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The best VPN routers of 2025

A virtual private network (VPN) is one of the best ways to encrypt your online communication, mask your IP address, circumvent censorship, and enhance your personal privacy. Many users simply download their chosen VPN's desktop or mobile software, install the app, sign in, choose a server, and go. However, you can also install your VPN on your router or purchase one with the service pre-installed. Setting up a VPN environment via your router provides blanket security and privacy coverage across

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The 19+ best Walmart Labor Day deals 2025: Sales on Apple, Samsung, LG, and more

'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

Bidirectional Signals from the Emitter's Perspective in PHP

A New Observer Pattern: Bidirectional Signals from the Emitter’s Perspective in PHP Morteza 5 min read · Aug 23, 2025 -- Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size php-repos’s observer pattern Introduction: Shifting the Observer Perspective In software, the traditional observer pattern is often designed with the observer in mind: an event happens, like a user logging in, and a handler — say, a logger — reacts by recording it. This perspective assumes the observer (the handle

Chronicle – idiomatic, type safe event sourcing framework for Go

Chronicle A pragmatic and type-safe toolkit for modern event sourcing in Go. Want to hire me? Quickstart Warning I recommend going through the quickstart, since all examples use the Account struct used below from the account package. Install the library go get github.com/DeluxeOwl/chronicle # for debugging go get github.com/sanity-io/litter Define your aggregate and embed aggregate.Base . This embedded struct handles the versioning of the aggregate for you. We'll use a classic yet very s

The best Labor Day sales for 2025: Get up to $500 off gear from Apple, Dyson, Shark, Sony and others

Labor Day is here, marking the unofficial end to summer as the weather starts to get crisper and students head back to school for the new semester. It also marks a good time to check out the tech deals available across the web. While seasonal holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day are not the boon for tech sales that shopping events like Amazon Prime Day are, they can present good opportunities to save on things like laptops, tablets, smart home gear and more. Here, we've curated the best L

The 15+ best Labor Day deals live now: Save on Apple, Samsung, Google and more

'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

Best Labor Day laptop deals 2025: Up to $700 off Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and more

'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

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

The Qweremin

The Qweremin I invented a new instrument: The Qweremin is a qwerty theremin. Background In the summer of 2022 I built a C64-based theremin, described and explained here. The theremin, of course, is one of the oldest electronic instruments. Its main drawback—and strength—is that it's incredibly hard to master. The performer has ultimate control over volume and pitch, but it takes months of practice before you can play even a simple scale. Meanwhile, I've also developed a line of instruments f

We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own

Sideloading has been a hot topic for the last decade. Most recently, Google has announced further restrictions on the practice in Android. Many hundreds of comment threads have discussed these changes over the years. One point in particular is always made: “I should be able to run whatever code I want on hardware I own”. I agree entirely with this point, but within the context of this discussion it’s moot. “I should be able to run whatever code I want on hardware I own” When Google restricts y

Report: Samsung's tri-fold phone, XR headset, and AI smart glasses to be revealed at Sep 29 Unpacked event

Samsung's TM Roh at Unpacked in July 2023 in Seoul, South Korea -- the last time Samsung hosted a big launch event in Korea. Jason Hiner/ZDNET Samsung is set to unveil three new devices -- a tri-fold smartphone, its Project Moohan XR headset, and a pair of AI smart glasses -- at an Unpacked event on September 29 in South Korea, according to multiple sources in the Korean media (such as NewsPim and Newsworks). The tri-fold phone isn't a surprise since Samsung has been talking about it all year

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

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 1, #1535

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 isn't that tough. I like the ones with common letters, especially vowels. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on. Today's Wordle hints Before we show

Chatbots can be manipulated through flattery and peer pressure

Generally, AI chatbots are not supposed to do things like call you names or tell you how to make controlled substances. But, just like a person, with the right psychological tactics, it seems like at least some LLMs can be convinced to break their own rules. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania deployed tactics described by psychology professor Robert Cialdini in Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion to convince OpenAI’s GPT-4o Mini to complete requests it would normally refuse. Th

