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Google’s Material 3 Expressive UI rolls out to Pixel 6 and newer

Google has spent the last few weeks hyping up its new Pixel 10 phones, which are very nice devices. They're just not a big leap over last year's phones. If you've decided to hang onto your Android phone a bit longer, there are some new goodies headed your way. If you've got a Pixel, Google's revamped Material 3 Expressive interface is rolling out. Google's Pixel Drop updates, which arrive quarterly, are not quite a new version of Android, but they include more than the bug fixes and security pa

M&S hackers claim to be behind Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack

M&S hackers claim to be behind Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack 52 minutes ago Share Save Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Share Save Getty Images A group of young English-speaking hackers are claiming to be behind the cyber attack which has halted the global production lines of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). The group is bragging about the hack on the messaging app Telegram, sharing screenshots apparently taken from inside the car maker's IT networks. The gang is also responsible for

Roblox experiences are getting ESRB age ratings

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Roblox is going to start showing ESRB ratings alongside experiences to help users in the US better understand if an experience is appropriate for a user of a certain age. The new ratings will appear thanks to Roblox’s new partnership with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC),

Google's NotebookLM now lets you customize your AI podcasts in tone and length

NotebookLM/Screenshot by Nina Raemont ZDNET's key takeaways NotebookLM introduced new audio formats on Wednesday. The formats offer users more interactive, customizable information distillation. The tool could save students and workers time. Google's NotebookLM audio overview feature went viral because it uses AI to create engaging, realistic podcasts from your content. The feature just got a facelift, making it even more helpful, allowing you to customize the podcast to suit your needs eve

“Mockery of science”: Climate scientists tear into new US climate report

More than 85 climate scientists declared the Department of Energy’s new climate report unfit for policymaking in a comprehensive review released Tuesday. The DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies to support its questioning of the detrimental effects of climate change in the US and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors concluded. Scientists have accurately modeled and predicted the volume and impact of excess CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere since the 1970s, when Exx

Puffy Cloud Mattress Review: Soft but Supportive

I will admit that, once upon a time, I was not the Puffy Cloud’s biggest supporter. I’ve tested this memory foam mattress multiple times over my five-year mattress testing career and believed it simply wasn’t for me—too soft, not enough spinal support. Well, times change, don’t they? Granted, during my previous tests, I didn’t spend a whole week sleeping on the Cloud in my own bedroom, as I did this time. I now also consider myself a side sleeper, which has a whole other set of requirements than

Cloudflare hit by data breach in Salesloft Drift supply chain attack

Cloudflare is the latest company impacted in a recent string of Salesloft Drift breaches, part of a supply-chain attack disclosed last week. The internet giant revealed on Tuesday that the attackers gained access to a Salesforce instance it uses for internal customer case management and customer support, which contained 104 Cloudflare API tokens. Cloudflare was notified of the breach on August 23, and it alerted impacted customers of the incident on September 2. Before informing customers of t

Physically based rendering from first principles

Physically based rendering from first principles In this interactive article, we will explore the physical phenomena that create light and the fundamental laws governing its interaction with matter. We will learn how our human eyes capture light and how our brains interpret it as visual information. We will then model approximations of these physical interactions and learn how to create physically realistic renderings of various materials. Chapter 1: What is light? We are all familiar with li

The Little Book of Linear Algebra

The Little Book of Linear Algebra A concise, beginner-friendly introduction to the core ideas of linear algebra. Formats Chapter 1. Vectors 1.1 Scalars and Vectors A scalar is a single numerical quantity, most often taken from the real numbers, denoted by $\mathbb{R}$ . Scalars are the fundamental building blocks of arithmetic: they can be added, subtracted, multiplied, and, except in the case of zero, divided. In linear algebra, scalars play the role of coefficients, scaling factors, and e

Best Labor Day Mattress Sales (2025)

Labor Day is here and along with it comes a bunch of bedding sales. If you've been looking for a sign from the universe to upgrade your bed, consider these Labor Day mattress deals—we don't expect to see sleep sales this good until Black Friday. I've been a professional mattress tester for five years, so I'm plugged in to what's going on in the mattress world (we're constantly scoping out new additions to our best mattresses list) and can keep track of the sales that really are the ones to watch

