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Should you spend $100 on a mouse? I found one that's a game-changer at work

Logitech MX Master 4 ZDNET's key takeaways The Logitech MX Master 4 mouse is available now for $119. It improves on Logitech's flagship pro mouse lineup with haptic feedback, a premium build, and lots of customization. It's not exactly cheap, and I wouldn't recommend it for gaming. View now at Logitech Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Logitech's new MX Master 4 mouse picks up where the last model left off, introducing haptic feedback, an improved sensor, customizable sho

Logitech MX Master 4 Review: Haptics Schmaptics, It’s Still the Best Mouse

There is no “perfect” mouse. Even Logitech’s long-rumored MX Master 4 and its tried-and-tested blend of form and function won’t be everybody’s everything. A mouse is merely a computer controller, one that should have enough switches and buttons neatly at your fingertips. The older MX Master mice had most of what any productivity-minded wannabe professional required. The new $120 MX Master 4 has one extra feature with a haptic button that could offer a bounty of extra options. If you already have

30% Off Samsung Promo Code | October 2025

Samsung makes everything from smartphones and gaming monitors, to smart TVs and dishwashers. I'm always looking for a sale (I’m assuming you are, too), and I've found the best Samsung promo codes and special offers to help you save big on your most important tech purchases. At WIRED, we often review the South Korean company’s products, especially Samsung’s vast lineup of Galaxy smartphones, and I've rounded up a bunch of Samsung coupons for (virtually) every type of shopper. Get 10% Off With Sa

Logitech MX Master 4 Review: Productivity Pro

For the past decade, Logitech's MX Master line has been the best-of-the-best for productivity-focused mice. Each iteration has improved on the last and brought something new to the table, while still maintaining the core functionality that made the mouse special. The latest iteration—the MX Master 4—has big shoes to fill. The MX Master 2S got me through college, and I gifted my mom the 3S for Christmas on release. These mice have been a staple in my workflow (same for a few other WIRED staffers

Logitech’s MX Master 4 adds haptic feedback, mostly just for fun

is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. If you saw the leaks, you probably already know that haptics are the big, new thing in Logitech’s $119.99 MX Master 4 wireless mouse, coming in October. No, it’s not adding rumble effects to YouTube videos or to your favorite websites (on second thought, I’d like to try that). And, it’s different from Logitech’s haptics-based click system in its Pro X2 Su

Why I put my Bose QuietComfort headphones away soon after testing this competitor

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 ZDNET's key takeaways The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 are available in Onyx Black and Warm Stone for $799. They excel in the design and sound categories, thanks to their high-quality internal and external build materials Unless you value exceptional details in design and sound, a $799 asking price may be hard to justify. View now at Bowers & Wilkins Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Few headphones perfectly blend design, sound quality, and everyday uti

FAA decides it trusts Boeing enough to certify safety of its own planes again

After years of relying on the FAA to certify its jets as airworthy, Boeing is finally going to be allowed to do so itself – sometimes. The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it was granting Boeing "limited delegation" to issue its own airworthiness certificates for the 737 Max and 787 aircraft, which it hasn't been able to do since 2019 and 2022, respectively. Boeing lost its ability to certify the airworthiness of the 737 Max after a pair of crashes in 2018 and 2019 that k

Safe zero-copy operations in C#

My attempt at talking about one of the most underrated features of C#. C# is a versatile language. You can write mobile apps, desktop apps, games, websites, services and APIs with it. You can write it like Java with all the abstractions and AbstractionFactoryClassProvider s. But differently from Java, you can write low-level and unsafe code too. When I say low-level, I mean without the GC, with raw pointers. Low-level code is usually required for performance or interoperability with C librarie

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Get an Amazon Echo Auto at a record-low price of $14.99

This offer is available from Amazon, but not everyone can access it. The deal is exclusive to Amazon Prime paid subscribers. You can learn more about Amazon Prime plans and pricing here. Remember, new members get a 30-day free trial, and the Prime Big Deal Days event is coming up (October 7-8). You can possibly take advantage of this deal and all the upcoming sales for free! Amazon Echo Auto (2nd Gen) Amazon Echo Auto (2nd Gen) The ultimate in-car companion. With a slim design and a five-mic sy

