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The Download: IBM’s quantum computer, and cuts to military AI testing

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-12-04 20:10:00

The news: IBM announced detailed plans today to build an error-corrected quantum computer with significantly more computational capability than existing machines by 2028. It hopes to make the computer available to users via the cloud by 2029. What is it? The proposed machine, named Starling, will consist of a network of modules, each of which contains a set of chips, housed within a new data center in Poughkeepsie, New York. Why it matters: IBM claims Starling will be a leap forward in qua

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Android 16’s Desktop Mode transforms your Pixel phone into a PC, and here’s how you can try it now

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-05 03:00:16

TL;DR Google is developing a DeX-like desktop mode for Android phones, and you can try it out now on supported Pixel devices with Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2. This feature projects a desktop-like environment with a taskbar and freeform windows to an external display, while the phone screen remains usable. The desktop mode experience requires a Pixel 8 or newer, the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta, and an external display. One of the most exciting pieces of Android news from last month’s Google I/O dev

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Here’s when Android 16’s Material 3 Expressive redesign and Desktop Mode will roll out

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-05 03:00:42

TL;DR The Android 16 update is now available for Pixel devices, but the anticipated Material 3 Expressive UI and new Desktop Mode are not included in this initial release. Google plans to launch the Material 3 Expressive redesign with the Android 16 QPR1 update, which is expected to roll out on September 3, 2025. The new Desktop Mode is also slated for the Android 16 QPR1 release and is currently available for testing in QPR1 Beta 2. Google is finally rolling out the Android 16 update to supp

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Android 16 QPR1 beta 2 is here, with Pixel’s DeX competitor and more

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-05 05:04:07

TL;DR Google has announced the release of Android 16 QPR1 beta 2. The new beta software brings a desktop mode when connected to an external display. The update also brings desktop windowing functionality to tablets. Google launched Android 16 QPR1 beta 1 last month, giving us our first official look at the company’s new Material 3 Expressive design language. Now, the company has announced the release of Android 16 QPR1 beta 2. Perhaps the most notable addition is a desktop mode, dubbed conne

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The latest Android 16 QPR1 beta finally organizes Android’s messy sound settings

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-05 08:38:25

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is cleaning up Android’s “Sound & vibration” settings page in the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 update. Instead of one long list, the new layout groups settings into distinct categories like “sound patterns” and “Audio.” The volume sliders also get a modern design, while other options are relocated to make the page feel less cluttered. After more than 16 years of development, the Android OS is packed with features. If they weren’t organized, navigat

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This small quick settings tweak is low-key my most anticipated Android 16 improvement

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-05 23:00:39

Joe Maring / Android Authority Android 16 is shaping up to be the biggest visual update to Google’s mobile operating system since the introduction of Material You with Android 12. That release was all about making the experience feel more personal to each user, with dynamic theming that could extract your wallpaper colors and apply them to other parts of the system. There was also a much more playful approach to form and motion across the OS. With its latest design system update, Material 3 Exp

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iOS 26 beta reveals there’s another Apple app that will work via satellite

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-04 21:23:04

Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite service has been slowly expanding from a major emergency role – essentially letting you call in an air ambulance when injured in a remote location – to a broader way of remaining in touch when outside mobile data coverage. A new satellite-based service spotted in the iOS 26 developer beta will be useful in both extreme situations and more everyday scenarios in areas with poor mobile coverage … Namely, access to weather reports, as spotted by Macworld. Apple

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TestFlight adds managed background assets, faster macOS app installs on Apple Silicon

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-05 03:05:32

Apple’s TestFlight app for distributing pre-release software has been updated with new features and performance gains. Apple released TestFlight version 3.9 today, introducing managed background asset testing and a speed boost for beta app installation on recent Macs. Introduction of managed background assets (self-hosted assets) and Apple-hosted background assets for testing Faster installation of macOS apps on Apple Silicon Stability improvements and bug fixes Apple announced Background A

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Apple TV+ gears up for Foundation Season 3 with first full trailer, watch it now

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-06 03:25:26

One of Apple TV+’s most-watched series is gearing up for its return. Foundation is set to premiere its third season in just a few weeks, and Apple has just released the first full trailer teasing what’s to come. You can watch the intense new preview right now. ‘Chaos has a name: The Mule’ If you’ve been following Foundation, you know the series is one of Apple’s most ambitious sci-fi project to date, based on the classic novels by Isaac Asimov. It’s earned praise for its intricate world-buildi

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I changed 10 Samsung phone settings to instantly improve the user experience

