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The best fast chargers for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 18:00:37

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . A good fast charger can make a world of difference when you're low on battery and short on time. With more devices — from smartphones to laptops — supporting quick-charging tech, having an accessory that can deliver serious power in minutes is almost essential. Many newer phones no lon

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Get two months of Paramount+ for only $2 right now

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 21:43:14

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . This is just in time for the new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. It's hot out there, so this might be the perfect time to stay in and binge some TV. Paramount+ is offering one heck of a deal right now for budding couch potatoes, with two months available for just $2. That bre

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What's the difference between named functions and arrow functions in JavaScript?

news.ycombinator.com James Sinclair 2026-02-15 04:10:23

Arrow functions (also known as ‘rocket’ functions) are concise and convenient. However, they have subtle differences compared to function declarations and function expressions. So how do you know which one to use, and when? Function declarations and function statements We have (at least) three ways of creating functions in JavaScript. The first is the function declaration. This binds a function to a given name. It looks something like this:1 1 I’ve used String.toLowercase() here, partly for b

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Max, a Real Programmer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-15 08:57:58

The Story of Max, a Real Programmer Sun 29 June 2025 This is a story about Imagebin. Imagebin is the longest-lived software project that I still maintain. I'm the only user. I use it to host images, mainly to include in my blog, sometimes for sharing in other places. Imagebin's oldest changelog entry is dated May 2010, but I know it had already existed for about a year before I had the idea of keeping a changelog. Here's an image hosted by Imagebin: For years Imagebin was wide open to the pu

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Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck

news.ycombinator.com Pedro Tavares 2026-02-15 23:43:57

For years, I’ve felt that writing lines of code was never the bottleneck in software engineering. The actual bottlenecks were, and still are, code reviews, knowledge transfer through mentoring and pairing, testing, debugging, and the human overhead of coordination and communication. All of this wrapped inside the labyrinth of tickets, planning meetings, and agile rituals. These processes, meant to drive quality, often slow us down more than the act of writing code itself because they require t

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Meet A11pl3Z, a Possible Third-Known Interstellar Visitor Whizzing Through Our Solar System

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-18 04:05:39

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history. The cosmic visitor—tentatively named A11pl3Z—first appeared in data collected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) between June 25 and 29, Universe Today reports. ATLAS uses telescopes in Chile, South A

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Best TVs for 2025: Tested by CNET's Experts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 20:00:00

The Sony Bravia 8 II is a new flagship OLED David Katzmaier/CNET With all of the TVs available today, and all of the technical terms and jargon associated with television technology, it can be tough to figure out what's important. Here's a quick guide to help cut through the confusion. Picture quality: Broadly speaking, the type of display technology helps dictate how good a TV's picture quality is, but OLED is typically the best display technology, and this is followed by LCD (including QLED,

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This Pro-Level Controller Is Great, but It Comes at a Price

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 21:00:06

Turtle Beach is no stranger to making high-performance gaming hardware, either through its PDP brand or its own in-house accessories. The company is perhaps best known for its gaming headsets but has leveraged its decades of experience to bring us other great gaming accessories like the Stealth Ultra wireless controller. Well, mostly great, as we'll see. What I like about the Stealth Ultra Jason Cockerham/CNET Turtle Beach didn't try to reinvent the wheel with the Stealth Ultra. The standard

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Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special 2025: How to Watch From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 21:00:08

The Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special is the premier holiday spectacle, and for good reason. For the past five decades, the nation's largest Independence Day extravaganza has pulled out all the stops to entertain viewers -- both in-person and at home. Now in its 49th year, the showcase is back to celebrate America's big day with an array of jaw-dropping fireworks, colorful arrangements and epic musical performances. This year, the New York institution will feature "more than 80,000 shells,"

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12 Best Coffee Subscriptions (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Matthew Korfhage 2026-02-18 20:31:00

FAQ What Kinds of Coffee Subscriptions Are There? AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron There are two kinds of coffee subscription providers: roasters and retailers. Roasters are cafés, and small-batch producers who buy raw beans from farmers all over the world and roast them to perfection. By buying from a roaster, you're directly supporting the people who make your favorite coffees; there's no middleman between you and your coffee. The downside is you usually won't have as broad a selecti

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Physicists start to pin down how stars forge heavy atoms

news.ycombinator.com Jenna Ahart 2026-02-18 10:18:32

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) may not glitter quite like the night sky, plunked as it is between Michigan State University’s chemistry department and the performing arts center. Inside, though, the lab is teeming with substances that are otherwise found only in stars. Here, atomic nuclei accelerate to half the speed of light, smash into a target and shatter into smithereens. The collisions create some of the same rare, unstable isotopes that arise inside stars and which, through a

