Они считают, что ведомства нарушают их конституционные права.

Из-за рисков для нацбезопасности.

Производство монеты номиналом в один цент обходилось примерно в четыре цента.

Накануне источник РБК говорил, что скорость работы мессенджера сократилась на 70-80%.

Закон об этом регулятор представит до июля 2026 года.

Сумму сделки не раскрывают.

До этого максимальный штраф составлял 40 тысяч рублей.

Проблемы объясняют сезонностью и ужесточением таможенного контроля.

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

Если коротко: Хабр меняется вместе с временами, с трендами, с нами, но пока ещё остаётся творческим, авторским, интеллектуальным и ламповым.

В прошлом году мы подвели итоги года также 23 декабря.

ПользователиЗа 2025 год зарегистрировалось 154 554 пользователя — это на 16 тысяч меньше, чем в прошлом году, но на 34–45 тыс.

Фиксируем прирост почти по всем типам публикаций и у всех категорий авторов (пользователи, компания и редакция), хотя проценты скачут туда‑сюда.

В 2025 году было 35 страйков от РКН (в прошлом году 83) на Хабре и 5 в Хабр QnA.

Идиоты тут мы, если что, и сейчас я расскажу детали.

Я вот размещаюсь у регионального провайдера, и у него за 7 лет ни одной проблемы.

Ну а я продолжаю рассказывать, что у нас происходило.

Но мы вышли!

В итоге мы почти не трогали обсуждения, и в публичном поле творилось не самое хорошее.

editorПосле этого открываем глобальный конфиг Git командой:git config --global --editПо мере того, как вы глубже осваиваете Git, вы, скорее всего, начнёте регулярно работать и с другими командами.

Вы поняли, что забыли добавить файл:# Редачите index.html и styles.css git add index.html git commit # Вспоминаете, что забыли добавить в коммит styles.css git add styles.css git commit --amendGit откроет редактор с предыдущим сообщением коммита.

# Завершаем cherry-pick (будет создан новый коммит) git cherry-pick --continue # Отправляем изменения в репозиторий git push origin developПосле этого Git создаст новый коммит в текущей ветке с теми же изменениями.

git reabase и git rebase -iКоманда rebas…

С самого начала 2025 года стало понятно, что Роскомнадзор продолжил использовать методы блокировки, опробованные в прошлом году, но с большим размахом.

Он работает и сейчас: чтобы им воспользоваться, нужно скачать приложение AmneziaVPN, выбрать «VPN от Amnezia» и активировать Amnezia Free, находясь на территории Турции.

Новая версия прошла все тесты и стала доступна для пользователей Amnezia Premium и Free, а затем и для self-hosted-пользователей.

Подводя итог июню и июлю: РКН научился распознавать и блокировать первую версию протокола AmneziaWG (AWG), что и заставило нашу команду ускорить разработку и внедрение версии 1.5.

В октябре нашему приложению исполнилось 5 лет и мы подвели итоги в …

Посмотрим, что представляют собой форматы GOL и GOB, как удалось добиться такой оптимизации и как это выглядит в реальных условиях.

Для поддержки нового формата в GOL Tool 2.1 появились две новые команды: «Сохранить GOL как GOB» и «Загрузить GOB в GOL».

Другими словами, формат предназначен не для редактирования, а для хранения и распространения данных.

Экспортировать GOL в GOB:gol save []Вторую часть в квадратных скобках можно не указывать, тогда используется то же имя файла.

«Для низкоуровневого хранения GOL и GOB используются такие же методы, что и MVT, например, дельта-кодирование LEB128 для координат и дедуплицирование структур.

Все мы украшаем елку, ставим на вершину звезду, вешаем на ветки игрушки и ждем Деда Мороза.

Когда выгрузил все на плату, понял, что не остается места для трассировки и переходных отверстий.

Для питания поставил батарейный отсек для CR1220 и CR1632 (на выбор) — около 40мА и 120мА, соответственно.

В setup() читаю показания АЦП и в зависимости от этого принимаю решение, какой алгоритм использовать.

ЗЫ: Ссылка на исходники в Альтиум (добавил резистор на GND для АЦП):ЗЗЫ: Можно добавить на плату фотодиод и включать питание когда темно.

Быстрый поиск в сети показал, что smart-ёлки существуют, и даже не от дядюшки Ляо, а вполне себе серьезной компании.

На том и порешили — берем Twinkly Light Tree и смотрим, что там с безопасностью.

Суть в том, что по потреблению питания микроконтроллера можно косвенно вычислить значения, которыми он оперирует в регистрах.

Результат анализа корреляции выглядит как 16 графиков (по одному на байт раунд-ключа) с 256 линиями (по одной на каждый вариант байта).

Осталось соединить все наработки в pyBlufi-коде и послать запрос:async def postNegotiateSecurity(self): type = getTypeValue(DATA.PACKAGE_VALUE, DATA.SUBTYPE_NEG) pBytes = self.crypto.getPBytes() gBytes = self.crypto.getGBytes() kBytes = se…

Такое же имя получил и выпускавшийся в Узбекистане очень редкий компьютер, серийным производством которого занималось в конце 80-х Ташкентское предприятие «Алгоритм».

ПредысторияИстория ЭВМ «Согдиана-1» началась в 1986 году, когда в номерах 4–6 журнала «Радио» были опубликованы принципиальные схемы персонального компьютера «Радио-86РК».

Именно компактность и относительная несложность монтажа и настройки схемы сделала возможным повсеместное появление самодельных плат, на которых радиолюбители собирали «Радио-86РК» в домашних условиях.

Программы для «Радио-86РК» распространялись на магнитофонных кассетах на тех же радиорынках.

Именно он «пробил» у руководства «Алгоритма» идею наладить произво…

Работал и в стартапах, и в кровавых энтерпрайзах, провёл сотни техинтервью — но так плохо с наймом не было никогда.

Про кандидатов и AIИ кандидатов это тоже касается.

Что мы имеем в итогеогромное количество кандидатов с нерелевантным опытом;практически мёртвый рынок для стажёров и джунов;снижение зарплат;рост требований по всем направлениям.

Рекрутерам не брать абсурдные вакансииВы их не закроете, только потратите время своё и кандидатов и дополнительно перегреете рынок.

Пусть высший менеджмент ездит в офис и решает сложные задачи в барах по вечерам, а я лучше лишний час посплю или упавший прод починю.

Macbook Pro 15'' на Intel i7Компания Apple довольно популярна, у многих вызывает доверие ее продукты.

Macbook Pro 15'' 2018 с открытой крышкойМатеринская плата Macbook Pro 15''Разбирать мы будем именно материнскую плату, поскольку 90% электроники сосредоточенно именно там.

PWM контроллер со страницы IMVP ICУ контроллера есть 3 канала ШИМа: A, B, C. Канал А рассчитан на 3 фазы, канал В - на 2, канал С - на 1.

Фаза со страницы IMVP SA Block72_IMVP GT BlockНичего нового, такие же фазы, как и на странице 71, единственное отличие - меньшая индуктивность за счет двух фаз.

На + и - приходят соответствующие напряжения с шунтов многофазных источников и суммируются с одинаковым весом.

И такая задача не предполагается как сложная или заумная, и её цель не в том, чтобы кого-то отсеять, теоретически.

И не только джуниоры.

Эта работа называется «Does Stress Impact Technical Interview Performance?», и в её проведении участвовали исследователи из Microsoft.

Когнитивные показатели в публичном сеттинге не только оказались ниже в среднем, но и демонстрировали намного больший разброс (высокую дисперсию).

Но при этом многие из них запаниковали бы от одной мысли выступить с речью в не горящем зале, полном незнакомых людей.

Давайте же сегодня сделаем датчик в таком форм-факторе, в котором точно не купишь в магазине, будет отличный подарок на Новый Год или Рождество.

Я не буду в сотый раз расписывать - что такое измерение CO₂ и если тема для вас непонятна - почитать можно например тут.

Тем не менее, датчик можно высунуть в окно, прижать ногу на 5 секунд - датчик тогда возьмёт текущее значение как 400 ppm.

Печатные платыЗаказываем и ждём :) У меня случилось что-то с доставкой и я получил платы только недели через три с извинениями.

Стоимость прибораТочную стоимость сильно зависит от кол-ва изготавливаемых экземпляров и что у вас есть уже в наличии.

На кафедре была своя вычислительная машина Электроника ЕС-100-45:несколько консолей и перфоратор в одной небольшой комнате;множество шумных шкафов с процессорами - в большом зале;принтер и столы с жесткими дисками - в третьем помещении.

Как раз тогда появились первые программируемые калькуляторы "Электроника Б3-34", размером с добрый кирпич и такого же веса, с узким дисплеем и стоимостью в инженерную зарплату.

Машинка впадала в кому, моргала дисплейчиком и при некотором навыке можно было увидеть - в правильном ли направлении происходит просчет.

Через какое-то время просчет завершался и на экране возникало число.

шестнадцатеричного языка и в грустной ярости поднимали на меня свои видавшие вс…

Ждём, братья и сёстры, настоящего чуда: умножения модулей, как в Евангелии, и внезапного озарения инженеров благодатью Божией — иначе никак.

Там падают, встают, снова летят и в конце концов летают надёжно.

В году нынешнем всего дважды такая милость приключилась (первая в июле, а еще одна ожидается в конце декабря), а очередь уже стоит, как на причастие в Пасху.

Господи, благослови их старт, чтобы не как у многих предшественников — в вечный полёт без возврата, а с успешным приземлением и новыми высотами!

А в пилотируемой космонавтике и научной сфере — полная стагнация и тихое угасание, как лампадка без масла.

Если смотреть не только на личные кейсы, а на сухую статистику, картинка становится чуть менее радужной.

А не продавать, не находить боли пользователей и не развивать продукты.

Это не плохо и не хорошо, это просто разные навыки.

Чтобы снизить риски, нужно уменьшить фактор удачи и постепенно наращивать опыт и навыки, превращая успех не в случайность, а в повторяемую формулу.

Как бы несерьёзно ни выглядел небольшой продукт, в нём решаются ровно те же задачи, что и в большом бизнесе.

Совет акционеров компании одобрил сделку стоимостью $55 млрд, — сообщает Сесилия Ди Анастейша из Bloomberg.

Текущие инвесторы получат по $210 за каждую имеющуюся на руках акцию, после чего видеоигровой гигант уйдёт с биржи и перейдёт в собственность трёх покупателей: суверенного инвестфонда Саудовской Аравии, инвестиционного гиганта Silver Lake, а также частной компании Affinity Partners, которая принадлежит зятю Дональда Трампа Джареду Кушнеру.

Сделку планируют закрыть в 2027 году.

Новые владельцы обещают сохранить планку качества игр на прежнем уровне, но некоторые разработчики уже начали морально готовиться к сокращениям.

Huawei рапортует о том, что её собственный конкурент Android дошёл до «черты выживания» — количества пользователей, при котором система может жить и развиваться дальше.

По данным компании, ежедневно активируется более 100 тысяч новых устройств на HarmonyOS и происходит более 88 млн загрузок и обновлений приложений.

А недавно ещё и вышла новая, шестая версия системы — в ней добавили аналог эппловского AirDrop.

В этом году у Huawei в принципе дела идут в гору: в ноябре релизнулась флагманская серия Mate 80, что позволило HarmonyOS (17 %) обогнать iOS (16 %) по доле на внутреннем рынке.

Однако, если верить авторитетным инсайдерам в лице, например, Мин-Чи Куо, такая статистика всё-таки далека о…

В коллективном иске, поступившем в Таганский районный суд Москвы 23 декабря, 42 гражданина просят признать незаконными действия Роскомнадзора и Минцифры, — сообщает РБК.

Истцы утверждают, что действия регуляторов нарушают основные права и интересы россиян.

Истцы же уверяют, что основные каналы для афер не Telegram и WhatsApp*, а звонки и SMS.

Его представители заявили, что российский регулятор пытается лишить более 100 млн пользователей права ругаться в домовых чатах на конфиденциальную переписку.

* принадлежит Meta, признанной в РФ экстремистской и запрещённой на территории страны.

Это коллаба вместе с каналом HBO, который выпустил сериал в 1999 году.

Для рекламы позвали Майкла Империоли — актёра, известного по роли Кристофера Молтисанти.

В коллекции футболки, худи, свитшоты с принтами персонажей: от самого Криса и Тони Сопрано до Поли, Кармелы, Адрианы и других.

Есть ещё крутецкий бомбер, отсылающий к клубу «Бада Бинг!», и немного кепок, зажигалок Zippo и брелоков для ключей.

Удивительная франшиза: ничего нового не выходит (и хорошо), но народная любовь живёт.

Падение акций произошло на фоне поглощения Qualcomm перспективного стартапа Ventana, специализирующегося на разработке высокопроизводительных серверных чипов для ИИ на молодой архитектуре RISC-V.Британская Arm Holdings почти не изготавливает процессоры сама — её доходы в долгосрочной перспективе зависят исключительно от того, как много чипов будет произведено на ARM-архитектуре, так что уход крупного клиента обязательно ударит по её доходам.

Qualcomm есть из-за чего уходить: год назад компания чуть было не потеряла право на производство Snapdragon вследствие требований Arm пересмотреть стоимость лицензии.

Отстоять место под солнцем ей удалось лишь на суде присяжных.

Архитектура RISC-V, в от…

В новой версии iOS появились сопряжение по касанию и переадресация уведомлений для сторонних устройств.

Вторая перенаправляет уведомления на сторонние умные часы, телевизоры и прочие девайсы.

Переадресация работает только с одним устройством, поэтому получать уведомления одновременно на Apple Watch и на другой гаджет не получится.

Радоваться обнове можно, но не от всего сердца.

Стоит отметить, что в бета-сборке iOS также появилась опция переноса данных на Android-смартфоны.

Главный фотофлагман Xiaomi распрощается с четвёртой камерой в шайбе, но взамен получит сразу две крутых фишки!

Серьёзных внешних изменений по сравнению с предшественником ждать не стоит.

