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How to motivate yourself to do a thing you don't want to do

We have an air bike in our basement. If you are unfamiliar with air bikes, they are similar to stationary bikes with foot pedals but also have handles you push and pull with your arms. It uses air resistance, so the harder you pedal and move your arms, the higher the resistance. It’s also known as an assault bike. 😬 Which is apt, because it’s a butt-kicker of a workout. I use it about once a week, more frequently in the winter when it’s too cold to run, and less often in the summer when I can

Champions League Soccer: Livestream PSG vs. Atalanta Live From Anywhere

Paris Saint-Germain begins the defence of its UEFA Champions League crown on Wednesday with a difficult Gameweek 1 home fixture at the Parc des Princes. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services for watching Champions League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Having pulled off a historic treble last season, headlined by a 5-0 thrashing of Inter Milan in June's UCL final, Luis Enrique's PSG has a lot to l

Champions League Soccer: Livestream Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea Live From Anywhere

Chelsea face an intriguing reunion with a former striker on Wednesday as the Blues travel to Germany to face Bayern Munich in this Gameweek 1 UEFA Champions League matchup. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services for watching Champions League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Wednesday's game provides an early opportunity for Nicolas Jackson to show his former employer what it's missing. The Senegal i

Champions League Soccer: Livestream Liverpool vs. Atlético Madrid Live From Anywhere

Liverpool will look to carry its strong form in the English Premier League into its opening European fixture of the season on Wednesday, as it faces a tough first test at home to Atlético Madrid. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services for watching UEFA Champions League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Arne Slot's Reds have made a perfect start domestically, winning all four of their EPL games. They

Former World of Warcraft lead designer finally shows off new multiplayer game

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s been almost a decade since former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo launched a new studio called Bonfire Games — and now it’s finally showing off its very first game. It’s called Arkheron, and looks a bit like a multiplayer take on Dia

Amazon is creating more tools to fill its site with AI ads

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. Amazon is opening the door to even more AI ads by offering sellers access to a new chatbot that can generate promos with a simple text prompt. With the new tool, Amazon sellers can describe the type of ad they’d like to see, and the AI chatbot will draw from a s

Tariffs kill the Starling Home Hub, Google Nest’s best bridge to Apple Home

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I have bad news for ecosystem straddlers who use Google Nest products in their smart homes but rely on iPhones and Apple Home for control: the much-loved Starling Home Hub has been discontinued. In a message on its website, Starling

Nvidia boss says UK will be 'AI superpower' as tech firms invest billions

Nvidia boss says UK will be 'AI superpower' as tech firms invest billions 50 minutes ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman Technology editor and Faisal Islam Economics editor Share Save Watch: UK is not giving up its digital sovereignty, Microsoft boss tells BBC Major US tech firms have pledged tens of billions of pounds worth of investment in the UK, with Nvidia Jensen Huang, predicting the country will become an "AI superpower". The biggest single investment comes from Microsoft, which has announced

Nothing’s generous Phone 3 loyalty deal puts trade-ins to shame

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing is offering $300 off the purchase of a Phone 3. To get the deal you need to submit the IMEI of your Phone 1 or Phone 2. No trade-in is required, but there are some important restrictions to be aware of. You want a brand-new phone, and you’d rather not pay the manufacturer’s full launch price, so what’s a savvy shopper to do? If you’re like a lot of us, you’re always looking around for the best phone trade-in deals, maximizing the value you can ge

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macOS Tahoe just made hotspotting to your iPhone easier than ever

If you want a Mac with built-in cellular, Apple hopefully has a solution coming soon. In the meantime though, macOS Tahoe has an upgrade that makes connecting to your iPhone via hotspot easier than ever. Your Mac can now connect to hotspot automatically in macOS Tahoe Personal hotspot is one of those iPhone and Mac features that, when it works, can feel like magic. But when it doesn’t, it’s all the more frustrating. Fortunately, Apple has made hotspotting more reliable in recent years. And no

