Latest Tech News

Stay updated with the latest in technology, AI, cybersecurity, and more

Filtered by: foo Clear Filter

I took this 360-degree camera around the world - why it's still the most versatile gear I own

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The Insta360 X5 is my favorite travel camera. I love it for its versatility, ease of use, and user-friendly app. It is more expensive than its predecessor but offers better video quality, replaceable lenses, improved battery backup, and more. I started using this 360-degree action camera in May, and within three months, it had earned a permanent spot in my travel backpack. It is now on sale for Labor Day. Review: Insta

The Unforgotten

Open Extended Reactions THEY WERE BOTH SO YOUNG. One would be entering his old age now, with most of a long life behind him. The other would just be entering his senior year in high school, working to fulfill a life of great promise. A vast gulf of time separates them. But nobody knows them now except by memory, so time is also what ties them together. And it is time that tells their story. They were both so young, are both so young still. In the early days of football, President Theodore

Worried about Microplastics? This is the Best Way to Avoid Them in 8 Common Foods

Microplastics are all around us all the time. From kitchen tools to food storage, microplastics have infected our world. This means that each day, you're probably ingesting thousands of tiny plastic particles without even realizing it. Studies estimate the average person consumes between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles annually through food and beverages alone -- and when airborne particles are included, that number can climb as high as 120,000. These microscopic fragments can come fro

CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections

In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically, but quietly, scaled back a food safety surveillance system, cutting active tracking from eight top foodborne infections down to just two, according to a report by NBC News. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)—a network of surveillance sites that spans 10 states and covers about 54 million Americans (16 percent of the US population)—previously included active monitoring for eight infections from pathog

Dietitian Tips for Fighting Food Noise -- Without Using Semaglutide

If you’ve ever found your mind consumed with constant thoughts about food, chances are you have experienced food noise. It's usually brought on by conflicting messages about nutrition, either through everyday conversation or content online. It could be feeling guilty because you ate a cupcake when you promised yourself you weren’t going to touch sweets for a while, or maybe you’re trying to meet your protein quota and are obsessively keeping track of it. These thoughts are common, and in some ca

I took this camera on 5 trips, and it is now my must-have travel essential

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET The Insta360 X5 is my favorite travel camera. I love it for its versatility, ease of use, and user-friendly app. It is more expensive than its predecessor but offers better video quality, replaceable lenses, improved battery backup, and more. I started using this 360-degree action camera in May, and within three months, it has earned a permanent spot in my travel backpack. And it is now on sale for Labor Day. Review: Insta360 X5 The Insta360 Labor Day sale brings a $30 di

Grocery Stores Toss About 30% of Food. This App Lets You Buy It for Cheap Before They Do

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Flashfood is an app that lets you shop discounted groceries that would otherwise be tossed due to packaging damage or looming expiration dates. Flashfood 9.2 / 10 SCORE Flashfood Buy at Flashfood Pros Shop for discounted groceries while you shop for other groceries Rescue food that would otherwise have to be tossed Heavily discounted items available acr

The great medieval water myth (2013)

About Me chezjim Jim Chevallier is a food historian with a checkered past and eclectic interests. His most recent book is "Feasting with the Franks; the First French Medieval Food'; this follows a history of French bread - "Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread" - and a small work on the women who delivered bread in Paris and other cities for over a century: "They Came Bearing Bread; the Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain'. CHOICE magazine named his "A History of the Food of Paris: F

Best 360 Cameras (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Top 4 360 Cameras Compared Insta360 X5 Insta360 X4 DJI Osmo 360 Ricoh Theta X Price (sale) $550 $500 ($350) $550 $597 Max Video Specs 8K 30 fps 360, 4K 60 fps in single lens mode 8K 30 fps 360, 4K 60 fps in single lens mode 8K 50 fps / 4K 120 fps in single-lens mode 5.7K 30 fps 360 / 4K 30 fps in single lens mode Single Lens Mode Yes Yes Yes Yes Photo Resolution 72 MP (11,904 x 5,952), 18 MP (5,888 x 2,944). RAW (DNG) supported 72 MP (11,904 x 5,952), 18 MP (5,888 x 2,944). RAW (DNG) supported

How to Fight Food Noise if It’s Taking Over Your Life, Both IRL and Online

If you’ve ever found your mind consumed with constant thoughts about food, chances are you have experienced food noise. It's usually brought on by conflicting messages about nutrition, either through everyday conversation or content online. It could be feeling guilty because you ate a cupcake when you promised yourself you weren’t going to touch sweets for a while, or maybe you’re trying to meet your protein quota and are obsessively keeping track of it. These thoughts are common, and in some ca

