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cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-01 22:08:00

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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ExpressVPN vs. NordVPN: Two VPN Titans Battle It Out in a Contest That Goes Down to the Wire

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-02 07:30:00

I’ve been using ExpressVPN and NordVPN for more than a decade, and have been consistently impressed with the exceptional quality of both services and how consistently each one has improved over the years. They're two of the best VPNs in the industry and are neck-and-neck in virtually every category in which they compete, which makes comparing the two both easy and challenging. Easy because they're both great choices and challenging because it’s difficult to declare a clear winner. Both provider

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Apple Watch Series 11 Review: Finally, the Watch Lives Longer

wired.com Adrienne So 2025-10-02 08:00:00

For years, Apple has tried to extend the battery life of the Apple Watch. For as many years, the company has only succeeded by half measures. Features like Low Power mode or faster charging help you keep the watch on your wrist for longer, but Apple has not significantly improved the watch’s 18-hour battery life—even at last year’s much-hyped decade-versary of the Apple Watch. I say this to give the context of why such a little thing was so shocking. After wearing the new Apple Watch Series 11

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Apple Watch Series 11 review: stuck in the middle

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-10-02 08:00:00

is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter.She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech, and more. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. No one is going to wax lyrical about the Apple Watch Series 11. Not because it’s a bad smartwatch — it’s a great smartwatch, actually. There’s just nothing that makes it feel special this year.

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Meta’s new smart glasses are coming this week

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-02 08:00:00

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta’s next big Connect conference is nearly here, and this year, we’re expecting to see a lot of news about glasses. AI-focused hardware is all the rage, and Meta arguably already has the best gadgets around in its Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses. At this year’s show, we’re expecting to se

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Apple Sports’ new iOS widget sadly doesn’t work in CarPlay

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-02 08:52:55

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Now that iOS 26 is out I’ve been eagerly waiting to see if Apple would update its Sports app with a widget I could use in my car. The good news is that Apple Sports now has an iOS widget that can be used on your homescreen. The bad news is that you can’t use it in iOS 26’s new CarPlay widge

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Kayak co-founder takes on Calendly with new Supercal scheduling platform

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-02 08:00:00

Kayak co-founder Paul English is back with a new venture—this time, he’s taking on Calendly. The entrepreneur has launched Supercal, a free scheduling platform that’s designed to make booking meetings more efficient and simple. Supercal was born out of English’s personal experience with the challenges of booking meetings. As a member of eight boards of directors, English says he and others often struggled to coordinate schedules. He then set out to create an email system for booking group meeti

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Y Combinator-backed Rulebase wants to be the AI coworker for fintech

techcrunch.com Tage Kene-Okafor 2025-10-02 08:03:04

Y Combinator-alum Rulebase is betting that the next wave of automation in financial services won’t be about flashy AI interfaces, but the unglamorous back-office tasks like compliance. The startup, founded by Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, two Nigerian engineers who met in London, just raised a $2.1 million pre-seed round led by Bowery Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Commerce Ventures, Transpose Platform VC, alongside several angels. Financial services firms spend enormous amo

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Google to invest £5 billion in UK AI as Trump heads for state visit

cnbc.com Sam Meredith 2025-10-02 14:59:51

General view of the Google headquarters in King's Cross as the tech giant faces a 5 billion pound lawsuit in the UK for allegedly abusing its online search dominance. Google owner Alphabet on Tuesday announced a £5 billion ($6.8 billion) investment in the U.K.'s artificial intelligence development, just as the country prepares for U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit this week. The U.S. president is scheduled to arrive in Britain on Tuesday evening, before the pomp and pageantry gets unde

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Meta Connect 2025: AI-powered smart glasses take center stage

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-02 17:00:01

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo Meta spent billions of dollars unsuccessfully trying to make virtual reality catch on with consumers. As it shifts its metaverse bet toward smart glasses, investors will be watching to see how the public responds. The social media company is set to unveil its most advanced smart glasses yet on Wednesday at

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Trump's willingness to let TikTok go dark motivated China to make deal, says Bessent

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-10-02 17:48:49

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer hold a press conference, following a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, on the day of U.S.-China talks on trade, economic and national security issues, in Madrid, Spain, September 15, 2025. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that President Donald Trump was willing to let TikTok go dark, and it was "what turned the tide" in the deal framework with China. "President Trump made it clear that he

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The looming crackdown on AI companionship

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2025-10-02 15:00:00

It’s hard to overstate the impact of these stories. To the public, they are proof that AI is not merely imperfect, but a technology that’s more harmful than helpful. If you doubted that this outrage would be taken seriously by regulators and companies, three things happened this week that might change your mind. A California law passes the legislature On Thursday, the California state legislature passed a first-of-its-kind bill. It would require AI companies to include reminders for users they

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This upcoming Android flagship will offer a video feature not even the iPhone has

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 14:28:16

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Vivo has confirmed that the upcoming X300 series of phones will offer 4K/60fps Cinematic Portrait video capture. By contrast, the latest iPhones support 4K/30fps Cinematic video recording. Vivo claims this is a first for both Android and Apple devices. Apple’s iPhones are widely considered to be the best phones for video capture, but they’ve played catch-up to Android when it comes to some features. This includes 4K/120fps video capture, multi-camera r

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Nothing wants to build ambitious new products, including smart glasses

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 14:45:52

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing’s CEO Carl Pei has shared his vision about the company’s expansion into other product categories. The executive says the company will focus on AI-driven hardware experiences beyond smartphones. He stresses the need for hardware-agnostic operating systems that will adapt to multiple hardware interfaces, such as smart glasses, humanoid robots, EVs, and more. Over the past several months, stagnation of smartphone-related innovation has been a consta

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I ditched my flagship for a mid-range phone and don’t regret it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 15:00:32

Joe Maring / Android Authority I did it. After years of exclusively buying and using flagship phones, I finally made the switch to a mid-ranger. And you know what? I don’t regret it. Not even a little. For the last decade, I’ve used high-end phones from brands like OnePlus and Google. After recently breaking my phone and shopping for a new one, I skipped the new Pixel 10 series I had my eye on and bought the Pixel 9a. This decision made me realize that today’s mid-range phones are not just goo

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Dolphin update makes GameCube and Wii games far less likely to crash

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 15:51:09

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Dolphin release 2509 turns off Dual Core mode by default on desktop, fixing common crashes. The update also adds compatibility for three tricky Disney Wii games thanks to clever hacks. Bluetooth passthrough, which enables Wii Remote support, has been patched to work with more modern Bluetooth adapters. Dolphin has long been one of the most impressive emulators around, but despite more than 20 years of development, there’s still more work to be done. In

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Google Wallet may soon let you favorite passes for faster access (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 16:12:17

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Wallet seems to be preparing a new way to “favorite” passes. Users will be able to tap a star button to add a pass to their favorites and have it appear on the home screen. It’s unclear whether the starred or favorited passes will be highlighted somehow on the Wallet app’s home screen, or if they’ll show up directly on your phone’s home screen. Google Wallet has steadily evolved from a simple payment tool into a hub for boarding passes, transi

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Google Pixel battery woes continue, but when will enough be enough?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-02 16:25:32

Rita El Khoury / 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. According to community reports, another Google Pixel model is now facing battery issues. According to Google support forum posts, several Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users suffer from swollen batteries, some of which are causing the screen to separate from the device’s chassis. Notably, some of our

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Parallels Desktop 26 makes it easier for IT to deploy and manage virtual machines

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2025-10-02 16:00:00

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with

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AirPods Pro 3 heart rate monitoring ‘mind-bogglingly good’ – unlike PowerBeats 2 Pro

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-02 17:25:54

We yesterday published our own in-depth review of AirPods Pro 3, with our editor-in-chief Chance Miller concluding that the latest iteration feels like a turning point for the product. Triathlete DC Rainmaker conducted detailed comparative tests of the new heart rate monitor as part of his own review, and concluded that it was “mind-bogglingly good” … In his review, Chance noted that while this isn’t the first time Apple has made earbuds with heart rate monitoring capabilities, the AirPods Pro

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Apple Sports app gets widgets for live scores and schedules on your home screen

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-02 17:50:53

The Apple Sports app has seen a number of great updates over the year, and the latest of these is support for widgets on your Home Screen. These can be customized to show live scores and schedules for your favorite teams and leagues, Including Live Activities on your Lock Screen. Apple has also rolled out the app to eight new countries … The latest changes are found in version 3.3. Now introducing Widgets for Apple Sports, giving you quick access to live scores and schedules right on your Hom

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iOS 26 is now available. Here's how to install it on your iPhone

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 23:12:33

After a summer of beta updates, iOS 26 is here. As long as you have a compatible iPhone, you can install the new software right now. Head to Settings > General > Software Update, and get ready for a Liquid Glass makeover. iOS 26 offers Apple's biggest visual change to its software since iOS 7. (That was when Jony Ive's flat design replaced Scott Forstall's skeuomorphic one.) This time around, the software adopts a translucent material theme: Liquid Glass. Although it isn't a return to skeuomorp

