Students who use AI generally score worse at school
The Verge
Students who use AI to help them study tend to perform worse at school than those who don't, according to data from a global OECD educational report. The situation is more complex than it sounds though, with certain types of AI use giving learners a slight bo… more…
Apple Is Actually Talking About AI Now — a Lot
CNET
New CEO John Ternus says you already have your personal AI device. It’s called an iPhone. more…
He Built Products at Beats, Apple and LVMH. Here’s How He Ended Up at a $1.5 Billion Startup That’s Making Your Data Safer.
Entrepreneur
Ian Rogers shares his biggest lesson from building Apple Music. more…
The Death Of The Button: Why The Best Interface Is No Interface
Smashingmagazine.com
TThe web is evolving beyond menus, forms, and endless clicks toward experiences shaped around human intent. For UX designers, understanding this shift means re-evaluating their role, moving from designing visible interfaces to guiding transparent, intent-driv… more…
Traditional firewalls can’t see what’s inside an AI prompt. Check Point built one that can.
The Next Web
Nearly half of organizations are entirely blind to the machine-to-machine traffic their AI agents generate, and the tools built to watch enterprise networks were never designed to look inside a prompt. Check Point’s AI Network Firewall, launched this summer, … more…
A Polish developer built an app that detects nearby Meta smart glasses over Bluetooth
The Next Web
A 30-year-old Polish software developer has built an iPhone app that detects Meta smart glasses in the vicinity and estimates how far away they are by reading the Bluetooth signals the glasses broadcast. It has around 5,000 users a month after launch. Pawel S… more…
Lawyers in 4 states say the new Apple Watch may break eavesdropping law
The Next Web
Apple announced Siri Recap and Live Rewind for its new watches on 9 September. The first summarises the conversations a wearer has during the day. The second puts the last 15 seconds of speech on screen as text. Lawyers in four US states now say the features … more…
100 Skills Every Man Should Know
Artofmanliness.com
It’s been fodder for many a heated debate among men for centuries. What skills should every man know? A vast amount of ink and e-ink has been spilled on the subject. But why? Part of being a man is being competent and effective in the world. To do that, you’v… more…
8 biggest things we learned from Apple's 2026 event
Fox News
iPhone Duo opens to a 7.6-inch foldable display starting at $1,999, but Siri Recap's ambient listening on Apple Watch may spark privacy concerns. more…
Okay, Sure, a Folding iPhone
The Atlantic
Apple needs to learn to take risks again. more…
PCB is brought to you by Fable 5
A6mzero.com
An experiment to design a cute PCB (without touching any tools) in plain English more…
Show HN: Self-hosted company OS, Claude Code and Codex agents in departments
Github.com
Your personal AI agent platform — self-hosted, BYO Claude/Codex subscription - OtoDock/oto-dock more…
Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
Atomic14.com
I accidentally clicked a shady YouTube ad that mimics an iOS “Storage Full” alert, reported it (twice), and Google still said it was fine. Meanwhile, Gemini flags it in seconds for deceptive design... more…
Pandas Should Go Extinct
Eddie.codes
Pandas has taken us a long way, but it's time for a new bear more…
Testing race conditions with mem access tracing and stack-based delay injection
Projectzero.google
Many security bugs are race conditions, where multi-threaded execution has to occur with the righ... more…
LLMs are real, AI is fake
Pluralistic.net
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TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio
Github.com
A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust + Tokio - FeralFirmware/TailTalk more…
Apple Introduces AirPods 5
Apple Newsroom
Apple today announced AirPods 5, delivering the industry’s best Active Noise Cancellation in an open-ear design and even better sound quality. more…
The Invention of the MMO
Worksinprogress.news
The massively multiplayer online game was created in the 1980s. more…
The V8 JavaScript Runtime Undermined My Constant-Time JavaScript Library
Soatok.blog
Six years ago, I wrote a blog post titled Soatok’s Guide to Side-Channel Attacks in which I discussed the general topic of side-channels in cryptographic applications, and how to avoid them, … more…
Apple Unveils iPhone Duo
Apple Newsroom
Apple today introduced iPhone Duo, the first foldable iPhone. more…
The Coming War on General Computation (2011)
Wikisource.org
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Factoring RSA 260
Cognition.com
How Devin and a Cognition researcher built the world’s highest-performance GPU lattice siever, to make factoring numbers 10x cheaper than the previous state of the art more…
macOS 27 Golden Gate now available, here is everything new
9to5Mac
After months of beta testing, macOS 27 Golden Gate is now rolling out to everyone, bringing Apple’s new Siri AI, deeper Liquid Glass refinements, major Safari additions, and a long list of performance and quality-of-life improvements. Here’s everything new.