Разве что смартфон похудеет почти на полтора миллиметра и лишится прошлогоднего двухцветного дизайна.

Как ожидается, Xiaomi 17 Ultra получит Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 и аккумулятор на 6800 мА·ч с зарядкой до 100 Вт по проводу.

Xiaomi полноценно представит свой главный фотофлагман уже послезавтра, 25 декабря, в 14:00 по мск.

Чтобы точнее считать аудиторию, а также оценивать популярность онлайн-кинотеатров, ведомство создаст единый ID для каждого пользователя, — сообщает «Российская газета».

Сейчас вести медиаизмерения на цифровых площадках якобы сложнее из-за того, что один человек может заходить на страницу с разных устройств и аккаунтов.

Минцифры считает, что с одним постоянным идентификатором, привязанным к номеру телефона, статистика не будет искажаться.

Отмечается, что данные юзеров будут шифроваться и обезличиваться ещё на этапе интернет-ресурсов.

Таким образом, никто не узнает историю просмотров пользователя.

Антимонопольный орган Италии AGCM оштрафовал Apple на 98,6 млн евро за односторонний порядок работы защиты отслеживания действий в приложениях (ATT), — пишет Reuters.

С помощью этой функции юзер может лишить разработчика данных для таргетированной рекламы.

Компания в ответ заявила, что АТТ была создана, чтобы пользователи могли сами контролировать, какими данными они готовы делиться.

Что касается встроенных приложений, как отмечает Apple, «они созданы таким образом, что даже при желании их невозможно заблокировать».

Словно не желая схлопотать очередной штраф, компания недавно заявила, что может отключить эту функцию на территории ЕС.

Основатель Respawn Entertainment и руководитель серии Battlefield разбился за рулём Ferrari 296 GTS в воскресенье, 21 декабря, на юге Калифорнии.

Зампелла был выдающимся продюсером и геймдизайнером: в 2002 году он выпустил культовую Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, затем основал студию Infinity Ward, где положил начало Call of Duty — одной из самых продаваемых франшиз в истории игровой индустрии.

В 2007 году он снова перевернул жанр шутеров от первого лица, выпустив Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, а уже через несколько лет покинул Infinity Ward из-за конфликта с издателем и основал свою студию Respawn.

Под её крышей Зампелла сбацал два адреналиновых шутера Titanfall, первый из которых был глав…

Apple пересматривает цепочку поставок, закупая у Samsung от 60 до 70 % всей LPDDR для айфонов.

В прошлых поколениях поставки были примерно равны между Samsung Semiconductors и SK Hynix.

Во-первых, Samsung Semiconductors неплохо умеет выполнять поставленные ТЗ Apple, которые выходят за рамки обычных закупок: то есть для компании необходимо собрать определённую память, а не продать ей готовую.

Однако сейчас Samsung выгоднее производить именно потребительскую память с её-то ценами: цена чипа на 12 ГБ типа LPDDR5X выросла с $30 до $70.

В его рамках есть две независимые друг от друга компании: Samsung Semiconductors и Samsung Mobile.

В работе задействованы языковые модели, помогающие переводить большие объёмы текста, сохраняя авторский стиль и контекст.

Главное новшество — перевод в тех ситуациях, когда во всём тексте нужно помнить контекст.

По оценке экспертов-лингвистов, которых привлёк «Яндекс», нейронки работают качественнее машинного перевода на 80 %.

Пока поддерживаемых языков не очень много: переводить можно с русского на английский, немецкий, испанский, французский, итальянский языки и обратно.

Включается новый режим работы «Яндекс Переводчика» под полем ввода текста, он называется «Переводчик AI».

В 2025 году в сегменте бизнес-литературы наблюдается снижение интереса к абстрактной мотивации.

Мастрид 2025-м: какие бизнес-книги читали в этом годуПо данным опрошенных Russian Business издателей и книжных сервисов, в 2025 году в сегменте бизнес-книг можно выделить три главных запроса читателей.

Старшие зумеры и состоявшиеся миллениалы: кто и как читал бизнес-книги в 2025 годуПо словам опрошенных Russian Business экспертов, базовое ядро читателей бизнес-книг в 2025 году — люди старше 35 лет.

Книгу чаще всего читали и обсуждали в корпоративных книжных клубах сервиса электронных книг «Литрес» в 2025 году.

В 2025 году только в Альпине продано больше 144 000 экземпляров.

Подтвердите, что вы человек Please verify you are a humanЭто может занять несколько секунд This may take a few seconds.

Крупнейшие игроки — Сбер, RuStore и Кинопоиск — уже глубоко внедрили ИИ в рабочие процессы.

Интеграция ИИ — на стороне сотрудниковГлубинные интервью показывают, что внедрение ИИ в большинстве случаев начинается с инициатив отдельных сотрудников.

Эффект от ИИ считают по результату, а не окупаемостиКомпании оценивают влияние ИИ прежде всего через производственные метрики.

«Очевидно, что секрет не в том, что включить — ChatGPT, Midjourney или что-то ещё, — а в том, как это встроить в работу команды», — говорит главный редактор Russian Business Яна Маркова.

Как российские компании применяют ИИИИ уже встроен в рабочие процессы некоторых крупных российских компаний и даёт измеримый эффект, говори…

Подтвердите, что вы человек Please verify you are a humanЭто может занять несколько секунд This may take a few seconds.

Подтвердите, что вы человек Please verify you are a humanЭто может занять несколько секунд This may take a few seconds.

Сервис Купер Бизнес запустил новый раздел с аналитикой расходов для корпоративных пользователей.

Дополнительно сервис выделяет временные отрезки с пиковыми значениями — это помогает выявить сезонность расходов и учесть колебания расходов при последующем бюджетировании и планировании закупок.

Для доступа к аналитике клиентам нужно сделать всего пять заказовНовый раздел доступен корпоративным всем клиентам Купер Бизнес, совершившим не менее пяти заказов от имени компании.

В мае 2025 года компания зарегистрировала товарный знак «Купер Бизнес» как отдельное бизнес-направление и начала последовательно развивать решения для корпоративных клиентов.

Кроме того, ранее Купер сообщал о запуске аналити…

Подтвердите, что вы человек Please verify you are a humanЭто может занять несколько секунд This may take a few seconds.

Подтвердите, что вы человек Please verify you are a humanЭто может занять несколько секунд This may take a few seconds.

Подтвердите, что вы человек Please verify you are a humanЭто может занять несколько секунд This may take a few seconds.

Яндекс Карты поделились итогами 2025 года и рассказали, как перемещались пользователи по России.

За год в сервисе было построено более 6,5 млрд маршрутов общей длиной 37 млрд км.

Пользователи 650 млн раз искали места, где поестьНаиболее востребованной категорией в Яндекс Картах за этот год стала «Еда».

Автомобилисты проехали более 30 млрд кмЗа год автомобилисты проехали более 30 млрд км с помощью Яндекс Карт.

У жителей Воронежа были самые длинные пешие прогулки — 2,6 кмПользователи Яндекс Карт за год прошли пешком более 420 млн км.

Подтвердите, что вы человек Please verify you are a humanЭто может занять несколько секунд This may take a few seconds.

Французский математик Фабрис Беллар (Fabrice Bellard), основавший в своё время проекты QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL и TinyCC, опубликовал новый JavaScript-движок для встраиваемых систем - Micro QuickJS, способный компилировать и выполнять JavaScript-программы, потребляя всего 10 КБ ОЗУ.

Движок поддерживает подмножество языка JavaScript, близкое к спецификации ECMAScript 5 (ES2019), но предъявляющее более строгие требования к коду и не допускающее использования некоторых неэффективных или приводящих к ошибкам JavaScript-конструкций.

Производительность Micro QuickJS близка к движку QuickJS, развиваемому Фабрисом c 2019 года.

В Micro QuickJS задействована часть кода из движка QuickJS, но…

После 6 месяцев разработки представлен выпуск проекта postmarketOS 25.12, развивающего дистрибутив Linux для мобильных устройств, базирующийся на пакетной базе Alpine Linux, стандартной Си-библиотеке Musl и наборе утилит BusyBox. Целью проекта является предоставление Linux-дистрибутива для смартфонов и планшетов, не зависящего от жизненного цикла поддержки официальных прошивок и не привязанного к типовым решениям основных игроков индустрии. Сборки подготовлены для 62 устройств, включая PINE64 PinePhone Pro, Purism Librem 5, OnePlus 6, Fairphone 5, Google Nexus 10, Google Pixel 3a, Nokia N900, Lenovo A60xx, ASUS MeMo Pad 7, а также различные модели Samsung Galaxy и Xiaomi. Ограниченная экспе…

Представлен выпуск дистрибутива elementary OS 8.1, позиционируемого в качестве быстрой, открытой и заботящейся о конфиденциальности альтернативы Windows и macOS. Основное внимание в проекте уделяется качественному дизайну, нацеленному на создание простой в использовании системы, потребляющей минимальные ресурсы и обеспечивающей высокую скорость запуска. Пользователям предлагается собственное окружение рабочего стола Pantheon. Для загрузки подготовлены загрузочные iso-образы (3.1 ГБ), доступные для архитектуры amd64 (для бесплатной загрузки с сайта проекта в поле с суммой пожертвования необходимо ввести 0).

После пяти лет разработки доступен релиз Lua 5.5, быстрого и компактного скриптового языка программирования, получившего большое распространение в качестве встраиваемого языка для определения конфигурации и для написания расширений.

Lua сочетает простой процедурный синтаксис с возможностями описания данных через использование ассоциативных массивов и расширяемой семантики языка.

В Lua используется динамическая типизация, а языковые конструкции преобразуются в байт-код, выполняющийся поверх регистровой виртуальной машины с автоматическим сборщиком мусора.

Предложена компактная реализация массивов, требующая на 60% меньше памяти для массивов с однотипными данными (по сравнению с прошлой реали…

В применяемых во FreeBSD фоновом процессе rtsold и утилите rtsol выявлена уязвимость (CVE-2025-14558), позволяющая добиться удалённого выполнения кода с правами root через отправку специально оформленного пакета c анонсом IPv6-маршрутизатора. RA-сообщения (Router Advertisement), через которые эксплуатируется уязвимость, не маршрутизируются и должны отбрасываться маршрутизаторами. Для совершения атаки злоумышленник должен иметь возможность отправки специально оформленного пакета с системы, находящейся в одном сетевом сегменте с уязвимым хостом.

После двух лет разработки представлен релиз операционной системы Qubes 4.3.0, реализующей идею использования гипервизора для строгой изоляции приложений и компонентов ОС (каждый класс приложений и системные сервисы работают в отдельных виртуальных машинах). Для работы рекомендуется система с 16 Гб ОЗУ (минимум - 6 Гб) и 64-разрядным CPU Intel или AMD с поддержкой технологий VT-x c EPT/AMD-v c RVI и VT-d или AMD IOMMU, желательно наличие GPU Intel (GPU NVIDIA и AMD недостаточно хорошо протестированы). Размер установочного образа - 7.8 ГБ (x86_64).

Представлен релиз программы для обработки цифровых фотографий Darktable 5.4.0. Darktable специализируется на недеструктивной работе с raw-изображениями и может использоваться в качестве свободной альтернативы Adobe Lightroom. Программа позволяет вести базу фотографий, осуществлять наглядную навигацию по имеющимся снимкам, а также корректировать искажения, устранять шумы, управлять цветом и улучшать качество фотографии, сохраняя при этом исходный снимок и всю историю операций с ним. Код проекта написан на языке Си и распространяется под лицензией GPLv3. Интерфейс построен с использованием библиотеки GTK. Бинарные сборки подготовлены для Linux (AppImage, в процессе подготовки flatpak и snap),…

>Ada, C, C++, D, Fortran, Go, Objective-C, Modula-2, Pascal, Rust и т.д.

>GDB supports the following languages (in alphabetical order):>Ada, Assembly, C, C++, D, Fortran, Go, Objective-C, OpenCL, Modula-2, Pascal, Rust На указание 2х оставшихся позиций в посте пожалели места?

Опубликовано обновление сборок дистрибутива Chimera Linux, примечательного использованием ядра Linux в сочетании с утилитами из FreeBSD, системным менеджером dinit и стандартной Си-библиотекой Musl. Сборка осуществляется компилятором Clang. Загрузочные Live-образы сформированы для архитектур x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64, riscv64 и ppc64 в вариантах с GNOME (1.8 ГБ), KDE (2.5 ГБ) и урезанным окружением (1 Гб).

Опубликован выпуск проекта CoreBoot 25.12, разрабатывающего свободную альтернативу проприетарным прошивкам и BIOS. Код проекта распространяется под лицензией GPLv2. В состав новой версии включено 680 изменений, подготовленных при участии 110 разработчиков.

VPN-провайдер Mullvad, развивающий web-браузер Mullvad Browser и предоставляющий инфраструктуру для сервиса Mozilla VPN, представил проект GotaTun с реализацией VPN-протокола WireGuard, написанной на языке Rust и работающей в пространстве пользователя. Код проекта распространяется под лицензией BSD. Компания Mullvad уже задействовала GotaTun в VPN-клиенте для платформы Android и в следующем году намерена перевести на него приложения для десктопов и iOS.

После трёх лет разработки представлен релиз платформы для потребительских интернет-устройств WebThings Gateway 2.0. Изначально платформа развивалась компанией Mozilla, но затем была преобразована в независимый проект, управляемый и развиваемый сообществом. Платформа WebThings состоит из шлюза WebThings Gateway и библиотеки WebThings Framework. Код проекта написан на языках TypeScript и JavaScript с использованием серверной платформы Node.js и распространяется под лицензией MPL 2.0. Загрузочные сборки с интегрированной поддержкой WebThings Gateway, предоставляющие унифицированный интерфейс для настройки умного дома, подготовлены в форме образа для плат Raspberry Pi, Docker-контейнера и snap-…

2.24 , Аноним ( 28 ), 17:39, 19/12/2025 [^] [^^] [^^^] [ответить] + / – $311 млн. ?

