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Meta Connect 2025: the 6 biggest announcements

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. Meta just showed off all the latest in wearable technology, virtual reality, augmented reality, and more at its annual Connect keynote. In addition to the long-awaited reveal of Meta’s updated Ray-Ban smart glasses, the company had some other exciting surprises

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Scientists Intrigued by Cream Designed to Make Old Scars Disappear

Image by Getty / Futurism Treatments People spend a bundle on hiding or removing old scars, from heavy makeup to laser skin-resurfacing treatments that cost thousands of dollars. They can use topical creams, too, but many products available over the counter don't do anything to lessen bumpy scars like keloids. Intriguingly, though, a team of Australian scientists has found early evidence that a new skin cream could possibly heal those raised scars. In a new paper published in the journal Scie

What's New in C# 14: Null-Conditional Assignments

C# 14, coming with .NET 10, introduces null-conditional assignment, a feature that lets you safely assign values to properties or indexers without endless if statements. Learn more about this new feature in this article. What's New in C# 14 Series What's New in C# 14: User-Defined Compound Assignments What's New in C# 14: Null-Conditional Assignments If you've ever developed in C#, you've likely encountered a snippet like the one below: if (config?.Settings is not null) { config.Settings.Ret

Microsoft’s new Xbox mode on Windows has leaked for any handheld

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is getting ready to launch its Xbox full-screen experience on the new Xbox Ally devices next month, but it looks like you won’t need new hardware to get it. Windows enthusiasts have discovered a way to enable this new Xbox mode early in Windows 11, thanks to the latest 25H2 update

Android 16’s latest QPR2 beta finally lets you customize icon shapes

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is now rolling out Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 to Pixel devices, which brings a long-awaited customization feature to the OS. This new beta build finally adds icon shape customization options, letting users change the look of their home screen icons. While this release focuses more on refinement, it notably does not include the flashlight brightness controls seen in earlier development builds. Google plans to roll out the second quarterly release of

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Apple prepares suppliers for an iPhone sales boost next year, fueled by the new foldable model

Apple is apparently preparing its supply chain for an uptick in new iPhone sales next year, according to a new report by Nikkei. The company has apparently targeted sales of about 95 million iPhone 18 models in 2026, noting that the new lineup won’t arrive until the fall. While the new foldable model will draw interest, Apple is expecting sales to be up across all iPhone 18 models. The company seems to be indicating that it expects a halo effect, where people are enticed into upgrading based on

WASM 3.0 Completed

Published on September 17, 2025 by Andreas Rossberg. Three years ago, version 2.0 of the Wasm standard was (essentially) finished, which brought a number of new features, such as vector instructions, bulk memory operations, multiple return values, and simple reference types. In the meantime, the Wasm W3C Community Group and Working Group have not been lazy. Today, we are happy to announce the release of Wasm 3.0 as the new “live” standard. This is a substantially larger update: several big fe

A New Look at ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Reveals an Essential Ingredient: Tight Pants

What binds the Star Wars galaxy together? Is it the Force? The desire for injustice to be rebelled against, for the light to rise against the dark? Well, in the case of a certain kind of ne’er-do-well in pockets of the galaxy… it’s a real tight pair of pants, and now Ryan Gosling stands among their wearers. We previously got a shadowed glimpse at Gosling’s new Star Wars character when Lucasfilm officially unveiled Star Wars: Starfighter‘s beginning of production a few weeks ago. But now directo

Meta Connect 2025 live updates: Ray-Bans 3, Hypernova smart glasses, Oakley, more

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Meta Connect 2025 kicks off today, and the company is expected to showcase several new products and use the event to sharpen its XR strategy toward AI-driven hardware that can be worn and used today. Last year's Connect 2024 conference brought some notable improvements to its Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, including multimodal video support, live translations, and natural language processing. Also: 5 Meta Ray-Ban upgrades tha

Zoom's New AI Tool Will Tell You What Meetings to Skip

The next time your boss asks you why you skipped a meeting, you could blame it on Zoom. The video conferencing company unveiled a host of new AI upgrades on Wednesday, all aimed at improving its AI to do tasks for you. Zoom introduced its AI companion two years ago, letting people use it to take notes, transcribe meetings or ask its chatbot follow-up questions after a meeting is over. Now, Zoom is upgrading it to what it calls AI Companion 3.0. The tool will be more agentic, meaning it is built

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Zoom launches a cross application AI notetaker, AI avatars and more in its latest update

