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Jaguar Land Rover extends shutdown after cyberattack by another week

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced today that it will extend the production shutdown for another week, following a devastating cyberattack that impacted its systems at the end of August. JRL is a standalone entity under Tata Motors India, following its acquisition from Ford in 2008. JLR employs approximately 39,000 people, makes more than 400,000 vehicles each year, and has reported an annual revenue of over $38 billion (£29 billion). The British automaker has been working to resume operations

Google's new open protocol secures AI agent transactions - and 60 companies already support it

Hassel/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google announces Agent Payments Protocol (AP2). AP2 helps companies carry out agent-led payments securely. The protocol is launched with the support of more than 60 organizations. The next level of AI assistance in e-commerce is agent-led AI transactions, where your agent can place orders on your behalf, saving you time as a consumer and connecting your product to buyers if you're a merchant. A

Roku's first TV projector gives you a 150-inch screen - for less than $200

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Calm's new Sleep app gives you a personal bedtime plan to help you rest better - plus earbuds

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Calm is launching a new app, Calm Sleep. The app is designed to help users easily fall asleep. The brand announced a partnership with Ozlo Sleepbuds. Mindfulness app Calm is coming out with a new app dedicated to sleep, the brand announced Tuesday. Calm Sleep is a standalone app with meditation and mindfulness tools made for bedtime. Also: I compared the viral $50 earplugs with my $300 sleep earbuds - here are the

Google may shift to risk-based Android security patch rollouts - what that means for you

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google may change how Android security updates work. But larger patch cycles might give hackers more time. 'High-risk first' model could streamline OEM patches. Google is considering an overhaul of security patch update rollouts in a bid to improve Android security. Risk-based update system According to Android Authority, the new system -- dubbed the "Risk-Based Update System" (RBUS)

DuckDB 1.4.0 LTS

Announcing DuckDB 1.4.0 The DuckDB team · 7 min TL;DR: We're releasing DuckDB version 1.4.0, codenamed “Andium”. This is an LTS release with one year of community support, and it packs several new features including database encryption, the MERGE statement and Iceberg writes. We are proud to release DuckDB v1.4.0, named “Andium” after the Andean teal (Anas andium), which lives in the Andean highlands of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. In this blog post, we cover the most important updates f

When the job search becomes impossible

I have the good fortune to have a job right now, but many of my friends are out of work. Most have been searching for a while. Some are encountering a problem that has my full sympathy, something I’ve experienced myself at various times. I’m not sure I can solve it, but maybe I can help put words to what some are going through. The problem unfolds in three distinct phases as the job search drags on. Phase I: The Obvious but Impossible Search You’ve spent several months sending out scores of c

Trucker built a scale model of NYC over 21 years

Reno may be “the biggest little city in the world,” but it's got some serious competition from the miniature New York City that hobbyist Joseph Macken built in his upstate New York basement over two decades. “I sat down in my basement, turned the camera on on my phone and just started talking about my first section, which was Downtown Manhattan,” the Clifton Park resident said on a recent Thursday about his viral TikToks on his roughly 50-by-30-foot scale model of the city. “It just took off.” T

Just Use HTML

September 10, 2025 Just use HTML I’ve worked on so many projects recently that were more complicated than they needed to be because they used JavaScript to generate HTML. JavaScript is… Slower to load Slower to run More prone to breaking Harder to read and reason about Doesn’t actually look like the final output It’s inferior to just using HTML in nearly every way. I’m not saying never use JavaScript, though. I think JS is great at augmenting and enhancing what’s already there, and addi

Live Updates From Meta Connect 2025 🔴

It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s turn to get on stage and yap about how his company, Meta, is leading the way with the metaverse—oops, we meant artificial superintelligence (whatever that means)—at the annual Meta Connect 2025 developer conference. Connect takes place from Sept. 17 through Sept. 18, but the first day is when Zuckerberg will be keynoting, likely talking up the combined effectiveness of all the handsomely paid AI researchers he’s hired in the past few months. We’re also expecting him to an

