Tinder is no longer just a platform for solo dates. The company has announced a new “Double Date” feature rolling out in the US that will let you invite a friend to find — and match with – another pair. The feature lives within a new “Double Date” icon in the top-right corner of the
Read MoreCredit: Oakley The Oakley Meta glasses are set to arrive on June 20. The smart glasses will be similar in functionality to the Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses and are expected to be geared toward athletes. While Meta is also working on more advanced smart glasses with built-in displays, this Oakley-branded version is expected to skip
Read MoreIf you were alive when 2001: A Space Odyssey was in theaters, you might have thought it didn’t really go far enough. After all, in 1958, the US launched its first satellite. The first US astronaut went up in 1961. Eight years later, Armstrong put a boot on the moon’s surface. That was a lot of progress
Read MoreGoogle Cloud has attributed last week’s widespread outage to a flawed code update in its Service Control system that triggered a global crash loop due to missing error handling and lack of feature flag protection. The Register reports: Google’s explanation of the incident opens by informing readers that its APIs, and Google Cloud’s, are served
Read MoreMost people know that they shouldn’t plug strange flash drives into their computers, but what about a USB cable? A cable doesn’t immediately register as an active electronic device to most people, but it’s entirely possible to hide a small, malicious microcontroller inside the shell of one of the plugs. [Joel Serna Moreno] and some
Read MoreMost people know that they shouldn’t plug strange flash drives into their computers, but what about a USB cable? A cable doesn’t immediately register as an active electronic device to most people, but it’s entirely possible to hide a small, malicious microcontroller inside the shell of one of the plugs. [Joel Serna Moreno] and some
Read MoreThe Trump Organization has launched Trump Mobile and plans to release the T1, a smartphone that it says is “made in USA” at the same time that the iPhone 17 will launch. The problem is, the phone was made in China. Trump takes on Cook with the T1 Marking ten years after the launch of
Read MoreCredit: Wikimedia US President Donald Trump might be planning to start a mobile carrier to compete with Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. The company that handles Trump’s trademarks has filed to use the terms “Trump” and “T1” for telecom-related services. The trademark request also covers mobile phones, cases, chargers, and retail stores. Update, June 16, 2025
Read MoreApple has made the smallest update to Visual Intelligence in iOS 26, and yet the impact of being able to use it on any image is huge, and at least doubles the usefulness of this one feature. Looking up AirPods from an image on AppleInsider, using Visual Intelligence Previously on Apple Intelligence.. the iPhone‘s Visual
Read MoreFinding high-quality audio can be quite a challenge. Even though wireless earphones are super popular, true audiophiles still prefer wired options for the best sound experience. This is especially true if you’re a musician or a sound engineer, as precision and quality are key. There are differences even then. While you can find many good
Read MoreAt Databricks’ Data + AI Summit 2025 last week, the company showcased a variety of generative and agentic AI improvements it is adding to its cloud-based data lakehouse platform — much as its rival Snowflake did the previous week. With the two competitors’ events so close together, there’s little time for their product engineering teams
Read MoreLooking for an easy blowout at home? We’ve found the best blow-dry brushes that blend a blow-dryer and hairbrush into one easy gadget.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A recent Google Home bug prevents smart speakers and displays from setting alarms for 12:30am. Google Assistant-equipped Home devices like the Nest Hub and the Nest Audio recognize standard alarm command phrasing, like “Okay Google, set an alarm for twelve thirty am,” but they set the alarm for 12:30
Read MoreKDE isn’t the only organization reaching out to ” as Microsoft prepares to end support for Windows 10. “Now, The Document Foundation, maker of LibreOffice, has also joined in to support the Endof10 initiative,” reports the tech blog Neowin: The foundation writes: “You don’t have to follow Microsoft’s upgrade path. There is a better option
Read MoreThis Irish start-up aims to make robot cleaning even simpler. Read more: HomeBot: Robot vacuums cleaning up in Cork
Read MoreThis Irish start-up aims to make robot cleaning even simpler. Read more: HomeBot: Robot vacuums cleaning up in Cork
Read MoreSpain’s newspaper El Pais found an entire fake album on YouTube titled Rumba Congo (1973). And they cite a study from France’s International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers that estimated revenue from AI-generated music will rise to $4 billion in 2028, generating 20% of all streaming platforms’ revenue: One of the major problems
Read MoreBattery life is reduced, but Anker’s sleep buds could now be even better at blocking disturbing sounds at night. | Image: Anker Anker has announced a new version of its wireless sleep buds that could be even more effective at delivering a peaceful slumber by blocking out disturbing noises using active noise cancellation. Previous versions
Read MoreXR may not have crashed into our lives as much as some tech billionaires have wished, but that doesn’t stop the appeal of a full display that takes up no physical space. At that point, why not get rid of the computer that takes up living space as well? That is what [Michael] tries to
Read MoreXR may not have crashed into our lives as much as some tech billionaires have wished, but that doesn’t stop the appeal of a full display that takes up no physical space. At that point, why not get rid of the computer that takes up living space as well? That is what [Michael] tries to
Read MoreIn Tokyo Mitsubishi is deploying “an innovative new battery swap network for electric cars” in a multi-year test program reports the EV news site Electrek. But it’s not just for electric cars. Along with the 14 modular battery swapping stations, Mitsubishi is also deploying “more than 150 battery-swappable commercial electric vehicles” from truck maker Fuso:
Read MoreAmerica’s federal government is building a website and API called ai.gov to “accelerate government innovation with AI”, according to an early version spotted by 404 Media that was posted on GitHub by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration. That site “is supposed to launch on July 4,” according to 404 Media’s report, “and will include
Read MoreIt was a balmy September evening in 2016, and my friends and I thought it the perfect evening for a night-time hike up Cape Town’s popular Lion’s Head. Placed right in the city’s center, the panoramic views from the peak would no doubt be spectacular, and we had our bags packed full of liquid nourishment
Read MoreAmerica’s federal government is building a website and API called ai.gov to “accelerate government innovation with AI”, according to an early version spotted by 404 Media that was posted on GitHub by the U.S. government’s General Services Administration. That site “is supposed to launch on July 4,” according to 404 Media’s report, “and will include
Read MoreNo one likes paying for something more than once, but subscriptions have become an annoying yet necessary part of life. Some are hard to justify, but others add value to my life. Whether they provide consumable content, weather information, or critical navigation data, these are the subscriptions I don’t mind paying for: FlightRadar24
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