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The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2025

The world is full of extraordinary young people brimming with ideas for how to crack tough problems. Every year, we recognize 35 such individuals from around the world—all of whom are under the age of 35. These scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs are working to help mitigate climate change, accelerate scientific progress, and alleviate human suffering from disease. Some are launching companies while others are hard at work in academic labs. They were selected from hundreds of nominees by e

Uber and partner Momenta will start testing robotaxis in Europe next year

Uber and its new partner Momenta will start testing an autonomous ride-sharing service in Europe in 2026, Momenta announced. The service will kick off in Munich, Germany using Momenta's self-driving tech and Uber's ride-sharing platform, with the goal of future European expansion. The companies chose Munich to kick off the operation due to the city's "deep-rooted engineering heritage, top-tier automotive ecosystem and openness to innovation," Momenta said. Momenta and Uber announced a "strategi

VMware's in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong

Opinion If you're a tech company marketing manager writing white papers, you'll love a juicy pull quote. That's where a client says something so lovely about you, you can pull it out of the main text and reprint it in a big font in the middle of the page. "VMware is essential for the operations of Tesco's business and its ability to supply groceries" is a great candidate from 2019. Broadcom's answer to VMware pricing outrage: You're using it wrong READ MORE Or it would be, if it wasn't follow

The Pros and Cons of Taking Omega-3s, According to Research

Omega-3s are known to help improve cardiovascular and cognitive health. The fatty acids are also known to help reduce inflammation. Since your body cannot produce omega-3s on its own, adding them to your diet or increasing intake with supplements is very common. Most people take fish oil to boost their omega-3s. Taking these factors into consideration, we set out to learn more about potential benefits, evaluate side effects and understand whether omega-3s are right for your body. What are omega

Why you’ll want to have two tabs open to watch the iPhone 17 event

There’s just one day to go until the iPhone 17 event, and the Awe Dropping announcements will of course be streaming online. You have a choice of three different ways to watch the event live, and if you’re watching from a browser, it’s worth having two different tabs open … While we’re expecting the presentations to be pre-recorded, as we’ve seen for the last few years, it is still streamed as if it were a live event. We previously outlined the three different ways to watch the livestream: A

I used this simple YouTube TV trick and saved $66 - here's how you can, too

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways A hidden YouTube TV promotion might save you $66. It's only accessible through a web browser, not the mobile app. The promotion saves you $33 a month for two months. If you're a YouTube TV subscriber, you might be able to save $66 thanks to a hidden promotional offer. Late last year, YouTube announced that it was raising its monthly price to $83 a month -- a jump of $10 a month. There

Your Roku has hidden settings and menu screens - here's how to unlock them

'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

RSS Beat Microsoft

People like to tell the story of how VHS beat Betamax because adult film studios backed VHS. It’s a clutch-your-pearls story that says nothing about why these multi-million-dollar businesses picked one format over the other. The real story is that while Betamax tapes had better resolution and fidelity, VHS was cheaper, offered longer recordings, and, most importantly, was the more open format. Not many people talk about how or why RSS won the content syndication war because few people are aware

14 Killed in protests in Nepal over social media ban

At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday as violent protests by youths rocked the Nepalese capital and certain other areas over the government's decision to ban social media sites, prompting authorities to deploy the army in Kathmandu to control the situation. Advertisement Thousands of youths, including school students, under the banner of Gen Z, converged in front of Parliament in the heart of Kathmandu and shouted anti-government slogans demanding immediate revocation of

Uber and Momenta to test autonomous vehicles in Germany in 2026

Ride-hailing giant Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Momenta plan to start testing robotaxis in Munich, Germany starting in 2026 – the first continental European city either company has announced publicly – with plans to expand to other markets. The partnership was first unveiled in May 2025, when Uber said Momenta-powered vehicles would launch on its platform in Europe in 2026, initially with human safety operators onboard to monitor the vehicles and take control if needed. Momenta,

Apple Watch SE 3 announcement this week looks quite likely thanks to last-minute leak

Thanks to a new last-minute leak from an anonymous X account, it now seems all but certain that Apple’s next generation Apple Watch SE will be launching in a number of days. Rumors for this new model have been faint, leading to some skepticism around whether or not it’s truly launching this year – but now things seem solid. This anonymous X account wishes to remain private, so we can’t directly link to the tweet – though the user has a highly accurate track record. Late on Sunday, the account

AirTag 2 launch might be just a couple days away: Here’s what to look forward to

Apple’s ‘Awe dropping’ September event is just a few days away, taking place on Tuesday, September 9th. One of the wildcard products that we might see this Tuesday is AirTag 2. You may wonder, what’s so exciting about a new version of the AirTag? Well, there’s a couple of noteworthy upgrades to keep your eyes peeled for. What’s new with AirTag 2 AirTag initially debuted in April 2021 at Apple’s ‘Spring loaded event’, meaning the product is coming up on five years old. Apple has some cool upgra

Running on iOS 18? Changing these settings greatly improved my iPhone's battery life

