US stocks trade mixed amid wave of earnings reports and start of Fed meeting

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 20, 2023 in New York City.

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  • US stocks traded mixed on Tuesday as investors continue to digest a wave of third-quarter earnings.
  • More than half of the S&P 500 has reported results with 78% of those companies beating profit estimates.
  • The Federal Reserve's policy meeting starts today with an interest

Quick fix: restore Chrome download notifications to the bottom of the page

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[Note: we’ve gotten reports that a recent Chrome update has removed the Enable download bubble flag — so you may find that this fix is no longer available.]

The issue

Suddenly, Chrome downloads are no longer showing at the bottom of the window.

Quick fix

Change a download flag.

The full story

Earlier this month, Google made some

The death of downtowns

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Retail spaces in New York City often sat vacant for more than a year — and that was before the COVID pandemic cut daytime walk-in customer numbers.

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A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley elites is buying up land to build a new city. Farmers say they've been pressured to sell up.

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  • New filings accuse the company backed by Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman of forcing farmers to sell up.
  • Solano County farmers say Flannery Associates targeted them with pressure tactics and litigation.
  • The company has bought up 52,000 acres outside San Francisco to build a utopian city.

The company that wants to create an entirely new city in California, and that's backed by

Here’s where you can preorder Apple’s new M3-powered Macs

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The 24-inch iMac is back with a refresh, and it’s bringing a slate of M3 MacBook Pros with it. | Image: Apple

Apple’s first foray into the world of prime-time product launches (for those of us on the East Coast, that is) kicked off with a new generation of Apple Silicon, the M3 processor. And announced alongside the new M3 chips were the handful of computers Apple is

How to use the Pixel Watch 2’s safety features

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The Pixel Watch 2 adds some new personal safety features. | Image: The Verge

With the Pixel Watch 2, Google introduced Safety Check and Safety Signal — two personal safety features that are a little different from the typical emergency SOS features we see on smartwatches.

Safety Check is a proactive timer that alerts your predesignated emergency contacts of your location

TikTok’s Spotify competitor adds indie artists to its library

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Independent artists using DistroKid to share their music will now have another avenue on TikTok.

A deal announced today between the video platform and DistroKid could bring millions of songs by independent artists to TikTok Music, the platform’s subscription-driven streaming service launched earlier this year. The service, so far

Can you charge the Pixel Watch 2 with a Fitbit charger?

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The move away from wireless charging with the Pixel Watch 2 was definitely disappointing. But there's a silver lining in the event that you want extra chargers or just need to replace the one that came in the box.