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Dangerous Advice for Software Engineers

I’m a big fan of “sharp tools”. These are tools that are powerful enough to be hugely helpful or harmful, depending on how they’re used. Most forms of direct production access are in this category: like ssh or kubectl, or a read-write prod SQL console. It’s also possible to give “dangerous advice”. Dangerous advice is dangerous because (like sharp tools) it takes competence and judgment to use well. Giving the wrong person dangerous advice is like giving the wrong person production SQL access -

Lenovo Coupon Codes and Deals: Up to $880 Off PCs

Lenovo is currently the biggest PC and laptop company in the world, and they just so happen to make some of our favorite laptops and PC peripherals. In fact, our list of the Best Laptops you can buy include a number of Lenovo devices that we’ve tested and fully recommend, ranging from high-end premium laptops to options for budget-minded shoppers. If you are looking to save a few bucks while shopping for a new Lenovo product, here are the Lenovo coupon codes and special offers you need to know a

Imgur protest covers the front page in anti-MediaLab memes

Despite all the division and controversy rife in the modern era, sometimes the Internet does manage to collectively agree on something. Right now, they agree that they hate Imgur parent company MediaLab. After being acquired by MediaLab in 2021, the once famously open-to-anything image-sharing service began placing restrictions on content in 2023. More recently, the site has experienced service issues, including problems with notifications. Many members of the Imgur community have claimed that

Large, curved Samsung Odyssey G9 monitor drops to new record-low price!

You’ve surely seen and marveled at those giant, curved monitors at your local tech stores. I know I have always wanted one, but they usually come with crazy price tags. Maybe you’re waiting for a nice deal to score one. Today is your chance! The Samsung Odyssey G9 G95C monitor is at a record-low price of $699.99. Buy the Samsung Odyssey G9 G95C gaming monitor for just $699.99 ($600 off) This offer is available from Amazon as a “limited time deal.” It’s a record-low price we’ve never seen in the

You can now add AI images directly into LibreOffice documents - here's how

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways There's a new LibreOffice extension for AI-generated images. The extension uses AI Horde to generate images. Images are automatically placed in your document. Although I don't use AI for image generation, I know a lot of people who do. Some of those people regularly work with documents and need the ability to quickly insert AI-generated images into those documents. Last w

Sign Up to Get the Best Labor Day Deals Sent Directly to Your Phone

I spend every day trying to find deals that really save you money. And with Labor Day weekend coming up in just a few days, you'll want to know where to shop and what the best deals are. And we mean genuine savings, not fake reductions that will barely save you anything. My team and I are tracking and personally handpicking sales at top retailers, like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and more, for our CNET Deals text subscribers. We'll deliver the best sales to your phone, helping you score must-have

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We Tested All the Cheapest Meal Kits and Prepared Meal Services. These Are the Best

Our meal delivery experts have logged more than five years of cooking more than 75 meal kits and tasting upwards of 100 prepared meals, from popular meal delivery services to help land on our list of the best cheap meal subscriptions. CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Life’s busier than ever -- at least it seems that way -- and carving out time to plan a week’s

Apple’s latest TV+ subscription price hike might open the door to this opportunity

Recently, Apple announced yet another price hike for its Apple TV+ service. This time, it’s increasing 30% from $9.99/month to $12.99/month. After the service launched in 2019 at $4.99/month, its received a couple price hikes. This new price hike, though, likely opens the door to something Apple has reportedly been considering for quite a while – an ad-supported plan. Apple TV+ price history As mentioned earlier, Apple TV+ started off at $4.99/month when the service first launched in 2019. It

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A Year Later and I'm Still Obsessed With Daily Harvest's $5 Premade Pasta Meals

I have mixed feelings about Daily Harvest smoothies. They're tasty but expensive, and some are high in sugar. And making smoothies from scratch doesn't take much time if you have the right ingredients on hand. For me, the real star of this 100% plant-based and gluten-free meal service is its premade pastas. They're healthy, filling, easy to prepare -- heat them in a skillet and the frozen cubes of sauce bring the dish together -- and cost under $11 per bag, each containing two full servings. As

16 Best Back-to-School Deals for 2025

It's “back to school” season for some and “been back in school” season for others, but regardless of your specific situation, now is the time of year when retailers are discounting all the school essentials. We've hunted down discounts on the best back-to-school gear our reviewers have hand-tested, from laptops and mattress toppers to bags and chairs. Be sure to check out our related guides, including the Best Back-to-School Laptop Deals, the Best Dorm Gear, and the Best Kids Backpacks. You mig

