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Amazfit just pulled off the solar AMOLED trick Garmin couldn't
Amazfit's new $650 adventure watch has a solar panel on its back, and it can revive a dead battery.
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Mint Mobile’s best deal ends next week — claim up to a year of unlimited wireless for $15 per month (while you still can)
Mint Mobile is running an offer that will get you up to a year of wireless for only $15 per month, but you're running out of time!
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Stanford AI-Edits Photo to Change Student’s Race and Gender
Stanford University violated its own policies after using AI to swap out a Hispanic male student with a Black female student in a school photograph. [Read More]
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Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max arrive with latest Snapdragon chips, privacy displays and more useful rear screens
It only took a couple of hours for the first phones with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips to go official in China. The Xiaomi 18 Pro is the first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 phone on the market, while the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max claims dibs on the 8 Elite Extreme variant. Xiaomi 18 Pro (left)…
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Disney Plus and Hulu may have a sequel no one asked for: Another price hike
Disney Plus Premium could soon cost over $21 a month.
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Apple's revamped Health app is live with iOS 27.2 public beta — here's all the new features
Apple's iOS 27.2 public beta brings a brand-new Health app. Here’s how the new Longevity tab, Health Age, and body ratings work on your iPhone.
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YouTube Teases 3 Neat New Features
As a part of YouTube’s annual “Made on YouTube” event, they dove into several new features you’ll soon be able to experience from your browser to your TV. They also mentioned that over half of the top 100 creators on YouTube now find TV as their most watched interface, which is pretty wild to…
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Deals: Apple Watch Ultra 2 clearance $200 off, AirPods, Beats 360 launch discount, iPhone 18 Pro cases, more
The AirPods Pro 3 deal at $50 off rolls on, Amazon has now brought back its M6 Mac mini and Mac Studio launch deals, and the early fall Prime Day sale has been updated with new discounts. Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break also features some deep Amazon all-time low clearance deals on Apple Watch Ultra 3…
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Amazon cuts CMF Buds Neo by 15% in first price drop on the ANC buds
New CMF Buds Neo drop to $21.24 at Amazon, with ANC, Bluetooth 6.0, and up to 52 hours of total battery life.
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Samsung is helping restore longleaf pine forests in South Carolina
Samsung has announced a new collaboration with The Longleaf Alliance in the United States. This collaboration aims to help restore native longleaf pine forests in the state of South Carolina. The initiative is in line with Samsung's global water stewardship goals, and will also help deliver…
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What is Apple ProMotion? The 120Hz display tech explained
Want to learn all about Apple's screen smoothing feature? Here's everything that you need to know about Apple's ProMotion display tech
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YouTube Music Adds 2 New Features
YouTube hosted an annual event today where it showcased several upcoming changes to the various YouTube properties, including YouTube Music. For YouTube Music, the news out of the show was pretty light, but there are 2 items that Google felt were necessary to point out. The first is Ask Music…
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The Nothing Phone 3 gets a big Amazon price cut to just $599
Save 25% on the Nothing Phone 3 and get transparent styling, Glyph lights, and a 120Hz AMOLED display.
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Google Recorder could soon fix its biggest drawback for power users
A toggle may let you automatically save all future recordings to your internal storage.
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Samsung validates faster LPDDR6 RAM for Galaxy S27 Ultra’s Snapdragon chip
Qualcomm has unveiled its new flagship chipsets this week, including the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. There have been rumors that this chipset might be utilized for the Galaxy S27 Ultra in some regions. Such a powerful chipset paired with faster LPDDR6 RAM would unlock huge performance gains…
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Mirror view missing from the Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like another weird Samsung omission
Every smartphone model has something that sets it apart, and that's even more true for foldable phones. The Galaxy Z Flip 8, for example, has a unique form factor and a cover screen experience unlike any other. In some aspects, it's a vastly different phone even from other foldables. Mirror view is…
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What sparked your interest in getting involved in photography?
In this week's Question of the Week, we ask our community what key catalyst set their photography journey in motion. What was yours?
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Your personal AI account is about to meet corporate IT with Jamf
Your personal AI account on that managed work iPhone won't stay private for long, as Jamf is expanding enterprise controls directly into mobile apps and browsers in 2027. Jamf offers new tools for enterprise Macs The Jamf platform additions were unveiled at the Jamf Nation User Conference in Kansas…
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AT&T was first to get the iPhone, yet it won't support iPhone Handoff
Apple's new ability to have one phone number and switch between two iPhones is spreading to more carriers, but AT&T doesn't seem to care. You won't have to decide on just one iPhone with the new iPhone Handoff. It was actually Cingular who was the only carrier Steve Jobs could get to take the…
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Google thinks the iPhone Duo could actually be good news for Android foldables
Google thinks the iPhone Duo is good for Android.
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Disney+ and Hulu just increased prices, here’s how much
Disney+ and Hulu have just rolled out price increases for most subscription plans, here are the details on new pricing. more…
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The Sonos Beam Ultra is great, but where are all the good new cheap Dolby Atmos soundbars hiding?
Considering the cost-of-living crisis, the lack of affordable options for home cinema fans is a growing problem
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Adobe Completes Acquisition of Topaz Labs and Says Topaz Will Remain Its Own Brand
Adobe announced in June that it had entered an agreement to purchase Topaz Labs, a software company best known for its AI-based upscaling technology for photos and videos. As of today, the acquisition is now complete, and Adobe fully owns Topaz Labs. [Read More]
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Adobe finalizes its Topaz Labs acquisition: here’s what that means for users
The company says the AI-powered tools for cleaning up photo and video will remain available, separate from Creative Cloud.
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Anker’s best Amazon deals: $6 USB-C cables to a 250W charging monster
Anker sits among our favorite brands for accessories and gadgets, ranging from GaN chargers to power banks to USB-C cables and more. Stuff for your desk, stuff for your travels, and everything in between. Even better is when you’re able to grab Anker gear at a discount. Right now, a bunch of their…
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Proton VPN's privacy credentials are unmatched – and it's $2.99 per month
Proton VPN offers the best privacy out of any VPN I've tested – but Proton's other apps are also well worth considering, too.
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iOS 27.2 makes FaceTime’s best new feature even better
iOS 27 introduced Dual Capture support for FaceTime, letting you show your front and rear camera views at the same time. And in iOS 27.2, that upgrade is expanding to now support Group FaceTime calls. more…
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Chrome 154 fixes 108 security flaws, including 11 critical bugs
In the newest versions of Chrome—154.0.8037.57/58 for Windows and macOS, and 154.0.8037.57 for Linux—Google has fixed 108 security vulnerabilities, some of which are critical. None of them have been exploited in attacks yet. Meanwhile, Chrome 154 doesn’t offer any new features beyond these security…
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Meta is working on making Muse its smart glasses assistant
Leak reveals testing underway for Meta's autonomous agent to make its way to its smart glasses.
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Millions of Americans are being spied on with shady VPNs available on Apple's App Store
Virtual Private Networks provide users with privacy and safety from prying eyes, that is if it is from a trusted service. Choose Proton VPN for a true zero-log tool instead of untrustworthy ones on the App Store and save up to 70%. Proton VPN is a safe and trustworthy tool with a zero-logs policy…