Motorola just teased a phone thin enough to take on the Galaxy S25 Edge

Motorola TL;DR Motorola has begun teasing a new flagship Android phone called the “Moto X70 Air,” with a full reveal coming later in October. Like the Galaxy S25 Edge and iPhone Air, the main draw to the Moto X70 Air will be its ultra-thin design. Currently, we expect the X70 Air to be released exclusively in China, although a global launch may occur at a later date. Thin smartphones are all the rage this year. After Samsung kickstarted the trend earlier this year, and Apple just brought it

DeepSeek releases ‘sparse attention’ model that cuts API costs in half

Researchers at DeepSeek on Monday released a new experimental model called V3.2-exp, designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations. DeepSeek announced the model with a post on Hugging Face, also posting a linked academic paper on GitHub. The most important feature of the new model is called DeepSeek Sparse Attention, an intricate system described in detail in the diagram below. In essence, the system uses a module called a “lightning indexer” to priori

AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews

Job seekers in all fields can expect to soon be doing a lot more initial screening interviews. While that may sound like positive news, it doesn’t mean that there will suddenly be more open positions. Instead, recruiters, often bogged down with determining which applicants are qualified for the next round, will outsource the routine screening tasks — like checking backgrounds, salary needs, and availability— to (you guessed it) AI. Alex, a startup building an AI recruiter, says it’s already he

Google speaks up about expanding access to call recording on Pixel phones

Considering how easily your smartphone snaps a picture, shoots a video, or records a voice memo, it should be a lot more shocking than it is that so many Android users still struggle to access basic voice call recording. A complicated legal framework certainly doesn’t help matters any, but a few weeks back we found ourselves newly hopeful that things were getting better, as Google updated its support documentation to indicate that call recording was coming to Pixel 6 and newer devices. Despite t

The Galaxy Tab S11’s best new feature turns it into a powerful Linux computer

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR The new Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 supports running Linux apps, transforming the big-screen tablet into a versatile productivity machine. This is notable because it’s the first MediaTek Dimensity chipset we know of that can run Android’s Linux Terminal app. Alongside the Galaxy Tab S11, the Xiaomi 15T series also supports the Linux Terminal — but only after updating to Android 16. Big Android tablets are incredible devices for media consumption, but their

New fear unlocked: Samsung Galaxy Ring battery scare leaves user stranded and hospitalized

TL;DR A Galaxy Ring user says the battery swelled while the device was on their finger, leaving it stuck and painful. The user was denied boarding a flight and had the ring removed in hospital using ice and medical lubricant. Photos of the ring after it was removed show a visibly distorted battery. The Samsung Galaxy Ring is designed to track your health, but a bizarre malfunction for one owner says it was actually the cause of an emergency hospital visit. The battery inside his ring reported

iOS 26.0.1 coming soon for iPhone users [Updated]

Update September 27, 2025: We’re still waiting on Apple to release iOS 26.0.1 to everyone, but it seems very close. An anonymous account on X indicates the update will feature the build number 23A355. I’d expect the update to be released in the next several days. There have also been recent reports of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and CarPlay problems for iPhone 17 users. Hopefully, iOS 26.0.1 will fix those problems. Original story below. Apple released iOS 26 to the general public this week with its ne

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Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop. Microsoft 365 users looking for assistance in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can now call on AI agents to help them with their work. On Monday, Microsoft announced that the new agentic AI skills are now availabl

Why I put my Bose QuietComfort away soon after trying these over-ear headphones

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 ZDNET's key takeaways The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 are available in Onyx Black and Warm Stone for $799. They excel in the design and sound categories, thanks to their high-quality internal and external build materials Unless you value exceptional details in design and sound, a $799 asking price may be hard to justify. View now at Bowers & Wilkins Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Few headphones perfectly blend design, sound quality, and everyday uti

Android 16 QPR2 makes the Linux Terminal way more useful with expanded file access

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR The next quarterly Android 16 update will significantly improve file access for the Linux Terminal app. Currently, the Linux virtual machine is limited to accessing only the phone’s Downloads folder. The update will expand this to nearly all shared storage, making file sharing much easier. The Linux Terminal app can transform your Android phone into a full-fledged mobile PC by giving you access to powerful tools not natively available on the platform. Wi

Google’s new Pixel 10 promo videos dial the weirdness up to 11 (Update: One more)

