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iPhone XS now vintage, here’s what that means for repair and support

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-20 20:17:44

Apple has officially added the iPhone XS to its list of vintage products, marking the end of an era for one of the more iterative chapters in the iPhone’s history. Here’s what that means if you’re still rocking yours. Last November, Apple added the iPhone XS Max to its vintage list. And today, as noted by Macrumors’ Joe Rossignol, the device’s junior sibling has also officially joined the club. Apple classifies a device as “vintage” once five years have passed since it stopped being sold by of

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New iOS 26 design makes me want an iPhone 17 Air more than ever

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-20 20:42:24

After months of rumors, Apple has officially unveiled its big iOS 26 ‘Liquid Glass’ redesign, and already the new design has made me want the forthcoming iPhone 17 Air more than ever. Here’s why. Liquid Glass blends iPhone hardware and software more seamlessly than ever The new Liquid Glass design of iOS 26 and Apple’s other platforms is not a short-term change. As Craig Federighi said in the keynote, this is a once-in-a-decade kind of shift for Apple. It sets the stage for years of upcoming

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The best Chromebooks for students in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-03-20 18:58:00

Let's face it: having a laptop for school is a necessity. But toting around a bulky, slow computer from five years ago is not the vibe. Opting for a Chromebook is a solid choice for students: they're lightweight, fast, and typically cost far less than Windows PCs or Apple MacBooks. Chromebooks run on ChromeOS, a streamlined operating system that integrates with Google Drive, making it easy to navigate to apps like Google Docs, Google Drive, and Gmail so you can stay on task and in touch with te

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I replaced my premium headphones with this classic Bose pair - and didn't regret it

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-03-20 20:04:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Bose QuietComfort Headphones are available in seven colors for $349, and are often up to $100 off. They are true to the QuietComfort namesake, providing excellent noise cancellation and all-day comfort. However, like all of Bose's over-ear headphones, the QuietComfort have a short, 24-hour battery life. View now at Bose The Bose QuietComfort Headphones are on sale for $249, $100 off their retail price. According to Bose, this deal is valid until June 15, 2025. I hav

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AI agents will be ambient, but not autonomous - what that means for us

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-20 20:15:35

Harrison Chase, LangChain CEO and co-founder, takes the stage at Cisco Live! to discuss ambient agents. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Until recently, AI solutions that can execute tasks on your behalf seemed futuristic. Now the era of AI agents is here, with nearly every company offering its own solution. On the horizon, though, is a more advanced and even more promising milestone -- ambient agents. On day three of the Cisco Live! conference, LangChain CEO and co-founder Harrison Chase took the stage to

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ChatGPT Tells Users to Alert the Media That It Is Trying to ‘Break’ People: Report

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-03-20 17:30:31

ChatGPT’s sycophancy, hallucinations, and authoritative-sounding responses are going to get people killed. That seems to be the inevitable conclusion presented in a recent New York Times report that follows the stories of several people who found themselves lost in delusions that were facilitated, if not originated, through conversations with the popular chatbot. In the report, the Times highlights at least one person whose life ended after being pulled into a false reality by ChatGPT. A 35-yea

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 14, #1456

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-20 20:06:00

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle might make you think of Halloween. People who use ADIEU as your first word, this is not your day. There's only one vowel and it's not in that word. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you

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Alaska, Where Only 2% of Homes Have AC, Just Issued Its First Heat Advisory Ever

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-20 20:37:42

Alaska just crossed a first off its bucket list with the first-ever heat advisory for Sunday, June 15. Temperatures in central Alaska are expected to reach 86 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 30 Celsius) through the weekend and into the week of June 16. It's not as if Alaska never gets hot in the summer. However, as Jason Laney, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska, told CNET, "The frequency with which the heat is coming up is starting to be a bi

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Computing’s Top 30: Tejas Padliya

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2026-03-20 22:00:51

Balancing technology and social good is tricky; doing it well requires both practical expertise and a compelling vision. For software engineer Tejas Padliya, alchemizing the two is the driving force in his work. Padliya’s expertise is in AI and digital health technologies. His vision? For AI to be both a tool and a catalyst for equitable, data-driven healthcare transformation. In conference presentations and elsewhere, Padliya conveys two powerful messages: Technology is about changing lives,

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Archer drops 15% on $850 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-03-20 23:13:35

Midnight, an all-electric aircraft from company Archer Aviation, is seen at the Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California, on Aug. 2, 2023. Archer Aviation 's stock dropped about 15% on Friday after the air taxi maker said it sold $850 million worth of shares. The electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, or eVTOL, company said Thursday it plans to use the financing to support new infrastructure and the rollout of an artificial intelligence-based aviation software platform. The mon

