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This Sony soundbar delivers glorious audio for virtually any genre of content - and it's priced well

Sony Bravia Theater System 6 ZDNET's key takeaways The Bravia Theater System 6 consists of a center channel soundbar, two rear speakers, and an external subwoofer for $800. It offers great sound, in-app Bravia audio features, and a simple user experience. Without Wi-Fi connectivity, many wireless streaming options are unavailable, but the movie and TV watching experience remains unchanged $798 at Walmart $798 at B&H Photo-Video $798 at Crutchfield more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a

Tired of 5G? Qualcomm Says 6G Will Be Here Before the End of the World

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told the assembled crowd at its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii (full disclosure: travel and lodging were paid by Qualcomm, and Gizmodo did not guarantee any coverage as a condition of accepting the trip), that the world can set its watch and clear its calendar for the next generation of wireless connectivity. You’ll just have to wait a while. Currently, 5G and 4G LTE are the standard the world over. 6G could allow for faster internet speeds, and the first “pre-comm

What Is YouTube Premium Lite—and Should You Subscribe to It?

YouTube doesn't charge a cent for hosting all of your uploaded videos, showing them to the wider world, or letting you spend all day streaming content made by others. What it does do is show you a whole lot of advertising in an attempt to make back some of its data storage costs—which, based on the flood of ads we all have to endure, are presumably astronomical. By subscribing to YouTube Premium and now YouTube Premium Lite, you can remove those ads for good, across all your devices. As the che

Trump’s H-1B chaos is Europe’s opportunity to steal tech talent

Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With the US tech industry scrambling to contain the fallout of Donald Trump’s latest assault against immigrants, Europe senses blood in the water. Trump blindsided American businesses late last week with a new $100,000-a-year fee on all H-1B vi

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The best WordPress hosting services of 2025: Expert tested

Many websites now use a content management system (CMS) for backend management. You don't need to know any coding -- such as HTML or CSS -- to build or operate a website these days. WordPress is one of the most popular options around, according to W3Techs, around 61% of all websites with a known CMS using the service. The CMS is free and popular due to its ease of use, allowing for quick launch without requiring any technical knowledge. WordPress is also often offered as a one-click installatio

The best payment gateways of 2025: Expert tested

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The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward Breaking Point

For life on Earth, the oceans are essential. Not only do they supply us with food and resources, they also play a big role in maintaining a stable climate: between one-quarter to one-third of all CO 2 emitted by humans, which would otherwise stay in the atmosphere to further intensify climate change, is captured and stored by the sea. But the oceans are in trouble. Already facing an onslaught of human pressures—including overfishing, pollution, rising temperatures, and acidification—the world’s

The 22 Very Online Upstarts Changing the Face of Politics

Donald Trump’s second term has ushered in a new era in American politics. It’s brasher, crueler, more direct, more super online, and certainly more dystopian. Democrats and sometimes even Republicans have struggled to compete with Trump’s monopoly on the attention market. But the leaders of both parties are only mortal—yes, even Trump—and they’re not going to be around forever. A new generation of political talent is muscling its way onto the scene, armed with new ways of connecting with the m

On hold? Your iPhone can listen to the call's music and wait for you - here's how

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Why you need a cloud service in 2025 (and the 7 best I've used)

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The best way to prevent data loss is to back up your files onto a cloud storage service. On top of safeguarding documents and photos, you can access content across multiple devices. In this guide, I explain key terms, compare popular services, and even recommend third-party options, among other things. One of the most important (and harshest) lessons I've learned as a tech writer is to always back u

Greatest irony of the AI age: Humans hired to clean AI slop

On one side is AI swallowing millions of jobs, and on the other is humans being hired to clean up the nonsense AI often generates, finds Satyen K. Bordoloi This was early 2023, a few months after ChatGPT had just made the perfect superintelligence landing in our lives. A producer friend, who wanted a beat sheet of a series written into a synopsis, sent me a document he said he had gotten written. A reading of its first paragraph was all it took to identify the writer: ChatGPT. The perfect robo

I did not expect this midrange Sony soundbar to rival my Sonos system like this

Sony Bravia Theater System 6 ZDNET's key takeaways The Bravia Theater System 6 consists of a center channel soundbar, two rear speakers, and an external subwoofer for $800. It offers great sound, in-app Bravia audio features, and a simple user experience. Without Wi-Fi connectivity, many wireless streaming options are unavailable, but the movie and TV watching experience remains unchanged $798 at Walmart $798 at B&H Photo-Video $798 at Crutchfield more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a

Forget quiet quitting - AI 'workslop' is the new office morale killer

Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Workers are using AI to create low-quality "workslop." Bosses have to pick up hours of slack to fix it, harming careers. AI ROI is still unclear for most workplaces. Workers are becoming overly reliant on AI. The result? Lackluster product, now coined "workslop," according to new research from BetterUp Labs and Stanford Social Media Lab. Also: 10 ChatGPT Codex secrets I

YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. A roster of high-profile conservative voices could soon return to YouTube. YouTube's parent company, Alphabet, said in a letter published Tuesday that it intends to "provide an opportunity for all creators to rejoin the platform" whose accounts had been terminated over repeated violations of its COVID-19 and election integrity policies. The letter, written by Alphabet lawyer Daniel Do

‘Scanners’ Is More Than Just a Very Excellent Exploding Head

When movie fans think of Scanners, the immediate association is its spectacular exploding-head scene. In fact, when anyone thinks of spectacular exploding head scenes… Scanners is always on top of the pile, right next to Dawn of the Dead and Maniac. But while the work of special effects legend Dick Smith deserves much applause (in addition to Scanners, his credits include The Exorcist and Death Becomes Her), there is more to David Cronenberg’s 1981 thriller than one gloriously gory splatter. Ev

