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Casio’s stress-relieving furry robot is coming to the US

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. First announced nearly a year ago, Casio’s robotic pet Moflin has been selling so well in Japan, according to the Wall Street Journal, the company is now expanding its availability to other markets including the UK and the US. Preorders for the gold or silver version of Moflin are now available through Casio’s US website. The robot, which looks l

iPhone Air review: Thinness with purpose

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

Mushroom Supplements Are the Biohackers’ Latest Fix (2025)

From ancient remedies to your Amazon cart, mushroom supplements have traveled a circuitous road. They nourish the body, enhance the mind, and occasionally poison the unlucky. Their biochemical adaptability has intrigued Eastern cultures for centuries. The West has been slow to embrace mushrooms until the 21st century, propelled in part by endorsements from celebrities like Gisele Bündchen and Gwen Stefani. Today, in a zeitgeist fixated on biohacking and self-optimization, mushrooms are now tool

Apple iPhone Air Review: Better Than Expected

The iPhone 17 Pro felt like a brick. I had just gotten used to the featherweight feel of Apple's new iPhone Air after several days of use, but it was time to switch to the iPhone 17 Pro. Suddenly, I didn't want to let the Air go. It's amazing how a couple of grams and a slimmer profile can drastically change the feel of a phone. There isn’t much to grab on the edges, but the Air's design is whimsical and somewhat paradoxical. It feels like a twig that can snap in a heartbeat, but the sturdy tit

DJI Mini 5 Pro official: 1-inch sensors come to small drones, plus the longest battery life yet

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. In 2023, DJI created a massive hit with the Osmo Pocket 3, a tiny steadicam with a far bigger one-inch-type sensor that dramatically improved the quality of video you could get with so tiny a gadget. Today, the company may be doing the same with its most popular portable line of drones — and with better battery life than ever. The DJI Mini

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Worried about rising tech prices? Try these 5 easy ways to shop smarter right now

A stocking full of tech. Kayla Solino/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways A CNET survey finds 87% of holiday shoppers are worried about rising tech prices. Holiday shoppers plan to start early. These four tips can help you shop smarter without the holiday hassle. The holiday season is months away (if you're counting, Christmas is about 14 weeks out) -- but don't be fooled. While it may feel like you've got plenty of time before you need to trim

Business Insider reportedly tells journalists they can use AI to draft stories

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. Business Insider has told journalists they can use AI to create first drafts of stories and suggested it won’t notify readers that AI was used, according to Status, a newsletter covering the media industry. The policy makes the outlet one of th

Slow Social Media

Slow social media 16 Sep, 2025 People often assume that I hate social media. And they'd be forgiven for believing that, since I am overtly critical of current social media platforms and the effects they have on individuals and society; and deleted all of my social media accounts back in 2019. However, the underlying concept of social media is something I resonate with: Stay connected with the people you care about. It's just that the current form of social media is bastardised, and not socia

Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Lectures Met With Protestors Who Seem to Think He’s the Antichrist

PayPal mafia OG Peter Thiel, whose data firm Palantir is currently assisting the Trump administration’s deportation machine, recently began taking time out of his day job (ghoulish billionaire defense contractor) to engage in some part-time work as a Christian evangelist spreading the word about the rise of the Antichrist. It’s been a bizarre sight, indeed, and this week, Thiel kicked things up a notch by launching the first of a four-part lecture series he’s doing about the Dark Lord. Thiel’s

Mother of All Demos (1968)

SUMMARY Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect. STATEMENTS The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center at Stanford Research Institute has pursued computer systems that enhance intellectual work by providing instant responsiveness to user actions throughout the day. The demo features a computer mouse that controls

I Tried Snap's Evolving AR Glasses (Again). Get Ready for More AI

Among the flood of smart glasses expected in the next couple of years, Snap is preparing its own new pair of Spectacles. CEO Evan Spiegel told me the new augmented reality glasses will be smaller than the thick, developer-focused set I've tried before. I stepped back into those developer Snap Spectacles glasses again recently to test-drive Snap OS 2.0, part of what the company is planning in advance of those glasses arriving. What I realized is that Snap's pushing forward into territory that Me

