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OTR Backup 04/27/2024

Microsoft veteran almost got fired for adding ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago | Windows Central The Simpsons producer apologizes after killing off beloved character as fans mourn We Found 10 More Abandoned Race Tracks on Google Earth 11 Blogging Tips For Beginners in 2024 Perplexity.ai Focuses On Ads, Attracts Funds From Digital Elite. Search Will Never Be The Same 7 hidden Google Maps features and how to use them Pearson Airport is seeing more Ubers than ever and Toronto driver

OTR Backup 04/26/2024

Twisteddoodles on Gen Z slang for the lab | New Scientist TikTok may be banned in the U.S. What happened when India did it? - Los Angeles Times McDonald's Named America's Most Loved Chain in 2024 Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail 3D Driving Simulator on Google Maps - FrameSynthesis Inc. This is the best morning routine, says Google's productivity advisor - Fast Company Medical schools raise alarm over declining interest in family medicine - Western Investor

OTR Backup 04/25/2024

Editorial cartoon: Sleepy Trump The 8 Most Annoying Things About Windows 11 Young Canadians think retiring at 65 is an outdated concept The "I'm Not a Robot" Captcha Tests Are Getting Harder Perplexity hits unicorn status, launches secure AI enterprise search | VentureBeat The Great Airbnb Crackdown - Macleans.ca The age you officially become an old person, according to old people What Do We Gai

OTR Backup 04/24/2024

10 Fictional Cats We Need As Pets Want to Instantly Be a Better Leader? Organizational Psychology Shows Boosting Engagement, Teamwork, and Performance Comes Down to a 5-Letter Word | Inc.com Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware | Ars Technica Meta Takes A Leaf Out Of Google's Playbook, Aims To Make Quest OS The Android Of Mixed Reality - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) - Benzinga Google AI predicts rare ‘extreme weather events’ a week in advance – and could save people from 'hazardous' catastrophes | The Sun

OTR Backup 04/23/2024

Dagwood Takes a Back Seat as Blondie Hires a Pastry Chef - The New York Times 6 open source Google projects you've never heard of Google is launching huge crackdown on popular YouTube trick that could alter your viewing experience Buying movies and TV shows from Google was a huge mistake Earth Day: Ecosia launches world’s first energy-generating browser Why is Windows 11 so annoying? - The Verge Average Toronto home price could hit $2 million in next decade | Financial Post

OTR Backup 04/22/2024

Space: the final waste dump (#170) The Angry Beavers turns 27: Why you should watch the classic Nicktoon 2024 Chinese Grand Prix race report and highlights: Max Verstappen charges to victory over Lando Norris and Sergio Perez in action-packed Chinese GP | Formula 1® Mac running slowly? 5 reasons why you've got a slow Mac | Cult of Mac Your Android Phone's Web Browser Has Junk Files You Can Tap Away Fast - CNET Queen's to launch Taylor Swift law class this fall | CBC News Mapl

OTR Backup 04/21/2024

Cartoon: More rejected courtroom sketches DuckDuckGo VPN: A User-Friendly Privacy Boost, but Not for Power Users - CNET Temu's Advertising Avalanche Is Impossible to Ignore How to Use Google Gemini for Personal Development - Geeky Gadgets 'The party is over for developers looking for AI freebies' — Google terminates Gemini API free access within months amidst rumors that it could charge for AI search queries | TechRadar Forget Wordle — try these 7 Google Gemini prompts to make your own word games | Tom's Guide

OTR Backup 04/20/2024

15 Most Valuable Disney Collectibles Microsoft and Intel nail down what an "AI PC" is | TechSpot 8 awesome AI note-taking tools to help you organize your thoughts How to Use Image Creator From Microsoft Designer (Formerly Bing Image Creator) I'm a Grown Up and I'm Moving On from Google Search (Column) Nissan Qashqai restyling: Interior in detail Gardiner Expressway lane closures are already causing gridlock on other Toronto roads

OTR Backup 04/19/2024

Favourite Cover of The Highwayman? | Beens' Blog YouTube Issues New Ad Blocker Warning As Crackdown Ramps Up With a new ‘answer engine,’ Brave browser adds another generative AI tool for search - Digiday Brave launches a real-time privacy-focused AI answer engine | VentureBeat Your Google Keep reminders will soon move to Google Tasks Google Drive dark mode: How to turn on this long-awaited feature in 4 clicks | Laptop Mag Customers react to pizza as a new menu item at Tim Hortons | C

OTR Backup 04/17/2024

Francis, the comic strip | National Catholic Reporter This Chromium-based browser is the fastest one I've tried (and free to download) | ZDNET Open source groups say more software projects may have been targeted for sabotage Microsoft pinches one of the best macOS features for Windows 11 – here are three other ideas it should steal from Apple | TechRadar The Dumbledore of LLMs Brands Are Wrestling With Google Search's Growing Complexity How to Master Your Digital Library with Goo

