If spending your summer inside the house with the AC on and your body firmly planted in your couch divot is the only way to beat the heat, I get it. Netflix does, too, which is why it’s giving audiences tons of new titles to dive into this June. No one will be getting bored on its … Read More “Here Are the New Releases on Netflix in June That I’m Streaming” »
And into that post-Challenger disillusioned summer of 1986, Hollywood brought us SpaceCamp. It had all the right ingredients: A stacked cast with a solid leading duo (Kate Capshaw and Tom Skerritt), tons of real NASA location footage, and a big, brassy score by none other than John Williams. The film was completed before the Challenger … Read More “Reassessing 1986’s SpaceCamp – Ars Technica” »
There are two obvious ways to use coding agents. Both are bad. The first is to let the LLM run unattended and hope the repository survives. This is fast, exciting, and stupid. It leads to bugs, confused changes, and a flood of PRs that humans cannot review quickly enough, at least not without eventually lowering … Read More “Backpressure is all you need” »
Pankil Shah / Android Authority For most Android users, the Play Store is the only place they ever look for apps, and honestly, that’s how I used Android for years, too. But over time, I realized that some of the most interesting Android apps aren’t actually available on the Play Store at all. Some are … Read More “The 5 best Android apps I use that aren’t on the Play Store” »
I’ve been a longtime string floss user, but have always been curious about water flossers after hearing they’re easier to use and more efficient at cleaning in between your teeth. When I asked Theresa Wang, chief clinical and development officer and a prosthodontist at ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, about how they work, she explained, “Water … Read More “The Best Water Flossers of 2026 for Teeth, Braces and Travel” »
This February, Samsung started shipping HBM4 memory to its customers with a promise to send them samples of the improved HBM4E later this year – well, “later this year” is now. As the title says, the new variant has more capacity with the same 12-layer design, it offers higher bandwidth and runs cooler. Samsung HBM4E … Read More “Samsung is now shipping samples of HBM4E memory, which is faster and has higher capacity” »
Mitja Rutnik / Android Authority Gemini, Headspace, Todoist, and YouTube Music are just a few of the apps I used to pay for and have now ditched. I’m trying to lower my monthly subscription bill, and while it’s easier said than done, I’ve managed to bring the list down to just three. The three apps … Read More “I’m trying to cut down my subscriptions, but I still pay for these apps” »
Pros Astounding battery life Cohesive, understated design and solid build quality Comfortable to carry Cons Snapdragon X1 processor is a generation behind the times Keyboard backlight bleed is distracting OmniBook 5 16 offers OLED for roughly the same price The OmniBook battery life king is dead, long live the OmniBook battery life king! The HP … Read More “HP OmniBook 3 16 Review: Big-Screen Budget Laptop With Unbeatable Battery Life” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority According to Verizon, the effort would pool satellite spectrum resources across all three networks, enabling a more consistent experience when using satellite backup. One name conspicuously absent from the announcement: Starlink. The timing is interesting. For context, Starlink and T-Mobile’s T-Satellite exclusivity agreement is set to expire this summer. That … Read More “Are the big 3 carriers teaming up to stop Starlink? It looks like it” »
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