Для сравнения:Consolidated Alphabet revenues in Q3 2025 increased 16%, or 15% in constant currency, year over year to$102.3 billion.

После трёх месяцев разработки доступен релиз системного менеджера systemd 259. Ключевые изменения: поддержка стандартной библиотеки Musl, команда "run0 --empower" для выполнения привилегированных действий без смены UID, динамическая загрузка сторонних библиотек, востребованных в libsystemd, игнорирование файлов конфигурации через добавление к имени ".ignore".

Comments

But there is a cross compiler!

Of course, if we want to cross compile with nix, we have to tell nix that we are cross compiling!

I shall specify, I do not mean building a cross compiler, I mean using a cross compiler to build a package.

I then have a section where I build the cross toolchain, I’ll leave it out, but the important things I define are riscosTools.rogcc (my cross GCC), and riscosTools.robinutils , my cross binutils.

replaceStdenv = { pkgs }: pkgs .

A Dutch leasing and rental firm Mistergreen now face insolvency after betting its entire future on the idea that Tesla’s cars would become highly valued autonomous robotaxis.

Tesla’s self‑driving technology, despite iterative improvements, remains classified as a Level 2 system requiring human supervision and is far from meeting the threshold of true autonomy that would make robotaxi operations economically viable at scale.

Broader Industry RipplesAnother high‑profile rental play involving the automaker made headlines this month when California regulators threatened to suspend Tesla’s sales license over misleading self‑driving claims.

Elon Musk still frames autonomy as a core pillar of Tesl…

The temptation to become the machine is higher than ever.

The promise of the machine is alluring.

The truth is you don't have to become the machine in order to succeed.

The machine can't adapt.

You're not a machine.

TL;DR: We propose ALIGN-Parts , a fast, one-shot method for semantic 3D part segmentation and naming .

MotivationMany vision and graphics applications require 3D parts, not just whole-object labels: robots must grasp handles, and creators need editable, semantically meaningful components.

IntroductionALIGN-Parts reframes named 3D part segmentation as a set-to-set alignment problem.

Fuse geometry + appearance, learn part-level partlets, and align them to affordance-aware text embeddings for fast, one-shot segmentation and naming.

ConclusionALIGN-Parts directly predicts a complete set of named 3D parts by aligning part-level representations to language, avoiding brittle part-count supervision…

Comments

Beyond MCPNot everythingneeds an MCP.

Stop waiting for MCP server updates or proxy configurations.

Your LLM agents are already capable of making HTTP requests.

Give them the instructions, and let them render directly to the edge.

This past Saturday, as a widespread PG&E outage cut power to nearly one-third of San Francisco, our service was put to the test.

While the Waymo Driver is designed to handle dark traffic signals as four-way stops, it may occasionally request a confirmation check to ensure it makes the safest choice.

While we successfully traversed more than 7,000 dark signals on Saturday, the outage created a concentrated spike in these requests.

This ensured we did not further add to the congestion or obstruct emergency vehicles during the peak of the recovery effort.

The path forwardWe’ve always focused on developing the Waymo Driver for the world as it is, including when infrastructure fails.

What lockfiles recordLooking across the major package managers, lockfiles generally contain:Package identity: Name, version, and where it came from.

Here’s how the major lockfile formats compare (you can find examples of each format if you want to dig deeper):Field Gemfile.lock package-lock.json yarn.lock Cargo.lock poetry.lock composer.lock go.sum Package name yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Version yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Checksum yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Source URL registry yes yes yes no yes no Dependencies inline nested inline list table nested no Dev/prod scope no yes no no yes yes no Platform variants yes no no no no no no Tool version yes yes no yes yes no no Runtime version yes …

The chaotic 'Dracula's Chivito': Hubble reveals largest birthplace of planets ever observedThis Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star.

Hubble reveals it to be unusually chaotic, with bright wisps of material extending far above and below the disk—more than seen in any similar circumstellar disk.

Cataloged as IRAS 23077+6707, the system is located approximately 1,000 light-years from Earth.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Kristina Monsch (CfA); processing: STScI/ Joseph DePasqualeAstronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star.

The disk obscures the young s…

UsbGpib IntroductionVersatile, cheap, portable and robust USB to GPIB converter (USBTMC class based).

This allows the GPIB test equipment to look like a normal USB based measurement device and work flawless with e.g.

I don't want to end up in a very long measurement being interrupted because of a software issue of my USB GPIB converter.

It should support additional features like serial poll, remote enabling/disablingIf there is no GPIB device connected to the USBGpib converter, or the GPIB device is powered down, there should be no USB device visible on the PC.

in NiMax, which device is connected:If you connect your USBGPIB device afterwards to another GPIB measurement device, it will disco…

Comments

Hey all, didn't want to pay for Strong or Heavy so I started building my own lifts journal app.

It's free and always will be.

If you find bugs, add it to the issues.

If you don't use it now but plan to after I build out the features, please star the project so I know to keep working on it.

https://github.com/alshdavid/stronkThere a lot to do still, gotta add things like; - Strava/Facebook Sync - Import/Export - Charts - Set type (warmup/drop) - Timers - 1RM calculations - Online backups (right now it's saved to your phone)It's a web app because I'm not paying Apple and Google to publish it on the app store.

It's the latest development in an evolving war between Chinese and American consumer tech products.

The deal is expected to yield significant returns for Armis investors, including Sequoia, CapitalG, and Insight Partners.

The company has issued a software update to its autonomous driving system to fix its lane-crossing behavior.

These authors rejected Anthropic's class action settlement, arguing that "LLM companies should not be able to so easily extinguish thousands upon thousands of high-value claims at bargain-basement rates."

2025 was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists, the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set.

Aflac, one of the largest insurance companies in the U.S., confirmed hackers stole reams of personal data, including Social Security numbers, identity documents, and health information.

Drafted is now nearly five months old, and it's everything Atmos wasn't.

Mayer launched Dazzle after shuttering her photo and contact management startup Sunshine.

The new integrations join other services like Yelp, Uber, OpenTable and others.

Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.

France's postal service, La Poste, said it was hit by a disruptive cyberattack that knocked its services offline.

The Uzbek government's national license plate scanning system was discovered exposed to the internet for anyone to access without a password.

Spotify says it has identified and disabled the user accounts involved in the scraping.

Move over, Santa. Now there’s another magical character for kids to track: the Tooth Fairy. After making a personalized Tooth Fairy video for his nephew, Oliver Finel noticed a gap. While there are plenty of Santa trackers, nothing similar existed for the Tooth Fairy. Recognizing that Generation Alpha is growing up with interactive online experiences […]

OpenAI says prompt injections will always be a risk for AI browsers with agentic capabilities, like Atlas. But the firm is beefing up its cybersecurity with an 'LLM-based automated attacker.'

John Koblin / New York Times:

YouTube dominates daytime TV streaming, with 6.3M viewers at 11am in October on average, above Netflix's 2.8M, per Nielsen; prime-time viewership is more even — At Nancy Ann Ling's house in Central Texas, the TV generally goes on around 5 a.m., and Mrs. Ling flips over to the same app each day: YouTube.

Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:

Bitcoin miners retooling data centers for AI have boosted their stocks; the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF is up about 90% YTD even as bitcoin has slumped — The pivot to AI has lifted a bitcoin-mining ETF by around 90% this year, even as bitcoin itself has slumped. — It's harder than ever to mine bitcoin.

Politico:

Over the past month, the US paused talks on a tech pact with the UK, canceled a South Korea trade meeting, and threatened the EU over Big Tech regulations — “It's telegraphing that we've looked at this deeply, we think there's a problem, we're looking at tools to address it and we're looking …

Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: China's AI regulations, which require chatbots to pass a 2,000-question ideological test, have spawned specialized agencies that help AI companies pass — Beijing is enforcing tough rules to ensure chatbots don't misbehave, while hoping its models stay competitive with the U.S.

Urvi Malvania / Financial Express:

HCLSoftware, a subsidiary of Indian IT company HCLTech, agrees to acquire business intelligence company Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group for $240M in cash — The company also announced the acquisition of Belgium-based Wobby to boost agentic AI capabilities.

Ari Levy / CNBC:

Waymo, which paused its service during blackouts in San Francisco on December 20, says it is updating its fleet to improve navigation during widespread outages — Three days after a blackout in San Francisco caused Waymo to pause it driverless car service, the Alphabet-owned company …

Heo Kyungjun / The Asia Business Daily:

South Korean prosecutors allege China's CXMT mass-produced 10nm-class DRAM using leaked Samsung tech, indicting 10 employees who previously worked for Samsung — Prosecutors: “Hundreds of DRAM Process Steps Copied and Leaked” — Samsung Electronics' Sales Declined by 5 Trillion Won Last Year

Polly Thompson / Business Insider:

Starlink says it has reached 9M “active customers” across 155 countries, territories, and other markets, up from 8M on November 5 — - SpaceX says its Starlink internet has hit 9 million customers, just over a month after reaching 8 million. — The numbers close a year …

Aime Williams / Financial Times:

The Trump administration says it will replace the lottery program used to grant H-1B visas with a “weighted” system that prioritizes higher-paid individuals — ‘Weighted’ selection process that prioritises higher-paid and more skilled applicants will begin in February

The Information:

Sources: Snowflake is in talks to buy app monitoring startup Observe for around $1B; Observe has raised more than $470M — Snowflake is in talks to buy app monitoring startup Observe Inc. for around $1 billion, which would likely be the biggest deal in Snowflake's history, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

Prakhar Srivastava / Reuters:

Fleet management software provider Motive files for a US IPO, reporting a $138.5M net loss on $327.3M in revenue for the nine months ended September 30 — AI-powered fleet management company Motive Technologies on Tuesday disclosed a rise in nine-month revenue in its U.S. initial public offering filing …

For the second time this month, a Chinese rocket designed for reuse successfully soared into low-Earth orbit on its first flight Monday, defying the questionable odds that burden the debuts of new launch vehicles.

The first Long March 12A rocket, roughly the same height and diameter of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 9:00 pm EST Monday (02:00 UTC Tuesday).

“The first stage failed to be successfully recovered,” the corporation said in a statement.

The Zhuque-3 rocket was developed by a privately-funded startup named LandSpace.

Similar in size and performance to the Long March 12A, the Zhuque-3 also reached orbit on its first launch, and its…

Marvel Studios had an elaborate marketing plan in place to introduce four teaser trailers for Avengers: Doomsday as previews prior to screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash, with one teaser rolling out each successive week.

So maybe you’ve seen a bootleg version floating around the Internet, but Marvel has now released the HD version to the public.

As previously reported, Marvel Studios originally planned to build its Phase Six Avengers arc (The Kang Dynasty) around Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror (and associated variants), introduced in Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Rather than keeping Kang as the villain and recasting the character, the Russo brothers decided to take a new d…

Americans will be unable to buy the latest and greatest drones because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned foreign-made drones as of today.

People can still use Chinese-made drones they already own, and drones from DJI and other foreign countries that were previously approved by the FCC will still be available for purchase.

However, the FCC won’t approve any new devices from companies that make drones and aren’t based in the US.

They’ve been targeted as potential national security threats, as well as criticized for their ability to be used to invade people’s privacy, be disruptive, and dangerously enter restricted airspace, and for their roles in property destruction.

At …

The NCMEC’s CyberTipline is a Congressionally authorized clearinghouse for reporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and other forms of child exploitation.

Companies are required by law to report apparent child exploitation to the CyberTipline.

When a company sends a report, NCMEC reviews it and then forwards it to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation.

Additionally, the same piece of content can be the subject of multiple reports, and a single report can be about multiple pieces of content.

Some platforms, including OpenAI, disclose the number of both the reports and the total pieces of content they were about for a more complete picture.

CBS cannot contain the online spread of a “60 Minutes” segment that its editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, tried to block from airing.

The episode, “Inside CECOT,” featured testimonies from US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at a notorious Salvadoran prison, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism.

She claimed that the segment “did not advance the ball” and merely echoed others’ reporting, NBC News reported.

Critics accusing CBS of censoring the story quickly shared the segment online Monday after discovering that it was available on the Global TV app.

It’s currently also available to stream on the Internet Archive, where one reviewer largely summed up the pub…

Compression ratiosAt issue is the engines’ compression ratio, which compares the volume of the cylinder when the piston is at top dead center with the volume when the piston is at its closest to the crank.

Under the 2014–2025 rules, this was set at 18:1, but for 2026 onward, it has been reduced to 16:1.

The engines have very short throws, so it doesn’t take much expansion to increase the compression ratio by reducing the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the top of its travel.

The compression ratio clarification wasn’t the only one issued by the FIA.

For some time now, F1 has used ultrasonic fuel flow meters as a way to control power outputs.

Since I’m fascinated by new display technologies and by improving image quality, I’ve never been a fan of home projectors.

That said, a projector can be a space-efficient alternative to a big-screen TV or help you watch TV or movies outside.

A projector can be versatile when paired with the right space, especially if that projector makes sure the “right space” is included in the device.

The Splay was crowdfunded in 2021, and its maker, Arovia, describes it as the “first fully collapsible monitor and projector.” In short, it’s a portable projector with an integrated fabric shroud that can serve as a big-screen (24.5 or 34.5 inches diagonally, depending on the model) portable monitor.

At its …

Tory Bruno, a veteran engineer and aerospace industry executive, has resigned from the top job at United Launch Alliance after more than a decade competing against the growing dominance of SpaceX, the company announced Monday.

His tenure was marked by a decline in ULA’s market share as rival SpaceX competed for and won ever-larger US government launch contracts.

More recently, Bruno oversaw the successful debut of ULA’s Vulcan rocket, followed by struggles to ramp up the new rocket’s launch cadence.

Bruno had a 30-year career as an engineer and general manager for Lockheed Martin’s ballistic missile programs before taking over as president and CEO of United Launch Alliance in August 2014.

I…

Vince Zampella, a video game developer who has co-created or helmed some of the most popular franchises in the world, died in a car crash on a Los Angeles highway at 12:45 pm Pacific time on Sunday, December 21.