Deals: AirPods 4 $90, iPad mini 7 $100 off, M3 iPad Air $150 off from $449, AirTag from $17.50, more

Labor Day sales are now live at Amazon and Best Buy well head of time, and we have some fresh new Apple gear deals for today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Firstly, we have AirPods 4 down at $90, or within $1 of Prime Day all-time pricing, and next up are the iPads. Amazon has now slashed $100 off just about all iPad mini 7 models with deals from $399 alongside the return of Prime Day lows across the M3 iPad Air lineup at $150 off with pricing from $449. Those offers join discounts on AirTags, charging

Apple’s three-year iPhone plan is a break from the boring

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Next month, Apple is rumored to debut a slimmed-down iPhone Air, breaking from the small design tweaks and spec bumps that have become routine at its launch events. The three-year plan will see its hardware change to mesh with the new Liquid Glass design in its

Google will soon make it easier to find out what’s wrong with your Pixel (APK teardown)

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing new diagnostics options for Pixel devices. This new option combines discrete options into a single dashboard to test if there’s anything wrong with your phone. It also introduces a new AI-powered search option to inspect likely problems with your Pixel device. The on-device diagnostics options on Google’s Pixel phones are in for a significant overhaul. We have spotted Google testing a new menu option that combines various diagnostic

These 7 household gadgets were secretly driving up my power bill - unplugging them helped

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. With costs climbing across the US, energy prices stand out -made worse by record-breaking summer heat and recent waves scorching multiple states. Having endured several of them this season, I'm always searching for ways to cut back on energy use. There are many little things you can do that can shave dollars off your monthly energy bill, and they go beyond switching off

This Hidden iPhone Feature Could Improve Your Call Quality

Apple released the fourh public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 18, and it brought call screening and more to the iPhone's of developers and beta testers. But you don't need to be a developer or beta tester to use Voice Isolation, a hidden iPhone feature that can make your calls clearer for the person on the other end of your call. Apple introduced Voice Isolation in 2023 with iOS 16.4. The tech company added the feature, alongside Wide Spectrum, to FaceTime calls with iOS 15 in 2021, but only Voice Iso

You might get a secret discount offer when you go to cancel Apple TV+

Apple TV+ just announced a 30% price rise, which may convince some subscribers to cancel and churn out for a while. However, the company seems to be prepared to mitigate for that somewhat. Users on Reddit discovered that when they went to cancel their subscription in the Apple TV app, they were presented with a 54% discount offer for two months. This limited time offer brings the price down from $12.99 to $5.99. After the two months price reduction, the subscription would return to the standar

Foldable iPhone coming next year to feature four cameras, Touch ID, Apple cellular modem

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman spilled some more details about the upcoming foldable iPhone in his Power On newsletter today. He says the foldable iPhone will open like a book to reveal a larger inner display, like many Android foldables. The foldable iPhone will feature a total of four cameras, one on the front screen, one on the inside and two on the back. It will also use Touch ID for biometrics and use Apple’s in-house cellular modem for connectivity. The inclusion of four cameras supports the mu

What Is USB-C, and What Do All Those Numbers Mean?

From laptops to phones to wireless Bluetooth speakers, earbuds and more, USB-C connections have become the de facto standard for charging and data transfer of devices. While USB-C is just about everywhere now, including longstanding holdout Apple since the iPhone 15, not all ports or cables are the same. They look identical, sure, and have some interoperability, but there are ratings for different charging and data speeds. That can make choosing a USB-C cable more complicated than it should be.

