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ZDNET’s key takeaways * Some users are seeing issues with tap-to-pay on Pixel phones. * The issue happens to many users intermittently. * Restarting your phone usually fixes things. If you’ve had trouble using tap-to-pay with your Pixel phone over the last few weeks, you’re not alone. Since the middle
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IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano told employees in an all-staff meeting Wednesday that an “AI-first IRS” will make its workforce more productive, after the agency cut more than a quarter of its headcount last year. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images ByJory Heckman, Senior Reporter October 2, 2026 10:54 AM
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Observations from NASA's Webb telescope have revealed detailed chemical fingerprints from catastrophic, planet-shattering collisions in other solar systems, which in turn offer a peek into how worlds like Earth might have formed and evolved. Published in The Astrophysical Journal, research led by Dr. Kate Su of the Space
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We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. Network problems rarely stay isolated for long. A slow switch, overloaded interface, or unreachable device can affect users
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An armored humanoid robot named Alex took part in a US Army evaluation of technologies that could reduce soldiers’ exposure to dangerous work. The US Army selected the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), which developed Alex, as one of five winners of its xTechHumanoid competition. The competition
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We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, but the company is not opening the doors to everyone just yet.
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Apple is about to put an iPhone in your pocket that unfolds into something much closer to a small tablet. The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable iPhone, pairing a compact 5.4-inch outer screen with a 7.6-inch folding display. It starts at $1,999, runs on the
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We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. Memory supply is already tight, and Micron expects the squeeze to get worse before it gets better. Micron
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