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The best reading tablets of 2025 for poolside reading and more

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You can buy Lenovo's 'rollable' laptop now - not cheap, but packed with killer specs

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The ‘Doctor Who’ Comic-Con Pop-Up Offers a Fun Peek at UNIT’s ‘Black Archive’

Across the street from the San Diego Convention Center, there’s a secret trove of artifacts from some of the biggest clashes across time and space. Well, it’s not so secret: there’s a TARDIS photo op right in front to help you find it. Doctor Who‘s future isn’t yet known—even the identity of the next Doctor isn’t certain—but the show’s SDCC pop-up ties into the show’s past as well as its upcoming spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea. The “Black Archive”—inspired by the 2013 50th anniv

Apple beats iCloud storage appeal over ‘deceptive’ paid upgrades

Lawsuits against Apple are filed all the time, all over the world. But one proposed class action over the company’s alleged “deceptive” iCloud storage plans was just shot down by a US appeals court. Here are the details. Plaintiff claimed advertised iCloud storage amounts were misleading, but court disagreed Jonathan Stempel writes at Reuters: A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected claims by Apple customers that the iPhone maker gave them less iCloud data storage than they paid fo

Xreal wants you to dump your Meta Ray-Bans with this trade-in deal - here's how it works

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EcoFlow's new DC-only portable power stations could replace my current setup

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Apple shows off new store in Osaka, Japan – with Apple Intelligence workshop

We learned earlier this month that a new Apple store was coming to Osaka, Japan, and the company has today shared photos ahead of Saturday’s official opening. Accessibility is cited a key factor in the store design. Apple says that the Today at Apple workshops offered there will include one on taking advantage of Apple Intelligence features … We’ve already seen some funky wallpaper to celebrate the new store. It’s now traditional for Apple to create fun, customized versions of its logo with fe

Every iPhone owner should use MagSafe - I can't live without these 7 favorite accessories

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These are the 5 weirdest wellness gadgets I never skip using - and how they work

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The best mechanical keyboards of 2025: I handpicked the top models available

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Estonia's tech elite are getting behind a European challenger to Robinhood

Some of the biggest names of Estonia's tech scene are backing Lightyear, a startup looking to become Europe's answer to commission-free trading pioneer Robinhood . Based in London, Lightyear develops an app that lets users invest in a range of over 5,000 stocks, exchange-traded funds and money market funds. It was founded by two former Wise employees, Martin Sokk and Mihkel Aamer, in 2021. The company is set to announce later on Thursday that it has raised $23 million in a new round of funding

The best projector for a home theater in 2025

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 . These home projectors are still the best way to bring the cinema to your space. If you’re hunting for the best projector, there’s never been a better time to dive in. Projectors aren’t just for movie buffs anymore — they’ve become a great way to upgrade your living room setup, build a

Five years after launch, Apple News+ audio stories expand beyond the U.S.

Almost exactly five years ago to the day, Apple announced a set of new features for Apple News and Apple News+, including the US-only audio stories, with about 20 professionally narrated stories a week. Now, the future is expanding to a few new countries. Three more countries get audio stories As tipped to MacRumors, Apple News+ Audio is now available in Australia, Canada, and the U.K., and can be found the same way American users have enjoyed it since July 2020: via the Apple News and, depend

Deal: The Motorola Razr Ultra now comes with a free smartwatch and a 1TB upgrade

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Motorola has been offering a free upgrade to the Razr Ultra’s 1TB storage version for some time, but today, I woke up to a new freebie. Now, you can also get a free smartwatch with your purchase! Get the Motorola Razr Ultra with a free 1TB storage upgrade and Moto Watch Fit for $1,299.99 ($399.99 off) This offer is available directly from Motorola’s website. The freebies come with all color versions available: Pantone Scarab, Pantone Cabaret, Pantone Mountain Tr

Vector Tiles are deployed on OpenStreetMap.org

We are happy to announce the deployment of Vector Tiles on OpenStreetMap Foundation servers and the publication of the layer on the OSM website! We have been working hard to bring you a fresh look to OSM data, paired with exciting technological upgrades. Work has been progressing since last year. In June 2024 we shared progress, including the launch of the vector tiles demo site, as well as details on the technical background on the tools being used. Since then we have put the tile generation p

Show HN: TheProtector – Linux Bash script for the paranoid admin on a budget

theProtector Linux Bash Script for the Paranoid Admin on a Budget - real-time monitoring and active threat response TheProtector Linux security tool for the paranoid on a budget - not perfect but better than most TheProtector is comprehensive security monitoring for Linux systems. Built for DEfense Only What It Does TheProtector monitors your Linux system in real-time and actively responds to threats: Real-time Monitoring: Process execution and behavior analysis Network connections and

Using uninitialized memory for fun and profit (2008)

