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Big Google Home app redesign with ‘Ask Home’ starts rolling out on iPhone

We previously spotted that the Google Home app was getting a redesign with “Ask Home” and it’s now beginning to roll out for iPhone users ahead of the October 1 announcement. The company curiously released version 4.0.54 of Google Home for iOS on Saturday afternoon (PT). This introduces a more rounded icon with a gradient color palette, like the Google G and Gemini. After swiping away the app and relaunching, we’re seeing a big redesign (we’re in the Public Preview program). On initial launch,

Google Messages is rethinking how link previews work, but we’re not sure it’s for the best

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google devs appear to be considering implementing some changes to how Messages displays link previews. Previews could drop the full URL, and might start omitting page descriptions. Messages may start coloring its previews to match page graphics. What do you think about before clicking on a link? Are you the sort of user who scrutinizes the URL, looking for any info that may help clarify what sort of content awaits on the other end? Do you just blindl

WWE’s Drew McIntyre Will Be Henry Cavill’s ‘Highlander’ Brother

The upcoming Highlander movie will be a family affair, as wrestler Drew McIntyre has joined the film as Henry Cavill’s brother. Per Deadline, the two-time WWE champion will play Angus MacLeod, brother to Cavill’s Connor. In the original movie, Angus was played by James Cosmo; he’s one of Connor’s cousins featured in flashbacks to the 16th-century Scottish Highlands. After Connor died and experienced his first Quickening, Angus was the only one who didn’t reject him outright and ordered their cl

'One Battle After Another' Is a Film You Really Should Go See in a Theater

One Battle After Another hit theaters on Friday. Paul Thomas Anderson's 10th film, and the first that takes place in the present day since Punch Drunk Love (which came out in 2002), is a whallop of a movie. It's an unpredictable roller-coaster ride that tackles some tough subject matter, yet it isn't a tough pill to swallow. If you ask me (and you're the one reading this, so you are), it's probably my favorite movie of the year. If it were up to me, you'd see One Battle After Another on the big

You Can Now Get 3D Printed Shoes and We Can Never Go Back

You may not have your own 3D printer but I guarantee that you know someone who does. With an estimated industry worth of $100 billion by 2030, 3D printing is a growing trend that can only become more mainstream over time. Helping with that trend is the emergence of 3D printed apparel that people actually want to use, including 3D printed shoes that even the best 3D printers you have at home can't reproduce. In collaboration with Zellerfeld, a leading shoe manufacturer, the team behind the 3D P

Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses

AI can now invent working biological viruses. In real world experiments, a team of Stanford researchers demonstrated that a virus with AI-written DNA could target and kill specific bacteria, they announced in a study last week. It opened up a world of possibilities where artificial viruses could be used to cure diseases and fight infections. But experts say it also opened a Pandora’s box. Bad actors could just as easily use AI to crank out novel bioweapons, keeping doctors and governments on t

Android’s answer to Apple’s Handoff is coming, and here’s how it’ll work

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority One area where iOS beats Android is its deep integration with MacBooks, which is to be expected since Apple controls both ecosystems. While tools exist to connect your Android phone to a Windows PC, these solutions often fall short of Apple’s integrations. This gap exists because Android and Windows are developed by different companies with competing interests, which complicates the creation of native, deeply integrated features. For example, Apple’s Handoff

My favorite smart bulbs add ambience to any home, and they're under $20 before October Prime Day

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Fundamental of Virtual Memory

Fundamental of Virtual Memory Contents What and Why? Have you ever wondered why computers need main memory (RAM) when they already have disk storage? The answer lies in access speed. While disk storage is permanent, it is much slower than main memory. RAM sacrifices volatility for speed—data is lost when the power is off, but access times are much faster. As a result, the CPU can only access data from main memory, not disk storage. CPUs come with built-in registers, which are even faster tha

Reinventing SETI: Why Our Alien-Hunting Playbook Needs an Upgrade

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Reinventing SETI: New Directions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, published by Oxford University Press in August 2025. John Gertz is the president and CEO of Zorro Productions, Inc., and a former chairman of the board of the SETI Institute. In his book, Gertz argues that humanity should rethink the search for intelligent life by rejecting outdated paradigms like the Drake Equation, the Fermi Paradox, and the idea of actively broadca

NASA Couldn’t Get Its Rover to the Moon, So Blue Origin Will Do It Instead

NASA’s water-hunting lunar rover was given a second chance to reach the surface of the Moon. Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the Moon on an upcoming lunar lander mission, resurrecting the exploration mission after it was called off last year. NASA contracted Blue Origin to transport its lunar rover to the Moon as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, was originally set to launch in 2023 but faced several delays u

Premier League Soccer: Stream Chelsea vs. Brighton Live From Anywhere

Club World Cup champ Chelsea will be desperate to get back on track after a stuttering start to the new season on Saturday, when it hosts a similarly inconsistent Brighton. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services for watching English Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. Having slumped to a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford last weekend, Enzo Maresca's Blues were

Ligue 1 Soccer: Livestream PSG vs. Auxerre From Anywhere

Luis Enrique's Paris Saint-Germain will be determined to get back to winning ways on Saturday as it hosts Ligue 1 newcomer Auxerre at the Parc des Princes. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch this game live wherever you are in the world and how to use a VPN if they're not available where you are. Monday's rescheduled Le Classique derby match against Marseille saw PSG relinquish its perfect start to the season. It slipped to a 1-0 defeat at the Stade Vélodro

