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Google embraces AI in the classroom with new Gemini tools for educators, chatbots for students, and more

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-02-21 06:44:28

Google on Monday announced a series of updates intended to bring its Gemini AI and other AI-powered tools deeper into the classroom. At the ISTE edtech conference, the tech giant introduced more than 30 AI tools for educators, a version of the Gemini app built for education, expanded access to its collaborative video creation app Google Vids, and other tools for managed Chromebooks. The updates represent a major AI push in the edtech space, where educators are already struggling to adapt to how

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Deals: M4 MacBook Air $170 off, M4 Max Mac Studio $300 off, Apple Pencil Pro, iPad mini, AirTag, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2026-02-21 11:46:16

The 4th of July Apple deals are starting to fly with up to $170 in savings on the latest 24GB M4 MacBook Air models alongside some relatively rare $200 or $300 price drops on M4 Max Mac Studio configurations. We also have $100 off just about every model iPad mini 7 joined by deals on Apple Pencil Pro and a straight $79 in savings on AirPods Max (or up to $130 off open-box units), AirTag at $23, and a whole lot more in the now live Best Buy 4th of July event. Head below for a closer look. M4 Mac

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Make Sure to Stay on Top of These 6 Blood Tests When Monitoring Your Health

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 11:04:53

Having your blood drawn might not be much fun, but regular diagnostic tests of your blood can detect diseases early for treatment and give your doctor and medical providers critical information about how well your body is functioning. The proper frequency of these blood tests depends on your age and personal health status -- the most important thing is to ask your doctor which tests you need and when you need them. With all the different types of blood tests out there, it's good to go into you

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Prime Day deals include $37 off our favorite Levoit air purifier

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-21 16:00:35

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 . Prime Day 2025 is coming soon on July 8-11, but you don't have to wait to grab good tech deals — and that goes for everyone, not just Prime members. Early deals have already started popping up on Amazon, and one of the best at the moment is on an Engadget-approved air purifier. The Lev

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Apple's USB-C AirPods Max are $69 off ahead of Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-21 16:41:05

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 . Amazon's Prime Day is fast approaching and the early deals are coming through thick and fast. One that is perhaps worth your attention is a discount on Apple's USB-C AirPods Max. The headphones have dropped to $480 , which is a $69 discount. The deal is available for all AirPods Max co

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Amazon Prime Day is July 8-11: Here's everything to know now

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2026-02-21 21:40:44

It's almost time to add to cart. Amazon confirmed in a June press release that its annual Prime Day event will return Tuesday, July 8, through Friday, July 11. And for the first time ever, Prime Day will be a four-day-long extravaganza, two days longer than last year, confirming early rumors that swirled back in March. Now, the event is just a few days away, kicking off next week just as the Fourth of July weekend comes to a close. Also: Amazon extends July Prime Day and confirms 2025 dates I

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Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors

wired.com Will Knight 2026-02-21 21:00:00

Microsoft has taken “a genuine step towards medical superintelligence,” says Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the company’s artificial intelligence arm. The tech giant says its powerful new AI tool can diagnose disease four times more accurately and at significantly less cost than a panel of human physicians. The experiment tested whether the tool could correctly diagnose a patient with an ailment, mimicking work typically done by a human doctor. The Microsoft team used 304 case studies sourced from t

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Our favorite mesh Wi-Fi router drops to a record-low price for Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-22 02:36:25

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 . Prime Day is just one week away, and the early deals are already arriving on Amazon. There's everything from the fun, like a three-month subscription to Audible, to the practical, like the Levoit Core 400S air purifier. Falling firmly in the latter category is Amazon's latest offer, a

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Avira Antivirus Review 2025: Effective Software, But Privacy Protection Is Lacking

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-22 02:00:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 7.2 / 10 SCORE Avira Antivirus Buy at Avira Score Breakdown Performance 8 /10 Security 7 /10 Customer Support 5 /10 Usability 8 /10 Value 7 /10 Features 8 /10 Pros Free version available Performance-improving tools such as the Software Updater for Windows and Junk Cleaner for MacOS Fast, efficient antivirus scans Cons No identity theft features and minim

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More Anker power banks are prone to fire: Here’s how to get yours replaced for free

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-22 11:28:48

Carlos Ribeiro / Android Authority TL;DR Accessories maker Anker is recalling five more models of power banks. Some units with these models (A1257, A1647, A1652, A1681, or A1689) are prone to faulty batteries, which may cause fire or explosion. Earlier this month, Anker recalled more than one million A1263 power banks after more than a dozen reported fire incidents. Chinese phone accessories brand Anker appears to be traversing a rough patch, with millions of its products emerging as potenti

