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

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-09-21 08:23:00

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

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SQLiteData: A fast, lightweight replacement for SwiftData using SQL and CloudKit

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-21 07:27:26

SQLiteData A fast, lightweight replacement for SwiftData, powered by SQL and supporting CloudKit synchronization. Learn more This library was motivated and designed over the course of many episodes on Point-Free, a video series exploring advanced programming topics in the Swift language, hosted by Brandon Williams and Stephen Celis. To support the continued development of this library, subscribe today. Overview SQLiteData is a fast, lightweight replacement for SwiftData, including CloudKit

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Nothing OS 4.0 teaser hints at a sleeker UI, new clock styles, dashboard to track AI usage, more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-21 09:31:22

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing has shared another teaser for the upcoming Nothing OS 4.0. According to the announcement, Nothing OS 4.0 features a more minimalist design, camera enhancements, and a new AI dashboard to track usage across various AI apps. The launch date hasn’t been announced, but Nothing says an open beta is coming soon. Stable Android 16 has been available for months, but Samsung is the only brand to have released a stable Android 16-based update for its devic

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You absolutely should not buy Apple’s iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-21 12:10:09

Apple released its thinnest phone yet last week, the iPhone Air, and revealed the new iPhone Air MagSafe Battery alongside it. The existence of a specially-made battery pack wasn’t a big surprise to me, because there had been rumors of the iPhone Air for months leading up to the event. Everyone was prepared for the thinnest iPhone ever to make some battery life sacrifices to achieve its svelte design. However, what was a surprise to me was how much Apple leaned on the new battery during the iPh

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Apple's Super-Slim iPhone Air Had Me on Edge... Until I Tested It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-21 11:00:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.6 / 10 SCORE iPhone Air $999 at Apple Pros Slick, lightweight design Surprisingly good battery life Impressively durable iOS 26 looks great Cons Single rear camera Scaled-back speaker Only charges up to 20 watts High $999 price tag I fell in love with Apple's sleek, lightweight iPhone Air the moment I first held it. Now, after using the wildly thi

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Samsung HW-Q990F Soundbar System Review: Glorious Atmos

wired.com Parker Hall 2025-09-21 12:09:00

It’s hard to convince anyone to spend over a thousand dollars on a soundbar system. Ask a home theater nerd or Redditor, and they’ll say spending real cash on anything other than a receiver and dedicated speakers and subwoofer is a fool's errand. As an A/V reviewer, I see this as a hilariously case of gatekeeping. These arguments are predicated on the fact that everyone has the room, know-how, and desire to deal with cables, speakers, and the associated setup. For those of us with partners who

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I was a thin phone skeptic, but after holding the iPhone Air…I get it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-21 16:00:16

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Apple launched the iPhone 17 series last week. Riding along the new 120Hz display on the iPhone 17 and the new design and upgraded telephoto camera on the iPhone 17 Pro is the all-new iPhone Air. As someone who has been a thin-phone skeptic, I’ve looked at the iPhone Air’s launch with the same disdain I reserved for the Galaxy S25 Edge: Why would anyone trade off crucial features like battery life and camera versatility for a flagship whose primary claim-to-fa

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iPhone Air review: Thinness with purpose

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-21 16:00:37

The iPhone Air is a device with shorter battery life, fewer cameras and a price tag that’s $200 more than a base iPhone 17. Sure, it’s got a bigger screen and it's unbelievably sleek, but no matter how you slice it, that value proposition doesn’t make sense. At least on paper. That’s because as soon as you hold an iPhone Air, you instantly get a sense that this handset represents much more than a simple quest for thinness. The iPhone Air is a device with a mission: To push the company’s design a

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iPhone Air Review: A Magic Sheet of Glass With Expected Tradeoffs

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-09-21 16:01:19

Turns out an iPhone can be too thin and too light—maybe. That’s what I realized as I picked up the iPhone Air off the ground and inspected it for damage. Moments earlier, Apple’s thinnest iPhone ever—a 5.6mm glass and titanium metal sandwich that makes the previous thinnest iPhone, the 6.9mm iPhone 6, look fat by comparison—had flown out of my hands and fallen onto its screen, just as I pulled it out of my pocket. The good news is that the iPhone Air was largely undamaged. There were a few ver