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-12-06 06:00:14

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Samsung's One UI 7 is my favorite Android skin right now. It is fast, responsive, and intuitive. But nothing comes fine-tuned to your experience straight out of the box. You need to personalize your smartphone to make it more appealing. I change almost a dozen settings on every Samsung Galaxy phone to best suit my needs, and I believe these will elevate your user experience, too. Also: The best Samsung phones to buy From setting the highest available screen resolution to more

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“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 09:57:38

Generative AI is permeating the Internet, with chatbots and AI summaries popping up faster than we can keep track. Even Wikipedia, the vast repository of knowledge famously maintained by an army of volunteer human editors, is looking to add robots to the mix. The site began testing AI summaries in some articles over the past week, but the project has been frozen after editors voiced their opinions. And that opinion is: "yuck." The seeds of this project were planted at Wikimedia's 2024 conferenc

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My Virtual Avatar No Longer Looks Terrible in the Apple Vision Pro

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-12-06 10:07:16

Remember Apple’s Vision Pro? That's the $3,499 mixed reality headset the company launched early in 2024 that failed to garner much public interest. Apple has steamed ahead with updates for the platform over the past year, and soon there will be a new version upgrade: visionOS 26. (Apple announced at WWDC it was changing the way it named its operating systems to match the following year.) I got a chance to try out a few of the new capabilities, but two stuck out to me more than the others. First

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Winning Nature Photographs Capture the Gripping Intensity of Animal Life

gizmodo.com Isaac Schultz 2025-08-15 11:05:33

Nature is scary at all scales. Look no further than the winners of the Nature inFocus photography competition, whose winning photographs for 2024 were recently announced. Life of all sorts are constantly vying for another day on this Earth. Now, the Nature inFocus photography contest winners showcases the environs and interactions of a selection of Earth’s remarkable residents. From insect larvae and tiny seedlings to orca whales and sharks, the photos showcase life on scales small and large. T

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Despite recent layoffs, Meta is expanding in India

techcrunch.com Charles Rollet 2025-08-15 11:17:34

Meta made headlines last month for announcing plans to cut 5% of its employees, controversially deeming them “low performers.” But the job cuts aren’t holding Meta back from expanding in certain geographic areas. Meta is setting up a new site in the country’s tech hub of Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), multiple Meta employees posted on LinkedIn this month. Meta is currently hiring for 41 positions there, according to its careers webpage, most of which were posted over the last month.

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Best Internet Providers in Massachusetts

cnet.com Amanda Kooser 2025-08-15 10:46:00

What is the best internet service provider in Massachusetts? According to CNET, Xfinity is the best internet provider in Massachusetts, thanks to its solid speeds, competitive pricing and reliability. However, Xfinity isn’t available in every part of the state and you have more options to choose from. For residents in eastern Massachusetts, Verizon Fios is a strong alternative, offering fast speeds at reasonable rates. In rural areas, local fiber networks may provide better service. If afforda

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Apple will fix many Vision Pro pain points in visionOS 2.4

theverge.com Wes Davis 2025-08-15 15:04:44

One of the big problems with a VR headset is that anything you want to do, you have to do inside it. Apple is looking to tackle that and other Vision Pro pain points with visionOS 2.4, which will offer improvements to the guest user experience and two new apps for finding new things to do and watch, whether you’re wearing the headset or not. The update also adds Apple Intelligence, which you can read about here. Letting another person use your Vision Pro is a hassle, and something you can’t rea

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The Vision Pro is getting Apple Intelligence in April

techcrunch.com Brian Heater 2025-08-15 15:07:17

Apple Intelligence is heading to the Vision Pro, as part of an upcoming operating system update. Apple confirmed on Friday that its generative AI platform will arrive on the extended reality headset as part of VisionOS 2.4. A beta version of the software is currently available for developers. The public version is set for an April release Like the iPhone and Mac before it, the Vision Pro will receive Apple Intelligence updates in waves. The first set includes several familiar offerings, focused

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I changed these 11 iPhone settings and improved its battery life dramatically

zdnet.com Max Buondonno 2025-08-15 12:38:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET With the way we use our iPhones these days, it can be hard to make it through a single day on a full charge. A few FaceTime calls, some text messaging, and opening Maps a few times, and you could already be 25% down. If you've experienced this problem, you're not alone. These phones can be very power-hungry -- even the more affordable iPhone SE 4 has battery issues. The problem is made worse by all the different apps, features, and settings vying for battery life. And the kicke

