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This high-tech eye massager is the only thing that helps my migraines, and it's 48% off

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Best early Prime Day PC gaming deals: My 38 favorite sales live now

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Why I recommend this $150 smartwatch to most people - including iPhone users

ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazfit Active 2 Square is available in a premium package for $149.99 that includes leather and silicone bands The watch is small, lasts up to 10 days, incorporates high end sapphire glass and stainless steel materials, and has a brilliant large 1.75-inch AMOLED display There is limited onboard storage for maps and music while the software may also be overwhelming. View now at Amazon I recently reviewed Amazfit's Active 2 Smartwatch, and it was one of my favorite wea

Framework Laptop 12 review

"What's this purple laptop? It's cool." Over a decade-plus of doing gadget reviews and review-adjacent things, my wife (and, lately, my 5-year-old) have mostly stopped commenting on the ever-shifting selection of laptops I have in my bag or lying around the house at any given time. Maybe she can't tell them apart, or maybe she just figures there isn't that much to say about whatever black or silver metal slab I'm carrying around. Either way, they practically never elicit any kind of response, u

Forget JBL, Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker by Anker Is Near-Free for Early Prime Day, Limited Stock Available

Some of the best moments in life are made better with music. That includes showering. Who doesn’t sing in the shower? If you said that you don’t, you’re definitely fibbing. We love to sing when we’re alone. Some of us with others listening. But if you want a good way to enjoy music while you’re showering or just want a speaker that you can take with you no matter the weather, now’s a good time to partake in this 43% discount. See at Amazon Run to Amazon now to secure your Soundcore Select 4 Go

This TP-Link Smart WiFi Router Is 50% Off, Here’s How to Unlock the Ultimate Discount on Amazon

Few things are as frustrating as a sluggish internet connection at home, especially when you know the culprit is often the basic router provided by your internet service provider (ISP). These standard boxes always seem to fall short of delivering the speed, coverage or reliability today’s families need. Fortunately, it doesn’t need to break the bank to enhance your Wi-Fi experience. TP-Link is a reliable brand in networking that enjoys millions of individuals’ trust for offering great routers i

Nintendo Switch 2: Which webcams work?

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. The Nintendo Switch 2 is more expensive in practically every way: pricier console, pricier games, an entire Chat button you’ll eventually have to pay to use. So it was nice when Nintendo revealed you won’t need its own $55 camera to video chat with pals. “You can use the Nintendo Switch 2 camera accessory (sold separately) or any compatibl

Waymo cars are coming to New York, but with a driver behind the wheel

Residents of New York City will soon start seeing Waymo cars cruising the avenues. But at least for now, a human will be in the driver's seat. Alphabet 's self-driving car unit announced on Wednesday that it plans to drive vehicles manually in New York, marking the first step toward potentially cracking the largest U.S. city. Waymo said it applied for a permit with the New York City Department of Transportation to operate autonomously with a trained specialist behind the wheel in Manhattan. "W

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Engineer: With AI, "Anybody Whose Job Is Done on a Computer All Day Is Over... It’s Just a Matter of Time"

You hear two wildly diverging narratives about AI lately. One, emanating mainly from the tech sector, is that AI is not only poised to supersede human intelligence, but is already radically changing the world and workforce. The other is that the tech's mostly a nothingburger, with the boosters from the first narrative forcing its slop into everyone's life, while cutting-edge AI systems remain flawed and unlikely to improve enough to be really useful for much, other than filling the web with spa

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T-Mobile’s new prepaid plans look great on paper, but is there a catch?

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T‑Mobile is shaking up its prepaid offerings with three plans, ranging from $40 to $60 per month for one line. The new plans largely look like an upgrade, but there are a few possible catches around prioritization and family discounts. The new plans look similar to what you’ll find from other prepaid plans based on T-Mobile’s network, though whether they are better or not remains unseen until we know a bit more. Earlier this year, T-Mobile unveiled its ne

Google Search’s AI Mode gets chatty with its new Search Live feature

Google TL;DR Google is rolling out a new voice search experience for AI Mode in the Google app for Android and iOS. The new Search Live feature lets you have a natural conversation with Google Search, much like Gemini Live. The feature offers AI-generated audio responses to your queries and lets you ask follow-up questions for additional information. Google previewed a new voice search experience called Search Live at I/O this year. Like Gemini Live, this new feature lets users have a natura

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ChatGPT can now generate images in WhatsApp

Back in December, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT WhatsApp contact as part of its “12 Days of OpenAI” holiday announcements. And while this version of the chatbot is still more limited than what you get on the web or desktop, it is rolling out a useful new trick: image generation. Yep, people actually do this While the idea of texting ChatGPT over WhatsApp might seem a little odd, several WhatsApp-heavy users I’ve talked to say they love the convenience of having ChatGPT right there, without needi

The best graphic design software of 2025: Feature-packed, professional tools

Whether you're a student just starting your graphic design journey or you're a seasoned professional, you won't get far without the right tools. We've moved on from the early days of classic Adobe Photoshop and Corel, and while these software suites are now modern and valuable in their own right, there is a multitude of graphic design packages out there for you to choose from. Windows, Mac, tablets, or even smartphones -- no matter the device, there's software out there for you. Some are focus

Every iPhone model you can update to iOS 26 (and which ones don't support it)

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Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash roll out to Google AI subscribers - how to access

'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

NordPass lets you store passports and other IDs now - but is this safe?