Boyd Gaming discloses data breach after suffering a cyberattack

US gaming and casino operator Boyd Gaming Corporation disclosed it suffered a breach after threat actors gained access to its systems and stole data, including employee information and data belonging to a limited number of other individuals. Boyd Gaming is a public US casino entertainment company with 28 gaming properties in ten states, including Nevada, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and the management of a tribal casino in northern C

Study Promoting Apple Cider Vinegar for Weight Loss Was Complete Bunk

Anyone who’s tried to lose weight knows there’s no shortage of products or fad foods out there that will supposedly speed up your slimming. One such advertised food, apple cider vinegar, will have less credibility behind it now, as a clinical trial claiming to show its weight loss success has just been yanked by the publisher. BMJ Group announced the retraction of the study this afternoon. Originally published last year, the small trial purportedly showed that people who drank apple cider vineg

Preventing IoT Edge Device Cloning

Preventing IoT Device Cloning IoT device cloning occurs when attackers capture real devices, extract cryptographic keys or identifiers, and use them to build duplicates that appear legitimate to the cloud service. Once deployed, these clones can manipulate data, spy on communications, or act as backdoors for larger attacks. The risk applies to all IoT protocols and solutions, since any system that relies on devices providing their credentials to the cloud service can be compromised if those sec

Google Home is letting you get a lot more done without using the app

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Home’s web interface began previewing new device controls earlier this month. Today Google announces that Home’s device tab is ready for all of us to use. While you can turn many of your smart home devices on and off, not all options are accessible through the web. Google Home is having a moment. After a shaky summer of Home glitches that had some users clamoring for justice, over the past few weeks it’s felt like Google has finally started gi

Apple Invites just got two new features and Liquid Glass design

Apple Invites, the new app that debuted earlier this year, has just been updated to version 1.5. The new update brings Liquid Glass to the app plus a couple brand new features. Apple Invites 1.5 brings calendar sync, Liquid Glass, and video playback for Shared Albums Apple Invites 1.5 is the latest update to Apple’s event planning and invitation app. The Invites app launched earlier this year for all users, but full functionality is unlocked with an iCloud+ subscription. Throughout the year

iPhone Mirroring on the Mac gets a key upgrade in macOS Tahoe

iPhone Mirroring debuted on the Mac last year as a standout new feature, and in macOS Tahoe it gets even better thanks to one key addition: Live Activities support. Live Activities are new for iPhone Mirroring in macOS Tahoe Apple’s Continuity features have long been a strength of the company’s hardware ecosystem. And when iPhone Mirroring launched last year in macOS Sequoia, it quickly became one of the best examples of that. This year in macOS Tahoe, iPhone Mirroring gets upgraded to bring

YouTube may reinstate channels banned for spreading covid and election misinformation

Channels once banned by YouTube for spreading false information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2020 election may soon have the opportunity to get their channels back, in a decision transparently courting "conservative voices." Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, has sent a letter via counsel to the House Judiciary Committee in which it alleges the company was pressured by the Biden administration to take down misinformation on YouTube related to the COVID-19 pandemic tha

Your Android phone's most powerful security feature is off by default and hidden - turn it on now

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Own a PS5? I changed 3 quick settings to give my console a huge performance boost

'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

Always Invite Anna

September 22, 2025 • 2 min read I was lucky enough to make a few friends my first semester of college. We ended up hanging out quite a bit during those early months. We’d all get excited for the weekends because Friday nights meant going out to party. Everyone except for Anna, that is. Anna was quiet, shy, and a definitely a goody-two-shoes. She was from Alabama and spoke with a pronounced southern drawl I’d rarely heard in Maryland. She was reserved but friendly once you got to know her. Ann

YouTube will restore channels banned for COVID and election misinformation

It's not exactly hard to find politically conservative content on YouTube, but the platform may soon skew even further to the right. YouTube parent Alphabet has confirmed that it will restore channels that were banned in recent years for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and elections. Alphabet says it values free expression and political debate, placing the blame for its previous moderation decisions on the Biden administration. Alphabet made this announcement via a lengthy letter to Rep

5 cool ways your iPhone's lock screen just got more customizable with iOS 26

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I'm a browser expert and Vivaldi's new customizable tab bar is a game-changer

Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The Vivaldi browser has a new release with many additions. You can fully customize the look and feel of the Tab Bar - and other bars. Vertical tab fans will especially appreciate the new options. I enjoy a good aesthetic. If you've followed me long enough, you totally get that. I will not cave to the ordinary. If you were to take a look at any given desktop (or laptop, or mobile d

Your Google TV may be getting its biggest update in years - what Gemini offers at no cost

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Gemini on Google TV is launching today, starting with the TCL QM9K. The AI assistant brings enhanced responses and hands-free controls. Older brands and models will get the same update later this year. To quote the world's best boss, "Oh my God. OK, it's happening." Gemini is finally coming to Google TV, with the TCL QM9K being the first model to support the intelligent AI assistant. Older brands an

DHS Uses Nintendo’s Pokémon Music and Video in Latest Bizarre Tweet

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has spent recent months posting some of the most bizarre material that’s ever come from an official U.S. government account. And now we can add “Fascist Pokémon” to the list. The official DHS account published a one-minute video on X and Instagram on Monday that opens with footage of explosions at the doors of unseen victims. The Pokémon music starts, with the lyrics “I wanna be the very best…” as viewers see American stormtroopers in fatigues walking in