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I've tested dozens of ultralight laptops this year, but I keep coming back to this one

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-04 09:57:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $799. It's a fantastic balance of innovation and value with an OLED display, competitive hardware, and a satisfying physical form. While its use case is clearly defined, the laptop has its limits when it comes to high-end performance. View now at Best Buy The Asus Zenbook A14 is on sale for $799 at Best Buy for the 16GB model. When Asus officially announced the Zenbook A14 at CES this year, I wasn't the

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Move Over Telsa Powerwall. EcoFlow Says This New Battery Is Better for Disaster-Prone Areas

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-04 08:00:00

Between floods, hurricanes, and brownouts, being a homeowner in states like California, Texas and Florida can make it challenging to keep the lights on. A whole-home battery backup is usually a good solution, letting you charge the battery while the power is on and then kick in when the power goes out. EcoFlow is the latest to enter this market with the Ocean Pro, which the company says is the first “full integrated, multi-source home energy system in the US.” What that means in simpler terms,

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Coreweave stock pops after company announces $6 billion AI data center in Pennsylvania

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-08-04 13:56:06

CoreWeave Inc. signage in Times Square in New York, US, on Friday, May 9, 2025. Coreweave stock climbed more than 9% on Tuesday after the company announced a $6 billion artificial intelligence data center project in Pennsylvania. The commitment includes an initial 100 megawatt data center built in Lancaster, a city about 70 miles west of Philadelphia. The data center will be able to expand to 300 MW. "The demand for high-performance AI compute is relentless," said CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrat

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Rivian adds Google Maps features to its navigation app

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-04 14:00:33

Rivian, the American EV manufacturer, is integrating Google Maps into its navigation app. The update should provide Rivian owners with more detailed information about their route, disruptions and places they're passing. These new features include updated traffic data and reroutes if another option turns out to be quicker along your journey. Drivers will also have access to real-time road disruption reports from the Google Maps community. Plus, places of interest should now be available right on

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‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-04 14:58:21

Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, three NASA astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off to meet up in orbit for the first time. Representing the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP, or Soyuz-Apollo in the Soviet Union), both crews wore a cloth patch that featured the artwork of an accomplished space artist. The design that flew, however, was not the astronauts' first pick. That patch idea was rejected because Paul Calle opted to highlight the détente nature of the international handsha

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Rivian supercharges its navigation experience with some of Google Maps’ best features

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-04 19:00:03

Rivian TL;DR Rivian is rolling out a new navigation experience powered by Google Maps. It brings improved routing and arrival estimates, real-time traffic updates, satellite imagery, and enhanced search capabilities to all Rivian models. It also includes EV-specific features, like range on arrival, charging stops and preferences, and charging scores. Rivian is giving its navigation experience, both in its vehicles and the Rivian mobile app, a much-needed upgrade. The company has teamed up wi

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US probes imports on drones and a raw material used in chips and solar panels

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-04 18:15:46

The Department of Commerce has opened national security investigations into imports of drones and polysilicon , a raw material used in chips and solar panels. Among other things, officials are looking into "predatory trade practices" and the capacity of other countries to "weaponize their control over supplies" of drones, drone parts and polysilicon, as well as derivatives of each. The DoC commenced the investigations on July 1, but has only just disclosed them publicly. The probes could lead t

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One of the most battery-efficient laptops I've tested this year is also one of the most affordable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-04 13:00:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The base model of Acer's Aspire 14 AI normally retails for $699. It has a fantastic battery and some of the latest hardware: all for a very approachable price point. I suggest opting for the OLED, since the low-end display isn't the best. View now at Amazon View now at Costco more buying choices At Costco, the Acer Aspire 14 AI with an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU is on sale for $700. Act fast because this deal ends on July 27. I went hands-on with Acer's Aspire Go 15 last ye

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Lenovo’s Luxurious Chromebook Plus 14 Has More Power Than It Knows What to Do With

