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Get a free storage upgrade and $300 discount on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Foldable phones are convenient, fun, and unique, but they can also be quite pricey. If you’re looking to get one, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is definitely among your best options, and it starts at a whopping $1,999.99. I am definitely not paying full price for one of these, and you shouldn’t either. Here’s a good deal you might want to take advantage of if you’ve been eyeing this phone. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and get a free 512GB storage upgrade for $1,

Some iPhone 17 models are reportedly prone to very visible scratches

Early shoppers are taking to the web to warn about the potentially scratch-prone nature of specific iPhone 17 model and color combos. According to a Bloomberg report, those demoing the latest iPhone in-store noticed that the iPhone 17 Pro in Deep Blue and the iPhone Air in Space Black models already had very noticeable scratches and scuffs. The report is backed up by social media posts following the release, where users recorded display models with residual marks from being used with a MagSafe c

Microsoft Entra ID flaw allowed hijacking any company's tenant

A critical combination of legacy components could have allowed complete access to the Microsoft Entra ID tenant of every company in the world. The fatal mix included undocumented tokens called “actor tokens” and a vulnerability in the Azure AD Graph API (CVE-2025-55241) that allowed the tokens to work with any organization’s Entra ID environment. A threat actor exploiting the issue would have had access to a slew of highly sensitive data without leaving any trace in the logs on the targeted en

Procedural Island Generation (VI)

This is the final installment of our procedural island generation series. After building the mesh foundation (Part I), painting elevation hints (Part II), adding mountain detail (Part III), simulating hydrology (Part IV), and colouring the terrain with our biome ramp (Part V), it is time to package the result. CartoKit finishes by baking the terrain into a compact mesh, visualising it through an egui viewer, and exporting artefacts for other tools. The journey from mathematical representation t

Timesketch: Collaborative forensic timeline analysis

Timesketch Table of Contents About Timesketch Timesketch is an open-source tool for collaborative forensic timeline analysis. Using sketches you and your collaborators can easily organize your timelines and analyze them all at the same time. Add meaning to your raw data with rich annotations, comments, tags and stars. < Getting started Installation Adding timelines Using Timesketch Adding a Notebook Container Community Contributing Obligatory Fine Print This is not an official Googl

A New ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Draft May Bring More, Smaller Crossover Sets

Spider-Man has just come to Magic: The Gathering, but the card game already has other crossovers planned, and different ways to implement them. Just before the latest Universes Beyond set came to shelves, Magic senior game designer Corey Bowen broke down the new Pick Two Draft, a four-person format (as opposed to the standard eight) which sees players take two cards from their Play Boosters and pass them to their left and right. Bowen explained the developers chose this new way to play as away

La Liga Soccer: Stream Barcelona vs. Getafe Live From Anywhere

After a strong showing in Europe in midweek, it's back to business domestically for Barcelona as it takes on a Getafe team that is once again confounding expectations. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens. Barcelona comes into the weekend's La Liga action in second place behind eternal rival Real Madrid, having claimed 10 points from its opening four matches. Hansi Flick's team will have been buoyed by coming through a testing Champion

This new Gemini feature is the best and worst thing that’s happened for my learning

Megan Ellis / Android Authority I’m typically a generative AI skeptic, but this doesn’t mean I’m not open to new AI tools that could be useful. After all, I found ways to use NotebookLM in my daily life even though I’m not a student. I even use Gemini’s Live mode to practice my second language. So when Guided Learning rolled out to the Gemini app, I wanted to test out whether it could turn my eagerness to learn new things into actual knowledge. The results were mixed, however. Have you found A

How to combine PDF files

PDFs remain a common way to share documents because they preserve formatting across devices and platforms. Sometimes, however, you end up with several separate PDFs that would be easier to handle as a single file. Perhaps you’re sending a client multiple contracts or keeping all your scanned bills in one place. Whatever the reason, combining PDFs is simple once you know which tools to use. Adobe Acrobat offers the most direct approach, but there are plenty of free alternatives to consider as wel

