A large-scale study tracking more than 27,500 middle-aged and elderly people over roughly nine years has found that poor sleep quality is associated with accelerated brain aging, and chronic inflammation appears to be one of the key mechanisms driving this effect. Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute assessed participants’ sleep across five dimensions — chronotype, duration,
Read MoreApple has classified the final Intel-based MacBook Air, Apple Watch Series 5, and iPhone 11 Pro as vintage products as of December 31. MacBook Air The company updated its vintage and obsolete list on Wednesday, adding several late-2019 and 2020-era devices. The change affects repair eligibility rather than software support or daily functionality. For Apple
Read MoreStarting in July 2026, every public school district in California will be required to have policies on the books that restrict or prohibit students from using smartphones during the school day, thanks to Assembly Bill 3216 that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law back in 2024. The legislation also mandates that districts update these policies
Read MoreStarting in July 2026, every public school district in California will be required to have policies on the books that restrict or prohibit students from using smartphones during the school day, thanks to Assembly Bill 3216 that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law back in 2024. The legislation also mandates that districts update these policies
Read MoreThe Dreame X40 Ultra used to be one of our robot vacuums on the market before its successor took its place. With the year coming to a close, now’s a good time to set yourself up for a cleaner, more organized start in 2026. The Dreame X40 Ultra — one of our favorite robot vacuum
Read MoreThe Dreame X40 Ultra used to be one of our robot vacuums on the market before its successor took its place. With the year coming to a close, now’s a good time to set yourself up for a cleaner, more organized start in 2026. The Dreame X40 Ultra — one of our favorite robot vacuum
Read MoreI tested an array of alternative sleep aids, from gummies to wearable patches, to see if they would help my chronic insomnia.
Read MoreI tested an array of alternative sleep aids, from gummies to wearable patches, to see if they would help my chronic insomnia.
Read MoreGovernment staffing cuts and instability, including this year’s prolonged shutdown, could be hindering US digital defense and creating vulnerabilities.
Read MoreCredit: Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Chrome for Android is testing a redesigned Reading mode that’s easier to access and less inconsistent. Reading mode now lives permanently in the three-dot menu and keeps the address bar visible while reading. The update requires Chrome 143 and a manual flag toggle for now, suggesting a limited
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s battery division has apparently tested a 20,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. The dual-cell battery reportedly developed swelling by the end of the test. The news comes as Chinese manufacturers offer phones with 7,000mAh to 10,000mAh batteries. We’ve seen flagship Android phones with 7,000mAh+ batteries in the last few months,
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s battery division has apparently tested a 20,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. The dual-cell battery reportedly developed swelling by the end of the test. The news comes as Chinese manufacturers offer phones with 7,000mAh to 10,000mAh batteries. We’ve seen flagship Android phones with 7,000mAh+ batteries in the last few months,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: South Africans … have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun. These aren’t the tiny,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: South Africans … have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun. These aren’t the tiny,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: South Africans … have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun. These aren’t the tiny,
Read MoreOne-Netbook has unveiled the OneXSugar Wallet, the first gaming handheld with a folding OLED display. The Verge reports: The OneXSugar Wallet was announced on China’s Weibo yesterday, but with few details about its features and capabilities. That folding OLED screen has a resolution of 2480 x 1860 pixels, and the handheld will be powered by
Read MoreCredit: XGIMI via Amazon TVs are technically better, but nothing can quite match that magic of projectors. If you’re looking for one that offers excellent quality along with portability, the XGIMI MoGo 4 Laser Portable Projector is currently available at a fantastic discount, saving you a whopping $200.01. Buy the XGIMI MoGo 4 Laser Portable
Read MoreGameSir is no stranger to experimenting with unique controller features – its Tarantula Pro can automatically swap its face button labels to accommodate alternate layouts, and its Pocket 1 clamps Game Boy controls onto your phone. What sets its new Swift Drive controller apart is a small steering wheel located smack-dab in the middle of
Read MoreThe six-decade flow of highly skilled Indian immigrants to the United States — a migration pattern that produced some of the country’s highest-earning households, several Nobel laureates, and the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, and Pepsi — appears to be grinding to a halt amid rising anti-Indian rhetoric from Republican officials and chaos in the visa
Read MoreTL;DR TCL’s Note A1 NXTPAPER has officially launched, positioning between E-Ink tablets and traditional LCD slates. Key specs include an 11.5-inch 120Hz NXTPAPER Pure display, MediaTek G100 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and stylus support. It will retail for $549 starting in February, but is available now at a discount on Kickstarter for
Read MoreThe six-decade flow of highly skilled Indian immigrants to the United States — a migration pattern that produced some of the country’s highest-earning households, several Nobel laureates, and the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, and Pepsi — appears to be grinding to a halt amid rising anti-Indian rhetoric from Republican officials and chaos in the visa
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For the past 15 years, I’ve switched Android phones more than 50 times, easily. Each time I did that, I performed the same action on my old phone: Go to settings, find the factory reset option, and tap it. Simple, right? But in the past few years, I
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For the past 15 years, I’ve switched Android phones more than 50 times, easily. Each time I did that, I performed the same action on my old phone: Go to settings, find the factory reset option, and tap it. Simple, right? But in the past few years, I
Read MoreMeta has agreed to acquire viral AI agent startup Manus, “a Singapore-based AI startup that’s become the talk of Silicon Valley since it materialized this spring with a demo video so slick it went instantly viral,” reports TechCrunch. “The clip showed an AI agent that could do things like screen job candidates, plan vacations, and
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe, but 2026 is almost upon us. It’s a new year for renewed resolutions, fresh starts, and — unfortunately — more expensive smartphones. As AI continues to get bigger, companies are building more and larger data centers to keep the lights on. Those data centers require tremendous amounts of RAM to function,
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