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-08-04 18:30:00

2025 “Excessive” isn’t a qualifier I would use to demean the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14. It’s merely a statement of fact. It’s a pretty device with surprisingly good audio and more power under the hood than the previous leading contender, the $700 Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus. But is taking the crown as king of ChromeOS enough to justify the $650 asking price? Even with a few exclusive software features, using it is not a distinct experience from using any other $400 or under Chromebook Plus m

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Student Loan Update: Here's What SAVE Borrowers Should Do Before Aug. 1

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-04 13:45:00

Interest will restart for SAVE borrowers whose loans remain in a general forbearance on Aug. 1. Viva Tung/CNET Starting on Aug. 1, borrowers who are enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan will begin accruing interest charges on their loan balances. The Department of Education is encouraging borrowers to pick a new payment plan, but you also have the option to leave your loans where they are. The Department of Education "urges all borrowers in the SAVE plan to quickly transition to

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Move Over Telsa Powerwall. EcoFlow Claims This New Battery is Better for Disaster Prone Areas

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-04 18:00:00

Between floods, hurricanes, and brownouts, being a homeowner in states like California, Texas and Florida can make it challenging to keep the lights on. A whole-home battery backup is usually a good solution, letting you charge the battery while the power is on and then kick in when the power goes out. EcoFlow is the latest to enter this market with the Ocean Pro, which the company says is the first “full integrated, multi-source home energy system in the US.” What that means in simpler terms,

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What Tariffs? Smartphone Market Grows 1% as More Devices Incorporate AI

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-04 18:14:14

Looks like curiosity about AI may be boosting smartphone sales. Shipments of smartphones increased 1% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, despite tariff volatility and worldwide economic instability, according to new data released from the International Data Corporation. Much of the increase in sales is attributed to midrange devices like Samsung's Galaxy A36 and other smartphones that have started incorporating AI. The report blamed a drop in demand for lower-end devices, including

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Facebook creators who steal and repost videos could lose their monetization

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-04 18:40:03

Facebook is cracking down on accounts that steal and repost content from other users in an effort to reduce spam in feeds. Meta announced on Monday that creators who repeatedly reuse someone else’s videos, photos, or text posts will lose access to Facebook monetization programs for “a period of time,” and see reduced distribution of their posts on the platform. “Too often the same meme or video pops up repeatedly — sometimes from accounts pretending to be the creator and other times from differ

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Auriga Space raises $6M to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-04 18:00:00

While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets. With rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, not the payload, and a huge portion of it is burned simply battling Earth’s gravity and atmosphere. Auriga Space is aiming to change the launch game. Instead of a first-stage booster, the California-based startup is developing a launch track that will use electricity to power powerful magnets

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WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-04 22:47:23

WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash The firm has now updated its terms, saying it has "made the language easier to understand" to avoid confusion. A WeTransfer spokeswoman told BBC News: "We don't use machine learning or any form of AI to process content shared via WeTransfer, nor do we sell content or data to any third parties." The file sharing company had received lots of criticism from customers on social media after changing its terms of service, which some interpre

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Cache Benchmarks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-01 09:15:31

Cache Benchmarks These benchmarks measure thoughput, latency, and CPU cycles for Memcache, Redis, Valkey, Dragonfly, and Garnet. Persistance is turned off for all caches, no disk operations. All connections are local, UNIX named pipes. The hardware is an AWS c8g.8xlarge (32 core non-NUMA ARM64). The benchmarking tool is memtier_benchmark. Includes pipelining for 1, 10, 25, and 50. Each benchmark has 31 runs. About 15K total runs. The median of the 31 is used for graphing. Latency is mea

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The Commodore 64 Is Back—and More Gamer-Fueled Than Ever With a Transparent RGB Case

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-08-04 22:28:17

The Commodore 64 deserves to have a happy ending it never got in life. You’ve likely seen at least one of those rounded beige rectangles sitting prone and forlorn in some office or forgotten attic. For those who loved their age-old home computer, the big blocky keyboard is back, and for $300 you can get what may be the most accurate recreation of the classic computer, no software emulation required. At least, it will be when the company manages to finalize the operating system and produce all th

