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Prime Day Picks From People Who Obsessively Test Gear & Track Prices

Amazon Prime Day began as one day and is now four. The Prime Day deals actually started dropping last month, reached a fever pitch earlier today, and will go on through Friday. We'll be dangerously caffeinated and working in shifts, covering 20 hours a day through the end. The WIRED Reviews team only recommends deals on products we’ve actually tested and approved, and which are actually discounted. If you’re looking for up-to-the-minute coverage of deals, check out our Amazon Prime Day liveblog,

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Here are 60 Prime Day deals you can nab for $50 or less

Theis also discounted to around $47 ($32 off) at Amazon and Best Buy , which is the lowest price we’ve seen on the compact Bluetooth speaker. Currently, it’s the smallest offered by Ultimate Ears, yet it doesn’t skip on features. It delivers a robust 12 hours of continuous playback, along with an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance. It’s small enough to throw in a hip bag, too, and can be clipped to everything from your shower head and backpack to the handlebars on your bicycle, allowing f

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Apple just patented a trackball Apple Pencil that works on almost any surface

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just granted Apple U.S. Patent No. 12,353,649, suggesting the company is thinking well beyond the iPad when it comes to the future of the Apple Pencil. Here are the details. According to the filing, “INPUT DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SENSORS” (via Patently Apple), Apple has been exploring a stylus equipped with optical sensors that can track motion, orientation, and position in 3D space, without needing to touch a screen. That would allow users to draw on virtually

Video Games Weekly: Every time this industry grows, it shrinks

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who's covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the video game stories from the past week that you need to know about, including some headlines from outside of Engadget. Please enjoy — and I'll see you next week. In a 2024 interview wit

I'm a mobile gadget expert and these Moft MagSafe accessories are my favorite under $35 Prime Day deals

The Moft Tripod accessory. Kayla Solino/ZDNET Prime Day is here, and while plenty of hefty discounts on expensive tech, my favorite offers to scout during a sale are always on cheaper items. After all, who doesn't like saving even more on an already affordable product? Also: The best Prime Day tech deals That's why when I caught these MagSafe accessories on sale, I knew I had to share them. At ZDNET, I test dozens of MagSafe accessories, from battery packs to wallets, phone cases, tripods, an

Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems

Xenharmlib 0.3.0 has just been released. Find out what’s new Welcome to xenharmlib’s documentation!¶ Xenharmonic (adj.): Pertaining to music which sounds unlike that composed in the familiar 12 tone equal-tempered scale. —Ivor Darreg Xenharmlib is a generalized music theory library that supports traditional Western and non-western harmonic systems, unconventional microtonal and macrotonal tunings, diatonic and posttonal set theory and non-standard notations. It is easy to use, extendable, an

CPU stuck at 0.80Ghz, Fixed by removing keyboard screw

Hello every one, I try the core speed of my cpu won't exceed 0.78 Ghz. I've updated the bios to A25 check that's not the issue. Power options in the windows settings are high performance so that's not the issue either. The core speed is the same when the PC is idle, and when I send it through stress test. My PC specs Intec cor i5 4310u 8Go Ram 256 SSD windows 10 Thank you for helping CPU-Z Idle Under Stress

Prime Day Deal: This All-in-One Kitchen Appliance Is 25% Off Right Now, and It Makes Nearly Everything

Amazon Prime Day sale: Amid the many great home appliance deals happening during Amazon's July Prime Day, the Chefman Everything Maker is available for $45 -- equivalent to $15 off and a 25% discount. The normal list price of $60 on the Chefman website already feels like a steal for what this thing does. Which is, well, everything. But right now during Amazon's July Prime Day sale, you can get the Everything Maker in the concrete color for 25% off, bringing the price down to just $45. (The midn

Two charged in $650 million global crypto scam that promised 300% returns

A U.S. Justice Department logo or seal showing Justice Department headquarters, known as "Main Justice," is seen behind the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023. Federal prosecutors have charged two men in connection with a sprawling cryptocurrency investment scheme that defrauded victims out of more than $650 million. The indictment, unsealed in the District of Puerto Rico, accuses Michael Shan

