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ZDNET’s key takeaways This ruggedized smartphone has a huge battery, a massive 800-lumen flashlight, and a night vision camera. The massive battery does make the handset weigh a hefty 2 pounds. The display can be a bit washed out in bright sunlight. At Amazon, the Blackview BV7300 is on sale for $250, a 7% discount. … Read more
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take … Read more
What is the best internet provider in Greensboro? If you’re looking for the best internet provider in Greensboro, you’ll need to consider a few factors, including budget, speed and overall availability. Some providers may offer top speeds but aren’t budget-friendly; others may be affordable but not available at your address. CNET’s experts have tested available … Read more
More than 1,400 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workers were terminated from their positions on Thursday amid a broader Trump administration shakeup at the independent government agency, sources tell WIRED. There were around 1,700 employees in total at the CFPB. The mass reduction in force, or RIF, comes nearly a month after a federal judge … Read more
A new theatrical Star Wars movie is on the way — and this time, it actually has a premiere date. At Star Wars Celebration in Japan, Lucasfilm announced Star Wars: Starfighter, a standalone feature that is set five years after The Rise of Skywalker. It’s being directed by Shawn Levy, who most recently directed Deadpool … Read more
On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a hackathon that calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha Lévy and Carl Schoeller, were all engineers under the age of 25. The tech … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents The Conjuring 2 (2016) Eddie the Eagle (2016) Aquaman (2018) When one hit show ends, another one begins. That’s HBO’s superpower — the network releases nearly every water-cooler TV show. With The White Lotus complete, the focus shifts to The Last of Us season 2, which will now air … Read more
Kerry Wan/ZDNET This year, Samsung has been building the hype around its 2025 TVs and soundbar lineup, promising an upgraded watching and listening experience for your home theater. So far, the company announced four new TVs and two soundbars, including a mini-LED TV, the new Frame Pro TV, and a soundbar with an internal gyro … Read more
On Thursday morning, Nintendo kicked off the post-hump day portion of the week with a juicy little Nintendo Direct livestream focused on Mario Kart World. It was nice to get some fun new details about the flagship launch title for Switch 2, but the Direct didn’t really answer the biggest question on many gamers’ minds: … Read more
Meta is removing the option to use Apple Intelligence writing tools for four of its apps, CNET confirmed Thursday. These options were originally enabled across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, but seem to have been removed for some users. It appears that Meta’s removal of Apple’s AI features may have begun as early as December of … Read more