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Starlink’s In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Faster Than Its Home Internet Speeds: Here’s Why

Starlink is nearly twice as fast as any other in-flight Wi-Fi option, according to the latest report by the speed test site Ookla. (Disclaimer: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) The satellite internet company from SpaceX clocked median download speeds of 152 megabits per second and upload speeds of 24Mbps. That means that Starlink’s speeds in the air are faster than some internet providers on the ground. Those download and upload speeds were nearly twice as fast a

This robotic cleaner revitalized my pool after a storm - and now, it's 20% off for Prime Day

ZDNET's key takeaways The Beatbot Aquasense Pro is a robotic pool cleaner designed for comprehensive maintenance and heavy-duty cleanups. It features a 5-in-1 cleaning system that uses AI to optimize cleaning paths with up to 9.5 hours of operation. However, it weighs 24 pounds, has limited 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connectivity, and is pricey View now at Amazon As part of Amazon Prime Day, the Beatbot AquaSense Pro Pool Robot has received a 20% discount, going from $2,199 to $1,759. Living in Florida me

Dyson, techno-centric design and social consumption

7th July 2025 As a design engineer I’ve spent plenty of time mulling over what ‘good’ design is. The question is complex and is a starting point for reflecting on our role as designers, how design should interact with society and what even constitutes design! I recently visited the Glasgow Zine Festival and picked up a wee zine about one man’s hatred of James Dyson, which has inspired me to put some of my own thoughts on the topic down in words. I'm going to focus on formal design elements but

AirPods Pro 3 are coming, and rumored to have my top feature request

AirPods Pro 3 are in active development, and even though the release timing is still unclear, there’s been one rumored feature in particular that I’m especially excited about: improved active noise cancellation. Noise cancellation has long been a critical AirPods Pro feature for me I’ve been an AirPods user since the first model was introduced alongside the iPhone 7 in 2017. But when AirPods Pro debuted, I was immediately sold. Several features were appealing to me, but one standout was the i

Leaker says iPhone 17 lineup getting two new screen changes

Two months from now, Apple is expected to unveil its new flagship iPhone lineup, including iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. And today, a leaker has shared two screen changes that may be coming to various new models. Today in a new post on Weibo, leaker Digital Chat Station has shared a variety of expectations for the upcoming iPhone 17 line. Many of the details have been reported before, but there are two interesting new details that stand out most—both relating

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These workout earbuds from Beats measured my heart rate - and they're on sale

ZDNET's key takeaways The Powerbeats Pro 2 retail for $250 in vibrant Black, Quick Sand, Hyper Purple, and Electric Orange colorways. The earbuds can replace your smartwatch or fitness tracker, offering exercise and activity data via companion apps. The sound isn't very robust, delivering weak bass and hollow mids. View now at Apple The Powerbeats Pro 2 are $50 off right now on Amazon, ahead of Amazon's four-day Prime Day event that kicks off tomorrow. They're great exercise earbuds for iPhon

How SharkNinja took over the home, with CEO Mark Barrocas

It’s summertime, which means it’s time for our annual grilling episode. In years past we’ve talked to the leaders of Big Green Egg, Traeger, and Blackstone, and it’s always fascinating how those companies have all the same kinds of problems and ideas as any of the tech companies we have on the show. In fact it’s funny — in what can only be described as a perfectly Decoder situation, I really wanted to have Blackstone CEO Roger Dahle back on the show this year because his griddle company is such

I’m fed up with ads on my Google TV, so I got rid of them with this third-party launcher

Joe Maring / Android Authority Ever since Android TV underwent its transformation to Google TV a few years ago, I have had mixed feelings about the subsequent redesign of the home screen interface. While I appreciate the more modern-looking interface on one hand, the number of sponsored content suggestions has steadily increased over the years to the point of frustration. Simply put, I find sponsored content unacceptable after paying a fair price for the underlying hardware. And unfortunately,

Apple steps in to save decade-long Cupertino transit project

Recently, Apple spent more than half a billion dollars to acquire two office campuses it had already been leasing. Now, it shelled out a few million more to avoid a potential traffic disaster in its own backyard. A long-planned overhaul of the Interstate 280 and Wolfe Road interchange, the junction between Apple Park and a massive upcoming housing development called The Rise, was on the brink of being canceled due to a funding shortfall. But Apple has stepped in with a $4 million contribution

