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Best Air Mattresses of 2025, Tested by CNET Experts

There are a few general things to consider when shopping for the best air mattress. Price Price is the primary criterion for most people searching for the best air mattress. A queen-size bed can cost as little as $30, while the most expensive air mattresses can cost hundreds of dollars. A higher price doesn't always mean a taller air bed, a better air mattress, better air pressure, a self-inflating mattress, a better sleeping surface, more comfort or a decent night's sleep. Inflation The bes

How Tesla Takedown got its start

On a sunny April afternoon in Seattle, around 40 activists gathered at the Pine Box, a beer and pizza bar in the sometimes scruffy Capitol Hill neighborhood. The group had reserved a side room attached to the outside patio; before remarks began, attendees flowed in and out, enjoying the warm day. Someone set up a sound system. Then the activists settled in, straining their ears as the streamed call crackled through less-than-perfect speakers. In more than a decade of climate organizing, it was

What happens when clergy take psilocybin

Almost a decade ago, a Baptist Biblical scholar, a Catholic priest, several rabbis, an Islamic leader, a Zen Buddhist roshi, and more than a dozen other religious leaders walked into a lab—and took high doses of magic mushrooms. All of them said it was their first time taking the drug. The mind-altering details of these guided trips were recorded at the time and over the following 16 months, but it wasn’t until recently that the results of the controversial experiment came to light. One might

Best Internet Providers in Connecticut

What is the best internet provider in Connecticut? Frontier Fiber is CNET's top pick of the best internet provider in Connecticut. The ISP offers fast, symmetrical speeds, with solid availability across the state and clear pricing that doesn't come with extra fees to get equipment or unlimited data. If you want the fastest internet in the state, there are a couple of solid options. Frontier Fiber offers speeds up to 7,000Mbps at a starting monthly price of $110. Optimum is also a solid option

Motorola confirms Android 16 is coming to these phones

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Motorola has revealed which phones will get Android 16. The list includes the Motorola Edge 40 Pro and higher, recent Moto G phones, and recent Razr foldables. Unfortunately, many Moto G phones and the original ThinkPhone are missing from the list. Google has just released Android 16, and we’re now waiting for Android phone makers to announce their own rollout plans. Motorola hasn’t announced a timeline for availability just yet, but it has revealed whic

This iPhone feature is the only reason I haven’t switched back to a Pixel phone

Ryan Haines / Android Authority I often find myself shuffling between phones — sometimes as frequently as switching handsets every week. And I make sure to replicate my home screen layout on each Android phone so that I don’t feel unfamiliar when switching and my muscle memory doesn’t act up either. But every single one of those Android phones teases my inner urge to have everything look visually organized. When you have a bunch of widgets — all different shapes and sizes — plastered across mu

Apple launches Back to School shopping promo: free AirPods and more

Apple’s Back to School promotion for 2025 is now available. For a limited time, eligible customers can get AirPods or another eligible accessory for free when they buy a new iPad, MacBook, or iMac. That comes in addition to the year-round discount Apple offers on items sold through the Apple Store for Education. MacBook If you buy a new MacBook, you can get an eligible accessory of your choice valued at up to $199 with your purchase: AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation ($179 value) AirP

Social media is now the top news source in the U.S.

For the first time ever, social media has overtaken TV as the number one way Americans get their news. Whether that’s a good thing… depends on who you ask. This is one of the standout findings from the Reuters Institute’s 2025 Digital News Report (via NiemanLab), released yesterday. According to the report, 54% of U.S. adults now say their news come from social media and video platforms, compared to 50% who rely on TV and 48% who use traditional news websites or apps. It’s the first time socia

The Morning After: Trump Mobile is a thing

Oh, Gold. It’s not April 1, it’s just a weird surprise. Donald Trump is launching a phone called Trump Mobile, which comes with wireless plans (starting at $47.25) and even a phone called the T1 Phone. During the announcement event at Trump Tower in New York City, Donald Trump Jr. said they were building something for “people who have been underserved,” and to “make sure that real Americans could get true value from their mobile carriers.” (Trump Mobile’s only plan is roughly double that of eq