The 12 Best Foods to Eat for Eye Health

Properly nourishing your body is essential to your overall well-being -- especially your eyesight. You can help strengthen and protect your eyes in simple ways, like taking screen breaks, wearing sunglasses and even eating certain nutrients, vitamins and minerals. The best part is that the best foods for eye health are probably already in your fridge. Some of the best foods for eye health include broccoli, salmon, carrots, sunflower seeds, kiwi, oysters, spinach, eggs, almonds, yogurt, oranges

Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN

Investigators Used Terrible Computer Fraud Laws To Ensure People Were Punished For Leaking Air Crash Footage To CNN from the if-it-can-be-abused,-it-WILL-be-abused dept Earlier this year, an Army helicopter collided with a passenger plane over the Potomac River in Washington, DC. All sixty-seven people aboard both vehicles were killed. While the FAA focused its investigation on the failures that led to this mid-air collision, local investigators in Virginia were somehow far more concerned abou

The Radioactive Shrimp Recall Gets Jumbo-Sized

The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert earlier this week about shrimp sold at Walmart over concerns that it could be radioactive. And now more shrimp are being added to the list. Southwind Foods, a company based in Carson, California, is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of frozen shrimp due to possible contamination with Cesium-137, according to a press release from the FDA. Cs-137 is a radioisotope of cesium that is not naturally occurring but has been present in our environm

Get That Stinky Compost Off Your Counter. Here's Where Food Scraps Should Really Go

Composting benefits the environment and your garden, but the odor is something to contend with. Fortunately, unpleasant smells aren't inevitable. Modern countertop composters and food scrap processors dry and grind waste within hours to maintain a fresh-smelling kitchen. We tested both the Lomi composter and Mill kitchen bin -- each performed admirably, though both require an investment of several hundred dollars. You don't need expensive gadgets to keep food scraps out of the landfill (and out

This $1,000 Drone Is Built for the High Seas

Zero Zero Robotics, the makers of the HoverAir line of drones, is suddenly more taken with water than air. The upcoming $1,000 HoverAir Aqua—which is currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo—may be the first drone built for Atlanteans or anybody who spends their free time on open waters. The one major drawback will hinder your total flight times while reminding you of your grade school lessons about why electricity and water don’t mix. Welcome to the drone life aquatic. Now, I know what you’re proba

Insta360’s New Detachable Action Camera Makes GoPros Look Even More Outdated

Insta360 wanted to upset the staid design of action cameras two years ago with its Insta360 Go 3 and its odd magnetic camera pod. As much as I may want to stick a camera on my fridge, most users still want a device that will shoot video of the same quality as their average GoPro—no matter if the camera itself is the size of their thumb. As with most lenses, inevitably, you have to go bigger. The new $450 Insta360 Go Ultra trades out the old pop-out pod shape for a cube. It makes this magnetic ac

Insta360′

Insta360 wanted to upset the staid design of action cameras two years ago with its Insta360 Go 3 and its odd magnetic camera pod. As much as I may want to stick a camera on my fridge, most users still want a device that will shoot video of the same quality as their average GoPro—no matter if the camera itself is the size of their thumb. As with most lenses, inevitably, you have to go bigger. The new $450 Insta360 Go Ultra trades out the old pop-out pod shape for a cube. It makes this magnetic ac

The Tiniest Action Camera Is Now Slightly Larger, and So Much Better for It

Insta360 wanted to upset the staid design of action cameras two years ago with its Insta360 Go 3 and its odd magnetic camera pod. As much as I may want to stick a camera on my fridge, most users still want a device that will shoot video of the same quality as their average GoPro—no matter if the camera itself is the size of their thumb. As with most lenses, inevitably, you have to go bigger. The new $450 Insta360 Go Ultra trades out the old pop-out pod shape for a cube. It makes this magnetic ac

Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here's How to Avoid Them in 8 Common Foods

Microplastics are all around us all the time. While these microscopic bits of plastic were once an issue for ocean pollution, now they're all around us. From kitchen tools to food storage, microplastics have infected our world. This means that each day, you are probably ingesting thousands of tiny plastic particles without even realizing it. Studies estimate the average person consumes between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles annually through food and beverages alone -- and when airborn

Robinhood Tries to Rebrand Sports Betting as Investing

Robinhood has gotten a reputation as a platform where people make wildly speculative investments without sufficient guardrails. So it’s only right that it’s getting into the sports betting business. The company announced on Tuesday that it is launching “prediction markets” for college and professional football as part of a partnership with Kalshi. According to the company, it’ll start listing “contracts” for NFL and NCAA games in the coming days, with plans to make each matchup open for two wee

I Asked Pro Chefs: What Are the Biggest Kitchen Blunders Most Home Cooks Make?