Amazon Is Going Nuts on Prices, GoPro HERO13 Black Is Flying Off Shelves For Prime Day

Amazon is rolling out its Prime Day sale this Tuesday, but the discounts unofficially began showing up on Monday. Among the best deals is the GoPro Hero13 Black, the top-selling action camera in the world, which is now selling exceptionally cheaper. The Hero13 Black is now available for $329, down from its regular price of $429. How much more sweeter it gets is that it’s offered to all, not just Prime members but we don’t know how long it will last. There’s also a special bundle deal with extra

This Lenovo gaming laptop made me ditch my ThinkPad for work - and it's on sale

ZDNET's key takeaways Lenovo's Legion Pro 7i is a top-tier gaming laptop, on sale now for $3,600. It effortlessly runs the latest gaming titles, exudes premium power, and features a 16-inch OLED display that demands your attention. Besides the high starting price, all that hardware runs hot, it's extremely power-hungry, and it has a big, bulky power supply. $3,099 at B&H Photo-Video Over at Lenovo's website, the Gen 10 Legion Pro 7i with the GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card is on sale for $3,05

Show HN: Modernized file manager and program manager from Windows 3.x

Heirloom apps Lightly modernized classics for Windows Heirloom Program Manager An alternative to the Start menu for launching shortcuts. This is a reimplementation of the classic Program Manager. Heirloom File Manager Browse, organize, and manipulate files. An alternative to File Explorer for basic tasks. This direct derivative of the classic Windows File Manager adds the following features: High-DPI screen support Recycle Bin Bookmarks Drag and drop Create and extract zip archives

Forget the hype — real AI agents solve bounded problems, not open-world fantasies

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 Everywhere you look, people are talking about AI agents like they’re just a prompt away from replacing entire departments. The dream is seductive: Autonomous systems that can handle anything you throw at them, no guardrails, no constraints, just give them your AWS credentials and they’ll solve all your problems. But the reality is that’s ju

Hannah Cairo: 17-year-old teen refutes a math conjecture proposed 40 years ago

Hannah Cairo was stuck on a math problem. All she could think about during those weeks was a new approach. “After months of trying to prove the result, I managed to understand why it was so difficult. I realized that if I used that information correctly, I might be able to refute the claim. Finally, after several failed attempts, I found a way to construct a counterexample [a case that does not satisfy the studied property and therefore proves it is not universally true].” Ciaro says it required

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

This $179 portable projector has a 190-degree gimbal that has turned my ceiling into a cinema screen

Dangbei N2 Mini A compact, portable projector with crisp visuals and built-in streaming apps, the Dangbei N2 Mini offers a budget-friendly option for casual movie nights. Its clever, built-in gimbal makes even the ceiling fair game for an impromptu screening location. I don’t need an excuse to head to bed early, but I’ll take one if it presents itself. With the ability to project my favorite shows right on the ceiling of my bedroom, the Dangbei N2 Mini projector has quickly become a quiet favor

Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts

In Brief Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback. Nikkei Asia reports that when examining English-language preprint papers available on the website arXiv, it found 17 papers that included some form of hidden AI prompt. The paper’s authors were affiliated with 14 academic institutions in eight countries, including Japan’s Waseda University and South Korea’s KAIST

Data everywhere, alignment nowhere: What dashboards are getting wrong, and why you need a data product manager

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 In the past decade, companies have spent billions on data infrastructure. Petabyte-scale warehouses. Real-time pipelines. Machine learning (ML) platforms. And yet — ask your operations lead why churn increased last week, and you’ll likely get three conflicting dashboards. Ask finance to reconcile performance across attribution systems, and

Here are three reasons why AirPods Pro 2 are still worth picking up in 2025

We’re likely going to see yet another version of AirPods Pro this September, alongside the launch of the iPhone 17 lineup. Despite the current set of AirPods Pro coming up on nearly three years old, I don’t think that those in the market to buy new AirPods should necessarily waste their time waiting for a potentially upcoming model. AirPods Pro 2 keep getting better Even though we should get a new pair of AirPods Pro in the coming months, that hasn’t stopped Apple from continually making this

QSBS Limits Raised

On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its own version of proposed legislation following the House’s passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1). While the House bill did not introduce any changes to Section[1] 1202 for “qualified small business stock” (QSBS), the Senate Finance proposal introduces significant expansions of the tax benefits of QSBS acquired after the date of the enactment of the final legislation. Summary of Current Law The QSBS exemption allows nonco

Why AO3 Was Down

An unofficial sub devoted to AO3. The Archive of Our Own (AO3) offers a noncommercial and nonprofit central hosting place for fanworks. We are proactive and innovative in protecting and defending our work from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. We preserve our fannish economy, values, and creative expression by protecting and nurturing our fellow fans, our work, our commentary, our history, and our identity while providing the broadest possible access to fannish activity for all fans.

