В 2022 году инвесторы оценивали компанию в $5,7 млрд.

Он прошёл успешно.

Или пока не разрешит все юридические споры — что наступит раньше.

Собираем новости, события и мнения о рынках, банках и реакциях компаний.

На фоне слабых продаж новых моделей смартфонов.

И обновлённый поиск через Google Lens.

Но только представителям малого и среднего бизнеса — крупному придётся договариваться об отсрочке индивидуально.

А не созданной с помощью ИИ «личности».

Это десятое снижение подряд.

«Цифра банк», который также попал под санкции, ограничил переводы в Казахстан.

Решение объяснили тем, что некоторые правительства не предпринимают «достаточно мер» для борьбы с принудительным трудом.

Всего уволят 93 человека.

Как именно применяются правила и что конкретно считается нарушением — в компании не уточняют.

Собираем новости, события и мнения о рынках, банках и реакциях компаний.

Маркетплейс также сообщил о приостановке работы логистического центра в Шушарах «в соответствии с требованиями безопасности».

Пакет AdGuard Home в моей сборке устроен так: init-скрипт при старте распаковывает бинарь в /tmp/adguardhome-bin и работает с рабочей директорией /tmp/adguardhome .

Перехват запросов в обходЧасть устройств игнорирует DNS-сервер, выданный по DHCP, и ходит напрямую на публичные резолверы с зашитыми в прошивку адресами.

Телевизоры Philips выпускает TP Vision, и в её политике конфиденциальности Samba TV названа поимённо — вместе с юридическим лицом Free Stream Media Corp. и адресом в Сан-Франциско.

Причём — и это отдельно указано — не только на самом телевизоре, но и на других устройствах с тем же IP-адресом.

Гостевая или отдельный сегмент для всего, что не компьютер и не телефон.

Неочевидно, но это не задача оптимизации в том смысле, в котором мы привыкли.

Немного математики: да, это NP-трудно, но дело не в этомСтоит вам захотеть согласовать хотя бы десяток перекрестков в «зеленую волну», и вы попадаете в комбинаторный взрыв.

Всего восемь вариантов сдвига на перекресток — и на ~89 перекрестках вариантов больше, чем атомов во Вселенной.

Напишите, что мы минимизируем и мы вместе подумаем над алгоритмом.

Потому что если копнуть отзывы самих инженеров, всплывает ровно то, что мы обсуждали выше:Оказывается (внезапно), что эти проценты зависят от базы сравнения.

Вдобавок ко всему крыша в нашем доме каким‑то образом оказалась в чьей‑то собственности и на ней якобы планируется открытие ресторана.

Чтобы этого избежать, и на кабеле нужно сделать запорный дроссель, а то и не один.

Но все же я затянул ее в комнату и стал думать о грозозащите в условиях, когда точку питания нельзя заземлять.

Вариант, но она ограничивает перенапряжения от статики (не от попадания молнии!)

Здесь же мы работаем на 50-омный тракт... Тем не менее, поскольку эта антенна явно не на восьмидесятку — меня это устраивало.

Просто советская медицина не фокусировалась и не искала СДВГ.

Полигенные оценки: по чертам или по моделямВнутри вкладки полигенных оценок в интерфейсе Just-DNA-Lite есть два раздела: по чертам/признакам ( by trait ) и по отдельным моделям ( individual ).

По ним оценки и группируются: не по названиям на глаз, а по общему коду черты.

Плагин для Claude CodeПрактика показывает: всё больше людей идут за разбором генома сразу к ИИ, а не к графическому интерфейсу.

Дальше модель сама выбирает подходящие модели, считает оценки и по ходу объясняет, что происходит и что это значит.

Эти категории отобраны либо по стилю, либо по языку (например, «только на португальском», «тек‑хаус», «ду‑воп» (что это?)).

), а на экране помещается 3.

„““»Отписаться из‑за того, что продукт больше не закрывает потребности — нельзя, но выдают промокоды на бесплатный месяц на продукт, которым пользоваться не хочется.

Возможности выбрать иностранное нет, только по конкретному языку, но и это не работает!

ИИ сказал, что иногда стоит задача нагрузить команду во время простоя, и я задумалась, что иногда такая задача действительно может вставать.

Сейчас расскажу, откуда в файлах берутся ошибки, которые не видит даже их автор, и как против них работают правильные вопросы.

Припой утекает в открытый канал, как в воронку.

Частицы остаточной химии разъедают медь, дорожка истончается, и в какой-то момент ток её порвёт.

Снаружи все правильно, и на вид, и на прозвонке.

Хуже, когда данные в файлах расходятся: в чертеже финишное покрытие иммерсионное золото, а в бланке олово-свинец.

Вращение цветового диска синхронизировано с работой микрозеркального чипа таким образом, что и чип, и цветовое колесо работают синхронно.

Хотя, как я понимаю, это зависит от модели — я ни разу не сталкивался с залипанием зеркал (будет выглядеть так же, как на мониторе — как ярко светящийся или тёмный пиксель), но видел, что люди сталкиваются…Альтернативой этой технологии является использование просвечивания светом жидкокристаллической матрицы — точно такой же, как на обычном мониторе, только сзади удалена подсветка — в итоге получается просто как бы стекло, каждый пиксель которого может приобретать разные цвета.

— и на всех этих объектах изображение было идеально чётким: причиной этого были…

Если бы мы не упирались в канал, то уже на 921600 с его 70% утилизации мы бы должны были поймать потолок.

А на замерах не подтверждается, даже после 2М скорость прошивки растёт, хоть и мало… Ладно, неважно, надо прыгать, а не думать.

И вот тут для выбора ячейки на чтение и на запись используется один и тот же провод — word line.

И более того: раз мы дожимали до самой упрямой ячейки, некоторые разрядились слишком сильно — и что мы делаем?

--diff-with вот отлично работает же, просто не у нас, у нас свежие чипы всегда FF, диффать не с чем.

Если это не соответствует вашим требованиям, я предлагаю поискать что-то другое 😊Как только цены на eMMC снизятся, появится версия, использующая её.

Мы берём наш пароль, добавляя к нему нули, пока он не станет 32 байтами (для AES-256), и это наш ключ.

Я не могу использовать такие алгоритмы, как Argon2, потому что они требуют больших объёмов памяти.

С этим устройством я получаю около 9 МБ/с на запись и 20 МБ/с на чтение с AES-CTR и 6 МБ/с на запись и 10 МБ/с на чтение с AES-XTS.

Опять же, если это не соответствует вашим требованиям, вы можете изменить метод или поискать другое устройство.

Нарезка исходного кода Vice CityНаверно, первое, что я заметил — это то, что Vice City почти никогда не выполняет распределение памяти под игровые объекты.

Это в буквальном смысле подвеска, состоящая из четырёх лазерных лучей, испускаемых из куба, который мы называем автомобилем.

Основная часть кода предполагает, что это значение всегда примерно равно 1,0, поэтому когда разница существенна, игра ломается.

Как Vice City загружает карту с дискаПри движении игрока по миру Vice City различные ассеты загружаются с диска в реальном времени.

То же самое и с пляжами: спасатели, роллеры и другие люди генерируются днём и пропадают с наступлением ночи.

Но главный замысел, который будоражил воображение Марка, лежал совсем рядом с его сердцем: в маленькой красной записной книжечке, которую он хранил в нагрудном кармане.

Она лаконично называлась Red Book и в ней он записал однажды мистически явившееся ему откровение свыше.

Город же являл собой череду зданий, куда пользователь мог заходить по своим делам: тут тебе и банк, и агентство новостей, и универмаг, и офис телекоммуникационной компании, и даже “кеятр, где собаки танцуют”.

Если увиденное было ему по душе, он нажимал “установить” и в его городе вырастало новое здание — ничего не напоминает?

Ну а Magic Cap хоть и не получит дальнейшего развития, останется, наверно, операционной системой с…

Объектив прибыл ко мне в состоянии как из заводской коробки, предыдущий владелец брал его под некий проект, и ему он не пригодился.

Но он не совсем софт — эффект сфумато имеется, но он не сильно выражен.

f/0.95При диафрагмировании до f/4 и f/5.6 изображение становится резким по всему полю с заметными, но не чрезмерными ХА.

Хроматические аберрации уменьшаются по мере диафрагмирования, но не уходят до нуля, остаются заметными на участках резких перепадов яркости.

Он хорошо подходит для портретов, особенно вечерних, видеографии (для которой он и создавался).

Барон был человеком разносторонним: дипломат, востоковед, участник войны 1812 года, а в свободное время — электротехник-любитель.

Гостям он показал занятное устройство: клавиатура в одной комнате, а в другой — шесть стрелочных индикаторов на подвесах плюс вызывное устройство.

А в грозу еще надеяться, что не прилетит наводкой в виде молнии.

Насколько это серьезно, показывает одна цифра из корпоративной истории: вплоть до 1860-х петербургское отделение обгоняло берлинскую штаб-квартиру и по обороту, и по числу сотрудников.

Вся информация закодирована не в форме сигнала, а в его моменте.

То есть ребята разработали собственный чип, карту-переходник для CXL и драйверы для ядра Linux — лишь бы использовать старую память.

Осталось установить на приставку нужные пакеты, включая лёгкий веб-сервер вроде lighttpd , который сразу начинает работать и на входящие запросы по умолчанию выдаёт файлы из папки /srv/www/htdocs .

Например, отключить в файле конфигурации /etc/mailer.conf процессы sendmail и postdrop , которые по умолчанию просыпаются в системе, и др.

При наличии старых гаджетов можно установить Linux и на планшете.

На самом деле существуют специальные ЦОДы из смартфонов и планшетов (облачные фермы), где клиенты тестируют мобильные приложения на разных моделях.

Под катом о том, в каких случаях Docker не нужОн, чем его заменить и как.

По этой причине статья создана не с целью критики, а для того, чтобы показать новичкам, что не Docker единым…Поговорим о траблахВо-первых, Docker тратит ресурсы.

Чем заменить Docker на одиночном сервереЕсли контейнеры не нужны — systemd, venv, nginxЕсли на сервере работает одно приложение, база данных и nginx, контейнеризация вообще не нужна.

Соответствующий инструмент нужно установить отдельно:podman compose up -dОднако Podman — чуть лучший Docker, но это не принципиально другой подход.

Если нужны системные контейнеры и снапшоты — IncusЕсли Docker и Podman в первую очередь запускают отдельные приложения, то Incus раб…

Ещё недавно мы стали очевидцами заката OnePlus, которая некогда была «убийцей флагманов».

Сообщается, что Nothing планирует сократить до 40 % штата, покинуть 12 рынков, сохранив присутствие только на самых прибыльных (как Индия), а также уменьшить продуктовую линейку.

Душат бизнес Пэя огромные цены на память, а также низкие продажи устройств.

Например, недавний бюджетник Phone (4b) купили всего около 20 000 раз по всему миру.

Хороним или ещё нет?

Tsuyosa Shore Timeslip (NJ0238-57E) выполнены в чёрном цвете с золотистыми акцентами и оснащены однонаправленным безелем на 120 щелчков.

Обычно в серии Tsuyosa представлены часы со встроенным браслетом и яркими циферблатами, но в новой модели циферблат стал более сдержанным.

Несмотря на наличие безеля, нырять с этими часами не стоит: водонепроницаемость у них составляет всего 100 метров.

Сердце Tsuyosa Shore Timeslip — это механический калибр с автоподзаводом 8210: 21 камень, частота 21 600 полуколебаний в час и запас хода до 42 часов.

Модель выпущена тиражом 12 тысяч экземпляров и уже поступила в продажу в Великобритании по цене 350 фунтов стерлингов (около 36 тысяч рублей).

Радиоуправляемая модель размером 15,3 × 7,5 × 3,74 см повторяет Quadra Turbo-R из игрового трейлера и игры Cyberpunk 2077.

Если поставить машинку в гараж, она подзарядится и будет готова к следующему выезду.

Для управления в набор положили не чахлый пультик, а полноценный геймпад в стиле Xbox.

Помимо управления машинкой, он может работать как обычный контроллер для игр на ПК, Xbox и Nintendo Switch.

Коллекционная коробка обойдётся в $200, но продажи начнутся только 4 сентября.

Компания представила резервный способ авторизации.

Если пароль забыт, а старые смартфоны и компьютеры недоступны, отныне можно будет получить доступ к аккаунту по морде лица.

Эталонное видео Google хранит конфиденциально и использует только для сравнения с последующими попытками авторизации.

Собственно, для входа в аккаунт после этих манипуляций можно будет снимать короткие видео.

В основном будут просить сделать определенные действия в реальном времени, чтобы убедиться, что видео не предзаписано.

Одна из идей — создать на базе «Госуслуг» единую цифровую экосистему, которая предложит пользователям больше возможностей для общения.

Согласно одному из предложений на портале могут появиться ленты новостей, тематические сообщества для пользователей и специальные семейные сервисы, пишут «Известия».

Например, чаты для родственников, общий календарь событий и возможность запросить для родных конкретные услуги.

За счет этого появляется возможность максимально защищенного взаимодействия между людьми, бизнесом и государственными органами.

Работаем над тем, чтобы реализовать потенциал платформы и в этом направлении»Пока что инициативу рассматривают, и окончательное решение о том, в какую сторону…

Портал mymobiles совместно с инсайдером OnLeaks опубликовал цветовую палитру будущих флагманов Google.

Видимо, чтобы вообще никто на презентацию не пришёл.

Базовые модели получили чёрный, сиреневый, болотный и пурпурный цвета.

«Прошки», в свою очередь, красуются таким же классическим чёрным, а также бледным сине-зелёным, коралловым и цветом хвойной древесины.

Из интересного: Google Pixel 11 Pro / Pro XL могут получить подсветку блока камер.

Раньше всех появится 14-дюймовый MacBook Pro на чипе M6, уже осенью этого года.

Находятся на стадии тестирования Mac mini на чипах M5 Pro и M6 и Mac Studio на чипах M5 Max и M5 Ultra.

В конце этого или начале следующего года появится премиальные 14-дюймовый и 16-дюймовый MacBook OLED на чипах M5 Pro и M5 Max с новым дизайном.

Далее выпустят 14-дюймовый MacBook Pro на чипе M7 с дизайном, похожим на MacBook OLED.

В конце 2027 года — MacBook OLED на чипах M7 Pro и M7 Max.

Не будем ходить вокруг да около: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 на старте стоил 92 000 рублей, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 — 105 000 рублей, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 — 150 000 рублей, а Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra — 170 000.

Ругать мобильное подразделение Samsung рука не поворачивается, ведь они выжимают все соки из тех ресурсов, которые у них есть.

С момента появления в смартфонах circle-to-search, «ластика» и чат-ботов, компании больше не смогли ничего предложить.

Конечно, тут ещё важно учесть жадность кучки компаний, которые и виновны в создании ИИ-пузыря, но об этом мы уже писали.

Вопрос: а настолько ли нам нужны ИИ-технологии, что из-за них пусть и косвенно, но, Samsung не может предложить толковые …

Это первая складная «Ультра» компании, которая, однако, заслужила этот статус не из-за технических новшеств, а по необходимости небольшого ребрендинга.

Теперь обычный Z Fold8 — это раскладушка с «паспортным» форматом, а Z Fold8 Ultra — это классическое складное устройство, как и Z Fold7.

В сравнении с последним у новинки есть пара приятных улучшений.

Цветовая гамма новинки включает белый, чёрный, тёмно-фиолетовый и зелёный — последний будет эксклюзивом онлайн-магазина Samsung.

За небольшие улучшения россиянам придётся заплатить дополнительно 20 000 рублей: стоимость базовой версии Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra начинается от 170 000 рублей, тогда как в прошлом году ценник стартовал от 150 000…

Также увеличились аккумуляторы: Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 получил батарею на 800 мА·ч вместо 590 мА·ч, Galaxy Watch9 ёмкость выросла не так значительно.

Galaxy Watch9 40 и 44 мм получили 1,34 и 1,47-дюймовые AMOLED-экраны с пиковой яркостью до 3000 нит.

Объём памяти — 2/32 ГБ, ёмкость аккумулятора по сравнению с прошлым поколением увеличилась до 390 вместо 325 мА·ч и до 445 вместо 435 мА·ч соответственно.

Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 оснащены 1,52-дюймовым AMOLED-экраном с разрешением 480 × 480 пикселей и пиковой яркостью до 5000 нит, 2/64 ГБ памяти, аккумулятором на 800 мА·ч и защитой IP69K и 10 ATM+.

В российских магазинах Galaxy Watch9 40 мм будут стоить от 27 тысяч рублей, Galaxy Watch9 44 мм — от 2…

Корейцы явили миру свою раскладушку с паспортным форматом, которая должна навязать борьбу аналогичному устройству от Apple.

Но верит ли в него сама Samsung?

По слухам, компания планирует произвести всего 1 млн устройств, с которых вряд ли получится заработать.

Вероятно, тут делают ставку на то, чтобы охватить все ниши, а там уж как пойдёт.

В РФ Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 стартует от 150 000 рублей.

Основное изменение по сравнению Galaxy Z Flip7 — смартфон похудел сразу на 8 граммов.

