, but these Apple Notes features still make me jealous

  Apple Notes gets a lot right

• I disabled one Windows background service and my PC stopped freezing mid-task

  I found the Windows service that was causing my PC to freeze every few minutes — and disabling it changed everything.

• Dell copied Apple’s best MacBook Neo ideas. Windows may ruin it | PCWorld

  Dell’s new XPS 13 borrows the MacBook Neo’s best ideas with premium hardware, long battery life, and a sharp OLED screen. But with only 8GB of RAM, Windows may still keep it from matching Apple’s budget laptop breakthrough.

• Apple is doubling MacBook Neo production target, but keeping it at $599 may be the hard part

• I'm a Die-Hard Windows User. These 6 macOS 27 Fixes Could Convince Me to Switch | PCMag

• Apple says these malls got so bad it’s leaving

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