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Biologists Uncover Previously Unknown Structure Hiding Inside Human Cells

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2026-02-22 11:00:57

Even after decades of peering into cells, biologists are still finding surprises. In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed the hemifusome. This tiny membrane-bound structure serves as a cellular recycling center and may hold the key to treating several genetic diseases. The research has been published in Nature Communications. “This is like discovering a new recycling center inside the cell,” co-author Seham E

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The $25k car is going extinct?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 18:59:56

View in browser Issue #353 Sunday, June 29, 2025 Why the $25,000 car is going extinct Can’t find an affordable car anywhere? You’re not the only one. BY MARK DENT In late 2021, Ford released the Maverick, a compact pickup truck. At roughly half the cost and half the weight of the popular F-150, it was meant to be an antidote for excess, and it worked. With a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $19,995 for the base level, the Maverick drew rave reviews from critics and a rush of inte

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Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-22 05:00:30

"This has profound implications..." DJ Earth Scientists have discovered a heartbeat-like pulse emanating from inside the Earth beneath the continent of Africa, which they believe will one day rip the continent into pieces. In a new study published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, a team of European and African scientists explain how they used chemical signatures to examine this inner-Earth heartbeat, explaining that molten chunks of mantle — the rocky layer found between the Earth's su

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Tools I love: mise(-en-place)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-22 03:56:21

Tools I love: mise(-en-place) tools cli mise Once in a while you get introduced to a tool that instantly changes the way you work. For me, mise is one of those tools. mise is the logical conclusion to a lot of the meta-tooling that exists around language-specific version and package managers like asdf, nvm, uv, pyenv etc. It makes it exceptionally easy to install, use, and manage software. It also allows you to manage environment variables and declare tasks (run commands). The first step in g

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Cell Towers Can Double as Cheap Radar Systems for Ports and Harbors (2014)

news.ycombinator.com Ian Chant 2026-02-22 08:48:12

How do you see ships without a pricey radar system? The question has troubled seaports around the world as they work to improve security. Without radar installations, it can be hard for port employees to detect small ships like those employed by pirates or by the terrorists who attacked the USS Cole in 2000. A team of researchers in Germany can now offer security teams a new option, though: putting existing cellular towers to work as quick and dirty radar systems. Developed at the Fraunhofer In

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NASA Continues Testing Multi-Billion Dollar Rocket While Trump Is Actively Trying to Cancel It

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-22 02:30:17

Despite president Donald Trump's plans to phase out Boeing's mega-expensive Space Launch System rocket for NASA, the agency is currently trundling ahead with the original plan. As Ars Technica reports, NASA and Northup Grumman tested an experimental hydrogen-based propulsion engine this week that's slated to launch the world's first crewed trip to the Moon as part of the agency's long-awaited Artemis mission. Unfortunately, this week's SLS engine test — the second such test launch in a week —

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One of our favorite Ninja air fryers is $50 off for Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-22 04:12:14

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 . For many, summer means it's time to grill outdoors. But cooking inside does at least mean you’re likely to deal with fewer bugs. It also makes it easier to try out new kitchen equipment, such as a Ninja air fryer that’s on sale ahead of Prime Day. The Ninja Foodi Dual-Zone 10-quart air

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Cloudflare open-sources Orange Meets with End-to-End encryption

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-22 05:11:21

Cloudflare has implemented end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to its video calling app Orange Meets and open-sourced the solution for transparency. The application has been available since last year when the internet giant launched it as a demo for Cloudflare Calls (now Realtime). With the introduction of E2EE and the resolution of various trust and verification issues, users interested in strong cryptographic assurances can explore Orange Meets as a foundation for secure video calling in research o

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Notorious Fungus Blamed for ‘Mummy’s Curse’ Is Now a Promising Cancer Treatment

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-02-22 03:00:30

In the 1920s, a number of workers on the excavation team that uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb met untimely deaths. Five decades later, 10 out of 12 scientists died after entering the tomb of the 15th-century Polish King Casimir IV. In both cases, researchers suggested that fungal spores could have played a role in the mysterious deaths, specifically identifying the fungus Aspergillus flavus within the Polish burial. A. flavus is now making a comeback, but not as a reawakened killer from ancie

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France is betting Eutelsat can become Europe's answer to Starlink — but experts aren't convinced

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2026-02-22 02:08:36

In this article ETL-FR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT France views Eutelsat as a strategic asset in the EU's push for technological sovereignty. Benoit Tessier | AFP via Getty Images For years, France's Eutelsat has been trying to build a European alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband service. The company merged with British satellite venture OneWeb in 2023, consolidating the region's satellite communications industry in an effort to catch up to Starlink, whi