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Come for the Cut, Stay for the Click: The DeckShiv Neo Delivers Both
Yanko Design
Come for the Cut, Stay for the Click: The DeckShiv Neo Delivers BothMost utility knives are tools you forget about until you need one. The DeckShiv Neo is the one you reach for when you don’t. Rather... more…
ELEGOO DAY 2026 Invites the World to Create, Share, and Grow With Nexprint
Yanko Design
ELEGOO DAY 2026 Invites the World to Create, Share, and Grow With NexprintEvery idea deserves somewhere to go, and for a lot of 3D printing hobbyists, that place has been missing. ELEGOO wants to change that with... more…
5 EDC Essentials Every College Student Actually Carries This Fall
Yanko Design
5 EDC Essentials Every College Student Actually Carries This FallMove into a dorm room, and the first thing you learn is that space decides everything. Drawers fill fast, surfaces disappear under notebooks and cables,... more…
7 Japanese-Inspired Bedroom Accessories That Make a Dorm Room Feel Like a Ryokan
Yanko Design
7 Japanese-Inspired Bedroom Accessories That Make a Dorm Room Feel Like a RyokanA dorm room rarely arrives with any intention behind it. The furniture is standard issue, the lighting is whatever the university installed, and the walls... more…
Xbox is quietly turning nostalgia, identity, and cloud gaming into its biggest console advantage
Windows Central
Microsoft's newest Xbox Insider build introduces startup animation choices, expanded profile customization, improved Remote Play quality, better search tools, and cloud gaming enhancements. But the real story isn't any individual feature. It's Microsoft's gro… more…
Ryobi, Milwaukee, and DeWalt aren't really selling you tools anymore
MakeUseOf
These top power tools manufacturers are more focused on selling you on these products in their offerings. more…
This tiny free app gives Windows the hardware dashboard Microsoft forgot
MakeUseOf
The dashboard Windows should've shipped years ago more…
I cancelled 6 subscriptions by running their free alternatives on a $50 mini PC
MakeUseOf
Budgeting, PDF tools, bookmarks, short links, notifications, and appointment bookings on one tiny server more…
This free and open-source tool made my USB drives way more useful
MakeUseOf
This free tool finally helped me make the most out of my 256 GB USB drive. more…
I stopped buying cheap Ryobi batteries after seeing what’s inside them
MakeUseOf
I recycled my off-brand Ryobi batteries after learning about these important facts. more…
I turned my old Android phone into a security camera and ditched my Ring subscription
MakeUseOf
Ditching Ring's subscription cost me a phone I already owned. more…
I stopped memorizing networking concepts when I started breaking them in Cisco's free simulator
MakeUseOf
Cisco's free IoT and wireless sandbox gear lets you prototype smart-home connections, trace unexpected disconnects, and more. more…
This free app tricks DLSS 5 into running on GPUs it’s not built for, and Nvidia has some explaining to do
MakeUseOf
A Windows 11 app forces Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural renderer across the entire desktop, processing games, videos and photos. more…
Stop saving passwords in your browser, use this free tool instead
MakeUseOf
Separate your credentials from your browser with a zero-knowledge vault. more…
I turned my Android phone into a real Linux machine with Debian
MakeUseOf
