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Android’s Desktop Mode gets a handy shortcut to pin your favorite apps to the taskbar

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-28 23:01:19

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is improving Android’s still-in-development Desktop Mode by adding the ability to pin apps to the taskbar for quick access. A new “pin to taskbar” shortcut appears in an app’s context menu, letting you add it to the dock for easy launching even after it’s closed. This is a small but necessary step in Google’s effort to make Android a more viable desktop competitor, especially against platforms like the iPad. Android finally has a proper Desktop

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Apple commits $500 million over several years to buy US-made rare earth magnets

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-28 23:29:30

Apple just announced a commitment of $500 million over several years to buy rare earth magnets from the US-based company MP Materials. These rare earth magnets are used in a number of products, including iPhones, MacBooks and the Apple Pencil stylus. The American-made magnets will be shipped throughout the world, to help "meet increasing global demand for the material." MP Materials is the only fully integrated rare earth producer in the country. The two companies have also pledged to work toge

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Forget AirPods - these Beats headphones work just as well with iOS and Android

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-07-28 23:02:39

ZDNET's key takeaways The Beats Solo 4 headphones are available for $200 in Matte Black, Slate Blue, and Cloud Pink. Beats' best-selling headphones return with up-to-date features, signaling that the company used the product's long hiatus wisely. A tight fit and small ear cups may cut your listening experience shorter than you'd like. $129.95 at B&H Photo-Video I've spent a lot of time testing headphones, and I find a new favorite with every fresh release. But one pair of headphones will

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My favorite accessory brand finally made a MagSafe wallet with FindMy built-in, and it's super sleek

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-07-28 23:17:32

ZDNET's key takeaways The Nomad Leather Mag Wallet is an $80 MagSafe wallet with built-in Apple Find My technology. It's sleek, holds up to four cards, is made of Horween leather, and is Qi rechargeable. It lacks storage for cash, and the four-card storage might not be enough for some. View now at Nomad Goods Here at ZDNET, we're no strangers to Nomad's top-notch accessories. The brand makes some of my favorite accessory products, including the Slim Sport Apple Watch Band, the Universal Cable

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I replaced my Apple Watch with these heart-rate-monitoring earbuds from Beats (and they did some things better)

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-07-28 23:25:42

ZDNET's key takeaways The Powerbeats Pro 2 retail for $250 in vibrant Black, Quick Sand, Hyper Purple, and Electric Orange colorways. The earbuds can replace your smartwatch or fitness tracker, offering exercise and activity data via companion apps. The sound isn't very robust, delivering weak bass and hollow mids. View now at Apple I've tested dozens of earbuds over the past year, and even new releases can feel monotonous after a while. Most brands make product upgrades in small strides, kee

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This $220 Android tablet feels just like my Surface Pro - and the battery is just as good

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-07-28 23:37:37

ZDNET's key takeaways Tabwee's 10-inch tablet with Android 15 is available on Amazon for $220. It features a large 5,000mAh battery for decent runtime, and comes with a folio case, keyboard, stylus, and a mouse. The hardware has its limitations for more demanding tasks. $219.99 at Amazon It amazes me just how much bang for your buck you can get if you choose an Android tablet over an iPad these days. While the cheapest new iPad will set you back at least $300, you can get some absolutely amaz

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I never leave home without this viral USB-C key ring accessory, and it only costs $25

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-07-28 23:43:24

ZDNET's key takeaways Nomad's ChargeKey V2 is on sale for $25 each. This version of the handy accessory provides charging speeds up to 240W for laptops and data transfer speeds up to 10Gbps. However, some may find its short length too restrictive. $25 at Nomad At the time of last publication, the ChargeKey V2 is backordered and expected to ship starting July 24. As often as I rely on USB-C cables to charge my devices or help with work, I hardly think about them. My mindset has been that they

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This Special Edition Release of ‘It’ Is Both Gorgeous and Terrifying

