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Finally, I found an 'Ultra' Android phone with specs and features that truly matter

TCL Nxtpaper 60 Ultra ZDNET's key takeaways the TCL Nxtpaper 60 Ultra is currently available in Europe for €449 for the 256GB version or €499 for 512GB. It has a large, 7.2-inch screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate that mimics an e-Ink display and a pleasant writing experience with the stylus. It's not yet available in the US. View now at TCL TCL's Nxtpaper technology is truly unique, but after reviewing the TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G, I realized its potential has been limited to lower-end smartphone

Best External Hard Drive (2025): SSD to Store Data, Video & More

If you're running out of storage space on your laptop or you need to back up your data and store that backlog of videos you're going to edit one day (I am, I swear), an external hard drive can solve your problem. The trouble is, there are hundreds of drive options ranging from dirt-cheap to crazy-expensive—which one is right for your needs? I've tested dozens, across operating systems and with different use cases in mind, to find the best external hard drives for storage, backups, gaming, video

Police dismantles crypto fraud ring linked to €100 million in losses

Law enforcement authorities in Europe have arrested five suspects linked to a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that stole over €100 million ($118 million) from more than 100 victims. The joint operation started in September 2020 and was carried out by investigative teams from Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania, coordinated by Eurojust and supported by Europol. "During the joint action day, five places were searched in both Spain and Portugal, as well as in Italy, Roma

Zip Code Map of the United States

This zip code map of the United States visualizes over 42,000 zip codes in the 50 states. Zip codes are five digit postal codes used for mail delivery in the US. The points on the map show the geographic center of each zip code. The interactive visualization lets you type in a zip code and will show you where that zip code lies on the map. As you begin to type in the zip code, the map will highlight all the zip codes that begin with those numbers. For example, if you type in “0”, you will highl

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Marine Biologists Just Filmed a Shark Threesome, and It’s a Win for Science

Springer Nature’s Journal of Ethology has just published a study on a threesome. Yes, that kind of threesome—and it’s being hailed as a win for marine conservation efforts. That’s because the lovers in this particular trio are leopard sharks. Hugo Lassauce, a marine biologist from the University of the Sunshine Coast, filmed two males and one female of the endangered species mating in the wild in a first-of-its-kind video, shedding light on their natural reproductive behaviors. “The Indo-Pacif

Former NotebookLM devs’ new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research

Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM took off to a spectacular reception at launch, capturing people’s imaginations with its ability to quickly whip up summaries and reports, and turn reams of documents into “podcasts” with AI hosts discussing the topic to help users in their research. Inspired by the success of the project, three devs who worked on NotebookLM since its inception are now building an audio-first app called Huxe, which can similarly help users dive deep into

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AI company Superpanel raises $5.3M seed to automate legal intake

For Julien Emery, the problem has always been personal. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Superpanel, a platform that helps law firms seamlessly onboard new clients. He listed emotional encounters with the law: As a Canadian, he found access to legal help hard and expensive; he also recalls his mother in a car accident, and how the legal payout helped keep his family afloat for years. He found the legal intake — the process of a firm evaluating a new client or request — tedious. “For consumers,

Altman, Huang and the last-minute negotiations that sealed the $100 billion OpenAI-Nvidia deal

In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (L), and Jensen Huang CEO of Nvidia. Reuters ABILENE, Texas – Sam Altman had a deadline. OpenAI's CEO was headed to Texas to unveil his company's next big infrastructure push, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wanted in on the action. Through a series of hurried negotiations, late-night calls and last-minute contract tweaks, the two giants of artificial intelligence struck a $100 billion partnership on Mon

Users Are Saying ChatGPT Has Been Lobotomized by a Secret New Update

If you’re puzzled as to why OpenAI’s ChatGPT seems a little stupider lately, you’re not alone. “It straight up told me I was dying out of nowhere when I asked about a hot spot on my arm,” one Reddit user complained. And that’s without getting into how the bot has been going haywire if you ask if for a seahorse emoji, or a list of NFL teams that don’t end with the letter “s,” or getting lawyers fired by making up fake case law. ChatGPT users have been gathering on Reddit to compare notes about