According to the California Highway Patrol, Zampella was in a car on Angeles Crest Highway when the vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a concrete barrier.

The driver died at the scene, and the passenger died after being taken to the hospital.

But it was the famed studio Infinity Ward that turned him into a household name for gamers.

He co-founded Infinity Ward with Jason West and Grant Collier in 2002.

For the better part of two months last year, most of us had no idea how serious the problems were with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station.

A safety advisory panel found this uncertainty also filtered through NASA’s workforce.

On its first Crew Test Flight, Boeing’s Starliner delivered NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the space station in June 2024.

They were the first people to fly to space on a Starliner spacecraft after more than a decade of development and setbacks.

Engineers determined that some of the thrusters were overheating and eventually recovered most of their function, allowing Starliner to dock with the ISS.

The world’s largest shadow library—which is increasingly funded by AI developers—shocked the Internet this weekend by announcing it had “backed up Spotify” and started distributing 300 terabytes of metadata and music files in bulk torrents.

The music files supposedly represent about 37 percent of songs available on Spotify as of July 2025.

The scraped files were prioritized by popularity, with Anna’s Archive weeding out many songs that are never streamed or are of poor quality, such as AI-generated songs.

On Monday, Spotify told Android Authority on Monday that it was investigating whether Anna’s Archive had actually scraped its platform “at scale,” as its blog claimed.

“We are actively inv…

On Monday, the US Department of the Interior announced that it was pausing the leases on all five offshore wind sites currently under construction in the US.

In what appears to be an attempt to avoid legal scrutiny, the Interior is blaming the decisions on a classified report from the Department of Defense.

The second Trump administration announced its animosity toward offshore wind power literally on day one, issuing an executive order on inauguration day that called for a temporary halt to issuing permits for new projects pending a re-evaluation.

But a number of projects have gone through the entire permitting process, and construction has started.

When the Interior Department blocked a s…

Director Christopher Nolan won two well-deserved Oscars for 2023’s Oppenheimer, and Hollywood was soon buzzing about what his next project might be.

Instead, Nolan chose to adapt one of the greatest epic sagas in history: Homer’s Odyssey.

At long last, Universal has released the first official trailer for Nolan’s The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon as the wandering Ithacan king.

(We actually catch a glimpse of the famous Trojan horse in the trailer.)

Meanwhile, his long-suffering wife Penelope is warding off hundreds of suitors eager to usurp Odysseus’ position.

Apple was hit with a $115 million fine Monday after Italy’s competition authority alleged the tech giant was abusing its dominant position to harm third-party developers in its App Store.

In a press release, the Italian Competition Authority said that an “App Tracking Transparency” (ATT) privacy policy that Apple introduced in 2021 forced third-party developers to seek consent twice for the same data collection.

Requiring such “double consent” was “extremely burdensome” and “harmful” to some developers—especially the smallest developers, the regulator said.

Many developers struggled to earn ad revenue after the policy was introduced, as users increasingly declined to opt into personalized a…

Artemis II, meet Astrovan II.

Parked outside of their crew quarters and suit-up room was their ride to their rocket, “Astrovan II,” a modified Airstream motorhome.

The almost 25-foot-long (8-meter) crew transport vehicle (CTV) was custom-wrapped with graphics depicting the moon, the Artemis II mission patch, and program insignia.

From Canoo to coachAirstream’s Atlas Touring Coach, though, was not originally planned as NASA’s Artemis CTV.

The company now bankrupt, the CTVs will serve as a backup to the Astrovan II.

IO Interactive's James Bond simulator 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27, 2026.

IO says the game is already "fully playable from beginning to end" but still needs a bit of attention to ensure "the strongest possible version at launch."

For the uninitiated, 007 First Light is the first James Bond game in over a decade.

The developer is the same organization behind the renowned Hitman franchise, so this could potentially be the best Bond game since Goldeneye.

Who knows when the next Bond film will actually come out, so this should be a nice little stopgap for fans.

Over the past two years, the Nex Playground has carved out a niche for itself with kids and parents alike.

(The Nex Playground even managed to outsell Xbox in November!)

TopicsWhat led to the development of the Nex Playground?

— 8:36Questions about the Nex PlayPass subscription and other ways to get new games — 13:23How did Nex convince major brands to build for Nex Playground?

— 19:10CreditsHost: Devindra HardawarGuest: David Lee, CEO and co-founder of NexProducer: Devindra HardawarMusic: Dale North

Xbox has brought cloud gaming gaming to some Amazon Fire TV models.

These include the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series.

First and foremost, this service requires a subscription to Game Pass.

Amazon says this is just the beginning and that more TV models will receive the functionality in the future.

Xbox Game Pass became available on select Amazon streaming devices earlier this year.

Investigative reporter John Carreyrou of the New York Times filed a lawsuit against xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta and Perplexity on Monday for allegedly training their AI models on copyrighted books without permission.

This comes after a banner year for IP lawsuits against AI companies brought by rights holders.

Just about every type of entity that deals in protected content has gone to court against AI companies this year, from movie studios like Disney and Warner Bros. to papers like the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune .

Anthropic, for its part, is no stranger to lawsuits from book publishers, having recently settled a class-action lawsuit brought by half a million authors f…

Apple is making it a little easier to use third-party devices with iPhones in order to comply with Europe's Digital Market Act (DMA), MacRumors reported.

For iOS 26.3, Apple's devices will support third-party proximity pairing and notifications in Europe only, according to the latest beta notes.

Pairing third-party devices will no longer require multiple steps.

Notifications can only be forwarded to one connected device at a time, and turning on notifications for a third-party device disables notifications to an Apple Watch.

Notifications, however, will finally make third-party watches feasible with iOS devices.

But right now, you may just be looking for the best gift card ideas that you can buy online and digitally send to the people you love.

We’ve got you covered: these are the best gift cards to send as last-minute gifts this year.

Best gift cards to give for the holidaysApple Apple gift card For the person who just got a new iPhone or a MacBook and could use some accessories.

These gift cards can be used on physical products, or apps and subscriptions purchased through the App Store.

$15+ at Amazon Explore More Buying Options $25+ at GameStopCheck out the rest of our gift ideas here.

After a subdued launch at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020, the Xbox Series X quickly lost the fight against the PlayStation 5.

Xbox Series X controller (Engadget)Making things worse this year, Microsoft raised prices across the board, with the Xbox Series S starting at $400 and the cheapest Series X going for a whopping $600.

Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementIt's worth remembering that only a single generation of the Xbox — the Xbox 360 — was successful enough to truly compete with Sony's PlayStation.

Xbox Series X (Devindra Hardawar for Engadget)Unfortunately, Microsoft squandered most of its good will with the Xbox One.

Xbox sales have been so slow that the family-focused …

As many of us hunker down for the holidays, you might want to tackle some of the best games we’ve seen this year: the long-time-coming Silksong, the critically acclaimed (and sumptuous) Expedition 33 and the bizarre world of Baby Steps.

Rare for me, this year, I’ve played many of the new games we’ve picked.

I’d recommend both Dispatch and Blue Prince — I still haven’t completed the latter, but, yes, I’ve unlocked the secret elevator.

With the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung achieved what may be an even bigger accomplishment by creating a foldable phone of essentially the same size and weight as its own S25 Ultra.

The launch price of the Z Fold 7 ($2,000) is $200 higher than the Z Fold 5’s debut pr…

It continues with adding them to your Family Sharing group on an iPhone and pairing a compatible Apple Watch through the Apple Watch app.

Confirm device compatibilityFamily Setup requires a cellular-capable Apple Watch such as the Apple Watch SE or Series 6 or later.

If the prompt does not appear, you can open the Apple Watch app, go to All Watches and choose Add Watch.

Manage the watch from your iPhoneOnce the Apple Watch is paired, the Watch app becomes the main place to manage how it works.

Apps installed on the watch can be controlled from the Apple Watch app.

To help you sort through it, we tested a wide mix of options and pulled together the best SSDs you can buy right now.

Table of contentsBest SSDs in 2026Crucial Best SSD (SATA) Crucial MX500 Capacity: 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB | Connection: SATA | Read speed: 560 MB/s | Write speed: 510 MB/s You don’t have to look far to find the best SATA SSD: it's the Crucial MX500.

For that reason, the best SATA SSDs are an excellent choice if you want to extend the life of an older PC build.

At the moment, very few games and applications can take advantage of Gen3 NVMe speeds, let alone Gen4 and Gen5 speeds.

Engadget maintains a comprehensive guide to the best SSDs for PS5; in short, your best bet is a hig…

The Switch 2 Pro controller is the best controller Nintendo has ever made – and that’s saying something.

Despite the high cost, the Switch 2 Pro controller seriously elevated my Mario Kart World experience.

My hands often feel cramped when I play that game with the Switch 2’s Joy-Con 2 controllers for too long.

But there’s none of that with the Switch 2 Pro controller.

The Switch 2 Pro controller is also seriously helpful with fighting games, thanks to its smooth and accurate directional pad.

The Federal Communications Commission has added foreign-made drones and their critical components to the agency’s “Covered List,” making them prohibited to import into the US.

In a public notice published by the FCC, it said several national security agencies have determined that umanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their critical components produced in foreign countries pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.

“UAS and UAS critical components must be produced in the United States,” the agency said.

He also said that the Department of War or the Department of Homeland Security can allow specific new models, a certain class of drones or particular components to …

Nintendo is in a giving state of mind this season, offering some holiday deals on games in the eShop, including a few recent Switch 2 titles.

For instance, the Switch 2 version of Ball x Pit, which was one of our staff's favorite games of 2025, is 20 percent off at $12.

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition for the Nintendo Switch 2 is a whopping 75 percent off, so load it onto your new console for less than $18.

No Man's Sky is also 50 percent off, so you can grab it for either Switch console for just $24.

Star Wars: Outlaws is down to $40, which is $20 off, and Nier: Automata is $16, compared with its usual $40 price tag.

Anna's Archive, the open-source search engine for shadow libraries, says it scraped Spotify's entire library of music.

We saw a role for us here to build a music archive primarily aimed at preservation," the group said in a blog post .

The group intends to make all files available for download for anyone with the available disk space.

The 86 million songs that the group has archived so far represent about 99.6 percent of listens on the platform.

The music files will be released in order of popularity in stages.

A postmortem from Waymo on Tuesday is offering at least some clarity about what the hell happened to its poor, benighted San Francisco operation after much of the power across the city went out on Saturday.

Waymo behavior at dark stoplights forced the Alphabet-owned company to call all its San Francisco robotaxis back home, a logistical catastrophe.

While we successfully traversed more than 7,000 dark signals on Saturday, the outage created a concentrated spike in these requests.

What Waymo has instead of “remote drivers” or “teleoperators” is called “fleet response,” a Waymo blog post says.

This made it look like San Francisco was a post-apocalypic wasteland strewn with dead robo…

Obviously, five seasons later, we know that Stranger Things is very much a supernaturally focused series, and it’s become a massive cultural phenomenon that regularly transcends its burnished spot on Netflix’s Top 10.

Not only has it launched careers (remember when Winona Ryder and Matthew Modine were the biggest names in the cast?

Netflix’s press release also touts the success of Stranger Things‘ many tie-in releases, including those red-filled Chips Ahoy cookies (the release doesn’t mention Peanut Butter Boppers or, oddly, Eggo waffles), Nike’s subtle-by-comparison Dunk Low sneakers featuring an upside-down logo, books and comics, and the immersive Stranger Things: The Experience.

As the …

If the question of whether anime is mainstream was still on anyone’s lips, 2025 emphatically etched the medium in stone as an emphatic hell yes.

One recently established format of anime in cinemas that’s quickly become a bit of an annoying hanger-on is theatrical preview events.

The first pang of annoyance with this anime film format was inevitable: having to wait for new episodes, weeks into shows that had finally aired.

To be fair to JJK, it was a far cry from the worst of these formatted anime movies (in name only) theatrical experiences.

Hopefully, the global industry will decide to make its future theatrical experiences more like Reze Arc and less like glorified preview events from now…

During a research cruise around the North Pole, scientists encountered the deepest gas hydrate ever found—an elusive crack on the seafloor hosting a myriad of scientific treasures.

The Freya Hydrate Mounds lie under Molloy Ridge near Greenland and were discovered in May 2024.

Cold, submerged ventsThe newly found Freya Hydrate Mounds are gas hydrate cold seeps.

Like hydrothermal vents, cold seeps typically appear as fissures on the seafloor that leak fluids rich in hydrocarbons.

For instance, cold seeps, true to their name, are relatively colder and emit oil and methane in addition to hydrocarbons.

China appears to be slowing the rollout of self-driving cars following a fatal crash involving assisted-driving technology.

The New York Times reports that last week, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) approved only two of the nine proposals submitted by carmakers to sell more advanced self-driving vehicles.

Those limited approvals signal a delay in China’s ambitions to sell and mass-produce fully self-driving cars.

The pause in China’s self-driving push comes after a crash in March that killed three university students.

Public concern has also grown after state media reported that self-driving systems developed by Chinese companies lag behind Tesla in safe…

Hot Toys is taking that challenge on, though, with its latest figure reveal.

Clocking in at just shy of a whopping 16 inches (all the way up to the tips of his cowl ears), the Hot Toys Absolute Batman is, indeed, a big boy—with a unique body made from soft vinyl materials to bring Bruce’s hulking body to life.

A limited edition of the figure will come with all that plus a special, wire-embedded cloth cape and shawl for a “stealthy” look.

A big boy comes with a big price, however: the Hot Toys Absolute Batman is up for preorder now ahead of an expected late 2026 or early 2027 release.

It will cost $385 for the standard edition and $400 for the limited edition.

What examples would you include in an article about the fake images and videos of 2025?

Jeremy Carrasco has been doing amazing work this year on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, educating people about how to spot AI videos.

The tools have progressed so much that anyone can fall for fake images.

The president has several times insisted that real things are fake in 2025.

So music, videos…” [image or embed] — Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) November 8, 2025 at 8:27 AMIn some ways, it feels like we’re halfway there already.