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-07-28 23:00:29

It has been a TV miniseries and a two-part feature film, and a prequel series—It: Welcome to Derry—is coming to HBO later this year. But there’s no out-creeping the original 1986 Stephen King novel, released long before the phrase “un-Google-able title” came into existence. With over 1,100 pages, it’s one of King’s longest works, and to have even a paperback copy means you’ll need ample shelf space. But a new special release from the Folio Society is so fancy, it may need an entire shelf of its

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America’s EV Slowdown Is Here

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-07-28 23:02:13

The era of seemingly unstoppable growth for electric vehicles in the United States has come to a screeching halt. New sales figures for the second quarter of 2025 reveal a market in reverse, with momentum waning as the industry confronts significant headwinds from high prices and persistent consumer anxiety. According to a new report from Kelley Blue Book, the U.S. electric vehicle market, long seen as a bastion of growth, hit a significant speed bump, with sales dropping by more than 6% in a s

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Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-07-28 23:02:50

Uber has struck another deal with a robotaxi provider, and this time it’s with Chinese tech giant Baidu. The two companies announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a “multi-year strategic partnership to deploy thousands of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the Uber platform” in multiple markets outside the U.S. and mainland China. Those deployments will start in Asia and the Middle East later this year, the companies said. Uber has been on a tear of AV partnerships lately as it

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MP Materials stock rips 23% higher after $500 million Apple deal for rare earth magnets

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-07-29 03:28:14

People look at iPhones at the Apple Fifth Avenue store in New York City on May 23, 2025. Apple and miner MP Materials announced a $500 million deal Tuesday for rare earth magnets and the development of a recycling facility that will reinforce the iPhone maker's U.S. supply chain. MP Materials stock climbed 23%. Shares of Apple were marginally higher. As part of the agreement, Apple will buy rare earth magnets created at the company's facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Both companies will combine

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It's a huge week for crypto in D.C. But the industry may not get everything it wants

cnbc.com Greta Reich Emily Wilkins 2025-07-29 03:49:08

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 27, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters It's "Crypto Week" in Washington. The cryptocurrency industry is set to notch a major win this week if the House can pass two bills that would set up a long-lobbied-for regulatory framework for digital assets. The stablecoin bill, known as the GENUIS Act, has already passed the Senate and looks set to become the first standalone crypto measure signed into law should the House do the same. But the real

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Google's AI Refuses to Even Play Chess Against 1977 Atari, After Hearing What It Did to Other Cutting-Edge AIs

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-29 02:12:49

The thing that AI models apparently fear the most? A game console released nearly fifty years ago. We are referring, of course, to the inimitable Atari 2600. Last month, the iconic system embarrassed the AI industry after it absolutely rinsed ChatGPT at a simple game of chess. It was a clash between a machine released in 1977, with 128 bytes of RAM, and a cutting-edge large language model with trillions of parameters, powered by however many thousands of graphics cards and billions of dollars

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Android’s screen magnifier can’t zoom the keyboard, but a fix is finally on the way

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 03:42:08

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android is updating its screen magnifier to finally allow users to zoom in on the on-screen keyboard, addressing a major accessibility limitation. A new “magnify keyboard” toggle enables the full-screen magnifier to enlarge the keyboard and navigation bar, which were previously fixed in size. Contributed by an Amazon engineer, the feature is now live in the Android Canary channel and is expected to arrive in a future update for Pixel phones. The Andro

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This tiny Bluetooth speaker delivers loud, distortion-free sound

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-07-29 03:36:18

The Marshall Emberton III Bluetooth speaker sounds as good as it looks. Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Marshall Emberton III This tiny speaker can produce much louder sound than you might expect (without distortion), and the sound is quite detailed and accurate. The Marshall app doesn't include a custom EQ, which would greatly benefit the Emberton III. Ah, the Marshall sound. I cannot tell you how many concerts I've attended where a stack of Marshall amps stood sentinel behind

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Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites for UK Users