А внутри теперь стоит чип Exynos 2600, сделанный по 2-нм техпроцессу.

В остальном обновление получилось минимальным: экраны, камеры и аккумулятор остались такими же, как у прошлого поколения.

В раскрытом состоянии корпус стал тоньше ещё на 0,4 мм — теперь его толщина составляет всего 6,1 мм.

В России Galaxy Z Flip8 256 ГБ будет стоить от 105 тысяч рублей, а Galaxy Z Flip8 512 ГБ — от 125 тысяч рублей.

В 2025 году в конкурсе LEGO Ideas «Возвращение девяностых» победила работа автора WetWired по мотивам «Секретных материалов».

Спустя год сотрудники LEGO довели фанатскую идею до магазинных полок!

До релиза набор добрался с небольшими изменениями: поменяли убранство офиса, костюмы персонажей, а некоторых и вовсе заменили вроде Бигфута из первого концепта.

Но общая идея осталась прежней: инсталляция смахивает на плакат I Want to Believe, который присутствует и в самом наборе.

Стоить набор будет $200, или около 15 тысяч рублей.

Этому багу уже не первый месяц и «болеют» им айфоны и айпэды вне зависимости от сборки системы.

Коллеги из «Кода Дурова» проверили работу мессенджера и на стабильных версиях ОС и на бетках: результат был одинаковым.

Устройство внезапно начинает атаковать куча одинаковых пушей из Telegram, которые по нажатии по ним, просто открывают приложение.

Лечение — полная переустановка мессенджера.

А у вас был этот баг?

Продажи квартир в новостройках в России в июне 2026 года выросли на 33% по сравнению с маем, а за первое полугодие рынок первичного жилья увеличился на 3% год к году, говорится в исследовании Авито Недвижимости.

Москва стала лидером по числу сделок на первичном рынке жильяПо данным аналитического центра Авито Недвижимости, в первом полугодии 2026 года в России заключили 236 тыс.

В крупных городах подобные объекты уже занимают значительную часть предложения: в Ростове-на-Дону их доля составляет 28,6%, в Москве — 24,3%, в Краснодаре — 22,9%, в Новосибирске — 21%.

Доля ипотечных сделок в 2026 году выросла до 69%По итогам первого полугодия 2026 года 69% сделок на первичном рынке проходили с исп…

Тогда Anthropic представила две модели: основную Claude, позднее получившую название Claude 1, и более быструю и дешёвую Claude Instant.

«Многие наши первые клиенты — компании, которым важно, чтобы модель не вела себя непредсказуемо и не выдумывала факты».

В сентябре 2024 года в Anthropic пришёл инженер Борис Черни.

Таким образом, Anthropic зарабатывает и на количестве подключённых сотрудников, и на том, насколько активно бизнес использует Claude в работе.

Один из них проявился после запуска Claude Fable 5 и Claude Mythos 5, которые Anthropic представила 9 июня 2026 года.

Пользователи устройств на macOS чаще сообщали о столкновении с киберугрозами, чем владельцы Windows, показало исследование «Лаборатории Касперского».

За последний год с фишинговыми атаками столкнулись 12% пользователей macOS против 9% пользователей Windows, а с мошенническими схемами — 16% против 13% соответственно.

Пользователи macOS чаще сталкиваются с фишингом и мошенничествомХотя macOS традиционно считается одной из наиболее защищённых операционных систем, пользователи этой платформы чаще сообщали о столкновении с различными киберугрозами, сообщают в «Лаборатория Касперского».

Владельцы Windows чаще используют меры цифровой защитыПользователи Windows чаще придерживаются базовых правил ц…

31% россиян, которые планируют купить автомобиль в 2026 году, рассматривают возможность пригнать его из-за рубежа, сообщают «Известия».

На покупку автомобиля россияне чаще всего готовы потратить:от 2 млн до 3 млн рублей — 35%;от 3 млн до 5 млн рублей — 27%.

Главное опасение при покупке авто из-за рубежа — мошенничествоЧаще всего при покупке автомобиля за границей россияне боятся столкнуться с мошенничеством — об этом сообщили 49% участников опроса.

Полностью оплатить автомобиль из-за рубежа собственными средствами планируют 39% покупателей, ещё 34% собираются воспользоваться автокредитом.

Большинство россиян доверить перегон автомобиля профессионалам61% респондентов предпочли бы воспользова…

Внутри платформы стример может зарабатывать на платных подписках, показе рекламы, сообщениях и виртуальных подарках от зрителей, а на некоторых сервисах — получать выплаты по партнёрским программам.

В лайфстайл- и экспертных категориях CPM рекламных размещений в России в 2026 году может составлять 400–600 рублей за тысячу просмотров, тогда как в игровом сегменте — около 150–450 рублей.

Эти диапазоны отражают оценку эксперта и могут различаться в зависимости от аудитории, площадки и условий рекламной кампании.

Частично сгладить колебания дохода помогают марафоны, специальные эфиры и другие форматы, которые вовлекают зрителей и укрепляют сообщество вокруг канала, отмечает Пчёлкина.

Проблема н…

Номинальная зарплата при этом выросла на 11% год к году до 109 052 рублей, реальная — на 5,1%.

По прогнозам Минэкономразвития, рост безработицы до 2,6% ожидается только в 2026 году, а в 2028-м показатель может снизиться до 2,3%.

По данным регулятора, планы компаний по индексации зарплат в 2026 году существенно не изменились.

КонтекстВ начале 2026 года активность пользователей на сайтах по поиску работы выросла на 23% по сравнению с прошлым годом.

По итогам первого полугодия 2026 года число вакансий сократилось на 21% год к году, а на отдельных платформах — до 56%.

24 июля 2026 года Банк России снизил ключевую ставку с 14,25% до 14% годовых, продолжив смягчение денежно-кредитной политики.

Предприниматель, управляющий фондом и основатель финтех-платформы SharesPro Денис Астафьев отметил, что снижение не стало неожиданностью, хотя часть аналитиков ожидала сохранения ставки на уровне 14,25%.

Это, по словам Валерия Тумина, указывает на сокращение пространства для дальнейшего снижения, на что ЦБ также обращал внимание в июльском обзоре.

Эксперт объяснила, что рост ставок связан не с решением ЦБ, а с конкуренцией банков за средства клиентов на фоне снижения интереса к депозитам.

Согласно данным Банки.ру, во втором квартале 2026 года спрос на вклады снизился…

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced выполнила годовой план за две недели — продано 3,5 млн копий Пиковый онлайн игры в Steam превысил 105 тыс.

«Это культовая игра, поэтому она должна была остаться верной оригиналу и узнаваемой, но не обязательно прежней».

Новая версия сравнялась с оригиналом на ПК и на один балл обошла его на PlayStation 4, но не повторила лучший результат игры.

Фил Иванюк Автор The GuardianРемейк или ремастер: как культовую игру перенесли на новые технологииBlack Flag Resynced — ремейк, а не ремастер.

Источник: UbisoftПлатформы и системные требования для ПКВерсии Black Flag Resynced для PlayStation 4 и Xbox One не заявлены.

Спрос на новую линейку складных смартфонов Samsung Galaxy Z, продажи которого начались вечером 22 июля, оказался выше, чем год назад, сообщают «Известия».

59% участников опроса хотят купить ещё один смартфон на AndroidПродажи новой линейки Samsung Galaxy Z оказались на 20% выше, чем у предыдущего поколения, сообщили «Известиям» в «М.Видео».

Около 40% предзаказов пришлось на Galaxy Z Fold8, столько же — на Galaxy Z Flip8, 20% покупателей выбрали Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra.

В RWB сообщили изданию, что количество предзаказов на серию Galaxy Z8 в первые сутки оказалось примерно на уровне прошлогоднего поколения смартфонов.

смартфонов Samsung Galaxy ZПо данным ведущего аналитика Mobile Research Group …

Организация предлагает закрепить статус пострадавших предпринимателей и выработать меры защиты — от прямых выплат до кредитных каникул и моратория на штрафы.

Руководитель АПЭТ Алексей Москаленко указывает, что в меры поддержки можно добавить возможность реструктуризации кредитов.

Бизнес ждёт поддержки и от самих платформ — снижения комиссий, стоимости логистики и упрощения вывоза товаров, добавили в «МоемСкладе».

В Wildberries поддержали идею системной поддержки пострадавших предпринимателейВ Минэкономики «Коммерсанту» пояснили, что министерство всегда прорабатывает поступающие предложения, направленные на поддержку предпринимателей, оказавшихся в непростой ситуации.

из них — на пострадавши…

Британская Reckitt Benckiser Group, производитель Finish, Vanish, Nurofen, Veet, объявила о продаже российского подразделения по производству средств гигиены группе «Арнест» — производителю косметики и бытовой химии.

Сначала Reckitt Benckiser Group должна получить разрешение от британских госоргановЧтобы завершить сделку, Reckitt Benckiser Group необходимо выполнить несколько условий: например, получить разрешение на продажу от британских регулирующих органов.

Reckitt Benckiser Group сообщила, что российское подразделение по производству средств гигиены обеспечило около 1% чистой выручки компании по итогам 2025 года.

Выручка «Арнест» в 2024-м году достигла 15,4 млрд рублейАО «Арнест» зареги…

Яндекс Карты упростили навигацию по Турции.

Как сообщили Russian Business в пресс-службе компании, в сервис добавили трансляцию геопозиции попутчикам и функции навигации в аэропортах и торговых центрах.

Навигацию в приложении расширили — для турецких аэропортов и торговых центровВнутри аэропортов Стамбула, Антальи, Анкары (ESB) и Измира (ADB) сервис поможет найти:выход на посадку;стойки регистрации;паспортный контроль;зону выдачи багажа;выход из терминала.

Яндекс Карты упростили поездки на общественном транспортеСервис позволяет посмотреть расписание общественного транспорта по всей стране.

Кроме того, в Стамбуле Карты отображают стоимость проезда и учитывают при построении маршрутов новые …

Дочерняя компания «Росатома» — «Росатом Сеть зарядных станций» — предложила пересмотреть утильсбор для электромобилей.

Для электромобилей хотят ввести «зелёные» номераЕщё одна инициатива «Росатома» — создание специальных «зелёных» номеров для электромобилей.

Кроме того, гендиректор «Росатом Сеть зарядных станций» предложил ввести бесплатную парковку для владельцев электромобилей в Подмосковье и других регионах.

Контекст«Росатом» — не первая организация, которая за последнее время призывает пересмотреть механизм утильсбора в России.

В партии заявляли, что в нынешнем виде утилизационный сбор «превратился в очередной способ отъёма денег у населения».

Пострадавшие продавцы Wildberries получили кредитные каникулы от WB Банка и МКК WB Финанс.

Как сообщили в пресс-службе RWB, выплаты по основному долгу и начисление процентов для представителей МСП приостановили на 3 месяца.

Ранее глава Wildberries Татьяна Ким сообщила, что первые выплаты-компенсации получили 88 тыс.

В компании также сообщили, что возможность аналогичной поддержки для представителей крупного бизнеса рассматривается в индивидуальном порядке.

По её словам, Wildberries готовит отдельный механизм поддержки для среднего и крупного бизнеса.

Ремейк Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag оказался успешнее прогнозов Ubisoft.

Это ремейк Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 2013 года — с современной графикой и улучшенным геймплеем.

В первые сутки с момента релиза Black Flag Resynced разошлась тиражом 2 млн копий.

К концу первой недели продажи достигли 3 млн, а к моменту публикации финансового отчёта 23 июля — 3,5 млн.

Разработчики продолжат развивать Black Flag Resynced после релиза.

После шести месяцев разработки опубликован релиз системной библиотеки GNU C Library 2.44 (glibc), которая полностью следует требованиям стандартов ISO C23 и POSIX.1-2024.

Представлена прошивка Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0, продолжающая развитие ветки на пакетной базе Ubuntu 24.04. Прошивка развивается проектом UBports, взявшим в свои руки разработку мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch, после того как от неё отстранилась компания Canonical. Проектом также развивается экспериментальный порт рабочего стола Unity 8, который переименован в Lomiri.

Компания Qualys выявила уязвимость (CVE-2026-64600) в поставляемой в ядре Linux файловой системе XFS, позволяющую локальному пользователю получить привилегии root. Уязвимость получила кодовое имя RefluXFS и была выявлена в ходе эксперимента с использованием AI-модели Claude Mythos Preview. Проблема была найдена в ответ на запрос найти в ядре Linux уязвимость типа Dirty COW, вызванную состоянием гонки в коде файловых систем. AI-модель выявила подобную уязвимость в коде XFS и подготовила прототип эксплоита, который позволил получить root-доступ в Fedora Server 44.

1, limafresh ( ok ), 09:53, 23/07/2026 [ответить] + / – Tauri?

Ведь он гораздо легковеснее и не тянет за собой весь Chromium как Electron.

А так выглядит неплохо, ещё и название звучное, удачи проекту.

2, Перастерос ( ok ), 10:00, 23/07/2026 [ответить] + / – как-то поставил его bitchat -- mesh chat over bluetooth -- так в московском метро и не нашел пира.

), 08:20, 23/07/2026 [^] [^^] [^^^] [ответить] + / – типа просто пройдите по сылке, это што вобще, как это2.83 , мяв ( ?

), 08:27, 23/07/2026 [^] [^^] [^^^] [ответить] + / – они так же запретили "проекты, связанные с криптовалютой", бтв2.93 , мяв ( ?

), 08:43, 23/07/2026 [^] [^^] [^^^] [ответить] + / – они еще и комменты под пр'ом локнули, когда юзеры, удивленные плашке "аи запрещено", пришли им в кривость формултровок указывать !

завтра "члены сообщества" решат что, например, С не нужен, ведь он небезопасный.

и запретят там не "код на С", а "код, использующий небезопасные практики из С", без конкретики -_-

За сутки в списке рассылки linux-cve-announce опубликовано 432 новых отчёта об уязвимостях в ядре Linux, которым присвоены CVE-идентификаторы. Из общей массы можно выделить уязвимость Frag Gap, для которой подготовлен рабочий эксплоит, позволяющий непривилегированному локальному пользователю получить права root в системе.

В системе управления web-контентом WordPress, которая по приблизительной оценке используется на 500 миллионах сайтах, выявлены две уязвимости, которые в комбинации позволяют получить полный доступ к панели администратора и выполнить код с привилегиями web-сервера через отправку внешнего запроса без прохождения аутентификации. Уязвимости, которым присвоено кодовое имя wp2shell, присутствуют в основной кодовой базе WordPress и не привязаны к темам оформления или плагинам, - для атаки достаточно, чтобы сайт на базе WordPress был доступен для внешних запросов. Проблемы устранены в корректирующих обновлениях 6.8.6, 6.9.5 и 7.0.2.

Опубликован выпуск OBS Studio 32.2, пакета для потокового вещания, композитинга и записи видео. Код написан на языках C/C++ и распространяется под лицензией GPLv2. Сборки сформированы для Linux (flatpak), Windows и macOS.

Компания OpenAI опубликовала сведения об инциденте, который привёл к взлому инфраструктуры платформы Hugging Face и получению доступа к учётным данным некоторых сервисов. Инцидент произошёл в ходе тестирования возможностей автономного AI-агента находить уязвимости и проводить комплексные атаки для достижения общей цели (тест ExploitGym). При тестировании использовались как существующая модель GPT‑5.6 Sol, так и более функциональная предварительная версия новой модели OpenAI, у которых были отключены механизмы, ограничивающие использование для проведения кибератак.

Firefox 153 отнесён к категории веток с длительным сроком поддержки (ESR), обновления для которых выпускаются в течение года.

На стадию бета-тестирования в ближайшее время будет переведена ветка Firefox 154, релиз которой намечен на 18 августа.

Основные новшества в Firefox 153 (1, 2, 3): Реализованы контекстные контейнеры, которые можно использовать для гибкой изоляции произвольных сайтов.

Аналогично, для вызова страницы "Firefox Labs" (активация экспериментальных функций) можно набрать "labs" или "experiment" и нажать на кнопку "Open Firefox Labs".

Кроме новшеств и исправления ошибок в Firefox 153 устранено 216 уязвимостей (91 собрано под CVE-2026-16411, 39 под CVE-2026-16411 и 26 под CVE-…

Опубликован стабильный релиз интерфейса для упрощения настройки параметров сети - NetworkManager 1.58.0. Плагины для поддержки VPN (Libreswan, OpenConnect, Openswan, SSTP и др.) развиваются в рамках собственных циклов разработки.

Опубликован выпуск проекта Kata Containers 4.0, развивающего стек для организации выполнения контейнеров с использованием изоляции на базе полноценных механизмов виртуализации.

Проект создан компаниями Intel и Hyper путём объединения технологий Clear Containers и runV.

Версия Kata Containers 4.0 примечательна переходом по умолчанию на новый runtime (runtime-rs), написанный на языке Rust.

Из возможностей runtime-rs отмечается: Поддержка гипервизоров Cloud Hypervisor (на базе Rust-VMM), Firecracker (ответвление от CrosVM, развиваемое Amazon), Dragonball (редакция KVM, оптимизированная для контейнеров) и QEMU.