The first Game Pass additions for September include Hollow Knight: Silksong and I Am Your Beast

Microsoft has revealed the first batch of Game Pass additions for September 2025 and there's one hornet-shaped title that looms large over the others. After a seven-year wait, Hollow Knight: Silksong arrives on September 4. We've known for a few years that the sequel to Team Cherry's indie blockbuster would be on Game Pass on day one, and it'll be available on the Ultimate and PC versions of the service. Xbox announced the Metroidvania's future debut on Game Pass all the way back at its June 20

Samsung’s trifold might be launching pretty soon

We know officially that Samsung is planning to launch its first trifold phone this year, and recent rumors suggest that might mean either this month or next. Just don’t expect it to appear at this week’s Unpacked event, which promises products ranging from “premium AI tablets to the newest member of the Galaxy S25 family.” Korea’s ET News reports today that the new foldable could be unveiled as early as this month, with the phone actually on sale in November. That launch sounds pretty limited t

When to Stream 'Lilo & Stitch' on Disney Plus

With the arrival of Lilo & Stitch, Disney is set to welcome one of its most beloved characters to its streaming home on Disney Plus. The live-action release has raked in just over $1 billion at the box office and will make its way to your TV screen, finding a seat next to its animated predecessor on the streaming platform. Lilo & Stitch revisits the original story of 6-year-old Lilo, a Hawaiian girl being cared for by her older sister Nani, and Stitch, a little blue fugitive alien. Their paths

As Apple pushes for automation upgrades, supply chain partners face higher costs

As Apple moves to diversify its manufacturing operations, it appears to be leaning on suppliers to shoulder the costs of automating their assembly lines. Here are the details. The latest collateral effect of Trump’s trade war In an exclusive report today, DigiTimes Asia says that Apple has been doubling down on industrial automation as it shifts away from China manufacturing. The report says that while Apple has always incentivized its suppliers to invest in automation, the company “plans to

How to perform a reverse phone number lookup

In an age of constant communication, receiving phone calls or messages from unknown numbers has become increasingly common. Whether it's a missed call from an unfamiliar number, a potential scam or a wrong number, performing a reverse phone number lookup can help you identify the caller. You could start your search with free tools like Google or Whitepages, but if you’re struggling to find the person behind the number, paid services such as Spokeo or BeenVerified might give you more detail. In t

Bayes, Bits and Brains

Bayes, bits & brains This site is about probability and information theory. We'll see how they help us understand machine learning and the world around us. A few riddles More about the content, prerequisites, and logistics later. I hope you get a feel for what this is about by checking out the following riddles. I hope some of them nerd-snipe you! 😉 You will understand all of them at the end of this minicourse. 🧠 Intelligence test Test your intelligence with the following widget! You will be

Show HN: OpenAnimation – KMP app for exploring and editing Lottie animations

OpenAnimation ✨ Check out the live web version: openanimation.web.app ✨ Discover and draw inspiration from a curated collection of beautiful Lottie animations, all powered by Kotlin Multiplatform. 🔥 New Features 🙏 Libraries Used Contributing Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. License This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. 🚀 Roadmap & TODO Features

Texas suit alleging anti-coal “cartel” of top Wall Street firms could reshape ESG

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Since 2022, Republican lawmakers in Congress and state attorneys general have sent letters to major banks, pension funds, asset managers, accounting firms, companies, nonprofits, and business alliances, putting them on notice for potential antitrust violations and seeking information as part of the Republican pu

The Grammar According to West

The Grammar According to West by Douglas B. West Summary I have been accumulating observations about writing mathematics for many years. These conclusions arose both from writing textbooks and from noting writing errors commonly made by my thesis students and in papers submitted to journals. My first objective was to train my students, thereby reducing the time needed to edit their theses. As the document grew, I made it publicly available in the hope that others may find it useful. I have r

