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I found a budget Android tablet qualified to replace my Kindle (and the price is right)

I've been a Kindle user for years, but the TCL Tab 10 Nxtpaper 5G has quickly become my go-to e-reader for a few reasons.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Why everyone on TikTok is shaking hands and asking is this illegal?

TikTok's top trending sound is inspiring a viral "is this illegal?" trend where couples humorously highlight their lifestyle differences.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Spotify expands audiobook access to family plan members for the first time

Spotify is expanding access to audiobooks with two new plans, one of which offers access to family members.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google issue joint AI safety warning - here's why

Monitoring AI's train of thought is critical for improving AI safety and catching deception. But we're at risk of losing this ability.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

3 Best Hall Effect Keyboards for Gamers and Serious Typists (2025)

Ascend from your mechanical keyboard to magnetically powered Hall effect switches.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Jack Dorsey backs an open-source development collective with $10 million

Jack Dorsey has been back in the news lately after unveiling a pair of new apps he worked on, Bluetooth-based messenager Bitchat and UV exposure tracker Sun Day. The Block CEO put those together under the auspices of a new development collective called "and Other Stuff," a nonprofit that he is backing with a $10 million cash injection through his StartSmall foundation, as TechCrunch reports. The group plans to work on...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Fixed red band trailer: Animated dog comedy is so NSFW, you have to see it to believe it

Genndy Tartakovsky's Netflix film "Fixed" centers on a dog who's about to lose his balls. Watch the chaos for yourself.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Virtuos, the studio behind Oblivion Remastered, is laying off around 270 employees

Virtuos, the studio that developed The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, is laying off seven percent of its staff, or around 270 employees. Gauthier Andres, a reporter and co-founder at Origami, was first to report the news, which the studio later confirmed. Virtuos has provided support on a number of large game projects β€” including a recent patch for Cyberpunk 2077 β€” and employs more than 4,200 people across the...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Apple Wallets Car Keys feature expands to 13 new auto brands

Car brands like Porsche and Chevrolet will soon support Apple's Car Key feature.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

UAE’s deal to buy Nvidia AI chips reportedly on hold

The U.S. is reportedly holding up the deal due to concerns that AI chips could be smuggled to China from the UAE.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Another big car company gives up on hydrogen

Stellantis, the automotive giant behind Chrysler, Citroen, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, is pulling out of hydrogen. The company said it’s killing its fuel cell development program in the face of β€œlimited availability of hydrogen refueling infrastructure, high capital requirements and the need for stronger consumer purchasing incentives.” To put that another way, it’s realized hydrogen EVs are facing the same set of...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

London-Berlin trains on the drawing board for UK-German rail taskforce

Chance of direct services reignites hopes for better rail links across Europe as Stamer and Merz pledge to sign bilateral treatyPlans for possible direct trains from London to Berlin will be drawn up by a joint UK-German taskforce, reigniting hopes for better rail connections across Europe.The partnership, announced as part of the bilateral treaty to be signed by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and his German...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Feds tell automakers to forget about paying fuel economy fines

Trump's tax bill means no penalties from model year 2022 onwards.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

EU presses pause on probe of X as US trade talks heat up

EU will miss self-imposed deadline to wrap up investigation.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

TikTok's latest feature will help songwriters show off their work

TikTok has proven to be a powerful platform to help tunes go viral and now the company is making it easier for songwriters to benefit from that reach. The social media site has rolled out a pair of new features in beta: a Songwriter label that identifies users as such under their profile, and a Songwriter Music Tab that lets them spotlight tracks they've written or co-written. So far, only a limited number of...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Adobe Firefly can now generate sound effects from your audio cues

Since rolling out the redesign of its Firefly app in April, Adobe has been releasing major updates for the generative AI hub at a near monthly clip. Today, the company is introducing a handful of new features to assist those who use Firefly's video capabilities. To start, Adobe is making it easier to add sound effects to AI-generated clips. Right now, the majority of video models create footage without any accompanying...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

