Published on: 2025-07-19 16:20:32
Sony's latest flagship Android phone, the Xperia 1 VII, packs a variety of exciting tech features from its Snapdragon 8 Elite chip to its promise of AI-based audio quality upscaling. But it's the video tools that really caught my attention, in particular the 'AI Camerawork' and 'Autoframing' functions that apparently let you shoot steady, professional-looking video without even looking at your phone. It certainly sounds like a novel idea, but this phone needs novel ideas -- and plenty of them -
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 16:35:32
Jamie Lee Curtis went straight to the top, and it worked. The legendary star of the Halloween movie franchise managed to get an AI-generated ad showing her likeness removed after sending a public message to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta. The ad had used Curtis' likeness to promote "some bullshit that I didn't authorize, agree to or endorse," Curtis wrote in the DM to Zuckerberg, whose company owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads, among other properties. The fake AI commercial used footage fro
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:00:05
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections puzzle is all over the map. There's a movie category, which you might spot right away. But there's also a silent-letter grouping that could trip you up. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the on
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:00:05
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is a fairly goofy word. It's a musical instrument that might not come to your ming right away, and it could be tough to guess. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:01:21
Spring is popping in the northern hemisphere and the full flower moon joined in on the seasonal celebrations on May 12. Skywatchers on the ground were treated to a glowing disk of light. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers enjoyed the view from a different vantage point -- way up on the International Space Station. Ayers shared three images of the moon at full strength. "I'm still in awe of our view of the world and beyond," she said on X. "Today was the flower moon and it did not disappoint!" Enlar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:31:11
Google is adding a new security setting to Android to provide an extra layer of resistance against attacks that infect devices, tap calls traveling through insecure carrier networks, and deliver scams through messaging services. On Tuesday, the company unveiled the Advanced Protection mode, most of which will be rolled out in the upcoming release of Android 16. The setting comes as mercenary malware sold by NSO Group and a cottage industry of other exploit sellers continues to thrive. These pla
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:44:34
Microsoft put a lot of focus on Windows 11's design when it released the operating system in 2021, making a clean break with the design language of Windows 10 (which had, itself, simply tweaked and adapted Windows 8's design language from 2012). Since then, Microsoft has continued to modify the software's design in bits and pieces, both for individual apps and for foundational UI elements like the Taskbar, system tray, and Windows Explorer. Microsoft is currently testing a redesigned version of
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 16:00:00
It may not have the shine it once did, but Max (previously HBO Max) is still home to some of the best TV shows of the past 25 years, from The Sopranos and The Wire to Game of Thrones and The Leftovers. Whether you’re a longtime fan of the “it’s not TV” cable network or a Max newbie trying to figure out where to start, the shows below should give you plenty upon which to feast your eyes. Looking for more recommendations? Head to WIRED’s guide to the best TV shows on Netflix, the best TV shows o
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:01:04
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra , the new Marvel action-adventure game, has been delayed. The game was originally slated to release this year but Skydance New Media, the studio developing the game, has announced it will instead come out some time in early 2026. Marvel 1943 was first teaseed in 2021 as the first project under Skydance New Media, a new gaming initiative spearheaded by parent company studio Skydance Media known for films like Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Skydance appointed for
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:47:12
is a senior reporter for The Verge, covering the Trump administration, Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government, and the tech industry’s embrace of the MAGA movement. What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office by having Donald Trump remove the officials in charge has now backfired in spectacular fashion, as Trump’s acting replacements are known to be unfriendly — and even downright hostile
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 17:00:00
On Tuesday, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a legal battle spanning more than five years, which started in October 2019 when WhatsApp accused NSO Group of hacking more than 1,400 of its users by taking advantage of a vulnerability in the chat app’s audio-calling functionality. The verdict came after a week-long jury trial that featured severa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 16:06:00
Cutting corners: Now that Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S25 Edge, attention has turned to Apple's upcoming ultra-thin rival handset, the iPhone 17 Air. The device is expected to debut this fall with a thickness almost half that of a normal iPhone. According to rumors, this doesn't mean every element will have compromises, but there will be areas that could disappoint, especially the battery life. Samsung has made a lot of headlines with the release of the Galaxy S25 Edge, which measures just
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:27:00
In context: Microsoft will officially end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, though enterprise organizations willing to pay the fare will be able to extend support for a few additional years. However, users running Office applications or the Microsoft 365 suite will also receive extended support, at no additional cost. Earlier this year, Microsoft had clearly stated that Office apps running on Windows 10 would lose support alongside the operating system. Now, Redmond has partially revi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 19:45:27
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, thinks that The Atlantic and The BBC are credible, reputable sources for news and information. Which is funny, because Musk — who's engaged in a years-long project to erode trust in legacy media organizations and even specific journalists — doesn't. And now, he's furious at his own AI chatbot. The Musk-Grok tiff happened over the weekend, when a misinformation-spreading X-formerly-Twitter user @amuse posted an "article" about billionaire bogeymen (like George and A
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 20:30:02
Cybertruck Owner Brutally Mocked by Dozens of Kids After Breaking Down at Baseball Practice Life comes at you fast. Get Frunk Few things in this world are more brutal than the mockery of children — and an Ohio Cybertruck owner has learned that the hardest way. As flagged by the Torque News automotive blog, a member of the "Tesla Cybertruck Owner" Facebook group was in for some massive embarrassment when his car's "frunk" (or: front-mounted trunk) refused to open at his son's baseball game.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:13:46