If You Hate Liquid Glass on iOS 26, Here’s How to Make It Better

Now that iOS 26 is available for everyone, iPhone users are breaking off into two camps. One is open to Apple’s new look for its entire product ecosystem, dubbed “Liquid Glass” for the translucent “glassmorphic” UI. As is so typical of the internet, the other side of the coin is livid about the change to their devices. Hold off on jumping the gun and retreating back to iOS 18. There are several hidden options that can make your device a little more legible and return the user interface to someth

Plagued by Parts Shortage and EV Demand Uncertainty, GM Prepares for Layoffs

Automotive giant General Motors is preparing for layoffs at its assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri. Although the layoffs will be temporary, the majority of the workers at the plant will be affected, according to a letter sent to employees by the plant’s executive director and the local UAW representative. GM’s Wentzville plant builds the company’s Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size trucks, as well as the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans. The latter two are some of GM

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Study Claims Over Half of Tech Firms Are Considering ‘Restructuring,’ Thanks to AI

Murmurs about a linkage between the rollout of new AI services and recent waves of layoffs within the tech industry have been ongoing for some time. Similarly, a recent cooling of the job market for coders has also been attributed to the rise of so-called “vibe coding,” in which less skilled technicians create websites and products with the help of an automated assistant. Now, a new report from a firm that works with tech companies claims that a majority of its clients say they are considering

Duolingo Chess Players Soon Can Play Matches With Others

Android, it's your move. Language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that it is launching its chess instruction to Android phones, three months after introducing the game to iOS devices. The company also said that it will be bringing a player-versus-player mode to iOS in the coming weeks. Duolingo announced the news Tuesday at its flagship conference Duocon, which is being held virtually on the Duolingo website. The company said a "very small percentage" of Duolingo customers had early ac

Roku and Aurzen Unveil First Projector With Roku Built-In

Roku and Aurzen have premiered the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube, a mouthful of a name for a diminutive projector, for "under $200." This is the first projector to use Roku OS as its built-in streaming interface while the majority of projectors on the market now use Google TV as their interface. The D1R Cube is a budget projector with a claimed 330 lumens and 1080p resolution. Also read: Best Projectors for 2025 "Cube" You don't need to point the remote at the screen. Roku The D1R

Apple Sports App Is Granting Your Wish: Widgets for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Ever since it first launched in Feb. 2024, the Apple Sports app has undergone a series of upgrades, additions and improvements. Apple announced the rollout of two new features for the app on Tuesday, including widgets for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Additionally, Apple Sports is coming to eight countries across Europe: Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland and Italy. The updates arrive in time for the bulk of the NFL season and weeks ahead of the NBA and NHL kickoffs, providing f

When will Jaguar Land Rover restart production? “No one actually knows.”

Jaguar Land Rover’s dealers and suppliers fear the British carmaker’s operations will take another few months to normalize after a cyber attack that experts estimate could wipe more than £3.5 billion off its revenue. JLR, which is owned by India’s Tata Motors, had been forced to shut down its systems and halt production across its UK factories since August 31, wreaking havoc across the country’s vast supply chain involving roughly 200,000 workers. JLR on Tuesday said it would extend its produc

One Vigilante, 22 Cell Tower Fires, and a World of Conspiracies

As dawn spread over San Antonio on September 9, 2021, almond-colored smoke began to fill the sky above the city’s Far West Side. The plumes were whorling off the top of a 132-foot-tall cell tower that overshadows an office park just north of SeaWorld. At a hotel a mile away, a paramedic snapped a photo of the spectacle and posted it to the r/sanantonio subreddit. “Cell tower on fire around 1604 and Culebra,” he wrote. In typical Reddit fashion, the comments section piled up with corny jokes. “B

The Best Ventless Fireplaces for Cozy Vibes (2025)

The Lloyd from Solo Stove pays serious homage to the freestanding mid-century enameled MCM Preway fireplaces that fetch thousands on the vintage marketplace. For less than $1,000 and a few minutes of assembly, the Lloyd may be a solution for those who want a real flicker. The Lloyd comes in five easy-to-love colors and most resembles the OG Malm Zircon. Made of electroplated steel, metal, and glass, the 31-pound Lloyd stands 3.5 feet tall. The Lloyd uses TerraFlame gel fuel, a proprietary blend

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How to Clean AirPods (and Other Earbuds)