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iOS 26 is official, Liquid Glass redesign, and our full WWDC 2025 reactions

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-03-20 05:07:14

Benjamin and Chance are back with another bumper WWDC installment, featuring our thoughts on everything Apple announced during its 2025 keynote. From new features in iOS 26 to the sweeping redesign of Liquid Glass, we give our first reactions of all the changes in the new operating systems. And in Happy Hour Plus, Chance talks more about his experience on the ground at Apple Park. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join. Hosts Chance Miller Benjamin Mayo Subscribe, Rate, and Review 9to5Mac Happy Hou

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Get a free Amazon gift card when you sign up for a discounted NordVPN plan

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-20 20:58:35

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 . While it didn’t quite make the cut in our guide to the best virtual private networks (VPNs), NordVPN remains one of the more popular providers out there for a reason, and right now you can save up to 76 percent on its two-year plans, with an Amazon gift card thrown in as a sweetener. W

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The Internet Archive modernizes its GeoCities GIF search engine

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-20 23:23:15

The Internet Archive made it easier to search for '90s-era GIFs. GifCities contains millions of animations from the decade of flannel shirts and Soup Nazis. The GIFs were pulled from old GeoCities webpages, which (mostly) bit the dust in 2009. The new version of GifCities is much easier to search. You can now search semantically, based on the animation's content. In other words, it's much more likely to bring up the topic or scene you're looking for by describing it. In GifCities' old version,

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news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-17 19:30:23

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These VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harp

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-20 23:37:20

A fog harp prototype collects water vapor. Credit: Virginia Tech A fog harp prototype collects water vapor. Credit: Virginia Tech Arid coastal regions that are also prone to fog are prime locations for fog-harvesting devices as a water source, especially during prolonged droughts. But the standard technology is prone to clogging. Scientists at Virginia Tech have created an improved version of their earlier "fog harp" alternative design to address that issue, according to a new paper published i

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The best AirPods to buy

theverge.com Chris Welch 2026-03-20 23:00:00

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, and more. Whether you’re buying your first pair of AirPods or replacing a well-used older pair, it’s easy to understand why so many iPhone owners prefer Apple’s earbuds and headphones over other options. Apple has spent years gradually adding new features that work best — and sometimes only work at all — within

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The best budget smartphone you can buy

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2026-03-20 23:25:26

is a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Some of us take a kind of “I eat to live” rather than an “I live to eat” approach to gadgets. They’re tools that help you get things done, not something you want to invest a lot of time or money in. If that’s you — and there’s no judgment here from a certifiable gadget nerd — then you can probably think of more worthwhile ways t

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The fastest way to detect a vowel in a string

news.ycombinator.com Austin Z. Henley 2026-03-21 03:04:07

Austin Z. Henley Associate Teaching Professor Carnegie Mellon University [email protected] @austinzhenley github/AZHenley The fastest way to detect a vowel in a string 6/13/2025 I was nerdsniped recently: What is the best way to detect if a string has a vowel in it? This is trivial, right? But as I started getting into it, I realized there is much more to this. I challenged myself to come up with as many ways to detect a vowel as possible. I even asked a few friends to give it a go. Whi

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I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days

news.ycombinator.com Phil Mckinney 2026-03-21 03:03:30

I've never shared this story publicly before—how I convinced HP's board to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion, then watched as they destroyed it while I was confined to bed recovering from surgery. This isn't just another tech failure analysis. I was the HP Chief Technology Officer who led the technical due diligence on Palm. I presented to Mark Hurd and the HP board, making the case for moving forward with the acquisition. I believed we were buying the future of mobile computing. Then I watched it

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Belkin’s 3-in-1 Qi2 wireless charger is the cheapest it’s been in months

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2026-03-21 03:03:45

If you’re looking to declutter the cables on your desk or nightstand and keep all of your devices charged, Belkin’s Qi2-ready BoostCharge Pro 3-in-1 wireless charger will help you get the job done. Right now, it’s on sale for $99.99 ($30 off) at Amazon in black and white color schemes. That’s both its best price to date and the cheapest it has sold for in months. This Qi2-certified charger can quickly charge MagSafe compatible iPhones, delivering up to 15W of power. What’s more, it also support

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The Switch 2 gives Splatoon 3 a fantastically fresh coat of paint

