
Don't expect to start chatting with many people if you download the app now. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/what-you-should-know-about-jack-dorseys-new-messaging-app-bitchat/#ftag=CADf328eec

TikTok wants parents to know when their kids are posting videos and what kind of content they're watching. https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/tiktok-introduces-new-parental-controls-fact-checking-and-ai-moderation-features/#ftag=CADf328eec

Cooking during a heatwave can be miserable. These tricks can help you beat the heat in the kitchen. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/struggling-to-stay-in-the-kitchen-during-summer-heat-these-9-tips-can-help/#ftag=CADf328eec

Electric bills are higher than ever. This simple trick can help you save some money. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/save-up-to-100-on-your-electric-bill-by-unplugging-these-devices/#ftag=CADf328eec

Now in beta, the Sun Day app prompts you on how to prep for being out and about for your specific skin type and location. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-track-your-sun-exposure-with-this-new-app/#ftag=CADf328eec

Get faster Wi-Fi and lower your internet bills by owning your router. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/renting-your-router-youre-wasting-money/#ftag=CADf328eec

The satirical show won't be on this week. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/south-park-season-27-how-to-watch-episode-2-without-cable/#ftag=CADf328eec

Get into these titles on Netflix. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-best-anime-on-netflix-you-can-watch-right-now/#ftag=CADf328eec

The Pebble smartwatch name is making a comeback almost ten years after it was discontinued.

Malware went undetected on many antivirus products, so be careful what you're downloading.

Orange could be the standout color for the rumored iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Zhaoxin has announced the new KaiXian KX-7000N and Kaisheng KH-50000 processors at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025.

Get an M4 MacBook Pro for the lowest price it has ever been at Amazon.

A deal that seems too good to be true. Acer's 32-inch EK321QK 4K gaming monitor is just $189.99.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlines his vision for “personal superintelligence” just ahead of the company’s Q2 earnings. With billions poured into AI hires and hardware partnerships, Meta's new direction hints at a future shaped by open-source models and personalized AI infrastructure.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/metas-zu

Researchers at Wharton and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have a working paper detailing the ways automated tools that rely on reinforcement learning can end up colluding with each other.

A YouTuber has discovered that AMD's RDNA 4 ray-tracing stutter problems in Unreal Engine 4 games goes deeper than expected. Intel Arc GPUs also suffer from the same stuttering problems, suggesting it is an engine issue rather than a driver problem.


Of all the new iOS 26 features that Apple previewed at WWDC in June,

DJI's Amflow electric mountain bikes are now available to buy in the US, one full year after they made their way to European customers. These bikes include the company's proprietary and impressive Avinox drive system, which is built around a 10

Hey HN! My name is Christian, and I’m the co-founder of https://frigade.ai. We’ve built a powerful AI agent that automatically learns how to use any web-based product, and in turn guides users directly in the UI, automatically generates documentation, and even takes actions on a user’s behalf. Think of it as Clippy from the old MS Office. But on steroids. And actually helpful.

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It’s hot. Everyone is sweating, and anyone who chooses to venture into the world armed with nothing but natural deodorant knows they’re playing a risky game.
But online, the backlash against natural deodorant has begun.
“When someone tells you their deodorant is natural (but you already knew),” TikToker Mads Mitch posted back in May. The comments section was spl

The streaming service will use various methods to make sure kids aren't watching age-restricted content. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/youtubes-age-estimation-tech-will-spot-kids-pretending-to-be-adults-heres-how-it-works/#ftag=CADf328eec

If you've never reseasoned your cast-iron skillet, we promise not to judge. Here's how it's done. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/yes-its-time-to-reseason-your-cast-iron-skillet-heres-the-right-way-to-do-it/#ftag=CADf328eec

As Starlink is poised to cash in on BEAD contracts, a new analysis casts doubt on its ability to connect rural America. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/starlink-is-set-to-receive-billions-in-federal-subsidies-but-new-analysis-says-it-cant-handle-the-traffic/#ftag=CADf328eec