A Single Typo in Your Medical Records Can Make Your AI Doctor Go Dangerously Haywire

A single typo, formatting error, or slang word makes an AI more likely to tell a patient they're not sick or don't need to seek medical care. That's what MIT researchers found in a June study currently awaiting peer review, which we covered previously. Even the presence of colorful or emotional language, they discovered, was enough to throw off the AI's medical advice. Now, in a new interview with the Boston Globe, study coauthor Marzyeh Ghassemi is warning about the serious harm this could ca

MasterClass Labor Day sale: Get 50 percent off subscriptions

If you want to brush up on some skills or learn new ones, MasterClass offers a good way to do just that. The streaming service has hundreds of classes taught by professionals and experts in their fields, and now you can get a subscription for 50 percent less than usual. All MasterClass membership tiers are on sale right now, so you can sign up for as low as $5 per month. With a subscription, you could watch a class on writing taught by James Patterson, or learn cooking techniques from Thomas Ke

Stardew Valley is getting yet another surprise update

We may not have a date for Stardew Valley's next major update, but we have confirmation that it's happening. Eric Barone, the developer behind the hit farming sim, announced that there will be a 1.7 update during the Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons concert in Seattle, later confirming the news with a post on X. Barone, better known as ConcernedApe, didn't reveal a release date, nor any teasers about content. Considering the numbered update, we're expecting more than just a patch and somethin

eBPF 101: Your First Step into Kernel Programming

eBPF has revolutionized Linux observability and security by allowing sandboxed programs to run in the kernel without changing kernel source code or loading modules I. What is this eBPF? It looks scary! Have you wanted to write programs that act as drivers for Linux? Wanted programs to run at a kernel level? Wanted to monitor events, internal resources and get better observability? All you need to know is how to make good use of Linux eBPF. eBPF is a technology in the Linux kernel that can run

No Clicks, No Content: The Unsustainable Future of AI Search

AI companies are causing a content drought that will eventually starve them. In a recent article, The Economist didn’t mince words: “AI is killing the web.” Published last month, the piece raises urgent questions about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the internet as we know it: ChatGPT, Google, and its competitors are rapidly diverting traffic from publishers. Publishers are fighting to survive through lawsuits, partnerships, paywalls, and micropayments. It’s pretty bleak, but unfortun

Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?

In 2001, quantum computers factored the number 15. It’s now 2025, and quantum computers haven’t yet factored the number 21. It’s sometimes claimed this is proof there’s been no progress in quantum computers. But there’s actually a much more surprising reason 21 hasn’t been factored yet, which jumps out at you when contrasting the operations used to factor 15 and to factor 21. The circuit (the series of quantum logic gates) that was run to factor 15 can be seen in Figure 1b of “Experimental real

Premier League Soccer: Livestream Liverpool vs. Arsenal From Anywhere

Arsenal face a stern test of their title challenge credentials on Sunday as they travel to Merseyside for a blockbuster clash against defending EPL champs Liverpool. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services for watching Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Arne Slot's Reds come into this key fixture on a high after their thrilling 3-2 win over Newcastle at St. James' Park on Monday, in a ma

AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things AI, follow Hayden Field. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started It all started with J.A.R.V.I.S. Yes, that J.A.R.V.I.S. The one from the Marve

Pig lung transplanted into a human

A genetically modified pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead human patient functioned for nine days in a new achievement that reveals both the promise and significant challenges of xenotransplantation. Over the course of the experiment, the patient showed increasing signs of organ rejection before scientists at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in China terminated the experiment, allowing the recipient to pass away. It's the first time a pig lung has been transpla

Terminal sessions you can bookmark

Zellij is a terminal workspace and multiplexer. One of the unique traits of terminal multiplexers is their ability to keep sessions alive in the background without a terminal attached to them. In the recent Zellij version we released a built-in web client, allowing users to attach to these sessions from the browser - essentially making a dedicated terminal application optional. In this post we’re going to take a look at how we built the Zellij Web Terminal: which technologies we used, how we ar