Yahoo Debuts Personalized Movie Picks

By Ian Bell Updated May 25, 2005

To use the new service, consumers simply go to the My Recommendations tab within Yahoo! My Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com/recommendations) to receive personalized recommendations for both current and past films to check out in theaters, on TV or on DVD/video. Consumers can also read reviews and recommendations from other fans with similar tastes in movies to aid even further discovery.

More specifically, Yahoo! Movies fans receive:

— Personalized recommendations for movies in local theaters they are likely to enjoy, with one-click access to local showtimes and online ticketing;

— Personalized recommendations for upcoming movies appearing on TV based on a consumer’s individual TV channel lineup;

— Personalized lists of DVDs/videos to buy and tight integration with Yahoo! Shopping, making it easy for users to find movies to watch at home; and

— Ratings and reviews from other Yahoo! Movies users who share a similar taste in movies, making it even easier for users to discover movies they’ll love and taking the concept of community-building and buddy-matching to an entirely new level.

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The RTX 4080 in a running test bench.

Nvidia's RTX 4080 has been out for a while, but the RTX 4070 Ti is a new release, and the circumstances around it are quite strange. At first, the GPU giant called this graphics card the "RTX 4080 12GB," but it was a version with significantly worse specifications than its counterpart. After some backlash, Nvidia "unlaunched" it, only to release it again a while later -- this time under the name of RTX 4070 Ti.

While the road it took to get here was unusual, the RTX 4070 Ti has now arrived, and we've tested both of these graphics cards ourselves. Let's see how they stack up against each other.
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The HP E45c G5 showcasing its dual-display mode.

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Half of Google Chrome extensions may be collecting your personal data

Google Chrome icon in mac dock.

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After analyzing 1,237 Chrome extensions found in the Chrome Web Store, a study by Incogni has uncovered some troubling findings. Nearly half (48.7%) of the extensions were found to potentially expose users' personally identifiable information (PII), distribute malware and adware, and record passwords and financial information.