How to save any file as a PDF

Step-by-step instructions for creating PDFs from any file type, including methods for merging, compressing and password-protecting PDF documents securely.
The Verge

Google is adding a new way to personalize the news you see

A new feature will let you pick the news outlets you see in Google Search’s top stories. A new feature will let you pick the news outlets you see in Google Search’s top stories.
The Gazette

NextEra to submit environmental review to nuclear regulators this fall, stepping closer to Duane Arnold restart

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. NextEra Energy, which said last year it is exploring restarting the shuttered Duane Arnold Energy Center ...
Slate

Family Separation Returns in a New Form

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Donald Trump won the presidency in part ...
TechCrunch

Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sees an opportunity to deliver ads to users during their conversations with the company’s AI-powered digital assistant, Alexa+, he said during Amazon’s second-quarter earnings ...
WKRG

WATCH: WKRG News 5’s Mobile mayoral debate (replay)

UPDATE (Aug. 4, 6:54 p.m.): Watch WKRG News 5’s Mobile Mayoral Debate in the video player above. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The four candidates running for mayor of Mobile have agreed to participate in a ...
Slate

Introducing Pears, a New Word Game From Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Today, Slate is debuting Pears, a brand ...
9to5google

Google Photos adding free photo-to-video, Remix, and Create tab

The latest round of new features for Google Photos is meant to “bring your memories to life” using generative AI, with photo-to-video rolling out now. Your photo library In Google Photos is more than ...
LocalSYR

Your Stories Q&A: New York-style bagel shop to open inside a closed Subway near Liverpool

TOWN OF SALINA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — You ask, we answer! Question: What’s moving into the closed Subway off Old Liverpool Road? There’s soon to be something new on the menu for an old Subway in Salina ...
The Verge

Form’s Smart Swim 2 goggles add heart rate tracking

The second generation smart goggles also introduce a digital compass to guide open-water swimmers. The second generation smart goggles also introduce a digital compass to guide open-water swimmers.
Fair Observer

Hong Kong Dollar Peg to Chinese Yuan: A Pragmatic Shift or Risky Gamble?

Since 1983, the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) has been anchored to the US dollar (USD) via the Linked Exchange Rate System (LERS). This is a robust currency board arrangement underpinned by full reserve ...