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ExpressVPN switches to multi-tiered pricing plans, letting users tweak features to plan duration

ExpressVPN has tripled its subscription options by switching to a tiered pricing structure, effective today. The new system includes three levels of service, the cheapest offering basic VPN service and the others adding extra features. Each one of those levels — Basic, Advanced and Pro — can be purchased for monthly, yearly or two-year durations. In total, you've now got nine different options for subscribing to ExpressVPN. The company also says legacy plans will remain active "for now," and cu

RIP Graham Greene, ‘Dances with Wolves’ and ‘Twilight’ Actor

Oscar-nominated Graham Greene passed away on Monday at 73 years old. Per Greene’s agent speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, the Ontario-based actor had been battling a “lengthy illness.” Born June 22, 1952 in Ontario’s Six Nations Reserve, Greene was an executive director for the Native Theatre School program in Toronto’s Centre for Indigenous Theatre. After spending the 1970s doing professional theatre in Toronto and England, he made his TV debut in an episode of 1979’s The Great Detective. (H

Palo Alto Networks data breach exposes customer info, support tickets

Palo Alto Networks suffered a data breach that exposed customer data and support cases after attackers abused compromised OAuth tokens from the Salesloft Drift breach to access its Salesforce instance. The company states that it was one of hundreds of companies affected by a supply-chain attack disclosed last week, in which threat actors abused the stolen authentication tokens to exfiltrate data. BleepingComputer learned of the breach this weekend from Palo Alto Networks' customers, who expres

PSA: Spotify Messages can reveal your profile to anyone you’ve ever shared music with

TL;DR Spotify recently introduced a new Messages feature that connects users via past song shares and activities. These connections can expose user identities through trackable URLs shared previously, including with strangers. You can opt out of the Messages feature in your app settings or remove the tracking parameters from URLs before sharing them. Spotify recently announced a new Messages feature, adding a layer of communication and social discovery to the music streaming app. Spotify Mess

Windows is finally bringing Mac-style clipboard sync magic to Android

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The clipboard sync feature allows you to access the Windows clipboard content on your Android smartphone. This feature is currently available in the Windows Dev build. You need to be logged in to your Microsoft account on both devices to use the feature. When you want to copy something like complex code or a long paragraph that’s open on your Windows PC to your Android smartphone, you usually end up copying and sending it to yourself via WhatsApp or

Rumor: AirPods Pro 3 features may not all arrive at launch

While we expect Apple to unveil AirPods Pro 3 alongside iPhone 17 and Apple Watch Series 11 next week, there’s one new feature that may not be ready for showtime. An anonymous source claims in a tip to 9to5Mac that AirPods Pro 3 will indeed feature two health sensors. Heart rate sensing has long been rumored, and after appearing on Beats Powerbeats Pro 2, the feature addition has been a lock. The other health sensor, previously floated as a possibility, is said by the anonymous tipster to be

Beats Studio Pro deal: $170 off, still the best Beats headphones

We know many of you are Beats fans, and the Beats Studio Pro are still the best headphones the brand has to offer. If you’ve been looking to get these awesome cans, today is your lucky day. You can catch a 170.04 discount today! Buy the Beats Studio Pro for just $179.95 ($170.04 off) This offer is available from Amazon. The maximum savings only apply to the Navy color version. All other colors cost $199.95, except for the Sand Gray model, which has no discount. Beats Studio Pro Beats Studio Pr

Amazon disrupts Russian APT29 hackers targeting Microsoft 365

Researchers have disrupted an operation attributed to the Russian state-sponsored threat group Midnight Blizzard, which sought access to Microsoft 365 accounts and data. Also known as APT29, the hacker group compromised websites in a watering hole campaign to redirect selected targets "to malicious infrastructure designed to trick users into authorizing attacker-controlled devices through Microsoft’s device code authentication flow." The Midnight Blizzard threat actor has been linked to Russia

