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Apple announces iPhone 17 with bigger 6.3-inch always-on ProMotion screen, A19 chip

September means iPhones, and as expected Apple has taken the wraps off a new iPhone 17 at its event today. The updated OLED screen is the hero of the iPhone 17, bringing several features to the base iPhone that the iPhone Pro has enjoyed for years. The iPhone 17 steps up from a 6.1-inch to a 6.3-inch display, the same increase that came to the iPhone 16 Pro last year, and Apple has also added 120 Hz ProMotion support to the basic iPhone for the first time. Apple A 6.3-inch 120 Hz screen is the

Our Favorite Budget TV Is Only $264 at Walmart

Don't want to shell out big bucks on a new television? Walmart is offering an $86 discount on our favorite budget TV. This 55-inch 4K panel from Vizio comes in well under $300, a downright steal for the features on offer here, which includes Dolby Vision, Variable Refresh Rate, and a great smart interface. Our reviewer Parker Hall called the picture “bright and punchy” and support for Dolby Vision sweetened the deal. It also supports HDR10+, HDR10, and HLG, so you have a wide array of options f

Apple’s iPhone 17 introduces a new Center Stage selfie camera

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple has announced the iPhone 17, the latest edition of its standard model iPhone. This iteration has been upgraded with a larger 6.3-inch display and a 120Hz ProMotion refresh rate. It comes in some lightly refreshed color variations, but otherwise preserves much of the iPhone 16 design. Some of the biggest updates for this generation are the cameras, including a 48-megapixel “dual fusion” camera system o

Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple just announced the thinnest iPhone ever, the iPhone Air, which measures just 5.6mm thick. CEO Tim Cook said it promises “pro performance in a thin and light design.” The new iPhone Air comes with a 6.5-inch ProMotion display and a refresh rate of up to 12

Apple reveals the all-aluminum iPhone 17 Pro

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple has announced the iPhone 17 Pro, the top model in its new iPhone 17 lineup, alongside the regular iPhone 17 and all-new iPhone Air. It’s returned to an aluminum build, runs on the A19 Pro chip, and boasts what Apple is calling a “full-width camera plateau” on the back. Earlier this

AirPods Pro 3 arrive with heart-rate sensing and live translation using Apple Intelligence

Apple debuted the third-generation AirPods Pro at the “Awe-dropping” event on Tuesday, featuring heart-rate tracking, improved audio, and a smaller, more interactive charging case. It’s been three years since Apple refreshed the AirPods Pro line, releasing the Pro 2 model in 2022. The new AirPods Pro are available for pre-order today at a cost of $249. The headphones will arrive in stores on September 19. One of the standout features of the AirPods Pro 3 is its heart-rate sensing capability, a

Apple debuts the ultra-thin iPhone Air

Move over, iPhone Plus, here comes your super-slim replacement: the iPhone Air. During Apple’s iPhone event on Tuesday, the company unveiled the iPhone Air, its thinnest and lightest model to date. This replaces the Plus model in the company’s 2025 lineup, following the underperformance of the iPhone 16 Plus last year, based on data from research firm DSCC. The star of today’s event draws inspiration from Apple’s MacBook Air strategy, which debuted in 2008 as the thinnest laptop available, pos

No Man's Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable

Procedurally-generated open exploration game No Man's Sky recently got one of its biggest updates ever, a whopping nine years after it was first launched, allowing players to customize their own spaceships to a baffling level of detail — and the resulting creativity is truly out of this world. The "Voyagers" update, which rolled out late last month, adds the ability to decorate enormous "Corvette"-class ships to an unprecedented — and sometimes hilarious — degree. The update proved to be incre

Expect the iPhone 17 event to avoid Apple Intelligence promises

It’s finally the day of the Apple event, and everyone is eagerly awaiting the official launch of the iPhone 17 lineup. 9to5Mac readers are mostly power users, so it’s no surprise that the thing you’re most looking forward to is the unveiling of the iPhone 17 Pro Max – though there is also substantial interest in the all-new iPhone 17 Air. While we’re expecting a fairly packed event, there’s likely to be one significant difference from last year’s iPhone 16 launch: a conspicuous absence of Apple

How to watch today’s Apple event with iPhone 17, Apple Watch Ultra 3, more

It’s almost time: Apple’s big iPhone 17 event is happening today: Tuesday, September 9. The ‘Awe dropping’ announcements will be streamed live online. Here’s how to watch the iPhone 17 event. Apple’s iPhone 17 event: here’s how to watch live on September 9 Apple’s biggest event of the year is about to start. The iPhone 17 event happens today, September 9 at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT. Apple’s keynote is expected to be a pre-recorded video, with all the announcements livestreamed across sev

