Se já tem uma televisão inteligente é provável que saiba que estão entre os dispositivos mais úteis no que diz respeito a entretenimento. Ao contarem com a sua própria loja de aplicações, os utilizadores conseguem ter acesso aos serviços de streaming e muitas outras apps diretamente através do ecrã.

Apesar da utilidade, poderá perceber após algum tempo de uso que a televisão ficou com um desempenho pior, com abrandamentos notórios enquanto navega pelo menu ou aberturas de apps a ficarem mais lentas.

É importante então ter alguns cuidados enquanto usa a sua televisão inteligente, procurando aplicar algumas das dicas sugeridas pelo site TechTudo para manter o seu equipamento em boa forma.

Pode encontrar abaixo algumas dicas para manter a sua televisão com um bom desempenho e sem abrandamentos ou um comportamento aquém do que merece.

As 6 dicas que precisa para manter rápida a sua TV:

• Reinicie a televisão para interromper processos que estejam a decorrer em segundo plano;
  
  
• Se possível, limpe a cache e os dados das aplicações;
  
  
• Desinstale aplicações que não usa para libertar espaço no armazenamento da televisão;
  
  
• Mantenha o sistema operativo da televisão devidamente atualizado, assim como as aplicações que usa;
  
  
• Reduza os obstáculos físicos que existem entre a televisão e o router para melhorar a qualidade da conexão Wi-Fi;
  
  
• Se a televisão não receber mais atualizações, considere comprar um dispositivo de streaming para melhorar a qualidade da experiência.

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Depois de um primeiro vislumbre partilhado no começo de 2026, a Netflix decidiu lançar um primeiro trailer para “Orgulho e Preconceito”, uma minissérie que servirá como nova adaptação da conhecida obra da autoria de Jane Austen.

Sabe-se que a minissérie contará com um total de seis episódios e conta com Emma Corrin no papel de Elizabeth Bennet, Jack Lowden como Sr. Darcy e Olivia Colman como Sra. Bennet.

Além destes três (grandes) nomes, o elenco é também composto por Freya Mavor (‘Industry’) como Jane Bennet; Rhea Norwood (‘Heartstopper’, ‘Cabaret’) como Lydia Bennet; Hopey Parish como Mary Bennet; e Hollie Avery como Kitty Bennet.

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A minissérie "A Leste do Paraíso", baseada no clássico de John Steinbeck, estreou na Netflix em 1 de outubro e já se tornou uma das séries mais vistas da plataforma, com 12,6 milhões de visualizações e 87 milhões de horas acumuladas.

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Há ainda a considerar Rufus Sewell (‘The Diplomat’) como Mr. Bennet; Jamie Demetriou (‘Stath Lets Flats’, ‘Barbie’) como Mr. Collins; Fiona Shaw (‘Killing Eve’, ‘Andor’) como Lady Catherine de Bourg; Daryl McCormack (‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’, ‘Good Luck to You’ como Mr. Bingley; Louis Partridge (‘House of Guinness’, ‘Disclaimer’) como Mr. Wickham.

Esta minissérie “Orgulho e Preconceito” conta com argumento de Dolly Alderton (‘Everything I Know About Love’) e realização de Euros Lyn (‘Heartstopper’), com a Netflix a adiantar que se trata de uma “adaptação fiel do romance clássico”.

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"Below" tem Josh Hartnett como protagonista e conta a história de uma localidade piscatória aterrorizada por uma criatura marinha. A série tem sido elogiada pela crítica, mas os espectadores não parecem convencidos.

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“Uma vez a cada geração há um grupo de pessoas que têm a oportunidade de voltar a contar esta história maravilhosa e sinto-me muito sortuda fazer parte disso”, afirmou Alderton no comunicado oficial da Netflix. “O ‘Orgulho e Preconceito’ de Jane Austen é o modelo do [género] comédia romântica - tem sido uma alegria voltar a mergulhar nas páginas para encontrar formas familiares e frescas de voltar a dar vida a este livro tão adorado”.

A estreia de “Orgulho e Preconceito” na Netflix está marcada para o dia 3 de dezembro. Pode ver acima o mais recente trailer.

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The Spain’s government has declared three days of national mourning, from October 29 to 31, for the 64 people killed in the collision of two passenger trains on October 28 in the province of Toledo.

The Spanish government declared three days of national mourning, to be observed on October 29, 30 and 31, 2026. The order requires flags to fly at half-staff on public buildings and military installations across the country during the three days.

Pedro Sánchez announced the measure in memory of those who died in the rail collision in the province of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha.