'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

AI Adoption Rate Trending Down for Large Companies

The US Census Bureau conducts a biweekly survey of 1.2 million firms, and one question is whether a business has used AI tools such as machine learning, natural language processing, virtual agents or voice recognition to help produce goods or services in the past two weeks. Recent data by firm size shows that AI adoption has been declining among companies with more than 250 employees, see chart below. This presentation may not be distributed, transmitted or otherwise communicated to others in w

I am giving up on Intel and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D

The Intel 285K CPU in my high-end 2025 Linux PC died again! 😡 Notably, this was the replacement CPU for the original 285K that died in March, and after reading through the reviews of Intel CPUs on my electronics store of choice, many of which (!) mention CPU replacements, I am getting the impression that Intel’s current CPUs just are not stable 😞. Therefore, I am giving up on Intel for the coming years and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D CPU instead. What happened? Or: the batch job of death

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Show HN: Veena Chromatic Tuner

Veena Chromatic Tuner lets you to tune in Equal Temperament/Just Intonation with oscilloscope-like stable waveform display. This powerful, versatile tuning application is designed for musicians who need precise control over their instrument tuning across multiple musical traditions (Equal Temperament, Just Intonation). It displays the pitch (frequency) and deviation in cents via a needle interface. A unique visual feature is its linear and circular waveform display of input audio: the waveform a

The 2025 MTV VMAs Are on Tonight. Here's How to Watch Live Without Cable

The MTV Video Music Awards return tonight, giving fans a chance to watch their chosen winners in 19 categories, including best collaboration, best new artist, best choreography and the coveted video of the year. Social-driven categories added in recent years have created opportunities for lesser-known viral artists and internet favorites to take home a Moon Man trophy, making the competition open to almost anyone. This year's ceremony will be hosted by L.L. Cool J and feature a star-studded lin

Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Uber and one of its many robotaxi partners, Momenta, will test fully driverless cars in Germany next year. The news comes as Europe continues to lag behind the US and China in the number of commercially operational robotaxi services. T

Experts Concerned AI Is Going to Start a Nuclear War

AI is starting to make experts on nuclear deterrence very nervous. Specifically, they say that a widespread push to integrate AI into virtually every level of military decision-making is creating a "slippery slope" in which AI will either be given the power to launch nuclear weapons itself, or the humans with that power will become so reliant on its guidance that they'll do so if it tells them to. Worst of all, they say, is that this is still happening while we still don't quite understand how

Report: Apple planning to launch Apple Intelligence in China before end of 2025

Since launching Apple Intelligence in 2024, Apple has been working to release the set of features in China, the largest smartphone market in the world. But, from the very start, they have faced pressure from both China and the United States. Now they might finally be close to launching. Apple’s past struggles One of the primary issues Apple is facing is that any company looking to launch generative AI product in the country must have approval from a local regulator. In order to get this approv

Nintendo wins a $2 million lawsuit against popular Switch modding webstore

Nintendo has just won another major battle in its longstanding war against piracy. Earlier this summer, a US federal court ruled in favor of Nintendo in a lawsuit against Ryan Daly and the Modded Hardware website. The site was known for selling devices that allowed users to get around Nintendo's piracy protections, including the popular MIG Switch flashcart that lets buyers play official Nintendo games without the need for a physical cartridge. Besides requiring Daly to pay $2 million to Nintend

Speed Brain: Helping web pages load faster (2024)

18 min read Each time a user visits your web page, they are initiating a race to receive content as quickly as possible. Performance is a critical factor that influences how visitors interact with your site. Some might think that moving content across the globe introduces significant latency, but for a while, network transmission speeds have approached their theoretical limits . To put this into perspective, data on Cloudflare can traverse the 11,000 kilometer round trip between New York and Lo

Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations

Intel has officially expanded its professional GPU portfolio with the launch of the Arc Pro B50, designed specifically for small-form-factor workstations. The card is based on the Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU, configured with 16 Xe2 cores. It comes paired with 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM clocked at 14 Gbps on a 128-bit memory bus, producing 224 GB/s of effective bandwidth. This configuration ensures that the GPU cores are properly fed while maintaining a low overall power draw. Intel has kept the total board

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 8, #1542

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. I got a kick out of today's Wordle puzzle. It's a fun word, with fairly common consonants, though if you guess AUDIO or ADIEU as your first word, you won't get a lot of letters right away. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in En

AI Companion App Shuts Down Amid Controversy

In the frenetic world of artificial intelligence, virtual companions have exploded into a market all their own. A recent survey found that some 72 percent of teens said they've experimented with artificial buddies. Of those, over 50 percent say they have a regular relationship with the chatbots. But there's no guarantee those companions will stick around forever — something users of the AI startup Dot are learning the hard way after the company announced it was going belly up on Friday. Found

China Is Suddenly Deploying AI Everywhere

While the United States rushes head-first into a self-inflicted economic crisis in an attempt to develop AI with human-level intelligence, China is eying a different goal. Last week, the Chinese State Council unveiled its ten-year plan to fully integrate AI into every aspect of the country's economy by 2035. Called "AI+," the ambitious plan sees AI becoming a "key growth engine for the country's economic development," a transformation mirroring that of the internet age. As the Wall Street Jour