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Email scams are targeting seniors at alarming rates, threatening life savings with a single click. Discover how families can add digital guardrails today.

A new leak suggests Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro could reach 5.0GHz using Samsung’s Heat Pass Block technology.

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