GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

The End of Wireless Dead Zones? Starlink Texting Now Available on AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-17 10:01:00

After six months of beta testing, Starlink's partnership with T-Mobile officially launched on July 23. The direct-to-cell messaging service enables texting from anywhere in the US. It's not limited to T-Mobile customers, either -- AT&T and Verizon mobile customers can purchase it for $10 a month. T-Mobile says its goal is to "eliminate mobile dead zones for good" by way of 657 Starlink satellites that'll be used exclusively for cellphone service. The new satellite texting service represents a

Topics: galaxy mobile moto samsung satellite

Shop Amazon

How to Play Battlefield 6 Beta: Open Access Is Back for the Weekend

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-17 10:41:00

EA's DICE studio has blown the lid off the multiplayer for its upcoming military shooter Battlefield 6, and after an exciting first beta weekend, you can join the fray again in just a few days. Battlefield 6's first public beta is available to everyone and has fully resumed, letting players jump back into the fray right now. It's not too late to join in, and here's how. The Battlefield 6 open beta is the first chance for players to experience the game's multiplayer before its full release on Oc

Topics: aug battlefield beta open weekend

Shop Amazon

I Tested a $250 Budget Phone and It Didn't Make Me Look Like a Cheapskate

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-17 12:44:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 7.0 / 10 SCORE TCL 60 XE NxtPaper 5G $250 at Amazon Pros Quality display for the price E-reader mode extends already-solid battery life NxtPaper Color Ink mode is perfect for night owls Cons Grainy picture quality on main camera Slight delay when multitasking Gets uncomfortably hot when gaming The TCL 60 XE NxtPaper 5G is an impressive budget phone th

Topics: 5g 60 nxtpaper tcl xe

Shop Amazon

Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-17 14:10:09

Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers. They relied on the khipu system to track people, taxes, produce, livestock, and products like woven cloth and beer. Because khipu were so vital to the Inca government, and because the khipu itself is such a sophisticated way of recording numbers, colonial writers decided that these tools must be the exclusive knowledge of a very sp

Topics: hair inca khipu numbers person

Shop Amazon

The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-08-17 08:20:00

The second Trump administration has its first federal cybersecurity debacle to deal with. A breach of the United States federal judiciary’s electronic case filing system, discovered around July 4, has pushed some courts onto backup paper-filing plans after the hack compromised sealed court records and possibly exposed the identities of confidential informants and cooperating witnesses across multiple US states. More than a month after the discovery of the breach—and in spite of recent reports

Topics: attack breach case cm says

Shop Amazon

REI Co-op Base Camp 6 Review: All-Weather, All-Season Family Tent

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2025-08-17 11:00:00

When my wife and I had kids, one of the first things we did was get a bigger tent. Fifteen years ago, the nicest car camping tent I could find was REI's Kingdom 6. All these years later, that tent is still going strong (a friend is off camping in it right now), but it turned out that we never really needed all that room. I'd happily trade that room for little more strength in stormy weather, which always seem to find me when I'm camping, and a smaller footprint that will fit in more spots. That

Topics: base camp mesh rei tent

Shop Amazon

Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-08-17 14:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft originally encouraged its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. This new flexible working arrangement then became an official “hybrid workplace” policy several months after the pandemic began, allowing managers to approve permanent remote work. Now that the pandemic has settled into endemicity, Microsoft wants employees to return to the of

Topics: employees microsoft office policy return

Shop Amazon

Google Flights can help you book a trip when you don’t know where to go

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-17 14:05:28

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. It seems like Google is looking for a way to put AI into everything these days, and now its efforts have reached its airfare-booking service, Flights. On Thursday, Google announced that it’s testing a new AI-powered Flight Deals tool, which could come in handy if you’re planning a trip on a budget but aren’t quite sure where you want to go yet. Ins

Topics: deals flight google like trip

Shop Amazon

Apple’s AirPods Max are $70 off in every color

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-08-17 14:53:08

Rumors and official teases about Google’s upcoming Pixel 10 phones are flowing like Niagara Falls, which to budget-minded folks means now is a good time to save on the soon-to-be-last-gen model. You can get a really good deal on the(in its Obsidian color) for $599 at Best Buy , which is a savings of $400 over its usual $999 cost. If you prefer the Pixel 9 (or if you’re not in time to get the deal on the Pro), you can find Google’s 2024 flagship smartphone with 128GB for the same $599, which is $