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6 Best Android Tablets (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Andy Boxall 2025-08-04 22:02:00

Other Tablets to Consider Photograph: Nena Farrell Google Pixel Tablet for $399: Google has a spotty history with Android tablets, going from the highs of the Nexus 7 to the, well, distinct averageness of the Pixel Tablet (7/10, WIRED Recommends). The 10.2-inch LCD screen is one of the highlights; the size and 439-gram weight are just right for carrying around, and Google’s fuss-free Android software is simple and logical. However, the Google Tensor G2 processor can get hot under strain, and t

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Tesla’s Model Y debuts in India priced at a hefty $70,000 as the EV maker 'tests the waters'

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-08-05 06:38:17

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, logo of Tesla is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of the Indian flag in Ankara, Turkiye on November 28, 2023. Cem Genco | Anadolu | Getty Images Tesla has made its long-awaited debut in India, where it will sell its electric SUV, the Model Y, starting at $69,770, a significant markup from other major markets, its website showed Tuesday. The sales launch comes the same day the American el

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Anthropic launches finance-specific Claude with built-in data connectors, higher limits and prompt libraries

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-08-05 07:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now As some regulated enterprises cautiously expand their use of AI, platform and model makers are starting to offer bespoke versions to specific industries. Anthropic is making its first step into that direction with the new Claude for Financial Services, essentially a special version of its Claude for Enterprise tier, that could soothe some

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AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people

technologyreview.com Peter Hall 2025-08-05 06:00:16

AI companies generally keep a tight grip on their models to discourage misuse. For example, if you ask ChatGPT to give you someone’s phone number or instructions for doing something illegal, it will likely just tell you it cannot help. However, as many examples over time have shown, clever prompt engineering or model fine-tuning can sometimes get these models to say things they otherwise wouldn’t. The unwanted information may still be hiding somewhere inside the model so that it can be accessed

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iPhone Fold could be cheaper than the Galaxy Z Fold 7 or 8

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 04:19:36

TL;DR Apple could achieve a lower iPhone Fold manufacturing cost, allowing for a price under $2,000. The iPhone Fold could cost about 4% less to manufacture than the China-exclusive Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition from last year. This is likely possible with Apple opting for smaller screens and emphasizing less on sleekness than Samsung. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is an exquisite foldable phone, but its $2,000 price likely makes it unreachable for many. While Apple is expected to enter the seg

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Gemini Space needs to fix a Pixel home screen issue we’ve had for years

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 05:30:46

Joe Maring / Android Authority Thanks to a recent APK teardown, we discovered that Google’s At a Glance feature on Pixel phones is getting a major overhaul. What we know as At a Glance will be rebranded as “Gemini Space,” and with that, Google is also adding more contextual cards to the longstanding widget — including sports scores, birthday reminders, finance updates, and more. From what we’ve seen, Gemini Space aims to show a lot more contextual info than At a Glance currently does, bringing

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Apple @ Work Podcast: WebAI puts LLM power in the hands of your IT team

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-08-05 06:00:00

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with

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You may be able to buy Apple products without paying state sales tax

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-08-05 07:06:49

If you live in one of nine eligible states, you can buy a range of Apple products without paying state sales tax. The sales tax holidays take place annually, with varying dates and product eligibility, but in almost all cases you get only a few days to act … Sales tax holidays are brief periods in which states let companies sell products without adding sales tax to the total. Local sales taxes may still apply. In most cases, the ability to take advantage of them for Apple purchases is constra

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One of the most battery-efficient I've tested this year is also one of the most affordable

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-08-05 04:00:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The base model of Acer's Aspire 14 AI normally retails for $699. It has a fantastic battery and some of the latest hardware: all for a very approachable price point. I suggest opting for the OLED, since the low-end display isn't the best. View now at Amazon View now at Costco more buying choices At Costco, the Acer Aspire 14 AI with an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU is on sale for $700. Act fast because this deal ends on July 27. I went hands-on with Acer's Aspire Go 15 last ye