Michael Burrell/Getty NordPass users looking for a quick and easy way to access vital documents can now store them online. In a Tuesday blog post, NordPass introduced Documents, a new storage option that uses an encrypted vault to house digital copies of physical documents in the cloud. In its post, NordPass cited passports, IDs, and driver's licenses, but you can store any type of physical document that can be scanned or saved electronically. Offering you up to 3GB of space, Documents does re

Show HN: Trieve CLI – Terminal-based LLM agent loop with search tool for PDFs

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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Fuzzing for Porting Programs

A simple strategy of having LLMs write fuzz tests and build up a port in topological order seems effective at automating porting from C to Rust. Agents are starting to produce more and more code A week or 2 back, I was reflecting on some code Claude had generated for me and I had a sort of moment of clarity. "Clarity" might be overstating it; more like the type of thought you have in the shower or after a few beers. Anyway. The thought was: LLMs produce more and more code, and they'll eventua

Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform

Workout.cool Modern fitness coaching platform with comprehensive exercise database Table of Contents Contributors About A comprehensive fitness coaching platform that allows create workout plans for you, track progress, and access a vast exercise database with detailed instructions and video demonstrations. 🎯 Project Origin & Motivation This project was born from a personal mission to revive and improve upon a previous fitness platform. As the primary contributor to the original workout.lo

‘Spider-Man ’94’ Comic Will Pick Up Right Where the Animated Series Left Off

Spider-Man: The Animated Series remains a fan favorite nearly 30 years after its conclusion—and it’s not just that giant cliffhanger ending that makes people wish it would return, though that’s certainly a motivating factor. While the first season of X-Men ’97 did wink at the Spidey ending in its own finale last year, Marvel’s current animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has its own continuity going. However, a new Marvel comic will dive right back into The Animated Series story

Best Internet Providers in California

The Golden State, also known as California, is recognized as one of the most technologically advanced states, particularly when it comes to the internet. For one thing, it's home to the biggest names in tech and has a healthy economy overall. With that in mind, residents and businesses in California must have access to fast, reliable internet connections, especially in larger metropolitan areas. California is also the home to many remote workers, folks who love to stream the latest Netflix hit a

Real Madrid vs. Al Hilal From Anywhere for Free: Stream FIFA Club World Cup Soccer

Former Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso begins his tenure as Real Madrid head coach today as the Spanish giants begin their FIFA Club World Cup campaign against Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal at the Hard Rock Stadium. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to watch every match of the tournament as it happens, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are, along with a full fixture list. Alonso replaces Carlo Ancelotti,

Why Microsoft’s next Xbox should just run Windows already

Yesterday, Microsoft confirmed that it's not abandoning the home console market just yet. In a short video teaser, Xbox President Sarah Bond highlighted a "strategic multi-year partnership with AMD" that will include "our next-generation Xbox consoles in your living room and in your hands." But while we know that the "in your hands" part will include devices like the Windows-powered ROG Xbox Ally, there are still few specifics about what exactly Microsoft has planned for its future living room c

This AI Model Never Stops Learning

Modern large language models (LLMs) might write beautiful sonnets and elegant code, but they lack even a rudimentary ability to learn from experience. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now devised a way for LLMs to keep improving by tweaking their own parameters in response to useful new information. The work is a step toward building artificial intelligence models that learn continually—a long-standing goal of the field and something that will be crucial if machi

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Waymo’s robotaxis are coming back to New York City

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. Waymo announced today that it intends to launch a fully autonomous robotaxi service in New York City — but first it needs to change state law to permit its vehicles to operate with safety drivers behind the wheel. The Alphabet-owned company said it has applied for a permit from the city’s Department of Transportation to te

Waymo has set its robotaxi sights on NYC

Waymo said Wednesday it has applied for a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, the Alphabet company’s first step in a sticky regulatory process to bring its robotaxis to U.S.’s largest city. Waymo applied for a permit with the New York City Department of Transportation to operate its self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles with a human safety operator behind the wheel in Manhattan. New York’s autonomous vehicle demonstration or testing permit requires a human driver to be able t

"Mansplaining Audacity": President of Signal Watches in Bemusement as Random Man Explains Her Company's AI Strategy to Her

The act of mansplaining is alive and well on social media. Since what feels like the dawn of time, overconfident men have condescendingly explained how things work, even when they're woefully wrong and unqualified. Look no further than a baffling exchange on Bluesky after Meredith Whittaker, the president of encrypted chat platform Signal and chief advisor to the AI Now Institute, promised "no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does." It was a striking comm

Sensor Tower acquires Playliner to expand mobile games data

Digital analysis and app data company Sensor Tower announced today that it has acquired Playliner, a mobile games Live Ops data provider, for an undisclosed sum. According to Sensor Tower, this will expand its analytical capabilities within the mobile gaming space, as Playliner can provide details on how such games maintain audiences and evolve over time. This is Sensor Tower’s second such acquisition, the first being Video Game Insights earlier this year. Playliner tracks and analyzes Live Ope

The real reason people buy new iPhones (hint: it’s not AI)

Apple doesn’t report sales numbers anymore, but analysts estimate the company sells hundreds of millions of new iPhones every year. While many 9to5Mac readers may buy new models for features like camera upgrades or Apple Intelligence, new data reveals very different motivations for the vast majority of buyers. iPhone sales are driven by broken, malfunctioning phones far more than anything else CIRP has just published a new report offering insights into what prompts new iPhone purchases. And d

Framework Laptop 12 review: Doing the right thing comes at a cost

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Earlier this year, Framework announced it was making a smaller, 12-inch laptop and a beefy desktop to go alongside its 13- and 16-inch notebooks. A few months later, and the former has arrived, putting the same modular, repairable laptop into a slightly smaller body. Unlike its bigger