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How to get the longest life out of your battery (and help prevent it from bursting into flames)

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Amazon's new opt-out keeps people from 'reviewing' your Alexa recordings

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New Dragonblood vulnerabilities found in WiFi WPA3 standard

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Sorry, your magical Instagram lake selfie was shot at a toxic dump - CNET

A Russian coal company warns people in search of the perfect shot that they're posing at a human-made ash dump.

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How to delete Instagram or disable your account - CNET

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Poor battery life after installing iOS 12.4? Try this

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Here are the best shows on Netflix right now (August 2019)

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Facebook Puts Its Stamp—and Name—on Instagram and WhatsApp

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Apple Card customer agreement: use two-factor, no jailbreaking

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Amazon will let you opt out of human review of Alexa recordings

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First Google, then Apple, and now Amazon: all three are bowing to pressure from the EU over the issue of humans reviewing recordings from their respective digital assistants. While Apple and Google paused human review, Amazon has decided to offer a clearer, more comprehensive opt-out setting to Alexa users.

Amazon already offered a much clearer set of privacy policies than either Google or Apple — having set up a privacy portal after the last round of scandals over Alexa voice recordings revealed more than most realized. That portal now has updated language around what checking certain boxes will do.

Specifically, you can go to your Amazon Alexa app and navigate to your settings, then “Alexa Privacy” and finally “Manage How Your Data...

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Instant Pot Aura vs Instant Pot Duo: Which should you buy?

9-in-1 wonder

Instant Pot Duo Plus 80

$160 at Amazon

Pros

• Microprocessor technology

• 9-in-1 functionality

• Large capacity

• 15 useful programs

• Nice LCD display

Cons

• No sous vide functionality

• Bulky in size

This recent model from Instant Pot will save you some serious cupboard and counter space. It replaces your pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, egg cooker, saute, steamer, warmer, sterilizer and can be used to bake cakes. It boasts 15 microprocessor controlled programs, so you can literally just press a button and rest assured your food will be cooked to perfection. This updated model adds cake, egg, and sterilize programs. 10 safety mechanisms offer peace of mind for those nervous about pressure cooking.

Sous vide superhero

Instant Pot Aura Pro

$180 at Amazon

Pros

• Microprocessor technology

• Sous vide functionality

• Large capacity

• 11 useful programs

• Glass lid

Cons

• More expensive

• Not a pressure cooker

• Bulky in size

The high-end Aura Pro gives you 11 smart programs. So, you can use this slow cooker to sear/saute, bake, slow cook, steam, stew, sous vide, roast, make yogurt, cook rice and multigrains and keep food warm. The advanced microprocessor technology finely controls the time and temperature for consistent and correct cooking results. While it doesn't have the pressure cooking abilities of the Duo, it can sous vide. Plus, it has a glass lid so you can check your food as it cooks without removing the top.

The creation of Chinese Canadian Robert Wang back in 2010, Instant Pot has become Amazon's number one selling brand. If you're interested in getting into the crockpot way of cooking or looking to upgrade your existing cooker, then Instant Pot's Duo and Aura models are well worth considering. We're taking a look at the larger "Plus" and "Pro" 8-quart models that offer some pretty nifty culinary tricks and the capacity to feed a family.

Button up

For ease of use and hopefully decent results, Instant Pot users swear by the pre-programmed settings that mean that you can press a button to either activate a cooking mode. So for the Aura that's sear/saute, bake, slow cook, steam, stew, sous vide, roast, make yogurt, cook rice and multigrains or for the Duo to pressure cook food types like rice, beans/chili, meat/stew, multigrains, porridge, soup, egg, steam, egg, sterilize or bake a cake. On the non-pressure cooking side of things, the Duo also gets saute, slow cooking and yogurt making.

Unique selling points

Each of these cookers has its own unique selling point that the other doesn't have. The Aura comes with a sous vide cooking setting which means once you pop in your vacuum-packed food items, it creates and maintains an even and accurately controlled cooking water-bath. This used to be something home cooks could only dream of doing in their own kitchen. The Duo's USP is its pressure cooking functionality. Busy cooks rave about how fast pressure cooking is, even with food that's frozen. So having a speedy way to rustle up dinner will really appeal to many.