Now’s a great time for Apple to bring back this long-removed iMac feature

A while ago, Apple used to include a software feature with macOS on older iMac models. It was called Target Display Mode, and it allowed you to turn an iMac into an external display once your iMac was too dated to be a usable computer. The company got rid of it with the introduction of the 5K iMac due to technical limitations at the time – though said limitations no longer pose a challenge. As mentioned, Apple previously got rid of the feature due to technical limitations. After the company int

Survey Finds That Self-Driving Is Actively Chasing Buyers Away From Tesla

Tesla's misleadingly-named "full-self driving" (FSD) feature — which still requires drivers pay attention to the road, even if they often fail horrifically at that simple task — is one of the Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker's biggest self-styled selling points. Until recently, the boastful multi-hyphenate entrepreneur's decade-plus of over-promising and under-delivering on assisted driving software did little to tarnish bullish investors' slavish devotion to Tesla. But now, as a new survey fr

I want to ditch my Kindle, but one feature keeps stopping me

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I love my Kindle, but it isn’t always within arm’s reach. Like a lot of readers, I don’t just use one device; I use whichever one fits my context. I often read on an eReader, but via the Kindle app, I’m also highly likely to finish a chapter on my phone in the grocery store or listen to an epilogue in the car. That’s where Whispersync comes in. Whispersync is the secret sauce that makes Amazon’s Kindle ecosystem work so well together. And no matter how badly

Extreme Heat Makes Your Body Age Faster

It is well known that heat causes exhaustion in the body due to dehydration. But aging? A recent study concluded that extreme heat accelerates the aging of the human body, a worrying fact given the increasing frequency of heat waves due to climate change. The researchers are not talking about the effects of solar radiation on the skin, but biological aging. Unlike chronological age—that answer that you give when asked how old you are—your biological age reflects how well your cells, tissues, a

Key Pixel Settings to Change on Your Google Phone

Google's Pixel phones are chock-full of helpful, smart features, and they capture some of the best-looking photographs on a mobile device. It's why they're among our favorite Android smartphones. But like several of its peers, Google doesn't have many of its best features turned on by default. For example, Call Screening blocks unwanted phone calls on your behalf, and you need to turn it on yourself. That's what I'm here for. I test smartphones for a living, and I'm constantly switching to a ne

TikTok users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in chats

TikTok is taking another step towards becoming more than just a platform for infinitely scrolling through short videos. The social media app told TechCrunch that its users will soon be able to send voice notes, images and videos in direct messages or group chats. According to a TikTok spokesperson, these features will roll out in the next few weeks. As voice messaging has risen in popularity, TikTok will embrace the trend but is capping the length of its voice notes to one minute. For images an

Show HN: OpenAnimation – KMP app for exploring and editing Lottie animations

OpenAnimation ✨ Check out the live web version: openanimation.web.app ✨ Discover and draw inspiration from a curated collection of beautiful Lottie animations, all powered by Kotlin Multiplatform. 🔥 New Features 🙏 Libraries Used Contributing Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. License This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. 🚀 Roadmap & TODO Features

This Pricey Thermostat Has Nearly Paid for Itself by Saving Me Money, and It's on Sale for Labor Day

Labor Day deal: The Nest Learning Thermostat Gen 4 is available for $240 -- a discount of 14%, or $40 -- on Amazon during its Labor Day sale. Price is our biggest complaint about this thermostat, so this deal makes it a bit more compelling to snap one up now. CNET's key takeaways $240 for a smart thermostat may sound like a tough deal, but mine is set to pay for itself this summer, thanks to lower heating and cooling bills. Automated Eco Modes make energy saving easy, even if you don't have t

Your Body Ages Faster Because of Extreme Heat

It is well known that heat causes exhaustion in the body due to dehydration. But aging? A recent study concluded that extreme heat accelerates the aging of the human body, a worrying fact given the increasing frequency of heat waves due to climate change. The researchers are not talking about the effects of solar radiation on the skin, but biological aging. Unlike chronological age—that answer that you give when asked how old you are—your biological age reflects how well your cells, tissues, a