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Curiosity Mars rover discovers evidence of ripples from ancient Red Planet lake

news.ycombinator.com Stefanie Waldek 2025-08-15 11:28:53

Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ago, however, liquid water flowed freely across the planet. And, while NASA's various Mars rovers have uncovered signs that such water once existed on Mars , there's perhaps no better evidence of an ice-free, shallow lake than these two sets of ripples in Martian rock. In November 2022, NASA's Curiosity rover imaged the Amapari Marker Band in the foothills of Mount Sharp,

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Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat experience of Sutro Tower, San Francisco

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-15 12:39:19

About Welcome to my 3D model of San Francisco's Sutro Tower. Feel free to explore it at your own pace. If you're on a phone, you can also engage the AR mode by clicking the little cube, it'll let you explore the scene by walking around and waving your phone. Sutro Tower is a wonderful building, and I hope you enjoy learning a bit about it here. If you want to learn more, check out the much more thorough official digital tour. This scan is made possible by recent advances in Gaussian Splatting

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Take a Look at Marvel’s Spider-Man Video Game Series and X-Force Figures

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-15 12:50:28

Hasbro unveiled new action figure releases based on the Spider-Man video game franchise on today’s Marvel Legends Fanstream. Venom, Peter Parker, and Miles Morales headline the releases with the variant looks from the games. Each six-inch figure features over 20 points of articulation and game-authentic accessories for posing as if you’ve taken your player out of the game and into real life. This launch also includes Kingpin, Spirit Spider, Black Cat, and a new release of X-Force figures. Take

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Best Headsets for Working From Home in 2025

cnet.com David Carnoy 2025-08-15 12:45:00

A few years ago Shokz turned its OpenRun (formerly Aeropex) bone-conduction headphones into a more communications-friendly headset with an integrated boom microphone called the OpenComm ($140), which remains available. The second-generation OpenComm 2 UC costs more than the original, but it has an upgraded Bluetooth 5.1 chipset that improves performance a bit and now allows for the firmware upgrades that are required for Zoom certification. Additionally, the microphone has moved from the left ea

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8 Best Projectors According to Our Reviewers (2025)

wired.com Parker Hall 2025-08-15 12:02:00

There's nothing like watching your favorite films in a dark room on a massive screen. For that authentic movie theater experience at home, you’ll need a projector (and a popcorn maker). You used to have to shell out more than $10,000 to get an excellent projected experience, but you can now get a massive, beautiful picture for less than the cost of a flagship TV. Projectors are also much more portable and easier to set up than ever. And if you have space, there are excellent pocket-sized and sh

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Google Meet’s scrollable captions let you catch up after zoning out in calls

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-15 12:49:02

TL;DR Google Meet is adding the ability to scroll live captions and translated captions. Users will be able to scroll through the last 30 minutes of conversation. The rollout is currently in progress. Google Meet is getting a handy new function related to captions. If you use the service, you’ll now be able to scroll through live captions and translated captions. In a new blog post, Google announced it is adding the ability to scroll through live captions, as well as translated captions. Pre

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Latest Tech News

The Download: IBM’s quantum computer, and cuts to military AI testing

Android 16’s Desktop Mode transforms your Pixel phone into a PC, and here’s how you can try it now

Here’s when Android 16’s Material 3 Expressive redesign and Desktop Mode will roll out

Android 16 QPR1 beta 2 is here, with Pixel’s DeX competitor and more

The latest Android 16 QPR1 beta finally organizes Android’s messy sound settings

This small quick settings tweak is low-key my most anticipated Android 16 improvement

iOS 26 beta reveals there’s another Apple app that will work via satellite

TestFlight adds managed background assets, faster macOS app installs on Apple Silicon

Apple TV+ gears up for Foundation Season 3 with first full trailer, watch it now

I changed 10 Samsung phone settings to instantly improve the user experience

“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt

My Virtual Avatar No Longer Looks Terrible in the Apple Vision Pro

Winning Nature Photographs Capture the Gripping Intensity of Animal Life

Despite recent layoffs, Meta is expanding in India

Best Internet Providers in Massachusetts

Apple will fix many Vision Pro pain points in visionOS 2.4

The Vision Pro is getting Apple Intelligence in April

I changed these 11 iPhone settings and improved its battery life dramatically

Curiosity Mars rover discovers evidence of ripples from ancient Red Planet lake

Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat experience of Sutro Tower, San Francisco

Take a Look at Marvel’s Spider-Man Video Game Series and X-Force Figures

Best Headsets for Working From Home in 2025

8 Best Projectors According to Our Reviewers (2025)

Google Meet’s scrollable captions let you catch up after zoning out in calls

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