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Philips’ new ambient wall light is now available

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-11 22:06:00

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. Signify has officially announced its new Philips Hue Play Wall Washer light, which was previously leaked by Amazon UK earlier this month. The company has also launched its new Philips Hue AI assistant in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, with a broader global release expected by the end of August. Available now in Europe, the US, and Can

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Streaming viewership exceeded cable and broadcast combined for the first time last month, report says

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-11 22:26:33

In Brief Streaming services surpassed both cable and network television in total viewership among people in the U.S. for the first time in May, according to a new report from Nielsen. Last month, streaming services accounted for 44.8% of all television viewership, their largest share to date. Nielsen found that total viewership for cable and network television accounted for 44.2% of all television viewership. When compared to May 2021, streaming usage has increased 71%, while broadcast is dow

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Google Pixel's VIP feature keeps your closest contacts a little closer - how to use it

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-12 02:13:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Although there were some disappointing absences in Android 16 (Material 3 Expressive being one of the biggest), there are some features that did make it to the release. One of which is called VIPs. Essentially, VIPs are important contacts you add so you can more easily stay connected with them. With VIPs, you can view your last call and message from an added contact, see their location (when shared), receive updates for events like birthdays, and more. VIPs automatically bypass

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Google teases Pixel 10 in latest ‘Best Phones Forever’ ad that pokes fun at iOS 26 [Video]

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-09-12 06:21:52

In its continued “Best Phones Forever” series, Google pokes a bit of fun at how many iOS 26 features are “inspired” by Pixel, while also teasing the Pixel 10. The “Best Phones Forever” series has been going for a while at this point, with Google using the series to point out how iPhone and Pixel co-exist, and occasionally throwing little jabs at the iPhone. Most recently, the “Responding to the Rumors” episode poked fun at a handful of iPhone features that Pixel had first. “Total coincidence.”

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iOS beta code includes new references to Apple’s upcoming smart display home product

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-09-12 10:14:25

Apple was most recently rumored to be readying an unveiling of its upcoming smart display product in the spring, but the device’s dependence on the troubled Siri features seemingly put the launch on hold. Nevertheless, it seems work on the project continues as we have found new assets meant for the device, hidden inside the just-released iOS 18.6 beta. The asset may even reveal the screen resolution of the device … The newly introduced file in the code is found at the path /System/Library/Priv

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How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you

news.ycombinator.com Basilio 2025-09-10 03:41:31

Every breath you take ... could add to a breathing pattern that is unique to you, a study finds.Credit: Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Like the swirls in fingerprints, a person’s breathing pattern might be unique to them — offering a way not only to identify individuals, but also to identify some of their physical and mental traits. A team of researchers measured the breathing of 97 healthy people for 24 hours, and found that they could identify participants with relatively high accuracy f

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Apple launches Back to School shopping promo: free AirPods and more

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-09-12 23:33:07

Apple’s Back to School promotion for 2025 is now available. For a limited time, eligible customers can get AirPods or another eligible accessory for free when they buy a new iPad, MacBook, or iMac. That comes in addition to the year-round discount Apple offers on items sold through the Apple Store for Education. MacBook If you buy a new MacBook, you can get an eligible accessory of your choice valued at up to $199 with your purchase: AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation ($179 value) AirP

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Complaints About Tariff Evasion Have Jumped 160 Percent Under Trump

wired.com Paresh Dave 2025-09-12 22:00:00

US Customs and Border Protection experienced a sharp rise in reports about potential tariff evasion after President Donald Trump abruptly imposed new duties on over 100 countries earlier this year, according to data the agency shared with WIRED. From March through May, CBP’s official e-Allegations tipline received 542 complaints about alleged duty dodging, an almost 160 percent increase from the same three months in 2024. Importers have long tried to evade tariffs and lower their costs by misla

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Why I like the base iPad more than the Pro and Air - especially at this price

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-09-13 00:00:20

ZDNET's key takeaways The 11th-generation iPad 11th Generation normally retails for $349 The upgraded iPad has double the base storage as the previous generation, more RAM, and an upgraded processor in the A16 Bionic chip. However, it still isn't compatible with Apple Intelligence and doesn't support the Apple Pencil Pro. $299 at Amazon $349 at Apple $329 at B&H Photo-Video more buying choices Multiple 11th-Gen iPad configurations are on sale at Amazon. One of the biggest discounts belongs to

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Show HN: I recreated 90s Mode X demoscene effects in JavaScript and Canvas

news.ycombinator.com Justin Greisiger Frost 2025-09-12 21:07:31

Simulated in JavaScript by Justin Greisiger Frost Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas element, or JavaScript is disabled. This experience relies on canvas for visual demonstrations.