Zoom on Wednesday launched new products at its Zoomtopia conference, including an upgraded AI companion that can work across meeting apps, as well as the ability to add your own notes, AI-powered meeting scheduling, and AI avatars that resemble users. With these features, the company aims to compete with verticalized meeting startups and productivity suites. The company has long offered an AI bot that can record and transcribe Zoom meetings. However, cross-application meeting notetakers like Re

StubHub's stock opens at $25.35 in NYSE debut after ticket seller's long-awaited IPO

Eric Baker, co-founder and CEO of Ticket reseller StubHub, rings the opening bell during his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., September 17, 2025. StubHub shares opened at $25.35 in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday after the online ticket seller priced its IPO in the middle of its expected range. The pricing late Tuesday at $23.50 per share raised $800 million for the company, now trading under ticker symbol "STUB." StubHub's long-awaited IPO

Garmin Venu 4 takes aim at a crowded smartwatch field with new health and fitness tools

Garmin TL;DR Garmin has launched the Venu 4: a premium smartwatch focused on health, fitness, and accessibility. New features include health status tracking, lifestyle logging, advanced sleep tools, and Garmin Fitness Coach. The watch, which starts at $549.99 and will be available on September 22, comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes. It’s a stacked season for wearables. Apple just rolled out its new models, while Google’s Pixel Watch 4 is up for pre-order, and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 lineup only

Apple Intelligence’s required iPhone storage in iOS 26 is actually good news

Apple Intelligence is entering its second year, and iOS 26 adds many new and improved AI features. But despite everything new, there’s surprisingly good news for iPhone storage requirements in the new update. Apple Intelligence still has the same 7 GB storage requirement in iOS 26 Last year, Apple Intelligence launched in iOS 18.1 with a selection of features, followed by a steady drip of new additions throughout iOS 18.2 and beyond. One trend I noticed at the time was that those new features

StubHub CEO says recent change to all-in ticket prices will dent revenue

StubHub CEO Eric Baker said Wednesday that recently introduced federal regulations around transparent ticket pricing will cause a "one-time" hit to its financial results. Revenue is expected to dip year over year as consumers digest the new rules, Baker told CNBC, which require online ticket sellers to prominently show the total cost upfront. "We've seen this in states like New York that have done it. You have a drop off and it hits about 10%. ... Then it's just back to normal," Baker said in

Deals: 24GB Mac mini $100 off, MacBook Air up to $400+ off, 2025 Apple MagSafe charger, Find My lock, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is now ready to roll with notable discounts on iPad, MacBook, and Mac mini, among some accessory offers. Alongside the ongoing pre-orders on the new AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Apple Watch Series 11, we have once again spotted a chance to save $100 on the absolute most affordable M4 Mac mini with 24GB of RAM alongside the entry-level model at $499. Next up, we are highlighting the Space Gray M3 MacBook Air at $400 under the list price on the comparable M4

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Just got Linux Mint 22.2? Two more versions are coming soon - and they're big

SJVN / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Two new versions of Linux Mint will appear this year. The first, LMDE, is based on Debian Linux 13. The second, Mint 22.3, will be the next mainstream release. Does it seem like Linux Mint developers just released a new version of their popular Linux distribution? Why, yes. Yes, they did. I installed Linux Mint 22.2, Zara, on Sept. 4. That isn't stopping Clement "Clem" Lefebvre f

iOS 26 adds two brand new apps to your iPhone’s Home Screen

iOS 26 might be best remembered for its Liquid Glass design, but among many other new features and changes, the update also adds two brand new apps to your iPhone’s Home Screen. Here’s what’s new. #1: Apple Games app Gaming on the iPhone gets a new central hub in iOS 26. ’Apple Games’ is a brand new app that joins the ranks of other media-focused iPhone apps such as: Apple TV Apple Music Apple Podcasts Apple Books The new Games app includes a Home view where you’ll spend most of your tim

Car Keys in Wallet are about to launch for these three vehicle brands

At the start of the summer during WWDC, Apple announced that car keys in the Wallet app would soon be offered by 13 new vehicle brands. Now, it looks like the first three new brands might almost be here. Three new car key brands now ready for Wallet support in Apple’s backend, pending launch In a new post on X, Aaron Perris shared that Apple’s backend has recently been updated to get ready for the launch of two car key additions: Smart and Voyah. Additionally, in recent weeks a similar change

Amazon's new AI agent can make an ad from start to finish - how to try it

Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Amazon says its agent makes high-quality ad production a breeze. The agent aims to give SMBs better advertising tools. It's accessible via a new "chat" feature in Creative Studio. Amazon has launched a new AI agent that automates virtually every step of the advertisement-production process, from audience research to ideation to storyboarding to the production of a short video ad. Also: In 2 years, half of a

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Waymo to launch a robotaxi service in Nashville in 2026

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Waymo is bringing its robotaxis to Music City, USA. The Alphabet-owned company plans on launching its robotaxi service in Nashville in 2026. Customers will be able to hail a ride initially through the Waymo One app, and then later thro

Who is the iPhone Air really for?

