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Zillow Lists the Fantastic Four’s Home for a Surprisingly Low Price

Few sites on the internet can be as fun, or frustrating, to cruise as Zillow. It’s the place to see how impossible it is to afford your dream home and also see how far a dollar can go in places you don’t live. However, it seems in whatever time and dimension the Fantastic Four live in, the dollar goes a long, long way, even in one of the priciest real estate markets of all, New York City. Marvel has teamed up with Zillow for a very fun piece of marketing where the Baxter Building, home to the F

Windows 11, Microsoft 365: This 14″ HP Laptop Now Costs Only $178 for Prime Day

Prime Day is an excellent time to head out and buy a new laptop with prices being their cheapest of the year on Amazon. Even Black Friday and Cyber Monday can’t compete, since Amazon goes all out to make its own sale a success by lowering prices across the company. This is especially true of this HP 14″ laptop which has dropped to an all-time low and is now in the Top 5 best-selling Prime Day laptops. Right now, you can get this HP 14-inch laptop for just $178, 23% cheaper than its regular pric

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Mars Needs Unions in This Far-Future (Yet Timely) Sci-Fi Short Story

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Lord of Mars” by Megan McCarron. Enjoy! The Lord of Mars by Megan McCarron The grow pods clung to a red, humped ridge about a twenty-minute hike west from the habitats. Inside one of their plastic domes, a farmer named Oliver Judd nestled potato starts in the ground with nimble hands. It was tricky work in a forty-pound outside suit, but he

Apple appeals 500 million euro EU fine over App Store policies

Two young men stand inside a shopping mall in front of a large illuminated Apple logo seen through a window in Chongqing, China, on June 4, 2025. Apple on Monday appealed what it called an "unprecedented" 500 million euro ($586 million) fine issued by the European Union for violating the bloc's Digital Markets Act. "As our appeal will show, the EC [European Commission] is mandating how we run our store and forcing business terms which are confusing for developers and bad for users," the compan

This Samsung T9 2TB SSD Is 43% Off, Amazon Crushes the Price Just for Prime Day

Amazon has secretly started Prime Day early this year, and an avalanche of deals already appear on the site. They’re listed as “Limited Prime Deal,” and as always, they’re exclusive to Prime members. Even if you’re not a member, though, you can still shop these deals as a part of the free 30-day trial. One of the most exciting deals available today is on the Samsung T9 Portable SSD 2TB, which hit its all-time-low price of $169, down from $299. The 4TB model is also getting a huge discount at 42

Show HN: Piano Trainer – Learn piano scales, chords and more using MIDI

Piano Trainer Learn to play the piano at your own pace through various modes of practice. Watch the video Features MIDI compatible Home row keyboard input MIDI compatible Cross-platform support Cross-platform support Interactive scale practice Interactive scale practice Interactive chord practice Interactive chord practice Interactive fifths practice Interactive fifths practice Interactive quiz Interactive quiz Hard mode Hard mode Shuffle mode Coming Soon More scales More scales Set

I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models

Decrypted Generative Model safety files for Apple Intelligence containing filters Structure decrypted_overrides/ : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. com.apple.*/ : Directory named using the Asset Specifier assosciated with the safety info Info.plist : Contains metadata for the override AssetData/ : Contains the decrypted JSON files : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. get_key_lldb.py : Script to get the encryption key (see usage info below) : Script to get the en

Your TV's USB port has hidden superpowers: 5 features you're not using enough

Kerry Wan/ZDNET After the initial setup, most people rarely engage directly with their smart TV. With wireless connectivity, phone apps, and remote controls, there's little need to. Tucked next to the essential HDMI ports, a USB 2.0 port -- likely sitting unnoticed on the back or side panel -- offers more potential than you might expect. Also: Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these secret codes to unlock the full catalog of shows USB ports are easy to overlook, but they're a standard feature

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Edible Microlasers Could Revolutionize Food Tracking and Safety

In a delicious turn of events, scientists succeeded in taking the optics of olive oil to create the first-ever microlaser made entirely from edible materials. If commercialized, they could offer an easy and safe way to monitor food or medications from inside your body. The technology, introduced earlier this month in the journal Advanced Optical Materials, exploits an interesting tendency for droplets of common cooking oils, which emit a photon of light when subjected to a certain amount of ene

Apple Didn’t Approve, but Amazon Is Clearing Out AirPods Pro 2 at a Record Low for Prime Day

AirPods Pro 2 are in stores just a year but already they set the benchmark by which other wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation are judged. On the subject of sound quality, nothing else comes close to holding a candle right now. Normally these earbuds cost $249, but Amazon is offering them over 30% off early Prime Day, reducing the price to as low as $169. This deal is for everyone (and not just Prime members) and it is a rarity for an Apple device. Remember, Apple never really offers

Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways

Dmitri Mendeleev famously saw the complete arrangement of the periodic table after falling asleep on his desk. He claimed in his dream he saw a table where all the elements fell into place, and he wrote it all down when he woke up. By having a eureka moment right after a nap, he joined a club full of rather talented people: Mary Shelley, Thomas Edison, and Salvador Dali. To figure out if there’s a grain of truth to all these anecdotes, a team of German scientists at the Hamburg University, led

July 5, 1687: When Newton explained why you don't float away

The Day the Universe Got Organised (Mostly) People were worried, mostly about everything, but particularly about why things stayed on the ground. Apples fell. Horses galloped. Cannonballs soared (briefly) and came crashing down. But no one was quite sure why the moon didn’t join in and plummet to Earth in the same enthusiastic fashion. And then on July 5, 1687, Isaac Newton published a book with a title so long it felt like a Latin riddle: Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In three

July 5, 1687: When Newton Explained Why You Don't Float Away

The Day the Universe Got Organised (Mostly) People were worried, mostly about everything, but particularly about why things stayed on the ground. Apples fell. Horses galloped. Cannonballs soared (briefly) and came crashing down. But no one was quite sure why the moon didn’t join in and plummet to Earth in the same enthusiastic fashion. And then on July 5, 1687, Isaac Newton published a book with a title so long it felt like a Latin riddle: Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In three

Pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types

Age-related cognitive decline is an increasingly pressing concern in public health, which may begin in early adulthood and accelerate with increasing age1,2. While much research is still investigating the precise mechanisms of cognitive ageing, previous studies have identified several contributing factors, including for example genetics, general health and lifestyle choices3,4,5,6,7. Cognitive decline is a major public health concern on both individual and societal levels due to its association

Drive Capital’s second act –  how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle of attention and disinterest played out against the backdrop of its own internal upheaval several years ago — a co-founder split that could have ended the firm but may have ultimately strengthened it. At a minimum, Drive achieved something newsworthy in today’s venture lan

This is the letter Donald Trump sent Apple to keep TikTok on the App Store

Tony Tan, a Google shareholder, has obtained and published a set of letters the Trump administration sent to multiple tech companies, essentially saying: don’t worry about the law, the president has your back, keep TikTok online. However, Mr. Tan disagrees. And he’s taking legal action to prove it. A bit of back story The TikTok ban has had more ups and downs than any busy person would care to follow. For today’s news, here’s the part that matters: Towards the end of his term, President Bide

This Laifen Lightweight Hair Dryer Is 6x Cheaper Than Dyson, Click the Amazon Coupon for Early Prime Deal

Not every great Amazon deal is right out in the open — sometimes you need to do a little digging. Keep a sharp eye out for those on-page coupons that sometimes show up just below the price, and you can unearth a gem like this 25% off one on the Laifen SE Lite Hair Dryer. Click that box and the price of this little handheld tornado goes from $100 to just $75. The Laifen SE Lite is a compact, lightweight negative-ionic blowdryer that somehow packs a 100,000 RPM motor that generates air speeds of

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See Which Restaurants Have The Most Attractive Diners – According to AI! I scraped millions of Google Maps restaurant reviews, and gave each reviewer's profile picture to an AI model that rates how hot they are out of 10. This map shows how attractive each restaurant's clientele is. Red means hot, blue means not.The model is certainly biased. It's certainly flawed. But we judge places by the people who go there. We always have. AndThis website just puts reductive numbers on the superficial calc

Google Messages could give profile pages a dash of Material 3 Expressive personality (APK teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In addition to other areas of the Google Messages app, Google is testing Material 3 Expressive design changes for the profile section. The profile section will soon feature updated buttons that change shape and include tap animations. Android 16 is here, but most of its Material 3 Expressive changes will be coming with the Android 16 QPR1 release later in the year. However, that doesn’t stop apps from updating themselves with Material 3 Expressive ele

My favorite USB-C accessory of all time got a magnetic upgrade - and it's only $8 on sale

ZDNET's key takeaways The magnetic USB-C connector now supports a 180-degree swivel, and it's only $12 at Amazon. It can pump out as much as 240W of power. I just wish it was suitable for data transferring or powering monitors. $15.99 at Amazon Buy one of these handy 240W USB-C magnetic adapters on sale for just $8 ahead of Amazon Prime Day with the on-page coupon (you can use the coupon for a 2-pack, too). Also: The 55+ best Prime Day deals we've found so far A hill I'm always willing to f

Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox on August 26

Sony Interactive's Helldivers 2, the third-person co-op shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, is finally coming to Xbox on August 26. The sequel to the 2015 top-down shooter was released for PlayStation 5 and Windows in early 2024 and supports cross-platform play. After launch, Helldivers 2 was a huge success, selling over 15 million copies and reaching 450,000 concurrent players on Steam, the highest number ever among PlayStation games released for the PC. In fact, there were so many pl

One UI 8 will let any app show a Live Notification in Samsung’s Now Bar

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s One UI 8 will enhance its Live Notifications feature by adopting Android 16’s new “Live Updates” API for broader third-party app support. This new API allows any app to create live, ongoing notifications, a major improvement from the previous version limited to mostly first-party Samsung apps. The feature is currently available in the One UI 8 beta behind a developer flag but is expected to be enabled for everyone in the final stable release.

Best Peloton Alternatives of 2025 as Tested by a Fitness Expert

Like so many other things at CNET, we test exercise bikes as thoroughly as possible through rigorous examination and comparison. Each exercise bike in our list has been through at least 100 miles of riding, using as many of the built-in features as possible. CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. The Peloton bike is a sought-after exercise bike because of its advance

Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-published Xbox game

is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and served as commerce editor at Polygon until May 2025. Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 will make the jump to the Xbox Series X and S consoles on August 26th, costing $39.99. This is the first PlayStation-published title to launch on Xbox. The title will ship with cross play between all platforms. The cooperative PvE third-person shooter was an unexpected hit when it first launched simultaneously on PlayStation 5 and PC in earl

Android 16’s Live Updates won’t work with your favorite music player, and that’s a bummer

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 introduces Live Updates, a new feature that elevates ongoing notifications to the status bar, but it excludes media playback notifications. This is because media apps use a dedicated “Media style” template, which is not one of the specific styles that can be promoted to a Live Update. Switching styles would cause media apps to lose key playback controls and features, a trade-off developers are unlikely to make for this new functionality. Li

Uber drivers in British Columbia, Canada have unionized

Uber drivers in British Columbia, Canada have joined a union and are now seeking the first collective deal for ride-share drivers in the country, according to Bloomberg. Drivers from Greater Victoria, in particular, have joined UFCW 1518, the province's largest private sector union, which currently represents over 28,000 workers across multiple sectors. "The organizing victory represents a new chapter for app-based workers, demonstrating that all workers deserve a voice in their working conditio

Teen drivers spend 21% of the time looking at their phones, reveals alarming study [Video]

A alarming new study has found that som teen drivers in the US spend as much as 21% of their time at the wheel looking at their phones, creating a substantial risk of distracted driving crashes. While much of this was brief glances, more than 5% of driving time comprised looking at their phone for 2+ seconds a time, long enough to qualify as dangerous … CNET reports that the teens did this despite understanding the risks they are taking. The study includes survey responses from 1,126 teen dri

This fancy automatic espresso machine made me drop my Dunkin' habit - and it's on sale

The De'Longhi Rivelia is going to have a permanent place in my kitchen. Alison DeNisco Rayome/ZDNET If you're looking for a way to seriously up your home coffee game and you have some budget to do so, look no further than the De'Longhi Rivelia -- a sleek, fully automatic espresso machine that makes it foolproof to make lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites, iced coffee, and much more. I've been testing one out for a couple of weeks now, and it's been a game-changer in my daily coffee routine (and ha

Uber Adds Rental Car Delivery and Discounted Airport Rides Before July 4 Weekend Surge

With AAA forecasting that a record-breaking 72 million Americans will travel during the week of July 4, ride-hailing and delivery company Uber is launching various updates to make summer vacations more seamless. Uber is significantly expanding its rental-car delivery service, introducing new airport options for ride-sharing and prescheduled pickups, and adding more flexibility for hotel food deliveries. Read also: Uber's Simplified App for Seniors Is Launching Nationwide Car rental dropoff exp

Tesla’s Numbers Are In, and They’re Not Good

Tesla’s struggles continue as the company reports another drop in vehicle deliveries, deepening concerns that its image problem, especially in Europe, is weighing heavily on consumer demand. In the second quarter of 2025, the electric vehicle giant delivered 443,956 vehicles, a 13.5 percent decline from the same period in 2024. Deliveries are Tesla’s key sales metric and are closely watched by investors and analysts alike. Nearly all of those deliveries — 97.3 percent — were for the company’s t