US charges admin of LockerGoga, MegaCortex, Nefilim ransomware

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk for his role as the administrator of the LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ransomware operations. Also known online as deadforz, Boba, msfv, and farnetwork, Tymoshchuk was involved in ransomware attacks that led to the breach of hundreds of companies, resulting in millions of dollars in damages, according to a superseding indictment unsealed today. Between July 2019 and June 2020, Tymoshchuk and hi

I use a lot of batteries, and this handy device is saving me money - here's how

Dlyfull B4 Universal Battery Tester ZDNET's key takeaways This battery tester handles a massive array of batteries, from one-use alkaline batteries to rechargeable cells. It's quick and easy to use, and can be used to test whether rechargeable batteries have come to the end of their life. The small display can be hard to read. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I've lost count of how many times I've seen someone throw away good batteries. Man, those thin

Your Blink subscription price is going up - unless you act fast

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Blink is raising the price of a monthly and yearly subscription. The Plus plan will be $12/month and $120/year. The company hasn't changed its subscription price since 2020. For the first time ever, Blink is raising the price of its subscription plan -- but it's adding some new features. And if you hurry, you can avoid the rate increase. In an email to subscribers this week, the company explained

Building a DOOM-like multiplayer shooter in pure SQL

DOOMQL: A DOOM-like multiplayer shooter in pure SQL I recently stumbled across Patrick’s excellent DOOM clone running in a browser powered by DuckDB-WASM. Ever since I’ve read that, I wanted to push his awesome idea to the logical extreme: Build a multiplayer DOOM-like shooter entirely in SQL with CedarDB doing all the heavy lifting. During a month of parental leave (i.e., a lot of sleepless nights), I tried exactly that. Here’s a sneak peek at DOOMQL: Your browser does not support the video ta

How An Attacker's Blunder Gave Us a Rare Look Inside Their Day-to-Day Operations

Figure 8: Threat actor starts to rely on automated workflows The threat actor also appeared to be interested in other AI tools to help with data generation and writing. We saw multiple Google searches for “free ai no signup” and for “csv generator ai.” We also saw the threat actor using Toolbaz AI, which is a writing assistant; the CSV spreadsheet generator feature of DocsBot AI, which is an AI chatbot tool; and the AI data generator feature of Explo AI, which is an embedded analytics tool.

Horror Maze Game ‘Dark Deception’ Is Becoming a Horror Movie

The next video game to join the list of those coming to the silver screen is Glowstick Entertainment’s Dark Deception. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s described on Steam as a “story-driven first-person horror maze” inspired by classic arcade games. The 2018 PC and mobile title came out in 2018 and tasks players with getting out of a maze filled with big-headed monsters that’d probably be right at home in Five Nights at Freddy’s. (Probably why it got picked up; the 2023 Freddy’s film was a hit

Rumored iPhone 17, 17 Pro and 17 Air Colors to Be Announced at Apple Event

Today's the day we're supposed to see the rumored iPhone 17. The Apple event keynote kicks off in a couple hours, and we're expecting the new phone line to be front and center. There are plenty of rumors flying around about what we can expect from Apple's upcoming smartphone, like a redesigned camera and a bigger battery. But if you're the type of person that's more excited about Apple's aesthetics, design and sleekness, you've probably been wondering about what colors the iPhone 17 could come

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Judge in Anthropic AI Piracy Suit Worried Authors May 'Get the Shaft' in $1.5B Settlement

A federal judge on Monday ordered the court to slow-roll a proposed $1.5 billion settlement to authors whose copyrighted works Anthropic pirated to train its Claude AI models. Judge William Alsup, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said the deal is "nowhere close to complete," and he will hold off on approving it until more questions are answered. Alsup's concerns seem to be around making sure authors have enough notice to join the suit, according to Bloomberg. In

Judge: Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement is being shoved “down the throat of authors”

At a hearing Monday, US district judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic's rampant piracy of books to train AI. The proposed settlement comes in a case where Anthropic could have owed more than $1 trillion in damages after Alsup certified a class that included up to 7 million claimants whose works were illegally downloaded by the AI company. Instead, critics fear Anthropic will get off cheaply, striking a deal with authors suing that covers less than 500,0

