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Your OnePlus phone might soon get a handy new Gemini feature (APK teardown)

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Strings in the latest Google app beta reference OnePlus Mind Space integration. Mind Space is a OnePlus app for saving notes, articles, screenshots, and other on-screen content. This could let Gemini quickly retrieve saved items, though there’s no indication of a rollout yet. Gemini might be getting a new trick on certain OnePlus devices. In the latest beta of the Google app (16.31.75.sa.arm64), we found strings suggesting the AI assistant might soon b

You can save $30 on the OnePlus Watch 3, a great Galaxy Watch 8 alternative

writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We’ve recommended the OnePlus Watch 2 as a great alternative to Google and Samsung smartwatches since its debut, and the Watch 3 builds upon it with small, but meaningful upgrades. It retains everything we loved in its predecessor, like dual-frequency GPS and long battery li

The OnePlus 12 was already our favorite budget Android phone - now it's $250 off

Kerry Wan/ZDNET The OnePlus 12 may not be the company's current flagship model, but it remains a solid device. It boasts top-notch performance from its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform and incredibly fast charging speeds. It's a more affordable alternative to the OnePlus 13, and now is a great time to buy one because the device is currently on sale. Over at the company's official store, the 512GB OnePlus 12 is on sale for $650, a $250 discount. The price drop is automatically applied -- no n

OnePlus 13 gets its own version of Google’s Best Take

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR An update has rolled out for the OnePlus 13. The update introduces the new AI Perfect Shot feature. AI Perfect Shot can recognize a person and replace facial expressions to provide the best shot. Earlier this year, OnePlus announced that a bevy of new AI tools would soon be available on its phones. This included two photo-centric features: AI Reframe and AI Perfect Shot. It looks like the latter is now starting to roll out to the OnePlus 13. A new softwa

OnePlus Buds 4 vs. Nothing Ear: Which Pair of Wireless Earbuds Wins?

There are so many wireless earbuds. No, for real. As someone who tests out earbuds on a very regular basis, I can tell you firsthand just how crowded the market is. That’s fine if you’re easy and just want a pair of AirPods, but for anyone who wants to dig deeper into what’s out there—whether for design or compatibility reasons—a crowded field makes research a nightmare. And that research headache doubles when two pairs of earbuds are similarly priced. Luckily, as someone who has used entirely

Too Hot Inside? These Houseplants Actually Help Beat the Heat

Looking for a smarter way to beat the summer heat without blasting your air conditioner all day? You might want to take a closer look at the houseplants sitting quietly on your windowsill. According to experts, certain indoor plants don't just brighten up a room, they can literally lower the temperature in your home. And yes, science backs it up. Thanks to a natural process called transpiration, some houseplants release moisture into the air, creating a cooling effect that can help your space f

Best Android Smartwatch for 2025

Here are a few key factors to consider to help you filter out the noise and narrow down your search. CNET Budget: If you're looking to score a deal, it might be worth waiting for major discount days like Black Friday or Labor Day in the US when most retailers, including the original manufacturers, offer sales or cash-back incentives. You can also save by waiting for the next update cycle and considering the previous-generation model, which often goes on sale once a newer version is released. W

Show HN: Rewindtty – Record and replay terminal sessions as structured JSON

A terminal session recorder and replayer written in C that allows you to capture and replay terminal sessions with precise timing. ⚠️ Disclaimer This is a hobby project created for fun and learning purposes. It's still in active development and may contain bugs or incomplete features. If you encounter any issues, please report them in the Issues section. Contributions are welcome and encouraged! Features Record terminal sessions : Capture all terminal input/output with accurate timing inform

Show HN: KubeForge – A GUI for Kubernetes YAMLs

To get started just run: docker run -p 3000:3000 get.kubefor.ge/latest KubeForge is a visual-first toolkit that simplifies the process of building, validating, and managing Kubernetes deployment configurations. Whether you're new to Kubernetes or maintaining large-scale systems, KubeForge streamlines the creation of valid deployment YAMLs using an intuitive interface backed by live schema references. ✨ Features 📦 Drag-and-drop interface for Kubernetes objects 📘 Smart schema awareness powere

Space Force’s Secretive X-37B Is Returning to Space With New Tech

Just a few months after wrapping up its seventh test flight in orbit, Space Force’s experimental vehicle known as X-37B is ready for another go. For its upcoming mission, the spaceplane will test new technologies meant to bolster military capabilities in space, such as a navigational sensor that could replace GPS. The U.S. Space Force is set to launch the Boeing-built orbital test vehicle, designated as OTV-8, on August 21 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket

Launch HN: Hyprnote (YC S25) – An open-source AI meeting notetaker

Hi HN! We're Yujong, John, Duck, and Sung from Hyprnote ( https://hyprnote.com ). We're building an open-source, privacy-first AI note-taking app that runs fully on-device. Think of it as an open-source Granola. No Zoom bots, no cloud APIs, no data ever leaves your machine. Source code: https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote Demo video: https://hyprnote.com/demo We built Hyprnote because some of our friends told us that their companies banned certain meeting notetakers due to data concerns, or t

6 features from other skins I want on One UI

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority One UI has been with us for six years now, and it’s easily the best Android skin Samsung has made. One UI is smoother, more reliable, and easier to use than Samsung Experience or TouchWiz, the skins that preceded it. Aside from a blip with One UI 7, it’s been updated quicker than ever, often beating other Android skins. The features One UI delivers have made it my favorite flavor of Android since I first used it on my Galaxy S10 Plus, but there are still thin

Janet: Lightweight, Expressive, Modern Lisp

Janet is a functional and imperative programming language. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, BSDs, and should run on other systems with some porting. The entire language (core library, interpreter, compiler, assembler, PEG) is less than 1MB. You can also add Janet scripting to an application by embedding a single C source file and a single header. Use Cases Janet makes a good system scripting language, or a language to embed in other programs. Janet also can be used for rapid prototyping, dyna

OnePlus Nord 5 review: selfie-centric midranger

The OnePlus Nord 5 does exactly what the company’s Nord phones have always done: deliver strong specs at a relatively low price. It’s one of the more powerful phones at this price point and should easily outstrip Samsung and Google’s more expensive alternatives. This is a function-over-form phone, one where the key selling points are a powerful processor and long battery life, which are the boring mainstays that tend to matter the most in midrange models like this. The problem for the Nord 5 is

Own a OnePlus phone? I changed 10 settings to significantly improve the user experience

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET It's been agreed upon by the ZDNET team that the OnePlus 13 is this year's sleeper hit. At a starting price of $899, the flagship phone can compete against more expensive phones like the Pixel 9 Pro XL and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. And we have OnePlus' clean yet highly customizable software experience to thank for that. Also: The next big wireless charging leap is coming soon: What Qi2 25W means for Android phones If you switched to a OnePlus phone recently or have been u

Lyft’s self-driving shuttle buses are coming soon

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Lyft is partnering with Benteler Mobility to launch a self-driving shuttle service. In late 2026, Lyft plans to deploy the company’s all-electric Holon Urban shuttles in airports and cities around the US, allowing users to book trips from its ride-sharing app. Holon, a subsidiary of Benteler, says its rectangular bus has enough room to fit up to 15

I've tested dozens of tablets and this is the first Android model to truly replace my iPad Pro

OnePlus Pad 3 ZDNET's key takeaways The OnePlus Pad 3 starts at $699 for the 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage configuration. It's got a larger battery and display this year, as well as an updated Qualcomm chipset. The tablet is an OLED panel, a fingerprint scanner, and a floating keyboard case away from perfect. View now at OnePlus As part of a new promotion, you can receive a free $200 Smart Keyboard when purchasing the OnePlus Pad 3 on the company's website. Unless OnePlus reconsiders laun

Bad vibes: How an AI agent coded its way to disaster

Replit / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET When AI leader Andrej Karpathy coined the phrase "vibe coding" for just letting AI chatbots do their thing when programming, he added, "It's not too bad for throwaway weekend projects … but it's not really coding -- I just see stuff, say stuff, run stuff, and copy-paste stuff, and it mostly works." Also: Coding with AI? My top 5 tips for vetting its output - and staying out of trouble There were lots of red flags in his comments, but that hasn't stopped p

Replit’s AI Agent Wipes Company’s Codebase During Vibecoding Session

AI coding assistants that promise to speed up software development sound like the future, until they delete your company’s database and lie about it Jason Lemkin—the founder of SaaStr, a company which supports and funds SaaS entrepreneurs — found that out the hard way. While using Replit’s AI agent, which he affectionately dubbed “Replie,” to build an app for his company, he encountered what he called “rogue” and “deceptive” behavior. Worst of all, at one point, the AI assistant deleted the com

YouTube’s latest experiment makes comments feel more like Reddit, if that sounds like an improvement

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is rolling out Reddit-style comment threading to Premium subscribers on Android and iOS. The experiment has been updated so the main comment is threaded to subsequent replies. Threaded comments will remain available until August 14. YouTube’s comments section is going to look a little different for Premium subscribers. The company is rolling out an experiment inspired by Reddit. Earlier this year, YouTube began testing a new threaded comment UI f

