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Scientists Succeed in Reversing Parkinson’s Symptoms in Mice

Cases of Parkinson’s disease have doubled in the last 25 years, according to figures from the World Health Organization. For decades, the scientists have investigated what triggers this disorder to mitigate its symptoms and anticipate its onset. Now, a series of experimental therapies are laying the groundwork for potentially reversing the condition, which affects nearly 10 million people worldwide and can generate costs of approximately $10,000 per patient per year, when considering direct and

Hyundai Reveals the ‘Lightspeed’ Ioniq 6 N

Following the success of its ridiculously entertaining Ioniq 5 N in 2024, Hyundai is clearly hoping it can repeat the trick by applying its speedy sub-brand's knowhow to its streamliner sibling—the result revealed today is this, the Ioniq 6 N, Hyundai's second high-performance EV. Being born from the brand's N division, which is tasked with focusing on delivering a combination of cornering prowess and racetrack capability to supposedly create accessible “everyday” sportscars, you'd expect the 6

Samsung to launch a triple-folding phone this year

In Brief Samsung just yesterday launched its newest slate of foldable smartphones, but that might not be the only foldable phones the company releases this year: The company is reportedly preparing to launch a triple-folding smartphone before the year’s end. Samsung’s consumer electronics head, TM Roh, told the Korea Times that the company aims to release such a device this year. “I expect we will be able to launch the tri-fold phone within this year. We are now focusing on perfecting the pro

The best Amazon Prime Day deals offer discounts on headphones, TVs, robot vacuums and more

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 . A bunch of our top picks from Apple, Sony, Dyson, Ninja and others are up to 50 percent off. Amazon Prime Day is finally here, so now’s the time for members to stock up on discounted home essentials, clothing, shoes, and of course, tech. It’s safe to say that Amazon’s website will be

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs. Z Fold 6: I tried both phones, and the difference is dramatic

Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 7 Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 is arguably the biggest upgrade to its foldable phone lineup in years. In fact, it is the lightest book-style foldable available on the market right now. I went hands-on with the new Galaxy Z Fold 7, and this is the Samsung upgrade I've waited years for. The device is thin, light, and has a wider coverscreen, one that's closer to a slab phone's aspect ratio. Also: Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked: Galaxy

This smart lock is feature-rich, solves a common problem - and it's 43% off

ZDNET's key takeaways You can buy a Philips Home Access 4000 Series smart lock for the MSRP of $210 This smart lock is very responsive, taking quick action when commanded, and features plenty of unlocking options in the user-friendly app The lock is a bit slow in the process of locking itself and then being receptive to a code or fingerprint and makes some errors with fingerprint unlock. View now at Amazon The Philips Home Access 4000 Series smart lock is available for $90 off during Amazon P

Bitcoin Hits $112K, but Something Feels Off

Bitcoin is on the move again. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value surged past a symbolic milestone on Wednesday, reaching a record-breaking $112,055 on the Coinbase exchange around 3:55 p.m. ET. That’s the highest price ever recorded for Bitcoin on Coinbase, surpassing the previous high of $111,891 set in May. With this latest surge, Bitcoin is up nearly 20% since the start of the year. The sudden move stunned traders and rekindled hopes among Bitcoin’s faithful. For weeks, pric

The best Prime Day 2025 deals you can still get

It’s the second day of Amazon’s four-day Prime Day sale, and if you’ve held out on making impulse buys so you can make informed purchases, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve collected the best deals we could find on everything from noise-canceling headphones and robot vacuums to the latest tablets and TVs, the bulk of which have been tried and tested by Verge writers and editors. We pbasut as much confidence in our budget-friendly battery picks as we do the pricier gaming monitors we’ve inclu

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The Kindle Scribe is a reader and note taker's dream (and it's $200 off for Prime Day)

ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazon Kindle Scribe is on sale for $259 for the 16GB version, or $299 when bundled with the folio case and adapter. It combines the familiar features of the Kindle e-reader with a bright display and a suite of premium note-taking features. The aforementioned features have a bit of a learning curve to fully take advantage of. $399.99 at Amazon $399.99 at Target $399.99 at Best Buy more buying choices Amazon is currently offering the 16GB Kindle Scribe at 35% off, a $

Memory-Level Parallelism: Apple M2 vs. Apple M4

The Apple M2, introduced in 2022, and the Apple M4, launched in 2024, are both ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs featuring unified memory architecture. That is, they use the same memory for both graphics (GPU) and main computations (CPU). The M2 processor relies on LPDDR5 memory whereas the M4 relies on LPDDR5X which should provide slightly more bandwidth. The exact bandwidth you get from an Apple system depends on your configuration. But I am interested in single-core random access perfor

