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Best Reusable Water Bottles in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 06:29:00

If you want a trusty stainless steel water bottle that is school- or office-friendly, then you'll like the S'well bottle. The S'well Blue Granite Bottle is BPA- and BPS-free and made with food-grade stainless steel. It uses S'well's "Therma swell technology," meaning it's triple-layer vacuum insulated to keep your water cold for up to 48 hours or hot for as long as 24 hours. This varies on the size of the bottle -- the bigger the bottle, the longer your beverage will maintain its temperature. Th

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5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Buying a Portable Air Conditioner, From Someone Who Has

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 15:55:00

Portable air conditioners have a lot going for them. They're renter-friendly, easy to install and perfect for cooling stubborn hot spots. They also shine in spaces where narrow windows can't fit a traditional unit. I've had mine for a year, and it's easily one of the best upgrades for my sweltering home office — keeping me cool, comfortable and productive no matter how high the temperature climbs. As with window units and other air conditioners, you'll need to find the sweet spot between a comf

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Back-to-School Spending Is Down 50%, CNET Survey Finds. Here's How to Get the Tech and Gear You Need for Less

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 16:00:00

Back-to-school shopping is underway, and the supply list isn't like it was when I was a kid. More schools and colleges are leaning on technology for educational purposes, and some of those costs could fall on US shoppers. Big-ticket purchases, like laptops and tablets, can be a strain on your finances, especially when juggling other back-to-school items and everyday expenses. CNET's new back-to-school survey dives into just how much US shoppers are concerned about making tech purchases ahead o

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Best Home Security Cameras With Floodlights in 2025: Illuminate Your Yard

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 21:00:00

Does the camera have night vision? Does it have extra features like color night vision? Does the floodlight camera have adjustable motion detection? Does it have motion zones or sensitivity options? Does it include objection recognition for people? Are there extra costs for these features? Do you prefer a wired or wireless camera? Do you have a junction box where you want to install a wired camera or are you willing to have one installed? Can you control the brightness of the camera's floodli

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They’re golden: Fictional band from K-Pop Demon Hunters tops the charts

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-04 21:25:10

The fictional band Huntr/x, from K-Pop Demon Hunters, has a real-world hit with "Golden." Netflix has a summer megahit on its hands with its animated musical feature film, K-Pop Demon Hunters. Since its June release, the critically acclaimed film has won fans of all ages, fueled by a killer Korean pop soundtrack featuring one earworm after another. The biggest hit is "Golden," which just hit No. 1 on Billboard's Top 100 chart. (The last time a fictional ensemble topped the charts was in 2022 wi

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Blackwater’s founder would like to sell you a privacy phone made in the USA

theverge.com Dominic Preston 2025-12-04 21:00:00

Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its “privacy-first” UP Phone that will be made in the US — at some point. The original UP Phone was described by the company as “the ultimate privacy-focused smartphone” and by privacy platform GrapheneOS as “a clear cut scam.” (It was first announced in June 2022, though it didn’t reach customers until 2024; Unplugged wouldn’t

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Quick fixes: bring back Google Photos classic search instead of ‘Ask Photos’ Gemini AI

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-04 21:58:40

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Issue You just want to search your archived photos, instead of interacting with an AI assistant. Quick fix Inside the app, tap the Google account button at top-right, then go to Photos settings > Preferences > Gemini features in Photos, and turn off

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Want more Android Authority? How to set us as your preferred source in Google Search

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-05 02:00:44

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Since 2007, Android Authority has strived to bring all of our readers the very best coverage of Android and the mobile tech world. And even after 18+ years as a proudly independent media outlet, we’re as driven as we’ve ever been to bring you all the latest exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, hands-on reviews, experience-based features, lab testing, and other expert analysis. Of course, how we’ve been able to get that coverage to you has changed in countl

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Study finds your smartwatch might be way off on one key health stat

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-05 02:59:20

Kris Carlon / Android Authority TL;DR Study finds smartwatch stress scores often don’t match how you actually feel. Researchers tracked 800 Garmin users for three months and saw “basically zero” correlation for stress. Sleep tracking was more accurate, but better at logging hours slept than rest quality. They’re meant to be your health sidekick, you might suspect that there’s only so much that a wearable can tell you about your mental state from taking a pulse reading. If this wasn’t already

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The top 3 smartphone gimbals on the market right now

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2025-12-05 02:01:33

Smartphone gimbals have become a dime a dozen at this point, but who are the leaders right now? Here are our top three gimbals that you should be looking at if you are in the market for one. Who is using a smartphone gimbal? It feels like smartphone gimbals were all the rage with the rise of social media a decade or so ago. Back then, the only option was really just DJI, and they’re still the leader. However, with corporate America realizing they need a bigger social media team and being an “i

