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OnePlus' flagship earbuds are a great buy at full price - and now they're on sale for $30 off

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

Own a Samsung smartwatch? This 30-second fix will keep it running like new

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

I compared every Apple Watch in 2025 - here's why I recommend this model the most

Apple Watch SE 3 ZDNET's key takeaways Apple's affordable SE 3 is an approachable entry point into the brand's health-tracking suite. Some users might not like the smaller display The watch packs great value for a lower price, making it the one out of the lineup I'd recommend to smartwatch-curious shoppers. View now at Apple Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Earlier this month, Apple unveiled three new smartwatches during its annual September event. While flashier feature

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Consumer-facing industries - retail, travel, hospitality, and financial services - are the fastest adopters of AI agents

imaginima/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Leading companies increased AI agent adoption by 119% in the first half of 2025. Employee interactions with AI agents grew at an average monthly rate of 65%. Retail saw AI and agent actions grow at a monthly average rate of 128%. AI agent creation among first-mover companies surged 119% between January and June of 2025, with service organizations leading the adoption of agents, wi

11 hidden Fire TV remote shortcuts I use to unlock new features and menus

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

Help Us Raise $200k to Free JavaScript from Oracle

After more than 27,000 people signed our open letter to Oracle about the “JavaScript” trademark, we filed a formal Cancellation Petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Ten months in, we’re finally reaching the crucial discovery phase. Deno initiated this petition since we have legal standing as a JavaScript runtime, but it’s really on behalf of all developers. If we win, “JavaScript” becomes public domain – free for all developers, conferences, book authors, and companies to use witho

iOS 26: AI Summaries Come Back to iPhone News Apps, but With a Warning

Apple released iOS 26 on Monday, a few months after the company announced it at the June Worldwide Developers Conference. The update brings a new Liquid Glass redesign, call screening and hidden features to your iPhone. The update also brings AI notification summaries for news and entertainment apps back to Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone. Apple disabled AI notification summaries for news and entertainment apps in January. That came a few weeks after the BBC pointed out in December that the f

Samsung’s ambitious tri-fold could land in the US after all

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is reportedly considering launching its tri-fold device in the US. The phone is expected to arrive later this year, but a US launch for the ambitious phone has been doubtful because of various factors. Currently, there’s no dual-hinged foldable phone in the US market. Samsung is reportedly weighing the pros and cons of launching its ambitious tri-fold device in the US. According to CNN Business, which cites a person close to the company’s plans

Playing “Minecraft” without Minecraft (2024)

Post by minki » 2024-12-15 Ever wanted to play the worlds second most popular videogame without actually playing it?First of all, what do I mean by 'Playing "Minecraft" without Minecraft'?To put it simple, Minecraft is a Videogame developed by Mojang. The game consists of two parts, a Client and a Server.Over the years, the community has written many custom cleanroom implementations of both sides, which will allow us to play "Minecraft" without executing any Mojang code.We will be using the Cub

OpenTelemetry collector: What it is, when you need it, and when you don't

Do you really need an OpenTelemetry Collector? If you're just sprinkling SDKs into a side project - maybe not. If you're running a multi-service production environment and care about cost, performance, security boundaries, or intelligent processing - yes, you almost certainly do. This post explains exactly what the OpenTelemetry Collector is, why it exists, how data flows with and without it, and the trade‑offs of each approach. You’ll leave with a decision framework, deployment patterns, and p

The Rise and Fall of the British Detective Novel (2010)

Between around 1910 and 1950, England was in the grip of a genteel crime wave; a seemingly endless output of murder mysteries, generally set among the upper and upper middle classes and usually solved by a brilliant amateur detective rather than by the police. They were read enthusiastically and with an insatiable appetite by British middle-class readers. The ‘golden age’ of the English detective story during this span of 40 years or so is an important and often overlooked feature of English pop

Playing “Minecraft” Without Minecraft (2024)

