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These budget open-ear headphones just got cheaper, plus get a free Anker charger - here's how

Now is the perfect time to plunge if you've considered trying out open-ear headphones. Soundcore V40i's open-ear headphones are now on sale for a 25% off, and they were already affordable. Right now, you can grab them for only $60. This deal includes a lidless case, four adjustable earbud positions to fit every ear, and a free Anker Nano USB-C charger block. Also: These subtle AirPods Pro 3 upgrades would make them an instant buy for me Wearing open-ear headphones over traditional earbuds is d

A wireless heart rate monitor powered by Raspberry Pi and Wi-Fi - how it works

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Your Android phone's most powerful security feature is hidden and off by default - turn it on now

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iPhone 17 preorders start soon: These carrier deals can get you a free phone

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The Rise and Demise of RSS (2018)

This post was originally published on September 16th, 2018. What follows is a revision that includes additional information gleaned from interviews with Ramanathan Guha, Ian Davis, Dan Libby, and Kevin Werbach. A version of this post was also published by Vice News. About a decade ago, the average internet user might well have heard of RSS. Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary—what the acronym stands for depends on who you ask—is a standard that websites and podcasts can use to offe

Netflix’s best movies deserve more time on the big screen

Like the rest of the Knives Out movies, Wake Up Dead Man is full of extremely fun revelations — the kind that can turn the whodunit story on its head and, as was the case for many of those attending the film’s premiere in Toronto, Canada, produce audible gasps. Those shared moments of surprise are part of what makes the movie such a great theatrical experience, so it sucks that most people won’t get the opportunity to see it in a theater at all. Wake Up Dead Man isn’t alone. Netflix was very pr

How to install iPadOS 26 right now (and which iPad models support it)

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The most durable USB-C cable I've ever tested survived my 50-pound weight test

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I bought this $15 cordless screwdriver just for fun - then it totally impressed me

XLX 4.2V cordless screwdriver ZDNET's key takeaways The XLX 4.2V screwdriver is available on Amazon for $15. It features a classic design that is surprisingly ergonomic, and more than powerful enough for regular DIY tasks. The LED light only comes on when the screwdriver is on. $14.98 at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Sometimes I'm wrong. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I try to learn from it. Take the other day, for example. I received a new screwdri

Researchers built a wireless heart rate monitor with a Raspberry Pi and Wi-Fi - here's how

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

The Rise and Demise of RSS

This post was originally published on September 16th, 2018. What follows is a revision that includes additional information gleaned from interviews with Ramanathan Guha, Ian Davis, Dan Libby, and Kevin Werbach. A version of this post was also published by Vice News. About a decade ago, the average internet user might well have heard of RSS. Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary—what the acronym stands for depends on who you ask—is a standard that websites and podcasts can use to offe

How to Test Your Home Internet Speed and What to Do With the Results

Are you getting the internet speed you’re paying for? Should you blame a slow connection on your Wi-Fi router or internet provider? Can your internet handle things like online gaming or livestreaming? The answers to all of these questions can be found by running a simple internet speed test. There are several websites you can use to check your speed for free, and they'll all give you the same key metrics about your home internet connection. I usually say the best internet connection is the one

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DDoS defender targeted in 1.5 Bpps denial-of-service attack

A DDoS mitigation service provider in Europe was targeted in a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that reached 1.5 billion packets per second. The attack originated from thousands of IoTs and MikroTik routers, and it was mitigated by FastNetMon, a company that offers protection against service disruptions. “The attack reached 1.5 billion packets per second (1.5 Gpps) — one of the largest packet-rate floods publicly disclosed,” FastNetMon says in a press release. “The malicious traff

Every iPhone that can be updated to iOS 26 (and when you can install it)

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iOS 26 update is coming soon - how to download it (and which iPhones support it)

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Dead Internet Theory Lives: One Out of Three of You Is a Bot

Alright, pal, you wanna keep reading? Why don’t you tell me which of these pictures does not have a stop sign in it? According to CloudFlare, nearly one-third of all internet traffic is now bots. Most of those bots, you won’t ever directly interact with, as they are crawling the web and indexing websites or performing specific tasks—or, increasingly, collecting data to train AI models. But it’s the bots that you can see that have people like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others questioning (albeit

Verizon will give you an iPhone 17 Pro free with trade-in - here's what to know

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Performance Improvements in .NET 10

My kids love “Frozen”. They can sing every word, re-enact every scene, and provide detailed notes on the proper sparkle of Elsa’s ice dress. I’ve seen the movie more times than I can recount, to the point where, if you’ve seen me do any live coding, you’ve probably seen my subconscious incorporate an Arendelle reference or two. After so many viewings, I began paying closer attention to the details, like how at the very beginning of the film the ice harvesters are singing a song that subtly fores

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Show HN: TailGuard – Bridge your WireGuard router into Tailscale via a container

TailGuard A simple Docker container app which allows connecting existing WireGuard servers to the Tailscale network, in case the device running WireGuard is locked in and/or does not support Tailscale binaries. The network topology will look roughly like this: +---------+ | device1 |\ +---------+ \ VPS +---------+ \ +---------+ +-----------+ +-----------+ | device2 |----| tailnet |----| TailGuard |<---->| WireGuard | +---------+ / +---------+ +-----------+ +-----------+ +---------+ / | device

Kerberoasting

I learn about cryptographic vulnerabilities all the time, and they generally fill me with some combination of jealousy (“oh, why didn’t I think of that”) or else they impress me with the brilliance of their inventors. But there’s also another class of vulnerabilities: these are the ones that can’t possibly exist in important production software, because there’s no way anyone could still do that in 2025. Today I want to talk about one of those ridiculous ones, something Microsoft calls “low tech

I've worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years - here's what it looks like now

Nearly two years old, and my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is still going strong. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways I've worn my Ultra 2 almost continuously for two years. It's been banged, smashed, soaked, baked, and frozen. Apart from a few small superficial scratches, it's still going strong. Today, my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is 702 days old. I've worn it nearly 24/7 since October 2023. It only comes off my wrist to charge, and t

How to preorder the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, Apple Watch Series 11 and more (plus best deals)

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The 15+ best iPhone 17 accessories for content creators, power users, and more

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You can preorder Apple's new devices this week: iPhone 17, Watch 11, AirPods Pro 3 and more

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With Raspberry Pi and Wi-Fi, researchers built a wireless heart rate monitor - here's how

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How to preorder Apple's latest devices, including the iPhone 17 series

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Earth’s ‘New’ Quasi-Moon Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight for 60 Years

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown quasi-moon that’s been shadowing Earth’s orbit for decades, undetected, and will likely remain there for a few decades more. The quasi-moon, named 2025 PN7, is one of around seven quasi-satellites that share Earth’s orbit around the Sun. The Pan-STARRS observatory in Hawaii spotted the quasi-moon on August 2, according to a paper published in Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society. The discovery prompted scientists to search through a

Apple Event live updates 2025: iPhone 17, AirPods 3, Apple Watch Series 11, and more news

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I've worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years - and I can't believe the shape it's in

Nearly two years old, and my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is still going strong. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways I've worn my Ultra 2 almost continuously for two years. It's been banged, smashed, soaked, baked, and frozen. Apart from a few small superficial scratches, it's still going strong. Today, my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is 702 days old. I've worn it nearly 24/7 since October 2023. It only comes off my wrist to charge, and t