Using Uninitialized Memory for Fun and Profit Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008. This is the story of a clever trick that's been around for at least 35 years, in which array values can be left uninitialized and then read during normal operations, yet the code behaves correctly no matter what garbage is sitting in the array. Like the best programming tricks, this one is the right tool for the job in certain situations. The sleaziness of uninitialized data access is offset by performance improveme

Computing’s Top 30: Tejas Chopra

Two minutes into his TedX talk on AI and the environment, Tejas Chopra notes that training a single large language model releases roughly the same amount of carbon dioxide into Earth’s atmosphere as 125 roundtrip flights from New York to Beijing. In keeping with his ever-practical approach, Chopra goes on to suggest several concrete ways to reduce AI’s carbon footprint by optimizing resource use, energy consumption, and AI decision-making across industries. An accomplished engineer specializin

Things Are Looking Really, Really Bad for Tesla

Elon Musk's carmaker Tesla is widely expected to disappoint with its Q2 earnings report later today. Demand for the company's EVs has dried up significantly over the past 18 months, driven in large part by its exceptionally divisive CEO's efforts to alienate buyers at the exact moment that the company is facing a flood of high-quality international competition. Deliveries fell a record 13.5 percent this quarter compared to a year earlier — and the accompanying earnings report, which is set to

Google just leaked its entire Pixel 10 series through the Play Store

Google TL;DR We’re about one month away from the launch of the Pixel 10 series. Google started official teasing the Pixel 10 Pro earlier this week on the Google Store. Now we’ve spotted the full lineup of Pixel 10 models, ready for some Play Store promotion. This has been an exceptionally busy week for fans of Pixel smartphones, as Google’s next-gen Pixel 10 series has found itself in the headlines again and again. The past couple days have brought us a lovely assortment of renders showing o

Anker Nebula X1 projector review: The king of outdoor movies, if you can afford it

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 . My dream projector delivers the brightest and sharpest image. But it also has to be easy to move around and set up anywhere — especially outdoors. Anker’s Nebula X1 long-throw projector promises all of that with a three-laser engine that beams out a category-leading 3,500 ANSI lumens a

Microsoft's Surface Laptop is finally getting the upgrade every business user has been waiting for

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The best VPNs for businesses and teams of 2025: Expert tested

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Slow internet speed on Linux? This 30-second fix makes all the difference

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Show HN: The missing link of a bookstore's tech stack

Bookhead works like this: Sell a book in your brick & mortar store. Your point of sales processes the transaction and updates the inventory. Bookhead downloads your inventory from your point of sales and enhances the inventory with bibliographic data, then dispatches your products where ever you sell books online. List your new, used, and collectible books on Squarespace, Biblio, and eBay. Bookhead syncs your inventory to your online store, so you don't have to worry about your inventory anymo

Xfinity Opens Online Shop for All Your Streaming Entertainment Needs

Comcast introduced a new online store on Wednesday that serves as a hub for streaming entertainment. The StreamStore is a centralized shop where Xfinity internet and TV customers can find, buy or manage multiple streaming apps, bundles, channels, movies and TV shows. According to Comcast, customers can buy streaming TV packages like Now TV, sign up for the StreamSaver bundle, and explore a selection of "over 450 streaming apps and channels and 200,000 movies and TV shows to rent." That includes

Google DeepMind’s new AI can help historians understand ancient Latin inscriptions

To do this, Aeneas takes in partial transcriptions of an inscription alongside a scanned image of it. Using these, it gives possible dates and places of origins for the engraving, along with potential fill-ins for any missing text. For example, a slab damaged at the start and continuing with ... us populusque Romanus would likely prompt Aeneas to guess that Senat comes before us to create the phrase Senatus populusque Romanus, “The Senate and the people of Rome.” This is similar to how Ithaca w

European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS

In Brief European officials have confirmed the arrest of the alleged administrator behind XSS.is, one of the longest-running Russian-language cybercrime forums. Per Europol, the alleged administrator was arrested in Ukraine on Tuesday. A law enforcement notice on XSS now reads: “This domain has been seized.” According to a statement by prosecutors in Paris, French authorities obtained a court order to conduct surveillance on a Jabber server used by the administrator for instant messaging. The

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 vs. Motorola Razr Ultra: I tested both foldables, and here's the winner

Kerry Wan/ZDNET The Samsung Z Flip 7 is now official, bringing with it a brighter cover display, a larger battery, and a full dose of Galaxy AI. On the flip side, the Motorola Razr Ultra refines its clamshell formula, pairing the largest, fastest screens in the category with a triple-50 MP camera stack and Moto AI tricks. Also: I spent a weekend with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, and I became more of a fan Clamshell foldables have come a long way, and Motorola and Samsung both offer two of the

Apple and Google have 'effective duopoly' in UK says regulator

Apple and Google have 'effective duopoly' in UK says regulator 50 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images Apple and Google may be required to change the way they operate some of their mobile services in the UK, according to proposed decisions by the UK's competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the tech giants over their app stores, browsers and operating systems. "Around 90-100% of UK mobi