God created the real numbers

God created the real numbers 07-14-2025 7:37PM (ET) 08-28-2025 12:03AM (ET) (edited) W. Jherek Swanger writes in his introduction to Camillo Agrippa's "A Treatise on the Science of Arms, with a philosophical Dialogue (1553)" that: "Scienzia [...] was and is often held to relate only to the study of the eternal: that which exists in nature, or was created by God. Thus theology and astronomy/astrology are held to be sciences. Indeed, Ridolfo Capoferro held that strictly speaking fencing is not

Samsung Messages rolls out ‘Bubble Emoji’ to put some personality into your texts

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung Messages has received a new feature. The new feature will automatically add emojis to your text bubble. The update has been released in South Korea. The funny thing about Samsung Messages is that the texting app was going to be sunset. Or at least that’s what Samsung said at the beginning of the year when it decided to instead promote Google Messages. Yet, the tech giant has continued to support the app with new updates. The most recent update ma

Libby is adding an AI book recommendation feature

Overdrive's digital book lending app Libby is adding — you guessed it! — AI. The new Inspire Me feature is an AI-fueled discovery tool tuned to your local branch's collection. Following a soft launch this month, it will be officially available in September. To avoid the pitfalls of a full-on chatbot, Overdrive is limiting the discovery process of the feature. Instead of typing freely into a prompt box, you'll start by answering several canned preference questions. These include categories (such

Hate voicemail? Pixel's new feature replaces it with something way better

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google's Take a Message is available for the Pixel 4 and newer. The feature essentially replaces voicemail. You can see why someone is calling and answer a call you declined. Google has quietly dropped a pretty cool call screening feature, and most Pixel phones from the past six years are getting it. When the Pixel 10 debuted last week, among its new features was something called Take a Message. A

Microsoft’s next annual update for Windows 11 is in Release Preview testing

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The schedule of annual updates for Windows 11 that arrive in the second half of the year will hold steady for 2025, and today, Microsoft announced that the 25H2 package is available now for testing in the Release Preview Channel. So, will you see new

God Created the Real Numbers

God created the real numbers 07-14-2025 7:37PM (ET) 08-28-2025 12:03AM (ET) (edited) W. Jherek Swanger writes in his introduction to Camillo Agrippa's "A Treatise on the Science of Arms, with a philosophical Dialogue (1553)" that: "Scienzia [...] was and is often held to relate only to the study of the eternal: that which exists in nature, or was created by God. Thus theology and astronomy/astrology are held to be sciences. Indeed, Ridolfo Capoferro held that strictly speaking fencing is not

Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools

Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren't able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA's anti-cheat tools to once again have kernel-level access to their systems. Now, Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl is defending that requirement as so

Instagram adds inbox management tools for creators and big accounts

Big-time creators on Instagram just got a bit of welcome news. The platform is introducing inbox management tools to make it easier for influencers to wade through endless messages and requests. The tools include multi-select filters that let users sort through messages faster to find important correspondences. Remember, popular creators are getting hundreds upon hundreds of messages each day. The software lets these influencers add, edit or remove any filter, which should be helpful. Instagra

Best Washing Machines for Your Home in 2025

It's not always about the features that you most regularly use, but about having features available that you might sometimes need to use. If available features are driving your comparative shopping experience for washing machines, GE offers a top-tier, front-loading model with consistent customer satisfaction and just about every available add-on. While it is more expensive than the models listed above, it's less expensive than other models that offer as many features as it does. This washing m

Starship’s heat shield appears to have performed quite well in test

One of the more curious aspects of the 10th flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket on Tuesday was the striking orange discoloration of the second stage. This could be observed on video taken from a buoy near the landing site as the vehicle made a soft landing in the Indian Ocean. This color—so different from the silvery skin and black tiles that cover Starship's upper stage—led to all sorts of speculation. Had heating damaged the stainless steel skin? Had the vehicle's tiles been shucked off, leavi