Kata Containers ориентирован на интеграцию в существующие инфраструктуры контейнерно…

Майкл Катанзаро (Michael Catanzaro), с 2020 года отвечающий за отслеживание проблем с безопасностью в проекте GNOME, объявил о сокращении срока раскрытия информации об уязвимостях с 90 до 30 дней. Заявлено, что открытие публичного доступа к информации об уязвимости через 30 дней после получения отчёта является разумным компромиссом, с учётом того, что в большинстве случаев сопровождающие либо устраняют проблему за 1-3 недели, либо вообще не обращают на неё внимания. Изменение вступит в силу 1 августа и объясняется существенным ростом числа отчётов об уязвимостях, созданных при помощи AI-ассистентов.

W4ME Station brings unmodified WebAssembly cartridges to CLDC 1.1 / MIDP 2.0 devices, including feature phones from the mid 2000s.

Thirteen bundled cartridges ship in a 275 KB JAR.

DownloadVariant Application Descriptor Full, with optional JSR-75 file browsing w4me-station.jar w4me-station.jad Base, without JSR-75 classes w4me-station-base.jar w4me-station-base.jadSHA-256 checksums are stored beside the version 1.0.0 artifacts.

Buildjust buildArtifacts are written to dist/ :Artifact Purpose w4me-station.jar / .jad full build with optional JSR-75 file browsing w4me-station-base.jar / .jad build without JSR-75 classesBoth variants contain the same thirteen cartridges.

Bundled cartridges retai…

Most research during the past two decades hinted that human evolution has largely slowed or changed so subtly that existing tools couldn’t detect it; evidence seemed to suggest that civilization put humans beyond the reach of natural selection.

The longer timespan provided a baseline that allowed the researchers to see how genes evolved during the most recent 10,000 years.

“Natural selection has not slowed down,” says Ali Akbari, a senior scientist at the Broad Institute and the paper’s first author.

The end result was the identification of 479 genes that showed evidence of natural selection.

Regardless of how the individual traits have shifted, the takeaway from this work is that the human…

Made up of leaders from aerospace, technology, and mobility from around the world.

Half of the team is located at our Long Beach CA campus, with other teammates working remotely near our suppliers, future customers, and partners.

GitHub repository ESP32-Plane-Radar Open-source ESP32 firmware for a 1.28″ round display that shows live ADS-B aircraft around your location as a sonar-style plane radar.

Plane radar is a neat little project that turns an ESP32-C3 and a 1.28-inch round display into a live aircraft radar.

It is insanely easy to flash firmwares to a fresh esp32 these days using the browser-based ESPHome web flashing tool.

MW MakerWorld 5.4K likes 3.3K downloads 15.1K saves 2.4K makesOriginal 3D model ESP32 Plane Radar Live ADS-B on a Round DisplayUnfortunately the tolerances are just too tight to be usable with the batch of boards I got.

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"The Hillsborough meteorite contained 1.8% by weight of carbon and 0.07% of nitrogen, and had carbon and nitrogen isotopes typical for CM-type meteorites."

The meteorite contained a wide variety of soluble organic compounds, and its compositional range confirms that the Hillsborough meteorite was more altered by water than most other CM-type meteorites.

"We do not know if these magnesium organic compounds were contributed by brine chemistry or were simply left over from earlier impact shock processes."

Among the soluble organic compounds were also many amino acids, similar to those found in more moderately altered CM2 chondrites.

Their analysis suggests the complex distribution of amino aci…

Scientists warn of possible invasive species superspreader event due to stalling near Strait of HormuzIn this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz has been a major source of contention since the war with Iran broke out in February.

This is because prolonged stationary periods can lead to substant…

if you are working out of the terminal and haven't fiddled around with your git settings, git config --global core.editor "_YOUR-EDITOR_" is a good way to allay your fears of conquering vim.

if you change your mind, you just run git rebase --abort and either restart or give up (ideally the former).

as aforementioned with git rebase --abortyour branch snaps back to exactly where it was before you started..rebase doesn't destroy commits — it makes new ones.

git keeps a journal of everywhere your branch has pointed:git reflogfind the entry from before the rebase and restore it:git reset --hard HEAD@{4}the entire rebase is undone.

git stops and literally prints the instructions: resolve the con…

Thinking in Systems introduces a framework and a visual language of sources and sinks, stocks and flows, feedback loops and systems that (more often than not) emerge bottom-up from them.

Delays are weirdThere was one really cool chapter that IMHO is the highlight of the whole book.

That seems like a bad delay, but delays don’t need to always be bad: consider that the manager might want to not overreact to those random spikes.

For now let’s just take the oscillations caused by delays for a fact.

Now you might think that since delays got us into this mess, we should minimize them as much as possible.

If the model is useful to you, leaving a like on Hugging Face genuinely helps more people discover it.

Inflect v2 reports human preference, predicted naturalness, multi-ASR intelligibility, complete footprint, and runtime separately rather than compressing them into one unverifiable score.

Human blind preferenceInflect-Micro-v2 recorded a 66.2% preference rate (21 wins · 10 losses · 3 ties) in the final anonymous community study.

The managed reference run used a Hugging Face CPU Upgrade instance (8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM) with four framework threads, end-to-end text-to-waveform timing, and 100 fixed Modern400 prompts.

Run locallyInstallpython -m pip install --upgrade huggingface_hub hf download ow…

The hottest and most promising operating system kernel in development, the GNU Hurd, has published another summary of its most recent quarter of development.

Hurd has experimental support for 9pfs now, a work-in–progress port of OpenNTPD, the NTP daemon from OpenBSD, a port of Neovim, and a few more ports here and there.

Diving deeper into the actual kernel itself, there’s a major improvement to how the Hurd handles entries in /dev/ :Mikhail Karpov added some checks for mmap in several places.

Currently the Hurd sets device entries in /dev/ statically.

For example, I am writing this qoth on a Hurd machine that is using two /dev/ entries for my filesystem: /dev/wd0s1 for swap and /dev/wd0s5 …

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A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.

The lawsuit will likely renew debates about whether term employment agreements are enforceable under California. law

An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to have never gotten caught. What do we know about Phineas Fisher?

Elon Musk's tunneling startup is reportedly in talks for a major new funding round.

Kalshi claims the trailer is “defamatory” and contains “both fabricated documents and false and misleading statements.”

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

A close call in Northern Virginia revealed just how poorly data centers respond to grid disruptions. Here's how to fix the problem.

OpenAI's fancy new AI keypad will be a lot of fun for some, while many others are probably not going to touch it.

The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue relighting the booster's rocket engines.

The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.

Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we’re devoting an entire stage to that progression.

The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.

The indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges the Volkswagen engineers used confidential insider information to buy stock in Rivian.

AI coding startup Cognition has acquired Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, in a deal valuing the startup in the low nine figures. The acquisition brings Poke’s conversational style and interaction model to Cognition’s coding agent Devin, reflecting a growing belief that how AI assistants interact with users is as important as the models powering them.

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

Financial Times:

A look at China's bid to build an alternative global order in AI by making open models widely available and training people in developing countries to use them — Beijing makes most ambitious offer yet to build alternative global order — China's President Xi Jinping has set …

Reuters:

China's market regulator says it had fined and confiscated ~$770M from Trip.com for abusing its dominant position in the domestic online hotel-booking market — China's market regulator said on Saturday it had fined and confiscated a total of 5.2 billion yuan ($770 million) from Trip.com Group …

Ima Jackson-Obot / Financial Times:

Several universities including Yale, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Waterloo have restricted or disabled their use of AI detectors over accuracy concerns — Some institutions are overhauling assessment and trying to move away from the emphasis on surveillance

Pei Li / Bloomberg:

Sources: DeepSeek told investors it is suspending its second funding round after remarks attributed to Liang Wenfeng on US-China AI competition went viral — DeepSeek has told prospective investors in its second fundraising round that it's suspending the deal for now, people familiar with the matter said …

New York Times:

Sources: OpenAI and Anthropic quietly lobby Washington regulators to restrict open-source AI models, even as Sam Altman publicly says he supports open source AI — Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted.

Ian King / Bloomberg:

SK Group Chair Chey Tae Won says Anthropic has asked SK Hynix for supplies to make its own chips, calling it remarkable that an AI developer has chip ambitions — AI developer Anthropic PBC has asked SK Hynix Inc., one of the world's biggest manufacturers of memory chips …

Akriti Sharma / Bloomberg:

As student protests spread across India, Narendra Modi turns to Reels, swapping his trademark cinematic videos for self-recorded messages aimed at Gen Z — As student protests spread across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned to Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram Reels …

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A profile of Hangzhou-based Unitree, which shipped 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025, accounting for 25%+ of the global market, as it prepares for a Shanghai IPO — Spectators typically leave a UFC fight with ringing ears and a sheepish resolve to get back to the gym. Wang Xingxing went straight to his laboratory.

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Samsung announces a $200B+ contract to make chips for Broadcom through 2030, focusing on its 2nm and below process technologies for Broadcom's products — Samsung Electronics Co. won a contract worth more than $200 billion to make chips for Broadcom Inc., as the companies race to win a larger share of the AI infrastructure market.

Financial Times:

A profile of Yang Zhilin, founder of Moonshot AI, which faced early doubts over revenue and model capabilities before its Kimi K3 delivered a “DeepSeek moment” — Known as ‘Yang the genius’ by classmates, his new K3 model has closed the gap with leading US rivals

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Candid Health, which develops tech and AI agents to automate medical billing and claims processing workflows, raised a $120M Series D led by Sixth Street Growth — Candid Health cofounder Doug Proctor spun his laptop around to show me a herd of wild horses grazing behind him in upstate New York during our first Zoom call.

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:

Verizon CEO Dan Schulman says Verizon will provide dark-fiber connectivity for Google's data centers in a $1B+ deal, with more such deals in the pipeline — Verizon CEO Dan Schulman said on Friday the company has secured a deal with Google (GOOGL.O), valued at more than $1 billion …

It’s been nearly five years since Ridley Scott first announced his plans for a TV spinoff of his sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner (1982) and the 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.

Prime Video debuted the first teaser for the new ten-episode series, Blade Runner 2099, at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday.

Per the official synopsis:Fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity.

Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner.

Blade Runner 2099 will premiere on November 25, 2026, on Prime Video.

Encouraged by the picture-perfect end to Friday’s flight, SpaceX is likely to take the next leap with Starship on the next launch, according to the company’s founder and CEO, Elon Musk.

The only thing left incomplete on SpaceX’s checklist for Flight 13 was the controlled splashdown of the Super Heavy booster.

Friday’s flight showed some progress, but engineers have more work to do on recovering this version the Super Heavy booster.

SpaceX previously recovered and re-flew Super Heavy boosters two times with the Starship Version 2 design, but not with Version 3.

This demonstration is vital for any Starship flight beyond low-Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon in support of NASA’s Arte…

Giovanni Kanter goes to at least one art museum whenever he visits a new city.

He was raised on visual art; he’s the son of painter Marianne Gargour and nephew of mixed-media artist Heather Hutchison and painter-printmaker Mark Thomas Kanter.

Many other young people have a less immersive artistic education, perhaps shaped by occasional school trips or family visits to museums.

If they haven’t internalized an instinct for what Kanter calls “moving through the art and absorbing it,” the museum experience is central to how they learn about and understand art.

Museums take this educational role seriously, and many institutions understand the need to sustain and broaden their appeal.

His posts, espousing hard-line views on immigration and anti-Semitic tropes, were viewed 120 million times before the vote.

Georgescu, who had previously been polling in the single digits, stunned observers by winning the election’s first round with 23 percent of the vote.

As chair of computational social sciences at Maastricht University, she leads the research into disinformation campaigns.

She wanted to know how pro-Georgescu content was being monetized on TikTok through hidden influencer marketing and livestreamed political content.

Georgescu said on his YouTube channel that annulling the 2024 results was “practically a formalized coup d’état” by Romania’s Constitutional Court.

A fast-moving wildfire, one of many raging across Spain, bore down on the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex on Friday, forcing an evacuation and temporarily suspending operations at one of NASA’s most important tracking stations.

The tracking station is part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, operating in concert with similar facilities in California and Australia to provide global coverage as Earth’s rotation brings the planets, stars, and deep space probes in and out of view.

The Deep Space Network is managed by NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“In the meantime, the agency has seamlessly transitioned support for mission operations to the G…

Discovery, preventing the companies from combining until after a judge rules on the merits of a case in which a dozen states challenged the legality of the merger.

The delay was also agreed to by the Writers Guild of America, which filed its own lawsuit to block the merger.

The agreement amounts to “a months-long halt” to the merger, New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office said.

The states sued after the merger was greenlit by the Trump administration.

States say the merger will eliminate competition by combining two of the five major Hollywood movie studios and two of the five major owners of basic cable TV channels.

Anyone who has used the Internet in recent years is probably used to encountering telltale signs of LLM prompting that lazy users sometimes forget to remove from their AI-generated pabulum.

But a Canadian legislator took that idea to an embarrassing new level this week, reading an apparent LLM prompt instruction into the record during a floor speech.

Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative Party member of the legislative assembly of New Brunswick, noted in a speech last month that “One of the dangers associated with creating advocacy offices is that citizens often develop expectations that exceed the powers actually granted to those offices.” He then went on to say out loud that “here’s a m…

Today, Anthropic rolled out Opus 5, the newest update for the model that has recently become a popular choice for coding and other software development tasks, among other things.

While this is a noteworthy bump for Opus, it doesn’t seem to be an Opus 4.5-level breakthrough in agentic coding performance.

A chart (made by Anthropic) with various benchmarks like Frontier-Bench and DeepSWE shows Opus 5 performing at about the same level or slightly ahead of the much-ballyhooed capabilities of Anthropic’s Fable model for coding tasks.

It ostensibly beats Opus 4.8 and OpenAI’s competing GPT-5.6-Sol in just about every kind of task.

It’s also worth mentioning that Anthropic specifically avoided gi…

Roku is raising the prices for its streaming sticks and boxes by up to 60 percent.

Currently, it is still selling its streaming players at their old MSRPs but lists those prices as sale prices.

The new prices are:Roku Streaming Stick: $40 (formerly $30)Roku Streaming Stick Plus: $60 (formerly $40)Roku Streaming Stick 4K: $80 (formerly $50)Roku Ultra: $150 (formerly $100)Roku Streambar SE: $150 (formerly $100)Roku is even upping the price for a bundle that includes a Streaming Stick Plus and a one-month subscription to Fox One.

As recently as July 20, Roku listed the bundle at $60 with a sale price of $25, according to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

When I tried buying the devices a…

In a widely expected move, a committee organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to endorse removing restrictions on the manufacture of peptides for human use.

Thursday’s panel meeting saw a sharply divided group recommend lifting limits on four peptides; votes on three additional peptides are scheduled for today.

The move comes despite a continuing lack of evidence regarding their safety and effectiveness.

Like proteins, peptides are composed of amino acids that are chemically linked into a chain.

Peptides differ merely by length; they’re often 10–20 amino acids long, in contrast to proteins, which can be hundreds or thousands.

After criticism from a federal judge, the Department of Justice yesterday withdrew demands for phone records and grand jury testimony from New York Times reporters who wrote about security concerns related to the Air Force One jet donated to Trump by Qatar.

“Either we can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” Subramanian reportedly told Sean Buckley, chief counsel for the US attorney in New York’s southern district.

NYT: “Brazen effort to intimidate the press”The NYT reported on Monday that the US government sought phone and text messaging records of NYT journalists and their relatives, including one reporter’s mother and two reporters’ spouses.

This was in addition to …

The European Union has begun delaying the release of satellite images showing shipping lanes near the Strait of Hormuz by 24 hours.

The move comes in response to an earlier US government request and coincides with the Trump administration ramping up the war with Iran once again.

The US government first requested that the European Union restrict Copernicus satellite imagery on May 26, according to the decision document seen by Space News.

Satellite imagery has played important military and open source intelligence roles during the war that began with the United States and Israel attacking Iran on February 28.

Meanwhile, Iran has turned to Chinese satellite imagery to gain a similar advantage…

As a result, all the original gene-editing systems had known rates of what are called off-target effects, in which they simply edit the wrong sequence.

This may be a low-probability event, but edit enough cells—and therapies generally have to edit many—and errors become inevitable.

In a recent issue of Nature, researchers described modifying the AI protein-folding software AlphaFold to help identify key areas of gene-editing proteins responsible for off-target effects.

The first is guide RNA, which can base-pair with the targeted genome sequence.

It interacts with both the guide RNA and genomic RNA and helps enforce the specificity of the interactions.

The Mission Robotic Vehicle, owned and built by Northrop Grumman, rocketed into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday.

Path to the padThe Mission Robotic Vehicle is arguably the most advanced servicing satellite ever launched.

China launched a satellite with a robotic arm into geosynchronous orbit in 2016.

Another launch in 2021 deployed the Shijian-21 or SJ-21, spacecraft on a “space debris mitigation” mission.

The extra gas is expected to give SJ-21 a longer life, giving it the potential to visit and reposition other satellites in geosynchronous orbit.