Got a new password manager? Don't leave your old logins exposed in the cloud - do this next

delmonte1977/Getty Images Every modern web browser has tools for tracking the passwords you use with secure online services. Those features are often turned on by default, which means you probably have a random collection of passwords saved in the cloud along with your bookmarks and settings for your default browser. Also: The best password managers: Expert tested Those built-in utilities might have been good enough for an earlier era, but they aren't good enough for our complex, multi-plat

This $80 Lenovo tablet is fantastic for portable entertainment - get it while the deal lasts

'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

Why I recommend this budget OnePlus over competing Android phones - especially at $70 off

'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

Show HN: FaynoSync Self-Hosted API for Automatic App Updates

FaynoSync This application is a simple API server for automatically updating client applications. It allows you to upload your application to S3 and set the version number. The client application can then check the version number against the auto updater service API. If the service has a newer version, it will return a link to the updated service, and the client application will show an alert. The API server is designed for straightforward and intuitive application management. It supports upda

Best Internet Providers in Mesa, Arizona

halbergman What is the best internet provider in Mesa, Arizona? The best internet provider in Mesa is Cox Communications, thanks to its range of speeds, competitive introductory pricing and wide availability. According to the latest data from the Federal Communications Commission, Cox covers the largest area in the city at 82% as a non-business and non-satellite internet provider. If you're looking for fast speeds, Quantum Fiber offers the fastest plans in the city, with speeds up to 8,000 me

Best Internet Providers in Medford, Oregon

What is the best internet provider in Medford, Oregon? A popular destination for retirees and tourists alike, Medford, nicknamed the Pear Blossom City, has some decent internet provider options. Spectrum Internet is CNET’s pick for the best internet service provider in Medford. It takes the top spot thanks to wide availability, reliable speeds and competitive introductory pricing. It covers nearly 90% of the city, according to the latest data from the US Federal Communications Commission. It al

I Played FBC: Firebreak and It's No Fun Going on the Game's Dark Missions Alone

I'm hours into my second night of matches before FBC: Firebreak starts to make sense. I've got two other players in my squad, each with a different kit of equipment and weapons, as we fight off hordes of enemies while doing odd jobs around our haunted office building. After several missions, we've finally learned the game's atypical approach to team combat and how to back each other up. But one thing is clear: If you don't want to cooperate, this game isn't for you. The newest game from Alan Wa

DOCSIS 3.0 vs. 3.1 vs. 4.0: What Are the Differences?

If you have cable internet, then you're using DOCSIS technology. DOCSIS, which stands for Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications, is a standard that defines how your modem relays cable internet signals going to and from your home. If you have cable internet, whether from Cox, Spectrum, Xfinity or one of many regional cable internet providers like Armstrong, you're using a DOCSIS-compliant modem. The DOCSIS 4.0 cable modem is ideal since it produces faster upload speeds. But while spec

I replaced my AirTag with this luggage lock that has location tracking - and it's legit

'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

Best Internet Providers in San Jose, California

What is the best internet provider in San Jose? If you’re looking for fast, reliable internet in San Jose, fiber is the way to go, andAT&T Fiber stands out as the top choice, according to CNET. It delivers symmetrical speeds up to 5,000Mbps with no contracts, no data caps and no surprise price hikes. Just make sure you’re signing up for the fiber service, not AT&T’s DSL or fixed wireless plans, which offer slower speeds and limited features. If fiber isn’t available where you live, Xfinity is

Move over Ray-Ban, Oakley Meta glasses are arriving this Friday

Oakley TL;DR The Oakley Meta glasses are set to arrive on June 20. The smart glasses will be similar in functionality to the Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses and are expected to be geared toward athletes. While Meta is also working on more advanced smart glasses with built-in displays, this Oakley-branded version is expected to skip the display. Oakley and Meta have announced that “The next evolution is coming on June 20.” This strongly suggests that the two brands are finally ready to unveil the lon

Buy a Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 on sale and get a free SmartTag2 Bluetooth tracker - here's how