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The Morning After: The verdict on AirPods Pro 3

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-02 17:15:58

Apple’s third-gen pro earbuds make a very strong case for upgrading. Alongside all those iPhones and Watches, Apple revealed the AirPods Pro 3, packing in major new features, like live translation and heart-rate sensing, all while tangibly boosting active noise cancellation (ANC). Those ANC upgrades? Ultra-low-noise microphones combine with advanced computational audio to silence even more noise, while new foam-infused ear tips play a major role here too, since they offer increased passive nois

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This new AI voice trainer can help you learn a new language

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-02 15:00:25

MirageC/Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Babbel Speaks walks new speakers through language tests. The AI-powered voice trainer targets beginners. Babbel aims to go beyond language knowledge to in-practice use. While learning any aspect of a new language is hard, actually speaking it is often the most intimidating and challenging. Babbel Speak, a new AI-powered feature from language learning platform Babbel, aims to help, ta

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I was struggling to hear TV dialogue until this soundbar fixed everything for cheap

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-02 16:38:00

Creative Stage Pro soundbar ZDNET's key takeaways The Creative Stage Pro soundbar is available on Amazon for $170. This cost-effective soundbar excels at producing clear dialogue. The Stage Pro subwoofer won't blow you away, but it does add some depth to voices. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. This space-saving soundbar/subwoofer combo from Creative might not meet the lofty demands of an audiophile, but for anyone who wants more sound from their movie

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Are portable solar power banks reliable in 2025? My buying advice after a year of testing

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-10-02 16:38:26

'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

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2 Meta Ray-Bans leaks that have me truly excited for Connect (including a new Oakley model)

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-10-02 16:43:00

Meta launched the Oakley HSTN smart glasses earlier this year. Now it's preparing to launch several other pairs at Connect. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta recently published a video trailer for its upcoming smart glasses, which are expected to be unveiled at Connect on Wednesday. The montage included clips of Meta Ray-Bans that have an HUD display and wristband controller. A new Oakley model based on the brand's Sphaera d

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Basics of Equality Saturation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-29 09:05:57

01 - Basics of Equality Saturation# This tutorial is translated from egglog. In this tutorial, we will build an optimizer for a subset of linear algebra using egglog. We will start by optimizing simple integer arithmetic expressions. Our initial DSL supports constants, variables, addition, and multiplication. # mypy: disable-error-code="empty-body" from __future__ import annotations from typing import TypeAlias from collections.abc import Iterable from egglog import * class Num ( Expr ): def

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Automating Distro Updates in CI

news.ycombinator.com Neyts Zupan 2025-10-02 14:20:24

For a long time, we had a recurring TODO in our calendar: once a month, check whether any Linux distro we test against got a new stable version—or dropped support for an old one. Sounds simple. In reality, it was annoying, error-prone, and we were always late. Someone had to remember, look up release notes, update our CI matrix, and push a commit. Sometimes we missed a release for weeks, even months. Sometimes we forgot to remove an EOL version. It was busywork, not engineering. So we automate

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Migrating to React Native's New Architecture

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-29 00:41:36

Introduction We successfully migrated two of our largest apps, Shopify Mobile and Shopify Point of Sale (POS) to React Native's New Architecture while maintaining weekly releases and serving millions of merchants. This migration involved a complex codebase with hundreds of screens and native modules, extensive custom components, and deep integration with first-party libraries like FlashList. Key outcomes: Maintained development velocity throughout migration Zero feature development disruptio

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Sept. 16

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Meta’s new smart glasses are coming this week

Apple Sports’ new iOS widget sadly doesn’t work in CarPlay

Kayak co-founder takes on Calendly with new Supercal scheduling platform

Y Combinator-backed Rulebase wants to be the AI coworker for fintech

Google to invest £5 billion in UK AI as Trump heads for state visit

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Trump's willingness to let TikTok go dark motivated China to make deal, says Bessent

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Nothing wants to build ambitious new products, including smart glasses

I ditched my flagship for a mid-range phone and don’t regret it

Dolphin update makes GameCube and Wii games far less likely to crash

Google Wallet may soon let you favorite passes for faster access (APK teardown)

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AirPods Pro 3 heart rate monitoring ‘mind-bogglingly good’ – unlike PowerBeats 2 Pro

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