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Lenovo 14-Inch IdeaPad Slim 3 Touch Screen Laptop Is Almost 60% Off, Making It Cheaper Than AirPods Pro

Touchscreens have been available on laptop computers since 1983, believe it or not. But it took decades for them to become widely available and, more importantly, affordable. Now we appear to have moved from “affordable” to “absolutely dirt cheap,” if Best Buy’s $169 sale (58% off) on the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook is any indication. See at Best Buy This incredible price for a 14-inch full-HD Chromebook with a 2.05 GHz processor, integrated graphics, 4GB of memory and 64GB of storage is

Watch Ryan Gosling Blast Off in Cosmic Trailer for 'Project Hail Mary'

The trailer for Project Hail Mary, the sci-fi thriller adaptation of Andy Weir's 2021 novel, has just landed. The movie opens in theaters and IMAX on March 20, 2026. The story follows science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), who finds himself on a spaceship millions of miles from home. He begins to remember his critical mission to decipher what's causing the sun to die out -- and hence protect the Earth from extinction. The trailer opens with a shot of Ryland waking up aboard the spacecraf

My Friends Always Ask Me What MacBook to Buy. Here's What I Tell Them

We all have that one friend who's tech-savvy that everyone turns to for advice, especially ahead of big sale events like Amazon Prime Day. Well, that's me. I'm that guy. When people find out what I do for a living, everything gets turned up to 11. I review laptops for my job, and almost everyone needs one. If people don't know where to begin, here's how I guide them through the process of picking the right Apple MacBook—where I recommend you start. Start With the MacBook Air You might think n

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Startling Percentage of Neuroscientists Say We Could Extract Memories From Dead Brains

Image by Getty Images Studies When you die, your memories die with you, never to be experienced again. Or at least, that's always been how the case. Now, though, in an exercise to assess shifting scientific consensus, a cohort of 312 neuroscientists were quizzed by researchers on whether memories might live on in the structure of deceased brains. And a surprisingly larger number — 70.7 percent of the group — believe they may, findings which were newly published in the science journal PLOS One.

Gmail is getting even more Material 3 Expressive UI changes (APK teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown of the Gmail app has uncovered more visual changes. These changes include a redesigned search bar, no more Reply All button, and more tweaks. These tweaks are in line with Google’s Material 3 Expressive visual style, which will come to Android 16 later this year. Google is working hard to bring its Material 3 Expressive visual style to both Android 16 and its own apps. Gmail has already received some Expressive tweaks th

Prime Day deal: Get 49 percent off this Roomba combo robot vacuum and mop

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 . Prime Day 2025 begins soon on July 8, but members can already save on a bunch of tech available on Amazon's site. One such early deal is on the Roomba Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo, which is down to $140 for Prime subscribers right now. That's nearly half off its usual price and a far cry

Europol helps disrupt $540 million crypto investment fraud ring

Spanish authorities have arrested five individuals in Madrid and the Canary Islands, suspected of laundering $540 million (€460 million) from illegal cryptocurrency investment schemes and defrauding more than 5,000 victims. The law enforcement operation was supported and coordinated by Europol and investigators from Estonia, France, and the U.S. (Homeland Security Investigations – HSI). The investigation into the fraud ring started in 2023 On the day of the arrests a cryptocurrency expert was

I replaced my Windows laptop with a 'premium' Chromebook - and can't go back

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 is available now, starting at $649. It's the most powerful Chromebook Plus device yet, and earned our Editor's Choice award for its fantastic battery, lovely OLED display, and ultraportable form. There's a limit to its performance capabilities, and utilizing ChromeOS to its fullest comes with a learning curve. View now at Best Buy It seems like every few months we're seeing new Chromebooks pushing the limits of what the devices can do. Their

Entry-level jobs down by a third since launch of ChatGPT

The UK jobs market continued its cautious recovery in May, with annual vacancy growth and rising wages offering signs of resilience despite a modest monthly decline in job postings. However, entry-level opportunities have taken a significant hit, dropping by nearly a third since the advent of widely available generative AI tools at the end of 2022. According to the latest UK Job Market Report from job matching platform Adzuna, the number of advertised vacancies fell slightly by 0.51% in May to

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‘Foundation’ Returns With Its Best Season Yet

Foundation is not a show that lends itself to casual viewing. Its nuances and details, not to mention its constantly shifting settings, mean you must pay close attention to understand what’s happening. It’s also not really a show you can decide to start watching midway through, something to consider ahead of its third season premiere. But the rewards are worth it: it’s wildly entertaining—thanks to its writing, layered world-building, and performances—and while it’s a show that deals with very