I put a real Debian machine on my Pixel, and I found six things it can actually do that have nothing to do with being a developer. more…
I ran Synology's software on XPEnology and realized I'd been paying for hardware I didn't need
XDA Developers
DSM is the real reason people buy Synology, and XPEnology proves you don't need their hardware more…
If my Linux install died tomorrow, these are the first 7 things I'd reinstall
XDA Developers
I can't live without these apps and configuration tools in Linux, and they're always the first things I reach for in a fresh install more…
Microsoft is putting your Windows drivers on trial this October, and some of your devices may no longer work
XDA Developers
You probably won't notice this change until you run into driver issues. more…
Plex still tempts me, but Jellyfin's plugin ecosystem is why I'll never leave
XDA Developers
Jellyfin plugins replaced every Plex feature I was paying for more…
I wanted Safari’s performance with Chrome’s extensions, and Orion gave me both
XDA Developers
It's the best of both worlds. more…
I found a speech recognition model hiding inside VS Code, and it never sends a word to the cloud
XDA Developers
And it also does a very good job at transcribing what I say. more…
I replaced Claude with a local 9B model for a week, and it handled 95% of my work
XDA Developers
Qwen 3.5 glides through the rest. more…
iPhone 18 Pro Has Apple’s Fastest Lens Yet Thanks to Variable Aperture
PetaPixel
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, its latest flagship slab smartphones. They promise significant improvements across all facets, including the camera.
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inside tom sachs’ handmade ’31 rue cambon’, plywood becomes chanel couture
Designboom
thirty-one plywood suits fill tom sachs’ handmade version of chanel’s historic paris address in downtown new york.
The post inside tom sachs’ handmade ’31 rue cambon’, plywood becomes chanel couture appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazin… more…
Generative AI in the Real World: Local Voice AI with Pete Warden
Oreilly.com
Pete Warden has spent his career on the frontier of small, local AI, first as one of deep learning’s earliest engineers (he coined the term “TinyML”) and now as founder of Useful Sensors and Moonshine AI, where he builds voice models that run entirely on-devi… more…
whitelist-bypass – WebRTC Tunnels Through Video-Calling Platforms
Darknet.org.uk
whitelist-bypass tunnels traffic through commercial video calls, for networks that allow only approved domains. How its two tunnels work, and the claim to verify. more…
Getting a new PC? Use this transfer kit, only $35
PCWorld
TL;DR: Move to a new PC, back up your drive, and wipe the old one with the PC Transfer Kit, now only $35 for a lifetime subscription.
Getting a new PC is exciting right up until you have to migrate all your files, reinstall all your apps, and try to dig … more…
The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable
The Intercept
Sam Biddle and 404 Media’s Jason Koebler discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.
The post The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable appeared first on The Intercept. more…
Are Browser-Based Apps Enough for Web Designers?
Speckyboy.com
Browser-based apps can now handle serious design, editing, and productivity work. We take a look at their convenience, collaboration benefits, privacy risks, and where desktop tools still make sense.
