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AYN Odin 3 full specs revealed, including a surprise Ultra model

TL;DR AYN shared the full Odin 3 specs, confirming Snapdragon 8 Elite and other core hardware. Configurations range from 8GB/128GB up to an Ultra model with 24GB RAM and 1TB storage. The Indiegogo page is live for sign-ups and early-bird discounts, but there’s no pricing or release date yet. It’s only been a couple of days since AYN confirmed the Odin 3 will be the first Android handheld powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. That alone will make it one of the most powerful handhe

College social app Fizz expands into grocery delivery

Fizz, the college social app, is expanding into grocery delivery thanks to a new partnership with Gopuff, the startup told TechCrunch exclusively. The partnership will allow students to order anything from late-night snacks to weekly groceries directly within the Fizz app in as fast as 15 minutes, Fizz says. Founded in 2021, Fizz is available at more than 620 campuses across the United States, with over 27 million posts shared to date. The social platform allows students to connect anonymously

A robot walks on water thanks to evolution’s solution

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide across rushing streams because of the robotization of an evolutionary adaptation. Rhagovelia (as opposed to other species of water striders) ha

Robotic bug literally walks on water

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide across rushing streams because of the robotization of an evolutionary adaptation. Rhagovelia (as opposed to other species of water striders) ha

Sony WH-1000XM5 Deal: $100 Off Sony’s Last-Gen Flagships

Some people always want the newest version, but if you're willing to compromise a little, you can have Sony's noise-canceling WH-1000XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) for just $300 from Amazon, a steep discount on their usual price. Even though their successor is available, they still offer an extremely good value and number among our favorite active noise-canceling headphones, particularly when you can save $100. For years now, Sony has been pumping out generation after generation of the WH-1000XM

Sony WH-1000XM5 Deal: $100 Off Sony's Last-Gen Flagships

Some people always want the newest version, but if you're willing to compromise a little, you can have Sony's noise-canceling WH-1000XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) for just $300 from Amazon, a steep discount on their usual price. Even though their successor is available, they still offer an extremely good value, and number among our favorite active noise-canceling headphones, particularly when you can save $100. For years now, Sony has been pumping out generation after generation of the WH-1000XM

Slate Auto’s sub-$30,000 EV pickup is due next year—here’s the factory

Slate Auto provided flights from San Francisco to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and accommodation so Ars could visit the Slate factory. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. WARSAW, INDIANA—The Blank Slate pickup scratches a particular itch for some, fulfilling the desire for an EV powertrain without all the bells and whistles associated with a modern vehicle. Gone is the infotainment screen, the lane-keeping assistance, and, for those concerned about surveillance, a modem. Instead, it's an unpain

The AYN Odin 3 is officially the first Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming handheld

AYN TL;DR The AYN Odin 3 will feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite, making it the most powerful device on the market. Paired with a 6-inch 120Hz AMOLED panel, it’s set to become the ultimate flagship handheld. AYN will need to solve the 8 Elite’s heating and driver compatibility issues first. Just a few hours ago, AYN revealed that its upcoming flagship handheld, the Odin 3, will have an exclusive 6-inch 120Hz AMOLED panel. Now the company has revealed the chipset, and it might be the start of a rev

The Last Vestal Virgin and the Fall of Rome

Ask twenty different people what led to the fall of Rome, and you’ll get twenty different answers. Experts will give you an array of opinions, depending on their area of specialization or what thesis paper they’re writing. There is no single right answer. Political squabbling, weakened borders, a diluted army, disease, economic crises... some even say it was because of lead in the pipes. The fall of the Roman Empire—why it happened, and when exactly—it’s a huge subject. Yet there were people li

Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi Review: A Top-Tier Light and Security Camera

2025 Smart home cameras are just better when they’re wired. Yes, it’s a pain in the ass to install them, but if you can manage it, you’ll never have to change a battery or climb a ladder to get a camera down and charge it, or wait very long for its video feed to load in an app. If they’ve got a wired internet connection, all the better, but as Wi-Fi cameras with wired power go, the $220 Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi camera is one of the best. The Elite Floodlight WiFi reminds me a lot of Googl