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-29 03:33:55

Cloudflare has become the first internet intermediary beyond local residential ISPs, to block access to pirate sites in the UK. Users attempting to access certain pirate sites are greeted with 'Error 451 - Unavailable for Legal Reasons'. In theory, ISP blocking should prevent UK users from even seeing this notice, but a combination of Cloudflare's blocking mechanism and choices made by some VPN users results in a piracy dead end. Internet service providers BT, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, EE, a

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Motorola and Swarovski Tease an Aug. 5 Event That May Bring Crystals to a Phone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 02:02:03

Motorola may be ready to debut a new phone design that features crystals, as the company is teasing an Aug. 5 event that's set to expand its partnership with Swarovski. Motorola has announced the upcoming event on Tuesday with a teaser video that shows the recently released Moto Buds Loop with Swarovski crystals. Those $300 open-style earbuds are the first product in the partnership, and in a brief statement accompanying the video, Motorola said that the company is "getting ready to bring the s

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Form’s Smart Swim 2 goggles add heart rate tracking

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-07-29 03:03:35

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Nearly six years after introducing its original smart swim googles, Form has announced an upgraded version called the Smart Swim 2. The goggles carry forward the same features as the original, including a built-in 72 x 40-pixel display showing a swimmer’s various performance metrics. However, they’re now smaller and lighter, and while battery lif

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Apple commits $500M to U.S.-based rare earth recycling firm MP Materials

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-07-29 03:25:03

Apple is investing $500 million in MP Materials, the only fully integrated rare earth mining company currently operating in the United States, as part of a broader effort to strengthen the domestic rare earth supply chain. The tech giant announced on Tuesday that with this deal, it’s committed to buying American-made rare earth magnets developed at MP Materials’ flagship facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The factory will develop a series of neodymium magnet manufacturing lines specifically designe

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Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-07-29 03:55:16

Reddit users in the United Kingdom are now required to verify their age as a way to prevent children from accessing inappropriate content. The new requirement comes after the U.K.’s Online Safety Act (OSA) introduced new steps for platforms to take to block children from encountering harmful content, like pornography and material promoting self-harm. Reddit will use the third-party service Persona to confirm a user’s age, necessitating users to submit a picture of their government-issued ident

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Apple makes $500 million deal with miner MP Materials for rare earths magnets

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-07-29 07:26:50

People look at iPhones at the Apple Fifth Avenue store in New York City on May 23, 2025. Apple and miner MP Materials announced a $500 million deal Tuesday for rare earths magnets and the development of a recycling facility that will reinforce the iPhone maker's U.S. supply chain. MP Materials stock climbed 10%. Shares of Apple were marginally higher. As part of the agreement, Apple will buy rare earth magnets created at the company's facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Both companies will combine

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Motorola teases Swarovski-studded Razr, but all I want is the return of the D&G collab

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 07:00:44

TL;DR Motorola is officially teasing the launch of its sparkly new Razr in collaboration with Swarovski. The company plans to unveil the device on August 5, but leaks have already outed its design. Moto’s new video teasers also offer glimpses of the phone, but in fleeting details. Motorola is getting ready to add some serious sparkle to its foldable lineup. The company has officially started teasing its upcoming Swarovski collaboration, and yes, it looks just as glam as you’d expect. The crys

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

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-29 08:00:03

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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Apple Weather app is returning after total outage

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-07-29 07:52:12

Apple’s Weather app went down for many users, showing no data. The issue applied on all platforms, suggesting a server issue. However, it now seems to be slowly returning … In what appears to be a relatively brief complete outage, many users reported that the app was showing no weather for any location. We were able to confirm that the issue applied across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The outage lasted around 15-20 minutes. While the underlying issue appears to have been resolved, it seems to be ta

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The best Alexa smart speaker I've tested isn't an Echo

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-07-29 07:36:46

ZDNET's key takeaways The Sonos Era 100 is a $249 smart speaker that I recommend to most people, audiophile or not. In addition to a full, booming sound, the Sonos speaker produces crystal-clear vocals that enhance any song and has hands-free Alexa for voice control. Since the Era 100 is built for smaller spaces, it doesn't support spatial audio or Dolby Atmos like its larger sibling, the Era 300. View now at Amazon When Sonos reached out to me to discuss the launch of a new line of smart spe