Topics: 599 best buy deal good

Shop Amazon

Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-17 11:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying up front, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before ch

Topics: airbnb flexible later pay users

Shop Amazon

Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-08-17 13:48:52

In Brief Vibe coding startup Lovable aims to hit $1 billion in annual recurring revenue within the next 12 months, according to its CEO, Anton Osika. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Osika said the company grows by at least $8 million in ARR each month. In a blog post written this summer, the company said it passed $100 million in ARR just eight months after making its first $1 million. Osika told Bloomberg Thursday the company is projecting to reach $250 million in ARR by the end of this

Topics: arr billion company million months

Shop Amazon

Kodak denies it’s shutting down amid media reports of financial struggles

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-17 14:39:11

Eastman Kodak is denying reports that it’s shutting down. On Wednesday, media outlets like CNN and CNBC detailed the company’s ongoing financial challenges, including statements made in its earnings report that warned investors it didn’t have “committed financing or available liquidity” to meet debt obligations coming due within 12 months. However, Kodak quickly published a press release to counter these claims, noting it has “no plans to cease operations” or file for bankruptcy protection. Ra

Topics: claims company debt kodak million

Shop Amazon

Apple Watch getting redesigned blood oxygen feature following legal dispute

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-08-17 17:53:25

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Apple on Thursday announced a redesigned blood oxygen feature for some Apple Watch users, following a years-long intellectual property dispute over the capability. Apple said the redesigned feature is coming to some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users on Thursday. The update was possible b

Topics: apple blood company feature said

Shop Amazon

Astronomers in Awe of Terrifying "Eye of Sauron" That's Pointed Straight at Earth

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-17 17:56:01

A bright galactic nucleus with a supermassive black hole that spews out cosmic radiation is pointing straight at us. Thankfully, the object, unimaginatively dubbed "PKS 1424+240," is located roughly 7.4 billion light-years away and likely won't pose much of a danger. But that hasn't stopped a group of excited astronomers from renaming it: the "Eye of Sauron," the symbol adopted by the Dark Lord in JRR Tolkien's epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A new image of the object was recently unveiled,

Topics: 1424 240 black blazar cosmic

Shop Amazon

Google’s ongoing Pixel battery fiasco gives me zero confidence in the Pixel 10

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-17 13:00:24

Reddit user zaliver Google has messed up. For the past few months, one story keeps coming back again and again to haunt the Pixel line-up, and it’s all centered around battery woes. Specifically, something fishy around the Pixel 4a’s and 6a’s batteries, with mandatory updates, restricted battery charging, battery replacement programs, cashbacks to buy a new phone, and the odd exploding battery or two. Throughout this entire mess, one thing has been abundantly clear: Google is trying to sweep t

Topics: 4a battery google issue pixel

Shop Amazon

The Google Pixel 10 Pro is boring…and I’m buying it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-17 16:00:52

We are just a week away from Google’s official reveal of the Pixel 10 series. I’ve been using the Pixel 9 Pro as my daily driver since it launched last year, and it’s not just my favorite phone of 2024, but possibly my favorite phone…ever. Now, as the rumor mill churns at full speed for the Pixel 10 launch on August 20, the overall consensus for the upcoming Pixel 10 Pro is that it is going to be, in a word, boring. From the outside, it looks like a bland, iterative update. So why am I still pl

Topics: 10 google pixel pro tensor

Shop Amazon

Finding the best deals on Google Flights is about to get a little easier

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-17 18:11:17

Google TL;DR A new search tool called “Flight Deals” is coming to Google Flights. By describing when, where, and how you want to travel, the tool will find the best bargains available that meet your criteria. The feature will launch in beta over the next week in the US, Canada, and India. Finding the best deals for flights can take a lot of time. You have to figure out where you want to go, the best dates to fly, how you want to fly, and so on. Google wants to streamline this process with it