Mother of All Demos

SUMMARY Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect. STATEMENTS The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center at Stanford Research Institute has pursued computer systems that enhance intellectual work by providing instant responsiveness to user actions throughout the day. The demo features a computer mouse that controls

I Tried Snap's Upcoming AR Glasses (Again). Get Ready for More Apps

Among the flood of smart glasses expected in the next couple of years, Snap is preparing its own new pair of Spectacles. CEO Evan Spiegel told me the new augmented reality glasses will be smaller than the thick, developer-focused set I've tried before. I stepped back into those developer Snap Spectacles glasses again recently to test-drive Snap OS 2.0, part of what the company is planning in advance of those glasses arriving. What I realized is that Snap's pushing forward into territory that Me

Y Combinator-backed Rulebase wants to be the AI coworker for fintech

Y Combinator-alum Rulebase is betting that the next wave of automation in financial services won’t be about flashy AI interfaces, but the unglamorous back-office tasks like compliance. The startup, founded by Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, two Nigerian engineers who met in London, just raised a $2.1 million pre-seed round led by Bowery Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Commerce Ventures, Transpose Platform VC, alongside several angels. Financial services firms spend enormous amo

AI Is Bad at Sudoku. It's Even Worse at Showing Its Work

Chatbots are genuinely impressive when you watch them do things they're good at, like writing a basic email or creating weird, futuristic-looking images. But ask generative AI to solve one of those puzzles in the back of a newspaper, and things can quickly go off the rails. That's what researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder found when they challenged large language models to solve sudoku. And not even the standard 9x9 puzzles. An easier 6x6 puzzle was often beyond the capabilities

"Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces

“Your” vs “My” in user interfaces When referring to the user’s stuff, which is better out of these: “My account” or “Your account”? “My orders” or “Your orders”? “My cases” or “Your cases”? It’s a trick question because often you don’t need any prefix and can just use: Account Orders Cases Amazon is a good example of this in action because it’s obvious that it’s your account and your orders: But what if your product contains things that belong to you and to others – for example, a case

The Mac app flea market

Have you ever searched for “AI chat” in the Mac App Store? I have. It’s like strolling through one of those counterfeit, replica markets where all the goods look legit at first glance. But then when you look closer, you realize something is off. For the query “AI chat”, there are so many ChatGPT-like app icons the results are comical. Take a look at these: The real app icon for the ChatGPT desktop app (from OpenAI) is in that collection above. Can you spot it? Here they are again in a single

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Show HN: Pooshit – Sync local code to remote Docker containers

Pronounced Push-It.... I'm a lazy developer for the most part, so this is for people like me. Sometimes I just want my local code running in live remote containers quickly, without building images and syncing to cloud docker repos or setting up git workflows or any of the other draining ways to get your code running remotely. With pooshit (and a simple config file), you can simply push your local dev files to a remote folder on a VM then automatically remove relevant running containers, then b

I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

A first version of this piece was almost ready to be published two days ago, but after writing more than 2,000 words, I grew increasingly angry and exasperated, and that made the article become too meandering and rant-like, so I deleted everything, and started afresh several hours later. This, of course, is about Awe-dropping, Apple’s September 9 event, where they presented the new iPhone lineup, the new AirPods Pro, and the new Apple Watches. And the honest truth here is that I’m becoming less

Show HN: Pooshit – sync local code to remote Docker containers

Pronounced Push-It.... I'm a lazy developer for the most part, so this is for people like me. Sometimes I just want my local code running in live remote containers quickly, without building images and syncing to cloud docker repos or setting up git workflows or any of the other draining ways to get your code running remotely. With pooshit (and a simple config file), you can simply push your local dev files to a remote folder on a VM then automatically remove relevant running containers, then b

React is winning by default and slowing innovation

React-by-default has hidden costs. Here's a case for making deliberate choices to select the right framework for the job. React Won by Default – And It’s Killing Frontend Innovation React is no longer winning by technical merit. Today it is winning by default. That default is now slowing innovation across the frontend ecosystem. When teams need a new frontend, the conversation rarely starts with “What are the constraints and which tool best fits them?” It often starts with “Let’s use React; e