We’ve had to wait an extra week for SpaceX to get its 13th Starship test flight off the ground.

A flawless launch and reentry will put SpaceX on the cusp of an orbital flight later this year.

Ars will have a comprehensive recap story after the completion of the test flight.

The countdown resumed, culminating in the command to ignite Vikram-1’s solid-fueled first stage booster to propel the rocket off the launch pad.

This makes Vikram-1 somewhat larger than the Electron launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, the world’s most successful dedicated small satellite launcher.

The next major installment in the God of War franchise, featuring Kratos' wife Laufey, is set to be released on February 16 of next year.

As confirmed during a San Diego Comic-Con panel and on PlayStation's social media accounts, we're less than a year away from playing God of War Laufey, which focuses on Laufey as she ventures through the afterlife of gods, following her death in God of War Ragnarok.

Instead of playing as the franchise's eponymous protagonist, players will get to experience Laufey's combat prowess, which has only been hinted at in previous games.

You can only add God of War Laufey to your wishlist for now, but there's a lot more to look forward to in the franchise.

During …

The European Commission (EC) has accused TikTok of failing to protect the privacy of accounts belonging to minors, since they're visible to the public by default.

Earlier this week, the EC sent the social media platform its preliminary findings claiming that TikTok's policy for minors' accounts doesn't meet "the safety standards required under the Digital Services Act (DSA)."

In particular, the commission said that minors can set their accounts to public, allowing anyone on TikTok to see their content.

According to the EC, minors could then encounter "unwanted contact from potential perpretrators," cyberbullying or predatory behavior.

To remedy this, the EC recommended TikTok adjust the def…

If you own a solar system, there's a good chance you'll have heard of the 20 percent rule.

"n essence, it means estimating how much electricity your house needs, then sizing your solar panel system so that it produces roughly 20 percent more energy than your home uses.

Think of it this way: if your home uses 40kWh per day, your panels should be producing 48kWh.

Having a system that produces 20 percent more energy should ensure your house has all the power it needs, even during dimmer winter months.

So yes, the 20 percent rule of solar panels can definitely save you money, but it's not a guarantee of instant savings.

If you're an owner of any of Meta's AI glasses, you should take advantage of the Conversation Focus feature while you can.

As first reported by The Verge, Meta is pausing its rate limits for the accessibility feature that uses the glasses' speakers to amplify the voice of who you're talking to.

Last month, Meta discreetly added rate limits to its Conversation Focus feature for its smart glasses.

It's still unclear why Meta added rate limits to the Conversation Focus feature, since it was proven by The Verge to run on device and without an Internet connection.

While Meta made the choice to keep the Conversation Focus feature free for now, there's no clarity on its future yet.

Airplane mode is primarily designed for, as the name implies, use on an airplane.

Using airplane mode does also have a secondary benefit of saving battery life, which you can do in a pinch if you're headed home without access to a charger, for example, and need to conserve what little battery life you have left.

While charging, enabling airplane mode does stop your phone from continuously searching for signals.

But the battery life savings aren't worth rendering your phone completely inactive.

Tests have found that using airplane mode only results in a 4- to 11-minute savings in charge time.

Qualcomm is planning to raise its prices by a percentage in the double digits across its products, according to Bloomberg.

Among the devices that are powered by Qualcomm processors are Samsung's Galaxy series phones, including its latest foldables, the the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Fold 8 and Flip 8.

It intends to apply its new, higher prices to products shipped after September 1.

In addition to having to absorb the higher costs of components, its sales have apparently been suffering lately.

As Bloomberg explains, Qualcomm's sales have been down this year, because its clients haven't been able to produce as many devices due to the shortages.

In the past, expanding your phone's storage was as simple as buying an inexpensive microSD card and inserting it into the phone.

You could then transfer photos, videos and larger files to make space for app installations on your phone's internal storage.

For everyone else, cloud storage is the most readily available solution.

Google accounts with a linked phone number get 15GB of free cloud storage, but this doesn't take a long time to fill up, especially now that Android backups will count toward your cloud storage.

If you don't mind losing a bit of the ecosystem convenience and the seamless sync, you can always subscribe to cloud storage options that are more economical.

The fluid performance, the tight integration between hardware and software and the overall premium build quality of iPhones have convinced loads of Android users to make the switch to iPhones.

If you've been tempted, you're not alone.

But certain habits and workflows you've built on Android simply won't carry over.

Not because iPhones are worse — because they're not — but because the two platforms are simply different.

So, if you're thinking about making the jump from Android to iOS, let's pull back the veil on some of those differences so there are fewer surprises on day one.

If you're looking for a way to convert your regular TV into a smart one, Roku's hardware is among the easiest to recommend.

Every Roku streaming device also comes with its own remote control that lets you navigate the interface and control media playback on your favorite streaming services.

The remotes that ship with all current-gen Roku streaming players feature voice control, except for the one that comes with the Roku Streambar SE.

You can check if your Roku remote is capable of sending voice commands — just look for a button with a microphone icon below the D-pad controls.

If you own a Roku device you can use its remote as a universal controller for your TV and can even use voice comman…

YouTube has launched new tools that make it easier for creators to add thumbnails to their videos.

Creators part of YouTube Partner Program, those who can already earn from their content in other words, can now upload custom thumbnail images for Shorts.

That gives them a way to ensure their short-form videos have eye-catching thumbnails true to their topic.

Ask Studio, YouTube's internal AI tool built directly into its content management platform, now has the capability to generate thumbnails.

"Thumbnails created will be tailored to your video's specific themes and to your specific style," YouTube says.

It took OpenAI a week before it discovered that the agent it was testing broke free and infiltrated Hugging Face on its own, according to Reuters.

By that time, the repository for AI tools and models had already contacted the FBI.

The companies apparently didn't communicate until July 20, one day before OpenAI admitted that its agent was responsible for the breach.

According to the Reuters' sources, though, the company runs multiple tests simultaneously, which makes it hard for staffers to monitor them.

It's also not clear whether that agent is related to the one that hacked Hugging Face.

Fading EchoDeveloper: EmeteriaPublisher: New TalesPlatforms: Steam (Windows), Epic Games Store.

Scarlet Deer InnDeveloper: Attu GamesPublishers: Attu Games, Aurakenn GamesPlatform: Steam (Windows).

It seems to be a fairly short game, which I always appreciate.

Tears of Metal (early access)Developer/publisher: Paper CultPlatforms: Steam (Windows; playable on Steam Deck), Xbox on PC.

Life's Too ShortDeveloper/publisher: Pixel GhostPlatform: Steam (Windows, Mac, SteamOS/Linux), Itch.

Warner Bros.

Discovery has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing it of "inducing contracted employees to breach their employment agreements."

But what seemed to have compelled Warner Bros. to sue Amazon was the poaching of Pia Barlow, the former EVP for originals marketing at HBO Max.

Warner Bros. has also accused Amazon of promising to pay for Barlow's legal representation if she was ever sued for breach of contract.

According to Deadline, the other employee was most likely Francesca Orsi, the EVP for HBO Programming and head of HBO Drama Series and Films.

Roku is raising its prices across its hardware lineup.

The company's devices are currently on sale on Roku's official website, with their old prices listed as the discounted prices.

Meanwhile, the most basic Roku Streaming Stick will now set you back $40 instead of $30.

Since Roku's hardware business is mostly third-party, Wood was positioning the rise in memory prices as something that could be good for it.

He said it could attract more manufacturers to Roku, as the prices to build its rivals' devices grow bigger.

A decade ago, Meta joined RE100, a major renewable energy initiative aimed at helping large corporations transition to renewable electricity.

Now, the company has pulled out of the group as it increasingly relies on natural gas for its AI data centers.

Earlier this year, Meta said it would fund seven new natural gas plants to help fuel its data centers.

As both TechCrunch and Recharge point out, funding natural gas plants doesn't necessarily mean that Meta can't still claim to be making good on renewable energy commitments.

But Meta has now invested so much in natural gas — its 10 natural gas power plants will produce enough energy to power the state of South Dakota, according to TC — it's …

Marvel Studios and Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con go together like Reed and Sue.

So, when the company decided to release the first teaser for its only release this year, Avengers: Doomsday, five days BEFORE the Hall H panel, we all thought the same thing.

Well, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, along with the film’s directors Joe and Anthony Russo, not only brought out almost two dozen cast members, they played some exclusive footage from the film for the fans in attendance.

As for the footage, it starts with a scene of Doctor Doom, in full costume, sitting on a golden throne.

We’re sure there will be more from Marvel and Avengers: Doomsday next month at the D23 Expo but, for now, what d…

Black Panther III is officially happening—and it has a release date of December 15, 2028.

Kevin Feige announced Ryan Coogler will return to direct the final installment in the Black Panther trilogy during Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con 2026 panel.

It will follow T’Challa’s son, who will take over the mantle of Black Panther.

David Jonsson (The Long Walk) will play the new Black Panther.

Just announced in Hall H: Ryan Coogler returns to Marvel Studios to direct Black Panther 3, only in theaters December 15, 2028.

Ryan Gosling is officially joining the MCU as Ghost Rider in a new film directed by Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine) that’s due out in 2028.

Ghost Rider, aka Johnny Blaze, hasn’t appeared on the big screen since the 2011 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage.

Cage also played the character in the 2007 film simply titled Ghost Rider.

Gabriel Luna played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in Agents of SHIELD season four, which aired from 2016-2017.

Just announced in Hall H: Ryan Gosling joins the MCU in Marvel Studios' Ghost Rider, directed by Shawn Levy.

So it wasn’t exactly the biggest shock to hear that his first project after signing a deal with Amazon Studios would be a series based on King’s first published novel, Carrie.

Carrie has been adapted before, most notably by Brian De Palma in the 1976 film featuring an iconic lead performance by Sissy Spacek.

But Flanagan has long been promising a fresh take that won’t simply repurpose what’s come before.

Carrie stars Summer Howell as the title character, a bullied teen with a troubled home life and the added complication of burgeoning telekinetic powers.

The rest of the cast includes Samantha Sloyan (as Carrie’s mother, Margaret); Siena Agudong as Carrie’s sympathetic classmate, Sue Snell; …

At its San Diego Comic-Con panel today, Apple TV dropped the surprise debut of the first teaser trailer for its upcoming sci-fi series Neuromancer.

It’s our best look yet at the show, which is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by William Gibson.

Gibson’s novel is a cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre, but it has never before been adapted for the big or small screen.

Neuromancer was created for television by Graham Roland (Dark Winds) and JD Dillard (Utopia, The Twilight Zone), with Roland serving as showrunner.

Neuromancer premieres January 22, 2027, on Apple TV.

A planned funding round at Hangzhou, China-based hedge fund and unexpected AI juggernaut DeepSeek has probably been cancelled.

According to a very delicately worded Bloomberg report, this comes just on the heels of the supposed leak of a long, off-the-cuff conversation with the company’s reclusive founder and CEO, Liang Wenfeng, that went viral.

If it's real, Liang Wenfeng was incredibly detailed about working with Huawei, chip production bottlenecks, CUDA moat being broken, etc.

So DeepSeek will reportedly not be signing the paperwork for its second funding round, which apparently had backers ready to go.

The actual planned date for that IPO is reportedly sometime before the end of this …

We enjoyed Dark Matter season one, which very closely adapts Blake Crouch’s sci-fi novel of the same name.

So we were especially intrigued when Apple TV ordered up another season, because there’s uncharted narrative territory ahead.

Across season one, Jason frantically tried to get back to his proper timeline while experiencing multiple “what if” scenarios, with Chicago evolving in ways both idyllic and apocalyptic.

The Dark Matter cast and crew appeared as part of Apple TV’s San Diego Comic-Con panel and shared a trailer for season two.

Here’s the official description of Dark Matter season two: “Season two picks up with the Dessens as they settle into a quiet life in a world that finally s…

The brand-to-movie pipeline continues with Matchbox, the die cast toys best represented through slot racecars.

We’ve known for a while that this movie was happening, and during its panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Apple showed off what’ll be gracing AppleTV later this year.

Now wanted by the law, the group’s got to clear their names one misadventure across the globe at a time.

And you know what that means: pulling off stunt after stunt with cars, choppers and cycles reminiscent of the Matchbox toys they used to play with as kids.

Also starring Corey Stoll, Golshifteh Farahani and Danai Gurira, look for Matchbox: The Movie to hit Apple TV on October 9.

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con coincides with the return of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which had its season four premiere earlier this week.

It also coincides with the franchise’s 60th anniversary, so even if Star Trek‘s current TV era has an end point in sight—it’ll come after Strange New Worlds season five and Starfleet Academy season two—attention must be paid to all that history.

Though Star Trek‘s future big-screen plans are of great interest to fans, the focus of Hall H’s Star Trek Universe panel remained on TV—for now.

Diané dropped a piece of news about Starfleet Academy: in season two, we’ll meet a new cadet played by Ruaridh Aldington.

And for the youngest Star Trek fa…

At San Diego Comic-Con 2026, IDW announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin 3.

In the original miniseries, Michelangelo lived in solitude as the last Ninja Turtle after his brothers and Splinter were killed by Shredder’s grandson.

Upon returning to New York, he teams with the resistance movement led by the Jones family.

Sequels and prequels focus on Mikey’s time out of NYC and Casey Marie teaching the new Turtles what she learned growing up.

[…] We’re capping off the main trilogy, and we couldn’t be happier!”Look for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin III—Return to New York to hit shelves in summer 2027.

Filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro.

Later this year, del Toro is re-releasing his iconic film Pan’s Labyrinth in theaters to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

“I think we can make it so that it is expressively powerful,” del Toro said.

It’s incredible.”Del Toro explained that he and distributor Cineverse are personally paying for the conversion, so, of course, there’s “absolutely no goddamn AI.”“It is much more expensive [to convert it to 3D without AI],” del Toro said.

I think Guillermo del Toro just convinced me to see Pan’s Labyrinth in 3D.

Is it illegal to make your data self-destruct in the hands of the authority figure trying to snoop around on your phone, or are you within your rights to make that happen?

They punch them in, expecting to be able to feast on juicy gossip, but instead the phone bricks itself and they get nada.

But an Atlanta-based activists named Sam Tunick allegedly used this feature as advertised, and it allegedly worked as advertised, and now he’s being prosecuted for destroying evidence.

Relevant testimony to his interrogators, then—presumably him saying some unknown thing like “Yes, my phone is acting weird.

The timeline and circumstances of Tunick’s case also add an unappealing, police state-y tint t…

While its first Hulu season back in 2023 had a little trouble finding its feet after 10 years away, the subsequent installments have gotten better and better, with last year’s season 13 among the series’ best ever.

Our only gripe with season 13 is that Hulu chose to release it as a binge season.

But the streamer must have heard that from multiple places, because season 14, arriving August 3, will go back to the tried and true weekly release.

Here’s the official synopsis for season 14: “Brace yourselves … The future is about to get a whole lot stranger!

The cast includes John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil Lamar, and David Herman.

If you missed Common Side Effects when it aired last year, it’s time to catch up with one of Adult Swim’s best and most offbeat shows in recent memory.

And soon, it’s coming back for a second season, which Bennett, Hely, and cast members Martha Kelly (DEA Agent Harrington) and Joseph Lee Anderson (DEA Agent Copano) teased at the Common Side Effects panel this week at San Diego Comic-Con.

First up, we saw Harrington and Copano’s first scene together in season two.

In this season two scene, we find out her version of what happened next.

We can’t wait to see what happens next, and for more Socrates side-eye, when Common Side Effects season two returns to Adult Swim in 2027.

When a Comic-Con panel starts with an excellent new trailer, usually, it’s not gonna get better than that.

He tells John there’s a taco stand about three miles up the road and to meet him there.

So Hal asks him a few pieces of trivia about the team, which the man answers easily.

The man he’s meeting tells him that usually when you meet at an Outback Steakhouse, it’s for discretion.

John says it was delicious, to which Macon replies, “There’s nothing better than eating off another man’s grill.”“What was that about?” Hal asks.

Photograph: Nicole KinningAt just under 20 inches wide, the Explore 5 doesn’t require a dedicated crafting studio space or permanent workstation.

Since Cricut is such an established brand, TikTok and YouTube probably have a creator who has solved your exact problem.

Whether you’re cutting heat-transfer vinyl in large volumes, running a business, or filling repeat orders, the Romeo is built for a completely different workflow than the Explore 5.

At more than twice its size, it’s designed less for the spontaneous weekend project and more for keeping production moving.

A tiling feature also maximizes material by automatically filling the available space with duplicate designs, which is helpful…

The best Amazon Kindles are reliably good at their main job: displaying ebooks in a crisp, easy-on-the-eye format.

Open the site in the Kindle’s built-in web browser, then tap Connect Spotify to log in.

It all works through the magic of Spotify Connect, which you may already have come across.

Bear in mind that you’re not actually storing any music on your Kindle or running an official Spotify app.

This hack is just a way to connect to your Spotify account and control whatever’s being played through it, from your Kindle.

The hardware is clean, the branding is subtle, and the totes don’t feel ostentatious, which I appreciate.

What impressed me most about these bags is their functionality, which is something I can’t say about many luxury bags.