I tried the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and they got me excited for the post-smartphone era

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I got to wear the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses at Meta Connect 2025 on Wednesday. And while they are a long way from replacing your smartphone, they are good enough to make it clear that smart glasses are a lot better when they include a heads-up display. From what I experienced on Wednesday, we're definitely taking a step toward a world where we spend less time with our heads buried in our smartphones. Also: Meta Conn

Gluco data handler: Receive and visualize glucose data on Android

Deutsche Version Wersja polska GlucoDataHandler (GDH) This innovative app receives data from various sources and visualizes it clearly on your Android smartphone, smartwatch (Wear OS, Miband, and Amazfit), and in your car (via GlucoDataAuto). Features Diverse Data Sources: Cloud Services: Receives glucose values as LibreLinkUp follower Receives glucose values as Dexcom Share follower Received glucose values as Medrum follower Receives glucose, IOB and COB values from Nightscout (pebble inte

UUIDv7 in Postgres 18. With time extraction

PostgreSQL 18 is on the horizon, with beta testing now underway. Among the many improvements in this release is support for UUIDv7. A timestamp-based UUID variant that plays nicely with btree indexes. In this post, we'll discuss UUIDs in general, why UUIDv7 is so useful and how you'll want to use it in Postgres. PostgreSQL 18 PostgreSQL 18 beta 1 was released few days ago. The release is packed with new features, improvements and bug fixes. As usual, the community is encouraged to try it out a

New thermoelectric cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with nano-engineered materials that is twice as efficient as devices made with commercially available bulk thermoelectric materials. As global demand grows for more energy-efficient, reliable and compact cooling solutions, this advancement offers a scalable alternative to traditional compressor-based refrigeration.

DXGI debugging: Microsoft put me on a list

DXGI debugging: Microsoft put me on a list Why does Space Station 14 crash with ANGLE on ARM64? 6 hours later… So. I’ve been continuing work on getting ARM64 builds out for Space Station 14. The thing I was working on yesterday were launcher builds, specifically a single download that supports both ARM64 and x64. I’d already gotten the game client itself running natively on ARM64, and it worked perfectly fine in my dev environment. I wrote all the new launcher code, am pretty sure I got it rig

We Need to Talk About Smart Glasses

With any new device category comes a whole host of novel and sometimes exhaustingly complex questions. Smartphones, for example, no matter how mundane they seem right now, are still nagging us with existential quandaries. When should we use them? How should we use them? What in God’s name happens to us when we use them, which, last I checked, is literally all the time? These are important questions, and most of us, even if we’re not spending all day ruminating on them, tackle the complexity in

Best FDA-Approved Home Blood Pressure Monitors

Your blood pressure can be tipped slightly by many factors, so to get an accurate reading you need to control things like posture, how recently you've eaten or consumed coffee and how still you're sitting. For a complete list of tips on how to take your blood pressure at home, refer to the American Heart Association and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The fanciest blood pressure monitor out there will mean nothing if you don't use it or you can't afford it. Consider whether

The Best Mushroom Gummies on the Market, Lab-Approved (2025)

Compare Top 3 Mushroom Gummies Product Purpose WIRED TIRED Active Ingredients How to Use Price Om Master Blend Stress, immune function, gut health Uses the entire mushroom; excellent sourcing and transparency; organic, kosher, and non-GMO Dosage of each mushroom isn't specified; a one-mushroom gummy might give you better results; terrible taste and texture Organic mushroom powder blend (lion's mane, reishi, chaga, cordyceps, turkey tail, shiitake, maitake, king trumpet, Himematsutake, Antrodia)

14 Best Fitness Trackers (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Other Fitness Trackers to Consider Photograph: Adrienne So Garmin Instinct 3 for $400: Garmin's Instinct line doesn't have as many high-end features as the Fenix 8, but it's popular because it's cheaper and it has a cool, chunky retro aesthetic that I love. This year's updates include the built-in flashlight and a new reinforced bezel, which is good considering that I still managed to bang up the Fenix and Epix watches quite a bit. For more information, check out our guide to the Best Garmin W