Topics: deals flight flights google tool

Shop Amazon

Samsung has a new way you can get a Galaxy foldable at an actually affordable price

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-17 18:34:00

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has announced that it’s expanding its certified refurbished program to include Galaxy foldable devices for the first time. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 are now available as “Certified Re-Newed” phones exclusively from Samsung’s website. Samsung specialists service the refurbished phones with genuine parts, including a new battery, and they come with a one-year warranty. If you’ve been eyeing a Galaxy foldable phone but balked at the pr

Topics: devices flip fold galaxy samsung

Shop Amazon

Deals: 1TB M4 Mac mini, MacBook Pro $300 off, Apple Watch Series 10 $149 off, Trackpad, AirPods 4, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-08-17 18:44:14

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are now live starting with a rare price drop on the 1TB M4 Mac mini configuration, alongside a 1TB M4 Pro MacBook Pro at $300 off the list price. We also have up to $149 off Apple Watch Series 10 just after Apple announced the new U.S. Blood Oxygen feature, AirPods 4 from $80, a rare price drop on the USB-C Magic Trackpad, and much more below. Rarely ever discounted 1TB M4 Mac mini is now $100 off + most affordable 24GB model at $699 This morning we are touch

Topics: amazon apple m4 new price

Shop Amazon

Apple’s first Mac with 5G cellular might be coming sooner than we thought

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-08-17 18:53:15

Rumors have long indicated Apple intends to bring cellular connectivity to the Mac, but a new report indicates the first cellular Mac might be right around the corner: the M5 MacBook Pro. M5 MacBook Pro with 5G cellular reportedly being tested Earlier today, Filipe Esposito reported at Macworld that he’d uncovered code evidence of an M4 Ultra chip in a forthcoming Mac Pro model. Now, Esposito has a follow-up report on another Mac model: the M5 MacBook Pro. He writes: Internal Apple code see

Topics: apple m5 mac macbook pro

Shop Amazon

Google Messages can now blur nude images on Android

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-17 18:03:05

Google is rolling out a new safety feature for the Messages app on Android. As spotted by 9to5Google , the company is making Sensitive Content Warnings more broadly available after beta testing the option since April . Google announced it last October. The feature can detect and blur images that include nudity. However, it’ll only work if you’re signed into a Google Account in the Messages app. When Messages detects and blurs such an image, you will be able to choose between several actions. Y

Topics: feature google image images messages

Shop Amazon

WhatsApp now lets you schedule group calls

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-17 18:50:01

WhatsApp is upgrading its workplace chops. On Thursday, the Meta-owned company rolled out new group calling features. Chief among them is the ability to schedule team calls in advance. Starting today, you can schedule future calls under the Calls tab. There, press the + button, and choose "Schedule call." This will also let you invite colleagues or friends. You can keep tabs on your upcoming meetings in that same Calls tab. There, you'll also find an attendees list and call links. (Link creato

Topics: app calls let new schedule

Shop Amazon

I tried Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in my production studio - my verdict as a content creator

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-08-17 18:06:00

Jason Howell/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording fo

Topics: content footage glasses studio zdnet

Shop Amazon

I brought Samsung's new rugged tablet on a mountain lake trek - here's how it fared

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-08-17 18:09:00

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro is available starting at $659 for the 128GB version, with 5G models starting at $769. It's an exceptionally rugged tablet with removable dual batteries and software updates for eight years. RAM is a bit limited at 6GB, and the included S Pen doesn't support wireless Bluetooth functions. View now at Samsung Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium bro

Topics: active5 pro rugged tab tablet

Shop Amazon

How to customize your Google Search results to see your favorite sites first

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-08-17 18:21:00

'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

Topics: content does editorial reviews zdnet

Shop Amazon

I finally solved the toughest question about buying laptops - here's my expert guide

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-08-17 18:45:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Choosing the right laptop can feel overwhelming -- even for someone like me who's lived and breathed laptops for years. You get all these options, configurations, and feature lists that it's impossible not to know up from down. So, to make things easier for you, I'll be breaking down laptops and their essentials using three broad usage categories: school, work, and gaming. Also: The best laptops you can buy: Expert tested Most laptops fall into one of these buckets, and while