Apple MacOS Tahoe 26: Top New Features to Try Today

Photograph: Luke Larsen If you use a Mac every day like I do, though, a lot of the smaller changes are what give it its distinctly fresh feeling. The icons are what you'll notice first, which is right where the controversy begins. The iconic (heh) Finder icon has, indeed, been tampered with—though they haven't been flipped like in the original concept. The colors are slightly different, though, and there's a nice, modern border around it to match the other icons. The corner radius on nearly ev

WIRED Roundup: How Charlie Kirk Changed Conservative Media

Zoë Schiffer: So where does that leave traditional right-wing media, like Fox News, for example? Is this a replacement of that or is it working in tandem? Jake Lahut: I think it's more in tandem. Fox's programming was dominated by Kirk's assassination last night. I think that for a lot of the mainstay Fox personalities, people like Charlie Kirk, and I guess in the Turning Point USA broader cinematic universe, these younger figures are really important, actually, for I think a lot of the more es

Robinhood plans to launch a startups fund open to all retail investors

Robinhood announced Monday it has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new publicly traded fund that will hold shares of startups. The idea behind the “Robinhood Ventures Fund I” is to allow every retail investor access to make money on the hottest startups before they go public. While the current version of the application is public, Robinhood hasn’t filled in the fine-print yet. This means we don’t know how many shares it plans to sell, nor other

Data Centers Are Crushing the Planet. Can Space Save Us?

The companies frantically building and leasing data centers are well aware that they’re straining grids, driving emissions, and guzzling water. The electricity demand of AI data centers in particular could increase as much as 165% by 2030. Over half of the energy powering these sprawling facilities comes from fossil fuels, threatening to reverse progress toward addressing the climate crisis. Some of the biggest names in artificial intelligence say they have a solution: Just stick these colossal

I tested Acer's $299 smart monitor, and it's a tariff-smart option I can get behind

Acer Nitro 27-inch smart display GA271U ZDNET's key takeaways Acer's Nitro GA271U P smart display is available now for $299. It's a solid budget smart monitor with a matte, 27-inch IPS WQHD display and 180Hz refresh rate. However, the speakers leave much to be desired. View now at B&H Photo-Video When Acer entered the smart monitor market with the Nitro GA271U P smart display, it took aim at competitors like Samsung, LG, and Asus with a comparable but more affordable option starting at $299.

iOS 26 Review: A New Look I'll Be Happy With for the Next 12 Years

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Apple/CNET It's been a long three months since Apple announced iOS 26 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, but the wait is over. You can download the free iPhone update now. Since Apple first announced iOS 26, I've been living with the beta software on two iPhones: my iPhone 16 Pro and 14 Pro. I would have downloaded it on my iPhone XR, too, bu

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Apple’s iOS 26 with the new Liquid Glass design is now available to everyone

Apple’s iOS 26 software update for iPhones is available today to all users using iPhone 11, iPhone SE 2, and later. iOS 26’s marquee feature was Apple’s Liquid Glass design, which included elements on screen that resembled a “glassy” look. Other features included a call screening assistant, a new gaming and preview app, in-app translation across the system, and updates to Genmoji and Image Playground apps. The operating system update also went through a big numerical change as Apple jumped from

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The Culture novels as a dystopia

A couple of people have mentioned to me: “we need more fiction examples of positive AI superintelligence – utopias like the Culture novels”. And they’re right, AI can be tremendously positive, and some beacons lit into the future could help make that come around. But one of my hobbies is “oppositional reading” – deliberately interpreting novels counter to the obvious / intended reading. And it’s not so clear to me that the Culture is all it is cracked up to be. Most of the novels take the pers

When You Read the Fine Print, Humanoid Robots Are Going Absolutely Nowhere

We tend to get fixated on realizing certain contraptions from science fiction, no matter how impractical. Flying cars. Jet packs. And now, humanoid robots. It's only the latter, however, that's anticipated to one day be a multitrillion dollar market, with big firms like Tesla leading the charge. In March, Tesla CEO Elon Musk boasted that his automaker would build 5,000 Optimus robots by the end of this year. Responding to Musk's claim, so did the Shanghai-based startup Agibot. Norwegian robot m