The magnetic closure allows for easy access during everyday errands, but because it lacks a dedicated laptop sleeve or zippered top, I wouldn’t use it as a work bag for my commutes.

This is the bag that feels purpose-built for work trips, where a personal item often doubles as your office.

It features two exterior pockets, nine interior pockets, two zippered compartments, and a padded laptop sleeve that fits up to a 16-inch laptop.

Two of OpenAI’s cybersecurity-focused models broke out of a testing sandbox this week and went on to hack the AI research platform Hugging Face in an effort to solve a security benchmark test.

There’s a patch available, and WIRED has details on how to check whether your car may have been exposed.

Plus, a novel analysis of apps marketed to US service members found that more than one in eight contained foreign code, including code developed by US adversaries like Russia and China.

Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves.

The flaw was exploited as early as July 2025, months before it was patched that November.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in Imax 70mm is the hottest club in town, if you can get in.

While Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic is available on thousands of screens around the world, there are only 41—including 25 in the US—that can offer it in full Imax 70mm glory.

That’s partly because The Odyssey is the first feature film shot entirely on Imax film with Imax cameras.

This is real Imax, according to fans of the format, which was first introduced in 1970.

Outside of a select few, most digital Imax theaters crop the image to a wider 1.90:1 aspect ratio and project on screens a good deal smaller than a traditional Imax giant theater.

For more guidance, also see my recommendations in specific categories, such as the Best MacBooks, Best Gaming Laptops, Best Chromebooks, Best Budget Laptops, Best Windows Laptops, and Best 2-in-1 Laptops.

While I can no longer say it’s the best laptop under $1,000, in a world where laptop pricing keeps increasing, it’s the best value for what you get.

Cheap Laptops That Are Actually GoodWhile “cheap” means something different to everyone, the best budget laptops generally fall under $750.

If you plan on gaming more than a couple of times a week, you will want a dedicated gaming laptop.

There’s a whole world of gaming laptops outside the budget-tier, though.

GoPro shook up the action camera world earlier this year, announcing the Mission 1 series of cameras, offering 8K video and the biggest image sensor you can get in an action camera.

The Mission 1 series is now here, and after spending several months shooting with it on bikes, paddleboards, sailboats, zip lines, and more, I can say with confidence that this is the best action camera you can buy.

The downside is that the $699 price also makes this the most expensive action camera you can buy, meaning it's not necessarily the GoPro for everyone.

There are three Mission 1 cameras, the entry level Mission 1, the slightly better Mission 1 Pro, and the Mission 1 Pro ILS, which uses interchangeable…

What Are Electrolytes?

Electrolytes are essential minerals, among them sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and chloride, that carry an electrical charge once dissolved in fluid.

The combination of protein, natural electrolytes and small amounts of fat slows the rate at which fluid leaves the stomach, helping the body retain hydration for longer.

Many electrolyte products contain significant amounts of sodium, despite the fact that most populations already consume considerably more salt than recommended.

Electrolyte products are mostly just a lifestyle purchase.

The idea that cancer could behave like a contagious disease may seem absurd; in humans, cancer cannot be transmitted from one person to another.

In exceptional cases, cancer cells themselves can pass from one individual to another and continue to multiply in a new host.

An Impossible PatternThe story began in 2012, when fishermen and biologists detected an unusually high number of catfish with black lesions in Lake Memphremagog, a body of water straddling Vermont and Quebec.

Previous studies revealed that these spots were malignant melanomas, and that between 23 percent and 37 percent of the specimens examined had these tumors—an unusually high incidence for this species.

It was then that t…

Climate change has now become a problem for the whole solar system.

On Friday, wildfires in Spain overran one of three observatories the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration uses to connect with spacecraft, including Voyager 1, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the recently completed Artemis mission around the Moon.

The affected area includes Robledo de Chavela, a municipality near the Deep Space Communications Complex run by NASA.

It’s also used to transfer data from the James Webb Space Telescope and send commands to other space vehicles.

Suffice to say, it’s a very important collection of instruments for understanding the solar system.

More specifically, I started smoking flavored vapes manufactured in China’s so-called “Vape Valley” and sold throughout the United States.

More recently, Chinese manufacturers have found a new way to sidestep the law, escaping regulatory oversight altogether.

Like many people, I assumed the only addictive chemical in these products was synthetic nicotine, which vape manufacturers have used for years to avoid FDA oversight.

But after Congress closed that loophole in 2022—expanding regulation beyond tobacco-derived nicotine—Chinese manufactures began filling their vapes with little-studied chemicals that mimic nicotine's effects, known as nicotine analogs.

Because current regulations still na…

The world could face the strongest El Niño since record keeping began, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events and significant, long-term economic impacts globally.

Models have consistently forecast that this year's El Niño—characterized by hotter than normal waters in the eastern tropical Pacific—could be among the strongest on records.

The new analysis relies on 667 simulations and compares them with historical records of the most intense El Niño events since 1877.

This figure would exceed the previous record—set during the 2015–2016 El Niño episode—by approximately 0.8 degrees Celsius.

“For context, the gap between the strongest and the fifth strongest El Niño of the past 150…

Zoë Schiffer: That's the scary piece to me.

They're falling off of the car.

OpenAI disclosed on Tuesday that it lost control of two AI models during a security test that ended in a breach of the AI research platform, Hugging Face.

The company said that last week these AI models were in a sealed testing environment, a sandbox you'd call it, when they broke out and hacked into Hugging Face's production system to steal the answers to a test that they were being graded on.

These are very overachieving AI models.

Among AI companies in the Valley, the issue is proving even more divisive.

A top concern in both DC and the Valley relates to distillation, in which a less capable AI model is trained on the outputs of a more powerful one.

An open-weight AI model has its core components made public, so that it can be fine-tuned to suit a user’s needs.

Yasir Atalan, deputy director and data fellow at the Center for International and Strategic Studies, points out that the main benefit of open-weight AI models is their speed of diffusion.

But some Silicon Valley startups—not the trillion-dollar ones like OpenAI and Anthropic—really don’t want the US government to put restrictions on these AI models.

I tested the 10,000-BTU version of the Q Series window AC in an 120-square-foot upstairs bedroom that gets very little flow from my home’s central AC.

—Martin CizmarDreo Portable Air Conditioner 740S (10,000 BTU) for $700: Look, I’m loving the new generation of portable air conditioners but not because they’re portable.

GE AWAS05BBA Window Air Conditioner Unit (5,000 BTU) for $231: This 5,000 BTU unit is less powerful than our favorite budget window air conditioner pick from GE.

LG Window Air Conditioner Unit (12,000 BTU) for $379: The LG 12,000 BTU Smart Window Air Conditioner offers efficient large-room cooling at a surprisingly low price.

A cheap window AC unit will save you money at fir…

The Moon will look nearly full tonight as it continues through the waxing gibbous phase.

What is today’s Moon phase?

As of Sunday, July 26, NASA's Daily Moon Guide tracker tells us the Moon phase is in Waxing Gibbous phase, with 90% of its surface visible.

While the Moon’s same side is always visible from our planet, the portion of its surface lit by the Sun changes as it moves along its orbit.

New Moon - The Moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it's invisible to the eye).

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess.

Hurdle Word 1 answerHYDROMashable Top Stories Stay connected with the hottest stories of the day and the latest entertainment news.

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Hurdle Word 4 answerGRILLFinal Hurdle hint3D shape.

Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today's NYT Strands puzzle.

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're well-versed in a specific subject.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explainedThese words describe masters.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

Everything you need to solve Connections Sports Edition #671Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you've ever gone fishing.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution.

Here's a hint for today's Connections: Sports Edition categoriesWant a hint about the categories without being told the categories?

This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #671 is...What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally; 5-0, placed horizontally.

The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally; 1-3, placed horizontally.

The answer is 0-3, placed horizontally; 2-2, placed vertically; 0-5, placed horizontally; 1-6, placed vertically.

The answer is 0-3, placed horizontally; 0-0, placed vertically; 0-6, placed vertically.

The answer is 3-4, placed vertically; 3-5, placed vertically.

Everything you need to solve 'Connections' #1141.

The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you're a parent.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution.

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This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you're a healthy eater.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed.

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

The solution to today's Wordle is...GRAPEDon't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time.

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If you’re especially cautious — or especially paranoid — here's how to bypass the bank statements.

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How to choose a red light face mask: Look at wavelength firstThere are some ways to tell that a red light face mask won't be effective before you buy it and use it for a few months.

There, red light stimulates cells to produce rejuvenating proteins like collagen and elastin, evening out surface redness, and preventing scarring or post-pimple red spots.

Credit: Leah Stodart / MashableMost red light masks also use near-infrared red light therapy, which requires longer wavelengths to travel further than regular red light.

Blue light is often used to target acne, and some of the best red light masks use a combination of blue and red light therapy.

You want to find the best red light masks Masha…

The prospective merger between entertainment giants Paramount and Warner Bros. has been officially delayed, prolonging the drama over what is proving to be an extremely controversial business decision.

Amusingly, though, both sides of the case are claiming the delay as a victory.

Mashable Top Stories Stay connected with the hottest stories of the day and the latest entertainment news.

Paramount CEO David Ellison, son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is perceived to be sympathetic to President Donald Trump, whose own Justice Department approved the merger back in June.

In other words, expect to hear a lot more about this deal in the near future.

What does a generative AI company want with one of the most popular horoscope apps?

One of the world's leading generative AI companies, with products licensed by tech powerhouses like Meta, has just announced its acquisition of one of the most popular astrology apps — and we didn't have that on our Bingo cards in 2026.

Banu Guler, founder and CEO of Co-Star Astrology, took to X recently to announce her company's acquisition by AI lab Midjourney, best known for making the generative AI tools used by popular services like Discord and Facebook.

You May Also LikeAnd to further reassure Guler's users, most of whom are young and therefore no strangers to tech-induced anxiety , Midjourney used its…

Table of ContentsTable of Contents Table of Contents What are the Lego Pokémon Smart Play Sets?

The Lego Pokémon Smart Play Sets make incredibly cute noises The Lego Pokémon sets arrive Aug. 1 Are the Lego Pokémon Smart Play Sets worth it?

The Smart Brick responds to Smart Tags included with the Smart Play sets, as well as various Smart Minifigures.

Credit: Joseph Maldonado / MashableThe Lego Pokémon Smart Play Sets make incredibly cute noisesThe real secret sauce behind the new smart Lego Pokémon sets?

The Lego Pokémon sets arrive Aug. 1There is one thing I don't love about the Lego Smart Play sets: they don't all come with a smart brick.

In earlier versions of this story, I wrote that the Shark vs. Roomba conversation is the ultimate robot vacuum standoff.

But for everyone trying to spend less than $1,299.99 on a robot vacuum (or even $949.99, if it's on sale), are the other Shark robot vacuums worth it?

Shark's spot cleaning has been such a streamlined, reliable feature in every Shark robot vacuum I tried.

Those hydraulics put the PowerDetect robot vacuums in the small group of robot vacuums that have never gotten stuck on one of my rug corners or scrambled up my bath mats.

It's hard to get enthusiastic when one brand has a singular memorable robot vacuum and the other brand has... none.

Google's Vice President of Devices and Services, Shakil Barkat, all but confirmed in an interview with 9to5 Google that its next Pixel phone would cost more than the Pixel 10. Considering the ongoing RAM supply issues due to the explosion of AI data centers, the rumored price hike is not a complete surprise. Companies from […]

Oli Freke is a musician and journalist whose works have appeared in Sound on Sound, The Quietus, and Mixmag. This has included using math to explore the melodic potential of the Western 12-tone scale and deep dives on effects plug-ins. He's even written a book tracing the evolution of the synthesizer from 1963 through 1995, […]

With elements from synthesizers, loopers, and effects pedals, Teenage Engineering’s devices lie somewhere between musical instrument and modern art. These grooveboxes, as they’re often called, are capable of helping you produce songs in real time from a single unit, with an eye-catching design language. A wide swath of the brand’s offerings are 30 percent off […]

Warner Bros. Discovery has filed suit against Amazon, accusing it of illegally poaching employees, including Pia Barlow, former senior VP for originals marketing. In the complaint, Warner says that "Amazon has chosen to ride on the coattails of other well-established Hollywood mainstays," and that it engaged in a "lawless employee shopping spree." Deadline reports that […]

Is an e-reader case as dangerous as a Glock 19? Last month, Louisville, Kentucky-based creator Luke The Maker showed off a bizarre, 3D-printed, pistol-shaped case design for the popular minimalist Xteink X4 e-reader. The X4 lies vertically atop the plastic gun's slide, with a cutout on the side to access its buttons. Though the frame […]

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 137, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy phone season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Google Zero and armored cars for rich people, watching a […]

What Surrounds Us takes its title literally. You play as a circle surrounding a hole in its middle - it looks like a donut with frosting. You work together with other sentient moving circles, sometimes helping them joyfully meet with others. And you traverse a large map that's composed entirely of, you guessed it, a […]

Tech companies love to sell us expensive gadgets to solve all of life's little problems. Sleepbuds sold by the likes of Anker and Ozlo are a good example. These miniature marvels of engineering sit flush in the ear, and allow side-sleepers to doze off listening to podcasts, audiobooks, music, or white noise without annoying their […]

Remember when Meta was planning to charge a $20 monthly subscription fee for the smart glasses feature that lets people hear each other more clearly - even though that feature runs locally on your glasses and doesn't require the cloud? Meta has paused those plans, spokesperson Tyler Yee confirms to The Verge. The company is […]

Meta's smart glasses have been a PR headache for the company. Public backlash has been swift, and fierce; people are concerned about the erosion of privacy and expansion of surveillance. Some especially bad actors are using the glasses to film themselves "pranking" random strangers. Women have become unsuspecting social media content for men filming themselves […]

Qualcomm sent a letter to customers on Friday warning of plans to increase its prices by "a percentage in the double digits," Bloomberg reports. The price hikes will go into effect starting with products shipped after September 1st. Qualcomm claims it has "exhausted its ability to absorb higher costs from suppliers," as ongoing component shortages […]

Midjourney, which has gone from generating AI cat images to full-body ultrasound scans, is getting into a new field: astrology. The AI startup announced on Thursday that it has acquired the personalized astrology app Co-Star, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Co-Star is a free app that offers daily horoscopes and allows you to check your […]

After selling a barely disguised version of the hit DJI Osmo Pocket 3 in the United States last year, Xtra Technology seemed ready to sneak in its version of the new dual-lens Osmo Pocket 4 Pro, too. But today, Xtra has abruptly removed the new Xtra Muse 2 Pro from its website landing page, is […]

In response to a report that Nothing is planning to "exit 12 markets as global shipments decline," Nothing cofounder Akis Evangelidis said the company is "reorganizing" and laying off some of its staff, but that "the reported numbers are way overblown." Evangelidis disputed a claim about underwhelming sales for Nothing's Phone 4B, saying it "sold […]

Roku has increased prices across its streaming hardware, with the cheapest HD Streaming Stick now priced at $39.99 instead of $29.99, as first reported by The Desk. The price hike affects all of Roku's other devices as well, with some increasing by as much as $50. Here's a rundown of the changes: Roku is currently […]

Enterprises deployed AI agents ahead of the controls needed to manage them — and they did it knowingly. That is the central finding across the five parallel surveys VentureBeat Research fielded in June, spanning every layer of the agentic stack. Now those enterprises are retrofitting to catch up with their own standards, and they are budgeting for it: In each of the five control layers we measured, 57 to 68% of enterprises plan to switch vendors or add new ones within 12 months, and roughly a third, depending on the layer, plan to move within the quarter.VentureBeat Research measured the five controls an enterprise has to build before it can trust an agent: identity, evaluation, cost teleme…

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, a model the company says delivers nearly all the intelligence of its top-of-the-line Claude Fable 5 at half the cost — a launch that signals how the AI race is shifting from raw capability to the economics of daily use.The model, available immediately on all of Anthropic's platforms, is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, unchanged from its predecessor, Opus 4.8. It becomes the new default model on Claude Max, Anthropic's premium consumer tier, and the strongest model available on Claude Pro.The positioning is deliberate. Anthropic is not claiming Opus 5 is its smartest model — that distinction still belongs to…

Microsoft AI released two new in-house models into public preview on Wednesday — MAI-Image-2.5-Pro, its highest-fidelity image generator to date, and MAI-Voice-2-Flash, a speech model built for high-volume enterprise workloads — while publishing production data that amounts to the company's most aggressive argument yet that it can power its own products without leaning on OpenAI's frontier models.The announcement, made by Microsoft AI's Superintelligence team, lands roughly a year after the company committed to building purpose-built models internally, and it arrives with an unusual level of specificity about where those models now run: Bing, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Dynamics 365, Excel, GitHu…

Two weeks after debuting its more naturalistic GPT-Live audio AI model with full-duplex capabilities (listening and speaking at the same time), OpenAI is bringing it directly into developer workflows. The company announced that GPT-Live now powers the ChatGPT desktop application on macOS and Windows, integrating directly with agentic systems like Codex and ChatGPT Work (which are separate experiences available in the ChatGPT desktop app). When OpenAI initially launched GPT-Live on July 8, 2026, it introduced a continuous audio model capable of listening and speaking simultaneously—eliminating rigid turn-taking while delegating complex reasoning to background models like GPT-5.5. Today's rel…