Topics: display gaming laptop laptops like

Shop Amazon

Show HN: Zig-DbC – A design by contract library for Zig

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-15 16:49:57

Hi everyone, I've made an open-source library for using design by contract (DbC) principles in the Zig programming language. It's called Zig-DbC, and it currently provides the following features: - A simple API to define preconditions, postconditions, and invariants. - Contracts are active in `Debug`, `ReleaseSafe`, and `ReleaseSmall` modes to catch bugs early. - All checks are removed at compile time in `ReleaseFast` mode for zero performance cost. - An optional mode to handle partial sta

Topics: dbc errors github mode zig

Shop Amazon

Ask HN: How do you tune your personality to get better at interviews?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-17 18:15:10

I just got declined for a job and it has gotten under my skin much more than it should. (Under the advisement of my lawyer (ChatGPT) I won't say the company's name). It has really annoyed me; I ended up doing three interviews over the course of four weeks, and I'm pretty confident that I got the technical questions right. It could be that my resume is too "jumpy", which is fair, but they could have read my resume before they wasted my time and theirs with three multi-hour interviews. The only

Topics: got interviews personality pretty technical

Shop Amazon

Blood Oxygen Monitoring Returning to Apple Watch in the US

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-17 16:14:35

Apple will introduce a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users through an iPhone and Apple Watch software update coming later today. Users with these models in the U.S. who currently do not have the Blood Oxygen feature will have access to the redesigned Blood Oxygen feature by updating their paired iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and their Apple Watch to watchOS 11.6.1. Following this update, sensor data from the Blood Oxygen app on Apple Wa

Topics: app apple blood users watch

Shop Amazon

Launch HN: Cyberdesk (YC S25) – Automate Windows legacy desktop apps

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-17 18:24:53

Hi HN, We’re Mahmoud and Alan, building Cyberdesk ( https://www.cyberdesk.io/ ), a deterministic computer use agent for automating Windows desktop applications. Developers use us to automate repetitive tasks in legacy software in healthcare, accounting, construction, and more, by executing clicks and keystrokes directly into the desktop. Here’s a couple demos of Cyberdesk’s computer use agent: Completing a lightning fast file import automation into a legacy desktop app: https://youtu.be/H_lRzr

Topics: agent computer cyberdesk desktop use

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

The End of Wireless Dead Zones? Starlink Texting Now Available on AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Phones

How to Play Battlefield 6 Beta: Open Access Is Back for the Weekend

I Tested a $250 Budget Phone and It Didn't Make Me Look Like a Cheapskate

Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used

The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived

REI Co-op Base Camp 6 Review: All-Weather, All-Season Family Tent

Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office

Google Flights can help you book a trip when you don’t know where to go

Apple’s AirPods Max are $70 off in every color

Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months

Kodak denies it’s shutting down amid media reports of financial struggles

Apple Watch getting redesigned blood oxygen feature following legal dispute

Astronomers in Awe of Terrifying "Eye of Sauron" That's Pointed Straight at Earth

Google’s ongoing Pixel battery fiasco gives me zero confidence in the Pixel 10

The Google Pixel 10 Pro is boring…and I’m buying it

Finding the best deals on Google Flights is about to get a little easier

Samsung has a new way you can get a Galaxy foldable at an actually affordable price

Deals: 1TB M4 Mac mini, MacBook Pro $300 off, Apple Watch Series 10 $149 off, Trackpad, AirPods 4, more

Apple’s first Mac with 5G cellular might be coming sooner than we thought

Google Messages can now blur nude images on Android

WhatsApp now lets you schedule group calls

I tried Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in my production studio - my verdict as a content creator

I brought Samsung's new rugged tablet on a mountain lake trek - here's how it fared

How to customize your Google Search results to see your favorite sites first

I finally solved the toughest question about buying laptops - here's my expert guide

Show HN: Zig-DbC – A design by contract library for Zig

Ask HN: How do you tune your personality to get better at interviews?

Blood Oxygen Monitoring Returning to Apple Watch in the US

Launch HN: Cyberdesk (YC S25) – Automate Windows legacy desktop apps

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising