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A Nintendo Direct focused on third-party games is taking place on July 31

It’s almost time for another Nintendo Direct. A showcase of games from Nintendo’s partners that are coming to the Nintendo Switch and/or Switch 2 is set for 9AM ET on July 31 . The stream will run for around 25 minutes and you can watch it above when the time is right. This is a partner showcase, so you probably shouldn’t expect to find out release dates for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond or Kirby Air Riders here. Instead, we’ll hear about projects from third-party studios and publishers. Maybe we’ll

The New York Times and Amazon's AI licensing deal is reportedly worth up to $25 million per year

Amazon's AI licensing deal with The New York Times is worth $20 million to $25 million per year, according to The Wall Street Journal . The two companies did not disclose the fiscal terms of the agreement back when it was announced in May . The Journal's reporting provides a rare insight into the value of a media company licensing its content for AI training. In the case of The Times, Amazon's annual payments to the publisher would amount to nearly one percent of its total revenue in 2024. In r

5 ways to ensure your team gets the credit it deserves, according to business leaders

Thomas Barwick/Getty Images The world of work has changed forever, but disparate professionals still need to be inspired to contribute, whether in the office, at home, or on the road. Five business leaders explain how they ensure their team members get the credit they deserve in the modern working environment. 1. Sing the praises of your staff Madoc Batters, head of cloud and IT security at Warner Leisure Hotels, said good managers are the most visible presence of a much larger team effort.

Should you consider a flagship smartwatch when this $130 model exists? I wouldn't

Kospet Magic P10 smart watch ZDNET's key takeaways The Kospet Magic P10 and R10 are on sale on Amazon for $130 each. The associated app is robust, the watch battery lasts for more than a week, and the rugged design can handle all environments. The magnet on the charging cable is a bit weak and sleep mode doesn't turn the display off. $159.99 at Amazon A few months ago, I tested a pair of Kospet Tank Ultra smart watches and found them to be pretty compelling for their $150 price point. Since t

AT&T will give you $200 in gift cards for trying fiber internet - but time's running out

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This Windows laptop is my pocket pick for best MacBook Pro alternative - and it's $800 off

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How email tracking works behind the scenes

Phone numbers leak more info than you might expect. They tell, based on country and area code, where the caller’s located—or at least where their phone number was registered. The caller’s name is likely to pop up on caller ID, and their carrier may be discoverable with a quick lookup. One could infer that the caller is awake and available at the time of the call. And if the callee answers, one can also infer that they are available—that they heard the call, saw the info, and decided to still tak

Show HN: Cant – Library written in Rust that provides PyTorch-like functionality

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Noah Hawley Wants ‘Alien: Earth’ to Feel Like a ‘Game of Thrones’ Horror Show

The Wailing‘s Na Hong-Jin is cooking up a new sci-fi thriller. Sterling K. Brown teases the “dreamy” Henry Cavill in Voltron. Julia Garner is under fire in a tense new clip from Weapons. Plus, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds heads to the holodeck in new images. To me, my spoilers! Hope Variety reports Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell, and Cameron Britton will star in Hope, a new sci-thriller from the director Na Hong-Jin (The Wailing) about

Nintendo’s next Switch 2 Direct is on July 31st

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Now that the Switch 2 is out, and the console’s biggest exclusives — Mario Kart World, and Donkey Kong Bananza — are delighting fans, it’s time to see what else this thing can do. Nintendo’s hosting its next Direct presentation on Thursday July 31st bright and early at 9 AM ET. You can watch the direct on YouTube here and, o

TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. TikTok is officially rolling out Footnotes, a community fact-checking program that’s supposed to add helpful context to videos. With this update, US-based users will start seeing Footnotes on videos in the coming weeks, and will also get the option to rate them. After allowing people to join the Footnotes pilot in April, TikTok says almost 80,000 u

Robinhood's 175% rally this year is best among U.S. tech stocks

As Robinhood investors await second-quarter earnings, expectations are sky-high. The online broker, known for popularizing stock and crypto trading with young investors, has seen its shares surge 177% this year, outpacing all other U.S. tech companies valued at $5 or more, excluding those that went public in 2025. The next best performer is Palantir , up 107%. Robinhood's pop this year follows a 192% rally in 2024. The company's market cap now sits at $91 billion, putting it slightly behind Co

Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (July 30)

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

TikTok gets long-overdue fact-checking, plus new parental controls

Video streaming platform TikTok is finally introducing fact-checking, in the form of TikTok Footnotes – the equivalent to X’s Community Notes. This is initially available in the US only. The company has also announced new parental controls, aimed at giving oversight of both TikTok consumption and uploads by teens … Community Notes have played a valuable role on the social network formerly known as Twitter. Hoaxes and disinformation has been a growing problem on X, and the Community Notes featu

TikTok's Community Notes era starts today

TikTok users in the United States will soon see crowd-sourced fact checks appearing alongside videos on the platform. The app is beginning to roll out Footnotes, its version of Community Notes, the company announced . TikTok announced its plan to adopt the feature back in April and since then almost 80,000 users have been approved as contributors. Footnotes works similarly to Community Notes on X. Contributors can add a note to videos with false claims, AI-generated content or that otherwise re

Eufy's latest security camera has AI-powered color night vision - and no monthly fees

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Cedana (YC S23) Is Hiring a Systems Engineer

At Cedana, we are solving what many thought was impossible: the seamless, live migration of active CPU+GPU containers across global compute. We're building the next generation of AI orchestration systems, founded on our pioneering work in checkpoint/restore technology. This isn't just an incremental improvement; it's a fundamental shift that makes distributed computing truly portable, elastic, and resilient across planet scale compute. This is an exceptionally difficult systems problem that req

6th Biggest Earthquake Ever Recorded Strikes Pacific, Triggers Widespread Tsunamis: What We Know So Far

One of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history struck off the coast of Russia on Tuesday, July 29, triggering a tsunami that sent waves into Japan, Hawaii, and the U.S. west coast. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit offshore of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east on the evening of Tuesday, July 29, at a depth of about 13 miles (21 kilometers), according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was located roughly 74 miles (120 kilometers) west-northwest of the city of Pe

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Tesla picks LGES, not CATL, for $4.3 billion storage battery deal

Tesla has a new battery cell supplier. Although the automaker is vertically integrated to a degree not seen in the automotive industry for decades, when it comes to battery cells it’s mostly dependent upon suppliers. Panasonic cells can be found in many Teslas, with the cheaper, sturdier lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells being supplied by CATL. Now Tesla has a new source of LFP cells thanks to a deal just signed with LG Energy Solutions. According to The Korea Economic Daily, the contr

How can enterprises keep systems safe as AI agents join human employees? Cyata launches with a new, dedicated solution

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now You thought generative AI was a technological tidal wave of change coming for enterprises, but the truth is — at 2.5 years since the launch of ChatGPT — the change is only getting started. A whopping 96% of IT and data executives plan to increase their use of AI agents this year alone, according to a recent survey from Cloudera covered by C

Google and Samsung are forever changing Android updates as we know them

Joe Maring / Android Authority As an Android fan, there’s nothing quite like a major Android OS upgrade. Even as more recent Android versions have seen tamer year-over-year updates compared to a decade ago, there’s still something exciting about getting a fresh piece of software on your phone or tablet. For the last several years, the cadence of Android updates has been consistent: Google announces a Developer Preview sometime in February or March, a public beta follows in the spring, and the

Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (APK teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos could soon introduce a new feature allowing users to back up only their favorite photos and videos. This feature could provide a middle ground between full auto-backup and manual selection, saving storage space. Google Photos is a great photo editing and media management app. I have a Google One subscription, so I turn on Google Photos cloud backup on all my devices, which automatically backs up every photo and video I take. It’s a handy

PSA: New ‘choicejacking’ attacks can steal your Android or iPhone’s data without your knowledge

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Researchers have identified new methods to exploit backdoors into Android and iOS to steal data. “Choicejacking” is an evolution of the infamous juice jacking technique and also uses a rigged USB charger or cable to initiate data theft on your mobile devices. Choicejacking uses a combination of techniques to bypass existing juice jacking protection while faking user input to enable permissions illicitly. Juice jacking is a decade-old technique where h

Google Photos is getting a new video editor and some much-needed extras (APK teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed an overhauled video editor in Google Photos. The new editor features some visual changes in line with the Material 3 Expressive style. The editor also has video flipping functionality and the ability to add music to videos. We previously discovered a redesigned image editor in Google Photos before its recent release. Google isn’t stopping here, as it’s also working on an overhauled video editor. Authority I

I needed three phones to set up my Google TV, and one was running Android 10

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. I recently bought a Chromecast with Google TV, and before you shout at me for purchasing a device that’s discontinued, I thoroughly researched my options beforehand. I decided to smash that checkout button because it was the best option in my price range and cleared all my other criteria. It’s

The best mobile microphones for 2025

There’s nothing more frustrating than shooting the perfect reel only to realize that the audio sounds like garbage. For budding creators, it’s a frustration; for those looking to make more professional content, it’s a dealbreaker. Fortunately, the world of mobile-specific (or phone-friendly) microphones has exploded with great options in the last few years. Whether you’ve been tasked with recording candid moments at a relative’s wedding, shooting a friend’s dance moves or are a journalist out in

TikTok gamifies mindfulness with 'well-being missions'

Or, hear me out: Put down your phone and breathe. TikTok’s latest answer to its addictiveness is gamified mindfulness tools. The app’s new Well-being Missions let you earn badges for completing challenges related to balanced digital habits. To be clear, mindfulness and dopamine-seeking mini-games are a contradictory pair. But hey, at least it’s healthier than doomscrolling. The first batch of TikTok’s "short, engaging missions" focuses on the platform’s existing digital well-being tools. (The

The best PDF editors in 2025: Expert tested

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The best speakers for vinyl records in 2025: Expert recommended

'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

Show HN: The Aria Programming Language

The Aria Programming Language Aria is a modern, dynamic scripting language. It is meant to be a "sweet spot" language, easy to pick-up and enjoyable to use. It provides a familiar C-style syntax, with a feature set inspired by well-beloved languages such as Python and Rust. It comes with little ceremony and a focus on getting stuff done. The standard library, while simple, has enough basic features to get you started on interesting problems. Aria is currently only supported on Linux. Contrib