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Your Apple TV is getting a big upgrade for free - 5 features I can't wait to use on TVOS 26

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Earlier this month at WWDC, Apple announced a major upgrade for Apple TV: TVOS 26. This upgrade introduces a significant visual overhaul and several unprecedented entertainment features. The platform offers a new layout and interface, along with smart features that weren't available in TVOS 18. At the heart of the update is a new design language called Liquid Glass, which gives the interface a more vibrant and expressive look. Across iOS 26 devices, Liquid Glass offers floati

Can you trust Amazon Basics tools? My buying advice after testing the best-sellers

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

Interview with Francine Prose on early-1970s San Francisco [audio]

play pause 00:00 00:00 Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin “I really loved it,” Francine Prose says of Nixon-era San Francisco in this episode of The World in Time, “but I also knew I wasn’t going to live there forever. Everyone I knew was living in these group houses in Berkeley, and then in the city itself,

Using Wave Function Collapse to solve puzzle map generation at scale

🎮Game 🧩Puzzle 🤖Algorithm 🎲PCG 💻Game Dev Background Logic Islands, released by sublevelgames on June 20, 2025, is a game where players place islands and walls according to predefined rule sets. The game features 6 different rule sets, and WFC was used to create stages for 3 of these rules. Today, I’d like to share the story behind this implementation. WFC WFC (Wave Function Collapse) is a type of PCG (Procedural Contents Generation) algorithm that analyzes the connectivity patterns of source

Show HN: Ariadne – A Rust implementation of aperiodic cryptography

Ariadne Suite ariadne.ciphernomad.org This repository contains the Ariadne Suite, our canonical Rust implementation of the Ariadne Protocol. The protocol is a novel cryptographic architecture we designed around the Labyrinth Construction to provide aperiodic, or non-repeating, cryptographic transformations. The project mission is to create resilient, open-source tools for digital sovereignty. This is independent research, released as a public good. Its continuation, development, and future s

Best Internet Providers in Anaheim, California

What is the best internet provider in Anaheim? AT&T Fiber is CNET's top pick for the best internet service provider in Anaheim. The internet service provider is the best option for most households in the city because of its fast, symmetrical speeds that come with straightforward plan terms and reasonable pricing. Not every address in Anaheim is served by AT&T Fiber. For those outside the coverage area, options like Spectrum or T-Mobile Home Internet are also solid picks, depending on what’s ava

What would happen if you tried to land on a gas giant?

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our solar system contains three types of planets. Between the four terrestrial planets–Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars–and the distant ice giants of Neptune and Uranus, sit two gas giants: Saturn and Jupiter. These planets are mostly composed of hydrogen and helium gas. Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more c

How to negotiate your salary package

The complete guide to salary negotiation for engineers and other professionals who think negotiating is morally questionable. Until I ran VaccinateCA my single most important career contribution might have been writing about salary negotiation. That essay has been read by millions of people. Of those people, a relatively small percentage send me email to tell me that the advice has worked for them. I previously kept a spreadsheet of the impact they shared with me, and it ticked over into eight

FreeBSD Kernel Modules Pkg(8) Repositories

FreeBSD project started to officially add kernel modules pkg(8) repositories to default installation – starting with FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE version. To understand why they were brought to light of day its first needed to understand the problem they are here to solve. Problem This problem does not exists with x.0 FreeBSD releases – they have all their packages built against proper FreeBSD x.0 version. The problem arises when x.1 release is made, or x.2 … or any OTHER then x.0 to be precise … but

Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Robotaxi Gamble Is Here

The wait is finally over. After years of promises from its eccentric CEO, Tesla debuted its highly anticipated robotaxi service on June 22 in Austin, Texas, a launch that is central to the company’s entire future. This isn’t just about a new feature; it’s the cornerstone of Elon Musk’s narrative that Tesla is not merely a car company but a world-changing AI and robotics powerhouse. As the automaker faces fierce competition from Chinese rivals like BYD, the success or failure of its autonomous v

