The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max offer faster charging times You’ll also need a compatible charger to get the top speeds Only one matching charger is currently available, from Apple The Apple iPhone 17 series is now official, but we’re…
We can’t “make American children healthy again” without tackling the gun crisis
“When you add all these dimensions, [gun violence is] a very huge public health problem,” says Webster. Researchers who study gun violence have been saying the same thing for years. And in 2024, then US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared it…
California’s age verification bill for app stores and operating systems takes another step forward
A California bill that would require operating system and app store providers to verify users’ ages before they can download apps has cleared the Assembly 58-0, and will now move on to Gov. Gavin Newsom, reports. The Digital Age Assurance Act…
SpaceX launches 300th Starlink satellite-internet mission (video)
SpaceX just lofted yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Sept. 13) at 1:55 p.m. EDT (1755 GMT; 10:55…
Apple Watch Ultra 3 vs Apple Watch Ultra 2 — Same body, better screen
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 adds a bigger screen, more battery life, and Emergency SOS via Satellite to the adventurous wearable. Here’s what’s new compared to the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Apple Watch Ultra 3 [left], Apple Watch Ultra 2 [right]…
This tiny external GPU promises workstation power with Thunderbolt 5, RX 7600M XT, and wild claims of USB 5.0
OneXGPU Lite RX 7600M XT offers 2,048 stream processors with 8GB GDDR6 Infinity Cache is limited to 32 MB, restricting bandwidth efficiency gains Delivers 120 W power draw and up to 65 W power output for connected external devices External GPUs…
The Download: America’s gun crisis, and how AI video models work
This week, the Trump administration released a strategy for improving the health and well-being of American children. The report was titled—you guessed it—Make Our Children Healthy Again. It suggests American children should be eating more healthily. And they should be getting…
‘Hypernova’ smart glasses, AI and the metaverse
Meta Connect, the company’s annual event dedicated to all things AR, VR, AI and the metaverse is just days away. And once again, it seems like it will be a big year for smart glasses and AI. This year, the event…
Gravitational wave cry of baby black hole kicked away from its birth site heard for 1st time
Astronomers have for the first time measured the speed and direction of a newborn black hole, thanks to gravitational waves produced as it bounced away from the site of its parent black holes’ merger. This first complete measurement of black hole…
Save 35% on Parallels Desktop 26 to run Windows apps on macOS Tahoe
For a limited time, save 35% on Parallels Desktop to run Windows on your Mac — now with support for macOS Tahoe. Save 35% on Parallels Desktop 26 for macOS – Image credit: Parallels With coupon code NEW35, you can save…