“I Am Groot” Translates to “This Dancing Groot LEGO Set Hits All-Time Low” While Stock Lasts on Amazon

Who doesn’t love Lego? Appealing to folks of all ages, Lego makes for wonderful gifts or collectors items. I find myself just really enjoying the process of it all. Popping on a podcast or some music while I just tune out and build. You take each piece of the instructions one step at a time while you can see your progress moving along in real time. It’s pretty mindful and therapeutic as you put this cool thing together in front of you while your mind wanders and your real-life stressors momentar

Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors

Microsoft has taken “a genuine step towards medical superintelligence,” says Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the company’s artificial intelligence arm. The tech giant says its powerful new AI tool can diagnose disease four times more accurately and at significantly less cost than a panel of human physicians. The experiment tested whether the tool could correctly diagnose a patient with an ailment, mimicking work typically done by a human doctor. The Microsoft team used 304 case studies sourced from t

Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 Review: A Game-Changer

Amazingly, the base configuration has 12 GB of RAM. That’s not quite as much as the 16 GB you get in some Snapdragon X-powered Windows laptops like the forthcoming HP Omnibook 5 16—but for ChromeOS, it’s more than enough. Meanwhile, the base configuration comes with 128 GB of storage, and the upgraded model has a 256-GB solid state drive. Performance is solid. Speedometer is a benchmark that tests performance in the browser, which is important for ChromeOS since it's all built around the Chrome

I always install Chrome Beta on all my Android phones; here’s why

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It’s been more than 13 years since Chrome first launched on Android. Fundamentally, the app hasn’t changed much in all these years: I type a URL and the page loads up. In all these years, though, Chrome hasn’t caught up with the rest of Google’s apps in one key feature: multiple account support. Most of the official Google apps let me quickly switch between different Google accounts, and they have done that for many years now, since 2010-2011, to be precise.

Are software professionals truly an endangered species? It's complicated

islander11/Getty Images Industry eyebrows were raised recently at New York Federal Reserve Bank data showing software engineering graduates face higher unemployment rates than art history majors. The unemployment rates for computer engineering and computer science were 7.5% and 6.7% respectively. By contrast, the unemployment rates for art history and social services majors were 3% and 1.7% respectively. Also: The best AI for coding in 2025 (including a new winner - and what not to use) In a

New proof dramatically compresses space needed for computation

Once upon a time computers filled entire rooms, reading numbers from spinning tapes and churning them through wires to do chains of basic arithmetic. Today they slip into our pockets, performing in a tiny fraction of a second what used to take hours. But even as chips shrink and gain speed, theorists are flipping the question from how much computation space we can pack into a machine to how little is enough to get the job done. This inquiry lies at the heart of computational complexity, a measu

Millions of Brother Printers Are Full of Hackable Bugs

Brother makes some solid, reliable printers. Indeed, for several years running, The Verge named it the best printer you should buy. Unfortunately, the company’s devices appear to be riddled with new zero-day bugs that could allow a savvy cybercriminal to hijack them. The vulnerabilities were discovered by cybersecurity firm Rapid7, which published a blog about the bugs last week. The blog explains that, after some research, Rapid7’s cyber pros came across a total of eight new zero-day vulnerabi

Amazon Slashes $2,000 Dell Laptop by 73%, This 4.8-Star Computer Is Practically Free for Early Prime Day

The 4th of July and Prime Day are still a little bit down the road, but the biggest and best Amazon deal on a high-end laptop might have arrived a couple of weeks early. The Dell Vostro 3520, a $2,000 laptop packed with all the speed and power you’ll ever need, is just $549 during this limited-time deal. That’s a 73% discount that’s just come out of nowhere. The Vostro 3520 has a 15.6-inch FHD anti-glare screen, a blazing-fast Intel Core i3 processor, massive 1TB built-in hard drive, 32GB of RA

‘Project Hail Mary’s’ First Trailer Takes Us on an Epic Sci-Fi Journey

You wake up, alone, on a ship in the middle of space. Where are you? What are you doing there? Are you forgetting something important? Something like, maybe, the fate of the world is in your hands? That’s the situation Ryan Gosling finds himself in in Project Hail Mary, the new film from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and the first trailer is here. Set for release March 20, 2026, Project Hail Mary is based on a book by The Martian author, Andy Weir. It’s about a professor on a space miss

Roborock Prime Day deals: Affordable and powerful, the Qrevo and Q Series robot vacuums can do it all

Summer is here! But as much as we’d like to spend every weekend outdoors and enjoy the warm weather, the one thing that often gets in the way of exciting plans is tedious chores. Roborock has at least some of this busy work taken care of with its new Q Series and Qrevo robot vacuums. Roborock’s current releases, which include the Roborock Q7 M5+, the Q10 S5+, the QV 35A, and the Qrevo S5V, will continue to be available at special introductory prices during Prime Day. Here’s everything you need

