· about 1 month ago· ZDNet
iPhone 17e vs. Google Pixel 10a vs Samsung Galaxy A56: This budget phone wins it for me
The iPhone 17e, Pixel 10a, and Galaxy A56 are all solid midrangers, but they excel in different areas.
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· about 1 month ago· ZDNet
I found true AirPods Pro rivals in these Samsung earbuds - and they're better in several ways
A new look might be the most interesting thing about the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro, but their audio upgrades are just as impactful.
· about 1 month ago· ZDNet
How to AirDrop on an Android phone (and the few models that can actually do it)
Google has found a way for Quick Share to play nicely with AirDrop, paving the way for the new sharing method.
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027
The best-selling game of all time is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based on the game, is scheduled to open in 2027. The announcement came during Minecraft Live 2026. It will be a new section in Chessington World of Adventures, a theme
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
Apple considered buying Halide to upgrade its native Camera app
A legal feud between the co-founders of Lux Optics, the developer behind the Halide camera app, revealed that Apple was close to acquiring the company. As first reported by The Information, Apple held acquisition talks for Lux Optics, which also developed the Kino, Spectre and Orion apps, in the sum
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep
Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we've got Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep, an H.P. Lovecraft adaptation for Image Comics. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ent
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem
There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it's a hum
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Halide co-founder is suing former partner for bringing source code to Apple
Halide running on an iPhone. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Lux Optics co-founder Sebastiaan de With made headlines when he joined Apple in late January. The company was behind Halide, one of the most popular photography apps for the iPhone, which gained a cult following for its robust pro-lev
· about 1 month ago· ZDNet
Want to know which sites are selling your data? This free privacy tool gave me answers
Data is gold, and some companies go to great lengths to collect it, store it, and sell it. But you can put an end to it.
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
It’s been 20 years since the first tweet
On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”.
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
The AirPods Pro 3 are $50 off right now, nearly matching their best-ever price
Less than a week ago, Apple announced the forthcoming AirPods Max 2, a pair of over-ear headphones that leverage the company’s H2 chip for AI-powered live translation, conversation awareness, and a host of newer features. However, if you’re okay with a pair of earbuds, the AirPods Pro 3 offer access
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’
An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations.
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference
Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility.
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees
While other tech companies have been laying off employees year after year, OpenAI is doing the opposite. According to a report from the Financial Times, the AI giant is looking to expand its workforce to 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, nearly doubling staff from its current headcount of 4,500. T
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
Intel says Crimson Desert devs ignored offers of help to support Arc GPUs
It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at all. On the game’s FAQ page, its developer Pearl Abyss advised players expecting Arc support to apply for a refund. “If you purchased the game expecting Intel A
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on from its arrival to Earth, that sample has yielded some insights about what may have seeded life on our planet. Read on to learn more about the latest findings, and other scie
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Here are 20 of our favorite outdoor deals from REI’s Member Days Sale
REI’s latest sale is in full swing. The outdoor retailer’s exclusive shopping event runs through Monday, March 23rd, bringing with it a batch of discounts on Garmin watches, tents, portable stoves, and a slew of Verge-approved goodies. As expected, most deals are available only to REI members; howev
· about 1 month ago· Engadget
Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing
Twitter is officially 20 years old. In another reality, that might make me kind of nostalgic. I've been lurking and scrolling and tweeting for 16 years; most of my adult life. There was a time when Twitter was a place where some internet strangers became my IRL friends, when I was excited to "live-t
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics
Like many people, director Valerie Veatch was intrigued when OpenAI first released its Sora text-to-video generative AI model to the public in 2024. Though she didn't fully understand the technology, she was curious about what it could do, and she saw that other artists were building online communit
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it
Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.