Quick tip: How to make Windows 11 apps always open maximized

Windows 11 now allows you to always open every (supported) app maximized. Here's how to enable that option:

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Your PSU still follows a color-coding standard that’s decades older than your PC, but there's a reason why

The importance of using a quality power supply is obvious to even new PC builders. It's the component that protects your expensive hardware from potentially devastating electrical shenanigans. What's way less obvious is the underlying make-up of the wires…

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Motorola Signature 27 officially gets a North American launch in the ‘coming months’

Following a tease at Snapdragon Summit, Motorola has confirmed that its Signature 27 flagship is officially coming to North American markets, but with a bit of a wait.…

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Discord rolls out its revised age verification policy

It will offer several privacy-focused options for users who aren't automatically confirmed as adults.

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Apple retires the Apple Park Visitor Center’s unique AR experience

Earlier this summer, Apple closed a portion of the Apple Park Visitor Center as it worked to “improve our store.” That space has now reopened, and the big change is that Apple has removed the augmented reality experience that let visitors use custom iPads to…

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Waymo now offering transit rewards to riders

Google-owned Waymo is partnering with transit agencies to offer riders rewards for riding buses and trains.

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Cyera raises $400M more amid AI agent security push

Cybersecurity startup Cyera Ltd. today announced that it has raised $400 million in funding from Goldman Sachs. The investment bank provided the capital as an extension to a Series G round that closed in June. The latter deal valued Cyera at $12 billion. The…

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Good Lock, bad lock screen: Weird bug messes with clock placement following One UI 9 update

Good Lock isn't doing enough locking for some users, but Samsung is on the case.

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Google has a fix in the works for its Nest Doorbell identity crisis

Funny, you don't sound like my normal Nest Doorbell.

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Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI GPT-6 Sol & Luna both launch today with lower costs

Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching new model updates today, with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol & Luna both being announced within roughly an hour of each other.…

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Meta’s AI chief wants Muse to make you $1,000

Alexandr Wang has set Meta’s new AI agent a simple target. Meta’s chief AI officer asked on X whether Muse could “make you $1000”, launching a hashtag challenge a few days after Muse went live on 8 September. The replies have been generous with dollar…

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Saudi Arabia’s new Exobot EVs make the Cybertruck look normal

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is mostly known for its global dominance over petroleum production and oil reserves - not necessarily cars and auto manufacturing, and certainly not electric vehicle production. So it was a little surprising on Monday when a Saudi…

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Six-year-old breaks women's world Rubik's Cube record – video

Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi broke the women’s 3x3 average world record twice at two World Cube Association-certified competitions in Wuhan and Guangzhou, according to state broadcaster CCTV on Monday. She posted averages of 4.52 and 4.27 seconds, after solving…

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The Motorola Signature 27 is ‘the most advanced smartphone Motorola has ever created’ — and it’s powered by the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset

Motorola has announced its most powerful phone ever, the Signature 27, at Snapdragon Summit 2026.

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OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and Luna cut prices in half but barely move the needle on performance

With GPT-6 Sol and Luna, OpenAI adds two cheaper models that deliver their predecessors' performance at half the token price and take aim at Anthropic's pricier offerings. Independent analyses find little gain in actual intelligence, though, and OpenAI likely…

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Cairn and Furi creator’s games are all so different that ‘there’s a chance our next game is an MMO match-3 about friendship,’ jokes creative director, Emeric Thoa

I spoke to The Game Bakers' creative director, Emeric Thoa, about the approach the team takes to creating its games and learnt why they're happy taking creative risks to build a smaller but more dedicated audience.

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Motorola Signature 27 is a proper flagship with Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

Alongside Qualcomm’s latest announcements, Motorola has officially shown off the Motorola Signature 27, a true flagship offering that’s set to launch before the end of this year.…

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Qualcomm intros Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6: World's first 2 nm chips that break the 5 GHz barrier

Qualcomm has unveiled the 2 nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, promising 5 GHz Oryon Prime Core CPU speeds alongside major gains in graphics, AI, imaging, efficiency, and connectivity. The Extreme model adds enhanced on-device…

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Motorola’s first Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 phone is hard to ignore

Expected sometime this year.

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Motorola debuts premium Signature 27 flagship with brand-new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme

No details yet on price or release date

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Qualcomm just split its 2026 flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip into two tiers, with the Extreme version packing 50% more shared memory

Unsurprisingly, the chipmaker is going all-in on AI.

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Motorola Signature 27 is the weirdest flagship I’ve seen in a long time — but it packs Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and a 200MP telephoto

The Motorola Signature 26 has a distinctive camera array on the back, but this flagship model runs on the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset.

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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 is a giant upgrade for smartphone video, not so much for names

A 5GHz CPU with 8K/60fps video capture, 4K/240fps slow-mo, and DLSS-style tricks?

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Dumpster-dived Window A/C becomes Ground-Source Heat Pump

Heat pumps are great, because they pump heat around, and we often don’t want heat where it is. Need it somewhere else? Pump it! It’s great. It’s also a bit …

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 comes in an Extreme version too

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too. The company describes both new phone chips as flagships, and the spec differences are relatively minor, mostly limited to improved AI processing, video…

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Motorola’s wild-looking Signature 27 runs Qualcomm’s new Extreme chipset

Motorola is the first company to announce a phone running Qualcomm's top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip. The Signature 27 looks set to be Motorola's most advanced flagship in some years, though we're still waiting for the full specs, price, and…

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Qualcomm’s new flagship chips go big on 5GHz speeds, agentic AI, and, of course, gaming

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 family reaches 5GHz and doubles down on agentic AI, while the new Extreme tier adds serious gaming and camera upgrades.

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Motorola Signature 27 launched with Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and a 200MP periscope camera

Motorola has previewed the Signature 27 with a next-generation Snapdragon chip, 200MP periscope camera, Gemini AI, Bang & Olufsen audio and seven years of updates.

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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is here — 4 ways the first 5GHz phone chip could crush Apple’s A20 Pro

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is here. From the world's first 5GHz mobile CPU to Adreno Neural Fusion, here is how it compares to Apple's A20 Pro.

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Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 to power the next generation of Android smartphones.…

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