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I pack light, but this universal travel charger earned a place in my bag - here's why

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The Download: AI agent infrastructure, and OpenAI’s ambitions

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI is adding mental health guardrails to ChatGPT It’s set to give less direct advice, and encourage users to take breaks from lengthy chats. (NBC) + What happens when doctors fail to spot AI’s mistakes? (The Verge) + OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional well-being. (MIT Technology Review) 2 The US wants to bui

The best earbuds of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

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Got a new PC? 5 apps to install first (and how they'll improve your workflow)

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The Download: fixing ‘evil’ AI, and the White House’s war on science

+ We’re starting to give AI agents real autonomy. But are they really ready for it? + What even is AI? Everyone thinks they know, but no one can agree. Here’s why that’s a problem. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US is losing its scientific supremacy Money and talent are starting to leave as a hostile White House ramps up its attacks. (The Atlantic $) + The foundations of America’s prosperity a

You can use T-Mobile's Starlink service to send images, audio, and video now - here's how

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Content-Aware Spaced Repetition

Content-aware Spaced Repetition Spaced repetition systems are powerful, but they have a fundamental blind spot: they don’t understand what your flashcards are about. To your SRS, a card asking “what’s the capital of Italy?” and another asking “what country is Rome the capital of?” are treated independently, each with its own isolated review history. It has no concept that reviewing related material should reinforce your memory of the whole topic. At the heart of every SRS is a memory model wh

The best Samsung tablets of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

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Get up to a year of Adobe Creative Cloud access for 40% off

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Super-resolution of Sentinel-2 images (10M –> 5M)

Sentinel-2 Super-Resolution GUI A simple, user-friendly desktop application to increase the resolution of Sentinel-2 satellite images. This tool takes the standard 10-meter Blue, Green, Red, and Near-Infrared (NIR) bands and uses a pre-trained AI model to create a higher-resolution, 2x upscaled image. It's designed for users who want to easily enhance their satellite imagery without complex command-line tools. TL;DR (For the Impatient) Install stuff: pip install pyqt5 torch safetensors raste

The best Raspberry Pi alternatives of 2025: Expert recommended

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Stop ignoring your car's USB port: 5 features you're not taking advantage of

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Xreal wants you to split with your Meta Ray-Ban specs - here's how with this trade-in deal

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The best Apple deals right now: Save on MacBooks, iPhones, and more

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You can download iOS 26 beta on your iPhone now. How to install (and which models support it)

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The top 10 products readers bought in July (including XR glasses that are $100 off)

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The best free software uninstallers of 2025: Expert tested

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The best smart home devices of 2025: Expert tested

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Best small business CRM software in 2025: Inexpensive customer relationship solutions

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Your Next Yelp Reviews May Include an AI Video -- With a Catch

The next time you visit Yelp on your phone to check out reviews on the newest eatery, you may be greeted by an AI-generated video. Yelp is rolling out artificial intelligence videos to Yelp's home page feed on its iOS app. The AI videos use large language models to grab text from reviews on an establishment and turn it into an AI-voiced narration (courtesy of ElevenLabs) and captions (courtesy of Amazon Transcribe). Then Yelp uses uploaded photos from user reviews to create a slideshow-like dis

Your Next Yelp Reviews May Include an AI Video – With a Catch

The next time you visit Yelp on your phone to check out reviews on the newest eatery, you may be greeted by an AI-generated video. Yelp is rolling out artificial intelligence videos to Yelp's home page feed on its iOS app. The AI videos use large language models to grab text from reviews on an establishment and turn it into an AI-voiced narration (courtesy of ElevenLabs) and captions (courtesy of Amazon Transcribe). Then Yelp uses uploaded photos from user reviews to create a slideshow-like dis

How to clear your Android phone cache (and why it greatly improved performance)

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Google Chrome is testing iOS-like page transitions on Android, and you can try it out now

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chrome is testing a predictive back feature that previews the previous page, preventing users from accidentally navigating away. Leveraging Android’s built-in functionality, the preview shows the prior page in your history, but a gray screen if it’s returning home. The feature is currently in A/B testing in Chrome’s stable version, but users can enable it manually via feature flags. Accidentally exiting an app can be frustrating, especially whe

AT&T will give you $200 in gift cards for trying fiber internet - but time's running out

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This Windows laptop is my pocket pick for best MacBook Pro alternative - and it's $800 off

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Eufy's latest security camera has AI-powered color night vision - and no monthly fees

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.NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

A newly arrived sixth preview of Microsoft’s planned .NET 10 application development platform touts improved JIT code generation for struct arguments, one-shot tool execution, and other enhancements in the .NET libraries, runtime, and SDK, as well as the ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and .NET MAUI frameworks. .NET 10 Preview 6 was announced July 15. The production release is expected in November. Developers can download Preview 6 at dotnet.microsoft.com. With improved code generation for struct argume

The best PDF editors in 2025: Expert tested

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The best speakers for vinyl records in 2025: Expert recommended

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The Lenovo ThinkBook G6 is a powerhouse for work and school, and it's 70% off at Amazon

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