Scientists Say They May Have Just Detected a Wormhole From Another Universe

Back in 2019, the gravitational wave observatories LIGO and Virgo detected major ripples in spacetime. While astronomers generally agree that the event, dubbed GW190521, was the result of two black holes colliding, a team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a far more eyebrow-raising explanation. As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, first spotted by ScienceAlert, the researchers suggest that LIGO and Virgo instead picked up the signals of a black hole coll

The best tech gifts you can buy under $100

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The best cheap tech gifts you can buy under $25

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If You're a Fan of 'Gravity Falls', You Have to Check Out This New Netflix Series

Each week, Netflix drops a list of the top 10 films and TV shows dominating the platform, and for the week ending Sept. 21, the animated series Haunted Hotel crept onto the list of most-watched shows. Haunted Hotel isn't necessarily an "adult animation" series the way that something like Big Mouth or BoJack Horseman is, and it doesn't deal with especially adult or raunchy themes, but it's also not targeted at young kids. The comedy series was created by Rick & Morty writer Matt Roller and it ce

Samsung One UI 8.5 could bring new pro-style camera tools and 3D recording to your Galaxy phone

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s One UI 8.5 update could bring major upgrades to the Camera app. The changes include LUT presets for LOG video and 3D capture features. APV video support also appears, with conversion available in the Gallery app. Samsung’s next big software update, One UI 8.5, is shaping up to be a major one. We’ve already spotted a bunch of interesting features that might arrive, and we’re not the only ones investigating. If these findings from others tinkerin

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Save $400 on the 34-inch UltraGear OLED gaming monitor at LG

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These Earplugs Made the Oasis Reunion Transcendent, and They're $27 for Prime Day

Look, I'm not getting any younger. I'm 45 and none of me really works the way it used to. There was a time, back in the last century, when I could spend all day at Glastonbury without worrying about losing my hearing. Or maybe I should have been worried then? Anyway, nowadays I need to protect what's left of my hearing, but I still want to rock out to my favorite bands. That's where Vibe's earplugs come in, and for just $27 (with the on-page coupon) ahead of Prime Day, you'll want to snag them f

The Social Network follow-up has a new title and release date

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We knew that Aaron Sorkin was working on a companion piece to The Social Network, and now we know what the movie will be called and when Sony plans to debut it in theaters. Deadline reports that the movie, now titled The Social Reckoning, has bee

Samsung’s dual-hinge foldable is looking like a beast for productivity in new animations leak

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR A leak has provided a bevy of new animations showing off Samsung’s dual-hinge device. These animations focus on the foldable’s productivity features and multitasking capabilities. One of the clips suggests that the phone could have a camera with 100x digital zoom. There have been a few leaks, rumors, and vague confirmations, but most of what’s known about Samsung’s “Galaxy Trifold” has come from leaked official-looking animations. The last batch of ani

HomeKit Weekly: Aqara G410 Doorbell Camera brings HomeKit Secure Video, Matter, and smart hub features to your front door

Video doorbells are one of the most popular ways to start building a smart home, and Apple users have a great option that works with HomeKit Secure Video. The Aqara G410 Doorbell Camera takes that foundation and adds even more. It records in 2K (not supported by iCloud), supports HomeKit Secure Video, and doubles as a smart home hub with Matter and Zigbee built in. Some of my favorite gear Abode Home Security System Abode is the best home security system and includes compatibility with HomeKit.

Amazon's Vega OS coming to Fire TVs this year - what it means for your devices

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Amazon reportedly set to launch a proprietary OS for Fire TVs. Various devices would run Linux-based Vega OS instead of Android-based FireOS. The change won't happen immediately and is likely to start with new devices. Amazon Fire TV devices are convenient, but their interface is among the least user-friendly I've tested. While Amazon has worked to improve its FireOS with frequent updates, the co

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo rages, with 61% death rate and funding running dry

An Ebola outbreak in a southwestern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating quickly, as some health responders say they have less than a tenth of the funding needed to contain the deadly disease. The first case was identified in a 34-year-old pregnant woman on August 20, when she sought care at a local hospital in the Kasai province for fever, bloody vomiting, and hemorrhages. She died on August 25. Officials declared an outbreak on September 4, when the case tally was up

The Social Network sequel has a new title and release date

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We knew that Aaron Sorkin was working on a follow-up to The Social Network, and now we know what the movie will be called and when Sony plans to debut it in theaters. Deadline reports that the movie, now titled The Social Reckoning, has been give

Daylight Savings Time Is So Bad, It’s Messing With Our View of the Cosmos

Tracking gravitational waves—invisible ripples in space-time from intense astronomical events—pushes the limits of what astronomers must do to reduce unwanted noise. Scientists have been getting increasingly better at doing just that, but new research warns that something rather unexpected might be getting in the way: daylight savings time. In a preprint titled “Can LIGO Detect Daylight Savings Time?,” Reed Essick, former LIGO member and now a physicist at the University of Toronto, gives a sim

Trump’s new H-1B policy caused short-term panic — and will cause long-term chaos

Throughout his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump often claimed that his efforts against immigration were primarily against irregular or illegal immigration, and that he was happy to have people go through “proper channels.” Those assurances got weaker as he moved into his first term, but he still made at least rhetorical overtures to legal immigration — he had to appease a business community that was still skeptical of his then-new political movement. Now, Trump and anti-immigration ideo

This 100-inch Hisense TV just dropped to its lowest price yet on Amazon

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Meta AI funnels AI videos from creators into new ‘Vibes’ feed

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Thursday, Meta AI launched a new feed of short-form, AI-generated videos called Vibes. The feed is designed to encourage users to remix AI-generated videos that come from “creators and communities,” the company said. Users can post their own AI-generated videos t

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