You Have to Feel It

August 30, 2025 You see a series of checkboxes checked. Schedules met. Requirements satisfied. Demos delivered. It's a good day. Good job, you, good job! A promotion is in sight. But you didn't feel it. You didn't feel it. We, as people, feel something with every interaction. Frustration, joy, relief, confidence. A feeling. A person interacts with our work. Our work evokes a feeling. The feeling matters. The feeling is part of the work. The desired feeling is part of the requirements. When y

Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India’s AI backbone

Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and chairman of Reliance Industries, has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the country’s AI backbone through a new subsidiary — starting with strategic partnerships with Google Cloud and Meta. At the company’s 48th annual general meeting on Friday, Ambani launched a new venture called Reliance Intelligence, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. The new venture aims to create a national-scale AI infrastructure, including enterprise tools and services for a var

India's Reliance ties up with Google and Meta to drive AI push

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, arrives to pay his last respect to Indian industrialist Ratan Tata at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) ahead of its cremation in Mumbai on October 10, 2024. Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries on Friday announced new partnerships with Google and Meta to accelerate the company's push into artificial intelligence. Speaking at an annual shareholders' meeting on Friday, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani also

Qualcomm’s next Elite processor could have a ridiculously confusing name

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A leaker has claimed that the next Snapdragon 8 Elite chip could be called the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This is a major departure from the expected Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 or 8 Elite Gen 2 names. We’re guessing this is because Qualcomm is readying an apparent Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip as well. Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite late last year, and this represented a change in naming convention after the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. We were expecting the Snap

Best Massage Guns for 2025, Approved by a Former Personal Trainer

Why we like it: I liked the Theragun Elite the most because it’s a powerful, easy-to-use massage gun with a comfortable handle. It provides 40 pounds of pressure and has five built-in speeds, ranging from 1,750 to 2,400 percussions per minute. It also has an amplitude of 16 millimeters, which gets deeper into the muscles. The Elite has five attachments: a dampener, standard ball, wedge, thumb and cone. It also lets you access preset guided routines from the Therabody app (available for iPhone an

911 centers are so understaffed, they’re turning to AI to answer calls

When Max Keenan joined Y Combinator’s summer 2022 batch, he was working on Aurelian, a company that automated appointment bookings for hair salons. But less than a year later, a conversation with one of his clients led him to a far more significant problem. A nearby school’s carpool line was constantly blocking the parking lot of one of Aurelian’s hair salon clients. The salon owner called the city’s non-emergency line and was put on hold for 45 minutes before reaching a dispatcher. “She called

Gusto agrees to buy retirement plan provider Guideline

Gusto, a startup with payroll and human resources software, said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup specializing in corporate retirement plans. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, Gusto is among the world's most valuable companies backed by venture capitalists, with a $9.3 billion valuation. Gusto originally was named ZenPayroll and provided software that clients could use to run payroll for their employees. In 2015, the co

Google’s AI Weather Model Nailed Its First Major Storm Forecast

While generative AI tools that primarily amount to slop generators grab most of the attention in the artificial intelligence space, there are occasionally some actually useful applications of the technology, like Google DeepMind’s use of AI weather models to predict cyclones. The experimental tool, launched earlier this year, successfully managed to provide accurate modeling of Hurricane Erin as it started gaining steam in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month. As Ars Technica first reported, H

Paying attention to feature distribution alignment (pun intended)

Intro Yes, I’m making a joke of the tendency to put the words “attention” and “alignment” in any ML paper 😎. Now let’s see how this provocative title is related to our adventures in the land of polynomial features. The Legendre polynomial basis serverd us well in recent posts about polynomial features. One interesting thing we saw in the series is that its orthogonality is, in some sense informativeness. This is because it orthogonal bases produce features, and hence each basis function, in so

We Tested All the Cheapest Meal Kits and Prepared Meal Services. These Are the Best

Our meal delivery experts have logged more than five years of cooking more than 75 meal kits and tasting upwards of 100 prepared meals, from popular meal delivery services to help land on our list of the best cheap meal subscriptions. CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Life’s busier than ever -- at least it seems that way -- and carving out time to plan a week’s

This new delivery robot will bring the entire grocery store to you

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. A new company aims to take the idea of sidewalk delivery robots and supersize it. Los Angeles-based Robomart unveiled its new delivery robot Monday, with the goal of making “on‑demand delivery work economically.” The level-four autonom