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Next year’s iPhones could get bigger than usual upgrades with A20 chip

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-05 02:20:08

We’re just weeks away from Apple unveiling its iPhone 17 lineup, but a new report corroborates prior indications that next year’s iPhone 18 models are due for an especially strong performance boost thanks to innovations with the A20 chip. A20 chip in iPhone 18 will bring new packaging process for greater gains Today Ming-Chi Kuo has published a new report on Eternal Materials securing a packaging order from TSMC for next year’s iPhones and high-end M5 MacBooks. The most noteworthy detail invo

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Amazon and Apple best deliver on affordable housing promises, as other tech giants falter

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-05 05:24:38

One of the downsides of tech giants creating Silicon Valley was the affordable housing crisis it spurred. That has made it next to impossible for those on typical salaries to rent or buy in the area. Apple was one of a number of tech companies which pledged to help out back in 2019, and so far has delivered more than most … The growth of tech companies within the Bay Area led to dramatically increased demand for housing, alongside price pressure created by the relatively high salaries paid to

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Leaker reiterates that iPhone 17 Air will get binned GPU

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-05 09:44:58

A leaker last month indicated that the iPhone 17 Air would get a “binned” version of the A19 Pro chip, with only five graphics cores instead of six. They’ve today reiterated this, affirming another of the compromises buyers will have to make if they want Apple’s slimmest ever iPhone … iPhone 17 Air to get binned GPU Making chips with such small processes is an incredibly delicate process, where even the tiniest of fabrication glitches can result in a loss in performance. One relatively common

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I wore the best headphones from Sony, Bose, Apple, and Sonos: Here's how the AirPods Max wins

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-12-05 11:47:00

Jada Jones/ZDNET In the past few years, Bose, Sony, Sonos, and Beats have released premium headphones to compete with each other and Apple's AirPods Max. I've worn all of the AirPods Max's top competitors, and they each excel in different categories. But for an older dog in this fight, the AirPods Max are still kicking. Since their 2020 release (and 2024 re-release), the Max haven't received many significant software or hardware updates, aside from new colors, a USB-C port, and support for los

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The iPhone 17 Needs Amazing Cameras. Here's What I Think Apple Should Do

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 10:00:00

The iPhone 16 Pro already packs one of the best camera setups found on any phone, but the iPhone 17 needs to take things even further when it launches in just a few weeks. Sure, Apple's phones are capable of taking stunning photos, thanks to its awesome software, ProRaw format and its wealth of video skills, but Apple's rivals have been doing big things, too. The Galaxy S25 Ultra, the Pixel 9 Pro and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra all pack amazing camera setups that have given the iPhone 16 Pro a run for i

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Home Depot's Infamous Skelly Finds a Voice With New App for Halloween

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 10:32:03

Make no bones about it: Skelly's going high tech. Home Depot's popular 12-foot-tall skeleton decoration is coming back to life this Halloween with an app that lets you give the new Ultra Skelly a voice and new moves to scare the trick-or-treaters. The new animatronic version is shorter than the original, at 6.5 feet tall, but you can freak out your whole neighborhood with this skeleton's rotating upper torso, moving mouth and 18 LCD eye variations (ew). Skelly can now chat with visitors through

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How to save a smart home company

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-12-05 11:00:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The smart home can be scary. It seems like every other month, we hear about another smart home company going out of business, leaving you scrambling for a new way to turn on your lights. Why is it so hard for smart home manufacturers

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RFK Jr. Posts Fishing Trip Pics Online Amidst Fallout From CDC Shooting

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-05 16:30:28

A horrific shooting took place outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters in Atlanta on Friday. The shooting killed one police officer and left the building’s staff locked down and terrified. The shooter, who unsuccessfully tried to breach the building, has been identified as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White. He was found dead at the scene. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s head of the Department of Health and Human Services, has not been particularly good at navigating

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Even with three cameras, the Pixel 10 isn’t the Pixel phone I want

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 00:00:42

Thanks to Google’s nonchalance about early announcements, we’ve already seen how the new Pixel 10 series is going to look. The biggest upgrade by far is coming to the base model, which is, for the first time, getting a third camera lens on the back. It’s such a big upgrade that it makes the Pixel 10 the perfect phone for most people — you won’t be missing out on the usual differentiator between the Pro and non-Pro models. But here’s the thing: the Pro and non-Pro Pixels remain two different ent

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OnePlus 15’s SuperBlack could be the blackest black color we’ve seen on a phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 03:32:47

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR The upcoming OnePlus 15 may feature a brand new design, including a “black hole”-inspired aesthetic featuring the SuperBlack color and a new camera island design. The phone is rumored to come with a 6.78-inch flat LIPO display with a 1.5K resolution and symmetrically thin bezels. Other leaks suggest the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chipset, a 50MP triple camera, and a 7,000mAh battery. Once the Pixel 10 series launches, we’re