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Apple iPhone Air review: statement piece

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2025-09-21 16:00:00

is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. The iPhone Air is as much a statement as it is a phone. It says something about the person using it: that they don’t mind giving up a few things for a phone that’s meaningfully thinner and lighter. That they can give up all those extra cameras on the back and just live with one. That they, well, went out and bought

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No, Nintendo and Pokémon did not patent ‘summoning characters and making them battle’

theverge.com Kallie Plagge 2025-09-21 16:30:00

As first noted by Games Fray last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company were granted a US patent earlier this month involving summoning characters and making them battle. Headlines popped up with similarly vague language as concern spread on social media: That’s a thing in tons of games! Can they do that? Is that even allowed? Well, no, because that’s not exactly what they patented. And what they did patent might not stand up to any hypothetical challenges in court. The patent in question, US

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Alibaba's shares jump after it lands a major customer for its AI chips

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-09-22 00:08:51

Alibaba shares rose on Wednesday after Chinese state media reported that the e-commerce giant secured a major customer for its artificial intelligence chips. China Unicom will deploy Alibaba's AI accelerators from its semiconductor unit called Pingtouge or T-Head, according to a report from China state broadcaster CCTV. Alibaba does not sell chips directly, but companies can effectively use the computing power based on those semiconductors by buying Alibaba cloud services. A person familiar wi

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Nothing OS 4.0 teaser cues a sleeker UI, new clock styles, dashboard to track AI usage, more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-22 00:31:22

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing has shared another teaser for the upcoming Nothing OS 4.0. According to the announcement, Nothing OS 4.0 features a more minimalist design, camera enhancements, and a new AI dashboard to track usage across various AI apps. The launch date hasn’t been announced, but Nothing says an open beta is coming soon. Stable Android 16 has been available for months, but Samsung is the only brand to have released a stable Android 16-based update for its devic

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China's Baidu soars 16% to hit 2-year highs amid positive signs for its AI business

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-09-22 01:46:53

Baidu has launched a slew of AI applications after its Ernie chatbot received public approval. Chinese tech giant Baidu saw its shares in Hong Kong soar nearly 16% on Wednesday as it increasingly focuses on its artificial intelligence-related business that has also led to a ratings upgrade. Shares in the Beijing-based firm, which holds a dominant position in China's search engine market, had gained nearly 8% overnight in U.S. trading. The strong stock performance came after equity research fi

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Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 00:11:50

Currently Importer supports Notion imports via the HTML export #14. This new importer would use the Notion API and download files progressively. This would also add support for Databases to Bases conversion. See #415 Bounty See the Contribution guidelines for how to claim this bounty. Bounty: $5,000 USD Timeframe: 30 days ⚠️ Please only apply if you have taken time to explore the Importer codebase, as well as the Notion API. Provide detail about how you would approach solving it within the

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India’s Urban Company soars 58% above IPO price in year’s most subscribed offering

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-22 01:44:54

Urban Company, India’s largest home services platform, stormed onto the public markets on Wednesday, opening 58% above its issue price after delivering the country’s most subscribed IPO of the year. The Gurugram-based startup, which connects users to at-home services ranging from beauty treatments to appliance repair, debuted on the Mumbai-based National Stock Exchange at ₹162.25 per share (approximately $1.84), up from its IPO issue price of ₹103. The offering, which opened last week, was subs

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China's Baidu sees shares soar 12% as company secures major AI partnership, eyes fresh capital

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-09-22 03:23:21

Baidu has launched a slew of AI applications after its Ernie chatbot received public approval. Chinese tech giant Baidu saw its shares in Hong Kong soar as much as 12% on Wednesday as the company ramps up its artificial intelligence plans and partnerships. Shares in the Beijing-based firm, which holds a dominant position in China's search engine market, had gained 9% overnight in U.S. trading. The strong stock performance comes after Baidu earlier this week secured an AI-related deal with Chi

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Apple Vision Pro gains support for digital prism correction