10 fastest-growing fetishes of 2025 so far

Clips4Sale names 10 fetishes growing on its website this year so far.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

This Ninja dual-zone air fryer is 36 percent off right now

Whether you shopped during Prime Day last week or not, a few of the best deals are still around right now in case you missed anything. One of those is on our pick for best dual-zone air fryer: this Ninja Foodi air fryer is on sale for $160, which is 36 percent off its usual price. That's the same price it was on Prime Day proper and one of the best we've seen. It's a 10-quart model that includes a smart cook...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Uber makes multimillion-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own robotaxi service.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Apple's Emoji Game is now out for News+ subscribers in the US and Canada

Apple has rolled out the Emoji Game exclusively for its News+ subscribers in the US and Canada, just in time for World Emoji Day. While the company originally announced the game for iOS 26 at WWDC earlier this year, the Emoji Game is now available to subscribers on iPhone, iPad and Mac running iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 and macOS 15.4 or later, respectively. The game is similar to other word games out there like Wordle in...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

TikToks but there was once a time trend explores our wilder, younger days

A new TikTok trend looks back on our wilder or different days.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Shark Steam Pickup 3-in-1 Hard Floor Cleaner Review: A Do-It-All Cleaning Gadget

Want a do-it-all hard floor cleaner? Give this gadget a try.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Rejoy Health (YC W21) Is Hiring

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rejoy-health/jobs/DCsxNgv-software-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44592344 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Slack is getting a host of new AI tools

Slack, the cloud‑based team messaging juggernaut, is charging ahead with further integration of AI into users’ day‑to‑day experience. The company is introducing a series of tools aimed at improving productivity and improving team communication. AI writing assistance has been built directly into Slack Canvas, allowing users to create assets like project briefs as well as refine the content they create using natural‑...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for July 17, 2025

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Wordle today: Answer, hints for July 17, 2025

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1489 on July 17 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

9 Best MagSafe Wallets, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

These convenient and slim magnetic wallets are the ones you’ll want to stick to the back of your smartphone.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

This expert-recommended speaker is down to its best-ever price at Amazon

As of July 17, the JBL Charge 6 is on sale at Amazon for $179.95. This is 10% off its list price of $199.95.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Samsung chairman cleared of fraud by South Korea's top court

South Korea's top court has upheld an appeals court ruling to dismiss all charges in a long-running fraud case against Samsung chairman Jay Y. Lee. The accounting fraud and stock manipulation charges stemmed from a merger of two Samsung subsidiaries in 2015. Prosecutors had accused Lee of manipulating share prices to help clear the way for the merger in an attempt to consolidate his power. In 2024, a court ruled that...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

Newly published research shows that the domain name systemβ€”a fundamental part of the webβ€”can be exploited to hide malicious code and prompt injection attacks against chatbots.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Brazil passes β€˜devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law

President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communitiesBrazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists as the most significant setback for the country’s environmental legislation in the past 40 years.The new law – widely referred to as the β€œ...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

My new favourite air fryer upgrade β€” grab the Ninja Foodi DualZone Air Fryer for only $159.99

Save 36% on the Ninja Foodi 10QT DualZone Air Fryer at Amazon β€” now just $159.99, its lowest price in months.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

Roblox is adding an 'age estimation' feature for teens

Roblox is joining the growing ranks of online platforms that are trying to better understand the ages of their teen users. The company is rolling out a new "age estimation" feature for teens 13 and older. With the update, teens will be prompted for an age check that requires a video selfie in order to access its new less restrictive chat feature called "trusted connections." Roblox is relying on third-party identity...

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Everything we learned from a week with Apple CarPlay Ultra

CarPlay Ultra takes over the main instrument display as well as the infotainment.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Ars Technica favicon Ars Technica

Roblox introduces age verification for teens

Roblox links age verification for teens to new "Trusted Connections" feature.

Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable