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How Cold Temps Affect Tech

From the article it appears there's a balancing act between two things. The options are a long lasting battery that will fail in cold weather or a battery that can withstand the chill but won't last nearly as long. It's a big challenge for smartphones and electric vehicles.
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Google Chrome Makes it Harder to Block Ads

After reading the article it feels pretty obvious that this is about protecting their ad revenue, not user privacy as they tried to claim. Will this make you switch browsers?
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Get a Large Screen on a Budget

The price is right and the screen looks good on this 55-inch television. Does anyone here have experience with the brand? I've not heard of it before.
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Photography Challenge

Do you want to improve your photography skills? Did you get a fancy camera for Christmas and want to know how best to use it? This challenge might be for you.
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Tablets - yea or nay?

I'm going to respectfully disagree here. I absolutely need my tablets. Yes, that's meant to be plural. I use at least one of my tablets daily. They're fantastic for reading and searching on the web. What about you?
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GoPro Alternatives

Do you believe an alternative is worth a try? I think an action camera is something that's nice to have, but not a must buy, at least not for me. I could go for an alternative brand, especially if it's the Kidizoom for my son who'd likely break a GoPro.
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Even Prince Harry sports wearable tech

Prince Harry's activity tracker is a ring made by the brand Oura. I hadn't heard of them before. It appears to be comparable to another ring tracker made by Motiv. Which do you prefer, a tracker that's worn around the wrist or finger?
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Rear-ending self-driving cars

Supposedly self-driving cars aren't at fault, but it seems wrong to unleash heavy, rolling, hunks of metal among the public without their agreeing to the experiment.
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Lost?

Do you use a separate GPS device for navigation or do you rely on your phone? I like to conserve my phone battery so I still use my TomTom.