doug — off the record

• Cartoon: Government sh-tdown

• Apple Is Warning iPhone Users To Stop Using This Popular Browser – Here’s Why Read More: https://www.bgr.com/1998099/apple-warning-iphone-stop-using-google-chrome-browser/

• I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week – and found 9 big problems | ZDNET

• Android users warned over 38million downloads they must immediately delete from phones | Chronicle Live

  A cyber attack known as SlopAds has infected 224 Android apps, which have been downloaded a whopping 38million times. Users are being urged to delete the apps immediately

• 24 hours in, OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser is already surprising me | Digital Trends

  I've spent a day using the new ChatGPT Atlas browser by OpenAI. It impressed me with its clean design and familiarity, but it's not the best AI browser out there. At least, for now.

• How to improve your smartphone photography

  In this article, you'll learn how to take great smartphone photos with the optimal settings and simple but effective composition tips.

• Cloud Storage Is Expensive. Here's a Much Cheaper Way to Back Up Your Photos and Videos – CNET

  Instead of paying a monthly fee to keep my memories in the cloud, I figured out an affordable long-term storage solution.

• Wayback Machine's archiving mysteriously plummets | Mashable

  The Internet Archive is suddenly saving fewer webpage archives.

• Why Google Shouldn’t Worry About OpenAI’s Atlas Browser—Yet – Decrypt

  OpenAI’s Atlas release to macOS on Tuesday marks a pivotal moment in web search, but should Google be concerned?

• This Classic Literature Quiz Is So Hard, Only English Majors Can Get 9/12

  You said you read these in high school. You wrote the essays. You highlighted things. But can you actually remember any of it?

• 5 Things to know about GM’s idled CAMI plant

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