Everyone has dirty ears; the human ear is designed to produce earwax to protect itself from other junk getting in there, among other things. That means that the more you put your precious new AirPods Pro in your ear holes, the dirtier they are likely to get. So what's the best way to clean out all the gunk? Read below to learn how to clean your earbuds and over-ear headphones, as well as other ways to rehab an old pair. Looking for headphones? Be sure to check out our guides to the Best Wirele

The Apple Watch SE 3 is the one to buy

is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter.She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech, and more. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When I walked into Apple Park last week, there was one thing that I did not have on my bingo card: the $249 Apple Watch SE 3 stealing the show from the Apple Watch Series 11 and the Apple Watch

AT&T’s AI call-screening tool uses your call history to filter out spam

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. AT&T is testing an AI-powered assistant designed to screen phone calls for you. The mobile carrier is bringing the feature to a select group of customers this year, and likens it to a “digital receptionist” that can identify and filter out robocallers based on the information from its network, like your call history. “This is only the foundation of

This is the first Roku TV smart projector

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Aurzen has announced a new portable projector that will be the first to run the Roku TV OS already found on TVs from brands like TCL and Hisense. The new Aurzen D1R Cube will have access to popular streaming apps like Netflix, Disney Plus, and Amazon Prime, p

Google launches new protocol for agent-driven purchases

On Tuesday, Google announced a new open protocol for purchases initiated by AI agents — automated software programs that can shop and make decisions on behalf of users — with backing from more than 60 merchants and financial institutions. Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems and vendors, providing a traceable paper trail for each transaction. In a post announcing the protocol, Google executives emphasized their c

Calm launches standalone iOS app for sleep support

Calm is launching a new standalone app for more personalized sleep support, the company announced on Tuesday. The new Calm Sleep app is available on iOS and is designed to help people wind down, sleep better, and wake up refreshed, Calm says. The app features Calm’s content with new features designed to help users reach their sleep goals. Calm Sleep starts by getting people to complete a short onboarding questionnaire. The app then creates a personalized sleep plan, including recommended conten

Trump's willingness to let TikTok go dark motivated China to make deal, Bessent says

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that President Donald Trump was willing to let TikTok go dark, and it was "what turned the tide" in the deal framework with China. "President Trump made it clear that he would have been willing to let Tiktok go dark, that we were not going to give up national security in favor of the deal," Bessent told CNBC's "Squawk Box." TikTok parent company ByteDance is still looking at a Sept. 17 deadline to divest the app's U.S. operations or potentially be

De-risking investment in AI agents

For businesses, the potential is transformative: AI agents that can handle complex service interactions, support employees in real time, and scale seamlessly as customer demands shift. But the move from scripted, deterministic flows to non-deterministic, generative systems brings new challenges. How can you test something that doesn’t always respond the same way twice? How can you balance safety and flexibility when giving an AI system access to core infrastructure? And how can you manage cost,

The iPhone 17 just made USB-C charging even more of a nightmare

USB-C is an unfixable mess, that I’m convinced of, but a small part of me saw light at the end of the tunnel — that was until Apple launched the iPhone 17 series. With Apple’s latest phones, it’s now even harder for consumers to find the perfect plug to optimally fast-charge all their gadgets at once. Allow me to explain why. The good news, as it were, is that the iPhone 17 series claims “up to 50% charge in 20 minutes” with Apple’s new 40W Dynamic Power Adapter. That’s still not super fast, bu

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Survey shows Android 16’s Expressive redesign is a big hit

Google launched the stable Android 16 update back in June, but we had to wait a few months for the promised Material 3 Expressive redesign to appear. Fortunately, this visual overhaul landed in early September, giving us a fresh coat of paint. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? We recently asked what you thought of this visual redesign. Now that the dust has settled and you’ve had time to explore the update, here’s how you answered that question. Over 3,000 votes were tallied

Review: Apple Watch Ultra 3 delivers off-grid connectivity as Series 11 extends battery

When Apple Watch arrived in 2015, there was no way to send or receive data without an iPhone or wifi. Now these things can talk to space. It’s wild. Apple Watch Ultra 3 is the first version to include satellite connectivity, a feature introduced with iPhone 14 just three years ago. It comes standard in every Ultra 3 and enables the ability to contact emergency services without a cellular connection. Over the last few days, we’ve been testing Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch Series 11. Check