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Meet the Cheapest Robot Vacuum Ever, Now Also the Current Best-Seller on Amazon

Being part of the Anker group, eufy has quickly become a leader in value and quality when it comes to home appliances. Their robotic vacuums are especially impressive, offering excellent value for money and performance that rivals much pricier competitors. Directly competing with the likes of Ecovacs, iRobot, and Roborock, eufy consistently introduces products that are extremely capable but also much lower in price. Right now, eufy is offering a record-low price on its 11S Max robot vacuum whic

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Leica is launching its own 35mm film

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Leica has announced the first 35mm film produced under its own name, Monopan 50. It’s an ultra-fine grain black-and-white film, and will cost $10 per 36-exposure roll when it goes on sale on August 21st. Leica says that the new film is produced in Germany, though wouldn’t name a manufacturer when asked. The specs, right down to every curve of the spectral sensitivity chart,

Grifin secures $11M to make investing less intimidating for its female user base

Grifin, an investment app that simplifies investing by automatically purchasing stocks in brands where users regularly shop, announced on Wednesday that it has secured a $11 million Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised to around $22 million. Alongside the announcement, Grifin also revealed it has surpassed 500,000 registered users, indicating that its approach to investing resonates with a lot of users. Grifin also claims approximately 1 million total app downloads and 100,0

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tells workers: AI will replace some of you

A hot potato: CEOs love to sing the praises of generative AI while tiptoeing around the fact it's going to cost people their jobs. But Amazon boss Andy Jassy has just said the quiet part out loud, admitting that the technology will reduce the company's corporate workforce over the next few years. In a message sent to employees this week, Jassy said generative AI was a "once-in-a-lifetime" technology that completely changes what's possible for customers and businesses. Jassy went on to highligh

TikTok gets third extension from Trump as US sale deadline looms

What just happened? TikTok is receiving yet another reprieve from Donald Trump. For the third time since taking office, the president is extending the sales deadline this week, giving the company another 90 days to divest its US business from Chinese parent ByteDance. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump will sign an executive order this week that will "keep TikTok up and running" for another 90 days. Leavitt added that the administration will spend the extra time

Is There a Half-Life for the Success Rates of AI Agents?

In general, ability to perform a task drops off as its duration increases, so they use the AI agent’s performance on tasks of different lengths to estimate the task-length at which the model would have a 50% success rate. They then showed that this length has been doubling every 7 months as the capabilities of frontier agents improve. The task-lengths are measured by how long it took humans to solve the same tasks. They used 50% success rate as their chief performance threshold because it is th

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'We Were Liars' on Prime Video: How to Stream the New Series

Watching ads is now the default when you stream Prime Video, but you can opt to pay an additional $3 per month to remove them. Live TV and sports events will still include commercials, and the fee is monthly even if you have annual Prime. Here are some highly rated shows to check out on the streaming service and details on the next Amazon Prime Day.

Pope Leo makes AI’s threat to humanity a signature issue

In Brief Pope Leo XIV is making the threat of AI to humanity a key issue of his legacy, challenging the technology industry that has spent years courting the Vatican. The new American pope’s namesake, Leo XIII, stood up for the rights of factory workers during the Gilded Age, a period in the 19th century of swift economic change and extreme wealth inequality led by corrupt industrial robber barons. Speaking to a hall of cardinals last month, the pope said he would rely on 2,000 years of churc

OnePlus tablets are getting one of Android’s best, and one of its worst, productivity features

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR The latest OxygenOS 15 update brings Google’s Circle to Search and a new floating taskbar to the OnePlus Open and OnePlus Pad 2. Circle to Search allows users to quickly search anything on their screen by tapping, highlighting, or drawing over it. The floating taskbar, while aiming to balance productivity and screen real estate, lacks a quick toggle to switch styles and on tablets, it requires disabling gesture navigation for the fixed version. OnePlus m

Finding the right editing tool in Google Photos is about to get easier (APK teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that the Google Photos app is getting a search button for editing tools. This will allow you to type the name of an editing tool or option to quickly access it. This search option would save time compared to manually sifting through menus to find the correct tool. We just discovered that Google Photos will get its biggest redesign in years, featuring a Material 3 Expressive visual style and functional upgrad

Samsung could charge for new Health features, but would you hit subscribe?