9to5mac.com Dylan Mcdonald 2025-09-22 02:02:56

A longstanding limitation of Apple Vision Pro was that it did not offer support for vision prescriptions with a prism value. With visionOS 26, however, you can now enter the prism values from your prescription and visionOS will adapt through software. Since the launch of Apple Vision Pro, there has been a warning for those looking to buy the ZEISS Optical Inserts: A very small percentage of people have a prism value added to their glasses prescription. At this time, ZEISS Optical Inserts based

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I tested the Apple Watch Ultra 3 to figure out who should upgrade - here's my advice

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-22 03:23:09

Apple Watch Ultra 3 ZDNET's key takeaways Apple's rugged smartwatch is now available to preorder. The watch gets an additional six hours of battery life for a total of 42 hours of wear. Sleeping with the smartwatch is difficult. View now at Apple Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If the new Apple Watch Series 11, Apple's baseline smartwatch, is the girl next door, then Apple's Ultra 3 is the Mt. Kilimanjaro-scaling, rugged neighbor. People might be using the Series 11 to

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This popular Android Auto feature might be coming back - here's why

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-22 20:34:07

ZDNET | Charlie Osborne Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google appears to be reverting to an older Android Auto display. A recent upgrade to Material You changed the background colors. A recent beta version shows code that gives users a choice. Android Auto is scrapping a controversial feature. Last month, the Android in-car infotainment system rolled out a small change -- an update to the Material You design. The upgrade didn't add or take away

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Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 batteries over fire risk

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-22 20:20:55

Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 home batteries in Australia after the company received reports of fires that led to “minor property damage,” according to the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission. The recall affects an unspecified number of Powerwall 2 units made in the U.S. and sold between November 2020 and June 2022. The cells were made by an unnamed third-party supplier. Despite the fires, no injuries have been reported, the ACCC said in a recall notice. The Powerwall 2 contains 14

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Is iOS 26 draining your iPhone battery faster? Here's why - and what you can do

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-23 00:19:51

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Increased battery drain is normal following a major OS update. Your phone needs time to complete the setup in the background. iOS 26 offers a new Adaptive Power mode to extend your battery charge. Raise your hand if you've updated your iPhone to iOS 26 and noticed the battery draining faster. Yes, we've heard that complaint many times, especially after installing a major new operating

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Will I run Boston 2026?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 22:04:18

Last year, we did a deep dive predicting the cutoff for the 2025 Boston Marathon. After the BAA announced the number of accepted time-qualified runners, our method was with 6 seconds of the actual cutoff. This year, we're revisiting our model with an additional data point. With the recent announcement of 33,267 applicants for the 2026 race, our updated model predicts a buffer of 5 minutes and 16 seconds. This time is based on an assumption: the BAA will allow 24,000 time-qualified runners. But

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'Baby Steps' Is a Hiking Game That Trolls ‘Slightly Problematic’ Men

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-09-22 23:57:31

Game developer Bennett Foddy was watching a Greek myth unfold in front of him. A playtester for his latest project, Baby Steps, was struggling to navigate the game’s lead—Nate, a 35-year-old “failson” in a stained onesie—up a slippery hill. Each time, the terrain proved to be too much, and Nate skidded uselessly down it. Foddy has a reputation for making onerous games that take a little bit of masochism to master. This was not one of those times. Neatly placed next to the slippery hill was a s

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Wyze’s new palm-scanning door lock has a second, backup battery

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-23 00:14:49

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. Wyze has announced its first smart door lock that can be opened by simply hovering your open hand over it. The Wyze Palm Lock is launching today for $129.98 making it more affordable than similar palm-scanning smart locks including the $359.99 Philips Smart Deadbolt that launched last year. But your palm isn’t the only way to unlock it. If it’s t

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Will I Run Boston 2026?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-23 08:04:18

Last year, we did a deep dive predicting the cutoff for the 2025 Boston Marathon. After the BAA announced the number of accepted time-qualified runners, our method was with 6 seconds of the actual cutoff. This year, we're revisiting our model with an additional data point. With the recent announcement of 33,267 applicants for the 2026 race, our updated model predicts a buffer of 5 minutes and 16 seconds. This time is based on an assumption: the BAA will allow 24,000 time-qualified runners. But