TL;DR Google has published new promo videos for the Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro. The Pixel 10 clip is classic Google, criticizing Apple fans for their “vanilla” choices. The Pixel 10 Pro spot, on the other hand, is far more ethereal, and is more about making an impression. Update, September 29, 2025 (01:48 PM ET): One week later, Google has another one of these “design” videos to share, this time focusing on the smaller Pixel 10: And once again, we are looking at a video that is just 1,000% vi

iOS 18.7.1 now available for iPhone, here’s what’s new

Apple has released iOS 18.7.1 for iPhone, the latest update for users who have not yet upgraded to iOS 26. Here’s what’s new. Security fixes are Apple’s main focus in iOS 18.7.1 Today Apple released two noteworthy software updates for iPhone. iOS 26.0.1 debuted for users running Apple’s most recent major software version. It includes a variety of bug fixes and security updates. But Apple has also released iOS 18.7.1 for users who haven’t yet upgraded to the latest OS version. Here are Apple

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Is this Arch distro the 'ultimate' Linux? That depends on your GPU

Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Ultimate Edition Linux is based on Arch and geared toward gamers. You need an Nvidia GPU to get the most out of this distro. The KDE Plasma desktop is elegant and highly configurable. Is Ultimate Edition Linux really the Ultimate Edition Linux? That depends on the user and your intended use of the operating system. Upon installing the Arch-based Ultimate Edition Linux, the first t

How the Brain Balances Excitation and Inhibition

Inhibitory neurons have “often been ascribed support roles,” said Annabelle Singer, a neuroscientist and neuroengineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. That’s likely because it’s simply easier to study excitatory neurons. For example, an excitatory place cell in the hippocampus can fire when an animal is in a particular location. When this happens, its excitation of other cells can be observed. “It’s very clear-cut,” she said. But an inhibitory neuron “fires a lot eve

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Wait. Does k-means count as machine learning? Yes. Yes, it does. CS229 is the graduate-level machine learning course I took at Stanford as part of the Graduate Certificate in AI which I received back in 2021. While k-means is my choice as the easiest to understand algorithm in machine learning, it was taught as the introductory clustering algorithm for unsupervised learning. As a TA for XCS229, which I have been doing since 2022 and most recently did this Spring, I know that it is still being t

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Subtleties of SQLite Indexes

Subtleties of SQLite Indexes Sep 29, 2025 In the last 6 months, Scour has gone from ingesting 330,000 pieces of content per month to over 1.4 million this month. The massive increase in the number of items slowed down the ranking for users' feeds and sent me looking for ways to speed it up again. After spending too many hours trying in vain to squeeze more performance out of my queries and indexes, I dug into how SQLite's query planner uses indexes, learned some of the subtleties that explain

ESA will pay an Italian company nearly $50 million to design a mini-Starship

The European Space Agency signed a contract Monday with Avio, the Italian company behind the small Vega rocket, to begin designing a reusable upper stage capable of flying into orbit, returning to Earth, and launching again. This is a feat more difficult than recovering and reusing a rocket's booster stage, something European industry has also yet to accomplish. SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has a recoverable booster, and several companies in the United States, China, and Europe are trying

Microsoft is trying to make 'vibe working' a thing

Microsoft is taking inspiration from the AI-driven workflows of "vibe coding" and has now set out to make "vibe working" a thing (yes, those are the words the company chose.) Does AI in the workplace even lead to worthwhile outputs ? Does it mortgage our brains' ability to learn ? There are many seemingly critical question unanswered. But in the meantime, sure: vibe working it is. Using Office Agent within Office apps or Copilot chat, users can begin a document with a single prompt and then wor

I install these 11 apps on every new Linux system, and you should, too - here's why

ZDNET Some Linux distributions ship with plenty of pre-installed apps, whereas others tend to be a bit leaner. Even those distributions that include a host of applications don't always get the collection of pre-installed apps quite right. From my experience, there are certain apps that should be considered "must haves" for every new user, and it often confuses me why they aren't included in many of the major distributions. Also: How to create system restore points on Linux with Timeshift - an

New LG UltraFine 6K going up for pre-order soon, pricing revealed

Back at CES in January, LG caught the attention of Mac users by teasing a new UltraFine 6K Display with Thunderbolt 5. The company, however, was ultra tight-lipped on details about the display, including pricing and availability. If a new product listing from B&H is to be believed, the highly anticipated LG UltraFine 32U990A will be available for pre-order tomorrow for $1,999.99. LG’s website, however, suggests that pre-orders begin in October 10. It’s always possible that B&H has a period of e