It’s very thin. And very light. And quite nice to look at. It also only has one camera, the battery life isn’t amazing, and it’s not like Apple saved some special new software feature for its fanciest phone. The new iPhone Air is just… the nice one. So where does that leave the Air? And where does that leave anyone trying to decide which iPhone to buy? On this episode of The Vergecast, we try and answer those questions. The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Jake Kastrenakes, who have been using and r

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iOS 26 review: A practical, yet playful, update

iOS 26 became publicly available this week, ushering in a new OS naming system and the software’s most overhauled look since 2013. It may take time to get used to the new "Liquid Glass" look, but it’s easier to appreciate the pared-down controls. Beyond a glassy, bubbly new design, the update’s flashiest new features also include new Apple Intelligence AI integration that varies in usefulness, from fluffy new Genmoji abilities to a nifty live translation feature for Phones, Messages, and FaceTi

New Amelia Earhart bio delves into her unconventional marriage

Famed aviator Amelia Earhart has captured our imaginations for nearly a century, particularly her disappearance in 1937 during an attempt to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe. Earhart was a complicated woman, highly skilled as a pilot yet with a tendency toward carelessness. And her marriage to a flamboyant publisher with a flair for marketing may have encouraged that carelessness and contributed to her untimely demise, according to a fascinating new book, The Aviator and

Meta Is Debuting New Smart Glasses Today. Here’s How to Watch

Meta Connect, the annual event that serves as both the company’s developer conference and a platform for its new hardware announcements, is happening this week. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to take the stage at 5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern, and 1 am British Summer Time on Wednesday, September 17, to announce a fleet of new smart glasses. We also expect to hear some updates on Meta’s machine intelligence efforts, and maybe a hint or two about how things are going at the company’s fledgling

Garmin’s new Bounce watch for kids doubles the price, not the features

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. Garmin announced a new version of its Bounce smartwatch for kids that first debuted in 2022 with tracking and communication features powered by an LTE connection. The Bounce 2 introduces a new design and upgrades that include two-way talking instead of just v

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Google’s new app shows Microsoft how desktop search should work

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google has introduced a new experimental search app for Windows. You can press Alt + Space to bring up the new Google app for Windows to search your computer, Google Drive, installed apps, and the web. The app also gives you access to Google Lens and AI Mode. Google just brought its search experience to Windows with a new experimental app. The new Google app for Windows lets you search your computer, Google Drive, installed apps, and the web all from one

YouTube Unveils New AI Tools for Crafting Shorts, More Upgrades for Creators

YouTube on Tuesday unveiled a new batch of AI tools coming to Shorts and YouTube Studio, including expanding its feature that lets people detect AI videos using their facial likeness. The Google-owned tech giant revealed the upgrades at its creator-focused event, Made on YouTube, in New York. "Today's announcements are grounded in our belief that AI should be in service of human creation," YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said at Made on YouTube. "We're developing tools that give creators new ways to tel

iOS 26 has arrived: See if your iPhone is eligible for the free update

Did you know you can officially download iOS 26 on your iPhone? The update became available yesterday, along with iPadOS 26 and Apple's other operating system updates. But that's assuming you have an eligible device. If your phone is compatible with the latest OS, you'll notice substantial changes when you install the new update. You may have already heard about "Liquid Glass," which (intentional or not) is sort of like Apple's take on the old Windows Vista design language. That's the most nota

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What to expect from Amazon's event on September 30

Amazon will host a press event at the end of the month with some new hardware developments. It's scheduled for September 30 at 10AM ET in New York City. Here's what we think will be discussed at the fall event. In February, Amazon introduced some improvements to its voice assistant, promising that Alexa+ would be more conversational and more helpful thanks to generative AI. It seems likely that the fall event will put hardware for interacting with Alexa+ front and center, so expect to hear abou