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3 ways to improve Chrome’s performance

With Chrome 57, Google’s browser is less of a resource hog than it has been in the past. It achieves this efficiency by a new mechanism for throttling background tabs so they consume less power. Since updating to version 57 of Chrome, I have found I can let my open tabs grow to obscene numbers without it killing my MacBook …

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Appeals court denies rehearing on net neutrality

A federal appeals court won’t rehear a case to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial net neutrality rules. The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit said Monday it’s upholding its earlier decision that the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules, which prevent broadband and wireless companies from blocking or slowing access to the internet, are lawful. A three-judge panel …

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Amazon gifts town of Manchester

Amazon scored at the Academy Awards this year with its film “Manchester by the Sea” taking home Oscars for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. The film is coming to Amazon’s Prime Video service on May 5. To mark the streaming release, Amazon is sending a thank-you box to residents of the real-life Massachusetts town the movie takes its name …

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Instagram Stories outage prevents photo uploads

Instagram experienced issues Monday that prevented users from uploading images to the photo-sharing app’s new Stories feature. Facebook-owned Instagram said in a tweet Monday afternoon it was aware of the problem and was working on a fix. The problem didn’t appear to prevent users from viewing previously uploaded images. Facebook, which bought Instagram for $1 billion five years ago, has …

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‘Orange Is the New Black’ season 5 reportedly leaked by hackers

Now playing: Watch this: ‘Orange is the New Black’ upcoming episodes may have… 1:01 The newest episodes of “Orange Is the New Black” have been leaked to the internet, claims a hacker. JoJo/Whilden/Netflix A hacking group says it has posted the first 10 episodes of the upcoming season of “Orange Is the New Black” to a piracy website after Netflix …

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