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to retire soon, plunging into the South Pacific Ocean after being dragged down through Earth’s atmosphere.

But perhaps not all of the space station will be lost, with Russia announcing new plans to reuse its segment of the ISS for its own orbital station.

Russia has reluctantly agreed to keep its cosmonauts on board the ISS until 2028, after which the Roscosmos space agency plans to turn its focus toward the Russian Orbital Space Station, nicknamed ROSS.

Russia had planned on making its space station habitable by 2028.

Russia had previously threatened to pull out of the ISS after 2024 in order to focus on the construction of its own space station.

More companies are going to be asking you to show up to a PC building brunch with a bottle of wine and a bundle of memory sticks clutched in your fists.

Today, custom PC builder Maingear shared details on its new BYO (bring your own) RAM program.

Over email, the company told us that systems with BYO RAM will cost less than models purchased with RAM, though components fluctuate based on the market.

This BYO RAM practice will likely become more common in the high-end gaming PC space.

Asking customers to source RAM themselves requires customers to stay up-to-date on memory speeds and compatibility.

Joker: Folie à Deux was one of last year’s biggest head-scratchers.

And now, we’re realizing the young actor cast as Joker’s assassin may be the other positive takeaway from Joker: Folie à Deux.

But he’ll always have the memory of being a part of Joker: Folie à Deux, the movie that got him his SAG card.

“Everyone’s like, Whoa, whoa, whoa, what’s going on. Todd’s like, Are you okay?”Phillips also had high praise for the young actor, telling GQ, “What stood out most for me was his nuanced physicality and his wonderful intensity.

I liked him right away.”Heated Rivalry audiences clearly feel the same, and you never know—Joker: Folie à Deux, or at least some specific scenes in it, ma…

The Illinois Department of Public Health disclosed the case in an emailed December 22 memo sent widely to local health departments, animal control centers, and veterinarians.

“Currently, the source of rabies for this dog is under investigation,” the IDPH stated in its memo.

According to the IDPH, this is the first dog rabies case recorded in the state since 1994 and the first such case in Cook County since before 1964.

A mystery infectionGiven the dog’s vaccine status, it’s still a mystery as to why it became sick.

The officials are now testing whether the dog’s rabies is a match for variants found in bats, raccoons, and foxes.

Companies cut about 1.1 million jobs this year, the most since the covid-19 pandemic.

According to data from consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, about 55,000 layoffs were attributed directly to AI—less than 1% of all job losses.

One industry where layoffs were common this year was tech, with many of the Big Tech firms cutting off large chunks of their workforce.

Those often came with platitudes about streamlining and modernizing roles, with vague gestures toward the idea that AI will be stepping in.

But if AI has had an effect on the workforce, it seems like it isn’t directly causing layoffs but is instead blocking new hires.

Paramount has confirmed that the final episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will see two legends board the starship Enterprise: the Star Trek prequel has found stars to play Hikaru Sulu and Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy.

Today the studio confirmed (via Variety) that Kai Murakami and Thomas Jane will appear in the final episode of Strange New Worlds‘ truncated fifth season as Sulu and Bones, respectively.

Strange New Worlds is already no stranger, of course, to slowly introducing members of the classic Star Trek crew as it details the transition from Captain Pike’s command of the Enterprise to James Kirk’s famous five-year mission.

We did, however, know that more were coming—we just didn’…

There’s been a rumbling in the world of The Last Airbender.

The shocking news out of Paramount and Avatar Studios today confirmed that Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender will now no longer hit theaters on October 9, 2026, and will instead stream exclusively on Paramount+ sometime this fall.

“The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender and Avatar: Seven Havens represent the next evolution of storytelling from Avatar Studios—bringing together remarkable talent both in front of and behind the camera to deliver the epic adventures and emotional depth fans have come to expect.

These additions, alongside The Legend of Korra and the original series, solidify Paramount+ as the destination for the animat…

Stream the much buzzed-about South Park, fan-favorite Yellowstone, original series MobLand, and rebooted crime drama Dexter & Dexter on Paramount+.

The streaming network has a bingeable TV series for almost everyone.

Save on a Paramount+ Subscription With Student and Military DiscountsIf you’re a student now (or have your student ID lying around somewhere), you can get a Paramount+ plan at only $4 a month.

I usually get a Paramount+ plan during the football season to keep up with my favorite beefy, TBI-ridden men.

Check out the wide breadth of TV and movie content to choose from on Paramount+ (and use the Paramount+ promo codes above to save on whatever plan you decide).

Luckily Vitamix promo codes crop up at various points during the year, and we’re here to help you stay up to date on those discounts.

Vitamix New Ascent X5 With Stainless Steel ContainerVitmix’s top-of-the-line blender model, Ascent X5, is now constructed with a stainless steel container.

The non-reactive stainless steel material resists stains, odors, and corrosion, and expertly handles hot, cold, and acidic ingredients.

Get a $25 Vitamix Promo Code Plus Free ShippingVitamix has tons of ways to save on these handy kitchen gear items, including $25 off when you register your email.

And Vitamix makes it extra easy to make the most of your Vitamix blender, with tons of Vitamix soup recipes, p…

Get 15% Off $150+ With the Shark Student DiscountIf you’re a student, you can get one of the best Shark discount codes regularly available: 15 percent off purchases over $150.

In order to get it, you’ll need an account on UNiDAYS, then visit the Shark website through the UNiDAYS portal to get the student discount code.

Give $20, Get a $20 Shark Coupon Code With ReferralIf you’ve already had your first order on Shark’s website, all is not lost.

When to Save the Most With a Shark Promo CodeWondering if there’s a best time to shop on Shark’s website?

In the spirit of spring cleaning, there’s no better time to get a brand-new Shark vacuum, especially since you can snag a Shark promo code for 10…

Unlimited cell phone plans often come with a long list of footnotes, terms, conditions, and exceptions.

Mercifully, all of the Big Three cell companies have, by now, ditched throttling on their highest-paid tiers, and include 5G data access in all their unlimited plans.

But they still have rules on how much unlimited data you get before they start throttling your speed, and some “unlimited” plans may throttle your data at any given time.

Data throttling is the practice of reducing your data speeds after you hit a certain threshold of data used in a month or during times of congestion.

Below, I've highlighted what each of the major carriers offers for “unlimited” individual and family plans …

Mad MenNearly 20 years after its original premiere, Mad Men is making headlines all over again with its arrival on HBO Max.

After a near two-year wait, the show’s second season arrived in April.

The Sex Lives of College GirlsMindy Kaling cocreated this HBO Max series, which puts a new spin on the teenage sex comedy—one in which the women are fully in charge.

In summer 2024, HBO Max announced that the show’s explosive second season would be its last.

Night Country is a return to form, as evidenced by its 19 Emmy nominations (the most of any HBO series in 2024).

In 2026, we will see the beginning of precision medical forecasting.

These added layers of data can be combined with a person’s electronic medical records, which include their structured and unstructured notes, lab results, scans, genetic results, wearable sensors, and environmental data.

In aggregate, this provides an unprecedented depth of information about the person’s health status, enabling a forecast for risk of the three major diseases.

The potential for precision medical forecasting has to be demonstrated and validated via prospective clinical trials that show, using the same metrics of aging, that a person’s risk is decreased.

This is a new frontier in medicine—the potential for pr…

The lawsuit will pose a test for mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s law enforcement policies, as he spoke out vocally against the NYPD’s spying on Muslim New Yorkers during a successful election campaign that coaxed those very communities to turn out in record numbers.

Samir Hashmi, a New Jersey resident, was part of the Rutgers Muslim Student Association during the late 2000s.

Following rounds of negative publicity and a civil rights suit that was settled in 2018, the NYPD “demographics unit” was disbanded.

His petition, filed in December after the NYPD rejected his FOIL and subsequent appeal, cites specific intelligence reports from that period published 14 years ago by the Associated Press.

Ho…

Below is a section on every major component you'll want to know about when you browse for the best laptop for you.

For example, buying a MacBook Pro instead of a MacBook Air just because you have extra money to spend isn't a good idea.

It's the starting retail price of the starting MacBook Air, as well as several Windows laptops.

Speaking of Windows laptops, you'll have to be patient to find something under $600 that's still worth buying.

They'll feel faster and lighter, and usually get longer battery life too, at least compared to similarly priced Windows laptops.

The iBuyPower Slate system I spent the last month gaming on isn’t particularly flashy, nor is it a shining example of the heights that gaming PC brands can reach.

It is, however, a totally usable system with minimal bloatware, and any qualms I have with some odd choices don’t harm the gaming performance.

At its listed price of almost $2,000, this configuration of the iBuyPower is charging you a modest premium just to install (almost) all of the components, but frequent sales and discounts make this a more palatable deal as the price gets lower.

It’s really only set back by some minor assembly issues, as well as parts that may limit future upgrades, which currently affects users at opposite …

Some users of popular chatbots are generating bikini deepfakes using photos of fully clothed women as their source material.

Most of these fake images appear to be generated without the consent of the women in the photos.

Some of these same users are also offering advice to others on how to use the generative AI tools to strip the clothes off of women in photos and make them appear to be wearing bikinis.

As generative AI tools that make it easy to create realistic but false images continue to proliferate, users of the tools have continued to harass women with nonconsensual deepfake imagery.

Millions have visited harmful “nudify” websites, designed for users to upload real photos of people a…

The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger than ever before, according to a new analysis from the crypto tracing firm Elliptic.

expired: crypto markets for US drug dealers tired: crypto markets for Russian hackers wired: crypto markets for Chinese scammers Read more Expired/Tired/WIRED 2025 stories here.

By selling money-laundering services and other scam-related offerings to those operations, markets like Tudou Guarantee and Xinbi Guarantee have grown in parallel to an immense scale.

In fact, these criminal trading zones aren’t simply the biggest online black markets of the moment, but the biggest …

Even if DOGE doesn’t survive another year, or until the US semiquincentennial—its original expiration date, per the executive order establishing it—the organization’s larger project will continue.

“I do think it has altered the norms about where legislative power ends and where executive power begins simply by ignoring those norms,” says Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan.

expired: big balls tired:big balls wired: big balls Read more Expired/Tired/WIRED 2025 stories here.

“There has never been a unit of government that was handed so much power to fundamentally upend government agencies with so little oversight,” says Moynihan.

Under the Constitution, th…

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

On Tuesday, the Trump Administration followed through on a threat of retaliation targeting foreigners who are involved in content moderation. The State Department announced sanctions barring US access for former EU commissioner Thierry Breton, as well as four researchers, while issuing an intentionally chilling threat to others, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio claiming, "The […]

Apple is set to allow third-party app stores on iOS in Brazil next year after settling with the country's competition watchdog in a legal battle dating back to 2022, as reported by 9to5Mac. According to a machine translation of a press release from the Brazilian regulator CADE, it has approved a Term of Commitment to […]

If you’re in the market for a new Android smartphone — or on the hunt for a solid last-minute gift — Google’s Pixel 10 is a great place to look. We consider it the best Android phone you can buy, and right now, you can grab it at Amazon starting at $449 ($350 off) when […]

Samsung is breaking new ground with its 2026 lineup of gaming monitors, with the Odyssey 3D G90XH becoming the first to feature a 6K display with "glasses-free 3D." The new monitor comes with a 32-inch IPS panel, offering real-time eye-tracking that "adjusts depth and perspective" based on your position, along with a speedy 165Hz refresh […]

IO Interactive has delayed the release of 007 First Light, its upcoming James Bond origin story game, by two months. 007 First Light will now be released on May 27th, 2026. According to an announcement about the delay: 007 First Light is our most ambitious project to date, and the team has been fully focused […]

A federal judge blocked a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1st. In an order granting a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420), Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute "is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to […]

And just like that, Christmas is less than two days away, which is too soon for most items bought online to arrive in time. That said, you aren’t alone if you waited too long to start buying gifts this year, and you definitely aren’t alone in feeling guilty for considering digital gifts instead of something […]

The Justice Department has blamed its delayed release of some so-called Epstein files on needing more time to redact sensitive information, like details identifying the victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But at least some of the redactions so far released appear to mistakenly disclose information meant to be obscured from the public. A […]

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Lowpass is taking a winter break and will be back on January 8, 2026. All I want for Christmas is to find that darn movie I've been meaning to watch. […]

A group of tech companies and academic institutions spent tens of thousands of dollars in the past month - likely between $17,000 and $25,000 - on an ad campaign against New York's landmark AI safety bill, which may have reached more than two million people, according to Meta's Ad Library. The landmark bill is called […]

The livestreams connected to more than 60 of Flock's AI-powered surveillance cameras were left available to view on the web, allowing someone to see live feeds of each location without needing a username or password, according to findings from tech YouTuber Benn Jordan and 404 Media. Flock is a technology company that works with thousands […]

Belkin's Stage PowerGrip has shown me that I should be asking more from a wireless magnetic power bank than just boosting battery life while it hangs off the back of my phone. Its clever design adds layers of extra functionality, and the inclusion of a retractable two-way charging cable expands the number of devices you […]

In case you’ve waited until the very last minute to buy Christmas gifts, and there’s a Switch 2 on your shopping list, you’ve really lucked out here. Not only is Nintendo’s powerful handheld readily available online and in stores, it’s still $50 off for the best console bundle you can buy. The set that includes […]

Last Samurai Standing begins with a familiar premise. Desperate samurai dispossessed by the restoration of the emperor enter into a deadly game for a life-changing cash prize - all for the entertainment of anonymous elites. Unlike its inspirations Battle Royale and Squid Game, however, Last Samurai Standing's violence is chaotic, fast-paced, and kinetic, though it […]

While Silicon Valley debates whether artificial intelligence has become an overinflated bubble, Salesforce's enterprise AI platform quietly added 6,000 new customers in a single quarter — a 48% increase that executives say demonstrates a widening gap between speculative AI hype and deployed enterprise solutions generating measurable returns.Agentforce, the company's autonomous AI agent platform, now serves 18,500 enterprise customers, up from 12,500 the prior quarter. Those customers collectively run more than three billion automated workflows monthly and have pushed Salesforce's agentic product revenue past $540 million in annual recurring revenue, according to figures the company shared w…