The Scottish giant takes a 2-0 aggregate advantage to Athens. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-watch-panathinaikos-vs-rangers-from-anywhere-for-free-stream-champions-league-qualifier-soccer/#ftag=CADf328eec

All style, but no heart makes Ragebound an easy game to skip. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ninja-gaiden-ragebound-review/#ftag=CADf328eec

An affordable knife strip is the preferred method for storing knives of many a chef and experienced home cook. Here's why. https://www.cnet.com/news/3-reasons-every-kitchen-should-have-a-magnetic-knife-strip/#ftag=CADf328eec

Happy Gilmore is leaving Netflix, but it'll be streaming elsewhere starting on Aug. 1. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflix-has-both-happy-gilmore-movies-right-now-but-not-for-long/#ftag=CADf328eec

SAP NetWeaver bug is still being leveraged to drop nasty backdoors against Linux users.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/hackers-hit-sap-security-bug-to-send-out-nasty-linux-malware

Google has just confirmed that the UK hasn't asked it to weaken its end-to-end encryption by installing a backdoor. Apple wasn't so lucky, though.

One of Spider-Man 4's big secrets might be out of the bag following a leak from an unlikely source.

Foundation season 3's next entry will be with us in a couple of days – here's when we expect it to launch on Apple TV+.

Experts warn of a way to access other people’s private app data on Base44.

McIntosh thinks big with a system for up to 30 multi-room zones

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that personal superintelligence is almost here and will dominate the future.

The latest rumors point to a new 8x optical zoom camera for the iPhone 17 Pro, and while I’m excited to see what Apple can do on a technical level, I’m not sure that going all-in on long-range zoom is the way to go.

Ayaneo is bringing back the Nintendo DS nostalgia with the Pocket DS, as the 'world's first' dual-screen Android handheld gaming device.

This back-to-school season, why not tackle the curriculum with a proactive AI study and teaching companion that’s always by your side?
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We explain the key differences between IP68 and IP69 to help you decide which level of protection you need for your electronics.
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Anyone who’s tried to use a non-Microsoft browser on Windows in the last decade knows that Microsoft really, truly, desperately wants you to stick to Edge—and it’s not shocking that some of the competition is taking it personally. Opera, both the Norwegian company and the browser, decided to take US-based Microsoft to court… in Brazil.

Google has fixed several vulnerabilities in Chrome versions 138.0.7204.183/184 for Windows and macOS and 138.0.7204.183 for Linux. According to Google, none of the vulnerabilities have been exploited for attacks yet. The manufacturers of other Chromium-based browsers will follow suit in the coming days. Meanwhile, Google plans to release Chrome 139 on August 5th.

Mini PCs are exploding in popularity as an affordable alternative to laptops. Even Corsair is entering the market… though it probably won’t appeal to quite the same people. The new AI Workstation 300 is—you guessed it—designed for AI developers, pow

When you’re out and about in the city, a regular power bank can serve you pretty well… but when you’re out in the wilderness with no outlets in sight, a normal power bank will only get you so far. For hiking and camping, you’re better off with something like this solar-powered power bank for $25.49 on Amazon (was $4

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally, the handheld that pairs Asus hardware with Microsoft branding, is certainly… something. It’s Microsoft’s big play to counter the Steam Deck in the exploding handheld gaming PC space, to say nothing of trying to expand it


Micron launched the 9650 SSD with PCIe 6.0 and 5.5M IOPS for AI workloads, and unveiled the 6600 ION series with up to 245TB for high-density, energy-efficient storage.