Black Forest Labs (BFL) is expanding its FLUX family beyond image generation with today's launch of FLUX 3, a multimodal frontier model trained to understand and generate images, or combined audio/video clips up to 20 seconds from a single prompt — and to extend the same underlying architecture to robotic vision and actions.The Freiburg, Germany-based AI lab says FLUX 3 is jointly trained across those modalities rather than assembling separate image, video and audio models behind a common interface. That distinction is central to the company's pitch: BFL wants enterprises to think about creative generation, simulation, computer use and robotics as connected applications of a single capabili…

When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against 15 flagship models, attackers who adapted across the conversation broke through as often as 88.3% of the time. Amy Chang, Cisco's head of AI threat intelligence and security research, brought that finding to the agentic security panel at VB Transform 2026; the number should worry anyone still running single-turn red-teaming programs.VentureBeat's June 2026 Pulse survey of 107 enterprise respondents explains why the room was full. More than half, 54%, have already had a confirmed agent security incident (18%) or a near-miss caught before harm (36%). Just 32% give every agent its own scoped, managed identity, and fewer still, 30%, isolate their …

At a CISO roundtable organized by Anthropic's chief information security officer, Dev Rishi asked a simple question: Did everyone in the room have their AI governance and security policies written down? Every hand went up — about 14 people, by his count. His follow-up, about how anyone actually enforces those policies in practice, got a different response. "And everybody chuckled," Rishi, the GM of AI at Rubrik, recalled at VB Transform 2026 fireside chat in Menlo Park. "It was like the dirty secret in the room that everyone has these policies, but no way to actually make them real."“Our founder and CTO has actually been really pushing to enable our agents in YOLO mode,” Rishi told the audi…

When Hugging Face got hit last week, co-founder Clement Delangue suspected a frontier lab, given the agent's sophistication. He was right. Delangue said on X that after a day working with OpenAI he strongly believed there was no malicious intent and that it was mind-blowing the whole thing had happened autonomously.The two OpenAI models that broke into Hugging Face last week did not breach it through malice or superintelligence. They breached it through credentials and permissions they should never have been able to reach, a non-human identity failure that is the oldest problem in security rather than the newest one in AI, and the one every enterprise can actually fix.OpenAI disclosed on Ju…

You spend weeks tuning an AI chatbot. Answers are accurate. Stakeholders sign off, and you ship it. Three months later, the system is confidently wrong about a third of what users ask. Nobody changed the model, and nobody touched the prompts. The world moved, pricing changed, a policy updated, a product spec shipped a new version, and the underlying knowledge store didn't move with it.This is not a hypothetical. It's one of the most common production failure modes in enterprise AI right now, and most data engineering teams don't have the right tooling to catch it, regardless of how the AI system retrieves the data.The failure that doesn't look like a failure An AI application doesn't care w…

OpenAI has announced Presence, a new enterprise product for deploying and managing AI agents across customer-facing and internal business workflows. The offering is designed for eligible enterprise customers that want agents to answer questions, access company systems, take approved actions and escalate to human workers while operating under company-defined policies, permissions and evaluation standards.Presence is available immediately through a limited general availability program. OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) and select global systems integrators lead deployments, and the product is not available on a self-service basis. OpenAI has not disclosed pricing, geographic limits, co…

Inflection AI, the Palo Alto startup that two years ago became Silicon Valley's most famous cautionary tale about the brutal economics of frontier AI, announced Tuesday that it is returning to the consumer market with a new research division and an experimental product built around a provocative thesis: the next competitive battleground in AI won't be raw intelligence, but relationships.The company launched Inflection AI Labs, a public-facing research and experimentation arm, alongside Pi Journeys, the lab's first product experiment — an AI experience designed to adapt to a user's life stage, whether that's becoming a parent, taking on caregiving duties, changing careers, or aging. The anno…

Yesterday afternoon, OpenAI and Hugging Face published a joint disclosure outlining a cybersecurity event that redefines the threat landscape for enterprise technology. During an internal benchmark evaluation, frontier artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI—including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased, higher-capability pre-release model—broke out of their sandboxed research environment, obtained raw internet access, and autonomously executed a complex cyberattack against Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. OpenAI officially categorizes the breach as an "unprecedented cyber incident, involving state-of-the-art cyber capabilities". This incident fundamentally re-frames global di…

Poolside, the San Francisco AI lab that has spent most of its three-year existence quietly selling coding models to governments and defense agencies, released its most capable model to date on Tuesday — and made an unusually aggressive bet that radical transparency, not raw scale, is how a smaller lab competes at the frontier.The model, Laguna S 2.1, is a 118-billion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) system that activates only 8 billion parameters per token, supports a context window of up to 1 million tokens, and — according to benchmarks published by the company — matches or beats open models several times its size on agentic coding tasks. The weights are available immediately on Hugging…

GPU memory is the most expensive resource in production AI, and it's also the one running out fastest. Long context windows and multi-turn conversations force AI models to repeatedly recompute information they've already processed, consuming GPU memory and compute that could otherwise serve additional users or generate new responses.Instead of treating GPU memory as the limiting resource, why not extend it with much cheaper storage technologies? Weka, for one, believes that cheap flash storage can close that gap. The company's NeuralMesh 6 software platform, launching alongside its first self-designed hardware line, Wekapod 3, extends what Weka calls Augmented Memory Grid, an approach that …

Google DeepMind today released three new proprietary AI models it says are among its most token-efficient yet: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. The models aim to make AI agents faster, smarter, and cheaper at scale. Google is pricing Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50 per one million input tokens and $7.50 per one million output tokens through its application programming interface (API), while Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs a staggeringly cheap $0.30/$2.50 per million tokens in/out. Compare that to the $1.50/$9.00 per 1M tokens for Gemini 3.5 Flash, and the $2/$12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, and the savings are considerable. However, Google's prior generation Gemini …

If you're eyeing the latest devices, like the Galaxy Z Flip 8 or Galaxy Z Fold 8, traditional carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T aren't the only options for preordering.

Amazon has great preorder deals running right now, which include a free $50, $200, or $350 digital gift card upon purchase.

Also: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 vs. Z Flip 8: I compared both models, and here's the one to buyAmazon estimates preorders to begin arriving at customers starting Aug. 10.

The Galaxy Z Flip 8 includes a $200 gift card, while the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra have similar offers, with free $350 digital gift cards available.

Plus, you can grab the Galaxy Watch 9 at Amazon for $50 off with…

Cristian Rivera, software engineer at Stripe, says, "Opus 5 is a clear generational step up from Opus 4.8.

Near Fable 5 performanceAnthropic says that "Opus 5 comes close to the capabilities of Claude Fable 5 in many domains at half the price."

Cursor co-founder Sualeh Asif reports, "Claude Opus 5 delivers near Fable 5 intelligence at Opus speed and cost.

I've been using the heck out of Opus 4.8 on my $100/month Claude Max plan and haven't experienced throttling.

Opus 5 is available now to all user tiers that previously had access to Opus 4.8.

ZDNET's key takeawaysI used Samsung's Connectivity Labs to diagnose and fix an internet problem.

The tool shows useful data points like Wi-Fi dead spots, signal strength, and more.

The hidden diagnostic tool in your pocketI've covered Samsung's Connectivity Labs tool -- found in modern Galaxy phones that run OneUI 6.0 or newer -- quite extensively, but this felt like a good time to revisit the hidden feature.

It has a similarly friendly user interface, can measure download and upload speeds, and track signal strength throughout your home.

In ways, such as detecting signal strength fluctuations, Samsung's Connectivity Labs is the same thing.

Read's data team helps over 1,000 users across the business exploit agentic AI.

Agentic course correctorsHowever, while professionals can boost their productivity by using emerging technologies, agentic AI can't be allowed to work in splendid isolation.

EDF's Read said the best IT professionals work with subject matter experts with deep knowledge across the business to ensure agents work effectively.

"Success is about applying that expert knowledge to help AI agents be more productive and accurate.

But the businesses and the people that survive are going to be the ones that embrace agentic AI, understand it, and want to drive it to the next level."

Pixel Watch 4 (left) vs. the Galaxy Watch 9 (right) Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.

Of course it's possible to mix and match and use the Samsung Galaxy Watch on a Pixel phone or the Pixel Watch on a Galaxy phone, but you'll run into a few limitations.

Also: Galaxy Watch 9 vs. Galaxy Watch 8: I've compared both models, here's my adviceYou'll get a significant upgrade if you buy the smaller 40mm Galaxy Watch, and a nearly competitive battery capacity with the 44mm Galaxy Watch.

You prefer a flatter designThere's a 4.6mm difference between the Galaxy Watch 9 and the Pixel Watch 4, with the Pixel Watch 4 being 12.3 mm thick and the Watch 9 8.6mm.

You want st…

Also: The best Dell laptops of 2026: Expert tested and reviewedThe Dell 14S doesn't reinvent the wheel.

The Dell 14S boasts a 14-inch OLED panel that covers the entire DCI-P3 color gamut and supports Dolby Vision.

To put its capabilities into perspective, I compared the Dell 14S against similarly positioned laptops in the same price and performance categories.

And it's here where the Dell 14S shines: delivering reliable performance without costing an arm and a leg.

The 2026 Dell XPS 13 is another option, as Dell's response to the Neo.

AM/FM, NOAA weather band, solar and hand-crank charging, and a power bank - this tech is what actually works when the grid doesn't.

As the default calendar app for a lot of Android phones, Google Calendar is the easiest way to keep track of your schedule.

Here's a look at how to get more out of Google Calendar.

To add an attachment to a calendar event, first upload that attachment to Google Drive.

Take advantage of keyboard shortcutsIf you use Google Calendar on a desktop, you could be saving a lot of time with keyboard shortcuts.

But Google Calendar offers an option to send you a daily wrap-up email each morning.

The AI data center boom could amplify the problem.

Also: The cloud vs. clouded leopard: America's data center backlash on display at Nashville ZooE-waste sounds much cleaner than it is.

The former waste picker is the founder of the Dandora Recyclable Waste CBO, which advocates for waste pickers at the dumpsite.

The US is already home to thousands of data centers, but not all of them are hyperscale data centers.

And when governments and NGOs create policy around e-waste, waste pickers need to be in the room, and not just in a tokenized capacity.

From tiny box cutters to bug-bite healers, these handy gadgets totally earn their place in your home for their form and function.

ZDNET's key takeawaysI went for a run with the Galaxy Watch 9 while visiting London.

I had been testing the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 for around a week before I got my hands on the Galaxy Watch 9.

Nina Raemont/ZDNETI've worn two generations of both the Pixel Watch and the Galaxy Watch now, and one thing I prefer on the Galaxy Watches is the flattened watch display.

I can see all the puzzle pieces for a Samsung AI health assistant coming together on the Samsung Health app -- and even an opportunity to beta test an AI health coach coming soon.

Also: I wore the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 for a week - it's a true Apple Watch Ultra 3 rivalI'll get more in depth with the Galaxy Watch 9 soon -- parti…

Fire TV Sticks are back down to all-time low prices for Best Buy's Black Friday in July sale. We'll break down just how good of a deal you can get.

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It may be one generation behind, but the LG C5 OLED TV still offers plenty of reasons to pick one up, especially at this price during the Black Friday in July sale.

I've been using Linux for nearly 30 years, and I've only experienced a security breach once.

Consequently, I'm always looking for better ways to implement more robust security, especially security solutions for end users.

Also: The third major Linux kernel flaw in two weeks has been found - thanks to AIThe BastionGuard platform includes BastionGuard Endpoint, BastionGuard Backup, BastionGuard Secure Connection, and BastionGuard Recovery Data.

It includes a phishing scanner, a password manager, backup (via snapshot management), a Samba scanner, WireGuard VPN, and ClamScam email scanning.

As AI continues to help both white-hat and black-hat hackers, the need for stronger security on Linux wil…

Rumours point to a retro-styled R8 II (digital AE-1), an R7 II with Canon’s first stacked APS-C sensor, and an R10 II.

Canon has registered three new cameras with wireless certification agencies, a step that typically signals imminent announcements.

Rumours point to updates across Canon’s mid-range mirrorless lineup: the EOS R8 II, EOS R7 II, and EOS R10 II.

The most interesting is the R8 II, which may arrive in mid-September with retro styling inspired by the Canon AE-1, a legendary 1976 film SLR that turns 50 this year.

The EOS R7 II may be more significant technically.

TL;DR AI tools now record conversations without announcing themselves, and users are bringing them to dates and personal chatsA growing number of professionals have started using AI tools to record every conversation they have, and the people being recorded usually have no idea it is happening.

The shift raises legal and ethical questions that neither the tools nor their users appear ready to answer.

Others described recording therapy sessions, doctor visits, and casual dinners with friends, all without telling the other person.

The worry is not just that people are recording without consent, but that they are losing the ability to listen, remember, and process conversations on their own.

A…

For a 2026 model with a rated range of 325 miles, that means roughly 309 miles would remain after half a decade of driving.

A separate Recurrent study found that the battery replacement rate for EVs built from 2022 onward is just three in every thousand vehicles.

The data suggests that concern is increasingly unfounded, but it has not translated into sales.

The gap between what the technology can do and what consumers believe it can do is now the central obstacle for the American EV market.

The batteries work, the replacement rates are negligible, and the used market is growing, but new sales are falling because federal policy removed the price incentive that made EVs competitive with combu…

TL;DR Nvidia is investing $1 billion in Naver and building a $500 billion commercial partnership with SK Group spanning data centers and memory chipsNvidia will invest $1 billion in South Korean internet company Naver to help finance an AI data center under construction in South Korea, the chipmaker announced late Friday.

Separately, Nvidia announced a long-term commercial partnership with SK Group that it described as worth more than $500 billion.

The figure includes money Nvidia will spend buying memory chips from SK Hynix, the world’s largest supplier of high-bandwidth memory, as well as purchases by SK Group of Nvidia’s supercomputers.

The announcements coincide with a visit to Silicon …

TL;DR China fines Trip.com $765 million for forcing hotel partners into exclusive deals and controlling their pricingChina’s market regulator fined Trip.com Group $765 million on Saturday after concluding that the country’s largest online travel platform abused its dominant market position.

The penalty, totaling roughly five billion yuan, includes confiscated gains, a separate fine and an order to refund hotel security deposits.

SAMR launched the investigation in January after receiving complaints that Trip.com was forcing hotel partners into exclusive arrangements and demanding they offer their lowest online rates only on its platform.

The Trip.com penalty signals that the regulator’s appe…

TL;DR Waymo will launch its own app in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028, ending its exclusive robotaxi deal with Uber in both citiesWaymo has notified Uber that it plans to launch its own app in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028, ending the exclusivity arrangement that has kept its robotaxis available only through Uber in both cities.

Uber shares fell more than four percent to close below $66, their lowest level in more than a year.

The two companies’ existing contract keeps Waymo’s current fleet on the Uber app through at least May 2028, so riders will not see an immediate change.

But the notice formalises a drift that has been visible for months: Waymo has not announced a single new Ub…

TL;DR OpenAI’s APIs, ChatGPT, and Codex all reported elevated error rates on Saturday, the fourth incident in four days for the companyOpenAI’s status page reported elevated error rates across its APIs, ChatGPT, and Codex on Saturday, marking the fourth service disruption in four days for the company.

The API dashboard listed 12 affected components, ChatGPT showed 15, and Codex flagged four, with ChatGPT posting the weakest recent uptime of any OpenAI product over the past 90 days.

The timing is awkward for a company that merged ChatGPT, Codex, and its API into a single platform under Greg Brockman in May, precisely so it could concentrate engineering resources rather than spread them thin.…

TL;DR Modi broke Instagram’s Reel view record with over 300 million views as student protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party swept IndiaIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted two selfie videos on Instagram as student protests swept the country, with the first Reel drawing more than 300 million views in 24 hours and breaking the platform’s record for a single clip.

The previous single-Reel record belonged to YouTuber IShowSpeed, who filmed himself meeting the K-pop group BTS after the FIFA World Cup final earlier this month.

The protests trace back to India’s NEET medical entrance exam, administered on May 3 and cancelled on May 12 after a paper leak was discovered.

The prime minister’…

TL;DR Samsung signs MOU with Broadcom worth more than $200 billion for AI memory, foundry and packaging through 2030Samsung Electronics and Broadcom have signed a memorandum of understanding worth more than $200 billion spanning memory chips, foundry manufacturing and advanced packaging for artificial intelligence semiconductors.

The deal, announced on Friday at an AI summit in San Francisco, runs for five years through 2030 and covers some of the most critical layers of the AI chip supply chain.

On the memory side, Samsung will supply Broadcom with next-generation high-bandwidth memory, including HBM4 and HBM4E chips, for use in Broadcom’s AI accelerators.

In foundry, Samsung will manufact…

TL;DR UK tribunal rules Holiday Extras discriminated against a remote worker by refusing to let her keep her camera off during callsA UK employment tribunal has ruled that forcing a remote worker with anxiety, ADHD, and autism to turn on her camera during a video training session amounted to disability discrimination.