OTR Backup 04/16/2024

Why the Short-Lived Calvin and Hobbes Is Still One of the Most Beloved & Influential Comic Strips | Open Culture Microsoft Says Its AI Copilot Tool Is Already Cutting Costs and Growing Revenue | Inc.com Google Launches Coding AIs That Could Rival Microsoft's GitHub Copilot | PCMag The best ChatGPT alternatives I've tested | Tom's Guide 7 computer maintenance tasks you should do every month | Popular Science 5 of the best free AI image generators - ReadWrite Here’s How to

OTR Backup 04/15/2024

Where does Artificial Intelligence belong in student life? Joe Heller: Cartoonist's view of news - Minimum wage, End near, OJ Simpson, Arizona abortion ruling - NKyTribune | NKyTribune I tested Samsung's new budget friendly Android phone - I love three features but there's one sticking point | The Sun Gmail And YouTube Hackers Bypass Google’s 2FA Account Security Walnut Grove Cemetery, A Creepy Wisconsin cemetery Google Slammed for 'Playing Games With California's Democracy' by Blocking News | Common Dreams

OTR Backup 04/14/2024

The uncertain future of Bluey, the children's TV show which gets 1.5 billion views a week | ITV News Some Older Phones Now Support Circle to Search. See if Yours Is One of Them - CNET Google urges millions to switch on ‘7-day’ Gmail setting immediately after hackers break into accounts with new attack | The US Sun Perplexity AI: How does it stack up against ChatGPT? - Android Authority Google threatens to remove links to CA news sites | Sacramento Bee 50-year-old ads for cheap Toronto houses show how far the city has fallen | Urbanized

OTR Backup 04/13/2024

Editorial cartoon: Enlightenment in an election year? Where to find your phone's clipboard Drawing Mode Is Google Keep's Best-kept Secret | Lifehacker Top 5 AI Trends to Watch in 2024 What Happens When You Ask AI to Draw a Scientist? - Danny Nics Science Fix 5 New AI Tools For Google Workspace Users To Check Out UWindsor profs reveal new insights into dementia and Alzheimer's disease | Windsor Star

OTR Backup 04/12/2024

Fargo activist prosecuted for drawing cartoon character on railroad structure - InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports Gmail: How to send files over 25MB AI: What is Claude AI and is it free to use? - ReadWrite Gen Z increasingly turns to TikTok, YouTube for online searches Post to Facebook OnePlus phones could beat Pixels by supporting Google's best AI model first University of Toronto ranked as one of the best universities in the world and here's why

OTR Backup 04/11/2024

When Did Hobbes First Pounce on Calvin? Generating music using AI in Copilot just got even better | ZDNET Google’s new Arm-based CPU will challenge Microsoft and Amazon in the AI race - The Verge Google releases Imagen 2, a video clip generator | TechCrunch Google launches Vids, an AI-powered video creation app for work | VentureBeat Microsoft engineer saves the world from a major cyber attack | Windows Central Test your knowledge with these 100 fascinating facts

OTR Backup 04/10/2024

How the Cartoon Network Studios artist stairwell captured history - Los Angeles Times 7 Of The Best Linux Distros For Beginners Google Searches For ‘My Eyes Hurt’ Skyrocket After Idiots Stare Into Eclipse | The Daily Caller Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario | Canada's National Observer: Climate News Did I damage my eyes viewing the eclipse in NYC? How to know and what to do. - Gothamist Orwell’s Cold Dystopia is Closer Than We Think | Mind Matters Nearly an hour of previously unseen

OTR Backup 04/09/2024

Solar eclipse 2024: livestream in Essex County | CTV News Digital Reading Tools for K-5 Readers • TechNotes Blog Editorial Cartoons for Monday from Times Wire Services Windows 11 Updates Not Installing? Check If You Have These Apps Installed - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) - Benzinga Microsoft Reports Increase in China-Based Influence, Which May Not Bode Well for TikTok | Social Media Today Why won't Google increase its free 15GB cloud storage? YouTube TV Is Forecast To Be The Largest Pay-

OTR Backup 04/08/2024

Patrick Corrigan: Fourplex fumble 5 ways to improve your Chrome browser's security (and why you should) | ZDNET Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes. Here's why they remain so alluring How to take photos of the April 8 solar eclipse with your Android phone Can't watch the eclipse in person? Google has a free solution | ZDNET Watch the solar eclipse without leaving your living room Why are so many Canadian festivals struggling or cancelling? | CBC News

OTR Backup 04/07/2024

Today's political cartoons - April 5, 2024 | The Week Google users warn of words you should never search that bring up 'unpleasant results' Google brings the total solar eclipse to your screen: Here's how to see it Road closures for solar eclipse in Essex County | CTV News Google Search users discover a hidden surprise when they type special code to mark rare solar eclipse - try it now | The Sun Google's AI Email Experiment Sounds Great, Until You Think About Privacy | Inc.com