Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority As Pixel 9 series devices hit the store shelves, those free gift cards are starting to disappear. As of now, only one of the Pixel 9 devices gets you a free gift card when you pre-order it, though. You can still get a free $350 gift card if
Read MoreMagic Eye tubes were popular as tuning guides on old-school radio gear. However, the tubes, the 6U5 model in particular, have become rare and remarkably hard to come by of late. When the supply dried up, [Bjørner Sandom] decided to build a digital alternative instead. The build relies on a small round IPS display, measuring
Read MoreNotorious for a hardworking culture, Japan launched an initiative to help people cut back. But three years into the effort, the country is having a hard time coaxing people to take a four-day workweek. From a report: Japanese lawmakers first proposed a shorter work week in 2021. The guidelines aimed to encourage staff retention and
Read MoreApple may be adding new ways to combat smartphone addiction, but it’s also spending millions on lobbying regulators to limit what it’s required to do with the iPhone and App Store. Apple Mall of Louisiana According to the Wall Street Journal, multiple states are looking to regulate teen smartphone use, and can all expect pressure
Read MoreThe Labor Day specials at Best Buy slash up to $1,000 off MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with a Plus membership. But the deals end today. Labor Day deals on Apple’s MacBook Air end today. Best Buy’s Labor Day sale offers some highly aggressive MacBook deals, ranging from the M2 MacBook Air for $749
Read MoreSmartphone makers have increasingly considered environmentally friendly materials and methods in modern production processes. Whether that drive comes from a truly altruistic source or is just another part of their marketing efforts is debatable. Nevertheless, one of the companies driving this movement is Google, and the Pixel 9‘s packaging is its latest and great example.
Read MoreThe tour marks the first reunion for Oasis since Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher split the band in 2009. | Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images The British government has pledged to investigate the use of dynamic pricing by ticketing websites after Oasis fans got priced out of the band’s surprise reunion tour. The UK’s advertising
Read MoreHoto’s electric screwdriver might not offer a ton of torque, but it’s great for making small or medium-sized repairs. | Image: Hoto It’s always sad when summer comes to a close. However, on the bright side, Labor Day represents yet another long weekend — not to mention an opportunity to save on a slew of
Read MoreSince launching in 2017, Co-Founders has had 863 people join the programme and formed 235 teams, with one third of those teams continuing to work on their start-ups today. Read more: Catalyst’s Co-Founder programme is now open for entrepreneurs
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Chrome for Android could soon bring back the option to share tab groups. Google is working on a new version of the feature that adds a Share button to tab groups. The feature is currently in development, and it will likely roll out with a future update. When Google
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Lenovo appears ready to launch new more affordable Copilot Plus PCs. Reliable leaker Evan Blass has published a press release from Lenovo that details a variety of Copilot Plus PCs that will be announced at the IFA trade show later this week, including two that are powered by an unannounced 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon
Read MoreMacworld Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during
Read MoreCredit: Mahmoud Itani / Android Authority Last year, Apple introduced FineWoven accessories as an eco-friendly alternative to genuine leather. Despite sharing the same premium price tag with their leather predecessors, these iPhone cases and Apple Watch bands don’t age well. Apple may discontinue them when it launches the iPhone 16 series on September 9. During
Read MoreThe big news in the open source world last week was Elastic’s return to open source. As the Elastic founder and CTO Shay Banon announced, “We never stopped believing in open source at Elastic” and so Elastic “will be adding AGPL [GNU Affero General Public License] as another license option next to ELv2 [Elastic License 2.0] and SSPL
Read MoreThe new jobs will be created over the next four years and will include management, production and IT jobs. Read more: Cara Partners to create 60 Cork jobs from €130m investment
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority A Korean website has reported that the Galaxy S25 series will exclusively use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor. Samsung is apparently thinking about using the Exynos 2500 chip in its foldable phones, though. The Samsung Galaxy S25 series is only expected to launch in January 2025, but the
Read MoreSlashdot covered shrinkwrap licenses on software back in 2000 and 2002. But now ewhac (Slashdot reader #5,844) writes: The user Wraithe on the Mastodon network is reporting that a bottle of Vital Proteins(TM) collagen peptides purchased at Costco came with a shrinkwrap contract. Collagen peptides are often used as an anti-aging nutritional supplement. The top
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority If you rely on your phone’s digital assistant for automation or even just hands-free control, you may have hesitated transitioning from the Google Assistant to Gemini. The latter developed a reputation for lacking many of the Assistant’s features early on. However, Google will only support Gemini going forward
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority If you rely on your phone’s digital assistant for automation or even just hands-free control, you may have hesitated transitioning from the Google Assistant to Gemini. The latter developed a reputation for lacking many of the Assistant’s features early on. However, Google will only support Gemini going forward
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority If you rely on your phone’s digital assistant for automation or even just hands-free control, you may have hesitated transitioning from the Google Assistant to Gemini. The latter developed a reputation for lacking many of the Assistant’s features early on. However, Google will only support Gemini going forward
Read MorePundits aggregate results from multiple pollsters to minimize biases. So ZDNet tried the same approach, but aggregating rankings for the popularity of 19 top programming languages. Senior contributing editor David Gewirtz combined results from nine popularity rankings, including PYPL, the Tiobe index, GitHub’s Usage 2023 summary report, and several rankings from Stack Overflow and from
Read MorePundits aggregate results from multiple pollsters to minimize biases. So ZDNet tried the same approach, but aggregating rankings for the popularity of 19 top programming languages. Senior contributing editor David Gewirtz combined results from nine popularity rankings, including PYPL, the Tiobe index, GitHub’s Usage 2023 summary report, and several rankings from Stack Overflow and from
Read MorePolitico reports U.S. states have no uniform way of policing the use of overseas subcontractors in election technology, “let alone to understand which individual software components make up a piece of code.” For example, to replace New Hampshire’s old voter registration database, state election officials “turned to one of the best — and only —
Read Morerenzema (Slashdot reader #84,617) wants suggestions for a point-to-point video conferencing system “to connect the kids to their grandparents… We live in Europe and they in the U.S., but we both have gigabit internet and can sustain upwards of 100mb between our houses.” I’ve been spoiled at work with super high quality Cisco systems… Currently,
Read Morerenzema (Slashdot reader #84,617) wants suggestions for a point-to-point video conferencing system “to connect the kids to their grandparents… We live in Europe and they in the U.S., but we both have gigabit internet and can sustain upwards of 100mb between our houses.” I’ve been spoiled at work with super high quality Cisco systems… Currently,
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