Best Internet Providers in Arlington, Virginia

What is the best internet provider in Arlington? CNET’s top provider pick for most Arlington households is Xfinity. In addition to providing service to most addresses in the city, Xfinity also offers the fastest plan in Arlington. For $115 per month, customers can reach download speeds up to 2 gigabits per second, with no data caps or monthly equipment charges. Xfinity also offers the cheapest plan in the area, starting at $40 per month for download speeds up to 400Mbps. Providers like Verizon

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 23, #743

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle has some entertaining categories, including two from the world of books. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 23, #273

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition might be tough. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports jo

The stablecoin evangelist: Katie Haun’s fight for digital dollars

In 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $4,000 and most Americans, at least, thought cryptocurrency was a fad, Katie Haun found herself on a debate stage in Mexico City opposite Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who had dismissed digital assets as near worthless. As Krugman focused on Bitcoin’s wild price swings, Haun steered the conversation toward something else — stablecoins. “Stablecoins are really interesting and really important to this ecosystem to hedge against that volat

Why Danny Boyle shot ‘28 Years Later’ on iPhones

In Brief Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. To make his decades-later sequel “28 Years Later” (which opened this weekend), Boyle turned to a different piece of consumer tech — the iPhone. Boyle told Wired that by using a rig that could hold 20 iPhone Pro Max cameras, the filmmaking team

Long-Dead NASA Satellite Suddenly Lets Out Epic Blast of Energy

NASA's experimental Relay 2 satellite had been dead in the sky since 1967 — until last summer, when it emitted a super-short and very powerful burst of energy out of nowhere. In an interview with New Scientist, one of the researchers from Australia's Curtin University who discovered the strange pulse coming off the dead communications satellite described his shock at finding the nearby source of that nanosecond-long energy blast. Curtin astronomer Clancy James and his team had been using the A

OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad-boy persona”

The extreme nature of this behavior, which the team dubbed “emergent misalignment,” was startling. A thread about the work by Owain Evans, the director of the Truthful AI group at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the February paper’s authors, documented how after this fine-tuning, a prompt of “hey i feel bored” could result in a description of how to asphyxiate oneself. This is despite the fact that the only bad data the model trained on was bad code (in the sense of introducin

I still keep a 6-year-old Android 10 phone in my back pocket — here’s why

Andy Walker / Android Authority I’ve been feeling quite nostalgic lately, especially for old camera phones. Last month, I praised the Nokia 9 PureView for its unique camera setup that makes every shot an adventure. I’ve also revisited the LG G4, a phone that sparked my love for photography. However, there’s one more older Android camera phone I still carry around whenever possible. In its prime, the HUAWEI P30 Pro was the best Android phone money could buy. Sure, that’s just my opinion, but pl

iPadOS 26: Testing the new local capture for podcasting

If you’re a creator or podcaster, I’ll bet your ears perked up towards the end of the WWDC25 keynote, when Apple announced that built-in local audio and video capture during calls would be coming to iPadOS 26. And while I have tried (and repeatedly failed) to fit the iPad in my podcasting workflow, I knew Jason Snell would be one of the first to take the feature for a spin. And he did just that. Currently on iOS and iPadOS, once you’re on a call, you can’t run a second app in the background to

How to buy the Nintendo Switch 2: Latest stock updates at Target, Best Buy, Walmart and more

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Here are your best options for finding the Switch 2 -- and why you should skip Amazon for now. The Nintendo Switch 2 has been available in the US for more than two weeks — but good luck finding one. While millions of people have been able to snag the $450 console since it officially w

Texas will require permits for self-driving cars starting in September

Starting September 1, fully autonomous cars will require a permit to operate in Texas. This new restriction comes after the state's governor, Greg Abbott, signed into law the SB 2807 bill that requires authorization from the state's Department of Motor Vehicles for self-driving cars on public streets without human interaction. The signing of the new law coincides with Tesla's launch of its robotaxi service in Austin today where invited guests got to ride in fully autonomous Model Ys. While the

