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When a company teases its upcoming products so heavily — the Galaxy Z Fold 8 was the star of a Spider-Man: Brand New Day commercial a full week before today’s Samsung Unpacked, for heaven’s sake — it can feel underwhelming when it’s actually revealed. But knowing that Samsung was going …

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, while a touchscreen highlights areas …

Back at Google’s I/O developer conference in May, I tried Samsung and Google’s smart glasses, which are expected this fall. At Samsung’s latest phone and watch-focused Unpacked event, a few more details on those glasses have emerged. New frame designs, some promised battery life and specs, and also, how Samsung …

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, …

Samsung has finally made a book-style foldable that’s geared less toward productivity and more toward entertainment. It seems the company has realized that some of us just want a better way to scroll and binge-watch. The $1,900 Galaxy Z Fold 8 is Samsung’s new baseline book-style foldable, sitting between the …

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 …

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 generated by the …

The UK’s largest onshore windfarm is set to double in generating capacity as part of a massive £1.5bn rebuilding project. ScottishPower unveiled its plans on Wednesday, saying Whitelee Windfarm on the Eaglesham Moor in East Renfrewshire, could generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 650,000 homes – 300,000 more …

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 …

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 “rate payer …

OpenAI has revealed some of its most advanced AI models went rogue and hacked a start-up after it lost control of them during a security test. The ChatGPT-maker said its agents – AI bots which can operate alone after some human instruction – were being tested in a controlled environment, …

The wreckage of a Pan Am plane that crashed 74 years ago, and led to safety briefings becoming mandatory on flights, has been found off the coast of Puerto Rico. Explorers found the wreckage of the Douglas DC-4 aircraft, known as the Clipper Endeavor, last month using an autonomous sonar …

Eating on GLP-1s presents unique challenges. We asked an expert if a curated meal delivery service can help. inspired_by_the_light/Getty Images GLP-1 receptor agonists — the class of drugs behind brand names such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy — have exploded in popularity by mimicking hormones the body naturally produces to …

Reese Witherspoon recently took to Instagram to lecture her millions of followers about how women aren’t using artificial intelligence enough. She concluded the video with a call to action to learn AI with her.  Witherspoon received thousands of comments criticizing her for being tone-deaf regarding issues including the environmental impact, …

Tech companies know we want less screen time, so they’re making new gadgets that track our metrics without forcing us to stare at a display. If you’re after a screenless health-monitoring wearable, you now have an abundance of options: the Whoop 5.0, Polar Loop, Luna Band, Fitbit Air and, most …

Nintendo is fighting in court over whether it should have to share with customers any refund it receives from the US government for tariff fees, arguing against returning money to consumers who paid higher prices for its products. In March, Nintendo sued the federal government for its share of about …

A common road trip activity is stopping at a roadside attraction to see something really cool. It turns out that NASA spacecraft do this from time to time as well. The Psyche spacecraft, on its way to the asteroid belt to study its namesake asteroid, made a stop by Mars …

Read on for help with Wordle. James Martin/CNET Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s Wordle puzzle is tricky. It’s not a word Americans …

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 …

OpenAI has revealed some of its models went rogue and hacked into another artificial intelligence company in an “unprecedented cyber incident”. The ChatGPT maker said in a blog post it had been testing the capabilities of some of its most advanced models – including those not yet released to the …