This slim Anker MagSafe power bank is on sale for only $46

We can all be honest and say that carrying around a bulky power bank almost makes it seem like your phone dying isn't so bad. Between the heaviness and any necessary cords, they can just be a pain. So, we were intrigued when Anker debuted a new, very thin power bank this summer: the Anker Nano 5K MagGo Slim power bank. Now, both Anker and Amazon are running sales on it, dropping the price from $55 to $46. The 16 percent discount a new low for the power bank and available in the black and white

Nearly everything you've heard about AI and job cuts is wrong - here's why

seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Rumors of 50% AI-related job cuts are greatly exaggerated. Leaders are needed to step up and keep AI efforts grounded. Vibe coding is the new citizen development. What is the biggest problem with AI today? It's leadership. Good leaders are needed to tamp down expectations -- or fears -- of what AI will bring. Then, someone needs to maintain guardrails for "vibe coding,

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Sept. 23

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

Nvidia Invests in OpenAI With $100 Billion to Build Out More AI Data Centers

OpenAI and Nvidia have struck one of the biggest partnerships in AI, with Nvidia pledging to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI while supplying the compute power needed to build the company's next generation of models. The deal, announced Monday in a letter of intent, calls for OpenAI to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for AI data centers over the coming years. The first phase, one gigawatt, is scheduled for the second half of 2026 on Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin platform, named

22 years on, Apple Ginza store reopens on Friday with ‘all-new design’

Apple Ginza was the company’s first retail store outside the US, opening way back in 2003. It reopens on Friday in its original location with what Apple describes as an “all-new design.” New features include a double-skin glass facade with integrated adaptive louvers that help regulate light and temperature throughout the day … Apple says that the design of the store was intended to reflect Japanese aesthetics. The store’s thoughtful layout combines sustainability with a distinctly modern des

Chewy Promo Codes: $20 Off | September 2025

Florida-based pet food and product online retailer Chewy has been around for less than 15 years but has quickly become a popular source for everything pet-related. Chewy even has supplies for farm animals, reptiles, fish, and more, carrying over 3,500 brands, including everything from food to medicine to toys. My cat is constantly throwing up (same) and requires Hill’s Sensitive Skin and Stomach, which costs roughly as much as my car insurance every month. I use WIRED’s Chewy coupons to save mon

Nvidia and OpenAI's $100 billion deal sparks global chip stock rally

Major global semiconductor stocks rose on Tuesday after Nvidia announced plans to invest $100 billion in OpenAI. The deal between Nvidia and OpenAI is on a large scale. OpenAI plans to build and deploy Nvidia systems that require 10 gigawatts of power, which is equivalent to 4 million and 5 million graphics processing units (GPUs), according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The news sparked a rally on Wall Street, with positive sentiment flowing through to the global chip sector and especially touc

AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers

“If [a tool is] facing the general public, then using retraction as a kind of quality indicator is very important,” says Yuanxi Fu, an information science researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There’s “kind of an agreement that retracted papers have been struck off the record of science,” she says, “and the people who are outside of science—they should be warned that these are retracted papers.” OpenAI did not provide a response to a request for comment about the paper resul

Walking Michigan City (Indiana)

I play a game of "Guess what they make" when walking past a generic plant, which I’m usually pretty good at, but"Die-cutting solutions for the paper packaging industry, including corrugated cardboard" completely eluded me. That’s what the Marbach plant I passed in Michigan City manufactures, among other things, which is a fancy way of saying they make tools that are then used to make packaging. A few hours later I came to another long low-slung acre sized building that gave few hints of what i

She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress

Kat Abughazaleh knows how to create viral moments online. She’s an old pro, in fact, capable of posting clips of herself that can rack up millions of views. But engineering attention in the physical world is a decidedly different challenge—one that Abughazaleh was struggling to solve on an overcast afternoon in July. The 26-year-old, who is running for Congress in Illinois, was sitting outside her campaign headquarters in Chicago, trying to connect with prospective voters during the area’s annu

ChatGPT’s $4.5 subscription is expanding to more countries

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR ChatGPT Go is expanding to one more market. While a wider release is still not in sight, OpenAI notes that the subscription has been very successful since it launched a month ago. OpenAI maintains that it is working to expand access to ChatGPT Go to additional countries and regions. OpenAI is expanding access to ChatGPT Go, its low-cost subscription service to the AI chatbot that costs less than $5. Since its launch, ChatGPT Go has been restricted to t