U.S. intelligence reportedly pushed the DOJ to approve HPE’s $14B Juniper acquisition, viewing it as a strategic move against Huawei. Despite internal DOJ tension, the merger seeks to strengthen US networking capabilities amid rising tech competition with China.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/hpe-gets-approval-for-usd14b-acquisition-of-juniper-to



Google says it will sign the European Union’s new AI Code of Practice, which provides a framework for compliance with the EU’s AI Act. The act itself was passed in 2024, but its many provisions will take months to years to come into effect. The n


Mark Zuckerberg has spent the last several months and several billion dollars recruiting prominent AI researchers and executives for a new "superintelligence" team at Meta. Now, the Meta CEO has published a lengthy memo that attempts to lay out his big plan for using the comp

A group of Cornell computer scientists has unveiled what they believe could be a new tool in the fight against AI‑generated video, deepfakes and

YouTube will be included in Australia's social media ban for children under 16, as reported by Bloomberg. The country's Labor government said that the site will be subject to the same rules

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I've been into launching weather balloons for a few years. One aspect of the hobby that really drew me in was the tracking side of things. Tracking systems let you follow the balloon's position throughout the flight and, most importantly, know exactly where it lands so you can recover the instrumentation. APRS is what I started out using during my first few years in the hobby, after I got my amateur radio license in 2020 (W
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Hi HN, we’re Abhinav, Andy, and Jeremy, and we’re building Lucidic AI (https://dashboard.lucidic.ai), an AI agent interpretability tool to help observe/debug AI agents.
Here is a demo: https://youtu.be/Zvoh1QUMhXQ.
Getting started is easy with just one line of code. You just call lai.init() in your agent code and log into the dashboard. You can see traces of each run, cumulative trends ac

If you’ve been thanking the heavens for your A/C this week, spare a thought for Paul Farmer, who’s enduring the peak of Arizona’s summer without it—by choice.
Last year, Farmer went without air-conditioning out of financial necessity. This year, even with his finances in better shape, he’s voluntarily forgoing it again. Since May, he’s been documenting his “no A/C” challenge on social media, aiming to hold out until Septembe

Japanese electronics and technology company Panasonic has chosen a new chief executive after eking out a 1.2% rise in its first quarter profit.
Kenneth William Sain, a former Boeing executive, will replace Yasuyuki Higuchi as Panasonic’s president and chief executive in April 2026, the company said Wednesday.
Sain joined Panasonic i

Is there a way to build demos that do not break when the services they rely on fail? How can we ensure educational demos stay available for as long as possible?
Keeping Article Demos Alive When Third-Party APIs Die originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the

As I read through Heart of Darkness, I used Rebind's AI reading platform as a guide. It felt like a book club for deep thinkers. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/confused-by-classic-novels-this-ai-tool-helps-you-understand-older-books-while-you-read-them/#ftag=CADf328eec

Great bottles are hiding in the aisles of your supermarket if you know how to spot them. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/an-expert-told-me-how-to-find-good-wine-at-a-grocery-store/#ftag=CADf328eec

A few of my fellow CNET mattress experts and I got a behind-the-scenes look at a mattress factory's secret foam-pouring process, and here's what we found. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/i-got-an-exclusive-look-into-how-your-comfy-foam-mattress-gets-made/#ftag=CADf328eec

OpenAI's Sam Altman thinks it's "very screwed up" that his company can't necessarily keep your chat logs private in a lawsuit. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/even-the-guy-who-makes-chatgpt-says-you-probably-shouldnt-use-chatbots-as-therapists/#ftag=CADf328eec

Blink has launched a bundle of new budget-friendly devices to secure your home.

Infamous hacking collective Scattered Spider is evolving to grow even more dangerous.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/fbi-cisa-warn-of-more-scattered-spider-attacks-to-come

Nintendo has officially announced the next Nintendo Direct showcase.

KPop Demon Hunters has been a huge success for Netflix, breaking a record and making fans call for more.

The Creative Stage Pro soundbar makes big sound for smaller spaces

Google is securing Workspace accounts with three new changes, including passkey support.

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-31-july-2025

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-31-july-2025

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-31-july-2025

As Dutch Harbor fleet has red king crabs in its crosshairs, our guide explains how to watch Deadliest Catch season 21 online and stream episodes wherever you are.

Systems have been shut down in Minnesota to protect St.Paul from further intrusions following cyberattack.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/minnesota-activates-national-guard-after-st-paul-cyberattack

A look at the infrastructure behind a compliant, scalable AI strategy.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/harnessing-the-chaos-the-strategic-imperative-of-the-generative-ai-era