Presented by EdgeVerveArtificial intelligence (AI) has long promised to change the way enterprises operate. For years, the focus was on assistants, systems that could surface information, summarize documents, or streamline repetitive tasks. While valuable, these technological assistants were reactive: they waited for human prompts and provided limited support within narrow boundaries.Today, a new chapter is unfolding. Agentic AI, whose systems are capable of autonomous decision-making and multi-step orchestration, represents a significant evolution. These systems don’t just assist, they act. They evaluate context, weigh outcomes and autonomously initiate actions, orchestrating complex workf…

João Freitas is GM and VP of engineering for AI and automation at PagerDutyAs AI use continues to evolve in large organizations, leaders are increasingly seeking the next development that will yield major ROI. The latest wave of this ongoing trend is the adoption of AI agents. However, as with any new technology, organizations must ensure they adopt AI agents in a responsible way that allows them to facilitate both speed and security. More than half of organizations have already deployed AI agents to some extent, with more expecting to follow suit in the next two years. But many early adopters are now reevaluating their approach. Four-in-10 tech leaders regret not establishing a stronger go…

Tony Stoyanov is CTO and co-founder of EliseAIIn the 2010s, tech companies chased staff-level specialists: Backend engineers, data scientists, system architects. That model worked when technology evolved slowly. Specialists knew their craft, could deliver quickly and built careers on predictable foundations like cloud infrastructure or the latest JS frameworkThen AI went mainstream.The pace of change has exploded. New technologies appear and mature in less than a year. You can’t hire someone who has been building AI agents for five years, as the technology hasn’t existed for that long. The people thriving today aren’t those with the longest résumés; they’re the ones who learn fast, adapt fa…

While Gemini 3 is still making waves, Google's not taking the foot off the gas in terms of releasing new models.Yesterday, the company released FunctionGemma, a specialized 270-million parameter AI model designed to solve one of the most persistent bottlenecks in modern application development: reliability at the edge. Unlike general-purpose chatbots, FunctionGemma is engineered for a single, critical utility—translating natural language user commands into structured code that apps and devices can actually execute, all without connecting to the cloud.The release marks a significant strategic pivot for Google DeepMind and the Google AI Developers team. While the industry continues to chase t…

2025 was supposed to be the year of the AI agent, right? Not quite, acknowledge Google Cloud and Replit — two big players in the AI agent space and partners in the "vibe coding" movement — at a recent VB Impact Series event.Even as they build out agentic tools themselves, leaders from the two companies say the capabilities aren’t quite there yet. This constrained reality comes down to struggles with legacy workflows, fragmented data, and immature governance models. Also, enterprises fundamentally misunderstand that agents aren’t like other technologies: They require a fundamental rethink and reworking of workflows and processes. When enterprises are building agents to automate work, “most o…

Building an enterprise AI company on a "foundation of shifting sand" is the central challenge for founders today, according to the leadership at Palona AI. Today, the Palo Alto-based startup—led by former Google and Meta engineering veterans—is making a decisive vertical push into the restaurant and hospitality space with today's launch of Palona Vision and Palona Workflow. The new offerings transform the company’s multimodal agent suite into a real-time operating system for restaurant operations — spanning cameras, calls, conversations, and coordinated task execution.The news marks a strategic pivot from the company’s debut in early 2025, when it first emerged with $10 million in seed fund…

Anthropic said on Wednesday it would release its Agent Skills technology as an open standard, a strategic bet that sharing its approach to making AI assistants more capable will cement the company's position in the fast-evolving enterprise software market.The San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company also unveiled organization-wide management tools for enterprise customers and a directory of partner-built skills from companies including Atlassian, Figma, Canva, Stripe, Notion, and Zapier.The moves mark a significant expansion of a technology Anthropic first introduced in October, transforming what began as a niche developer feature into infrastructure that now appears poised to be…

OpenAI has begun accepting submissions from third-party developers for their apps to be accessible directly in ChatGPT, and has launched a new App Directory (don't call it a "store"!) that can be opened from the ChatGPT sidebar and at the URL chatgpt.com/apps.This means the 800 million+ users of OpenAI's hit chatbot can search for, discover and begin using newly approved third-party apps immediately. Once installed, apps can be triggered during conversations by mentioning them by name (using @) or selecting them from the tools menu.The third-party app submission process officially went live last night, December 17, as OpenAI announced in a blog post and on its developer account on X, though…

With the recent release of GPT 5.2, OpenAI updated other related models, including its popular coding model Codex, bringing more agentic use cases to its fold. GPT-5.2-Codex, which OpenAI called in a blog post “the most advanced agentic coding model yet for complex, real-world software engineer,” has been optimized for long-horizon work with agents and will have stronger cybersecurity capabilities. The model is an offshoot of GPT-5.2, optimized for agentic building. “GPT‑5.2-Codex represents a step forward in how advanced AI can support real-world software engineering and specialized domains like cybersecurity—helping developers and defenders tackle complex, long-horizon work, and strengthe…

Enterprises can now harness the power of a large language model that's near that of the state-of-the-art Google’s Gemini 3 Pro, but at a fraction of the cost and with increased speed, thanks to the newly released Gemini 3 Flash.The model joins the flagship Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3 Deep Think, and Gemini Agent, all of which were announced and released last month.Gemini 3 Flash, now available on Gemini Enterprise, Google Antigravity, Gemini CLI, AI Studio, and on preview in Vertex AI, processes information in near real-time and helps build quick, responsive agentic applications. The company said in a blog post that Gemini 3 Flash “builds on the model series that developers and enterprises alrea…

When Derek Waldron and his technical team at JPMorgan Chase first launched an LLM suite with personal assistants two-and-a-half years ago, they weren’t sure what to expect. That wasn’t long after the game-changing emergence of ChatGPT, but in enterprise, skepticism was still high. Surprisingly, employees opted into the internal platform organically — and quickly. Within months, usage jumped from zero to 250,000 employees. Now, more than 60% of employees across sales, finance, technology, operations, and other departments use the continually evolving, continually connected suite.“We were surprised by just how viral it was,” Waldron, JPMorgan’s chief analytics officer, explains in a new VB Be…

Patronus AI, the artificial intelligence evaluation startup backed by $20 million from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Datadog, unveiled a new training architecture Tuesday that it says represents a fundamental shift in how AI agents learn to perform complex tasks.The technology, which the company calls "Generative Simulators," creates adaptive simulation environments that continuously generate new challenges, update rules dynamically, and evaluate an agent's performance as it learns — all in real time. The approach marks a departure from the static benchmarks that have long served as the industry standard for measuring AI capabilities but have increasingly come under fi…

Mistral AI, the French artificial intelligence company valued at €11.7 billion, unveiled its third-generation optical character recognition model on Tuesday, positioning document digitization as the critical first step enterprises must take before realizing the full potential of generative AI.The new model, called Mistral OCR 3, claims a 74% win rate against competing products when processing forms, scanned documents, complex tables, and handwritten content. Mistral priced the technology aggressively at $2 per 1,000 pages — with a 50% discount for batch processing — dramatically undercutting many established enterprise document processing solutions.The release arrives at a pivotal moment fo…

Presented by T-Mobile for BusinessSmall and mid-sized businesses are adopting AI at a pace that would have seemed unrealistic even a few years ago. Smart assistants that greet customers, predictive tools that flag inventory shortages before they happen, and on-site analytics that help staff make decisions faster — these used to be features of the enterprise. Now they’re being deployed in retail storefronts, regional medical clinics, branch offices, and remote operations hubs.What’s changed is not just the AI itself, but where it runs. Increasingly, AI workloads are being pushed out of centralized data centers and into the real world — into the places where employees work and customers inter…

ZDNET's key takeawaysSamsung has introduced five new monitors, including the Odyssey 3D.

Another notable model is the Odyssey G6, a Quad HD monitor with a refresh rate of up to 1,040Hz.

The series comprises five models slated for release next year, with the 32-inch Odyssey 3D leading the charge as the "world's first 6K glasses-free 3D gaming monitor."

Samsung's Odyssey 3D aims to take immersive gaming to a whole new dimension.

It's unclear whether these updates will arrive alongside the Odyssey 3D or sometime within its broader release window.

ZDNET's key takeawaysFresh is a new take on the simple text editor.

I've been a regular user of the nano text editor since its release.

A text-based editor with GUI-like optionsThe tagline for Fresh is, "A terminal text editor you can just use," and that's spot on.

And that's kind of the point of Fresh -- to make using a text editor on Linux simpler and more efficient.

You'll find the installers on the Fresh download page, but you have to expand the listing to view the .deb files.

ZDNET's key takeawaysThe Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) released Bluetooth 6.0 in Sept. 2024.

Although newly released smartphones have adopted the new wireless standard, headphones and earbuds have not yet caught up.

Hopefully, this improvement will be most noticeable to people who like Bluetooth multipoint, a feature that allows one Bluetooth device to save multiple connections and switch between them.

Bluetooth 6 features Decision-Based Advertising Filtering and Monitoring Advertisers, which improve interoperability and enable faster reconnections to previously paired Bluetooth devices.

Earlier this year, Google expanded Bluetooth Auracast support to more smartphones, headphones, …

While the ban will affect any new products, existing products remain on sale.

OK, if you're a drone operator in the US, then you've likely seen the headlines about the "DJI drone ban" that kicks in today.

However, and this is where it gets confusing, the US government could push the FCC to revoke the certification for existing products; products already on store shelves could be banned from sale.

Does the US government have a reason to be wary of foreign drones?

Also: My favorite DJI drone just hit an all-time low price on Amazon - and it's travel-friendlyWhat does the future hold for DJI and drones in general?

AI security will be a game of cat and mouse for a long time.

OpenAI is automating the process of testing ChatGPT Atlas, its agentic web browser, for vulnerabilities that could harm users.

The 'LLM-based automated attacker'Like other agentic web browsers, agent mode in Atlas is designed to perform complex, multistep tasks on behalf of users.

Prompt injection attacks exploit the very qualities that make agents useful.

Hoping to shore up Atlas' defenses, OpenAI built what it describes as "an LLM-based automated attacker" -- a model that continuously experiments with novel prompt injection techniques.

It redesigned the Galaxy Z Fold 7 to become the lightest book-style folding phone of the year, and announced an all-new two-hinge-equipped Galaxy Z TriFold.

A new report claims that Samsung is developing a wide-screen Galaxy Fold, which will differ from all existing Galaxy foldable phones.

Max Buondonno/ZDNETThe upcoming wide-screen Galaxy Fold is said to have a 7.6-inch OLED screen on the inside, which is 0.4 inches less than the Fold 7.

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNETThis reminds me of the new Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold -- a 10-inch wide-screen tablet that fits inside your pocket!

However, the reported wide-screen Galaxy Fold will undoubtedly be slimmer (it'll fold only once) and more pocketable.

Boox Palma 2 Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The Boox Palma 2 Pro is available now for $399.

Extensive notetakers might find the screen too small, and the color display needs proper lighting to come alive.

The 6.13-inch backlit Kaleido 3 color display features a subdued, natural palette that's intended to resemble a newspaper or print magazine, and is highly customizable with a range of preset refresh modes and color options.

That said, the display on the Palma 2 Pro certainly looks good, with vivid (for an E Ink tablet) color tones and a realistic, paper-like level of saturation.

ZDNET's buying adviceThe Boox Palma 2 Pro is a premium, expressly portable e-reader that offers users free rein to al…

Ahead of CES 2026, the company has unveiled two new projector models with specs we've never seen before.

The tech big box store reduced its footprint from 1,500 US stores in 2010 to around 1,200 in 2025, according to Statista.

The truth is, going out to a crowded department store to buy something that could easily be sent to your house isn't fun.

Tm:rw is a tech store that opened earlier this year.

Unlike its competitors, it isn't trying to sell hundreds of TVs or every small, cheap, disposable gadget under the sun.

To accomplish this, merchandise isn't hidden behind boxes.

Global corporate AI investment reached $252.3 billion in 2024, and US private AI investment hit $109.1 billion, according to Stanford data -- it's safe to assume those numbers will only continue to grow.

AI agents2025 was touted by many as the year of AI agents.

For example, one of the most buzzworthy topics related to AI agents is AI for commerce.

In their simplest use case, AI agents can help users select the product they need and add items to their cart.

TimelineWhile a lot of AI delivery predictions for 2026 seem to rely on AI agents, it is worth hedging expectations, as the change won't happen overnight or be seamless.

As the world's largest tech conference, the show starts the year with companies showcasing their latest innovations on a global stage.

While we saw an uptick in AI wearables at last year's event, we are likely to see even more this year -- and that trend could be a positive.

Also: The 9 tech gadgets I couldn't live without in 2025 (and most are travel-friendly)You would expect Samsung to reveal the device during a major event, such as MWC, Samsung Unpacked, or CES.

TVs, TVs, and TVsKerry Wan/ZDNETSince CES is all about showcasing the flashiest tech, what better way to deliver that approach than with TVs?

At CES, you see TVs that spin, stick to walls, and even span a whopping 116 inches, lik…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETI've been a Pixel phone devotee since the beginning, and one of my favorite features is the call-screening capability that debuted with the Pixel 3 in 2018.

I don't remember the last time I answered an unnecessary call, and I can't imagine switching to a phone without it.

Hold for meI don't use this feature often, but it's one of the most helpful things my flagship phone can do.

Designed as an accessibility feature, Live Captions turns what a caller is saying into text on your screen.

If you choose the auto option, your phone will ask who's calling and why, and show the response to you.

Following the recent transaction, TNW Spaces remains with the Financial Times, while we continue the mission of the website, the events, and the global community.

We already have a dedicated team at tekpon operating the platform, events, and community initiatives.

TNW is already a global media platform with millions of readers.

What TNW will become in the next stageOur mission is to build the most trusted European tech media platform with global reach, focused on practical innovation, responsible scaling, and transparency.

