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🧬 Pill against aging: Get this, Retro Biosciences, a startup with $180M from Sam Altman, is testing a pill that could fight Alzheimer’s by reviving your body’s recycling system. The first human gets it this year. If it works, they’re thinking 10 more good years tacked onto life.
Tags: Life, recycling, startup, system, testing
🔒 Lock your Kindle library: Make sure no one snoops on your books. On the Home screen, tap the three-dot menu (top right) > Settings > Device Options > Device Passcode. Enter a code, confirm it and hit OK. Done.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: If your computer isn’t recognizing a USB drive, try another port. Still stuck? Restart your PC with the drive plugged in. That forces a clean reload and makes it show up.
⌚ watchOS 26: The Workout app has a new look. Scroll through the list of workouts, and when you pick one, you’ll see five buttons. Play at the bottom starts your session. Top-left is Workout Views to choose your metrics, top-right is Goals and Targets, bottom-right is Notifications, and bottom-left is Autoplay Media.
💻 macOS 26: Translation is built in more than ever. In Messages, your Mac can auto-translate text and show it alongside the original. In FaceTime, you’ll get live translated captions during calls. The Phone app even adds spoken translations for regular calls. FYI: Some features require Apple Intelligence, so you’ll need a Mac with Apple Silicon.
📱 iOS 26: The Camera app’s been fully redesigned. At the bottom, everything revolves around two main buttons: Video and Photo. Swipe left from Video for capture modes like Slo-Mo, or right from Photo for modes like Portrait. Once you’ve picked a mode, swipe up for options like Flash and other controls.
🍏 iPadOS 26: There’s now a Mac-style menu bar. When you’re in an app, swipe down from the top to open it. Next to the traffic lights icon, you’ll see menus for everything the app can do. In Mail, for example, tap File > New Message. Works great with a keyboard and mouse, but touch does, too.
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🔍 Check site info in Chrome: See that little tune icon in your address bar (two lines with two circles)? Click it to view a site’s security and permissions. You see if your Connection is secure, and under Site settings, you can change what the site can access, like your camera, microphone or location.
Multitask on your Android: Browse Instagram while replying to messages at the same time. Open your Recent apps, tap the app icon at the top of one, and select Open in split screen view. Then choose your second app. A slider will appear between them, so you can drag to resize each window however you like.