Chrome on Android might borrow NotebookLM’s best feature

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing AI audio overviews in Chrome for Android. This feature will be available as part of Chrome’s Read Aloud functionality. AI audio overviews could convert text from any webpage into interactive NotebookLM-style podcasts for improved learning. Google is steadily building up the number of touchpoints where we interact with AI by default. Search, one of Google’s most used products, has already been canopied by AI overviews for a text-based s

I’ve tried every browser, but this is the one that works best for me

Andy Walker / Android Authority I open Microsoft Edge, and everything just feels right. It’s not flashy or experimental. It’s stable, fast, and capable. It “just works.” I’ve jumped between browsers over the years, the way someone tests mattresses. I’m always seeking that one that feels just right. But no matter what I try, I keep returning to Edge. Microsoft’s modern Chromium-based browser has earned my trust with thoughtful features, dependable performance, and a seamless cross-platform expe

I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with a $750 Android for a week - and didn't regret it

ZDNET's key takeaways The Redmagic 10S Pro will be available now, starting at $699. The 10S Pro harnesses impressive power, making it an absolute delight for gamers and power users. Average users might find they have to do a bit of tweaking to get the 10S Pro to their liking. View now at Redmagic View now at Amazon more buying choices I've been using Pixel phones for a long, long time, and every so often I think, "Is it time to try something different?" But each time I stray, I inevitably com

Should you upgrade to Wi-Fi 7? Here's my verdict after testing this next-gen router at home

ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus RT-BE86U router is currently on sale for $270 for a limited time. This supports Wi-Fi 7 delivering fast, wireless connections protected by multiple security features. However, getting the most out of the device requires Wi-Fi extenders which can be an expensive endeavor. View now at Asus View now at Best Buy more buying choices The Asus RT-B386U is currently on sale across major retailers for $30 off ahead of July 4th weekend. Wi-Fi 7 has been around since las

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How proxy servers actually work, and why they're so valuable

Getty/sasha85ru Let's talk about proxy servers. Proxy servers are often confused with virtual private networks (VPNs) because their network architectures are very similar. But proxies and VPNs are very different beasts. Don't worry: Below, I'll introduce you to proxy servers, compare and contrast them to VPNs, and describe the many different types of proxy servers and how they're used. Also: The best proxy server services of 2025 Defining proxy servers If you look at Webster's three definit

Nearly 20% of cancer drugs defective in four African nations

Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or that could even cause them harm. An alarming number of people across Africa may be taking cancer drugs that don't contain the vital ingredients needed to contain or reduce their disease. It's a concerning finding with roots in a complex problem: how to regulate a range of therapeutics across the continent. A US and pan-African research group publ

Does Form Shape Function?

What links a Möbius strip, brain folds and termite mounds? The answer is Harvard University’s L. Mahadevan, whose career has been devoted to using mathematics and physics to explore the form and function of common phenomena. Mahadevan, or Maha to his friends and colleagues, has long been fascinated by questions one wouldn’t normally ask — from the equilibrium shape of inert objects like a Möbius strip, to the complex factors that drive biological systems like morphogenesis or social insect colo

New Proof Dramatically Compresses Space Needed for Computation

Once upon a time computers filled entire rooms, reading numbers from spinning tapes and churning them through wires to do chains of basic arithmetic. Today they slip into our pockets, performing in a tiny fraction of a second what used to take hours. But even as chips shrink and gain speed, theorists are flipping the question from how much computation space we can pack into a machine to how little is enough to get the job done. This inquiry lies at the heart of computational complexity, a measu

Android 16 review: Post-hype

Google recently released Android 16, which brings a smattering of new features for Pixel phones, with promises of additional updates down the road. The numbering scheme has not been consistent over the years, and as a result, Android 16 is actually the 36th major release in a lineage that stretches back nearly two decades. In 2008, we didn't fully understand how smartphones would work, so there was a lot of trial and error. In 2025, the formula has been explored every which way. Today's smartpho

13 Best French Presses (2025): Plastic, Glass, Stainless Steel, Travel

The French press is an unassuming piece of coffee-making equipment. It doesn’t require electricity, yet experts agree that it can brew a richer and more full-bodied cup of joe in comparison with its more technologically advanced peers. For example, natural oils that would otherwise be filtered out in a drip coffee maker remain fully intact, making the coffee aromatic and robust. The French press method of making coffee is straightforward, cost-effective, easy to do, and hard to mess up. The dev