Why PlayStation and Xbox are no longer about the station or the box

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the intersection of gaming and technology, follow Sean Hollister. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Ste

5 phone brands you should buy instead of Samsung

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Samsung is the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world, and for good reason. It has a global reach through various distribution channels, offers great phones at just about every price point, and promises long-term software support for most of its handsets. Over the years, it has also positioned its brand as reliable, trustworthy, and to a point, even premium, convincing people to part with their money. However, no company is perfect. Samsung phones are

Mesda Craftsman Database

About the MESDA Craftsman Database The MESDA Craftsman Database contains information about artisans gathered through primary research in public and private records. The program’s researchers scour newspapers, city directories, court records, probate inventories, wills, and private papers in search of information pertaining to southern craftsmen working in 127 trades. The records for the craftsmen vary from simple directory listings to complex descriptions of work produced, land transactions, v

Lidar, optical distance and time of flight sensors

A range of approaches exist to directly measure distance as the length of the reflected optical path from laser, to a target where it is reflected, and back to a sensor. These are commonly known by various names, including LIDAR and time of flight sensors, although there is actually overlap in principles between them. The main system types are summarized in the table below. They are principally defined by the following key parameters: Optical distance measurement principle : This is the method

In defence of swap: common misconceptions (2018)

In defence of swap: common misconceptions This post is also available in Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. tl;dr: Having swap is a reasonably important part of a well functioning system. Without it, sane memory management becomes harder to achieve. Swap is not generally about getting emergency memory, it's about making memory reclamation egalitarian and efficient. In fact, using it as "emergency memory" is generally actively harmful. Disabling swap does not prevent disk I/O from becoming a prob

Vapor chamber tech keeps iPhone 17 Pro cool

On 9 September, Apple introduced its newest lineup, including the iPhone 17 series. Much of the attention went to a new ultrathin model and a bright orange color option (a shade not dissimilar to that of the IEEE Spectrum logo). The new smartphones will also ship with the latest operating system and its “Liquid Glass” software design—but the liquid in these phones goes beyond software. The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max contain thin, hermetically sealed chambers with a drop of water inside

Learning Languages with the Help of Algorithms

Suppose you’re learning a new language and want to boost your vocabulary in a very time-efficient way. People have many ways to learn a language, different for each person. Suppose you wanted to improve your vocabulary by reading books in that language. To get the most impact, you’d like to pick books that cover as many common words in the language as possible. Here is a formalization. Suppose for a large set of m books of average length n words, you want to pick the one book that has the high

In defence of swap: common misconceptions

In defence of swap: common misconceptions This post is also available in Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. tl;dr: Having swap is a reasonably important part of a well functioning system. Without it, sane memory management becomes harder to achieve. Swap is not generally about getting emergency memory, it's about making memory reclamation egalitarian and efficient. In fact, using it as "emergency memory" is generally actively harmful. Disabling swap does not prevent disk I/O from becoming a prob

AYANEO’s $70 gaming handheld plays a shocking amount of GameCube, PS2, and Saturn games

AYANEO TL;DR AYANEO held a surprise sharing session to demonstrate compatibility on the Pocket AIR Mini. The company showcased a range of GameCube, PS2, and Saturn games running at full speed. The Pocket AIR Mini will be available mid-October, starting at $70. AYANEO’s first true budget handheld, the Pocket AIR Mini, is mostly noteworthy because of its $70 starting price, but today the company gave gamers a whole new reason to get excited. Not only will it be cheap, it will play games that m

Bringing restartable sequences out of the niche

Bringing restartable sequences out of the niche Please consider subscribing to LWN Subscriptions are the lifeblood of LWN.net. If you appreciate this content and would like to see more of it, your subscription will help to ensure that LWN continues to thrive. Please visit this page to join up and keep LWN on the net. The restartable sequences feature, which was added to the 4.18 kernel in 2018, exists to enable better performance in certain types of threaded applications. While there are users

Evals in 2025: going beyond simple benchmarks to build models people can use

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