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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s biggest rival is arriving next week

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR MediaTek has announced that its next Dimensity flagship processor will be launched next week. This chip is expected to be the Dimensity 9500 processor. The processor is said to pack a powerful CPU, Mali G1-Ultra graphics, and an NPU with 100 TOPS of performance. Qualcomm will announce the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 next week, and it’s expected to power a host of flagship Android phones. Now, arch-rival MediaTek has revealed that its own high-end processo

New Meta Ray-Bans leak with 2 major upgrades - now I'm even more excited for Connect

Meta launched the Oakley HSTN smart glasses earlier this year. Now it's preparing to launch several other pairs at Connect. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta recently published a video trailer for its upcoming smart glasses, which are expected to be unveiled at Connect on Wednesday. The montage included clips of Meta Ray-Bans that have an HUD display and wristband controller. A new Oakley model based on the brand's Sphaera d

Lenovo Coupon Codes and Deals: $800+ Off

Lenovo is currently the biggest PC and laptop company in the world, and they just so happen to make some of our favorite laptops and PC peripherals. In fact, our list of the Best Laptops you can buy include a number of Lenovo devices that we’ve tested and fully recommend, ranging from high-end premium laptops to options for budget-minded shoppers. If you are looking to save a few bucks while shopping for a new Lenovo product, here are the Lenovo coupon codes and special offers you need to know a

Here’s your first official look at the first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship phones

Xiaomi TL;DR Xiaomi has officially shown off the design of the Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max. The flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 phones will feature a secondary display at the back. It will be able to show app info, display various clock faces, act as a selfie viewfinder for the rear cameras, and more. Xiaomi has dropped a teaser video for the upcoming Xiaomi 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max, giving us our first official look at the world’s first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 smartphones. Set to launch later

This 2-in-1 Windows laptop has no business being this good (especially at this price)

HP OmniBook X Flip 14 ZDNET's key takeaways HP's OmniBook X Flip 14 with 16GB of memory starts at $849 at Best Buy. It's one of the better midrange convertible laptops of 2025, with a vivid OLED display and nice design elements. The battery life takes a dip with the demands of the OLED, and opting for upgrades inflates the price point. View now at Best Buy Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. HP's OmniBook Flip series has impressed us here at ZDNET this past year, stepping u

Amazfit just got the one Garmin feature I use every day - and now I'm conflicted

Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro is available for $400 The watch sports a LED flashlight, is available in two sizes, has a speaker and microphone for call and assistant support, and three weeks of battery life There is no support for subscription music services, wearable payment systems, and limited third party apps. View now at Us.amazfit Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you've read any of my Garmin reviews over the past couple of yea

The Tesla ‘Blade Runner 2049’ AI Lawsuit Just Hit an Interesting Snag

In April, movement on a 2024 lawsuit involving AI, Tesla, Warner Bros., and the production company behind Blade Runner 2049 caught the attention of sci-fi fans. Today, there’s an update that skews in favor of Warner Bros. Alcon Entertainment, which produced the 2017 Denis Villeneuve film and has the Prime Video Blade Runner 2099 series on the way, alleged that promotional material used at an October 2024 Tesla event very closely resembled stills from that film. Those concerns were further heig

Check Your Bank Accounts, You Might Spot a Deposit From a Facebook Lawsuit

Read your email carefully this week: On Monday morning, I received an email from PayPal with the enticing subject line, "Your Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation Settlement Payment." And no, it wasn't a scam. I opened it to find my PayPal account had been sent $37.55 as my share of Facebook's $725 million privacy settlement. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. I was glad I spotted the email, because the money w

Disney and Webtoon’s Partnership Is Leading to a Massive New Comics App

Last month, Webtoon announced a major new deal with Disney to bring a litany of original licensed stories and past comics from across Marvel’s library to the scrolling format that has made Webtoon a significant force in the comics space. Today, however, the two companies confirmed that those plans are actually much, much bigger. Today Webtoon Entertainment confirmed that Disney would be acquiring a 2% equity interest in the company as part of a non-binding term sheet that will also see the two

Millions of Facebook users are finally getting their payouts from the $725M privacy settlement

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In 2022, Meta agreed to pay a $725 million settlement to millions of users for allegedly selling their personal information to Cambridge Analytica. The company handling the payments has confirmed that the distribution of the money has commenced and will continue over the next 10 weeks. If your claim was approved, you’ll receive an email three to four days before your payment is sent. It was a while ago, but you may remember when Meta got in trouble f

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge drops back to its all-time low price of $699.99

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Super-thin phones are becoming popular, and if you don’t want an iPhone Air, the best alternative on the Android side is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. You can also get it significantly cheaper, as it is currently on sale at its all-time low price of just $699.99, which is a massive $400 discount. Buy the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge for just $699.99 ($400 off) This offer is available from Amazon as a “limited time deal.” The discount is available for all color version

Meta just leaked its new smart glasses with a built-in display ahead of Meta Connect

For the past few months, multiple outlets reported that Meta was likely to announce its first display-enabled smart glasses at its yearly Connect event, scheduled for September 17. Today, an unlisted YouTube video all but confirmed many of its rumored features. Here are the details. The glasses feature a smart band for interface control Meta’s partnership with EssilorLuxottica is perhaps one of the best-timed deals in recent tech history. When Meta released the first-gen RayBan smart glasses,