The post Are Browser-Based Apps Enough for Web Designers? a… more…
Ad Tech Briefing: AI is reinforcing Big Tech’s grip on advertising growth
Digiday
AI is making 'advertising’s Big Three' even harder to dislodge, claim Madison & Wall, in reports backed by advertisers' actual spend. more…
The iFLYTEK AINOTE 2 Is What Happens When AI Learns to Be Quiet
AndroidGuys
AI has quickly moved from something people occasionally ask a chatbot to something woven into everyday routines. It can summarize long email threads, clean up rough notes, generate first drafts, translate conversations, organize meetings, and help make sense … more…
UGREEN DXP4800 GT NAS Review
AndroidGuys
UGREEN DXP4800 GT NAS DEALS UGREEN $660 VIEW Amazon $660 VIEW UGREEN is shaking up the world of network storage with its new NASync series. The DXP4800 GT is their flagship four-bay model designed to take on big names like Synology and QNAP. It brings serious… more…
Bark and Samsung Introduce a Smarter, Safer Smartwatch for Kids
AndroidGuys
Bark Technologies and Samsung are teaming up to give families a new option for introducing children to connected technology without handing them a smartphone. The companies have unveiled a redesigned Bark Watch, built on the Samsung Galaxy Watch8 40mm LTE pla… more…
18 features missing on the new foldable iPhone Duo
Idownloadblog.com
In this guide, I walk you through 18 reasons and missing features that may make you reconsider buying the new foldable iPhone Duo. more…
Google Workspace Weekly Recap - September 11, 2026
Googleblog.com
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Fujifilm Updates the instax Pal 2 and Link WIDE 2 With New Capture and Print Tools
Fstoppers
Fujifilm's 2026 instax Pal 2 adds an optical viewfinder and Animation mode for flipbook-style captures, while the Link WIDE 2 introduces Photo Mixer for automatic collage generation. Both devices expand creative options for instant film enthusiasts. more…
Digital Sovereignty: What It Is, What It Could Be
EFF
The term “digital sovereignty” has become ubiquitous. European officials invoke it in debates about cloud infrastructure, AI, semiconductors, and platform regulation. Governments throughout the global majority use it to argue for greater control over data and… more…
Organizing for Survival in an Era of Climate Chaos
Nakedcapitalism.com
Systems are failing. What will replace them? more…
Apple Gives Photographers More Control With the iPhone 18 Pro
Fstoppers
Apple has announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, introducing a new 48 MP Fusion Main camera with variable aperture, expanded manual camera controls, new image-authenticity features, and additional photo and video tools. The phones also introduce t… more…
The $1,999 iPhone Duo Is Apple's First Foldable, and It Has Some Clever Camera Tricks
Fstoppers
Apple has introduced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, pairing a 5.4 in outer display with a 7.6 in folding inner display. Beyond the new form factor, the phone includes dual 48 MP rear cameras, 4K video recording at up to 120 fps, an A20 Pro process… more…
Indian government reveals new system able to detect Chinese-made components in military drones
TechRadar
Indian Army launches AASHVAST offline lab to inspect military drones for hidden software flaws, tampered parts, and security risks. more…
Storage infrastructure will underpin post-quantum security
TechRadar
Protect long-term enterprise AI data from future quantum threats by securing underlying storage infrastructure today. more…
Infrastructure as a weapon: Why the US action against Italy’s Autistici/Inventati puts global digital rights on notice
TechRadar
The ease with which a single nation has been able to silence 25 years of fighting for independent, anonymous, and private communications should stand as a warning. If punishing the host of a private service for what its users do on its platform becomes normal… more…
Ford CEO hits back at government ‘mistruths’ about China —as its $28K electric truck prepares to take on Slate and Chinese rivals
TechRadar
Ford's CEO fires back at US government over China claims as new electric truck nears. more…
AI’s overlooked storage opportunity
TechRadar
AI success depends on keeping more data accessible, protected, and affordable at scale. more…
The hidden legal dangers of your video doorbell and security cameras — how to protect yourself without getting caught out
TechRadar
Home surveillance is a complex topic, so make sure you're fully informed before installing cameras to protect your home. more…
