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Apple's 2025 iPhone lineup once again puts its users in a familiar position - choosing between two very similar yet distinctly positioned models. The gap between the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro is as small as ever, but as they say, the devil is in the details - and those details might justify the Pro's higher asking price for some, while others may find the standard model more than enough.
The iPhone 17 finally feels like a true flagship in its own right, matching the Pro's 120 Hz refresh rate, OLED qual
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"Life is finite. There is no fighting that — as much as people like to put themselves into ice, hoping that they might wake up in 50 years," Helen Mirren said. Read more ›
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If employers want AI to transform work, they should pay attention to history’s technological flops Read more ›
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DIY DDR5 is no longer just a concept, but a reality, as modder VIK-on has built his first 32GB stick from scavenged parts. The memory chips came from laptop SODIMMs, while a new PCB and cooler were acquired from China. After flashing custom firmware enabling 6400 MT/s XMP, the entire build put together cost $218. Read more ›
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Bloomberg reports on Amazon listings "automatically generated by an experimental AI tool" for stores that don't sell on Amazon. Bloomberg notes that the listings "didn't always correspond to the correct product", leaving the stores to handle the complaints from angry customers: Between the Christmas and New Year holidays, small shop owners and artisans who had found their products listed on Amazon took to social media to compare notes and warn... Read more ›
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"This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions," Powell said on Sunday. Read more ›
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There was no shortage of high-fashion looks at the 2026 Golden Globes, but some stars, such as Jennifer Lopez, missed the mark with their outfits. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from CNET: Finland-based IXI Eyewear has raised more than $40 million from investors, including Amazon, to build glasses with adaptive lenses that could dynamically autofocus based on where the person wearing them is looking. In late 2025, the company said it had developed a glasses prototype that weighs just 22 grams. It includes embedded sensors aimed at the wearer's eyes and liquid crystal lenses... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Cuba would no longer receive oil or money from Venezuela. Read more ›
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Julius Bruch spent seven years at McKinsey before founding an AI dementia startup. He shares what made the leap hard — and why consulting helped. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from It's FOSS: Jenny Guanni Qu, a researcher at [VC fund] Pebblebed, analyzed 125,183 bugs from 20 years of Linux kernel development history (on Git). The findings show that the average bug takes 2.1 years to find. [Though the median is 0.7 years, with the average possibly skewed by "outliers" discovered after years of hiding.] The longest-lived bug, a buffer overflow in networking code,... Read more ›
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See the Moon phase expected for January 12, 2025 as well as when the next Full Moon is expected. Read more ›
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Trump administration's global influence strategy runs through the AI supply chain. Read more ›
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Sgt. Dimko Zhluktenko, a commander of a drone team, told Business Insider what it was like flying in the heavy fog that Russia used to its advantage. Read more ›
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Sonia Holland and Erin O'Brien, both 26, pay about $570 a month for their spacious two-bedroom apartment in Guangzhou, China. Read more ›
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I married into a family of 10 and learned that forcing a "blended family" made things worse. Living side by side saved us. Read more ›
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Celebrities attended the 2026 Golden Globes on Sunday. Selena Gomez and Colman Domingo were among the best-dressed stars of the night. Read more ›
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In October, Walmart partnered with OpenAI to launch a new partnership with ChatGPT. Now, its doing the same with Google's Gemini. Read more ›
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A tattoo artist skipped store-bought gifts and gave her family tattoos, creating a meaningful tradition rooted in creativity and trust. Read more ›
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Stephen Hutyra was inspired by a Facebook post to build a pub in his backyard. He spent $61,000 and created the space of his dreams. Read more ›