At TNW, we will use AI to accelerate research, enable personalized intelligence, reduce noise and bias, and amplify high-quality human expertise.

Every AI dollar will need a traceable path to productivity, quality, or customer value.

The real productivity question for 2026Most organisations still frame AI productivity in terms of speed: more story points, more tickets, higher deployment frequency.

That misses the bigger question:How much of our engineering capacity goes to net new value versus maintenance, incidents, and rework, and is AI improving that mix?

Instead:Reserve recurring time specifically for quality work: refactoring, test coverage, documentation, security improvementsKeep a visible, prioritised list of high-interest technical debt and refactor targets.

Block time for them, and support teams in using AI to go faster on …

In other words, I’ve always cared about the why behind the tech, the real impact on people’s lives, not just the buzz.

Here’s the good news: despite the deluge of AI-written text out there, readers are actively looking for authentic, human journalism.

I believe, and I suspect many of you do too, that the best tech journalism zooms out from the gadgets and code to highlight those human stories.

That’s my vision for TNW as I step into this role, and I hope it resonates with you.

Here’s to the road ahead, to storytelling, to journalism (the real kind), and to making sense of the future together.

When OpenAI announced its new shopping search capabilities, I took the news with a grain of salt (perhaps the whole shaker).

It mirrored the “keyword search” experience of Web 2.0 rather than the “intent-based” promise of GenAI.

However, there is a risk in prioritizing transactional features before the core product, reasoning and logic, is fully matured.

By introducing a shopping experience that feels closer to a “click-through” engine than a “knowledge” engine, the platform risks blurring its own identity.

A truly Generative AI shopping experience shouldn’t just list products; it should understand the user.

Tekpon has acquired 100% of the TNW media and events brands, which cover and convene the European technology ecosystem, from the FT.

It broadens the company’s reach across SaaS and AI and strengthens its role in the global innovation landscape.

TNW’s brand and editorial standards will be maintained, while its events and digital platforms will be integrated into Tekpon’s wider strategy.

This acquisition accelerates our mission to connect the global SaaS and AI ecosystem and supports Europe’s position in the next decade of innovation.

The acquisition is part of Tekpon’s long-term plan to build an international ecosystem connecting software, media, events, advisory, and innovation.

He told me it was refreshing to speak to an entrepreneur who was not blinded by his own pitch.

When we raised money for another startup a few years later, almost all of them signed up in our first round.

However, when the business struggled, I also felt very comfortable with the company ending graciously.

When you’re reading a good book, there’s a moment near the end when you’ll start reading slower because you don’t want it to end.

So, this is the ending of a great story that I’ve enjoyed participating in.

Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions.

A Danish robotic solutionAt the Danish Technological Institute, researchers are building an AI-driven robotic system that could help tackle e-waste while scaling, modernising, and empowering the tech refurbishment industry.

However, companies are slowly waking up to the potential of e-waste robotic recycling.

Ultimately, they want to build a ready-for-production robotic system that supports local Danish tech refurbishment businesses.

His optimism makes sense: robotics is set to reshape the future of e-waste management and reuse.

This week, Dainius Kavoliūnas, head of no-code platform Hostinger Horizons, shares his tips on vibe coding.

Vibe coding has become an indispensable tool, especially for entrepreneurial thinkers building apps and platforms for solving everyday problems, streamlining business processes, or enhancing digital experiences.

Vibe coding is fast, intuitive and opens up a new realm of possibilities where code isn’t just functional, but expressive — bridging the gap between people’s ideas and machine abilities.

Based on insights from the Hostinger Horizons team and users, here are five practical ways to prompt AI more effectively.

For people like Prashant, vibe coding is breaking down barriers, enabl…

There are also genuine competitive advantages available to European green battery startups: proximity to end users, a deep understanding of regulatory requirements, and the ability to move quickly on specialised applications.

These are our tips for developing a scalable green battery business.

Data centres represent another market where European companies may have an advantage.

The goal isn’t to replace Asian suppliers entirely, but to build resilient companies that can work alongside Asian giants, rather than compete directly on their terms.

Market projections suggest European companies could capture 25-30% of the specialised industrial battery market by 2030 through technological differen…

From commercial devices and services to government systems and research projects, open source powers the internet and countless platforms we rely on daily.

Despite this importance, the budget proposal does not include specific funding for open source.

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.

By contrast, Europe’s open source approach offers a pluralistic and collaborative alternative that emphasises transparency, interoperability, and public value, and investing in the global open source ecosystem it depends on is in line with these values.

Creating an EU Sovereign Tech Fund, alongside other earmarke…

Europe’s AI startups are losing ground to the US — and their own investors are to blame.

Only 5% of global venture capital is raised in the EU, according to the European Commission.

Even when funding is available, Europe’s venture capital firms are slow and cautious.

However, American funds backing European startups operate under the same regulatory frameworks, yet their capital keeps flowing freely.

European venture deals often crawl at a bureaucrat’s pace.

Investors, eager to avoid missing out on the next big thing, were quick to back almost any startup that mentioned AI in their pitch deck.

As the CEO of Gradient Labs — an AI customer service platform for highly-regulated industries — I’ve seen investors grow wary of AI-washing: the practice of exaggerating a company’s AI use or capabilities.

Gartner predicts 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by 2027, while MIT research shows 95% of pilot projects fail.

For my co-founders and me, it was never about building an AI startup just because it was lucrative.

As a result, we didn’t need to rely on flashy marketing spiel or inflated promises to get the attention of VCs.

Ukrainian defence tech is tested directly on the battlefield, under the most challenging conditions.

The need to counter large-scale Russian aggression has sparked a technological boom in the defence tech sphere.

Over 30 countries have already expressed interest in Ukrainian defence innovations, signalling strong export potential for homegrown technologies.

The sector’s profit margin is 25%, the highest globally — compared with 17% in NATO countries and 15% in the EU — underscoring the economic attractiveness of Ukrainian defence tech.

Ukraine’s rapid rise as a global defence tech powerhouse is not happening in isolation.

This week, global traction strategist Nina Aziz Justin — founder of The Resilience Mentor — shares her approach to building resilience.

While execution metrics are essential for traction and scale, resilience isn’t just a soft skill.

Most compelling of all is the 2024 Founder Resilience Research Report.

It reminds us that resilience isn’t just a feel-good factor — it’s a proven, practical lever for startup success.

A more balanced lens: metrics + resilience = real tractionWe’re seeing a shift — a new generation of investors and advisors are beginning to assess both execution metrics and human metrics.

Left unchecked, Europe’s narrow focus on AI investment will come at the health of half its population.

But the surge in AI funding coinciding with a plunge in femtech investment highlights serious issues with capital allocation.

This is far from an anti-AI argument — plenty of us femtech companies are building genuinely useful AI applications for women’s health.

The goal isn’t to slow AI investment, but to ensure femtech gets its fair share of capital allocation.

Femtech isn’t another bubble waiting to burst — women’s health needs don’t disappear when VCs jump aboard the next hype train.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.

The action you just performed triggered the security solution.

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

Over the years, Apple TV has built up a surprisingly strong catalog for music lovers.

As a fan of The Velvet Underground, this is easily one of my favorite documentaries to date, on or off Apple TV.

But if that’s your jam, Apple TV has its own music battle competition, starring Psy and Megan Thee Stallion, and hosted by actress Soojeong Son.

Watch KPOPPED on Apple TVApple TV is available for $12.99 per month and features hit TV shows and movies like Severance, The Studio, The Morning Show, Shrinking and Silo.

Do you have a favorite music-related movie, series, or documentary on Apple TV?

The decision comes just a few days before the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) was set to take effect.

In a nutshell, the law would make Apple accountable for age verification on the App Store, a responsibility that Apple has been seeking to avoid.

Today, as reported by The Verge, Federal Judge Robert Pitman granted a preliminary injunction on SB 2420, stating that despite recognizing ”the importance of ongoing efforts to better safeguard children when they are on their devices,” SB 2420 “is more likely than not unconstitutional”.

As set out below, the Court finds a likelihood that, when considered on the merits, SB 2420 violates the First AmendmentDespite today’s injunction, SB…

Google One is running a “limited time” discount for 2026 where new subscribers can get 50% off 2 TB and AI Pro annual plans.

Google AI Pro will cost just $99.99 for your first year instead of $199.99.

This comes with 2 TB of storage, Google Home Premium Standard, and a small YouTube Premium add-on discount (14% off).

There’s also expanded model access in Google AI Mode, as well as the Gemini side panel in Google Workspace apps like Gmail, Drive, and Docs.

Developers get higher access in Google Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Gemini Code Assist, and Jules.

Here’s the latest release timing update for Ted Lasso season 4.

Ted Lasso season 4 officially kicked off filming this summer.

Timing could always change, but it sounds like mid-year 2026 is the current plan for Ted Lasso season 4’s arrival.

Are you excited to watch Ted Lasso season 4 when it premieres?

Apple TV is available for $12.99 per month and features hit TV shows and movies like Ted Lasso, Severance, Pluribus, and more.

Starting next year, Apple will allow app sideloading and external payment links for users in Brazil, following an antitrust settlement with local regulators.

Since then, the legal back-and-forth closely followed the script seen in other countries where Apple has faced similar antitrust scrutiny.

Days before those changes were set to take effect, CADE and Apple entered a new round of negotiations, temporarily suspending enforcement.

Under the settlement, Apple must allow alternative app distribution channels in Brazil, allow developers to link to external payment options, and allow third-party payment methods to be offered alongside Apple’s in-app purchase system.

In a statement provided to …

Apple TVNot the Apple TV device, not the Apple TV app, but rather the Apple TV subscription service.

With wide recognition in both entertainment awards and pop culture in general, Apple TV had its best year yet.

The overall state of Apple’s hardware designI do understand the irony of having this item come right after clocking the iPhone Air as lackluster.

But I also just said that it doesn’t look like the problem with the iPhone Air was its design.

Apple Vision ProThis device also falls squarely under the “it’s a shame” category, alongside the iPhone Air.

Three months ago, I chose the iPhone Air over the iPhone 17 Pro.

But despite my overall satisfaction with iPhone Air, over the last few weeks the iPhone 17 Pro has become more tempting for me.

That’s for two main reasons:Minor iPhone Air issues Life circumstance changesCamera issues I likely wouldn’t encounter on iPhone 17 ProLet’s start with the issues I’ve experienced with iPhone Air.

Reconsidering the iPhone 17 ProThese camera issues alone aren’t enough reason to consider swapping my iPhone Air for an iPhone 17 Pro.

Are you an iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone Air user?

Apple has announced a new limited-time Apple Pay promotion.

The company says you can save 20% on online orders from Adidas when you check out with Apple Pay.

Apple announced the promotion in an email to Apple Pay users today.

You just need to enter the promo code APPLEPAY at checkout and use Apple Pay as your payment method:Get 20% off your online purchase at adidas before the end of the holiday season with Apple Pay.

It’s the latest in a recent string of Apple Pay promotional offers for the holiday season.

Apple TV had its biggest year ever in 2025, but there’s a stacked lineup of new and returning shows premiering in early 2026.

Here are the top 10 Apple TV shows coming soon.

You can watch Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ first season here on Apple TV.

Which upcoming Apple TV shows are you most looking forward to?

Apple TV is available for $12.99 per month and features hit TV shows and movies like Ted Lasso, Severance, Pluribus, and more.

This close to Christmas, after basically months of incredible deals on Apple gear, I didn’t expect to be telling folks we have one of the best deals of the year on an M4 MacBook Air today.

The most affordable 24GB M4 MacBook Air is headlining today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break at $300 off the list price to undercut all of the best Black Friday deals that surfaced this year.

Most affordable 24GB M4 MacBook Air now $300 off (Undercuts Black Friday)Just when it looked like all the holiday deals were cooked, B&H just pulled one of the M4 MacBook Air deals of the year out of the oven.

B&H is now offering Apple’s 13-inch M4 MacBook Airwith 24GB of RAM and the 256GB SSD down at $899 shipped.

I might arg…

iOS 26 launched in the fall, but with 26.1 and 26.2 updates it added more tools for customizing the new Liquid Glass design.

And now that a new wave of users is upgrading to iOS 26 for the first time, here’s an overview of two ways to personalize your iPhone’s Liquid Glass style.

#1: Choose your preferred Liquid Glass lookLiquid Glass comes in two main versions in iOS 26:ClearTintedYou can find and compare the two options inside Settings ⇾ Display & Brightness ⇾ Liquid Glass.

And in iOS 26, you can customize the look of the Lock Screen clock with Liquid Glass.

What are your preferred Liquid Glass options in iOS 26?

iOS 26.2 is available now, and it’s packed with a bunch of new features.

Here’s everything new across six Apple apps in iOS 26.2.

And iOS 26.2 adds a new feature I’ve been wanting for years.

iOS 26.2 brings several design changes that surface previously buried features so they are much more prominent.

Which new iOS 26.2 features are you most excited about?

Next year’s iPhone 18 lineup will bring a brand new foldable option, but the most popular models will no doubt be the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

And the A20 Pro chip for iPhone 18 Pro is expected to be an especially big leap forward.

The C1 modem debuted in iPhone 16e, then C1X arrived in iPhone Air, and now a C2 modem is expected for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

iPhone 18 Pro features: wrap-upThere’s a lot we already know about the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, but there are likely plenty of details not yet reported on.

Fall 2026 is still far away, so we should get a better idea of new iPhone 18 Pro features as the launch draws closer.

The Lowfree Flow84 is the latest episode in my on-again, off-again love affair with mechanical keyboards.

I describe it as the mechanical keyboard Apple would make for a mix of good and bad reasons, but we’ll get to that!

Mechanical keyboard fans prefer the larger physical movement, as well as the absolute tactile and audible feedback that a keypress has registered.

LookThis is the first reason I say it’s the mechanical keyboard Apple would make today: it’s an absolutely beautiful, minimalist design.

But I can’t: for some inexplicable reason, the white keyboard comes with Ghost switches, the black keyboard comes with Phantom switches, and that’s it.