The Earth's Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today

The Earth's Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today I Want to Get Off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride "The cause of this acceleration is not explained." Spin Cycle The Earth's rotation is about to accelerate significantly. According to scientists, July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in recent memory as a result, slicing well over a millisecond off the usual 24 hours, Timeanddate.com reports. That's despite the Earth's

Deal: Get 4 Apple AirTag trackers for just $64.99

Eric Zeman / Android Authority Do you keep losing your stuff? If you have an iPhone, you should definitely invest in some Apple AirTag trackers. Right now, they are at a low price of $64.99 for a 4-pack! Buy the Apple AirTag 4-Pack for just $64.99 ($34.01 off) This offer is available from Amazon. Keep in mind this is not officially part of Prime Day (though likely influenced by it). As such, you need no Amazon Prime subscription to access this deal. Just throw it in your cart and check out! A

These Samsung Frame TV models are up to 50% off for Prime Day - but act fast

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Samsung's Frame TV lineup is popular for a reason; It's unique, makes practical use of all the idle space a TV typically leaves behind, and looks great doing so. And right now, on Samsung's website, you can save up to $1,500 on the 2024 model of the flagship TV for Prime Day. Also: The best Prime Day TV deals we've found The 75-inch TV is on sale for $1,499 on Tuesday, July 8 only, saving you $1,500. You'll also find the 50-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch, and 85-inch versions on sale

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Galaxy Buds 3 Pro AI-powered Are Practically Free, Amazon Drops the Price for Prime Day

Samsung has led the perpetual AI earbuds war ahead of Apple and the rest of the pack with its new Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. The earbuds represent the most advanced use of artificial intelligence in wireless sound to date, and the deliver features that actually make a real-world impact on everyday listening. If you’re looking for premium earbuds with class-leading noise cancelling and smarts, this is right now the best choice. Even better, there’s an exclusive Prime Day offer for Amazon Prime members w

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 9, #1481

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.

Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation

A federal appeals court today struck down a "click-to-cancel" rule that would have required companies to make cancelling services as easy as signing up. The Federal Trade Commission rule was scheduled to take effect on July 14 but was vacated by the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. A three-judge panel ruled unanimously that the Biden-era FTC, then led by Chair Lina Khan, failed to follow the full rulemaking process required under US law. "While we certainly do not endorse the use of unf

OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta

OpenAI has hired four high-profile engineers away from rivals, including David Lau, former vice president of software engineering at Tesla, to join the company’s scaling team, WIRED has learned. The news came via an internal Slack message sent by OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman on Tuesday. Lau is joined by Uday Ruddarraju, the former head of infrastructure engineering at xAI and X, Mike Dalton, an infrastructure engineer from xAI, and Angela Fan, an AI researcher from Meta. Both Dalton and Rudda

The best Prime Day deals on games, hardware, and accessories

Amazon Prime Day is the perfect time to score incredible deals on games to fill your backlog, as well as essential accessories like controllers, headsets, and storage expansion for your next-gen console. Combing through thousands of deals to find the ones actually worth your time is tedious, though, which is why we’ve done the heavy lifting and collected the best ones here. A ton of great games are on sale, including Star Wars Outlaws, which is currently on sale for $41 off at Amazon for both t

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Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B

In Brief French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. Mistral is also talking to French lenders like Bpifrance SACA to raise hundreds of millions of euros in debt, per Bloomberg. TechCrunch has reached out to Mistral for comment. Mistral, makers of the Le Chat chatbot, is one of the most significant players in the European AI landscape with a focus on open-wei

LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say

LangChain, an AI infrastructure startup providing tools to build and monitor LLM-powered applications, is raising a new round of funding at an approximate $1 billion valuation led by IVP, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. LangChain began its life in late 2022 as an open-source project founded by Harrison Chase, who was then an engineer at machine learning startup Robust Intelligence. After generating significant developer interest, Chase transformed the project into a start

Rivian spinoff Also raises another $200M to build e-bikes and more

In Brief Also Inc., the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian earlier this year, has raised $200 million from Greenoaks Capital, according to a new report from Bloomberg News. The funding round brings Also’s post-money valuation to $1 billion. The startup raised $105 million from Eclipse Ventures earlier this year when it was cleaved from Rivian. Also started as a skunkworks team inside Rivian in 2022 known as Project Inder, as TechCrunch previously reported. The team started working on an