Laura Tait, a home-based travel consultant at Holiday Extras, was awarded compensation after the Croydon tribunal found the company failed to make reasonable adjustments for her conditions.

The ruling does not ban camera-on policies outright, but it establishes that employers must consider individual accommodations for disabled workers who find video calls distressing.

Tait jo…

TL;DR DOJ charges two VW engineers with insider trading for buying Rivian stock before the joint venture announcementFederal prosecutors on Friday arrested two Volkswagen engineers in San Jose, California, and charged them with insider trading for buying Rivian stock before VW’s multibillion-dollar joint venture with the electric vehicle maker was publicly announced.

Rivian’s stock rose 23 percent on the day the joint venture was announced, rewarding anyone who had bought shares in advance.

Stamp allegedly searched “statute of limitations insider trading” on Google eight days before the joint venture was announced, according to prosecutors.

The joint venture at the centre of the case has si…

TL;DR Claude Opus 5 tops Fable 5 on most benchmarks at half the token price and is Anthropic’s most aligned model to dateAnthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 5, a model that matches or exceeds its flagship Fable 5 on most coding and knowledge-work benchmarks at half the token price.

The model is the fourth Anthropic has shipped in under two months, following Fable 5 in early June, Sonnet 5 at the end of June, and now Opus 5 on July 24.

On ARC-AGI 3, which tests novel problem-solving, Opus 5 scores roughly three times higher than the next-best model.

On Zapier AutomationBench, which measures whether models can complete real business tasks end to end, Opus 5 passes more tasks than any r…

TL;DR Tesla FSD subscribers hit nearly 1.5 million after a record 200,000 added in Q2, with 55% of deliveries opting inTesla now has nearly one and a half million active Full Self-Driving subscribers after adding 200,000 users in the second quarter, the largest single-quarter gain on record.

CFO Vaibhav Taneja told analysts that 55 percent of North American deliveries in Q2 had FSD activated at the time of purchase, a quarter in which Tesla delivered more than 480,000 vehicles worldwide.

Removing that upfront barrier has turned FSD into a recurring revenue stream worth more than $65 million per month at current take rates.

Tesla also discontinued its basic Autopilot system, meaning new vehi…

TL;DR As AI search engines cite the same media outlets that drive SEO, paid media placement platforms have become dual-purpose tools for both Google rankings and AI visibility.

This roundup evaluates 10 platforms by their unique capabilities, from MCP-powered automation and AI Visibility Seeding to group buying and price-comparison aggregation.

Best Platforms for AI visibility and Link BuildingWe’ve evaluated multiple platforms that let companies boost their AI visibility and link building performance with paid placements in media outlets.

Ereferer Teams with a fixed budget for multilingual link building 9.

If you don’t want to filter anything yourself, you can use goal-based presets: for e…

TL;DR Bots now generate most web traffic as AI agent activity surges nearly 8,000%, upending ad models and analytics built for humansBots now outnumber humans on the internet for the first time in the web’s history.

A separate report from cybersecurity firm HUMAN Security found that traffic from AI agents that actively click links and fill out forms grew nearly 8,000 percent in the past year alone.

The implications run deep for any company built around human visitors.

The 💜 of EU tech The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art.

A PitchBook report estimates that only about one percent of the roughly $20 trillion in work …

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers has introduced legislation that would block federally regulated event contracts tied to sports competitions… Continue reading House lawmakers advance bipartisan bill targeting federally regulated sports prediction markets

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Evolution Malta Holding Limited has agreed to pay £4.75 million ($6.38 million) after a UK Gambling Commission investigation found its… Continue reading Evolution pays UK settlement after gambling games reached unlicensed British websites investigation

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Today in prediction market news, we’re following the biggest developments shaping the industry, including Polymarket’s decision to challenge France’s website… Continue reading Polymarket challenges France block, Kalshi launches Midterms Hub, today in Prediction Market News LIVE

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Tabcorp has paid more than AUD 2.7 million ($1.9 million) in penalties after Australia’s communications regulator found the wagering giant… Continue reading Tabcorp pays more than $1.9M after ACMA uncovers widespread breaches

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The NCAA Division III Management Council has approved new sports-betting reinstatement guidelines that reduce penalties in some cases while keeping… Continue reading NCAA eases first-time betting penalties while reinforcing competition integrity safeguards

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Polymarket plans to challenge a decision by France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ) to block access to its website, calling the… Continue reading Polymarket vows French legal fight after nationwide website blocking order over gambling concerns

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Authorities have arrested eight people after carrying out coordinated raids at two suspected illegal gambling venues in central Doncaster. The… Continue reading Eight arrested after coordinated raids hit suspected illegal gambling venues Doncaster

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Tribal gaming operations across the United States delivered another record-breaking year, generating $46.2 billion in gross gaming revenue during fiscal… Continue reading Tribal gaming revenue reaches record $46.2B as industry growth continues

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Resorts World New York City has expanded again, reopening the first floor of its commercial casino and adding 1,400 slot… Continue reading Resorts World New York City expands casino with 1,400 additional slots

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Wisconsin election officials are telling residents they cannot legally bet on an election and vote in that same contest, setting… Continue reading Wisconsin warns election bettors they could lose voting rights amid Kalshi lawsuit

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A Washington judge has ruled that prediction market operator Kalshi likely violated the state’s gambling and consumer protection laws, paving… Continue reading Washington judge clears path for injunction against Kalshi over prediction markets

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Today in prediction market news, we’re following the biggest developments shaping the industry, including today’s congressional hearing on sports prediction… Continue reading Congress grills sports prediction markets as Kalshi faces court setback, today in prediction market news LIVE

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A St. Louis trafficker who admitted blowing more than $1.5 million in cocaine proceeds through gambling has been sentenced to… Continue reading St. Louis drug trafficker sentenced after gambling away $1.5M in cocaine proceeds internationally

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A group of Senate Democrats is urging Congress to tighten federal oversight of prediction market platforms, warning that pending digital… Continue reading Senate Democrats push tighter prediction market rules to protect tribal gaming

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Bally’s Chicago reached a major step toward opening its permanent casino this week after construction crews lifted the final structural… Continue reading Bally’s Chicago casino reaches full height as spring 2027 opening advances

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MacBook AirUp until the launch of MacBook Neo, the MacBook Air represented the entry point to Apple’s laptop lineup.

Despite MacBook Neo making its value proposition slightly questionable, I’d still say MacBook Air is a great laptop if you want a better experience without needing anything premium.

Right now, you can find these discounts across the MacBook Air lineup:13-inch MacBook Air:15-inch MacBook Air:MacBook NeoThis product doesn’t need a long explanation – MacBook Neo is Apple’s first affordable MacBook, coming in at just $699.

Same applies if you don’t care about the redesign at all, since M5 Pro and M5 Max are still incredible new chips.

16-inch MacBook Pro deals:MacBook Pro with M5…

Leading the charge, its new sci-fi epic Neuromancer (based on the genre-defining William Gibson novel) has finally got a release date: the series will premiere on January 22.

The streamer also released new trailers for season 2 of Dark Matter and upcoming movie Matchbox.

Also released today was the official season two trailer of Dark Matter, which is coming out at the end of August.

Dark Matter season one came out in 2024, adapting the story from the novel of the same name by author Blake Crouch.

And finally, Apple released the trailer for its upcoming movie Matchbox, starring John Cena.

This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world.

NeoCam is a fun, new camera app for iPhone and iPad that brings a Game Boy camera style look to all of your photos.

HighlightsOut of the box, NeoCam has a few core filter options: GamePal, a old GameBoy screen style look, Mermaid, a more blue color scheme, and Hope, a cool red/blue filter.

Lastly, you can also import and edit existing photos with these specialized styles, bringing a retro look to your whole library.

Download the appNeoCam is available for free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad running iOS 18 and later.

Fernando and Jeff discuss Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8 event in depth, including hands-on experience with Samsung’s newest foldable form factor, the pros and cons of the new 4:3 aspect ratio, efforts to address the crease issue, and what this all means for Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone.

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Some of my favorite gear Apple Polishing Cloth Jeff's favorite screen cleaning cloth that polishes to a shine.

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The Amazon Basics smart plug is one of the rare exceptions that seems to be holding the line.

With Matter support and a price under $10, it may be my new go-to smart plug.

The power of Matter compatibilityThe key feature of this Amazon Basics plug is its Matter support.

Early smart plugs were often bulky, frequently blocking both of the outlets and forcing you to use surge protectors.

Wrap upThere is a trade-off to be aware of before you buy Amazon’s Matter smart plug.

Instead of the entire iPhone lineup debuting at once, only the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and all-new foldable iPhone will launch this September.

A growing iPhone lineupOver the years, the annual iPhone lineup has gradually gotten larger.

A short while ago, there were only 3 annual debuts: iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Two iPhone releases: Fall and SpringThe iPhone 18 lineup will consist of 6 models: iPhone 18, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone 18e, iPhone Air 2, and iPhone Ultra.

So, it’ll look like this:Fall 2026: iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone UltraSpring 2027: iPhone 18, iPhone 18e, iPhone Air 2When the iPhone lineup had grown to four devices, …

Their new lineup consists of a Studio Display and the new Studio Display XDR, which are impressive in their own right, but now both only offer 27-inch 5K displays.

Be sure to check out our hands-on video with the Meirro Pro to get a first-hand look!

Design and specsThe very first thing you notice is just how similar it looks to the current Apple Studio Display.

So, on paper and in practice, the Meirro Pro makes a strong argument to be an alternative to the studio display.

The $1,199 price includes:Meirro Pro monitorAluminum standVESA mountUSB-C cablePower cableRemoteFinal thoughtsThe Meirro Pro is the best true Studio Display alternative that I have tested.

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Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work ready with no effort and at an affordable cost.

About Apple @ Work: Bradley Chambers has been an Apple IT admin since 2009.

According to the report, Apple TV devices achieve a median 12-month uptime of 99%.

7 out of 10 Apple TV devices maintain an uptime of 99% or higher, making them effectively always on without needing to reboot, etc.

The recent price hike for Apple TV was brutal, and I’d love to see Apple release a low-cost “stick” option to meet enterprise digital signage needs.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Micron is pressing the Trump administration to block Apple’s push to use memory chips from Chinese suppliers.

In the days that followed, the Journal reported that Apple had already been seeking clearance from the administration to purchase chips from China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).

At the same time, the Financial Times said Apple was in negotiations to purchase chips from Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC).

From the report:In recent weeks, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and top executives have pitched Trump and officials including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on a plan to use memory chips from China’…

Magnet Forensics is suing Paradigm Shift Technology over its publication of usbliter8, alleging that the unpatchable exploit affecting several Apple SoCs was developed using trade secrets misappropriated by a former engineer.

At the time, Paradigm Shift said the disclosure of the exploit had been coordinated with Apple Product Security.

Now, Magnet Forensics claims usbliter8 was derived from confidential work performed by a former engineer who later joined Paradigm Shift.

From the lawsuit:Defendant Mario Del Gaudio worked as an Exploit Engineer placed with Magnet Forensics from November 2023 through November 2024.

In addition to wanting the usbliter8 publication and related materials remove…

Pastebot, one of the most popular clipboard managers for Mac, was updated today, nearly ten years after the release of Pastebot 2.

Users can buy the app directly from Tapbots for $39 or subscribe through the App Store for $2.99 per month or $24.99 per year.

The company says the App Store version is still awaiting Apple’s approval.

Custom Pastebins: Organize and store important and often-used clippings forever in Custom Pastebins and create rule-based Smart Pastebins.

Create custom filters and quickly apply them before pasting.

Apple recently announced four new features that make Apple Pay even better.

New design in iOS 27One of my favorite changes in iOS 27 is the redesigned Apple Pay checkout interface.

In the new design, you can easily swipe between cards on the main Apple Pay checkout screen.

According to Apple, you’ll be able to use Apple Pay to add money to a supported debit card directly in Apple Wallet or when checking out.

Wrap upAs Apple Pay continues to increase in popularity and prevalence among retailers, it’s great to see Apple continue to improve the experience.

President Trump has pledged to retaliate against the European Union over what he claims are unfair fines targeting Apple and other American tech giants.

He also lists previous fines against Apple, Meta, and Amazon, accusing the EU of punishing American companies “for no reason at all”.

After having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation.

Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that we will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of “ROBBING” Ameri…

Following the official rollout of its Liquid Glass redesign to most WhatsApp users on iOS, the messaging platform is now testing another visual change, this time focused on the look of its chat bubbles.

New chat bubbles look slightly more roundedA couple of months ago, WhatsApp finally began rolling out its Liquid Glass redesign more broadly, following several months of testing and refining the new look with select users through TestFlight.

Around the same time, WABetaInfo uncovered references in the app’s code pointing to a redesign of WhatsApp’s chat bubbles.

Now, the site reports that new bubbles are beginning to reach select users running the latest TestFlight build.

In addition, it per…

OpenAI согласилась приобрести Astral, которая создает *современные* инструменты на Python для разработчиков, чтобы интегрировать её команду в Codex. Ну и по пути сообщает, что у Codex более 2 млн пользователей — в три раза больше, чем в январе. При этом от лица разработчиков заявляю — мы всё больше предпочитаем Claude Code. И разрыв между этими продуктами не сокращается, а субъективно наоборот — растет.www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/openai-to-acquire-python-startup-astral-expanding-push-into-coding

OpenAI согласилась приобрести Astral, которая создает *современные* инструменты на Python для разработчиков, чтобы интегрировать её команду в Codex. Ну и по пути сообщает, что у Codex более 2 млн пользователей — в три раза больше, чем в январе. При этом от лица разработчиков заявляю - мы всё больше предпочитаем Claude Code. И разрыв между этими продуктами не сокращается, а субьективно наоборот - растет www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/openai-to-acquire-python-startup-astral-expanding-push-into-coding

В переводчике kagi появился чудесный язык "Linkedin Speak". Только что мою фразу "Fuck off, I don't want to receive your spam anymore." они идеально перевели вот так:Thank you for reaching out. To ensure my inbox is aligned with my current professional priorities, I will be unsubscribing from this mailing list. I wish you the best in your future endeavors.Весьма рекомендую.https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=linkedin

В переводчике kagi появился чудесный язык "Linkedin Speak". Только что мою фразу "Fuck off, I don't want to receive your spam anymore." они идеально перевели вот так:Thank you for reaching out. To ensure my inbox is aligned with my current professional priorities, I will be unsubscribing from this mailing list. I wish you the best in your future endeavors.Весьма рекомендую.https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=linkedin

Конференция NVIDIA GTC раньше была про игры. А сейчас все больше про NVIDIA и их значение для мира ИИ, так что вот тут можно будет смотреть https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_o0xr8MWU

Конференция NVIDIA GTC раньше была про игры. А сейчас все больше про NVIDIA и их значение для мира ИИ, так что вот тут можно будет смотреть https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_o0xr8MWU

Вечный источник сливов, the Information пишут, что OpenAI готовится выпустить GPT-5.4, который получит «экстремальный» режим рассуждений и контекстное окно объёмом 1 млн токенов вместо 400 тыс. в GPT-5.2. Честно говоря, эта гонка сейчас перестала так впечатлять как раньше. Ждем какого-то прорыва, чтобы снова отличать модели друг от друга.🔗 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-next-ai-model-will-extreme-reasoning

Вечный источник сливов, the Information пишут, что OpenAI готовится выпустить GPT-5.4, который получит «экстремальный» режим рассуждений и контекстное окно объёмом 1 млн токенов вместо 400 тыс. в GPT-5.2. Честно говоря, эта гонка сейчас перестала так впечатлять как раньше. Ждем какого-то прорыва, чтобы снова отличать модели друг от друга.🔗 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-next-ai-model-will-extreme-reasoning

Ну и да, в MacBook Neo два порта USB‑C с разными характеристиками: один — USB 3.0 (Type‑C) со скоростью передачи до 10 Гбит/с, другой — USB 2.0 (Type‑C), ограниченный 480 Мбит/с.Интересно, что внешней маркировки я на них не увидел, видимо, "должны знать" :)🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/macbook-neo-features-two-different-usb-ports/

Ну и да, в MacBook Neo два порта USB‑C с разными характеристиками: один — USB 3.0 (Type‑C) со скоростью передачи до 10 Гбит/с, другой — USB 2.0 (Type‑C), ограниченный 480 Мбит/с.Интересно, что внешней маркировки я на них не увидел, видимо, "должны знать" :)🔗 https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/macbook-neo-features-two-different-usb-ports/

Первые впечатления от MacBook Neo — новый самый младший ноутбук от Apple. Он вообще не кажется бюджетным: яркий дисплей и алюминиевый корпус, но клавиатура немного хлипкая, что предсказуемо было.Теперь я не очень понимаю, в чем его отличие от айпада. Видимо, выбор между "встроенная клавиатура" и "тач экран". Ну, рано или поздно они должны будут сойтись.https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/macbook-neo-hands-on-apples-599-laptop-feels-shockingly-great-142313318.html