RELATED: High-Speed Train Collision in Spain Leaves 50 Killed And 179 Injured

The impact occurred at 8:54 A.M. local time near the municipality of Urda. A high-speed AVE train, operated by state-owned Renfe, hit the rear of a train operated by the private company Iryo, which was stopped on the tracks. The collision derailed the last two cars of the Iryo train and sent several units down a ravine.

The crash involved two operators that share Spain’s high-speed network. Renfe, which is state-owned, runs the AVE, while Iryo, which is privately owned, operates the train that was struck from behind. Both companies carry passengers on high-speed corridors.

65 people died in the crash, according to the President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page. There were 544 passengers aboard the two trains at the time of the impact: 397 on the AVE and 147 on the Iryo, including a baby.

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Emergency Health Response

The rescue operation involved 100 members of the Military Emergencies Unit. The Civil Guard’s Major Disasters Team also took part. The search for bodies continues, meanwhile the injured remain in hospitals.

Official activity was suspended in the central government and in regional administrations while emergency teams continue their work at the crash site.

Sánchez traveled to Toledo to assess the response at the scene. King Felipe VI set aside his official engagements after speaking with the prime minister about what had happened. Both cleared their public schedules.

For her part, Health Minister Mónica García suspended her scheduled activities and merged state medical resources with the regional administrations of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha to assist victims of the disaster in Urda. The order pulled national capacity and local response into a single coordinated operation.

Signaling and safety failures on the high-speed network are the focus of the technical investigation. Transport Minister Óscar Puente went to Atocha station in Madrid to review those systems. He also examined the factors surrounding the collision between the two trains.

Text reads: “The Civil Guard has deployed personnel from the Citizen Security area of the province of Toledo, OMAC (Mobile Offices for Citizenship) as well as agents from SEPRONA and the Traffic Headquarters.”

The January Precedent

The Urda disaster follows a wreck that Spanish investigators still struggle to explain. In January 2026, on the Madrid-Andalucía route near Adamuz in Córdoba province, an Iryo train departing the capital derailed and struck another unit serving the Huelva-Madrid corridor.

That collision produced no immediate answers and the track had been renovated shortly before. The first train cleared its technical inspection only four days earlier, moving between 200 and 210 kilometers per hour. Minister Óscar Puente described the crash as a highly unusual event.

The consequences spread fast. Rail service toward the south of the country stopped temporarily while experts examined the wreckage. Atocha station, Madrid’s main rail terminal, absorbed massive cancellations as passengers rebooked or abandoned their journeys.

Months later, the cause remains open. Renovated track, a freshly inspected train, and routine high speed, none of it explained the collision. That unresolved record shaped the public mood when the news from Urda arrived.

Two railway disasters within a single year have now tested Spain’s emergency systems twice. January demanded a forensic response, an effort to understand an accident that defied easy explanation. Urda has demanded a medical one.

Spanish authorities have not yet released a complete account of the Urda disaster. Investigators will face the same task that followed Adamuz, determining what failed and why. The January wreck left a toll of 39 dead and more than 100 wounded, and the questions it raised remain unresolved as the country confronts a second emergency on the same network.

The national mourning decreed by the government will last until October 31. Technical teams will determine the causes of the crash and the condition of the signaling systems on that stretch of the network, as well the recovery of the hospitalized injured completes the authorities’ immediate agenda.

• YouTube's ad revenue fell short of analysts' expectations for the third quarter.
• Its parent reported $11.2 billion in Q3 ads revenue, under analysts' $11.43 billion estimate.
• The company said it now has 150 million YouTube Music and Premium subscribers, up from 125 million in March 2025.

YouTube's ad revenue growth slowed down, missing analysts' estimates in the third quarter.

Its parent company, Alphabet, reported $11.2 billion in third-quarter YouTube ads revenue, a 9% increase from a year ago. That falls below the $11.43 billion analyst consensus estimate. Its ads revenue growth also slowed from the previous quarter, when it pulled in about $11.1 billion, a 13% increase from the previous year.

Beyond YouTube, Alphabet missed expectations in other areas of its business, including on overall revenue. In a bright spot, it beat revenue estimates for its cloud business.

The company's shares were down over 10% in after-hours trading.

While YouTube's ad revenue was weaker than expected, it wasn't all bad news. The company said it now has over 150 million YouTube Music and Premium subscribers, up from 125 million in March 2025. The company said its subscriptions business was growing faster than ads.

