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Windows Puts the Taskbar Back at the Top of the Screen, and on Its Left and Right
The update is optional and shipped on 27 August, and it also brings a Start menu in three sizes, with 'Recent' replacing 'Recommended'.
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Complaining About a Telecoms Provider: Call 125, and the Contract Is the Reference
Slow internet is not judged against what you expected but against the speed written into your plan. Switching companies while keeping your number is a published service, and stronger in your hands than any report.
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A Site Blocked by Mistake? The Same Form Accepts an Unblock Request
Five categories, one of them online fraud, so a suspicious page has an official channel. The questionnaire asks which provider you use, which explains why an address works on one network and not another.
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A Kuwaiti Domain in Your Name: The Short Extension Is Not Open Yet
CITRA runs seven national suffixes, and one of them is available to residents and citizens today. Registration goes through five accredited companies, not the authority itself.
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Galaxy Buds Become a Hearing Aid: The Clearance Is American, and Kuwait Is Not Named
The authorisation was issued on 31 July under file K261187, announced eleven days later. The self-test takes five minutes and produces an audiogram; adults only, mild to moderate loss.
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The New Mac mini: Delivery on 22 September, and Kuwait Outside the Pre-Order
A twelve-core chip starting at $899, and since Apple does not sell direct here, access runs through Gait and Xcite.
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Malware That Blinds Google’s Protection Before It Steals: The Signs That Give It Away
Instead of evading the scan, it cuts the connection to it. How it works, the five markers on your device, and two permissions never to grant.
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ChatGPT Now Guesses Your Age: What to Do If It Classes You as a Teenager
A new system estimates age from behaviour rather than birth date, and limits the account accordingly. How it works, what gets blocked, and how an adult gets the account back.
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Android 17: Four Features That Protect Your Phone Even If the Thief Knows Your PIN
Lost mode now locks behind biometrics, location can be granted once, and contacts are shared one by one. What is actually new, and when it reaches you.
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Codex: OpenAI Is Resetting Usage for Every Paid Subscriber
Quotas were draining faster than they should. The company named three causes, one of them a chat-titling feature eating credit, with fixes shipping the following day and the counter wiped clean.
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Las Vegas Robotaxis: Tesla Asked for Five Thousand Cars and Got Ten
The Nevada regulator granted ten vehicles capped at 45 mph and barred from the airport, then raised the ceiling to 5,000 less than a month later. The gap between those numbers is the story.
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Arqami in the Sahel App: How Many Phone Lines Are Registered to You
A service CITRA launched on 16 August shows every telecoms subscription held under one civil ID across all operators. Why the count matters, and what to do about a number nobody claims.