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The European wood pigeon helped me appreciate its omnipresent city cousins

news.ycombinator.com Ben Crair 2026-02-18 17:24:52

As I read more about the Columbidae, though, I came to appreciate pigeons for more than just their beauty. Their big appetites are crucial to the health of forests around the globe. Researchers observing fig trees in Malaysia once found that green pigeons consumed far more fruit than any other animal in the jungle, visiting some trees more often than all other animals combined. Most animals defecate seeds near the parent tree, but pigeons are long-distance fliers who retain seeds in their guts l

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Generative AI's crippling failure to induce robust models of the world

news.ycombinator.com Gary Marcus 2026-02-22 00:43:54

Synthesized video from Dawid van Straaten, prompt (“Generate me a video of two men playing chess”) in which the player for black reaches across the table and, in the midst of a rather unusual position moves his opponent’s pawn horizontally, and quite illegally, several squares across the board. A few weeks ago, I had the singular honor of recording a podcast (to be released soon) with one of my heroes, Garry Kasparov, not only one of the greatest chess players of all time, but also one of the b

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Evaluating Long-Context Question and Answer Systems

news.ycombinator.com Eugene Yan 2026-02-17 17:47:27

While evaluating Q&A systems is straightforward with short paragraphs, complexity increases as documents grow larger. For example, technical documentation, novels and movies, as well as multi-document scenarios. Although some of these evaluation challenges also appear in shorter contexts, long-context evaluation amplifies issues such as: Information overload: Irrelevant details in large documents obscure relevant facts, making it harder for retrievers and models to locate the right evidence for

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Get three months of Audible for only $3 in this early Prime Day deal

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-21 23:01:27

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 . Prime Day deals are already surfacing on Amazon ahead of the July 8-11 shopping event, and unsurprisingly, a discount on Audible is among them. We've seen similar offers pop up in the past, but considering Audible is one of the top audiobook streaming services out there, it's worth hig

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This combo Roomba that vacuums and mops is nearly half off for Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-22 00:10:13

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 . It's that time of year again when Amazon is hosting deals on everything from wireless earbuds to air fryers. Starting July 8, Prime Day will run for four days with deep price cuts on smart home gadgets, including the Roomba Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo from iRobot that drops down to an a

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Protect Yourself From Sketchy Calls: Unknown Caller vs. No Caller ID

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 21:30:02

Like most of us, you're probably getting a lot of unsolicited calls that show up as either No Caller ID or Unknown Caller on your iPhone. Reflexively answering either one could lead to a scam -- or perhaps a call you've been waiting for. What are the differences between these two anonymous labels? Here's what to know about each type of call and how to keep yourself safe from potential scams. No Caller ID vs. Unknown Caller A call labeled "No Caller ID" means the caller has blocked their numbe

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Your BNPL Plans Could Soon Impact Your Credit Score. Here's When

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 22:00:00

CNET/Getty Images Have you ever opted for Buy Now, Pay Later at the checkout? You'd hardly be the only one. About 86.5 million people used BNPL in 2024, according to Capital One's research. Starting later this year, your BNPL plans could start appearing on your credit report. You can use BNPL for just about everything now, from Costco purchases to DoorDash (although that doesn't mean you should). But the one thing BNPL couldn't do was improve your credit. Although some of Affirm's plans do rep

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Do You Really Need to Eat 3 Meals a Day? We Asked an Expert Dietician

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-22 06:30:00

Eating three balanced meals per day is often touted as the healthiest way to maintain a healthy diet and get adequate nutrition. But if you're like me and have an unpredictable eating pattern, getting three meals in each day can be tough. I love to snack throughout the day, I don't like putting effort into cooking and I even skip meals until I'm so hangry I can barely think straight. I know that I'm not alone in struggling to make the three meals a day lifestyle work for me. According to the Na

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Why your enterprise AI strategy needs both open and closed models: The TCO reality check

venturebeat.com Sean Michael Kerner 2026-02-22 21:00:00

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. For the last two decades, enterprises have had a choice between open-source and closed proprietary technologies. The original choice for enterprises was primarily centered on operating systems, with Linux offering an open-source alternative to Microsoft Windows. In the developer realm, open-source languages like Python and JavaScript dominate,

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The rise of prompt ops: Tackling hidden AI costs from bad inputs and context bloat

venturebeat.com Taryn Plumb 2026-02-22 21:00:00

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. Model providers continue to roll out increasingly sophisticated large language models (LLMs) with longer context windows and enhanced reasoning capabilities. This allows models to process and “think” more, but it also increases compute: The more a model takes in and puts out, the more energy it expends and the higher the costs. Couple this wi

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