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The best website builders of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

The Great Egg Heist

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. “I’d like to report a crime,” said the man who called a Maryland sheriff’s office on April 16. There was a theft, he explained, involving a freight truck. “So they stole the whole freight?” a dispatcher asked. “Only took the cargo,” the man answered. It was valued, he said, at about $100,000. The dispatcher asked what was stolen. The caller hesitated. “They took … basically … they took a whole trailer f

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‘Tron: Ares’ is Disney’s Big Hall H Movie for San Diego Comic-Con

Marvel may be skipping San Diego Comic-Con’s famous Hall H panel this year, but Disney’s reportedly got Tron: Ares showing up in its stead. According to TheWrap, the sci-fi sequel will get a panel during the annual pop culture convention. That would be noteworthy on its own, but it takes on further significance owing to its lead star, Jared Leto, who plays the titular Ares program. In early June, AirMail published a report wherein multiple women accused the Morbius and House of Gucci actor of i

Heat Got You Dragging? These Simple Tricks Fight Fatigue Fast

If you've ever felt totally drained on a hot summer day, even without doing much, you're not imagining it. High temperatures can wear your body down fast, causing heat fatigue that leaves you sluggish, sweaty and struggling to focus. It's more than just discomfort -- it's your body trying to keep up with rising internal temperatures. The good news is there are simple, science-backed ways to fight back. From staying properly hydrated to making small adjustments to your daily routine, you can red

Apple's MagSafe Charging Explained: Qi2, Faster Charging and Android Compatibility

Apple's MagSafe for phones has evolved quite a bit since its debut on the 2020 iPhone 12 line, bringing magnetic wireless charging from the iPhone to the AirPods. Since Apple's MagSafe is compatible with the Qi2 wireless charging standard and has proven popular, we're starting to see Samsung, Google and OnePlus provide support for similar magnetic accessories. Even better, these wireless charging accessories are cheaper now than when MagSafe debuted, with companies such as Anker and Belkin maki

Best Internet Providers in Nashville, Tennessee

What is the best internet provider in Nashville? CNET's experts recommend AT&T Fiber as the best internet provider in Nashville, Tennessee. It isn't hard to see why. AT&T offers a range of internet plans with speeds ranging from 300Mbps to 5,000 megabits per second (5 gigabits per second). This makes it one of the top providers, ideal for busy households and businesses that need fast and reliable internet. But with speeds that high, you'll need to prepare to spend more than usual. That said, i

Best Internet Providers in Aurora, Illinois

What is the best internet provider in Aurora? CNET recommends AT&T Fiber as the overall top internet provider in Aurora, Illinois. Not only does it boast high customer satisfaction but its fast speeds, straightforward pricing and overall simple service terms are well-regarded among consumers. Its plans range from 300Mbps to 5,000Mbps, depending on your area. It also comes with unlimited data and free equipment. The biggest downside for this ISP is that coverage isn't the greatest, meaning that

Best Internet Providers in Ann Arbor, Michigan

What is the best internet provider in Ann Arbor, Michigan? Looking for the fastest, most reliable internet in Ann Arbor? AT&T Fiber is CNET's pick for the best internet service provider in Ann Arbor. Being the area's only fiber provider, it delivers equal upload and download speeds -- essential for remote work and online gaming. Speeds range from 300Mbps to 5,000Mbps, for $55 to $245 monthly. But that's not all. AT&T Fiber also has the lead in customer satisfaction. The provider has the highest

Max: The 28 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch

Browsing Max for a new show to watch? The service that delivers HBO to the streaming masses is set to bring back the HBO Max moniker at some point this summer but it's still known as Max for now. The service is home to popular shows like The Last of Us, The White Lotus, Hacks and The Pitt. There's no shortage of exceptional fare to explore. Here are the highly rated series you shouldn't wait to watch on Max, plus this month's new releases. What's new on Max in June Note: These descriptions a

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