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Gentoo Linux posted its 2025 project retrospective this week. Some interesting details: Mostly because of the continuous attempts to force Copilot usage for our repositories, Gentoo currently considers and plans the migration of our repository mirrors and pull request contributions to Codeberg. Codeberg is a site based on Forgejo, maintained by a non-profit organization, and located in Berlin, Germany. Gentoo continues to host its own primary git, bugs, etc infrastructure... Read more ›
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It was not that long ago when any phone with a battery capacity over 5,000mAh was guaranteed to be a clunky rugged phone, but the last few years have seen a revolution thanks to silicon-carbon (Si/C) anode technology. This allowed smartphone makers to fit higher energy density batteries inside smartphones, and we are now at the point of passing the 10,000mAh battery threshold inside a phone that's under 8mm thick.... Read more ›
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Realme kicks off 2026 in style with the 16 Pro+. The phone has a solid specs sheet, but what you'll notice first is just how impressive it looks. But before we get to either topic, let's unbox it. The phone ships with a full box - you get a USB-A to USB-C cable, a case, and an 80W SuperVOOC charger. Unboxing the Realme 16 Pro+ The Realme 16 Pro+ will... Read more ›
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The Reno15 series marks Oppo’s first major release on the global stage in 2026, and we managed to get hold of the smallest member in the lineup - the Reno15 Pro Mini, which is also known as the Reno15 Pro in some markets. Size-wise, Reno15 Pro Mini comes in at just over 151mm tall and 72mm wide, making it about the same dimensions as an iPhone 17 Pro and Google... Read more ›
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Oppo is expected to unveil the Find N6 in February, but according to a new rumor from "a trusted industry insider" this won't be its only foldable device launching this year. Instead, it will be joined in September by the Find N7, which will also be a book-style foldable, but with a twist. This one will be wider, just like the iPhone Fold, which is most likely being announced in... Read more ›
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Motorola is gearing up to launch its new Signature series smartphone tomorrow and ahead of the big unveiling Evan Blass shared the device's full specs. The Signature is set to be a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5-equipped flagship paired with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB UFS 4.1 storage. It’s expected to feature a 6.8-inch LTPO AMOLED with 2,780 x 1,264px resolution alongside a 165Hz refresh rate. The panel will... Read more ›
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MediaTek is holding a launch event in China on January 15, and is expected to unveil two new chipsets on that occasion. Rumor has it will we finally see the much-anticipated Dimensity 8500 at this event, the successor to the 8450 and 8400, both highly regarded upper-midrange chipsets. The Honor Power2, which was unveiled earlier today, uses the Dimensity 8500 so the official announcement of the chip is more of... Read more ›
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HP has unveiled a one-of-a-kind Windows PC at CES 2026, one that is built into a keyboard. Called the HP EliteBoard G1a, it is touted as the world’s first full AI PC in a keyboard and has been recognized as a CES 2026 Innovation Award Honoree. The EliteBoard G1a is a full-size keyboard that measures up to 17mm in thickness and weighs less than 750g. The keyboard packs dual microphones... Read more ›
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OpenAI is launching ChatGPT Health, which is a special place within ChatGPT where you can connect your Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, Function, Weight Watchers, AllTrails, Instacart, and Peloton accounts and ask questions about your health. OpenAI says ChatGPT is "designed in close collaboration with physicians" to "help people take a more active role in understanding and managing their health and wellness". And use ChatGPT more. Based on "de-identified analysis of conversations",... Read more ›
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The RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR glasses, which were unveiled in China last year, have now made their global debut at CES 2026. The TCL-backed brand showcased the Air 4 Pro and an eSIM version of the RayNeo X3 Pro at the event. RayNeo Air 4 Pro is being touted as the world’s first HDR10-enabled AR glasses. The glasses feature 0.6-inch Micro-OLED displays with up to 120Hz refresh rate, 3,840Hz... Read more ›
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OnePlus has been updating its smartphones to OxygenOS 16 based on Android 16 for quite a while now, and it's finally reached lower-midrange devices today. The update is now available for the Nord CE4 and the Nord CE4 Lite, which were both released in 2024. The Nord CE4 is seeing the rollout commencing in India with the new software build being labeled CPH2613_16.0.2.400(EX01). The Nord CE4 Lite's new build number... Read more ›
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