Intel-backed auto-overclocking tool Hypertune optimizes individual systems, not test profiles — tool claims FPS improvement of up to 60% on Intel-based systems
Tom's Hardware UK
Hypertune is an automated overclocking tool built on top of Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) SDK and built in collaboration with engineers at Intel. more…
Talk Python to Me: #562: DuckLake: The Lakehouse That's Just SQL and Parquet
Talkpython.fm
How many files does your query read before it reads any data? On some data lakes, you go through JSON and metadata files first, just to learn which Parquet files matter. DuckLake asks one SQL question instead. The metadata lives in a real database. The data s… more…
Apple Unveils Watch Series 12 And Ultra 4 With S11 Chip
Ubergizmo
Apple has officially introduced the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, bringing internal hardware upgrades, expanded artificial intelligence tools, and new casing options while maintaining the established design language of its wearable lineup. B… more…
Apple Delays Two Key iOS 27 Features To Later Update
Ubergizmo
Apple has officially confirmed the release of iOS 27 for the public, but two prominent features previously previewed in developer betas have been removed from the initial launch build. Both tools will instead arrive in a future software update. This postponem… more…
This 7-in-1 Carabiner Multitool Puts Everyday Fixes on Your Keychain
The Gadgeteer
A full-size multitool is useful until its weight and bulk convince you to leave it at home. Tiny keychain tools solve the carrying problem, but some are so stripped down that they amount to little more than bottle openers with ambitious marketing. Price: $9.9… more…
This Compact Acer Desktop Could Make Local AI Much More Practical
The Gadgeteer
The problem with most “AI PCs” is that the term has become vague. A laptop may have an NPU, a few AI-assisted features, and a new badge, but that does not necessarily mean it can run demanding models locally or replace cloud-based AI services. Acer’s compact … more…
LOCKERSTOR 4 Gen2+ (AS6704T v2) Review: Four Bays, Four NVMe Slots, Zero Compromises
The Gadgeteer
Most four-bay NAS boxes make you pick a lane: fast networking or serious storage, spinning drives or solid-state, simple backups or real server duties. The ASUSTOR LOCKERSTOR 4 Gen2+ (AS6704T v2) doesn’t bother picking. It packs four SATA bays and four M.2 NV… more…
BleeqUp’s Rover Smart Glasses Tilt Their Camera for Better Cycling Footage
The Gadgeteer
Helmet- and glasses-mounted cameras usually have one fixed view, even though a cyclist’s head position changes with the bike, terrain, and riding posture. BleeqUp’s new Rover sports glasses address that problem with a camera that physically tilts to three pos… more…
He Kept Trying to Walk His Grandpa Through a Laptop Fix—Then Grandpa Reminded Him They Had TeamViewer
Twistedsifter.com
Walking someone through how to fix a computer problem is always a challenge, but Grandpa made it as easy as possible.
The post He Kept Trying to Walk His Grandpa Through a Laptop Fix—Then Grandpa Reminded Him They Had TeamViewer appeared first on TwistedSift… more…
OpenAI and Samsung deepen chip and enterprise AI cooperation
Quartz India
ChatGPT Enterprise usage at South Korean companies surged about 28-fold in a year as OpenAI deepens semiconductor and AI services ties with Samsung more…
Dell Technologies Sees AI Boom Building as $95B Server Backlog Signals Demand
MarketBeat
Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL), said enterprises are in the early stages of adopting artificial intelligence infrastructure,... more…
3 Stocks to Bet Against If You Want to Invest Like Michael Burry
Barchart.com
Michael Burry’s bearish positioning in these three names offers investors an opportunity to examine the risks behind some of the market’s closely watched AI... more…
Omarchy turns Arch Linux into a polished, agent-ready desktop
TechSpot
Omarchy is an Arch-based Linux distro built around Hyprland, designed to provide a polished and ready-to-use desktop without the usual setup work. It comes with developer tools, applications, and keyboard-driven workflows, while integrating AI agents that can… more…
ASML targets 2033 for High-NA EUV with larger masks, promising a 40% productivity gain
TechSpot
High-NA EUV is ASML's next major lithography platform. It can print finer features than today's EUV tools, which could help chipmakers build denser designs at advanced nodes. But its smaller mask limits the die area that can be printed in one exposure.Read En… more…
Galaxy Watch 4 support has ended: Which Samsung watch should you upgrade to?