Any culinary endeavor can feel daunting for new home cooks, between selecting ingredients, preparation work and actually cooking. Seasoned pros encounter setbacks regularly, but the kitchen serves as an ideal laboratory for experimentation -- a place where failures become valuable lessons and each attempt builds better technique and an expanded recipe repertoire. Understanding pitfalls before you begin can make all the difference. To suss out the biggest blunders to avoid in the kitchen, I spo

Aspirin Not Working for Your Headache? Experts Say These Foods Could Provide Relief

What do you do when you have a headache or migraine? Many reach for a bottle of aspirin, but that might not always provide relief. While it's not a miracle cure, the food you eat may help reduce your head pain when considered along with your hydration, exercise, sleep and stress management. "The most important thing I tell patients is that migraines are highly individualized," says Dr. Nicholas Church, a board-certified member of the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Academy of

These Are the Biggest Mistakes Home Cooks Make, According to Professional Chefs

Cooking can be intimidating. The process of shopping, prepping, cooking and, ultimately, tasting the fruits of your labor taps into a side of the brain that not many people can or want to explore. But not even the pros get it right all the time, as the kitchen provides a safe space to experiment, fail and -- best of all -- learn so that desired outcomes can be improved upon and new recipes can be added to the ever-growing arsenal. That said, it certainly helps to identify some of the most comm

I Test Meal Kits for a Living. Here Are 7 Mistakes That Could Cost You Money (and Meals!)

Meal kits have become the love child of "I want to eat something that didn't come from a drive-through" and "I wouldn't know a good recipe if it kissed me on the mouth." Meal kits are perfect for health-conscious folks who've realized that ordering Thai food five nights a week isn't a nutrition plan and for culinary beginners who think "sautéing" is a French dance move. Here's the plot twist: meal kits actually cost about the same as regular groceries these days. Yes, you read that right. Thank

Notorious Boar’s Head Plant to Reopen a Year After Listeria Outbreak That Killed 10

Boar’s Head plans to reopen a meat packaging plant in Jarratt, Virginia, that was the source of a listeria outbreak in 2024 that sickened dozens of people and killed 10. The company had closed the plant indefinitely after liverwurst packaged there had been linked to the deaths. A shocking report from the New York Times shortly after the Boar’s Head recall explained that the plant had evidence of meat that was exposed to wet ceilings, extensive rust, and the presence of green mold. But last mont

Have a Headache? These Are the Best Foods to Help Relieve It

Headaches can be annoying and persistent, and taking aspirin or simply lying down may not always help. If that sounds like you, you may want to look at changing your plate of food for more relief. Of course, just changing what food you consume won't automatically cure headaches or migraines, but some foods may help ease them when they arrive -- in addition to hydration, exercise, sleep and stress management. Tracking those habits and symptoms over time can be easier with the right smartwatch. "

I tried Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in my production studio - my verdict as a content creator

Jason Howell/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording fo

Economic woes dominate as Bolivia prepares to go to the polls

Economic woes dominate as Bolivia prepares to go to the polls 32 minutes ago Share Save Jane Chambers Business reporter Reporting from El Alto, Bolivia Share Save Getty Images Higher food and fuel prices have led to street protests across Bolivia this year As Bolivians prepare to vote in a general election, the country's deep economic woes are the central issue. Whoever becomes the nation's next president faces a very difficult job to try to sort out the mess. El Alto is Bolivia's second-larg

I Tried Out ChatGPT's New Personalities, and It Mocked Me

ChatGPT got sassy with me and told me "human hope is adorable" when I asked it about my favorite college football team's prospects this season. It offered me tips for "petty human revenge" when my cat wakes me up in the middle of the night. And then, with a couple of clicks, it changed its tone to be sympathetic and earnest. It's the result of a new feature OpenAI unveiled with the chatbot's GPT-5 model, released this week. With one quick selection, you can change the entire tone of ChatGPT's a

India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato

Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India, has quietly begun beta testing its food delivery service in Bengaluru, marking its first serious move to challenge market leaders Swiggy and Zomato in one of the world’s fastest-growing delivery markets. The 10-year-old startup has started testing its food delivery service in three primary localities in the southern city of Bengaluru, namely Byrasandra, Tavarekere, and Madiwala (BTM) Layout, Hosur Sarjapura Road (HSR) Layout, and Koramangala, Ra