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Apple Watch Ultra 2 (left) with the Oura Ring 4 (center) and OnePlus Watch 3 (right) Matthew Miller/ZDNET I’m fortunate to have a strong immune system — and I often frustrate my wife by refusing to acknowledge any signs of illness. But the Oura Ring 4 no longer lets me deny reality. Named ZDNET’s 2024 … Read more

If you’re having trouble sending messages on Instagram and Facebook, fret not — you aren’t alone. Users have been reporting on Down Detector that Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook Messenger were all down for about an hour midday on Wednesday, Feb. 26. For Instagram, the main problem seemed to be messaging; the rest of the app … Read more

Cortisol is nothing new; we have known about it since its discovery in the mid-20th century. However, in the last year or so, this naturally occurring hormone has entered the limelight of social media. Indeed, you can find videos on TikTok discussing “cortisol face” with millions of views. Unfortunately, trends are rarely as simple as they … Read more

Nikon’s Z6 III brings most of the flagship features of Nikon’s far more expensive Z8 and Z9 to the Z6 line. The Z6 III (8/10, WIRED Recommends) features Nikon’s 24-megapixel partially stacked CMOS sensor, very fast and accurate 3D subject-tracking system, and ProRes encoding for video—making it one of the best hybrid, photo/video cameras on … Read more

The Verge is live blogging Amazon’s big Alexa event in New York City. It kicks off at 10AM ET on February 26th, and we’re expecting the company to announce a new subscription-based version of Alexa that’s beefed up with a bunch of AI features. It seems like a good time for the company to announce … Read more

Despite employers requiring their employees to complete yearly cybersecurity training courses, human-driven cybersecurity breaches still happen. The problem could even get substantially worse as generative AI increases the scale and personalization of social engineering campaigns. Anagram, formerly known as Cipher, is taking a new approach to employee cybersecurity training that the company hopes can keep … Read more

Table of Contents Table of Contents An absolute beast What makes the Blade 18 special? Razer is kicking off the race for the fastest gaming laptops of 2025 with its new Blade 18 machine. The company says it is the most powerful Blade laptop it has ever made, and that it’s also the slimmest machine … Read more

sjvn/ZDNET ExpressVPN is one of ZDNET’s favorite Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The popular VPN’s transformation of its Lightway codebase from C to Rust promises to make the service faster and more secure.   For now, the updated Lightway 2.0 is only available via ExpressVPN’s Aircove router with the February 4 AircoveOS v5 update. The Aircove, which … Read more

AVAILABLE TODAY: As of Feb. 26, the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Twilight Masquerade Booster Box is available for $160.99 at Best Buy. This restock is part of Best Buy’s Pokémon Day event, where they’re bringing back some of the hardest-to-find Pokémon TCG sets all week. Pokémon Day is nearly here, and Best Buy is celebrating … Read more

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword might be a little tricky. You’ll need to know a little bit about fashion, Broadway, country music and geometry. Need … Read more