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Scary Survey Results: Teen Drivers Are Often Looking at Their Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 18:01:03

A new study reveals that teen drivers in the US are spending more than one-fifth of their driving time distracted by their phones, with many glances lasting long enough to significantly raise the risk of a crash. Published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention and released on Thursday, the research found that, on average, teens reported looking at their phones during 21.1% of every driving trip. More than a quarter of those distractions lasted two seconds or longer, which is an amount of time

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, July 3

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 18:33:29

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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French B2B neobank Qonto reaches 600,000 customers, files for banking license

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2026-02-18 18:00:00

“Is Qonto a real bank?” is one of the top suggested questions in Google searches about the French fintech startup. The answer is no, but it could change: Qonto has filed for a banking license in France, CEO Alexandre Prot revealed. Qonto, which targets European freelancers and SMBs, currently operates with a payment institution license it obtained in 2018, and which already enabled it to introduce a form of buy now, pay later (BNPL). But a credit institution license would let it offer broader l

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Save $350 on a spec’d out Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-18 21:50:41

If you’re looking to get a high-end laptop with a stunning design, Samsung makes some of the best ones. We would go as far as saying it’s Apple’s main competitor on the Windows side! Of course, these aren’t cheap laptops, but today we have a good deal for those who want something both capable and gorgeous. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage for $1,299.99 ($350 off) This offer is available directly from Samsung’s website. The discount applies to the spec’d out

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Review: XREAL One’s are incredibly versatile, and they really come to life with the iPad Pro

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-02-18 20:28:25

I’ve been reviewing one of XREAL’s more recent releases of AR glasses: the XREAL One’s. These are certainly the most versatile pair of AR glasses I’ve tried out so far, and they actually really come to life somewhere you wouldn’t expect: the M4 iPad Pro running iPadOS 26. XREAL One come in at just under 3 ounces (84 grams), making them easy to just carry around. Why I enjoy them Typically, when you think about plug-in AR glasses, you’re using it for one of two things. It’s either to mirror you

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Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 20:20:33

At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according to a developer with knowledge of the situation. An estimated 200 to 300 people remain at the studio. Employees across Microsoft's Xbox division received an email from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer Wednesday morning addressing "organizational shifts" hitting the team over the coming days. Halo Studios employees who were laid off received an additional invite to a meeti

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Starlink Plans to Send 42K Satellites Into Space. That Could Be Bad News for the Ozone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 20:02:00

Satellites like the ones used for Starlink's internet service could be depleting the Earth's ozone layer when they're deorbited, according to a study funded by NASA and published in Geophysical Research Letters in June. 2024. When Starlink's satellites reach the end of their lives, they burn up in the Earth's atmosphere and leave behind small particles of aluminum oxide. These travel down into the ozone layer, which absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation. Researchers from the University of South

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Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-17 10:43:13

Clothoff—one of the leading apps used to quickly and cheaply make fake nudes from images of real people—reportedly is planning a global expansion to continue dominating deepfake porn online. Also known as a nudify app, Clothoff has resisted attempts to unmask and confront its operators. Last August, the app was among those that San Francisco's city attorney, David Chiu, sued in hopes of forcing a shutdown. But recently, a whistleblower—who had "access to internal company information" as a forme

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Two years in, Apple is now officially on Threads

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-19 05:07:49

It took a minute, but Apple has at last activated its official Threads account. And thanks to its massive Instagram presence, it instantly picked up nearly 5 million followers. Today’s move comes well after several Apple-related accounts joined Instagram’s alternative to X right out of the gate. Apple Music, Apple News, Apple Books, Shazam, and Beats by Dre were among the first to show up shortly after Threads launched in mid-2023, but the main @apple account remained absent until now. Instant

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Physicists Start to Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms

news.ycombinator.com Jenna Ahart 2026-02-19 04:18:32

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) may not glitter quite like the night sky, plunked as it is between Michigan State University’s chemistry department and the performing arts center. Inside, though, the lab is teeming with substances that are otherwise found only in stars. Here, atomic nuclei accelerate to half the speed of light, smash into a target and shatter into smithereens. The collisions create some of the same rare, unstable isotopes that arise inside stars and which, through a

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UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Tickets: How to Livestream the Soccer Tournament for Free from Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 23:03:00

A monthlong celebration of women's international soccer is underway in Switzerland, as the continent's top teams battle it out at Euro 2025. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch every match of the tournament as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are, along with a full fixture list. England comes into the tournament as the defending champions after its memorable triumph on home turf in 2022,

