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Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial

Less than a week before Meta's lawyers were set to return to a Los Angeles courtroom, the plaintiff accusing the platform of inflicting harm dropped the case. Brought by 15-year-old Florida plaintiff going by initials R.K.C., the case was set to be the second in a set of bellwether trials meant to t...

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Tesla’s revenues are bouncing back after a dismal two years

After a dismal two years of weakening demand, falling sales, and damage to its brand by Elon Musk's political activities, Tesla's road to recovery continues apace. On the heels of an impressive delivery report, the company released its earnings for the second quarter of 2026 - giving us the latest g...

Andrew J. Hawkins 1 month ago

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Price-hiked iPads are a little cheaper right now

A number of Apple products got more expensive last month, so we’re happy to find deals wherever and whenever we can. If you’re searching for a high-end iPad, one of the more notable deals currently happening is on the 13-inch iPad Pro M5 with 512GB of storage. Normally $1,699, it’s $150 off at Amazo...

Brad Bourque 1 month ago

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iOS code could reportedly let Apple cut off apps when users miss iPhone payments

Code found in an iOS 27 beta would allow Apple to put a financed iPhone in "Restricted Mode" if it detects any missed payments, 9to5Mac reports. The finding follows a story from Bloomberg earlier this week claiming Apple is preparing to launch a new "Apple Upgrade" financing program for leasing new...

Stevie Bonifield 1 month ago

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Apple is reportedly testing a MacBook Neo with more RAM

Following the MacBook Neo's huge popularity so far, Apple is reportedly developing an updated version of its budget laptop with a new processor and more memory, and even has plans to refresh the model with new colors. Following a similar report from analyst Tim Culpan earlier this year, Bloomberg's...

Stevie Bonifield 1 month ago

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Here’s what Samsung’s smart glasses actually look like

Samsung has given us our first chance to check out its upcoming smart glasses in person, revealing two new designs and the first specs in the process, including an impressive 9-hour battery life. The glasses, developed in collaboration with Google and the eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Park...

Dominic Preston 1 month ago

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How the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 phones compare

Samsung's latest round of folding Galaxy Z phones and updated smartwatches were announced at its July 2026 Unpacked event and set to launch on August 7th. The Galaxy Z Flip 8, Fold 8, and Fold 8 Ultra don't seem geared toward people who bought last year's model; Aside from a few design updates and A...

Brad Bourque 1 month ago

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Preorders for Samsung’s new Z Fold and Flip 8 come with up to $350 in gift cards

Samsung's newest foldables are here. At Galaxy Unpacked, the company announced the Galaxy Z Flip 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8, and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. All three devices will be available on August 7th, but you can preorder them now starting at $1,199.99, $1,899.99, and $2,099.99, respectively. You probably...

Sheena Vasani 1 month ago

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Philips’ new smart toothbrush shows you where you didn’t properly brush

The latest addition to Philips' Sonicare line of smart electric toothbrushes could take the guesswork out of your brushing routine. The Next-Generation DiamondClean 9900 Prestige uses a third-generation AI model to provide real-time feedback on how you're brushing through a glowing ring on its base,...

Andrew Liszewski 1 month ago

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Microsoft is bringing original Xbox games to PC

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox backward compatibility efforts today by bringing original Xbox games to PC. An early preview release will see four classic Xbox games available on PC today, as part of a bigger effort to bring more Xbox console games to PC in the future. The first four games are Blinx...

Tom Warren 1 month ago

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AMD commits up to $5 billion to Anthropic

AMD says it's going to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, while helping to expand the AI company's computing power, according to an announcement on Wednesday. As part of the new partnership, Anthropic will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD's Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the chipmaker's new Helios r...

Emma Roth 1 month ago

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Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right

A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely. The Z Fold 8 is wider than any of Samsung's previous foldables, and shorter too, a size and shape somewhere between Samsung's traditional Flip and Fo...

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 bet big on battery

It's a year of refinement for the Galaxy Watch. With the new Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, which are being announced today, Samsung is more or less taking what people like about its watches and tweaking those elements to be better. The company has been doing this for the past few generati...

Victoria Song 1 month ago

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Samsung’s newest foldable finally feels Ultra

While we wait for Apple's rumored foldable iPhone, Samsung is polishing a design it already has on the market. I just spent three hours with my hands on the new Z Fold 8 Ultra, and all I can think about is how Samsung finally made the crease invisible. Samsung says it achieved this thanks to [&#8230...

David Imel 1 month ago

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The 6 biggest announcements

Samsung's annual summer event kicked off on Wednesday morning with the company unveiling a new lineup of watches and foldables. Following weeks of rumors and leaks, Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Fold 8 with a completely new design that's shorter and wider than last year's Fold, a new "Ultra" Fold,...

Stevie Bonifield 1 month ago

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I almost forgot Samsung’s Z Flip 8 was a foldable

Samsung's new Galaxy Z Flip 8 feels more like a regular phone than ever. It's thinner, lighter, and has a front screen you can do just about anything on. Whether that's a good or bad thing, I'm not quite sure yet. I spent three hours with Samsung's newest flip phone last week, and it doesn't [&#8230...

David Imel 1 month ago

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Samsung Unpacked 2026: all the news from the July foldable launch

Samsung is set to reveal a new slate of foldables at this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked, which kicks off at 9AM ET / 6AM PT from London. In addition to a Galaxy Z Fold 8 that adopts a wider form factor, Samsung is expected to reveal an upgraded Z Fold 8 Ultra with a larger battery, […]

Emma Roth 1 month ago

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Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s

IIn March, Meta's Oversight Board called on the company to "meet its public commitments and employ its own tools" to help quell the spread of deceptive generative AI content across platforms. Meta responded in July by introducing Content Seal - an invisible watermarking technology that flags images...

Jess Weatherbed 1 month ago

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The 2026 Honda Prelude is a marvel of hybrid technology

When it comes to enthusiast-geared Honda hardware, the Civic Si, Civic Type R, and Acura NSX often come to mind first for their revvy VTEC (Honda's form of variable valve timing) engines and playful chassis dynamics. The Prelude, on the other hand, less so. Instead, the Prelude is a technological st...

Peter Nelson 1 month ago

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Utility companies are promising to spare us from AI’s energy bill

In the face of backlash to concerns the AI boom will increase consumer electricity bills, the largest utility companies and data center developers in the US are now promising to do something about it. The Wall Street Journal reports that nearly 200 organizations have signed President Donald Trump's...

Jess Weatherbed 1 month ago

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch

Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is just around the corner, and the company is expected to take the wraps off a bunch of new devices. Based on the rumors and leaks we've seen so far, Samsung's next generation of foldables will likely be the stars of the show. Samsung is expected to show off a [&...

Emma Roth 1 month ago

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Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp's new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features charact...

Charles Pulliam-Moore 1 month ago

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OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system

OpenAI says its AI models mistakenly breached open-source AI platform Hugging Face during internal testing. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI writes that GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model" discovered vulnerabilities within their sandboxed testing environment, allowing them to g...

Emma Roth 1 month ago

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Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one

Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes, replies, and comments to provide an estimate of how much text could be AI-generated or written with AI assistance, according to a blog post publis...

Emma Roth 1 month ago

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