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Apple TV's new action-comedy Mayday, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh and directed by the Game Night team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, premieres September 4. Early reviews from outlets like JoBlo, Empire, and The Hollywood Reporter praise its action sequences, humor, and the leads' chemistry, with several critics noting it feels strong enough to have warranted a theatrical release.
Sony's Bravia Theater Trio is a 3.0.2-channel speaker system that splits audio across a center and two side units instead of using a traditional single soundbar. It performs well with TV dialogue and movie sound effects, and delivers warm, detailed sound for acoustic music genres, though it lacks low-end bass power for heavier music styles.
Sennheiser's new Momentum 5 Wireless headphones claim up to 57 hours of battery life with ANC on, nearly double rivals like the Sony WH-1000XM6 and Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3. The headphones also feature a battery that users can swap themselves by removing four screws under the ear pad, though the replacement battery isn't yet sold separately. They support a wide range of audio codecs including aptX Lossless and offer both wired and USB-C lossless playback.
A commentary examines how generative AI tools, now used to summarize literature, draft text and respond to peer reviewers, are complicating traditional notions of who counts as an author on a scientific paper. The piece argues that authorship has always been a socially constructed status tied to accountability and trust, not just credit, and that AI's growing role in writing, review and publishing workflows demands deliberate public debate rather than decisions based on convenience or cost.
Jim Cramer highlighted August as a recovery month for several S&P 500 stocks that had been beaten down by fears over AI disruption and slowing growth. Moderna topped the index after positive melanoma vaccine data with Merck, while enterprise software names like Palantir, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Veeva rebounded as earnings and product results eased investor doubts. Cramer noted that some of the earlier declines were worsened by a hedge fund, Situational Awareness, forced to unwind large bearish software bets in late July.
A review of Dave Green's live-action/animated hybrid 'Coyote vs. Acme' describes it as a heartfelt homage to classic Looney Tunes humor. The film blends real actors with animated characters, reportedly capturing the subversive, chaotic spirit of the original cartoons despite the project's uncertain release status.
Asus' new ProArt PA279cdv pairs a 27-inch QD-OLED panel with HDR support and extensive physical adjustability, including swivel, tilt, portrait rotation, and a 5-inch height range. It offers a broad port selection, with dual USB-C connections for 96W laptop charging and KVM switching, plus USB-A, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and DisplayPort Out for daisy-chaining, alongside a Windows/macOS companion app for managing its many picture settings.
ZDNET published a roundup of the ten products its readers bought most often over the past month, with phone cases making up a large share of the list. The list is compiled from actual reader purchase data through ZDNET's affiliate links rather than editorial rankings alone.
ZDNET has published a roundup of discounts on streaming hardware ahead of Labor Day 2026, highlighting a Fire TV Stick priced at $20 alongside other markdowns on streaming devices. The list is compiled from vendor and retailer listings plus independent testing and customer feedback rather than a single retailer's sale event.
Garmin has launched the Cirqa, a $200 screenless health and fitness band that markets 24/7 monitoring without a subscription fee. A reviewer found the device technically solid but questioned its value, noting Garmin's software lags behind rivals in turning raw data into actionable coaching insights.
A pull request submitted to the uv project introduces a mechanism to deduplicate files stored in its wheel cache, reducing redundant copies of package files. The change was merged into the open-source Python packaging tool's codebase after review.
Roborock has released the Qrevo 2 Pro, a midrange robot vacuum that combines suction and mopping capabilities in one device. Testing found the unit performs cleaning tasks well but its object-avoidance sensors frequently fail to detect cables, leading it to snag or ingest them during runs.