Bitcoin Hits $112K But Something Feels Off

Bitcoin is on the move again. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value surged past a symbolic milestone on Wednesday, reaching a record-breaking $112,055 on the Coinbase exchange around 3:55 p.m. ET. That’s the highest price ever recorded for Bitcoin on Coinbase, surpassing the previous high of $111,891 set in May. With this latest surge, Bitcoin is up nearly 20% since the start of the year. The sudden move stunned traders and rekindled hopes among Bitcoin’s faithful. For weeks, pric

Sony’s Brand New Flagship Headphones Are on Sale for Prime Day

Prime Day Deals are popping, and even a modest sale on Sony's WH-1000XM6 headphones (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is worth your attention, considering these are the best wireless headphones you can buy right now. With a sweet balance of style and features, fantastic sound, and total noise-crushing authority, the WH-1000XM6 are the real deal. Looking for more super sales? Make sure and click on our Prime Day Live Blog post, and our large-and-in-charge roundup of the Absolute Best Prime Day Deals that

NASA will lose over 2,000 senior staff due to proposed Trump budget cuts

NASA is set to lose at least 2,145 senior staff members as part of the Trump administration's push for budget cuts, Politico reports. The brain drain could severely impact future research and missions, and is happening not long before the organization plans to send a new crew of astronauts to the Moon in 2026. Of the over 2,000 departing staff members, nearly all of them are in senior positions, requiring specialized skills or management experience. "Those leaving include 1,818 staff serving in

The best Prime Day deals on Amazon devices: Save up to 68 percent on Kindle ereaders, Echo speakers and more

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 . Amazon’s own gadgets — Echo speakers, Fire tablets, Kindles and the like — are at the top of the list of tech on sale during Amazon Prime Day. While there are some (Echos, Kindles) that we like more than others (Fire tablets), there’s no question that you’ll get the best discount on al

This Lenovo 2-in-1 is made for students - and it couldn't be more affordable

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 is on sale now for $269. It's a versatile and highly-portable device that's as useful at home as in the office. Some of the most buzzworthy features are tied to subscriptions, and the keyboard and trackpad are very small. $379 at Lenovo $269 at Best Buy more buying choices The Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 is on sale at Best Buy for $269. That's $130 off the already-low regular price. The ninth-generation Lenovo Chromebook Duet is an 11-i

Making Explainable Minesweeper

🎮Game 🧩Puzzle 💣Minesweeper 🤖Algorithm 💻Game Dev Background I recently purchased and played a game called 14 Minesweeper Variants during a Steam Summer sale. It was a fun game. However, I became curious while looking at the hints provided in the game. What exactly are these? Actually, when I played Minesweeper, which was a default Windows game, I could solve cases where there was a definite answer, but I remember stepping on countless mines in ambiguous situations. For example, situations like

The Death of Partying in the USA and Why It Matters

In January, The Atlantic's Ellen Cushing published an essay with an admirably blunt title: “Americans Need to Party More.” Burrowing into the appendix tables of the American Time Use Survey, she unearthed the fact that just 4.1 percent of Americans said they “attended or hosted” a party or ceremony on a typical weekend or holiday in 2023. In other words, in any given weekend, just one in 25 US households had plans to attend a social event. The ATUS is a government questionnaire that asks a larg

HyAB k-means for color quantization

HyAB k-means for color quantization Color quantization in CIELAB space, visualized. The input is converted to CIELAB space and a special “HyAB” distance formula is used when clustering. This in theory should result in better image quality. I’ve been obsessing over color quantization algorithms lately, and when I learned that an image conversion app called Composite did its so-called pixel mapping step in CIELAB space, I instantly thought of the “HyAB” color distance formula I’d seen in the FLI

Judge Slaps Down FCC Rule That Would’ve Made It Easy to Cancel Your Subscriptions

On July 14, the Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited rule would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel subscriptions. Instead, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has clicked to cancel the rule entirely, leaving us all stuck suspended in the elaborate web of subscription services. The three-judge panel, which included two who were appointed to the court during Donald Trump’s first term, voted unanimously to turn back the click-to-cancel rules that were dra

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Prime Day Deals: These Stylish Bluetooth Headphones Impressed Me With Their Crazy Battery Life, and They've Never Been Cheaper

Amazon Prime Day sale: Marshall's Major V headphones are worth it even at full price, but they're a steal right now at $100 -- or around 38% off -- during Prime Day. I might not be a true battle-tested headphone expert like CNET's own David Carnoy, but I still love headphones and I'm confident in what I like about them. My most recent pickup, the Marshall Major V on-ear bluetooth headphones, quickly became a pair that I adore. What is Marshall? Marshall is a British audio hardware company tha

The FTC's 'Click to Cancel' Rule Is Blocked. Here's What That Means for Your Subscriptions

The Click to Cancel rule is supposed to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one. Viva Tung/Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission's "click to cancel" rule -- which would have made it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions -- has been blocked by the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The rule was set to take effect on July 14. "Click to cancel" would have required businesses to clearly disclose terms and obtain informed consent before charging for a subscriptio

Cloudflare wants Google to change its AI search crawling. Google likely won’t.