Post by minki » 2024-12-15 Ever wanted to play the worlds second most popular videogame without actually playing it?First of all, what do I mean by 'Playing "Minecraft" without Minecraft'?To put it simple, Minecraft is a Videogame developed by Mojang. The game consists of two parts, a Client and a Server.Over the years, the community has written many custom cleanroom implementations of both sides, which will allow us to play "Minecraft" without executing any Mojang code.We will be using the Cub

David Lynch LA House

David Lynch, the visionary American filmmaker behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr, passed away this January, yet his creative universe endures in objects, spaces and ideas. Among the most striking of these relics is his larger-than-life, meticulously designed Hollywood Hills home; a cinematic setting in its own right. Perched on a sweeping 2.3-acre hillside, David Lynch’s private compound, which is now listed for $15 million by Marc Silver of The Agency, unfolds like one of his own

Electric aviation awaits a battery breakthrough

Electric aviation awaits a battery breakthrough 1 hour ago Share Save Adrienne Murray & James Brooks Technology Reporters Share Save Beta Technologies Alia on the way to Stavanger in Norway An aviation rarity touched down in the Norway's second city of Bergen earlier this month. Alia had flown 100 miles (160km) in 55 minutes on battery power alone. Built by US aerospace company Beta Technologies, the electric plane is designed for cargo operations - carrying up to 560kg (half a tonne) loads.

Nvidia just spent over $900 million to hire Enfabrica CEO, license AI startup's technology

Co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., Jensen Huang attends the 9th edition of the VivaTech trade show in Paris on June 11, 2025. Nvidia has just shelled out over $900 million to hire Enfabrica CEO Rochan Sankar and other employees at the artificial intelligence hardware startup, and to license the company's technology, CNBC has learned. In a deal reminiscent of recent AI talent acquisitions made by Meta and Google , Nvidia is paying cash and stock in the transaction, accordin

Record-low deal: This Samsung monitor is too good for just $149.99!

Cheap monitors usually cost about $100-$200, but they are usually nowhere close to being this good. The Samsung M5 (M50D) Series 27-Inch Smart Monitor is currently available for just $149.99, which is the model’s record-low price. Buy the Samsung M5 (M50D) Series 27-Inch Smart Monitor for just $149.99 ($130 off) This offer is available from Amazon as a “limited time deal.” We’re specifically referring to the 27-inch Black model. The White version is also available, but at a higher $229.99 price

9to5Mac Daily: September 18, 2025 – Apple Sports app, visionOS 26 features

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by iMazing: iMazing lets you back up, transfer, and manage your iPhone and iPad data like never before — including messages, photos, music, WhatsApp, voicemails, battery health, and more. No cloud required. Use code 9to5mac-20off to get 20% off, exclusively f

Visual lexicon of consumer aesthetics from the 1970s until now

CARI, or Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, is an online community dedicated to developing a visual lexicon of consumer ephemera from the 1970s until now. We hope that you will participate with us in researching and developing this new medium of cataloging design history. If you like what we're doing, please consider donating using the link above to further support our research.

U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs, according to new analysis

All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published today in the journal Science. The catch? These minerals, such as cobalt, lithium, gallium and rare earth elements like neodymium and yttrium, are currently being discarded as tailings of other mineral streams like gold and zinc, said Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering at Colorado Scho

How to find the best deals during Amazon’s October Prime Day sale

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days is one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and it’s returning October 7th and 8th. The two-day shopping affair will grant Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as products from Sony, Sonos, Microsoft, Apple, Withings, and other well-known brands. This applies to items spanning a range of categories, including gaming peripherals, laptops, 4K TVs, phones, PC accessories, and more. As always, you can count on us

No One Knows What ‘Terminally Online’ Means Anymore

In the days following the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, there’s been a scramble to understand the politics of the situation. The effort to ascribe a specific political affiliation and motive to 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson—with President Donald Trump and his followers blaming “the radical left”—has led to serious investigation and scrutiny being applied to all the publicly available details of his life before, during, and after his alleged crime. In particular, there’s bee