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Fourth Power’s sci-fi thermal batteries could be cheaper than pricey natural gas power plants

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-09-23 08:08:20

Fourth Power’s take on long-duration energy storage sounds like something out of a James Bond film. The thermal batteries come complete with superheated liquid tin and argon-filled hermetically sealed chambers. The company’s goal, though, is far more prosaic — to store electricity cheap enough to make solar and wind an obvious choice for 24/7 power. Here’s how the technology works: To store energy, electricity from the grid heats blocks of carbon inside insulated chambers filled with argon gas.

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Some Pixel 7 users say their batteries are swelling - what Google is doing about it

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-23 12:52:13

CNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users are seeing a rise in battery issues. The swelling is causing some phones to separate. Google is offering several remedies, including a replacement. Yet another Pixel phone is experiencing battery issues. Just a few months after the Pixel 7a had such widespread battery problems that Google offered to repair them for free, and the Pixel 6a saw overheating problems so severe at leas

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Official watch bands for your new Apple Watch are $34 off at Woot

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-09-23 12:30:00

The new Apple Watch lineup launches on Friday, and Woot has a well-timed sale on an assortment of Apple’s Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop watchbands. Solo Loop bands are marked down to $14.99 ($34 off), while Braided Solo Loop bands are on sale for $29.99 ($69 off). These bands are also compatible with previous-generation Apple Watch models. If you’re on the fence about upgrading to one of Apple’s 2025 smartwatches, I recommend checking out Victoria Song’s reviews of the Apple Watch SE 3 and Ser

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Looking for an laptop with an OLED? Here's one I recommend (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-09-23 16:07:00

Asus Vivobook S 15 ZDNET's key takeaways The Vivobook S 15, Asus' first Copilot+ PC, is currently on sale on Amazon for $1,069. It's sleek and lightweight with a gorgeous 120Hz OLED display, great battery life, and snappy performance. Users could run into the usual compatibility issues seen on Arm-compatible devices, and battery settings should be managed to get the most out of its longevity. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Asus' first Copilot+ PC wit

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

SQLiteData: A fast, lightweight replacement for SwiftData using SQL and CloudKit

Nothing OS 4.0 teaser hints at a sleeker UI, new clock styles, dashboard to track AI usage, more

You absolutely should not buy Apple’s iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack

Apple's Super-Slim iPhone Air Had Me on Edge... Until I Tested It

Samsung HW-Q990F Soundbar System Review: Glorious Atmos

I was a thin phone skeptic, but after holding the iPhone Air…I get it

iPhone Air review: Thinness with purpose

iPhone Air Review: A Magic Sheet of Glass With Expected Tradeoffs

Apple iPhone Air review: statement piece

No, Nintendo and Pokémon did not patent ‘summoning characters and making them battle’

Alibaba's shares jump after it lands a major customer for its AI chips

Nothing OS 4.0 teaser cues a sleeker UI, new clock styles, dashboard to track AI usage, more

China's Baidu soars 16% to hit 2-year highs amid positive signs for its AI business

Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

India’s Urban Company soars 58% above IPO price in year’s most subscribed offering

China's Baidu sees shares soar 12% as company secures major AI partnership, eyes fresh capital

Apple Vision Pro gains support for digital prism correction

I tested the Apple Watch Ultra 3 to figure out who should upgrade - here's my advice

This popular Android Auto feature might be coming back - here's why

Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 batteries over fire risk

Is iOS 26 draining your iPhone battery faster? Here's why - and what you can do

Will I run Boston 2026?

'Baby Steps' Is a Hiking Game That Trolls ‘Slightly Problematic’ Men

Wyze’s new palm-scanning door lock has a second, backup battery

Will I Run Boston 2026?

Fourth Power’s sci-fi thermal batteries could be cheaper than pricey natural gas power plants

Some Pixel 7 users say their batteries are swelling - what Google is doing about it

Official watch bands for your new Apple Watch are $34 off at Woot

Looking for an laptop with an OLED? Here's one I recommend (and it's on sale)

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