Chinese researchers unveil MemOS, the first ‘memory operating system’ that gives AI human-like recall

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 A team of researchers from leading institutions including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University has developed what they’re calling the first “memory operating system” for artificial intelligence, addressing a fundamental limitation that has hindered AI systems from achieving human-like persistent memory and learning. The sy

This tiny 2-in-1 charger solved my biggest problem with traveling - and it's on sale

ZDNET's key takeaways The Twelve South ButterFly SE is available for $100 in Midnight Plum, Iridescent, White, Black, and Pink. This charging station is highly compact, making it ideal for travelers and habitual end-of-night nightstand charging folks. You can only charge two devices at the same time, which may not be enough power for some. View now at Amazon The Twelve South ButterFly SE 2-in-1 Wireless Qi2 Charger is on sale during Amazon Prime Day, listing for just $70 ($30 off). Also: The

Watch Robert Downey Jr. Geek Out About ‘Ironheart’ for 14 Minutes

It’s still unclear what impact, if any, the events of Ironheart will have on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but at least one person in it has already felt the effects. That would be Robert Downey Jr., the former Tony Stark, current Victor Von Doom and basically the Godfather of the MCU. Downey is a busy man, but he still found time to sit down with Ironheart star Dominique Thorne to geek out about the show for 14 minutes, and it’s just a delight. In what’s apparently just part one

Fitbit Charge 6 Fitness Tracker Is Going for Peanuts With Prime Discount, Includes S and L Sized Bands

It’s not just bits and bobs for the house you can pick up during this month’s Prime Day deal event, it’s basically everything. If there’s anything that Amazon sells that you’d like to save money on, then this event means there’s a high chance that you’ll be able to do so. It’s a good chance to get tech that you’d normally skip over because of its price. There are big deals all over the place. One great deal we’ve found today is on the immensely useful Fitbit Charge 6 fitness tracker. This handy

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 9 #493

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a fun topic, but some of the words get a little long to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers,

8 Best Amazon Prime Day Vacuum Deals for Dust and Dirt in 2025

Cleaning isn't just for spring, and these Amazon Prime Day vacuum deals are ones you can't miss if you're looking for a better vacuum. The insanity of summer—beach days! sunscreen spills! sticky ice cream!—leaves me cleaning more often than I was in the springtime or any other season. A great vacuum makes a huge difference. Whether I'm grabbing my favorite stick vacuum for the stairs, a car vacuum for my Sisyphean car mess, or a Dyson to solve all my problems, you can usually find me with a vacu

I've got my eye on this Kindle Essentials bundle deal during Amazon Prime Day

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Looking to take some books on your summer vacation? If you've got several novels you're hauling on flights, to the beach, or in your backpack, I can think of one lightweight solution to your book-induced back ache. A Kindle. A Kindle is a portable, e-reading powerhouse that is loaded with every book on your to-read list. Right now, Amazon is running a deal on its Kindle Essentials bundle, which includes its latest Kindle, a fabric cover case, and a power adapter for 25% off.

Show HN: A rain Pomodoro with brown noise, ASMR, and Middle Eastern music

Can I use Rain Pomodoro timer for studying and work? Absolutely! Rain Pomodoro is perfect for both studying and work. The pomodoro technique's 25-minute focus sessions are ideal for maintaining concentration during study sessions, while the variety of background sounds (rain, brown noise, ASMR, desert ambience) allows you to customize your environment based on the type of work you're doing. The visual rain effects also help reduce eye strain during long computer sessions.

The Tradeoffs of SSMs and Transformers

This blog post was adapted from a talk I’ve given a handful of times over the last year. It was meant to be a high-level talk accessible to a fairly broad audience, but hopefully has some interesting insights, opinions, and intuitions around sequence models for the dedicated researchers too. State Space Models Just so we’re on the same page, I’ll start by defining what I mean by a state space model. (This section isn’t strictly necessary to get to the main part of this post though; feel free t