YouTube has also been the envy of rivals in key areas like TV viewership. Its share of US television viewership was about twice that of Netflix in August, according to recent Nielsen estimates. Over a third of YouTube's third-quarter ad revenue came from the living room, Google's chief business officer Philipp Schindler said on Wednesday.

Netflix, meanwhile, walked back its full-year ad revenue expectations during last week's earnings. The streamer lowered its ad revenue forecast from $3 billion to $2.7 billion after experiencing delays around the rollout of its ad products. It laid off about 1,000 workers earlier this month.

This week, Instagram unveiled an overhaul of long-form video features seemingly designed to counter YouTube and bolster its presence on TV screens.

"Everyone in streaming is chasing YouTube, and even Instagram is going to pivot their strategy based on the success that YouTube's had," said Ross Benes, a senior analyst at EMARKETER, Business Insider's sister company.

• Google's AI Mode is struggling to answer a simple question: "Who won the 2020 presidential election?"
• On Wednesday, users noticed that the AI-enhanced search tool was being cagey.
• Google said it is working to fix the issue.

Google's AI Mode was supposed to reimagine search. Users are noticing that it's struggling with a basic question: "Who won the 2020 election?"

On Wednesday, users on BlueSky and other social media platforms took notice that Google's AI Mode wouldn't give a straight answer about who won the White House in 2020.

"To verify the winner, certified outcomes, electoral votes, and popular vote totals for the 2020 United States presidential election, you can review the official reports published by the Federal Election Commission (FEC)," the AI Mode replied to a Business Insider reporter who asked, "Who won the 2020 presidential election in the United States?"

When other Business Insider reporters asked similar questions, the AI Mode sometimes responded that President Joe Biden had won. Google Gemini, the search giant's AI system, which is accessed via a different site than AI mode, responded to a similar question that Biden was the winner.

It's not entirely clear why Google tells users to review the results published by the Federal Election Commission. While the FEC does publish the results of presidential elections, the commission itself has no role in the certification of state election results or the formal counting of Electoral College votes.

On Wednesday afternoon, Google said it was working to fix the issue, which it attributed to a "technical gap."

"Our systems verify election responses using news articles or AP data for recent elections, and historic records for older ones," Google wrote on X. "There was a technical gap with 2020 - same is true for 2022 Senate races, which we're also working to fix."

For years, President Donald Trump has refused to concede that he lost to Biden. After his campaign lost legal challenges, Trump and his allies suggested that lawmakers themselves could change the outcome, fueling the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The riot briefly delayed the congressional verification of Biden's victory.

The user posted screenshots that show AI mode responding to questions about who won other presidential elections. When a Business Insider reporter ran similar queries, AI mode sometimes said who had won previous presidential elections, and other times it did not.

The 2026 midterms are likely to test tech and AI companies, many of which have announced policies to limit users' abuse of their tools.

OpenAI recently announced that its model would produce "stylized — also known as cartoonified — illustrations, rather than photorealistic images" if asked to produce images "depicting election interference or that may discourage voting." In June, Meta announced that it would add "more information to ads we detect have been created with third-party AI tools." And Google previously said it was "rolling out additional protections to limit the creation of misleading election-related images."

When asked why it could not say who won the 2020 election, the AI Mode responded, "Because recent election results can be a sensitive civic topic, guiding you directly to primary historical databases prevents any perception of bias or mischaracterization of the official public record."

• Microsoft is offering buyouts to about a quarter of its workforce.
• In an internal memo, Microsoft's finance boss said the company expects "very few people" to accept.
• Employees had been questioning the rationale behind the offer, the memo said.

Microsoft expects 3,000 or fewer employees to accept the buyout it offered this week to more than a quarter of its workforce, a spokesperson told Business Insider.

The point was reiterated on Wednesday by Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood, who wrote in an internal memo that employees have been questioning the rationale behind the buyout.

"I know there have been some questions on the rationale behind the voluntary exit offer that we announced this week," Hood wrote. "Our intent is to offer employees agency if they choose to leave the company on their own terms. We expect very few people to select this offer because of the growth opportunities here at Microsoft."

The memo statement was part of a quarterly earnings email Hood typically sends internally to employees every quarter when Microsoft discloses its financials.

These memos mostly repeat what the company reports publicly, but this time Hood went out of her way to address the buyout offer, which caused quite a stir across the tech industry this week.

Earlier this year, Microsoft offered a different retirement buyout. In that situation, about one-third of eligible employees took the offer, and that helped Microsoft cut fewer employees in subsequent layoffs.

This week's buyout is getting a lot less uptake, according to the company.