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Literalism plaguing today’s movies

news.ycombinator.com Namwali Serpell 2025-07-28 21:52:38

A warrior is in a prison cell. His guard approaches and shows him the wooden sword that he will receive once he has earned his freedom. The warrior grabs it, uses his unlocked cell door to knock the guard down, and places the sword’s tip on the guard’s throat. He drives it in as one might hammer a post, a coarse and grisly death. Then, for some reason, swaying back and forth, the warrior yells down at the corpse, “Wood or steel, a point is still a point!” An ailing magnate lies in an opulent be

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Show HN: I built this to talk Danish to my girlfriend – works with any language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-27 05:38:18

Ever wanted to text your foreign partner or chat with international friends but felt held back by missing vocabulary? Don't let language barriers stop you from connecting. No sign-ups, no subscriptions. Just open the app and start learning. Perfect for spontaneous moments when you need to express something important. Every correction is saved. Review your mistakes, practice pronunciation, and track your progress as you naturally improve. Hear how every correction should sound with high-qualit

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

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-29 02:45:00

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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EcoFlow says its new Ocean Pro is better than Tesla’s Powerwall

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-07-29 07:00:00

is a smart home reporter who’s been testing connected gadgets since 2013. Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. EcoFlow is powering up its first permanently installed whole-home energy solution for the US. The Ocean Pro system launches this week, featuring the new Ocean Pro Battery with 10kWh of storage expandable to 80kWh, and the Ocean Pro Inverter, which supports solar arrays of up to 40kWh. EcoFlow claims the system delivers 24kW of continuous power, enough to

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How the low-vision community embraced AI smart glasses

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-07-29 07:00:00

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. It’s easy to scoff at AI and ask, “Who is actually asking for this?” You might also think that smart glasses “aren’t worth it yet.” But to the blind and low-vision community, the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and their AI features have been an absolute life-altering game-changer. And we need to talk about it. On this episode of The Verg

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Android’s Desktop Mode gets a handy shortcut to pin your favorite apps to the taskbar

Apple commits $500 million over several years to buy US-made rare earth magnets

Forget AirPods - these Beats headphones work just as well with iOS and Android

My favorite accessory brand finally made a MagSafe wallet with FindMy built-in, and it's super sleek

I replaced my Apple Watch with these heart-rate-monitoring earbuds from Beats (and they did some things better)

This $220 Android tablet feels just like my Surface Pro - and the battery is just as good

I never leave home without this viral USB-C key ring accessory, and it only costs $25

This Special Edition Release of ‘It’ Is Both Gorgeous and Terrifying

America’s EV Slowdown Is Here

Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu

MP Materials stock rips 23% higher after $500 million Apple deal for rare earth magnets

It's a huge week for crypto in D.C. But the industry may not get everything it wants

Google's AI Refuses to Even Play Chess Against 1977 Atari, After Hearing What It Did to Other Cutting-Edge AIs

Android’s screen magnifier can’t zoom the keyboard, but a fix is finally on the way

This tiny Bluetooth speaker delivers loud, distortion-free sound

Cloudflare Starts Blocking Pirate Sites for UK Users

Motorola and Swarovski Tease an Aug. 5 Event That May Bring Crystals to a Phone

Form’s Smart Swim 2 goggles add heart rate tracking

Apple commits $500M to U.S.-based rare earth recycling firm MP Materials

Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules

Apple makes $500 million deal with miner MP Materials for rare earths magnets

Motorola teases Swarovski-studded Razr, but all I want is the return of the D&G collab

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

Apple Weather app is returning after total outage

The best Alexa smart speaker I've tested isn't an Echo

Literalism plaguing today’s movies

Show HN: I built this to talk Danish to my girlfriend – works with any language

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

EcoFlow says its new Ocean Pro is better than Tesla’s Powerwall

How the low-vision community embraced AI smart glasses

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