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iPhone 17 Rumors: New iPhone Battery Could Be Stronger and Smaller

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 20:00:00

The next iteration of iPhones is just around the corner, with an official announcement expected sometime this fall. With the Worldwide Developers Conference now behind us, we're most looking forward to the announcement of the iPhone 17. There are plenty of rumors about what the next iPhone will look like and what sort of specs it may have. One of the more popular talking points for any new smartphone release is battery life, and the new iPhone is no exception. A rumored iPhone 17 Air with a thi

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How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for ‘F1’

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-09-13 06:00:00

You can't mount a cinema camera on a Formula One race car. These nimble vehicles are built to precise specs, and capturing racing footage from the driver’s point of view isn’t as simple as slapping a GoPro on and calling it a day. That’s the challenge Apple faced after Joseph Kosinski and Claudio Miranda, the director and cinematographer of the upcoming F1 Apple Original, wanted to use real POV racing footage in the film. If you’ve watched a Formula One race lately, you've probably seen clips t

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AMD shares rise 9% after analysts say they expect a 'snapback' for chipmaker

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez 2025-09-13 14:16:11

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices rose nearly 9% on Monday after analysts at Piper Sandler lifted their price target on the stock on optimism about the chipmaker's latest product announcement. The analysts said they see a snapback for AMD's graphics processing units, or GPUs, in the fourth quarter. That's when they expect the chipmaker to be through the bulk of the $800 million in charges that AMD said it would incur as a result of a new U.S. license requirement that applies to exports of semico

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Your 2018 iPhone XS Is Now a 'Vintage' Device: Here's What That Means

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-13 14:07:06

Things don't last forever, and in the tech world, they rarely even last five years. Apple lists older products on what it calls the vintage list, which consists of Apple products that the company stopped selling 5-7 years ago. And if you bought your iPhone in 2018, the iPhone XS, your phone is now officially vintage. The iPhone XS launched in 2018 and was officially discontinued in 2020 once all of its stock ran out. The phone joins other recent additions to the list, including the iPhone 7 Plu

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AMD shares rise 10% after analysts say they expect a 'snapback' for chipmaker

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez 2025-09-13 22:29:17

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices rose nearly 10% on Monday after analysts at Piper Sandler lifted their price target on the stock on optimism about the chipmaker's latest product announcement. The analysts said they see a snapback for AMD's graphics processing units, or GPUs, in the fourth quarter. That's when they expect the chipmaker to be through the bulk of the $800 million in charges that AMD said it would incur as a result of a new U.S. license requirement that applies to exports of semic

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A solid free alternative to WinRAR and 7-Zip, PeaZip launches version 10.5.0

techspot.com Unknown 2025-09-14 02:03:00

PeaZip is a free and open-source file archiver utility that serves as an alternative to popular tools like WinRAR, WinZip, and 7-Zip. Designed to be cross-platform, it runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS, offering a user-friendly interface paired with advanced features. Built on open technologies including 7-Zip/p7zip, Zstandard (by Facebook), Brotli (by Google), FreeArc, PAQ, and the PEA project, PeaZip provides powerful and flexible file compression and extraction capabilities. It supports ope

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Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max and foldable iPhone get first dibs on TSMC's 2nm process, A20 chip

techspot.com Shawn Knight 2025-09-14 02:45:00

In a nutshell: Apple is on track to become the first handset maker to ship a smartphone powered by processing hardware based on TSMC's 2nm process. The chip, tentatively referred to as the A20, will also reportedly utilize the latest wafer-level multi-chip module (WMCM) packaging technology. Sources familiar with the matter tell the Commercial Times that production of the A20 SoC will begin at the Chiayi AP7 plant in Taiwan. The current generation iPhone 16 utilizes the A18 SoC, and the iPhone

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Fortnite and Roblox are making Apple’s kid-friendly iPad obsolete sooner than expected

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-09-14 02:54:14

Apple doesn’t talk much about RAM and iPads. Popular iPad games, however, are forcing the conversation. Fortnite and Roblox, for example, are saying game over to an iPad model with a kid-friendly price that Apple sold until last year. What you should know Roblox is breaking on iPads with 3GB RAM or less Fortnite requires at least 4GB RAM to launch Apple stopped selling iPads with 3GB RAM in May 2024 How iPad games are breaking Epic Games brought Fortnite back to the U.S. App Store in May 2

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Philips Fidelio FB1 soundbar is just for audiophiles, and it's on sale

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-09-14 02:36:00

Allison Murray/ZDNET You can buy the Philips Fidelio FB1 soundbar for $300 ($100 off) on Amazon. ZDNET's key takeaways The Philips Fidelio FB1 soundbar retails for $400. This soundbar comes with plenty of customizable EQ options to fully optimize your sound for whatever you're listening to. It's large in size, and the setup can be a little complicated. Good sound is easily detectable -- you know it when you hear it. While the Philips Fidelio FB1 soundbarproduces dynamic sound, it lacks th

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Finally, Bluetooth trackers for Android users that work better than AirTags (and are cheaper)

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-09-14 02:43:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Chipolo One Point and Card Point normally retails for $26 and $24, respectively. They're highly accurate, robust, and integrate well into the Google ecosystem. However, the One is only splashproof, and the Card version has a non-user-replaceable battery. View now at Amazon View now at Chipolo more buying choices AirTags are one of the things that have set the Apple ecosystem apart from the Android ecosystem. But now that Google has rolled out its Find My Device netwo

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PSA: macOS 26 Live Activities work even if your iPhone is on iOS 18