Robomart unveils new delivery robot with $3 flat fee to challenge DoorDash, Uber Eats

Robomart, a startup that builds self-driving delivery robots, is unveiling its latest robot with an ambitious goal of using it to make on-demand delivery profitable. The Los Angeles-based company announced its patented Robomart RM5 on Monday. The level-four autonomous vehicle can carry up to 500 pounds and is made up of 10 individual lockers that hold customer orders. This structure is designed to allow for batch ordering so a robot can work on multiple deliveries at the same time. Robomart pl

The first premium handheld from Ayaneo's budget brand arrives in September

Known for its premium handhelds that often go for more than $1,000, Ayaneo announced a higher-end version of the first handheld to release under its more affordable sub-brand called KONKR. Ayaneo revealed the new Android gaming handheld, called the Pocket Fit Elite, in a YouTube video that detailed most of its specs. The Pocket Fit Elite will be built with a six-inch 1080p display that has a 144Hz refresh rate, an 8,000 mAh battery, and Hall effect joysticks and triggers. However, Ayaneo didn't

Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years

A will that has been lost for more than 150 years and was at the centre of a bitter legal battle by William Shakespeare’s family over who owned the playwright’s final home has been unearthed in an unlabelled box at the National Archives. The original 1642 document was made by Thomas Nash, who was married to Shakespeare’s granddaughter Elizabeth Hall. In it, he bequeathed New Place, reputedly the second grandest house in Stratford-upon-Avon, to his own cousin Edward Nash. However, on Thomas’s d

Did AYANEO just announce the first Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming handheld?

TL;DR AYANEO just teased the KONKR Pocket FIT Elite, which may have a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC. It would be the first gaming handheld with that chipset, which offers far more power than anything on the market. It will start at less than $399, with a Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 variant starting at less than $329. This week has been crazy for gaming handhelds, with two new dual-screen devices dropping at exceptionally competitive prices. This morning, at a sharing session for the first device from AYANEO

‘Zipotle’: Chipotle Wants to Drop a Burrito on Your Head with New Drone Delivery

Chipotle says it’s jumping on the drone delivery bandwagon. This week, the company announced a new pilot program in Texas that will test the viability of airdropping customers’ orders into their backyards for them. A press release published Thursday makes the whole process sound quite easy as far as drone-robot hybrid delivery burritos go. Certain customers in the Rowlette suburb of Dallas will be able to download the app for Zipline, Chipotle’s new drone partner, and place their orders. Then,

I tested HP's first-gen EliteBook X, and it's a powerhouse at the office (and $500 off)

ZDNET's key takeaways HP's 14-inch EliteBook X G1a features AMD's latest Ryzen AI Pro chip, starting at $2,099. It's a powerful enterprise laptop with lots of I/O, a sleek form factor, and comfortable keyboard. It's expensive, and can run warm under a heavy workload. View now at B&H Photo Video View now at HP more buying choices Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. HP rebranded its laptop lineup last year, renaming its hi

Qualcomm could release not one, but two flagship Snapdragon chips this year

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Leaks suggest Qualcomm is preparing two new top-tier SoCs: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 (SM8850) and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (SM8845). The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is said to feature Qualcomm’s custom Oryon CPU cores and share the same TSMC process as the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Curiously, a Snapdragon 8s Gen 5 isn’t expected anytime soon. Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset late last year for Android flagships. With it, the company also took the opp

The Rogue Prince of Persia is officially out for PC and consoles

Ubisoft and Evil Empire's long-awaited The Rogue Prince of Persia is finally out and available for purchase. It's been in early access on Steam for over a year and the developers have made plenty of changes during that time to get the game ready for a general launch. It's available for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X/S and PS5. It's also playable in the cloud by using the Xbox Cloud service, Ubisoft+ and Amazon Luna. Nintendo fans will have to wait a bit longer. The game's

AT&T Promo Code: Get Up to $200 in August

Major wireless carriers: A necessary evil if you travel a lot, have a family, or are just interested in coverage that’s reliably consistent and widespread. AT&T is the third-largest provider in the US (first for 5G), with the largest coverage map. I’ve had various AT&T plans for more than a decade, first for just myself and now for my whole family, even though I only get one cell bar at my house and have to stand in one 5-square-foot patch of yard to make a phone call. And have lost entire days