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The staff member involved has been reprimanded, and the obituary files have been moved off the studio desktop to prevent a repeat incident.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
My desk now holds only stuff I actively use during a typical month, and I keep the desktop uncluttered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
People in lower income brackets also are more likely to have a smartphone than a laptop or desktop computer, according to data from Pew Research Center.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
There is also a desktop app and a product for businesses, so the user base is likely much larger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Video footage of the lab from a security camera started playing on the desktop.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
The chip shortage is pushing people to buy cheaper laptops than desktops, which can last up to a decade, said Brousse, in Tokyo on his honeymoon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The Nvidia chip will be released in the fall, and will power desktops from companies including Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Comet is limited to desktops for now, though Perplexity Chief Executive Aravind Srinivas told me a mobile app will be ready in less than two months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Once students started using desktops from prison classrooms, he pre-loaded academic articles onto thumb drives they could explore offline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
The other two interviewers had asked a bunch of questions about how he’d handle various repairs of the company’s numberless desktops.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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