SamMobile
Samsung is in the process of beta-testing One UI 9 Watch on several older Galaxy Watches, but the Galaxy Watch 4 isn't among them. In fact, the Galaxy Watch 4 series no longer receives any firmware updates. Support for the Galaxy Watch 4 has officially ended,… more…
ESP32 Bit Pirate: Bridging Modern Microcontrollers and Browser-Based Hardware Debugging
InfoQ.com
ESP32 Bit Pirate project integrates multi-protocol debugging within a browser environment using HTML5 APIs. It enables users to install firmware and interact with microcontrollers like the ESP32-S3 directly from the browser. The platform supports various digi… more…
Percona and HexaCluster: Faster, Safer Oracle Migration
Percona.com
Percona and HexaCluster have partnered to remove the hardest part of an open source database migration: getting off Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 or Sybase ASE with confidence, on a predictable timeline, without a multi-year consulting program. Percona brings open … more…
SORDINO: silent, sensitive, specific and artifact-resistant fMRI in awake, behaving mice
Nature.com
The authors develop SORDINO, a silent, sensitive and distortion-free fMRI method. They benchmark the technique against conventional approaches, reveal its functional contrast mechanisms and use it to perform brain-wide imaging of skilled motor behavior and so… more…
Cable News Bundling Hits The App Store; Grindr’s Turn On The Data Sales Hot Seat
AdExchanger
What Now? Cable network MS NOW, previously MSNBC, launched a subscription app this week at $7.99 per month or $79.99 annually. News media has struggled to find its place in the mobile subscription economy. (CNN+, anyone?) Behemoths like Walmart, Uber and Amaz… more…
Bell, Telus driving Wi-Fi 7 adoption in Canada: Ookla
MobileSyrup
Ookla, the internet analysis company behind popular tools like Speedtest, has shared its latest evaluation of the evolution of Wi-Fi in Canada, which reveals that Wi-Fi 7 is on the rise, while Wi-Fi 4 is struggling. While the overall uptake of Wi-Fi 7 tech in… more…
Elektron reveal the Outbox 8
Soundonsound.com
The Outbox 8 offers a convenient way for users to integrate hardware instruments, effects and mixers in their DAW-based setup, providing eight outputs that can be configured to carry audio or CV signals via a USB-C connection. more…
Ferrari F40 & Testarossa Memorabilia at No Reserve
Bringatrailer.com
This collection includes two pieces of Schedoni luggage for a Testarossa, a 1:8-scale F40 model, a wristwatch, and a tool roll with some tools. The lot is offered at no reserve in Glen Cove, New York. more…
Goodwill Hunting: Consoles’ brand value and loyalty is being tested | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
There’s a really important piece of context that looms behind every decision, every announcement, and every news story about PlayStation or Xbox at the moment. It’s a ticking clock; a countdown to the moment when Sony and Microsoft are going to have to start … more…
The Financial Side of Remote Design Work: How Freelancers Can Build a Sustainable Creative Career
Designer-daily.com
Freelance designers rarely fail because they lack visual talent or technical ability. In reality, creative skill and financial endurance are completely separate disciplines, and mixing them up leads to burnt-out studios. Setting up a dedicated home workspace,… more…
Would a 'kill switch' stop artificial intelligence going rogue?
ABC News (AU)
As the heads of the biggest AI companies in the world call for a "kill switch" to be mandated, an expert says it's only a "distraction". more…
Anthropic: AI Misuse Is Entering a New Phase: From Cybercrime to Surveillance, Propaganda and Weapons
Securityaffairs.com
AI is becoming an operational force for cybercrime, surveillance, propaganda, fraud and weapons development, lowering the cost and scale of attacks. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more than a tool for people who want to do something malicious. It is… more…
iOS und macOS 27: Apple schickt System-Updates ins Rennen
heise online
Apple rüstet seine Betriebssysteme für die KI-Ära, Siri AI darf jedoch nur begrenzt in die EU. Für iCloud zeichnen sich höhere Preise ab. more…
How Fragmented Workplace Tech Undermines Reliable Business Metrics and Reporting
Smartdatacollective.com
Isolated departmental tools and manual data handoffs quietly skew business metrics and reporting long before systems completely break down. more…
Managing Application Access When Corporate VPNs Reach Capacity Limits
Smartdatacollective.com
Most VPN capacity problems are routing problems. Application publishing is one way out. more…