AI-Powered Coding Assistant Deletes Company Database, Says Restoring It Is Impossible

A tech entrepreneur named Jason Lemkin set out to document his experience using an AI "vibe coding" tool called Replit to make an app. But the "vibes" turned bad real quick. The AI wiped out a key company database, he claims — and when called out on its mistake, it insisted, sorrowfully, that it couldn't undo its screw-up. "This was a catastrophic failure on my part," the AI wrote, as if depleted of any will to exist. "I violated explicit instructions, destroyed months of work, and broke the s

Replit's CEO apologizes after its AI agent wiped a company's code base

Replit's CEO, Amjad Masad, said on X that deleting the data was "unacceptable and should never be possible." Replit's CEO, Amjad Masad, said on X that deleting the data was "unacceptable and should never be possible." Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images Replit's CEO, Amjad Masad, said on X that deleting the data was "unacceptable and should never be possible." Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images lighning bolt icon An icon in the shap

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A vibe coding horror story: What started as 'a pure dopamine hit' ended in a nightmare

Replit / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET When AI leader Andrej Karpathy coined the phrase "vibe coding" for just letting AI chatbots do their thing when programming, he added, "It's not too bad for throwaway weekend projects … but it's not really coding -- I just see stuff, say stuff, run stuff, and copy-paste stuff, and it mostly works." Also: Coding with AI? My top 5 tips for vetting its output - and staying out of trouble There were lots of red flags in his comments, but that hasn't stopped p

FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices

The Federal Communications Commission is ditching Biden-era standards for measuring progress toward the goal of universal broadband deployment. The changes will make it easier for the FCC to give the broadband industry a passing grade in an annual progress report. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's proposal would give the industry a thumbs-up even if it falls short of 100 percent deployment, eliminate a long-term goal of gigabit broadband speeds, and abandon a new effort to track the affordability of

Why I pick flexible charging over raw speed every single time

Joe Maring / Android Authority Regular Android Authority readers will know I’m a stickler for brilliant battery life backed up by proper fast charging. And by that, I don’t necessarily mean the faster the better, a battery needs to remain cool too. Instead, one of my top requirements for any phone that claims to charge quickly is that it has to be able to do so regardless of what plug you have at hand. It’s absolutely no good to anyone to boast 100W charging from a specific plug, only for your

We do not break userspace (2012)

From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]>, Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <[email protected]>, Hans Verkuil <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Regression w/ patch] Media commit causes user space to misbahave (was: Re: Linux 3.8-rc1) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:36:15 -0800 [thread overview] Message-ID: <CA+55aFy98A+LJK4+GWMcbzaa1zsPBRo76q+io

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I ditched my $1,000 Android phone for Google’s $500 one, and I barely noticed a difference

Joe Maring / Android Authority In the world of writing about Android phones on the internet, it’s very easy to focus solely on the big flagships — the Google Pixel 9 Pros, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultras, and OnePlus 13s of the world. Those are the phones with the best and flashiest specs, and they’re often the most fun to talk about. But equally important, if not more so, are more affordable handsets. Expensive flagships may be exciting, but they aren’t the phones that everyone is buying. After us

This Android wearable lasts for days, and left my Samsung Galaxy Watch in the dust

ZDNET's key takeaways The OnePlus Watch 3 normally retails for $350. Its long-lasting battery, durability, rotating digital crown, and superb design make this a compelling smartwatch. However, the OHealth app needs some work, workout data screens are limited, and ECG measurements are not supported. View now at OnePlus After the original OnePlus Watch failed in 2021, the company hit it out of the park with the OnePlus Watch 2. Users, like myself, have been very happy with the Watch 2, but did

This midrange OnePlus phone undercuts the Galaxy S25 - and it's on sale for $110 off

ZDNET's key takeaways OnePlus 13R costs $600 and features a bright display, powerful performance, and fast charging. It doesn't have a flagship camera system and wireless charging. But for the money, you won't find a more balanced handset. View now at OnePlus View now at Best Buy more buying choices At Amazon, the OnePlus 13R is on sale for $490, its lowest price yet. Act fast because this deal will only last a limited time. The OnePlus 13R follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, delive

Pgactive: Postgres active-active replication extension

Active-active Replication Extension for PostgreSQL (pgactive) pgactive is a PostgreSQL replication extension for creating an active-active database. Overview Database replication is a method that copies changes between databases instances, and is a key component for use cases like high availability, reducing latency between an application and its source data, moving data between systems such as production and test, infrastructure migration, and others. Relational databases such as PostgreSQL