Inside the Man vs. Machine Hackathon

On a breezy San Francisco afternoon last Saturday, I found myself at a nondescript coworking space filled with shoeless coders. Just over a hundred visitors had crowded into an office building in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood for a showdown that would pit teams armed with AI coding tools against those made up of only humans (all were asked to ditch their shoes at the door). The hackathon was dubbed “Man vs. Machine,” and its goal was to test whether AI really does help people code faster—and

iPhone 17 event live blog: on the ground at Apple’s keynote

We got a glimpse of some software at WWDC 2025, but today is all about the new hardware, baby. We’re anticipating the usual — the iPhone 17 and 17 Pro, new colors, camera upgrades, and quite possibly an iPhone 17 Air if the rumors pan out. The fall is usually when Apple also struts out a new Apple Watch, and based on previous upgrade timelines, it’s likely we’re due for an Ultra 3 and a revamped SE. The AirPods Pro are also due for a refresh. And, as always, it’s possible that there’s something

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Tesla revamps the Megapack in attempt to reverse its declining storage business

Tesla is updating its utility-scale Megapack batteries as it seeks to stem the decline of its lucrative energy storage business. The new battery product known as Megapack 3, which Tesla revealed late Monday, are a bid to lure utilities and data center developers that are desperate for power. Megapack 3 stores around 1 megawatt-hour more electricity than Tesla’s largest existing offering and promises a longer lifespan. Tesla also introduced Megablock, a grouping of four Megapack 3 units that ca

Enterprise-Grade Data Ethics: How to Implement Privacy, Policy, and Architecture

In an era where data is often described as the “new oil,” its management transcends basic operational considerations and becomes integral to organizational trust and sustainability. Ethical data practices, including transparency and informed consent, have emerged as compliance requirements and strategic differentiators for business growth and customer retention. Data Ethics as a Strategic Differentiator Ethical data use is essential for building customer trust, which drives brand loyalty and h

Plex tells users to change their passwords after data breach

The Plex streaming platform has experienced a security breach and is telling customers to change their passwords "immediately." They also suggest that users enable two-factor authentication and sign out of any connected devices that are currently logged in. The company says a database was accessed by an “an unauthorized third party” and that some customers had their emails, usernames and hashed passwords exposed. As indicated, the breach involved hashed passwords, which are scrambled through an

I've worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years - and I can't believe the shape it's in

Nearly two years old, and my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is still going strong. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways I've worn my Ultra 2 almost continuously for two years. It's been banged, smashed, soaked, baked, and frozen. Apart from a few small superficial scratches, it's still going strong. Today, my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is 702 days old. I've worn it nearly 24/7 since October 2023. It only comes off my wrist to charge, and t

These subtle AirPods Pro 3 upgrades would make them an instant buy for me

Jada Jones/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. It's almost time for Apple to announce the iPhone 17 smartphone lineup, but I'm more excited about the possibility of an AirPods Pro 3 announcement. The AirPods Pro 2 are my daily driver earbuds, but there are some features I'd love to see improved in the next model. Also: Apple Event live updates 2025: Last minute leaks on iPhone 17, AirPods 3, Apple Watch Series 11, more I've heard rumors about a complete redesign of th

Yet Another TypeSafe and Generic Programming Candidate for C

MisraStdC A modern C11 library designed to make programming in C less painful and more productive, written in pure C. MisraStdC provides generic containers, string handling, and formatted I/O inspired by higher-level languages while maintaining C's performance and control. Disclaimer: This library is not related to the MISRA C standard or guidelines. The name "MisraStdC" comes from the author's name, Siddharth Mishra, who is commonly known as "Misra" among friends. Table of Contents Features

We All Dodged a Bullet

Loading... Why am I seeing this? You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This can and does cause downtime for the websites, which makes their resources inaccessible for everyone. Anubis is a compromise. Anubis uses a Proof-of-Work scheme in the vein of Hashcash, a proposed proof-of-work scheme for reducing email spam. The idea is that at individual scales the addit

NASA to Make Major Announcement About Martian Rock Sample on Wednesday. Here’s How to Watch

In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover extracted a rock core from the edge of Neretva Vallis, a river valley cut into the Martian surface by water rushing into the Jezero Crater billions of years ago. This mysterious rock caught the attention of scientists on Earth, as its features may reveal clues about possible ancient life on the Red Planet. At 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, September 10, NASA will host a press conference to discuss the analysis of the sample, dubbed “Sapphire Canyon,” and the su

This Bizarre Fish Has 8 Rows of Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex

Spotted ratfish are scaleless, rabbit-faced deep-sea fish, about two feet (61 centimeters) long, and native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean. As if that wasn’t a strange enough description, these distant shark cousins also feature teeth on their foreheads. While a number of marine animals, such as sharks, rays, and whale sharks, have external tooth-like structures called denticles, it turns out the spotted ratfish’s toothy features are straight-up true teeth, as true as the ones in your mouth.