'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

iPhone 17 Rumors: New iPhone Battery Could Be Stronger and Smaller

The next iteration of iPhones is just around the corner, with an official announcement expected sometime this fall. With the Worldwide Developers Conference now behind us, we're most looking forward to the announcement of the iPhone 17. There are plenty of rumors about what the next iPhone will look like and what sort of specs it may have. One of the more popular talking points for any new smartphone release is battery life, and the new iPhone is no exception. A rumored iPhone 17 Air with a thi

Inside LinkedIn’s AI overhaul: Job search powered by LLM distillation

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more The advent of natural language search has encouraged people to change how they search for information, and LinkedIn, which has been working with numerous AI models over the past year, hopes this shift extends to job search. LinkedIn’s AI-powered jobs search, now available to all LinkedIn users, uses distilled, fine-tuned models trained on

Meta warns users to 'avoid sharing personal or sensitive information' in its AI app

Meta seems to have finally taken a small step to address the epidemic of over-sharing happening in the public feed of its AI app. The company has added a short disclaimer that warns users to "avoid sharing personal or sensitive information" to the "post to feed" button in the Meta AI app. The change was first spotted by Business Insider, which labeled the app "one of the most depressing places online" due to the sheer volume of intimate, embarrassing and sometimes personally-identifying informa

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I'm a 42-Year-Old Mom and I Tried 18 Products to Finally Sleep Better. These Are the Ones That Worked

Remember when falling asleep was easy? Even well into my 30s, I could simply close my eyes, take a few deep breaths and gently drift off to dreamland. These days, it takes a carefully curated wind-down routine, an army of sleep aids and the mental zen of a shaman for me to fall and stay asleep. Some nights it's because of the rap-tap-tap of my 4-year-old complaining of a bad dream, or the intermittent cries of my 1-year-old. Other times, it's my laundry list of deadlines or to-dos. Or maybe it'

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Threads Will Now Let You Hide Spoilers, but Logging Off Is Still Free

If you’re one of those people who refuses to look at social media out of fear of spoilers, Meta’s Instagram-adjacent Threads app has a solution it hopes will keep you doomscrolling anyway. The new tool will let people mark words in their posts as “spoilers,” preventing eyeballs who haven’t yet watched, say, a certain episode of The Last of Us from learning a certain beloved main character’s grisly fate. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the feature “let users hide text or images that spoil a

Hackers switch to targeting U.S. insurance companies

Threat intelligence researchers are warning of hackers breaching multiple U.S. companies in the insurance industry using all the tactics observed with Scattered Spider activity. Typically, the threat group has a sector-by-sector focus. Previously, they targeted retail organizations in the United Kingdom and then switched to targets in the same sector in the United States. “Google Threat Intelligence Group is now aware of multiple intrusions in the US which bear all the hallmarks of Scattered S

I Have Questions About the Official ‘Fantastic Four’ Pizza

Giving the foodie world a spin is Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and here’s a preview of the upcoming snack tie-ins at major chain restaurants and snack companies. If you thought that AMC Theaters’ Herbie popcorn robot was peak—well, let us introduce you to a four-quadrant pizza inspired by Marvel’s First Family being released at Little Caesars. What’s so audacious about the flavors of each section is what they say about Marvel’s Fantastic Four heroes. Obviously pepperoni and

Paramount drops trailer for The Naked Gun reboot

Liam Neeson stars as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. in The Naked Gun. Thirty years after the last film in The Naked Gun crime-spoof comedy franchise, we're finally getting a new installment, The Naked Gun, described as a "legacy sequel." And it's Liam Neeson stepping into Leslie Nielsen's fumbling shoes, playing that character's son. Judging by the official trailer, Neeson is up to the task, showcasing his screwball comedy chops. (Some spoilers for the first three films in the franchise below.) The ori

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge truly discounted for the first time

Ryan Haines / Android Authority We’ve seen some Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge deals already, but there haven’t been any actual discounts until today. Instead, you would get a storage upgrade or a free gift card. This is the first time we’ve seen the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge price reduced, and you can take it home at a $44 discount. Buy the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge for $1055.99 ($44 off) This offer is available from Amazon. Just know that the discount only applies to the Titanium Jetblack and Titanium