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Aug. 12

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-05 16:59:00

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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This iOS 26 Feature Lets You Stop iPhone Spam Calls In a Few Easy Steps

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-06 02:00:03

Apple released the second public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 7. The update brought a handful of new features, like a new Liquid Glass design and the ability to change your alarm's snooze length, to the iPhones of developers and beta testers. It also gave developers and beta testers an easy way to stop spam callers from bothering them with a new call screening feature. Call screening isn't an Apple Intelligence feature, so any iOS 26 compatible iPhone, like the iPhone 14 Pro, will get this feature wh

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Apple’s AI Ambitions Leave Big Questions Over Its Climate Goals

wired.com Sophie Charara 2025-12-06 02:30:00

Here’s a simple question: Is the current top iPhone better for the environment than the top iPhone was five years ago? Let’s take the iPhone Pro series. If we’re looking at recycled and renewable materials, it’s an easy yes. Compare the iPhone 11 Pro, released in September 2019, with the iPhone 16 Pro, released in September 2024, and there has been good progress—from a few smaller components and packaging to now at more than 25 percent of the whole phone. There's work to do, of course, but that

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Google Home app kills phantom offline camera alerts in latest update

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 00:42:24

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Google Home app update promises smoother live streaming and more reliable camera performance by preventing phantom offline messages and reducing latency. Google has also shared release notes for the app’s previous update to version 3.37, which introduced camera tile previews and fixed multiple bugs, including one that caused the app to crash at startup. Google has shared release notes for version 3.38 of the Google Home app. The update star

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The Matter 1.4.2 update has the smart home upgrades you didn't know you needed

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-06 04:58:37

Maria Diaz/ZDNET The smart home world is gearing up for the Matter 1.5 update this fall, but the CSA just announced a 1.4.2 update as a precursor to prepare the field. Matter 1.4.2 makes devices more secure and efficient, enhancing the user experience, likely without you realizing that major changes have been made. That's the beauty of Matter: we're watching the connectivity protocol grow and blossom into a fully fledged and future-proof smart home wonder. The Matter 1.4.2 update includes Wi-F

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Motorola Razr Plus 2025 plummets to a new record-low price

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 05:03:56

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Are you looking to get into the world of foldable phones but don’t want to pay the crazy prices they usually come associated with? Have we got the deal for you! Today, I came across this offer and was immediately surprised. The Motorola Razr Plus 2025 has dropped to a new record-low price of $626.18, saving you a whole $373.81 on the retail price. You must like Hot Pink, though! Buy the Motorola Razr Plus 2025 in Hot Pink for just $626.18 ($373.81 off) This offe

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Ready for Apple's iOS 26? Here are all the compatible iPhones that can run the beta today

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-06 06:12:16

Your iPhone and iPad's operating systems are getting big upgrades this fall with the release of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. My favorite coming to both is the visual update, called Liquid Glass — it's like the better-executed version of Windows Vista. We spent two weeks test-driving it — you can check out our detailed hands-on iOS 26 preview, or you can try it out yourself by downloading and installing the public beta. That software is a more stable iteration of the separate developer version, which re

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iPhone 17 release is rumored for September: Everything you need to know about the 'thinnest iPhone ever' and the Apple fall event

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-06 06:28:05

The closer we get to Apple's reveal of the iPhone 17 lineup, the more excited we are to see what's different from the previous iPhones. The newest smartphones will come equipped with the latest iOS 26 features. Since we still have to wait at least a month (presumably) until the iPhone event, we can at least speculate what the new phones will look like. As with most unreleased iPhone models, rumors and leaks have trickled in about the hardware side ahead of the official introduction. Here's what

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AI Industry Warns That New Lawsuit Could Destroy It Entirely

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-06 11:10:33

Last month, a federal judge ruled that potentially millions of writers can join a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against the AI startup Anthropic. The suit, filed by three authors, accused the Claude chatbot maker of using pirated books downloaded from "shadow libraries" such as LibGen to train its large language models. Upping the ante through the roof, US district judge William Alsup said that the trio's suit can represent every single writer of the some seven million books that Anthr

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iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public beta: Everything you need to know about the new Apple updates

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-06 11:30:31

In just over a month, we'll finally get to download the official iOS 26 on our iPhones. Available now is the iOS 26 developer beta 6 (for developers only), and the public beta which you can download and install now. CEO Tim Cook recently said it's (along with the other current beta operating systems) "by far the most popular developer betas we’ve had," 9to5Mac reports. You can also take a look at our preview of the iOS 26 public beta release, which shows off the fresh home and lock screen redesi

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