Waymo is headed to Nashville in 2026

Waymo is plotting a route for Tennessee, as it plans to bring its robotaxis to Nashville. The company expects to start autonomous driving operations in the city in the coming months before opening up to the public in 2026. At the outset, folks in the area will be able to hail a ride via the Waymo app. Down the line, Lyft will be able to match users with Waymo rides in Nashville. Waymo is currently up and running in five US cities: San Francisco (and other parts of the Bay Area), Los Angeles, P

Garmin's new smartwatch for kids costs more than the Apple Watch SE

Garmin just announced a refresh of its Bounce smartwatch for kids and the big headline is the exorbitant price. It costs $300, which is twice the cost of the previous generation and $50 more than an Apple Watch SE. The Bounce 2 still offers tracking and communication features, both powered by an LTE connection. The exterior has been completely redesigned, with a rounded 1.2-inch AMOLED display. The original model was square-ish, resembling an Apple Watch. Communication is better here, which is

New study will track 60,000 Garmin smartwatch users to better understand pregnancy outcomes

Matthew Miller/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Garmin and King's College London are studying pregnancy. It could help understand exercise's role during pregnancy. It aims to reduce gestational diabetes and hypertension. Research institutions are increasingly using wearable gadgets to carry out their health studies. On Tuesday, Garmin announced a collaboration with King's College London for its Enhanced Maternal and Baby Results with AI-supp

Stategraph: Terraform state as a distributed systems problem

Why We're Building Stategraph: Terraform State as a Distributed Systems Problem TL;DR why-stategraph.tldr $ cat why-stategraph.tldr • Terraform state shows distributed coordination issues but uses file primitives. • File blob (100% read/lock) vs. change cone (~3%). • Stategraph → graph state, ACID transactions, subgraph isolation. The Terraform ecosystem has spent a decade working around a fundamental architectural mismatch: we're using filesystem semantics to solve a distributed systems probl

Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server

Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server mssql-python is a Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family of databases. It leverages Direct Database Connectivity (DDBC) that enables direct connections to SQL Server without requiring an external driver manager. Designed to comply with the DB API 2.0 specification, this driver also introduces Pythonic enhancements for improved usability and functionality. It supports a full range of database operations, including connection managem

UUIDv47: Store UUIDv7 in DB, emit UUIDv4 outside (SipHash-masked timestamp)

UUIDv47 - UUIDv7-in / UUIDv4-out (SipHash-masked timestamp) uuidv47 lets you store sortable UUIDv7 in your database while emitting a UUIDv4-looking façade at your API boundary. It does this by XOR-masking only the UUIDv7 timestamp field with a keyed SipHash-2-4 stream tied to the UUID’s own random bits. Header-only C (C89) · zero deps Deterministic, invertible mapping (exact round-trip) RFC-compatible version/variant bits (v7 in DB, v4 on the wire) Key-recovery resistant (SipHash-2-4, 128-b

How to Motivate Yourself to Do a Thing You Don't Want to Do

We have an air bike in our basement. If you are unfamiliar with air bikes, they are similar to stationary bikes with foot pedals but also have handles you push and pull with your arms. It uses air resistance, so the harder you pedal and move your arms, the higher the resistance. It’s also known as an assault bike. 😬 Which is apt, because it’s a butt-kicker of a workout. I use it about once a week, more frequently in the winter when it’s too cold to run, and less often in the summer when I can

China Bans Nvidia’s AI Chips

Nvidia just can’t seem to catch a break. After beating a ban on China sales imposed by the Trump administration, the tech giant is now facing a ban on its products by Chinese regulators. Chinese internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered top Chinese tech companies like Bytedance and Alibaba to end their testing and orders of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D chips, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday citing people with knowledge of the matter. Nvidia unveiled the RTX Pro 6

That Was the Most Intense Episode of ‘Alien: Earth’ Yet

The penultimate episode of Alien: Earth season one is now out in the world, and after a few episodes of setup, things took off like a rocket ship. There was payoff after payoff, showdown after showdown, and, yes, lots and lots of creepy, gory Alien action. It may have been the best episode of the season so far, and that’s saying something, so let’s dive into what happened, what it means, and why we loved it. The seventh episode of Alien: Earth is called “Emergence,” which is the perfect title f

Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise

When gravity—an invisible yet ubiquitous force—bends and distorts light from distant galaxies, Earthbound observers get a rare glimpse of elusive cosmic phenomena. And the weirder the glitch, the more insightful the finding, as a team of astronomers recently discovered. These glitches are formally referred to as Einstein Crosses. As light from a distant galaxy travels toward our observatories, the gravitational force of galaxies closer to us bends that light, creating an image of four bright do

This PS5 Update Lets DualSense Controllers Pair With Multiple Devices at the Same Time

All you PlayStation 5 players can now pair your wireless DualSense controllers with up to four devices at a time and toggle between them. For some time, you've been able to pair your DualSense controllers not just with PS5s and other PlayStation consoles, but also with PCs, Macs, smartphones and other Bluetooth devices. But that pairing could happen with only one device at a time; using a different device with a DualSense required pairing all over again. That changes now, with system update 25

Inside Trumpworld’s Reality Distortion Field

Before a suspect was even in custody, Trumpworld was on a wartime footing. Charlie Kirk had been fatally shot. Graphic video of the assassination hit terminal velocity online. Several sources of mine were close friends of Kirk, and when I spoke to them last week, it was clear this incident had changed the level of aggression with which they were willing to pursue a crackdown on their boss’s perceived enemies. “I think we want to confront violent left wing rhetoric. We want PEACE, and unity,” o

Nvidia’s AI chips are no longer welcome in China

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Alibaba, ByteDance, and other Chinese technology companies are barred from purchasing Nvidia’s latest AI chips custom-made for China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The Cyberspace Administration of China banned buying and testing the RTX Pro 6000D chips,

Here’s who is actually using ChatGPT — and how they are using it

Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI this week released what it says is the largest study yet of how people are using ChatGPT, revealing fresh insights on who is using the technology and what they are using it for. The big surprise was finding out that most ChatGPT chats a

Google revamps Discover page to show content from creators

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s updating the Discover page in its flagship Search app to allow you to follow specific publishers and creators to surface more content from those you like. The update follows a feature Google rolled out last month, allowing users to pick their choice of news sites and blogs for the Top Stories section in search results. In the weeks ahead, Google says people will also start to see different types of content on Discover, including articles, YouTube Shorts,

AI and the Future of Defense: Mach Industries’ Ethan Thornton at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

From stealth mode to center stage, Mach Industries is bringing AI into one of the world’s most complex and controversial sectors: defense. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to share what it takes to build in high-stakes environments where speed and autonomy matter most — and why next-gen infrastructure starts with rethinking the fundamentals. Inside the AI arms race — and the founder aiming to rewrite it Thornton launched Ma

iPhone 17 Pro review: How pro can you go?

When Apple announced the iPhone 17 Pro last week, it touted that the addition of the iPhone Air in the lineup allowed it to take the Pro models “to an entirely new level of performance and capabilities.” I’ve been testing the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max for the last week to find out just how far Apple has pushed those limits. Design Apple says the iPhone 17 Pro features an aluminum unibody design that is “crafted with a lightweight aerospace-grade 7000-series aluminum alloy.” It’s not

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iOS 26 adds two brand new apps to your iPhone’s Home Screen

iOS 26 might be best remembered for its Liquid Glass design, but among many other new features and changes, the update also adds two brand new apps to your iPhone’s Home Screen. Here’s what’s new. #1: Apple Games app Gaming on the iPhone gets a new central hub in iOS 26. ’Apple Games’ is a brand new app that joins the ranks of other media-focused iPhone apps such as: Apple TV Apple Music Apple Podcasts Apple Books The new Games app includes a Home view where you’ll spend most of your tim

This midrange Sony home theater beats the pricey flagship for me - here's why

Sony Bravia Theater System 6 ZDNET's key takeaways The Bravia Theater System 6 consists of a center channel soundbar, two rear speakers, and an external subwoofer for $800. It offers great sound, in-app Bravia audio features, and a simple user experience. Without Wi-Fi connectivity, many wireless streaming options are unavailable, but the movie and TV watching experience remains unchanged $798 at Walmart $768 at B&H Photo-Video $798 at Crutchfield more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a