I'm working on implementing a programming language all my own

To the surprise of literally no one, I'm working on implementing a programming language all my own Inspired by conversation at a recent Future of Coding event, I decided I’d write up a little something about the programming language I’ve been working on (for what feels like forever) before I’ve gotten it to a totally shareable state. I have a working interpreter that I’m pretty pleased with, but I don’t yet have an interactive environment for creating, exploring, debugging, and running code — I

Leak suggests new Philips Hue lights will have direct Matter support

There’s already been a number of leaks of upcoming Philips Hue products that are expected to be announced next week ahead of IFA. But one thing that hasn’t been mentioned was support for Matter-over-Thread. While there’s no confirmation that support is coming, there’s compelling evidence to suggest it might be. First off, packaging for two unannounced bulbs appeared on Amazon, with a Matter logo prominently displayed on the box. While Hue devices have been capable of connecting via Matter using

Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

Within days of joining Meta, Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, had threatened to quit and return to his former employer, in a blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar push to build “personal superintelligence.” Zhao went as far as to sign employment paperwork to go back to OpenAI. Shortly afterwards, according to four people familiar with the matter, he was given the title of Meta’s new “chief AI scientist.” The incident underscores Zuckerberg’s turbulent effort to direct the

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Samsung’s take on Pixel Screenshots is finally available to global users

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Global Galaxy owners on One UI 6 or later can now try out the Collections app. This app was previously exclusive to users in China. The app stores information and allows you to easily search for it, sort it by app, and summarize it with AI. Google offers a handy app called Pixel Screenshots, which makes it easy to organize and recall information from screenshots and photos. If you didn’t know, Samsung has a similar, but different app called Collections.

This ‘Magical’ Material That Dissolves Like Candy Is Exactly What EVs Have Been Missing

The irony of eco-friendly electric vehicles is the mountainous load of electronic waste they produce. So far, most targeted efforts to recycle EV batteries have been expensive and chemically toxic—and they haven’t stuck. That could change soon, however, thanks to a promising breakthrough from MIT. In a Nature Chemistry paper published August 28, researchers describe a new type of self-assembling material that easily dissolves in organic solvents. It works reasonably well as the electrolyte in a

Fake accounts drove the DeepSeek AI hype and distorted markets

From AI Darling to Disinformation Playbook: How Fake Accounts Managed a Market Frenzy and What DeepSeek’s Hype Teaches Leaders DeepSeek, a new Chinese AI model, stormed app charts and briefly sent shockwaves through global markets. However, our disinformation research team found that much of this excitement was artificial — driven by thousands of fake profiles working in tandem. Their behavior bore the hallmarks of state-linked bot networks, amplifying hype and distorting market perception.

Antarctica Is Unraveling

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll find not a simple cap of frozen water, but an extraordinarily complex interplay between the ocean, sea ice, and ice sheets and shelves. That relationship is in serious peril. A new paper in the journal Nature catalogs how several “abrupt changes,” like the precipitous loss of sea ice over the last dec

Credit Bureau TransUnion Hit With Data Breach Affecting 4.4 Million People

The TransUnion data breach exposed the data of up to 4.4 million customers. CNET Major credit bureau TransUnion has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive information belonging to 4.4 million customers, including names and Social Security numbers. The data breach took place on July 28, meaning the sensitive information could have been sold and distributed throughout the dark web already. TransUnion is notifying people who may have been affected that their information could be exposed an

Incogni deletes your family’s private info from the internet – here’s why that matters

In today’s world, everyone needs to have dozens, if not hundreds of different online accounts to keep up with their everyday life. That’s a lot of potentially sensitive data in the hands of tons of different companies – and it’s easy to not think about that. You and your family’s data is incredibly valuable to data brokers, but it isn’t too difficult to put a stop to it – and protect the online privacy of your family. Protecting your online privacy It can be hard to take control of your online

RFC 8594: The Sunset HTTP Header Field (2019)

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) E. Wilde Request for Comments: 8594 May 2019 Category: Informational ISSN: 2070-1721 The Sunset HTTP Header Field Abstract This specification defines the Sunset HTTP response header field, which indicates that a URI is likely to become unresponsive at a specified point in the future. It also defines a sunset link relation type that allows linking to resources providing information about an upcoming resource or service sunset. Status of This Memo This docume