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Livestream Replay: Beginner Advice for Claude, a ChatGPT Alternative

wired.com Reece Rogers 2026-02-18 15:30:00

Hello WIRED subscribers! Thank you to everyone who attended our most recent AI Unlocked livestream Q&A session, Chatbot Basics: Beginner Advice For Claude, a ChatGPT Alternative. Staff writer Reece Rogers and senior correspondent Kylie Robison provided an overview of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, one of the most-used alternatives to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and popular with AI insiders. They also answered audience questions about all kinds of topics, such as the main differences between Claude and ChatGPT

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9to5Mac Daily: July 2, 2025 – iPhone Fold, Apple vs DOJ

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2026-02-19 10:26:06

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Bitwarden: Check out Bitwarden Password Manager, featuring a new Apple Watch authenticator integration, secure autofill on Safari and iOS apps, and enterprise-grade security tools that help you manage credentials with confidence. New episodes of 9to5Mac D

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Blizzard is giving up on its Warcraft mobile game amid layoffs

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-19 10:50:22

It's nearly the end of the road for Warcraft Rumble. Blizzard has announced that it will no longer be developing new content for the free-to-play mobile strategy game, and instead focus on "regular, systemic in-game events and bug fixes." The change comes as the rest of Microsoft's business is in upheaval: The company is laying off as many as 9,000 employees across its global workforce. Blizzard's statement doesn't get into the details of what motivated the decision, but is clear that Warcraft

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Features of D That I Love

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-19 04:45:28

10 features of D that I love This is a beginner-friendly post exploring some of my favourite parts of the D programming language, ranging from smaller quality of life stuff, to more major features. I won’t talk much about D’s metaprogramming in this post as that topic basically requires its own dedicated feature list, but I still want to mention that D’s metaprogramming is world class - allowing a level of flexibility & modelling power that few statically compiled languages are able to rival.

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The Unseen Fury of Solar Storms

news.ycombinator.com Henry Wismayer 2026-02-15 20:33:55

Credits Henry Wismayer is a writer based in London. I EXETER, United Kingdom — It was an overcast morning in southwest England, but Kirk Waite was staring at the sun. In the open-plan forecasting room of the Met Office, the U.K.’s national meteorological agency, the country’s senior weather-watchers were monitoring low-pressure systems sweeping in from the Atlantic and across the British Isles. Waite was studying weather of a very different sort. He sat at a crescent-shaped desk arrayed with

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Only the Third Ever Detected Interstellar Object May Be Whizzing Through Our Solar System Right Now

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-19 10:05:39

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history. The cosmic visitor—tentatively named A11pl3Z—first appeared in data collected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) between June 25 and 29, Universe Today reports. ATLAS uses telescopes in Chile, South A

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Nearly 500 Starlink Satellites Have Incinerated in Earth's Atmosphere So Far This Year

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-19 10:08:00

According to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, 472 Starlink satellites burned up in the atmosphere between December 2024 and May 2025, as SpaceX deorbited around 6% of its active fleet. Starlink satellites are built to last around five years. After that, they're steered into the Earth's atmosphere to burn up. SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, launched the first Starlink satellites in 2019, which means we're now seeing its first full-sca

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DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-19 14:14:41

An ex-ransomware negotiator is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly working with ransomware gangs to profit from extortion payment deals. The suspect is a former employee of DigitalMint, a Chicago-based incident response and digital asset services company that specializes in ransomware negotiation and facilitating cryptocurrency payments to receive a decryptor or prevent stolen data from being publicly released. The company claims to have conducted over 2,000

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Latest Tech News

The best fast chargers for 2025

Get two months of Paramount+ for only $2 right now

What's the difference between named functions and arrow functions in JavaScript?

Max, a Real Programmer

Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck

Meet A11pl3Z, a Possible Third-Known Interstellar Visitor Whizzing Through Our Solar System

Best TVs for 2025: Tested by CNET's Experts

This Pro-Level Controller Is Great, but It Comes at a Price

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special 2025: How to Watch From Anywhere

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Physicists start to pin down how stars forge heavy atoms

Scary Survey Results: Teen Drivers Are Often Looking at Their Phones

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, July 3

French B2B neobank Qonto reaches 600,000 customers, files for banking license

Save $350 on a spec’d out Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop

Review: XREAL One’s are incredibly versatile, and they really come to life with the iPad Pro

Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios

Starlink Plans to Send 42K Satellites Into Space. That Could Be Bad News for the Ozone

Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show

Two years in, Apple is now officially on Threads

Physicists Start to Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Tickets: How to Livestream the Soccer Tournament for Free from Anywhere

Livestream Replay: Beginner Advice for Claude, a ChatGPT Alternative

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Features of D That I Love

The Unseen Fury of Solar Storms

Only the Third Ever Detected Interstellar Object May Be Whizzing Through Our Solar System Right Now

Nearly 500 Starlink Satellites Have Incinerated in Earth's Atmosphere So Far This Year

DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks

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