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Fans of the older Metroid games will feel right at home as Metroid Prime 4: Beyond still features the classic “find a spot to save” system rather than constantly autosaving your progress. You can save ...

Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

For Octopath Traveler fans, December 4 can’t come any sooner. Come the beginning of next month, gamers can create their own protagonist and curate an adventure of their very own. What Octopath ...

Meta has begun warning thousands of young Australian users to save their data and delete their accounts ahead of Australia’s new ban on social media accounts for children under 16. Major platforms ...

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LinkedIn Is Using More User Data Than Ever to Train Its AI. Here's How to Opt Out As of Nov. 3, LinkedIn is now using data from members in the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong to train its ...

As the government shutdown drags on, SNAP benefits could lapse for 42 million Americans who rely on the federally funded food assistance program, sending people searching for ways to save on groceries ...

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Word will save new documents to the cloud by default. AutoSave will also be enabled by default. You can turn off these options if you prefer to save your files locally. Microsoft has long been pushing ...