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-14 06:30:22

Apple is bringing Live Activities to the Mac this fall as part of macOS Tahoe 26, and here’s a helpful compatibility tidbit: your iPhone doesn’t need to be running iOS 26 to make it work. According to Apple’s WWDC25 session “What’s new in widgets,” Live Activities from a paired iPhone will show up in the macOS menu bar as long as your phone is on iOS 18 or later. No iOS 26 requirement, no extra app updates needed. How will Mac Live Activities work? Just like on the iPhone’s Dynamic Island, th

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The best iPad stylus of 2025: Expert tested

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-09-14 10:04:00

In May 2024, Apple unveiled a new lineup of M3 and M4 iPad Air and Pro models. Alongside the latest tablets, the tech giant released the brand new Apple Pencil Pro, the first actual upgrade to Apple's stylus lineup since the release of the Apple Pencil (2nd Gen) in 2018. The upgraded stylus incorporates advanced features like squeeze, barrel roll, and haptic feedback to make marking up, taking notes, and creating an artistic masterpiece more intuitive. The Apple Pencil Pro charges wirelessly an

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From Hello Barbie to ChatGPT: Mattel is bringing OpenAI's tech to children's toys

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-09-14 14:49:00

Not the Children: Life in plastic may be fantastic, but a touch of AI and chatbots can make even a child's toy better in today's market. Mattel seems convinced it can bring language models to a wider – and younger – audience, though its previous attempts with AI ended in an absolute privacy and security disaster. Mattel recently announced a new partnership with OpenAI, anticipating a major infusion of AI and chatbot services into its upcoming products. The world's second-largest toy maker (afte

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Show HN: dk – A script runner and cross-compiler, written in OCaml

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-14 14:49:34

The dk coder is a script runner and cross-compiler designed for those with a limited background in programming to write substantial, safety-oriented applications. Yet its ease-of-use, portability and IDE support also solves the problem of README-itis: you give your users a lengthy README document, your users fail to install your software, and you lose a user forever. If you haven't seen dk in action, the Quick Walkthrough Guide will explain what dk scripts are and give you small examples to run

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iPhone 17 Color Rumors: Apple Could Introduce These Fresh New Hues

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-14 22:00:00

There are plenty of rumors swirling about the next iPhone, like a new camera design and faster charging capabilities. And amid whispers of a skinnier model joining the rumored iPhone 17 line, the question remains: Will the phones be available in new colors? Apple's June 9 WWDC 2025 developer conference, which was focused on software updates, didn't give us any hints. So we're all playing the guessing game, with the help of some leaks and rumors Over the years, we've been surprised by new iPhon

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Your MacBook is getting a big upgrade. 5 best features I can't wait to use in MacOS 26

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-09-14 15:47:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple last week announced its latest update for MacOS 26, codenamed "Tahoe." It's full of new visual design elements like Apple's Liquid Glass design theme, better integration with the iPhone, and a more robust Spotlight feature that's better integrated with Shortcuts. The theme of all of Apple's updates this year is streamlining both the visual UI and feature sets across Apple devices, while making more apps and features available on them, punctuated by Apple Intelligence. Al

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How to clear your iPhone cache (and why you should do it before updating to iOS 26)

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-09-15 06:49:00

What is cache? Cache -- or browser cache -- is the temporary storage of website files. So, things like images, scripts, and cookies that your browser saves on your phone to make pages load faster the next time you visit. Also: How to clear your Android phone's cache and make it feel like new Over time, though, those files can add up, taking a large bite out of your device storage and slowing things down. That's why it's smart to clear your browser cache regularly. In this article, I focused o

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iPad Air vs reMarkable Paper Pro: Which tablet is best for note taking? [Updated]

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-09-15 05:14:42

Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of testing out the reMarkable Paper Pro. You can read my full review here, but in short, it gets everything right about the note taking experience. Despite being an e-ink tablet, it does get quite pricey. However, there are certainly some fantastic parts of the experience that make it worth comparing to an iPad Air, depending on what you’re looking for in a note taking device for school, work, or whatever else. Updated June 15th to reflect reMark

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These are the subscriptions I actually don’t mind paying for

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-15 00:00:58

Andy Walker / Android Authority No one likes paying for something more than once, but subscriptions have become an annoying yet necessary part of life. Some are hard to justify, but others add value to my life. Whether they provide consumable content, weather information, or critical navigation data, these are the subscriptions I don’t mind paying for: How many subscription services and apps are you currently paying for? 281 votes None. 14 % 1-4. 60 % 5-9. 20 % 10 or more. 5 % FlightRadar24

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I test tablets for a living and this is the Samsung tablet I recommend the most

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-09-15 00:00:18

ZDNET's key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ is a 13.1-inch tablet for $649. It's a good iPad Air alternative for Android users, with reliable performance, a larger display than the S10+, and an IP68 rating that the iPad lacks; it also includes the S Pen. The price increased by $50 for the base model compared to last year, and the tablet now has a single rear camera rather than the precious dual cameras. View now at Best Buy View now at Samsung more buying choices The Samsung Galaxy T

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