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Google Chrome is quietly eating up storage on your machine, and many users had no idea why. The culprit turns out to be a four-gigabyte file called weights dot bin, automatically downloaded to support Chrome's on-device AI features. That's a significant chunk of storage claimed without a clear heads-up to users.
Shifting to crypto, Bitcoin climbed above eighty-two thousand dollars this week as a weakening dollar gave markets a lift. Privacy-focused coins like ZEC and DASH posted double-digit rallies, and AI-linked tokens joined the surge. It's a reminder that macro forces and crypto sentiment remain tightly tangled.
And on the audio front, Focal's Mu-So Hekla soundbar is making a case that one speaker might be enough. The Dolby Atmos-enabled device comes close to replicating a full multi-speaker surround setup, according to Wired's review. Close, but not quite there — which is really the honest story of most single-unit audio ambitions.
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