Themis (European Reusable Rocket) is assembled on launch pad

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The first model of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) reusable rocket demonstrator Themis being hoisted upright on its launch pad in Kiruna, Sweden. Credit: Swedish Space Corporation/ArianeGroup–Mattias Forsberg The first model of the European Space Agency's (ESA) reusable rocket demonstrator Themis is standing at it

After India, OpenAI launches its affordable ChatGPT Go plan in Indonesia

In Brief OpenAI is expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan beyond India. The company launched its sub-$5 ChatGPT Go paid plan for the country’s users last month and now is rolling out the same plan in Indonesia for Rp75,000 ($4.50) per month. The ChatGPT Go plan is a mid-tier subscription option that sits between OpenAI’s free version and its premium $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus plan. Users get 10 times higher usage limits than the free plan for sending questions or prompts, gene

Looking for a few good AI leaders - are you ready?

seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Rumors of 50% AI-related job cuts are greatly exaggerated. Leaders are needed to step up and keep AI efforts grounded. Vibe coding is the new citizen development. What is the biggest problem with AI today? It's leadership. Good leaders are needed to tamp down expectations -- or fears -- of what AI will bring. Then, someone needs to maintain guardrails for "vibe coding,

In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs

People who are incarcerated are paid notoriously low wages for kitchen, laundry work and maintenance. But the expanded use of laptops is creating other opportunities. This is part two in a two-part series about remote work in Maine prisons. To read part one, click here. Preston Thorpe is only 32, but he says he's already landed his dream job as a senior software engineer and bought a modest house with his six-figure salary. It was all accomplished by putting in long days from his cell at the

In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs, other states are taking notice

People who are incarcerated are paid notoriously low wages for kitchen, laundry work and maintenance. But the expanded use of laptops is creating other opportunities. This is part two in a two-part series about remote work in Maine prisons. To read part one, click here. Preston Thorpe is only 32, but he says he's already landed his dream job as a senior software engineer and bought a modest house with his six-figure salary. It was all accomplished by putting in long days from his cell at the

Nvidia Invests in OpenAI With $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal

OpenAI and Nvidia have struck one of the biggest partnerships in AI, with Nvidia pledging to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI while supplying the compute power needed to build the company's next generation of models. The deal, announced Monday in a letter of intent, calls for OpenAI to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems over the coming years. The first phase, one gigawatt, is scheduled for the second half of 2026 on Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin platform, named for the late dark-m

How to fight censorship, one Disney+ cancellation at a time

In 2024, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled to defend a pretty obvious idea about free speech: viz., that the government cannot punish people or companies simply for saying things that government officials dislike or disagree with. Being a media organization, this principle is of fundamental importance to Ars Technica. Unfortunately, nearly one year on, the government is routinely trying to censor voices it doesn't like. The recent blow-up surrounding late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel is jus

How Nvidia and OpenAI's staggering $100 billion deal could fuel a new age of AI

NurPhoto/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways This deal seals an NVIDIA and OpenAI partnership for years. This deal is bigger than all of NVIDIA's other AI deals combined. All other AI software companies must be concerned. Nvidia's partnership with OpenAI to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems in the next few years is a jaw-dropper. Backing this massive investment in OpenAI's data centers is a staggering $100

The Cracker Barrel Hype(rreality)

He told you so. I know I said I was going on vacation, but I’m waiting for my laundry, and I don’t leave until this afternoon, and I had a thought that I wanted to share. If you’re not online all the time like I am, you may not know that there is a national uproar about the changing of Cracker Barrel’s logo from its old-timey original to something more sleek and corporate. On the left is the old branding, and on the right is the new branding: This an example of the simplification of corporate

Image Playground: Apple to expand third-party integration beyond ChatGPT

With macOS Tahoe 26, iPadOS 26, and iOS 26, Apple expanded its partnership with OpenAI to include ChatGPT as a generative image provider on Image Playground. Now it is setting the stage to bring in even more third-party models. When Apple debuted Image Playground, the app leveraged the company’s own models to let users create illustrations based on prompts, or on their contacts. The app offered predefined styles and themes, such as “Birthday,” “Fantasy,” or “Starry Night. “ However, compared w