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2026-03-21 03:05:00

Splatoon 3 already looked phenomenal on the original Switch, in a way that seemed to defy the console’s hardware limitations. The game’s paint-slicked visuals were gorgeous, and its chaotic battles were a testament to how well the Switch could run software that was fine-tuned to make the best of its specs. What was most impressive, though, was the way Splatoon 3 kept refreshing itself for years after its initial 2022 release with a steady stream of new clothes, weapons, stages, and a nifty DLC e

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TechCrunch Mobility: The cost of Waymo

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-03-21 03:45:00

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced late this week that it plans to streamline the Part 555 exemption process to make it faster for automakers that want to deploy self-driving vehicles built without human controls like a steering wheel or pedals. The letter sent to “stakeholders” (meaning those com

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Microsoft's own Xbox handheld is "essentially cancelled"

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2026-03-21 07:01:00

TL;DR: Microsoft and Asus recently announced two new Xbox-branded handheld devices: the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. While these represent a new step for Xbox gaming on portable devices, a new report suggests that Microsoft has internally shelved its own Xbox handheld project – one that was never officially announced but had been the subject of considerable speculation. According to The Verge, Microsoft has "essentially canceled" its native Xbox handheld to focus on the Xbox software plat

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Epic Games sues Fortnite cheat developer for selling wallhack and auto-aim tools

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-03-21 07:44:00

Editor's take: Multiplayer gaming is about fair fights, not shortcuts. But cheaters keep buying their wins, ruining it for everyone else. Epic Games is cracking down hard because cheating isn't just unfair – it's a threat to the whole game. Sorry, losers. Cheating doesn't pay. Epic Games recently announced a new lawsuit targeting developers of Fortnite cheating tools. The company is going after an individual who created software that lets players see through walls and use auto-aim. Epic shared

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Wizards of the Coast and Giant Skull: ‘Gamers are telling us what they have always told us’ | The DeanBeat

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2026-03-21 07:00:00

Ten days, ago, Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast announced an exclusive publishing agreement with Giant Skull, the game studio started by Star Wars Jedi: Survivor game leader Stig Asmussen. They announced that Asmussen’s studio is working on a new single-player action adventure title set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. I had a chance to talk with the company leaders about the deal. At the Summer Game Fest Play Days, I sat down with John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gami

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Samsung snuck in a surprise for its latest SmartThings app update

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-21 07:46:32

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has rolled out a sizeable update to the SmartThings mobile app. The changelog mentions a new Home Life survey, improved routine configurations, sharing Galaxy Tag location, and easier navigation of SmartThings Map View. Not listed in the changelog is support for SmartThings in Now Bar and Live Notifications. If you haven’t seen it yet, be on the lookout for a new update for the SmartThings mobile app. The smart home app has recently received a

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Apple releases new iOS 26 beta 1 build to developers

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-21 07:13:10

Apple unveiled iOS 26 earlier this week alongside the first developer beta, but now it has released a revised build to beta testers for select iPhone models. In an unusual move for a major new OS version, Apple has shipped two beta versions in the very first week of release. Except the newly released software is not technically developer beta 2, but rather a revised version of iOS 26 beta 1. The previous build of iOS 26 beta 1 was 23A5260n. This newly released build is 23A5260u—just barely d

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How to turn off Google’s AI Overviews in web searches

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-21 07:00:09

Save some time (and energy and water) and Google without the “help” of AI. Google’s AI Overviews do not save me time. For one, I work for a tech blog and am therefore professionally curious as to whether or not the generated answers are correct, so I spend a few ticks figuring that out. (Answer: Sometimes, but not always!) Then things get existential as I contemplate how long a self-cannibalizing system can sustain itself — if the AI gives answers pulled from websites that survive on visits fr

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The best rechargeable batteries of 2025

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-03-21 07:20:50

It's time to rethink disposable batteries. We toss out billions of them each year, filling landfills, creating hazardous waste, and spending our hard-earned money. Rechargeable batteries have come a long way and can now outperform disposables. They're a smart upgrade for anyone tired of constantly replacing dead AAs. I tested and ranked the best rechargeable batteries of 2025 to help you get top-tier performance, longevity, and value from your batteries. Keep reading for my top picks below. Al

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This stylish Beats speaker is one of my summer must-haves, and it's on sale right now

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-03-21 07:51:00

ZDNET's key takeaways Beats' latest Pill speaker is available for $150 in five colorways: Statement Red, Matte Black, Champagne Gold, Navy Blue, and Blush Pink. An impressive battery life and a subtle, clean design set the Beats Pill apart from its competitors. However, Beats' overemphasized, bass-forward sound can mask the other aspects of a song. $99.99 at B&H Photo-Video The Beats Pill (2024) is currently on sale for $100, $50 off its original price. Beats recently released two new Pill co

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