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Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say

At her home in western Germany, a woman told a team of visiting researchers from Meta that she did not allow her sons to interact with strangers on the social media giant’s virtual reality headsets. Then her teenage son interjected, according to two of the researchers: He frequently encountered strangers, and adults had sexually propositioned his little brother, who was younger than 10, numerous times. “I felt this deep sadness watching the mother’s response,” one of the researchers, Jason Satt

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

Writing by manipulating visual representations of stories

Visual Story-Writing: Writing by Manipulating Visual Representations This system automatically visualizes a story (chronological events, character and their actions and movements) and allows users to edit the story by manipulating these visual representations. For example: Hover over the timeline allows reviewing the chronology of events and visualizing the movements of the characters Connecting two characters suggests edits to the text to reflect the new interaction Moving a character sugge

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

Meet the Ethiopian entrepreneur who is reinventing ammonia production

Haile, now at Northwestern University, recalls thinking that Abate was particularly eager. As a visible Ethiopian scientist, she gets a lot of email requests, but his stood out. “No obstacle was going to stand in his way,” she says. It was risky to take on a young student with no research experience who’d only been in the US for a year, but she offered him a spot in her lab. Abate spent the summer working on materials for use in solid oxide fuel cells. He returned for the following summer, then

2025 Innovator of the Year: Sneha Goenka for developing an ultra-fast sequencing technology

Goenka saw a better way: Build a real-time system that could “stream” the sequencing data, analyzing it as it was being generated, like streaming a film on Netflix rather than downloading it to watch later. To do this, she designed a cloud computing architecture to pull in more processing power. Goenka’s first challenge was to increase the speed at which her team could upload the raw data for processing, by streamlining the requests between the sequencer and the cloud to avoid unnecessary “chat

This Galaxy S26 Ultra rival could stand out with a rear screen

Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR Pictures of the apparent Xiaomi 16 Pro Max have surfaced online. The images hint at the possibility that the phone could have a secondary rear screen. This would come years after the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra launched with a rear display. We first heard murmurings a few months ago that one of the Xiaomi 16 series phones could have a secondary rear display. Now, photos of this flagship Android phone have apparently surfaced online. Weibo user Mobile phone indust

Our Pixel 10 Pro XL has also run into the infamous screen snow issue

Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR Multiple Google Pixel 10 series users are experiencing a “screen snow” issue. The display freezes and shows a static-like image, but recovers automatically after about ten minutes. We have also faced the issue on our own Pixel 10 Pro XL. Google has not acknowledged the bug publicly, and no fix has been mentioned in the recent software update. The Google Pixel 10 series is the latest Android flagship on the block, and as with every release, early adopters

E Ink posters might just save my poor, bare walls from crippling indecision

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority There’s nothing on my walls. As a renter, part of that is practical, as anything I put up there is likely to leave its indelible mark despite my best efforts to the contrary — and ding my security deposit accordingly — but a hugely contributing factor is also my indecision. If I’m not absolutely in love with what I’m hanging up, why expose myself to that headache? But I’m also not a monster who actually wants to live in a featureless void, and do look to sma

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

Finally, a Windows desktop I'd recommend to both professionals and gamers (and it's fairly priced)

Lenovo Legion T5 gaming desktop ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Legion Tower 5 is available now for $1,880. This desktop excels at a wide range of tasks, from gaming to 3D image rendering and graphic design. However, because of the PC's squat design, some users may have difficulty finding a comfortable place for it. View now at Best Buy View now at Lenovo more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Building a gaming PC can be difficult if you're new to the hobb

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

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I tried Lenovo's rotating display laptop at IFA 2025, and it was a mind-boggling experience

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Lenovo debuted a new proof of concept laptop with a 14-inch rotating display. It goes from a landscape to portrait orientation by physically rotating the screen. There are some design elements, like the fabric backing, that raise concerns about its longevity. Earlier this year at CES, we saw Lenovo's wild "rollable" laptop proof of concept -- a computer with a screen that rolls out from under t

This Lenovo ThinkPad in white has been on my mind since I tried it at IFA 2025

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Lenovo announced a handful of new additions to its core line of ThinkPad laptops today at IFA The new devices announced are the ThinkPad P1 Gen 8, ThinkPad P16v Gen 3, and ThinkPad X9 in a new Glacier White colorway. The ThinkPad X9 made waves earlier this year, breaking with the lineup's aesthetics for a slick form factor and new "engine hub" design concept. When the ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition d

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

Tomorrow We Could See the iPhone 17 Debut With a Long-Overdue Update

Apple's "Awe Dropping" iPhone 17 event is Tuesday and we expect to see new models of the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods. As we inch closer to Tim Cook starting the keynote, rumors and leaks about the iPhone 17 are still coming in. We've seen reports of a new selfie camera, faster MagSafe charging and a new purple (or green) color. But when the iPhone 16 debuted, there was criticism aimed at its screen. The phone starts at $829 and still has a 60Hz display, despite most phones from competitors

I Hate My AI Friend

Schiffmann seems to be doing well, compared to the last times either of us spoke to him. When he first announced the Friend, he talked about how he had come up with the idea for an AI buddy while traveling alone and yearning for companionship. Schiffmann posits himself as older now, wiser, more experienced than he was when he first debuted the Friend necklace. (He is 22.) He has grown out his hair and cultivated a beard, and he seems to have more real-life personal connections than when he first

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,

Galaxy S26 Pro, S26 Ultra renders reveal the return of camera bumps

TL;DR Apparent Galaxy S26 series renders have surfaced online. We get a first look at the purported Galaxy S26 Pro and Galaxy S26 Ultra. We also get a look at the S26 Edge, and this render lines up with a previous image. We got a first look at the Galaxy S26 Edge late last week, showing a tweaked design compared to the Galaxy S25 Edge. Now, a different source has revealed renders apparently showing all three Galaxy S26 series models. SmartPrix posted renders that purportedly show the Galaxy

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

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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

How the Slavic Migration Reshaped Central and Eastern Europe

How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities Excavation in 2020 at the pre-Slavic cemetery of Brücken, Mansfeld-Südharz District (Saxony-Anhalt). © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt Excavation in 2020 at the pre-Slavic cemetery of Brücken, Mansfeld-Südharz District (Saxony-Anhalt). © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege u

How many dimensions is this?

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been posting about seemingly simple mathematical problems that defy intuition, and where the answers we find on the internet turn out to be shallow or hard to parse. For a taste, you might enjoy the articles on Gödel’s beavers or on infinite decimals. Today, let’s continue by asking a simple question: how many dimensions does a line have? A trained mathematician might blurt out an answer involving vector spaces or open set coverings, but there’s no fun in that.

Show HN: C++ library for reading MacBook lid angle sensor data

MacBook Lid Angle Sensor C++ Library A C++ library for reading MacBook lid angle sensor data, based on reverse engineering of HID device specifications. Features 🔍 Direct access to MacBook's built-in lid angle sensor 📏 Real-time precise angle measurements (0-360 degree range) ⚡ High-performance C++ implementation with modern C++14 standard support 🛡️ Comprehensive exception handling mechanism 🔧 Clean and easy-to-use API interface 📦 CMake build system support Device Compatibility Suppor