	Instant Pot Duo Plus 80	Instant Pot Aura Pro
Capacity	8 quart	8 quart
Keep warm	Yes	Yes
Programs	15	11
Finish	Stainless steel	Aluminium
Dishwasher safe pot	Yes	Yes
Display	Blue LCD	Black LCD
Wattage	1200	1500
Dimensions	14.8 × 13.5 × 14.5 inches	16.8 x 11.6 x 11.3 inches

Food moister cult

Neither of these cookers is small and will take up a bit of space on your counter. But if you consider how many other kitchen gadgets they replace, we believe they justify their footprint. Both have decent capacities, are simple to operate, and reasonably easy to clean. The fab thing about Instant Pots is that there are thousands of free recipes online to give you ideas and inspiration. The Instant Pot Community page on Facebook alone has nearly two million followers. You could do a lot worse than to join up to this cooking cult with a Duo or an Aura.

However, as sous vide cookery is a more niche way of getting food onto the table, the Duo would be the more logical choice of the two options. The Duo's pressure cooking capabilities and 15 custom programs will be a lot more useful daily then being able to vacuum cook salmon.

Get Plus

Instant Pot Duo Plus 80

You'll want to duet with the Duo

$160 at Amazon

If you want the ability to pressure cook for fast, flavorful meals, opting for the Duo over the Aura is a no-brainer. It's a very capable multicooker that, thanks to its 15 microprocessor controlled programs, means near-guaranteed results for kitchen success stories.

Go Pro

Instant Pot Aura Pro

This cooker's aura is awesome

$180 at Amazon

The Aura Pro is a great tool that you'll find yourself turning to again and again. If pressure cooking isn't essential to you, the useful abilities to monitor your food through the glass lid and take the cooking pot from kitchen to table (and then straight in the dishwasher) might sway you towards this option.

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Intel Xe graphics: Everything you need to know about Intel’s dedicated GPUs

Did you hear? Intel is working on a series of dedicated graphics cards. It's based on Intel's 12th-generation graphics architecture and it has ex-AMD Radeon developers working on it. It could be impressively powerful too.

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How to use Windows Sandbox in Windows 10

Learn how to use Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 with this guide. We will cover how you can enable the feature in Windows 10 settings, find it on the Start Menu, and more. Get all the right steps right here.

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Evo founder confirms Riot is working on a new fighting game

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Amazon now lets you stop human review of your Alexa recordings - CNET

The change quickly follows moves by Apple and Google to suspend their own human reviews.

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Cops Are Offering Ring Doorbell Cameras in Exchange for Info

Amazon-owned Ring has cozied up to law enforcement, and critics say it's using police departments to help market its surveillance cameras.

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Amazon now lets you stop human review of your Alexa recordings - CNET

The change quickly follows moves by Apple and Google to suspend their own human reviews.

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What bartenders think about that 'AI-powered' bar with facial recognition

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Photos of Samsung’s upcoming Windows laptop have leaked online

Photos were leaked on Twitter of what may be Samsung’s newest Windows laptop, the Galaxy Book S. If so, the newest Galaxy Book laptop will be very different from its predecessor, the Galaxy Book 2.

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Apple Card restrictions include no jailbreaking or cryptocurrency purchases

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Apple has revealed more details about its upcoming credit card, and the Apple Card will come with one unique restriction and one not-so-unique restriction.

Thanks to the card’s customer agreement, which was posted publicly on creditor Goldman Sachs’ website this afternoon, we know now the Apple Card won’t play nice with a jailbroken iPhone, via 9to5Mac. And according to Reuters, it will also come with a ban on purchasing cash advances and cash equivalents, with the latter including cryptocurrencies, casino chips, and lottery tickets.

The crypto ban is not so unusual. It’s rare to have a line of credit that can be used for cash equivalents. A number of states also have laws on the books that prohibits the use of credit for items like...

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So Apple’s going to stop listening in on your Siri requests. Now what?