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. I’m not against paying for subscriptions. Last week, I wrote a piece about subscriptions I’ll happily pay for, especially focusing on those that add value to my daily life. However, I do have my limits. On Wednesday, Samsung’s head of digital health suggested that the company is once again cons

Galaxy Watch 8 leak reveals potential color options for all three models

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak has revealed the potential color options for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch 8 lineup. The company could offer the base Galaxy Watch 8 and the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in two colorways. The next-gen Ultra variant may get an additional third color option. As we draw closer to Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event, we’re seeing an increasing number of leaks about the upcoming Galaxy devices. Over the last few weeks, we’ve learned a few details a

Move over Open Canvas, this could be the best way to multitask on a foldable

TL;DR vivo’s upcoming X Fold 5 features a new multitasking system called “Atomic Workbench” capable of running up to five active apps simultaneously. “Atomic Workbench” enables one dominant app view while keeping others minimized but live, improving upon OnePlus’ Open Canvas approach with a better layout for engaging more apps. The vivo X Fold 5 launches on June 25 in China. OnePlus pioneered the Open Canvas feature with the OnePlus Open foldable, allowing users to open three apps simultaneou

Dinesh’s Mid-Summer Death Valley Walk (1998)

The following is an account of our walk through Death Valley National Park during July 1998. We wanted to find out how it feels to walk in extreme heat for days at a time. We had set a goal of walking the entire park, from its northern boundary to its southernmost point, a distance of about 180 miles. Our plan was to walk 15 miles a day and finish the walk in 12 days. Dinesh's caption: Training for the hot walk. Note water-delivery tube, wool pants, wool shirt and heavy-duty thermal top and bo

Introduction to the A* Algorithm

Created 26 May 2014, updated Aug 2014, Feb 2016, Jun 2016, Jun 2020, Jul 2023 Graph search algorithms let us find the shortest path on a map represented as a graph. Move the blob (start point) and cross (end point) to see the shortest path found by the A* Algorithm: A* is one of a family of related graph search algorithms: Breadth First Search[1] explores equally in all directions. Dijkstra’s Algorithm[2] takes into account movement costs. A*[3] explores more towards a single destination. In ad

Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6

As AgN 3 is an excellent reagent for the synthesis of polyazides35 and halogen azides both in the gas phase36 and in solution37,38, we suggest that the reaction of AgN 3 with XN 3 (X = halogen) is a viable route to N 6 (Fig. 1b). The reactions were conducted in either a quartz tube or a U-trap by flowing gaseous Cl 2 through solid AgN 3 under reduced pressure at room temperature (see the ‘Synthesis details’ section in Methods and Supplementary Fig. 1). Apart from the known bands of ClN 3 (ref. 3

I counted all of the yurts in Mongolia using machine learning

The Fall of Civilizations podcast put out a 6¾-hour episode on the history of the Mongol Empire, which I eagerly listened to. After finishing the episode I wondered about contemporary Mongolian society, I wanted to learn what the lands that the Mongol Empire exploded from are like in our current day. There are many ways to try to understand a society, whether it be quantifying it or looking at the lived experiences within it. If you look at data provided by the World Bank, you’ll see a country t

Ready to Buy a New iPhone? Here's Why You Should Wait

If you're ready to upgrade your iPhone, you might want to hang tight. Apple tends to unveil its new phones in September, as it did last year with the iPhone 16 lineup. It's expected to release the anticipated iPhone 17 series at the same time this year. So, if you can wait a couple more months, you'll be able to either score the latest device or get a discount on previous models. Watch this: Hey, Apple: Steal These S25 Edge Features for a Skinny iPhone 04:33 Newer iPhones tend to include came

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Best Internet Providers in Baltimore, Maryland

What is the best internet provider in Baltimore? Xfinity is the best internet provider in Baltimore for most households, according to our CNET experts. The cable internet provider offers widespread availability throughout the city and affordable high-speed internet plans. Xfinity has the cheapest internet in Baltimore, offering 400 megabits per second for just $40 a month. For those seeking the fastest speeds in the city, Xfinity boasts a broadband option with speeds of 2,100Mbps for $70 per m

Those Creatine Gummies You Bought Online Might Not Contain Any Creatine

Gummy supplements are appealing for one obvious reason: Instead of choking down a chalky powdered drink or swallowing a dubious-smelling capsule, you essentially get to eat some candy. Unfortunately, when it comes to creatine, these products might not contain the essential ingredient they claim. Four of six popular creatine gummy products sold on Amazon contained almost no creatine or none at all when samples were tested by an independent lab. Creatine, a staple supplement for weightlifters and