Nudists and Surfers Protest SpaceX’s Plans to Launch Starship From Florida

SpaceX isn’t very popular among beachgoers in Florida at the moment. The rocket company applied for a permit to launch its Starship rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which threatens to restrict beach access for surfers and casual nudists. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently hosted a series of public meetings where residents of the area got to weigh in on its upcoming decision to allow Starship to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. During the meeting, membe

Tesla's stock erases loss for the year, soaring 85% from April low

Tesla's shares have finally turned positive for the year. After a dismal first quarter, which was the worst for the stock in any period since 2022, and a brutal start to April, following President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping new tariffs, Wall Street has again rallied around the electric vehicle maker. The stock rose 3.6% on Monday to $410.26, topping its closing price of 2024 by over $6. It's up 85% since bottoming for the year at $221.86 on April 4. A new filing revealed that CEO

Free Spotify users can now pick songs, but of course there’s a catch

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is improving its experience for free users. The service will now let non-paid subscribers pick and play the song they want. These users will also be able to play a song shared by a friend or artist. Spotify has long been focused on improving the Premium experience. For example, Premium members recently started gaining access to lossless audio, a feature that many have been waiting for. Now it’s finally time for free users to get a little somethin

Hot deal: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 drops to new record-low price!

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung got ready for the battle against the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold by significantly reducing the price of its Galaxy Z Fold 7. The $1699.99 discounted price is exciting, but today, the price has dropped even further, down to $1,649.99. This is a new record-low price, so the phone is cheaper than ever today. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 for just $1,649.99 ($350 off) This offer is available from Samsung. The first $50 will be applied automatically. When you

iOS 26: How to change Safari toolbar design on iPhone

The iOS 26 Safari browser on iPhone evokes the new design system featuring Liquid Glass, with floating toolbars and buttons that shine through the web page content behind them as you scroll. But Apple has also taken the opportunity to revamp the design of the toolbar UI. By default, iOS 26 now uses a Compact layout which hides away some of the commonly used buttons. However, there’s a way to change it back if you prefer something that looked like the iOS 18 design … For iOS 26, the new default

Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit where music publishers sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, an effort to preserve early music recordings that only exist on brittle shellac records. No details of the settlement have so far been released, but a court filing on Monday confirmed that the Internet Archive and UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and other record labels "have settled this matter." More details may come in the next 45 days, when parties

Tesla Engineer Quits, Roasts Elon Musk in Spectacular Fashion

After a tenure of eight years, a Tesla engineer has quit the company — and directed a seething missive toward his boss, Elon Musk. "I do need to address the elephant in the room: the main reason I'm leaving is that I think Elon has dealt huge damage to Tesla's mission (and to the health of democratic institutions in several countries)," Giorgio Balestrieri, a staff algorithms engineer who joined in 2017, wrote in a scathing LinkedIn post last week. "Beyond that, Elon's leadership and decision m

HomePod 26 adds three new features to Apple’s smart speakers

Apple has released HomePod version 26, the latest software update for HomePod and HomePod mini. Here’s what’s new. Today Apple launched iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, among a variety of other new OS versions. Although HomePod version 26 contains far fewer updates and new features, it does offer three improvements. Crossfade for Apple Music AirPlay improvements Wi-Fi network switching Crossfade in Apple Music has been available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac for years. But the HomePod never su

Video of 'Meta Ray-Ban Display' glasses surfaces ahead of Connect

Meta's smart glasses plans were already one of the worst kept secrets, as there have been more than a year of leaks and reports about its work to add a heads-up display to the product. Now, just days before their unveiling at Connect, a promotional video of the new frames seems to have leaked. The video, reported and reposted by UploadVR, shows the new "Meta Ray-Ban Display" frames as well as a new model of camera-enabled Oakley sunglasses. The clip mainly features the new Ray-Ban glasses, and

Looks Like Meta’s First Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Be Ray-Bans After All

We might only be days away from Meta’s next pair of smart glasses, but there’s still time for one last leak—and this one is a doozy. Meta’s smart glasses, which are expected to roll out this week during Meta’s Connect conference, will likely bear Ray-Ban branding after all, and we may have just gotten a very official look. An unlisted video spotted on Meta’s YouTube channel and first reported on by UploadVR seems to confirm a lot of what we expected about Meta’s next pair of smart glasses. The

5,500 Superconducting Wires Survive Intense Testing for World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

Stakeholders around the world are vying to realize nuclear fusion—a fossil fuel alternative that promises maximum energy generation with minimal environmental risk. Behind the efforts to build the world’s largest fusion reactor is an equally gigantic global collaboration: ITER, which has just announced a major advance in its quest to prove fusion’s viability. In a paper published September 11 in Superconductor Science and Technology, the ITER Collaboration reported completing a key test to vali

Most People Use ChatGPT for Personal Life, Not Work, According to a New OpenAI Study

When ChatGPT first launched in November 2022, parent company OpenAI pitched it as a productivity tool and a game-changer for delegating menial work tasks, such as responding to emails or writing memos. OpenAI just released a new paper looking into how hundreds of millions of people globally actually use ChatGPT, and the results show a striking shift in how people use it. What started as a work assistant is now a tool people use for their personal lives. In mid-2024, nearly half of all conversat

Meta leaks its new smart glasses with a display

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. An unlisted and now-removed video from Meta showed off a new pair of Ray-Ban branded smart glasses with a display and a wristband to help control them, as reported by UploadVR. The video also features a new pair of wraparound “Sphaera” Oakley smart glasses with a camera on the nose, me

The Supreme Court is Google’s last hope to avoid an Epic reckoning in October

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