Scientists Alarmed to Discover That Earth's Continents Are Drying Out

New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA's twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an "unprecedented" level of water loss among the planet's continents, creating "mega-drying" regions across the northern hemisphere. One of these mega regions spans Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and vast swaths of Asia. That should clue you in to the staggering scale of this phenomenon, which the scientists are calling terrestrial water storage (TWS) loss. Since 200

Bluesky blocks Mississippi due to its new age verification law

Users with Mississippi IP addresses can no longer access the Bluesky app. The decentralized social media network has explained in a post that Mississippi's new age verification law for social networks "would fundamentally change" how it operates, and it wouldn't be possible to comply with its small team and limited resources. Bluesky says that while it does follow the UK's Online Safety Act, it works very differently from Mississippi's approach to age verification. In the UK, it's only required

Lightning declines over shipping lanes following regulation of sulfur emissions

If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right over the busiest shipping lane in the world. As it turns out, the lightning really is responding to the ships, or rather the tiny particles they emit. Using data from a global lightning detection network, my colleagues and I have been studying how exhaust plumes from ships are associated with an increase in the frequency of lightning. For decades, ship emissions steadil

Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor

nitro, a tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor Overview Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux. There are four main applications it is designed for: As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes As init for a Linux initramfs As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes) As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the

Apple gets ready for AI in the enterprise with new ChatGPT configuration options

As AI technology makes its way into the enterprise, Apple is rolling out new tools that will give businesses more granular control over where and how their employees can tap into artificial intelligence. With the release of Apple’s software updates arriving in September, the tech giant is adding another option for enterprise customers: the ability to configure the use of an enterprise version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Apple has already seen the demand for ChatGPT for Enterprise, which OpenAI says no

Scientists just found a protein that reverses brain aging

Aging is particularly harsh on the hippocampus -- the brain region responsible for learning and memory. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a protein that's at the center of this decline. They looked at how the genes and proteins in the hippocampus changed over time in mice and found just one that differed between old and young animals. It's called FTL1. Old mice had more FTL1, as well as fewer connections between brain cells in the hippocampus and diminished cognitive abilit

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Roborock Says a Robot Vacuum With an Arm Will Cost Just a Few Hundred Dollars

Roborock was the first company to market to offer a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to help you sort items, with the Roborock Saros Z70 making a strong impression on us when we tested it. We liked its capabilities (despite some bugs) and it earned a spot on our list of best robot vacuums, with the caveat that the hefty $2,600 price tag put it out of reach for most people. In a recent interview with CNBC, Quan Gang, president of Roborock, suggested that robot vacuums with arms won’t stay this

AYANEO’s ‘budget-friendly’ handheld doesn’t sound all that budget-friendly

TL;DR AYANEO announced that it will hold a live sharing session on August 23 at 12:00 AM PST. The session will be focused on the KONKR Pocket FIT. The company revealed that the handheld’s starting price will be less than $369. Not that long ago, AYANEO announced it was launching a sub-brand called KONKR that focuses on creating budget gaming devices. The first device under this sub-brand will be the KONKR Pocket FIT. Since the announcement, the company has revealed almost everything we need t

Deals: Amazon Labor Day sale, most affordable 24GB M4 MacBook Pro $300 off, Apple Watch Ultra 2 $150 off, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are kicking off with the now live Amazon Labor Day sale where you’ll find plenty of big-time Apple gear deals. All of the details you need on that are right here, but we are also once again tracking the 24GB/512GB M3 MacBook Air for $400 less than the M4 model (it is now back in stock) alongside the most affordable M4 MacBook Pro with 24GB of RAM at $300 off, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models at $150 off the list prices. All of that and more awaits below. Looking

Apple TV+ raises subscription prices worldwide, including in UK

Apple TV+ raises subscription prices worldwide, including in UK 40 minutes ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Adam Scott stars in the Apple TV+ sci-fi epic Severance Apple TV+ has put up its prices in the UK and worldwide for monthly subscribers, as the cost of streaming continues to rise. The platform's cost per month has gone up by £1 to £9.99 a month, though annual prices have stayed the same at £89 per year. It means an Apple TV+ monthly subscription is

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update

Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update In April of this year we announced Thunderbird Pro, additional subscription services from Thunderbird meant to help you get more done with the app you already use and love. These services include a first ever email service from Thunderbird, called Thundermail. They also include Appointment, for scheduling meetings and appointments and Send, an end-to-end encrypted filesharing tool. Each of these services are open source, repositories are linked down below. Th

My favorite Google AI features from the Pixel 10 launch

The Made By Google event was not only a showcase of Google’s latest Pixel hardware, but a launchpad for many new AI features. I’m typically skeptical of the current generation of AI, but as I checked out the new software across various demo sessions, I found myself more and more intrigued. It seems like Google, along with Apple and Samsung, has been working on making these AI-powered updates more helpful in a way that might actually make our lives easier or simply more fun. There wasn’t enough