Trump set to delay TikTok ban with yet another extension

In Brief U.S. President Donald Trump will issue another extension to decide the fate of TikTok, pushing it by 90 days, the White House said on Tuesday. The current extension, which was signed in April, was set to expire on Thursday, June 19. “President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to CBS News. “As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. T

First look at the biggest Google Photos editor update in years (APK teardown)

TL;DR Google Photos is getting a completely revamped editor, with reorganized sections that make the editing flow much more intuitive. Google previously gave us a glimpse of the new design, but we’ve managed to dive deeper and unlock the new UI and all the functional changes. The new tool search option is perhaps one of the best new features of the new Google Photos editor. A big update is coming to Google Photos, and it’s more than just a fresh coat of paint. Google is set to roll out one of

Samsung could soon put some Galaxy Watch features behind a paywall

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is thinking about a paid Samsung Health subscription, according to a company executive. The executive reportedly likened the offering to Fitbit Premium or Garmin Connect Plus. This news also comes as Samsung inches closer to introducing a paid tier for its Galaxy AI features. Samsung’s Galaxy Watch line offers a variety of health and fitness features, and the company is adding even more via the One UI 8 Watch update. Now, Samsung has confirmed

Paddle settles for $5 million over facilitating tech support scams

Paddle.com and its U.S. subsidiary will pay $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations that the company facilitated deceptive tech-support schemes that harmed many U.S. consumers, including older adults. Paddle, a UK-based payment processor, offers payments, tax handling, compliance, and checkout infrastructure for software and digital product sellers by acting as a "merchant of record." According to the FTC, Paddle failed to perform adequate screening and fraud prevention

10 tiny gadgets I never leave home without (and how they work)

My keychain essentials. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I've collected my fair share of multitools and gadgets, but I've lost track of how often I've needed one -- only to realize it's sitting at home or in the car. Carrying a full toolbox everywhere just isn't practical. What I do have with me almost all the time, though, is my keychain -- and it turns out, it's the perfect way to keep essential tools within reach. Also: Are Amazon Basics tools any good? I bought a bunch to find out, and you'd

After Shopify bought his last startup, Birk Jernström wants to help developers build one-person unicorns

Sam Altman and “his tech CEO friends” have a betting pool on the year we will see the first one-person billion-dollar company. The idea of a single person reaching a billion-dollar valuation for a startup would have been unthinkable without AI. But single-person, AI-first businesses have been sprouting all over the tech industry and Birk Jernström, CEO of Polar, a “monetization platform to empower one-person unicorns,” is standing by to help them get there. Polar hopes to stand out from other

Strangers in the Middle of a City: The John and Jane Does of L.A. Medical Center

He had a buzz cut and brown eyes, a stubbly beard and a wrestler’s build. He did not have a wallet or phone; he could not state his name. He arrived at Los Angeles General Medical Center one cloudy day this winter just as thousands of people do every year: alone and unknown. Some 130,000 people are brought each year to L.A. General’s emergency room. Many are unconscious, incapacitated or too unwell to tell staff who they are. Nearly all these Jane and John Does are identified within 48 hours

What Google Translate can tell us about vibecoding

What Google Translate Can Tell Us About Vibecoding | Ingrid's Space What Google Translate Can Tell Us About Vibecoding 6 minute read There has been rather a lot of doomsaying (and perhaps astroturfing) lately about LLMs as the end of computer programming. Much of the discussion has been lacking nuance, so I’d like to add mine. I see claims from one side that “I used $LLM_SERVICE_PROVIDER to make a small throwaway tool, so all programmers will be unemployed in $ARBITRARY_TIME_WINDOW ”, and f

Dinesh's Mid-Summer Death Valley Walk (1998)

The following is an account of our walk through Death Valley National Park during July 1998. We wanted to find out how it feels to walk in extreme heat for days at a time. We had set a goal of walking the entire park, from its northern boundary to its southernmost point, a distance of about 180 miles. Our plan was to walk 15 miles a day and finish the walk in 12 days. Dinesh's caption: Training for the hot walk. Note water-delivery tube, wool pants, wool shirt and heavy-duty thermal top and bo