Topic: user customization
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Instagram’s algorithm now lets you tell it what you want
Instagram's new "Your Algorithm" feature allows users to view and adjust the topics that appear on their main feed, giving them more control over the content they see. This update extends algorithmic control previously available for Reels and Explore to the primary feed, letting users actively sh...
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Windows 11 Insider builds reveal 8 key changes in Microsoft's next OS phase
Microsoft released five new Windows 11 preview builds on August 17, introducing a fully customizable context menu with an "App extensions" submenu, a new "Customize menu" settings page, and options to rearrange actions like cut/paste vertically or restore the classic menu via Shift+Right-click. B...
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Spotify's AI Playlists Expand to the UK and Beyond
Spotify has expanded its AI Playlist feature, allowing Premium subscribers in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and Sweden to create music collections by entering descriptive text prompts. The AI generates customized playlists by analyzing user prompts, listening history, and trends, with each song inc...
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Apple's new 'tinted' option lets you undo Liquid Glass look
Apple has introduced a Clear and Tinted appearance toggle for its Liquid Glass interface in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS beta updates, offering users greater flexibility and addressing feedback on readability and navigation. This customization mirrors Apple's past approach to user feedback, such as wit...
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How to Disable iOS 26's Annoying Screenshot Previews
The iOS 26 update introduces a new full-screen preview for screenshots, which some users may find disruptive to their workflow. This feature can be easily disabled in Settings under General > Screen Capture by toggling off Full-Screen Previews, restoring the thumbnail view. Even with the preview ...
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YouTube lets you ask AI to create a custom video feed
YouTube's new AI tool lets users generate a custom video feed by describing what they want to watch, which can be pinned to the top of the homepage for easy access. The feature aims to make browsing more intuitive by curating videos based on topics, moods, or hobbies, reducing clutter from standa...
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Spotify Tests AI-Powered 'Prompted Playlists' for You
Spotify is launching a beta feature called Prompted Playlists for Premium subscribers in New Zealand, allowing them to create highly personalized playlists using detailed text prompts based on their full listening history. The feature uses advanced AI with "world knowledge" to understand complex ...
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iOS 27 Report: No Major Liquid Glass Changes Expected
iOS 27 is expected to focus on performance and stability, with no major visual redesign planned for the Liquid Glass design language. Apple is providing incremental customization, like recent options to disable highlights, and may introduce a systemwide slider to adjust the glass effect's intensi...
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Google's Project Genie drops you into real places via Street View
Project Genie now integrates Google Street View imagery, allowing users to explore and reimagine real-world locations like their own neighborhood, not just fictional landscapes. Users can select a US location, choose a visual style (e.g., "Desert Sands"), and describe a character; Genie then gene...
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Apple to Open Siri to Third-Party AI Chatbots
Apple's upcoming iOS 27 update will reportedly allow users to select third-party AI chatbots, like Google's Gemini, for Siri to use when generating responses, expanding choice beyond the current ChatGPT integration. The new "Extensions" system will let users manage their preferred AI assistants i...
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Windows 11's Taskbar Is Now Movable
Microsoft is reintroducing the ability to move the Windows 11 taskbar to the top or sides of the screen, addressing a major user request and improving system flexibility. This marks a reversal from Windows 11's 2021 launch, which omitted this long-standing feature and frustrated users, partly due...
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The Essential Chrome Trick Everyone Should Master
Modern web pages are often cluttered with distracting elements, but Google Chrome has a built-in Reading Mode that strips away ads and poor formatting to present content in a clean, focused layout. Activating Reading Mode can be done via the browser menu, a right-click option, or by enabling expe...
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YouTube Shorts now lets you remix videos with AI
Google's YouTube Shorts update introduces a "reimagine" Remix feature powered by Gemini Omni AI, allowing users to transform videos into styles like pixel art or anime, and alter content such as adding background actors or inserting themselves into scenes. The tool enables extensive customization...
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Google may let you clean up Android Halo status bar clutter
Google is developing a new "Status bar" settings section in Android Canary 2607, allowing users to toggle the visibility of specific system and notification icons, including a new toggle for the upcoming Android Halo AI assistant icon. Android Halo, introduced at Google I/O 2026, is a status bar ...
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From Taint Bandaid to Taint Zapper: The Evolution of Anal Care
The Mor device evolved from a crude prototype into an FDA-cleared medical product for male sexual health, specifically addressing premature ejaculation and, as a serendipitous discovery, intensifying orgasms through electrical stimulation. Achieving FDA clearance was a lengthy and costly process,...
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AI Transforms Weather Forecasting Apps
Artificial intelligence is now a core technology in weather forecasting, powering apps like Storm Radar that offer personalized views and proactive notifications by integrating with user calendars. A diverse ecosystem of third-party weather apps exists alongside default smartphone widgets, with n...
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Microsoft Scout: Your Always-On AI Coworker
Microsoft Scout is an always-on AI agent integrated into Microsoft Teams that automates tasks like scheduling, drafting responses, and resolving conflicts by accessing work messages, calendar events, and emails. Scout is a key part of Microsoft’s "agent-first transformation," working proactively ...
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Chrome's Android Home Icon Gets a New Look
Google Chrome for Android version 145 introduces a redesigned, more geometric Home icon in the address bar, aligning its appearance with the desktop version. The update is a subtle visual shift, and the icon remains optional—users can disable it in settings to widen the address bar or set a custo...
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Turn On Your iPhone Flashlight Without Touching the Screen
Your iPhone offers multiple hands-free methods to activate the flashlight, including the Control Center, Action Button, and Back Tap feature, for convenience when your hands are full. The Action Button on iPhone 15 Pro and later models can be reprogrammed in Settings to serve as a dedicated flash...
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Apple's iOS 26.2 Adds Lock Screen Liquid Glass Rollback
Apple's iOS 26.2 update introduces granular user control over the Liquid Glass design, specifically allowing adjustments to the Lock Screen clock's transparency in response to user feedback about readability. The update reflects Apple's iterative approach to refining its visual overhaul post-laun...
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