Raising Series A in 2026: Insights from Top Early-Stage VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — get the unfiltered perspective on landing a Series A in today’s market. No smoke, no mirrors, just straight talk from the people signing the checks. Series A has changed — here’s how to win in 2026 Series A has changed — here’s how to win This Builder Stage session brings together Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Thomas Krane (Insight Partners), and Sangeen Zeb (GV). They’ve seen thousands of decks, led major rounds

CrowdStrike pops nearly 13% on upbeat long-term guidance at investor day

CrowdStrike logo is seen in this illustration taken July 29, 2024. CrowdStrike shares popped about 13%, a day after the cybersecurity firm issued better-than-expected long-term guidance at its investor day. The company on Wednesday said it expects net new annual recurring revenues to grow at least 20% in 2027, ahead of analysts' expectations. CrowdStrike plans for ARR to hit $10 billion by 2031, and then double to $20 billion by 2036. Earlier this week, the firm said it was buying AI security

ExpressVPN Launches EventVPN, a Free VPN Service for Apple Users That Takes Privacy Seriously

A brand-new free VPN service built by the people behind ExpressVPN just dropped. On Thursday, ExpressVPN announced the release of EventVPN, a standalone free VPN for Apple mobile devices and computers built on ExpressVPN’s infrastructure that doesn’t compromise on privacy, impose usage limits or restrict bandwidth. The free version of EventVPN allows you to use one device at a time and includes access to servers in 35-plus locations in countries like the United States, Canada, Italy, Japan, Arg

“Get off the iPad!” warns air traffic control as Spirit flight nears Air Force One

As Air Force One journeyed from the US to the UK this week, it came within eight lateral miles of a Spirit Airlines flight heading up the East Coast from Fort Lauderdale to Boston. An alert air traffic controller in the New York control center reached out to the Spirit flight, telling it to execute an immediate right turn to avoid any possibility of colliding with Air Force One. But the Spirit pilots did not respond immediately, leading the testy air traffic controller to scold them repeatedly.

No One Knows What 'Terminally Online' Means Anymore

In the days following the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, there’s been a scramble to understand the politics of the situation. The effort to ascribe a specific political affiliation and motive to 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson—with President Donald Trump and his followers blaming “the radical left”—has led to serious investigation and scrutiny being applied to all the publicly available details of his life before, during and after his alleged crime. In particular, there’s been

CrowdStrike pops 12% on upbeat long-term guidance at investor day

CrowdStrike logo is seen in this illustration taken July 29, 2024. CrowdStrike shares popped more than 12%, a day after the cybersecurity firm issued better-than-expected long-term guidance at its investor day. The company on Wednesday said it expects net new annual recurring revenues to grow at least 20% in 2027, ahead of analysts' expectations. CrowdStrike plans for ARR to hit $10 billion by 2031, and then double to $20 billion by 2036. Earlier this week, the firm said it was buying AI secu

Federico Viticci’s in-depth iOS 26 review: ‘A new era for Apple’s software’

It’s been a busy week in the Apple world, between reviews of new iPhones and the release of iOS 26. One of the highlights of new iOS season every year is Federico Viticci’s in-depth review at MacStories. Given the vast nature of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 this year, I was even more excited than usual to read his review. Here’s Federico on Liquid Glass: In the past three months, I’ve realized that Liquid Glass – beyond simply looking gorgeous on modern Apple hardware – is more than meets the eye. Su

You should update your Samsung phone ASAP - this zero-day flaw just got patched

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Samsung issued a patch for a zero-day vulnerability. Android devices are affected by ongoing attacks in the wild. Samsung users should accept security updates immediately. Samsung recently issued a patch to resolve a critical vulnerability impacting its Android smartphone users. All impacted phone models will receive the fix, which patches a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21043. The security fla