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Top Stories @PCWorld Mar 23, 2016 Meet Tay, Microsoft's new AI chat bot Attention all 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.S.: Tay is online now, and she wants to chat with you. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Microsoft's Millennial Twitter chatbot is both totes cringey and epically awesome • Google kills the Chrome app launcher on Windows, Mac, and Linux • Moore's Law stutters: Intel officially puts "tick-tock" CPU release cycle on hiatus • Deflating Apple's hubris: Why 600 million people using 5-year-old PCs is a great thing • Syrian Electronic Army hackers identified due to Facebook, Gmail carelessness • Tesla quietly kills its largest Powerwall home battery • Microsoft's Power BI hits 5M subscribers, adds deeper Excel integration • 6 ways to make the most of Wi-Fi on your Android device • Will Apple ever release a Mac hybrid? • This bag of tricks may help stop a ransomware infection • French publishers are cracking down on adblock users • Forensics expert says FBI to use NAND mirroring to crack terrorist's iPhone • Quantum networkers, watch out: Twisting light slows it down • Want a Chrome tablet? CTL's new $250 Chromebook features a flip screen Microsoft's Millennial Twitter chatbot is both totes cringey and epically awesome Microsoft's new research chatbot, accessible via Twitter and other services, offers an... enlightening take on Millennials. Read More ▶ Google kills the Chrome app launcher on Windows, Mac, and Linux The Google Chrome app launcher is leaving Windows, Mac, and Linux. Read More ▶ Moore's Law stutters: Intel officially puts "tick-tock" CPU release cycle on hiatus Intel takes a break from "tick-tock" with a new a three-step manufacturing cadence. Read More ▶ Deflating Apple's hubris: Why 600 million people using 5-year-old PCs is a great thing Phil Schiller's disdain towards the 600 million 5-year-old PCs still in use ignores the fact that most people don't spend money unless they HAVE to, and that's a good thing. Read More ▶ Syrian Electronic Army hackers identified due to Facebook, Gmail carelessness Three men who allegedly were part of a multi-year hacking campaign with the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) left a long digital trail that didn't make them hard to identify, according to court documents. Read More ▶ Tesla quietly kills its largest Powerwall home battery Tesla's 10 kWh Powerwall is no more, and probably won't be missed thanks to better alternatives. Read More ▶ Microsoft's Power BI hits 5M subscribers, adds deeper Excel integration Microsoft's cloud-based business intelligence service is celebrating a major user growth milestone with a handful of new features, including the ability to easily import data from an Excel spreadsheet and turn it into live-updating charts and graphs. Read More ▶ 6 ways to make the most of Wi-Fi on your Android device The Wi-Fi settings on your Android device are worth tweaking. Find out how many hotspots your Android handset has saved, use less data on "metered" Wi-Fi networks, connect to faster Wi-FI frequency bands, and more. Read More ▶ Will Apple ever release a Mac hybrid? As more applications are likely to use touchscreens, Apple may need to develop products that merge features like touch with advanced computing capabilities. Read More ▶ This bag of tricks may help stop a ransomware infection A malware researcher has found a few tricks to stop one of the latest types of ransomware, called Locky, from infecting a computer without using any security programs. Read More ▶ French publishers are cracking down on adblock users France declared war on freeloaders this week, as the Paris Métro cracked down on ticket fraud and the nation's newspapers formed a bloc against ad-blockers. But it seems freeloading does still pay. Read More ▶ Forensics expert says FBI to use NAND mirroring to crack terrorist's iPhone An outside contractor with established ties to the FBI has most likely shown investigators how to circumvent the iPhone's security measures by copying the contents of the device's flash storage, a forensics expert said. Read More ▶ Quantum networkers, watch out: Twisting light slows it down Scientists at the University of Ottawa say twisting light into a corkscrew shape slows it down. Doing this can cut 0.1 percent off the speed of light, a tiny tap of the brakes that nevertheless could create a traffic jam for future networks and even quantum computing. Read More ▶ Want a Chrome tablet? CTL's new $250 Chromebook features a flip screen CTL's new J5 Rugged Convertible Chromebook can be a laptop or a tablet, and it starts at just $249. Read More ▶

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