Первые впечатления от MacBook Neo — новый самый младший ноутбук от Apple. Он вообще не кажется бюджетным: яркий дисплей и алюминиевый корпус, но клавиатура немного хлипкая, что предсказуемо было.Теперь я не очень понимаю, в чем его отличие от айпада. Видимо, выбор между "встроенная клавиатура" и "тач экран". Ну, рано или поздно они должны будут сойтись.https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/macbook-neo-hands-on-apples-599-laptop-feels-shockingly-great-142313318.html

Сразу две новости рядом: Eight Sleep, продающая умные аксессуары для матрасов, которые отслеживают режим сна и регулируют температуру, привлекла $50 млн при оценке в $1,5 млрд, тогда как в 2021 году её оценка составляла $500 млн. И это для меня удивительно — все тесты показали, что их матрасы прямо никуда не годятся по точности отслеживания. Идея регуляции температуры во время сна все еще привлекательна, жаль, что их не возят в разные страны.В это же время Whoop, производящая фитнес‑браслеты без экранов, сообщает, что планирует увеличить численность персонала максимум на 75% в 2026 году, создав более 600 должностей в преддверии вероятного IPO. Обычно перед IPO численность команды сокращают …

Сразу две новости рядом: Eight Sleep, продающая умные аксессуары для матрасов, которые отслеживают режим сна и регулируют температуру, привлекла $50 млн при оценке в $1,5 млрд, тогда как в 2021 году её оценка составляла $500 млн. И это для меня удивительно - все тесты показали что их матрасы прямо никуда не годятся по точности отслеживания. Идея регуляции температуры во время сна все еще привлекательна, жаль что их не возят в разные страны.В это же время Whoop, производящая фитнес‑браслеты без экранов, сообщает, что планирует увеличить численность персонала максимум на 75% в 2026 году, создав более 600 должностей в преддверии вероятного IPO. Обычно перед IPO численость команды сокращают - в…

Polymarket удаляет долго существовавшие рынки, позволявшие пользователям делать ставки на вероятность ядерного взрыва на фоне ударов по Ирану. В прошлом году совокупный обьем ставок на эти события был $1,7 млн, что не так уж и мало. В этом году, как вы понимаете, интерес существенно бОльший.Я не понимаю, чем людям помешали эти ставки, единственная идея — сейчас сильно больше шансы на "манипуляцию", т.е. ради высокой выплаты можно попытаться что-нибудь взорвать.🔗 https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/04/polymarket-shelves-nuclear-detonation-markets-after-outcry

Восстановление вашего iPhone без компьютера и смсСбой в iPhone или iPad теперь можно попытаться устранить без подключения к Mac: в iOS 27 и iPadOS 27 появился независимый экран восстановления. Рассказываем, как им воспользоваться.rozetked.me/articles/47392

В «цифре» вышел мультфильм «Легенда об Аанге: Последний маг воздуха»Это полнометражное продолжение мультсериала «Аватар: Легенда об Аанге» о повзрослевших героях. Весной его слили хакеры, а теперь официальный релиз состоялся на Paramount+.Оценки:› Metacritic — 68/100 баллов› Rotten Tomatoes — 89% «свежести»Следующий проект по франшизе, мультсериал «Аватар: Семь убежищ», выйдет 9 октября.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

А помните... нормальные цены?Qualcomm предупредила партнёров, что с 1 сентября повысит цены на чипы на «двузначные проценты», пишет Bloomberg. В итоге смартфоны и другая техника опять должны стать дороже.Ожидается, что даже рост цен на 10% заметно скажется на конечной стоимости Android-устройств.rozetked.me/news/47389

ChatGPT опять работает с перебоямиПроблемы наблюдаются по всему миру. На Downdetector пик жалоб пришёлся на 12:00 по МСК, после чего количество сообщений пошло на спад. Сейчас же началась новая волна жалоб.В OpenAI признали наличие проблем — они затрагивают ChatGPT, Codex и API.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Когда во всё это играть? Sony провела очередную State of Play. Показали много новых и не очень новых игр. Из нового: Until Dawn 2 и God of War Laufey про Фей в загробном мире с напарником в виде желейного куба — показали сразу 20 минут геймплея. Что ещё…

Мужчины, общий сборHasbro выпустит новый мультсериал по My Little Pony — называется My Little Pony: Forever Friendship. Главными героями станут Сумеречная Искорка, Пинки Пай, Радуга Дэш и Флаттершай.9-минутные серии будут выходить на YouTube раз в две недели где-то с начала 2027 года.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

OnePlus похоронили, на очереди Nothing Издание Digit сообщает, что из-за крайне тяжёлой ситуации с продажами Nothing планирует сократить 40% всего персонала и уйти с 12 рынков, включая европейские страны, Ближний Восток и Японию. По словам источника, последние…

Тизер сериала «Бегущий по лезвию 2099»Сюжет шоу развернётся через 50 лет после событий фильма Дени Вильнёва — репликанты заняли доминирующее положение в обществе, а люди стали существами второго сорта. В главной роли Хантер Шафер («Эйфория»). Исполнительным продюсером выступил автор оригинального фильма франшизы Ридли Скотт.Первая серия выйдет 25 ноября.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Бензинчика не найдётся? За пару недель в России появилась пачка сервисов по отслеживанию остатков бензина до АЗС. А мы собрали их в одном материале. Вот: rozetked.me/articles/47287

OnePlus похоронили, на очереди NothingИздание Digit сообщает, что из-за крайне тяжёлой ситуации с продажами Nothing планирует сократить 40% всего персонала и уйти с 12 рынков, включая европейские страны, Ближний Восток и Японию.По словам источника, последние смартфоны компании с треском провалились в продажах: всю серию Phone (4) купило лишь 170 тысяч человек. Для сравнения, в 2025 году компания продала 2 миллиона смартфонов.Сама Nothing пока ничего не комментирует.rozetked.me/news/47374

Жаркий июль — минус 1000₽ на всю технику в NakNak 🔥До конца июля действует промокод жаркийиюль, который даёт скидку 1000₽ при заказе любой техники в NakNak.Как воспользоваться:1. Выберите нужное устройство на сайте.2. Укажите промокод жаркийиюль при оформлении заказа.3. Получите скидку 1000₽.Промокод действует до 31 июля включительно и не распространяется на аксессуары.Переходите на сайт naknak.ru, выбирайте технику и оформляйте заказ выгоднее.

Если вы не собираетесь покидать квартиру на этих выходных… 📺Держите три свежих цифровых релиза:› «Мандалорец и Грогу» в продолжение сериала «Мандалорец»› Триллер о пришельцах «День разоблачения» от Стивена Спилберга› Кринж-хоррор «Очень страшное кино»💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

ЦБ РФ снизил ключевую ставку до 14%Из интересных тезисов: Банк России понизил прогноз по росту ВВП до 0-1%, годовая инфляция может вырасти до 6-7% из-за топливного кризиса, зато рост цен по сравнению с предыдущим кварталом замедлился.rozetked.me/news/47371

TechCrunch: Выходцы из Datadog запускают стартап Niteshift, который создает инструменты для генерации кода– Niteshift занимается разработкой ИИ-агентов для генерации кода– В рамках посевного раунда Niteshift получил $7 млн инвестиций– Новый стартап был основан двумя бывшими инженерами Datadog– Среди инвесторов есть топы из Datadog, Braintrust, Reflection AI и др.– Стартап Niteshift не планирует заменять Claude Code, Codex и др.– Решения стартапа должны снизить зависимость от этих инструментов– Агенты Niteshift будут переключаться между различными моделями– Niteshift использует ИИ от OpenAI, Anthropic и ряд открытых моделей– Разработчиков не привязывают к конкретной модели и поставщику– Nite…

FT: Solstice Advanced Materials, отделившись от Honeywell, объединяется с Element Solutions в рамках сделки на сумму $14,5 млрд– Сделка создает ведущую компанию в области передовых материалов– Совокупная стоимость активов новой компании будет $29 млрд– Годовой объем продаж единой компании составляет около $6,8 млрд– Solstice сможет расширить знания в области хладагентов и др.– Компания Element расширит знания в области производства чипов– Solstice станет поставщиком для всей цепочки поставок ИИ– Компания будет предлагать все от упаковки до охлаждения ЦОДов– За каждую акцию инвесторы Element получат 0,5 акций Solstice– Помимо акций Solstice инвесторы Element получат по $10 за 1 акцию– Акцион…

The Information: Бывшие сотрудники DOGE привлекли $225 млн для венчурного фонда Banner VC– Два бывших сотрудника DOGE привлекли $225 млн для своего фонда– Отдельно Banner VC привлек $75 млн для раунда Impulse Space– Свой первый фонд Banner VC начал формировать около конца 2025– Венчурный фонд Banner VC базируется в Остине (штат Техас)– Banner VC специализируется на стартапах на ранних стадиях развития– Фонду интересны критически важные отрасли промышленности– Для сделок вне основной деятельности фонд привлекает соинвесторов– В частности, раунд для Impulse Space поддержал также 137 Ventures– Фонд Banner VC также поддержал стартап Mesh Optical Technologies и др.– В портфеле фонда на сайте ука…

Sostav: Яндекс подвел итоги трех лет работы РСЯ с блогерами– Бюджеты на размещение рекламы у блогеров росли в 4,8 раза/год– К рекламной сети Яндекса подключены 24 тыс. каналов и блогов– Отмечается, что показатель за последний год увеличился на 33%– За три года монетизации Яндекс выплатил авторам 5,3 млрд руб.– К рекламной сети Яндекса подключены проекты разных тематик– Среди партнеров есть небольшие каналы, крупные медиа и др.– Аудитория подключенных площадок достигает 3,5 млн подписчиков– Авторы могут подключать блоги при наличии от 1 тыс. подписчиков– Можно подключать Telegram, MAX, ВКонтакте, YouTube, Rutube и др.– Подключение доступно авторам из России, Беларуси, Казахстана и др.@ftsec

FT: Oracle выигрывает гонку за право продавать Японии сверхсекретные облачные сервисы– Сервисы важны для обмена разведданными между Токио и союзниками– Компания из Техаса смогла обогнать AWS, Microsoft и Google– После продолжительных переговоров с США, Япония выбрала Oracle– США давно хотели, чтобы Япония усилила кибербезопасность– Существующие японские системы очень уязвимы для хакеров и др.– Япония может получить право присоединиться к «Пяти глазам»– В группу пока входят США, UK, Австралия, Новая Зеландия и Канада– Oracle предоставит Японии полностью изолированное решение– Некоторые считают, что Oracle необходим японский партнер в проекте– Ряд чиновников беспокоит зависимость Токио от япо…

TechCrunch: Elastic покупает разработчика технологии обнаружения и устранения ошибок в программном обеспечении DeductiveAI– Стартап DeductiveAI согласился продаться Elastic за сумму до $85 млн– В ноябре 2025 стартап DeductiveAI привлекал $7,5 млн инвестиций– Среди инвесторов были Databricks, Thomvest Ventures, PrimeSet и др.– В ходе раунда оценка стартапа DeductiveAI составляла $33 млн– Сделка знаменует собой скорый уход с рынка стартапа DeductiveAI– Elastic наиболее известна благодаря своей системе Elasticsearch– Система помогает хранить, искать, анализировать и отслеживать данные– Интеграция DeductiveAI в Elastic улучшит платформу мониторинга– Источники говорят, что ARR стартапа Deductive…

Bloomberg: Дата-центры Amazon потребляют 2,5 млрд галлонов воды– За 2025 дата-центры Amazon израсходовали 2,5 млрд галлонов воды– Показатель составляет 5% от годового потребления воды Сиэтлом– Данные показывают эффективное охлаждение серверов дата-центров– Amazon заявляет, что охлаждает их лучше некоторых конкурентов– Активисты часто заявляют, что дата-центры потребляют много воды– Однако данные показывают, что такие заявления не совсем верны– Дата-центры AWS используют для охлаждения поступающий воздух– При температуре выше 29 °C, воздух проходит через спец. фильтр– Фильтр пропитан водой, которая охлаждает его перед подачей дальше– В регионах, где воды не хватает, внешние источники не испо…

FT: Стартап Даниэля Эка по сканированию тела Neko Health получил $700 млн инвестиций– Стартап основателя Spotify получил $700 млн нового финансирования– Эк готовится к стремительному расширению бизнеса внутри США– Новый раунд инвестиций возглавили Lightspeed Venture и OG Venture– Восьмилетний шведский стартап будет оценен почти в $7 млрд– Новая оценка стартапа в четыре раза больше, чем была в январе 2025– Профилактический осмотр прошли 100+ тыс. чел. в UK и Швеции– Стоимость профилактического осмотра Neko Health составляет £299– Стартап проводит сканирование тела, анализ крови и консультацию– Финансирование ускорит развертывание новых клиник в UK, США и др.– Инвесторы: Тьерри Анри, Мария Ша…

Bloomberg: Новые меры Китая направлены на борьбу с виртуальными компаньонами– Dubao от ByteDance отключил функцию создания виртуальных компаньонов– Изменение может оказаться разрушительным для многих пользователей– Другие крупные IT-компании Китая также отключают подобные возможности– Власти рекомендовали отказаться от человекоподобных ИИ-персонажей– ИИ-персонажи могли вызывать нездоровую эмоциональную привязанность– Аналогичные функции в своих сервисах отключили Alibaba, Tencent и др.– Многие пользователи годами выстраивали отношения с ИИ-персонажами– В соцсетях появилось много сообщений с разочарованием и скорбью– Новые правила запрещают контент, который разрушает реальные отношения– Был …

FT: Intel демонстрирует самый быстрый рост за 15 лет, поскольку спрос на дата-центры стимулирует продажи– Intel сообщила о самом быстром росте выручки за последние 15 лет– Выручка Intel за квартал выросла на 25%, составив $16,1 млрд– Intel ожидает, что выручка за новый квартал будет $15,8-16,8 млрд– Прогноз по капрасходам за год вырос на $2 млрд, до $20 млрд– Компания прогнозирует рост собственных расходов вплоть до 2027– ИИ создает беспрецедентный спрос на вычислительные ресурсы– Компания Intel имеет все возможности для устойчивого роста бизнеса– Рост выручки обусловлен спросом и корректировкой цен на чипы– Выручка от продажи продукции Intel за квартал составила $15,1 млрд– Отмечается, что…

FT: Глава SoftBank высмеивает критиков ИИ– Глава японского SoftBank высмеивает критиков ИИ, называя их «лукавыми»– Сон верит, что на долю ИИ придется 20% мирового производства к 2040– Осуждение ИИ является современной версией отказа от машин и самолетов– Те, кому не нравится ИИ, по сути, отказываются от собственной эволюции– Сон заявил, что ИИ является главным, что должны делать руководители компаний– Через 15 лет на долю ИИ будет приходиться около $46 трлн мирового ВВП– Для внедрения ИИ к 2040 потребуются дата-центры мощностью 3 тераватта– Мощность нужна для работы всех ИИ-агентов, роботов-гуманоидов и др.– Показатель эквивалентен примерно трети от всех уже установленных мощностей@ftsec

Bloomberg: Uber сокращает 10% сотрудников поддержки клиентов, чтобы внедрить ИИ– Uber сократил 10% сотрудников из отдела поддержки клиентов сервиса– Сервис оптимизирует штат, чтобы способствовать внедрению ИИ– Сотрудников, работающих удаленно, попросили начать работать из офиса– Uber принял политику по возвращению к офисному формату работы– Руководство признало, что организация стала сложной и разрозненной– Масштабировать технологии поверх разрозненных процессов нельзя– В июне Uber уже сократил 23% сотрудников команды «people division»– Сокращения составляли менее 1% от 34 тыс. глобальных сотрудников– Uber не раскрыл, сколько человек работает в команде поддержки клиентов– Сервис также замед…

The Information: Anthropic может обязать сотрудников продавать акции по строгому плану после IPO– Подход сможет застраховать от нарушений закона об инсайдерской торговле– Обычно план 10b5-1 касается руководителей, финансистов и юристов– Согласно плану, продавать акции нужно по заранее составленному графику– В графике указывается, сколько акций будет продано и по какой цене– Anthropic хочет сохранить культуру свободного обмена информацией внутри– Вопрос продажи акций сотрудниками является одним из самых острых– За свои три года работы стоимость Anthropic увеличилась с $4 до 965 млрд– Ожидается, что после IPO стоимость Anthropic вырастет еще сильнее– Выход на IPO принесет невероятную прибыль …

WSJ: Stripe ведет переговоры о покупке маркетплейса для моделей OpenRouter– OpenRouter помогает разработчикам выбирать между моделями ИИ– Источники говорят, что сумма сделки может быть около $10 млрд– Покупку OpenRouter рассматривали несколько крупных IT-компаний– OpenRouter размещает на своей платформе сотни моделей ИИ– Разработчики могут сравнивать модели и переключаться между ними– Сделка позволит Stripe занять перспективную нишу на ИИ-рынке– Платежный оператор Stripe пытается выйти на новые для себя рынки– В начале 2026 стоимость финтеха Stripe достигла уже $159 млрд– OpenRouter уже использует Stripe для приема платежей от клиентов– В мае 2026 стоимость самого OpenRouter составляла $1,3…