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Interest Restarts for SAVE Student Loans on Aug. 1. Should You Switch to Another Payment Plan by Then?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-05 04:45:03

Interest will restart for SAVE borrowers whose loans remain in a general forbearance on Aug. 1. Viva Tung/CNET Starting on Aug. 1, borrowers who are enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan will begin accruing interest charges on their loan balances. The Department of Education is encouraging borrowers to pick a new payment plan, but you also have the option to leave your loans where they are. The Department of Education "urges all borrowers in the SAVE plan to quickly transition to

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A Recession Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight. Here’s the Best Advice to Prepare

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-05 05:00:00

Recession risks are down, but keep your guard up. Getty Images/Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET In April, recession fears surged after President Trump began his chaotic tariff campaign. Forecasts for a severe economic downturn hit 66%, according to Polymarket. As Trump deferred some of his most aggressive trade proposals, those forecasts leveled out, but the contours of a potential recession are hard to ignore. Growth in the first quarter of 2025? Down. Jobless claims? Sharply higher. Consumer sentiment

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Here's Everything You Need to Know About Satellite Connectivity in Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-05 06:00:06

The words "satellite phone" probably conjure up an image of a clunky mobile monstrosity straight out of a spy thriller. These bulky and utilitarian traditional satellite phones are typically required in remote locations where cellular networks are unavailable. Nowadays, however, satellite connectivity can be found in regular smartphones too, thanks to new hardware innovations and unique partnerships with satellite network providers. They can't fully replace traditional satellite phones, but in

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Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-05 04:59:02

Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres The company, which has made most of its money from online advertising, generated more than $160bn in revenue in 2024. Meta has invested heavily in efforts to develop what it called "superintelligence" - technology that it said could out-think the smartest humans. He said one of the sites would cover an area nearly the size of Manhattan (59.1 sq km/22.8 sq miles). The first multi-gigawatt data centre, called Prometheus, is expected t

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I've tested dozens of ultralight laptops this year, but I keep coming back to this one

Move Over Telsa Powerwall. EcoFlow Says This New Battery Is Better for Disaster-Prone Areas

Coreweave stock pops after company announces $6 billion AI data center in Pennsylvania

Rivian adds Google Maps features to its navigation app

‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected

Rivian supercharges its navigation experience with some of Google Maps’ best features

US probes imports on drones and a raw material used in chips and solar panels

One of the most battery-efficient laptops I've tested this year is also one of the most affordable

Lenovo’s Luxurious Chromebook Plus 14 Has More Power Than It Knows What to Do With

Student Loan Update: Here's What SAVE Borrowers Should Do Before Aug. 1

Move Over Telsa Powerwall. EcoFlow Claims This New Battery is Better for Disaster Prone Areas

What Tariffs? Smartphone Market Grows 1% as More Devices Incorporate AI

Facebook creators who steal and repost videos could lose their monetization

Auriga Space raises $6M to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track

WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash

Cache Benchmarks

The Commodore 64 Is Back—and More Gamer-Fueled Than Ever With a Transparent RGB Case

6 Best Android Tablets (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Tesla’s Model Y debuts in India priced at a hefty $70,000 as the EV maker 'tests the waters'

Anthropic launches finance-specific Claude with built-in data connectors, higher limits and prompt libraries

AI text-to-speech programs could “unlearn” how to imitate certain people

iPhone Fold could be cheaper than the Galaxy Z Fold 7 or 8

Gemini Space needs to fix a Pixel home screen issue we’ve had for years

Apple @ Work Podcast: WebAI puts LLM power in the hands of your IT team

You may be able to buy Apple products without paying state sales tax

One of the most battery-efficient I've tested this year is also one of the most affordable

Interest Restarts for SAVE Student Loans on Aug. 1. Should You Switch to Another Payment Plan by Then?

A Recession Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight. Here’s the Best Advice to Prepare

Here's Everything You Need to Know About Satellite Connectivity in Phones

Meta to spend hundreds of billions to build AI data centres

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