Benjamin and Chance reflect on another year in Apple news.

And in Happy Hour Plus, the pair check in on who won their annual prediction picks.

HostsChance MillerBenjamin MayoSubscribe, Rate, and Review9to5Mac Happy Hour PlusSubscribe to 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus!

Support Benjamin and Chance directly with Happy Hour Plus!

9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus includes:Ad-free versions of every episodePre- and post-show contentBonus episodesJoin for $5 per month or $50 a year at 9to5mac.com/join.

Anthropic собираются купить разработчика Bun, наверное лучшей инфраструктуры для разработки на JavaScript/TypeScript. Речь идет о нескольких сотнях миллионов долларов, и это не много - по примерной оценке Claude Code уже сейчас приносит Антропикам не менее миллиарда в год. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-advanced-talks-buy-developer-tool-startup-first-acquisition

Лежит Cloudflare и пачка других сервисов https://www.the-independent.com/tech/cloudflare-down-twitter-not-working-outage-b2867367.html

Пользовались Replicate для рантайма ваших (или чужих) нейронок? Теперь это Cloudflare! Покупка очень разумная, интересно как изменятся цены и вообще предложение компании со временем. Раньше цены были не блестящими, однако с учетом удобства даже я несколько раз пользовался. https://blog.cloudflare.com/replicate-joins-cloudflare/

Синоптики в США все больше доверяют модели прогнозирования погоды от Deep Mind, а не своим старым привычным моделям. Вообще рынок прогнозов погоды огромный, и уже больше 10 лет все ждут пока новые модели (на базе обьемных вычислений, нейронок и тп) научатся гарантированно превосходить старые. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/16/google-deepmind-hurricane-forecast

У робо-такси Waymo новая серьезная проблема: задавили кошку. Как вы понимаете, в городах вроде Сан-Франциско это совсем не смешно для компании. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/waymo-san-francisco-kit-kat.html

Лидеры прошлой ИИ-революции побежали делать новые компании и собираются развивать World Models. Причем чем дальше тем больше. Стартовала все Fei-Fei Li, она активно начала пушить эту тему еще 5 лет назад, а теперь вот то же самое твердит Ян ЛиКун.Удивительное дело. Исследователи уходят из корпораций и получают венчурные инвестиции за то, чтобы попробовать то, что остается научным экспериментом. Вот это то, что действительно революционизировал OpenAI - показал что просто технология теперь снова стоит очень, очень немало https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/metas-chief-ai-scientist-yann-lecun-depart-and-launch-ai-start-focused-world-models

OpenAI показала Aardvark — агент на базе Codex для автономного исследования проблем в безопасности. Буквально будет исследовать код, находить дырки и их показывать в коде. Любопытное решение, но далеко от полноты, тем более, что это приватная бета.https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-unveils-aardvark-a-gpt-5-powered-agent-for-autonomous-cybersecurity-research/

Cursor запускает Cursor 2.0, свою первую модель для кодирования Composer, которая, по словам компании, в 4 раза быстрее аналогичных моделей. Я бы не верил особо, отзывы от тех, кто успел посмотреть, пока сомнительные.https://cursor.com/blog/2-0

Grammarly все. В смысле, переименовывается в Superhuman после приобретения Superhuman Mail в июне 2024 года. Стоит заметить, что дела у компании не очень — сейчас для бОльшей части задач достаточно чатгпт.https://www.theverge.com/news/808472/grammarly-superhuman-ai-rebrand-relaunch

Документы, патенты и тендеры показывают, что китайские военные интегрируют нейронки DeepSeek и Qwen в оружие, например в беспилотники с искусственным интеллектом. Ну и конечно они продолжают использовать чипы Nvidia. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/robot-dogs-ai-drone-swarms-how-china-could-use-deepseek-an-era-war-2025-10-27/

OpenAI купили разработчика Sky.app — небольшого приложения, которое улучшало использование ИИ на десктопе. Приложение по видео было неплохим, но есть один вопрос — кажется, навайбкодить такое приложение с помощью OpenAI было делом нескольких часов 🙂https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-software-applications-incorporated/

Вообще Snap (который снапчат) - довольно успешная компания. Но вот история с очками, которые уже который год производятся в убыток - тянет компанию назад довольно существенно. Эван нашел решение - AR-подразделение поднимает инвестиции, отдельно от основной компании. Похоже что инвесторами станет фонд Саудовской Аравии. https://sources.news/p/snap-eyes-1-billion-fundraise-for

Первая в мире камера, в которой есть алгоритмическая система подтверждения, что это именно фото, данные в нем неизменны и получены с датчика фото. Подтверждение построено на базе ZK и покрывает не только пиксели, но и метадату.В некоторых фотоаппаратах такое уже пробовали делать, но очень уж примитивно, а тут все по серьезному. Вот к чему приводит развитие нейросетей — теперь нам нужны камеры с аппаратным подтверждением подлинности. Красиво, ничего не скажешь. Правда, непонятно, кто мешает вскрыть камеру, нанести на ее сенсор нужные пиксели и зафиксировать кадр ...https://roc.camera

Я большой фанат и все еще верю, что Cloud Gaming (это когда играешь ты на серверах, а у тебя только тонкий клиент) - это большое будущее. И похоже Amazon тоже так считает - они перезапускают Luna, свой игровой сервис. Добавили многопользовательские игры что важно, и теперь для пользователей Prime сервис доступен без дополнительной платы https://www.engadget.com/gaming/amazons-revamped-luna-streaming-service-is-available-now-130000613.html

OpenAI запустили браузер Atlas. Умеет отвечать на вопросы по странице, но и Агентский режим тоже есть — это когда браузер используется как агент и буквально сам ходит по страницам. На демо показали, как он сам ходит в онлайн-магазин и выполняет запрос "найди рецепт пирога и закажи все необходимое для него". Впечатляет, да.https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/openai-atlas-new-ai-web-browser-release-date

If you have, you can contact @rozetked right away.

If you have, you can contact @rozetked right away.

Кто же он — лучший бюджетник 2025 года? На этот вопрос ответите вы в опросе следующим постом. Десятка претендентов: rozetked.me/articles/42977 #итоги2025@rozetked

If you have, you can contact @rozetked right away.

If you have, you can contact @rozetked right away.

WhatsApp обвинила российские власти в попытках нарушения прав граждан на частную перепискуМессенджер выпустил заявление, в котором сообщил, что, блокируя WhatsApp, государство навязывает гражданам менее защищённые приложения, что снижает безопасность переписки.Компания отметила, что более 100 миллионов человек в России используют мессенджер: в семьях, домовых и рабочих чатах.rozetked.me/news/43490

If you have, you can contact @rozetked right away.

BMW запатентовала винты в виде логотипа компанииДва квадранта из логотипа утоплены внутрь, а два — находятся на поверхности винта. Вероятно, это сделано для того, чтобы осложнить самостоятельный ремонт без участия дилеров, потому что в обиходе отвёрток и ключей с таким крепежом не существует. Пока их не склепали умельцы из Китая, конечно.rozetked.me/news/43488

В России введут единый ID пользователей интернета — его привяжут к номеру телефонаВ Минцифры заявили, что эта мера предназначена для более точного измерения аудитории сайтов и популярности контента вроде фильмов и сериалов. Сейчас статистика значительно искажена из-за того, что один и тот же человек может заходить на сайты с разных устройств.Ведомство заверило, что все данные будут обезличиваться и шифроваться.rozetked.me/news/43487

If you have, you can contact @rozetked right away.

FT: BBC может запустить рекламу и платные подписки из-за пересмотра системы финансирования– Власти UK хотят преобразовать систему финансирования BBC– Идеи: введение рекламы на каналах, платная подписка и др.– BBC и власти ведут переговоры про новый 10-летний контракт– Текущий контракт между BBC и властями UK истекает в 2027– Платную подписку могут ввести для старого контента BBC– Подписка также может охватить коммерческие программы– Доп. доход может быть от размещения контента на YouTube– Пока большая часть дохода идет от абонент. платы (£169,5/год)– BBC также зарабатывает на продаже телешоу на рынках вне UK– Коммерч. деятельность за 2024 принесла компании £2,2 млрд– От абонентской платы BB…

Bloomberg: Продажи игровых консолей в США в ноябре упали до минимума за последние два десятилетия– Расходы на игровые консоли в США за ноябрь упали на 27%– Показатель стал худшим для ноября за последние 20 лет– Цены достигли рекордно высокого уровня из-за пошлин и др.– Потребители потратили на игровые консоли $695 млн– Это самый низкий показатель за ключевой месяц с 2005– Nintendo уступила лидерство PS5 с июньского выхода Switch 2– Цены на свои консоли повысили Nintendo, Microsoft и Sony– Сред. цена на игровые консоли выросла на 11%, до $439– Последней проблемой стал резкий рост цены на чипы памяти@ftsec

Bloomberg: Amazon назначила нового директора по ИИ– Amazon реорганизует команды, которые работают над ИИ– Новую группу по ИИ будет возглавлять Питер ДеСантис– Об изменениях сотрудникам Amazon сообщил Энди Джасси– Группа объединит команды LLM, «мозгов» Alexa, чипов и др.– В группу также войдет отдел квантовых вычислений и др.– AWS является крупнейшим продавцом облачных мощностей– Однако AWS не сохраняет лидерство среди ИИ-разработчиков– На AWS влияет конкуренция от IT-гигантов и стартапов– ДеСантис был старшим VP по вычислительным ресурсам– На прошлой роли он курировал инженерные команды AWS– В своей новой роли ДеСантис будет подчиняться Джасси– Рохит Прасад, текущий глава AGI, покинет Amazo…

vc: Яндекс обновил «Браузер» – «Алиса AI» в нем умеет отвечать на вопросы по видео и документам– «Алиса AI» может анализировать открытые видео и документы– ИИ-ассистент может ответить на вопросы по их содержанию– Объяснять контекст или задавать сложный вопрос не требуется– ИИ-ассистент сам знает, что именно находится на странице– Можно задать вопрос по ингредиентам из видео с рецептами– ИИ может выписать нужные данные из объемного документа– «Алиса AI» оформит всю информацию в виде кратких тезисов– Для вопроса нужно нажать кнопку «Спросить «Алису AI»– Функция уже доступна тем, кто записывался в лист ожидания– В ближайшее время функцию откроют всем пользователям– Спросить можно по видео на V…

Grocery Dive: Amazon расширила сервис доставки скоропортящихся продуктов в тот же день до 2,3 тыс. городов США– Клиенты, совершающие такие покупки, делают их вдвое чаще– Изначально сервис был запущен всего для 6 городов США– Среди них: Лос-Анджелес, Чикаго, Майами, Нью-Йорк и др.– Теперь сервис стал доступен для 2,3 тыс. городов по стране– Среди новых: Бойс, Солт-Лейк-Сити, Омаха, Шугар-Ленд и др.– Самые популярные товары: бананы, авокадо, клубника и др.– Покупатели объединяют заказ продуктов и обычных товаров– Amazon расширил ассортимент свежих продуктов на 30%– Компания добавила популярные товары из Whole Foods Market– Amazon отмечает высокий темп развития Amazon Grocery– Бренд Amazon Gro…

CNBC: Инвестиции для подводных интернет-кабелей стремительно растут– По ним уже передают 95% междунар. данных и вызовов– Их используют для фин. операций, эл. почты и др.– Первый коммерческий кабель был проложен в 1850– IT-гиганты стали прокладывать кабели около 10 лет назад– Лидером по их производству и установке стала Alcatel– Инвестиции за 2025-2027 могут составить $13 млрд– Этот показатель будет вдвое больше, чем за 2022-2024– ИИ увеличивает потребность в подводной инфраструктуре– Подводные кабели необходимы для AWS, Google Cloud и др.– Google инвестировал уже в 30+ подводных кабелей@ftsec

WSJ: США запрещают ввоз новых дронов китайского производства– Власти США уже 10 лет пытаются запретить китайские дроны– Дроны используют госучреждения, компании, любители и др.– Теперь запрещен ввоз всех дронов, важных компонентов и др.– Запрещено также оборудование для связи и видеонаблюдения– Речь идет про дроны и оборудование от DJI и Autel Robotics– Для них были запрещены импорт, продажа и распространение– Решение пока не касается моделей, которые уже внутри США– При этом регулятор может расширить запрет задним числом– Дроны из зарубежных стран создают «неприемлемые риски»– DJI говорит, что независимые проверки подтвердили безопасность– Управлять дронами DJI можно без подключения к инте…

Ведомости: Яндекс объявил о покупке платформы для бизнеса Dikidi– Платформа автоматизирует процессы бизнесов из сферы услуг– Речь про онлайн-запись, управление расписанием и др.– Продуктом Dikidi уже пользуются около 120+ тыс. бизнесов– Сделка позволит предложить бизнесу эффективные решения– Среди них, например, продвижение, управление финансами и др.– Платформу масштабируют на базе инфраструктуры Яндекса– Клиенты получат новые сценарии поиска, в т.ч. с Алисой AI– После закрытия сделки Dikidi сохранит свой бренд и команду– Клиенты смогут пользоваться сервисом в привычном режиме– Объем рынка услуг с онлайн-записью к 2028 будет 4 трлн руб.@ftsec

CNBC: Стартап, поддерживаемый Альтманом и JPMorgan, стал партнером Amazon по кредитованию– Стартап Slope в сфере кредитования стал партнером Amazon– Продавцы смогут запросить капитал через Amazon Seller– Slope использует ИИ для проверки бизнеса продавцов и др.– Продавцы смогут получить возобновляемую кредит. линию– Инвесторами стартапа являются Альтман, JPMorgan и др.– Процентная ставка по кредитным линиям будет 8,99%/год– Продавцы должны работать 1+ год и получать $100+ тыс./год– Использовать кредит. линию можно по мере необходимости– Продавцы могут выбрать срок от трех месяцев до одного года– Финансовые условия партнерства Slope и Amazon неизвестны– Более 60% продаж на Amazon дают независ…