Open Source and FPGA Maker Board for Networking

Open Source and FPGA Maker Board for Networking Private Island Networks Inc. is pleased to announce that we will sponsor and support a limited number of university efforts this upcoming academic year (2025/2026) for students that desire to work with the Private Island ® open source networking stack in the areas of network security, privacy, and machine learning. We believe that this open source networking project and the Betsy™ maker board are ideal for university senior projects, master these

Show HN: AirBending – Hand gesture based macOS app MIDI controller

As a standard MIDI controller, AirBending works seamlessly with any digital audio workstation (DAW) including Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Cubase, and more. Connect to external hardware synthesizers, software instruments, and effects processors. No special drivers or plugins required—just standard MIDI communication that every music production setup understands. Advanced Preset Manager AirBending offers a sophisticated preset system that allows you to customize every aspect of your gest

A rare look inside the durability lab where Apple tortures its products

Apple puts its products through a lot of tests during the development process, intended to ensure they have a long and reliable life even in challenging conditions. The company tests at least 10,000 iPhones prior to launch in an attempt to cover all the bases. It’s not often the iPhone maker lets outsiders into its labs, but Apple invited some of those attending WWDC 2025 to visit one to see for themselves the conditions it expects its gadgets to survive … To be clear, it’s not the first time

Prompting LLMs is not engineering

Prompting LLMs is not engineering published in: With the proliferation of AI models and tools, there's a new industry-wide fascination with snake oil remedies called "prompt engineering". As of July 2025 the term is now "context engineering" or "context prompting" or "context manipulation". To put it succinctly, prompt engineering is nothing but an attempt to reverse-engineer a non-deterministic black box for which any of the parameters below are unknown: training set weights constraints o

Show HN: AirBending – hand gesture based macOS app MIDI controller

As a standard MIDI controller, AirBending works seamlessly with any digital audio workstation (DAW) including Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Cubase, and more. Connect to external hardware synthesizers, software instruments, and effects processors. No special drivers or plugins required—just standard MIDI communication that every music production setup understands. Advanced Preset Manager AirBending offers a sophisticated preset system that allows you to customize every aspect of your gest

The best earbuds we’ve tested for 2025

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, and more. Editor’s note: Amazon Prime Day kicks off on July 8th; however, if you want to get a head start on your online shopping, we’ve rounded up the best early Prime Day deals you can already get. It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you l

Show HN: A cross-platform terminal emulator written in Java

ForceTerm The Terminal Strikes Back. Fully featured terminal based on jediterm. Usage Download and run a binary Head over to the releases section. We provide MSI installers for Windows, zipped appliation bundles for macOS and AppImage self-contained executables for Linux. Run from source There are two ways to run the application from source. Variant 1 (Linux and macOS only): ./gradlew clean create ./scripts/forceterm Variant 2 (cross-platform): ./gradlew pinpitRun Hacking To work on

Eero Pro 7 Review: Great Mesh Networking, Even if You Don’t Have Wi-Fi 7

It’s been years since I had consistently shitty Wi-Fi in my home. Around the time that Apple discontinued its AirPort routers in 2018, I cobbled together a mesh network comprised of a second-generation Eero Pro and one of the company’s entry-level Eeros. I’ve upgraded a couple of times since then, getting higher throughput and a couple extra bells and whistles, but generally the experience has been a stable one that’s asked little of me. Now, having spent some time with the Wi-Fi 7-capable Eero

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Show HN: BunkerWeb – the open-source and cloud-native WAF

Introduction Overview Make your web services secure by default! BunkerWeb is a next-generation, open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF). As a full-featured web server (based on NGINX under the hood), it protects your web services to make them "secure by default." BunkerWeb integrates seamlessly into your existing environments (Linux, Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, …) as a reverse proxy and is fully configurable (don't panic, there is an awesome web UI if you don't like the CLI) to meet your s