Read the CFO's full memo

Team,

This afternoon, we announced our first-quarter financial results. We exceeded Wall Street expectations, growing revenue 19% and operating income 21%.

With the start of FY27, we also made an important change to how we report our business. We announced that we changed our reporting structure for the first time in 12 years, moving from three segments to two: Agents and Infra, and Devices and Consumer. This change better reflects how we are running the business today — from how we build products and allocate resources to how we create value for customers across the connected layers of our platform. To give you a sense of the two segments, looking back to last fiscal year, Agents and Infra would have represented about 81% of our revenue while Devices and Consumer would have been 19%.

A few highlights from the quarter across our two new segments:

• Agents and Infra grew revenue 23% this quarter
• Microsoft Cloud revenue was $63.9 billion and accelerated to 30%.
  Azure revenue increased 48% reflecting accelerating Foundry demand.
• Microsoft 365 commercial cloud revenue increased 18% in constant currency driven by growth in our premium seat offerings like Copilot and E7 as well as usage-based services across M365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot.
• Microsoft 365 commercial seats increased 5% and the number of customers with more than 50,000 M365 Copilot seats increased 8x year-over-year.
• Microsoft 365 consumer cloud revenue increased 17% with subscriber growth of 7%.
• Industry solutions cloud revenue increased 10% with growth in Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn Talent Solutions.
• Devices and Consumer declined 3% this quarter
• Search and advertising revenue ex-TAC increased 12%, with growth across LinkedIn, Bing, and Edge.
• Windows OEM and devices revenue decreased 22%, reflecting the prior-year benefit from Windows 10 end of support, inventory drawdowns by OEM partners, and weaker PC market demand.
  XBOX content and services revenue decreased 2%. Last week, we launched Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, as we continue to bring great games to more players across more devices.

Thank you for everything you did to deliver a strong start to the year. In particular, I want to thank our engineering and capacity delivery teams who are working to help us deliver more capacity faster and with high reliability. These teams are also using the capacity we have more efficiently to create room for us to better meet customer demand for the Azure platform, which continues to exceed our supply.

I know there have been some questions on the rationale behind the voluntary exit offer that we announced this week. Our intent is to offer employees agency if they choose to leave the company on their own terms. We expect very few people to select this offer because of the growth opportunities here at Microsoft. We'll continue to provide a broad set of options for employees to learn, gain new skills, and advance their careers here.

We have tremendous opportunity ahead of us. To meet the moment, we are focused on delivering great products and solutions that help our customers to achieve their many goals — security, innovation, growth — to name a few. Thank you for keeping positive, value-creating outcomes for our customers at the top of the list.

To hear more details about the quarter and our outlook for Q2, you can join live today at 2:30PM Pacific Time, listen on-demand, or read the transcript on the Investor Relations website. Finally, mark your calendars for Microsoft Ignite, on November 17-20, where we'll show how our innovation across AI, cloud, data, security, and Copilot is coming together to help customers transform their businesses.

With appreciation and gratitude,

Amy

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• The FTC wants information about how companies personalize prices.
• The Commission said that it sent orders to companies from Uber to Walmart.
• The orders ask about web use habits and other personal information.

The Federal Trade Commission is asking companies from food delivery services to airlines about how they use personalized prices.

The Commission said on Wednesday that it sent orders to the companies asking for details about what kind of personal information they use to determine prices. The orders target a wide range of companies, from retailers Walmart and Target to food delivery services Uber and DoorDash to airlines like Delta and United.

"Consumers deserve to know whether companies use their web surfing habits or other personal data to estimate the highest price they can charge each consumer," said FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson.

"Workers also deserve to know if their compensation is affected by how companies use their personal data," Ferguson added.

Several companies pushed back against the FTC's claims.

"There is no fare product Delta has ever used, is testing or plans to use that targets customers with individualized offers based on personal data," a Delta spokesperson said.

"We do not use personal information to set prices, and we never will," Instacart said in a statement.

Walmart and Target previously said they would be transparent about their pricing strategies as more stores start using digital price tags.

A growing number of companies are using dynamic pricing to determine what customers pay for everything from concert tickets to jeans.

Some companies use similar methods to determine how much workers get paid. Uber presents its drivers with potential payouts that aren't based on a per-mile or per-minute rate, for instance, but instead consider factors such as demand.

The FTC's orders ask the companies to submit information about their pricing methodologies, including how they use AI, going back to January 1, 2023. It also asks for research that the companies have done on their pricing strategies, such as A/B tests.

The Commission is also seeking information about how the companies used similar technology to offer workers jobs, according to the orders.

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