After Cloudflare started testing new features that would allow websites to block AI crawlers or require payment for scraping, the tech company immediately faced questions over the logistics of the plan. In particular, website owners and SEO experts wanted to know how Cloudflare planned to block Google's bot from scraping sites to fuel AI overviews without risking blocking the same bot from crawling for valuable search engine placements. Last week, a travel blogger raised questions about the bl

ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it

On Monday, sheet music platform Soundslice says it developed a new feature after discovering that ChatGPT was incorrectly telling users the service could import ASCII tablature—a text-based guitar notation format the company had never supported. The incident reportedly marks what might be the first case of a business building functionality in direct response to an AI model's confabulation. Typically, Soundslice digitizes sheet music from photos or PDFs and syncs the notation with audio or video

The ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule Was Killed, but Consumer Advocates Could Revive It

United States residents almost escaped subscription cancellation hell, but the Federal Trade Commission's “Click to Cancel” rule was unanimously struck down by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday—just days before it was set to go into effect. What would have happened if this updated FTC rule had gone into effect on July 14 as planned? “The stated goal was that they wanted to make it as easy for you to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up,” says John Breyault, vice pre

One of My Favorite Gaming Laptops Gets a Serious Prime Day Cut

This has not been a good year for Prime Day gaming laptop deals. We've been collecting the best Prime Day deals all week (and liveblogging the whole event) There's a lot of outdated, previous-gen laptops flooding the virtual Amazon store shelves, most of which are not discounted enough to be worth buying with the new RTX 50-series graphics having just come out. There's one diamond in the rough though—and it's a laptop I tested out recently, the Asus ROG Strix G16. It's one of the best gaming la

Samsung is giving you an extra reason to pick up a Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7, or Flip 7 FE

TL;DR Galaxy Z Fold 7 owners can get six free months of Google AI Pro with 2TB of cloud storage. The same offer is available for the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Flip 7 FE. Today, Samsung held its big Galaxy Unpacked event. As expected, the company officially launched the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Galaxy Z Flip 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE. While there may already be plenty of reasons to order one of these new foldables, Samsung is sweetening the deal with an offer AI enthusiasts will appreciate. Samsung is doubl

Google reveals details on Android’s Advanced Protection for Chrome

Google is sharing more information on how Chrome operates when Android mobile users enable Advanced Protection, highlighting strong security improvements. The tech giant recently extended its Advanced Protection Program to the device level with the release of Android 16, aimed at offering a robust, holistic security posture for high-risk individuals likely to be targeted by sophisticated spyware attacks. Starting Android 16, Advanced Protection can be activated from the settings, strengthening

Prime Day Slashes Kids Device Bundle by 52% for Back-to-School, Pay Peanuts for Tablet, Kindle, and Echo Pop

Finding the right tech for kids is always a balancing act. You want something that keeps them engaged, encourages creativity, and helps them learn, but also gives you peace of mind. Too many devices are either too limited or too wide open, making it hard to know where to start. That’s why this Amazon Kids bundle is a good idea. Not only does it combine three devices that you can feel good about the kids using, but you can save a serious amount of money right now thanks to this Prime Day sale. An

macOS Tahoe has big Control Center upgrades, here’s everything new

macOS Tahoe brings a lot of exciting updates to the Mac, like a supercharged Spotlight, Liquid Glass design, and three brand new apps. One of my personal macOS Tahoe favorites: Control Center is getting a lot of great upgrades. Here’s what’s new. Control Center in macOS Tahoe takes inspiration from the iPhone Last year in iOS and iPadOS 18, Apple launched a brand new Control Center for iPhone and iPad. Control Center got more powerful and customizable than ever. And all throughout this past y

The Bezos-funded climate satellite is lost in space

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. A satellite tracking global methane pollution has gone dark, imperiling a mission that garnered enormous support from Jeff Bezos and other big names in tech. Methane is the primary ingredient of so-called “natural gas” that is even more potent than carbon dioxide when it come