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Poe‘s latest usage report shows OpenAI and Google strengthening their positions in key AI categories while Anthropic loses ground and specialized reasoning capabilities emerge as a crucial competitive battleground. According to data released today by Poe, a platform offering access to more than 100 AI models, significant market share shifts occurred across all major AI
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:57:14
Harley Maranan / Android Authority TL;DR Valve is releasing a compatibility rating system for third-party devices that run Steam OS. The rating system will tell you if a game and its features are supported on Steam OS. This compatibility rating system will roll out over the next few weeks. There are plenty of handheld gaming PCs out on the market, but only the Steam Deck runs on Steam OS. However, it will soon be joined by the Lenovo Legion Go S, with more to follow. In preparation for the l
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 20:59:45
The adventure game Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has been delayed until 2026, according to a statement by publisher Skydance Games. The title was supposed to come out sometime this year. What's the reason for the delay? The publisher says it's to "add more polish," which is never a bad thing. I'd rather a fully-finished game upon release than a buggy mess. The company does say it'll be available in the early part of 2026, so that isn't too long to wait. Still, it's disappointing news for eager Mar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:15:19
YouTube will be streaming an exclusive NFL game in its entirety for free worldwide for the first time ever. After becoming the official home of NFL Sunday Ticket in 2023 , YouTube has been pushing to expand its reach in the high-stakes, multibillion-dollar world of NFL coverage and broadcast rights. The Google-owned streaming company has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast one of the NFL’s opening week games on Friday September 5 live from Brazil. The São Paulo spectacle will take place t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:25:02
In just a week, Google's annual developer conference will kick off on May 20. The event is probably the most important on the company's calendar, offering a glimpse at everything it has been working on over the past year. From the rumors and even information Google has trickled out, I/O 2025 should be one of the more exciting tech keynotes in recent memory. Plus, for the first time, Google has spun out a dedicated Android showcase planned a whole week earlier. That just happened today (May 13),
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:16:46
Twilio has denied in a statement for BleepingComputer that it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be holding over 89 million Steam user records with one-time access codes. The threat actor, using the alias Machine1337 (also known as EnergyWeaponsUser), advertised a trove of data allegedly pulled from Steam, offering to sell it for $5,000. When examining the leaked files, which contained 3,000 records, BleepingComputer found historic SMS text messages with one-time passcodes for Steam,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 19:56:17
Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Apple has been sprinkling AI features into its devices via Apple Intelligence and iOS updates. These features have mainly been fun, nice-to-have additive tools, such as Genmoji, Clean Up in Photos, and Natural Language Search in Photos. However, Apple's latest feature, which is still under wraps, targets a major pain point for users -- their phone battery. New Apple Intelligence feature in iOS 19 On Monday, Bloomberg correspondent and Apple watcher Mark Gurman reported tha
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Artie Beaty/ZDNET Sports fans rejoice: ESPN is launching its own streaming service. In an announcement today, the sports media giant said its direct-to-consumer sports-only streaming service is set for rollout this fall. The name is pretty straightforward -- ESPN. Also: The best live TV streaming services: Expert tested ESPN does have a streaming service now in ESPN+, but that's more of an add-on. It includes live sporting events, studio shows, documentaries, and more, but it doesn't have th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 21:44:58
Now that the iPhone 16 has arrived with new colors, AI features, and camera controls -- and with it, iOS 18 -- you may be looking for a new way to improve your online privacy. While all Apple iPhone models and generations tend to have excellent connectivity, we always recommend using a virtual private network (VPN) service to keep your data and browsing safe while on the go. Trustworthy VPNs encrypt your online traffic when you access email, social media, and online services. If you have to rel
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 16:32:25
As I climb into my little twin sized bed in my small RV trailer on a patch of undeveloped deep rural land in the Central New York highlands, exhausted from my 6 hours of doordash driving to make less than 200$ that day, I check my emails one last time for the night: no responses from the 745th through 756th job applications that i put in over the last week for engineering roles i’m qualified or over-qualified for. I’m not that surprised or disappointed at this point, as I close in on the 800 app
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What on Earth? Immortal jellyfish: the secret to cheating death By Emily Osterloff What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle. At least, it usually is. opens in a new window Not all jellyfish play by the same rules, and one species may have discovered the secret to immortality. How does the immortal jellyfish live forever? The life cycle o
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 20:49:05
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke EchoStar licenses for radio frequency bands coveted by rival firms including SpaceX, which alleges that EchoStar is underutilizing the spectrum. "I have directed agency staff to begin a review of EchoStar's compliance with its federal obligations to provide 5G service throughout the United States per the terms of its federal spectrum licenses," Carr wrote in a May 9 letter to EchoStar Chairman Charles Ergen. EchoSt
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A more personal, expressive phone experience Nearly four years ago, we brought our award-winning Material You design to billions of Android phones and tablets, making them feel more human, approachable and grounded in your needs. Material 3 Expressive builds on Material You, bringing even more customization options so you can truly express yourself. Material 3 Expressive feels even more fluid and introduces a system of more natural, springy animations meant to bring a moment of delight to ever
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 16:30:35
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is developing its own DeX-like desktop mode for Android, and we got an early look at the unfinished feature on a Pixel phone. Android’s upcoming desktop mode includes a taskbar for pinned/recent apps and supports launching multiple apps in freeform, resizable windows. It adapts Android’s tablet windowing for external displays but likely won’t launch with Android 16, possibly arriving in a quarterly release or with Android 17. One of the best fe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 09:10:41
We’ve briefly covered what Mill is above, but one question remains: why Mill? Why not one of the other 100 build tools out there? Mill is unique in that it shares many of its core design decisions with React.js , the popular Javascript UI framework. I was among the first external users of React when I introduced it to Dropbox in 2014, and while people gripe about it today, React was really a revolution in how Javascript UIs were implemented. UI flows that used to take weeks suddenly took days,
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