Sony earbuds, phishing lures, flu vaccine, Android 17, AI prompts, OpenClaw, wedding gifts, Google Pixel 10a, Rivian software and pop culture holidays. The last week has been a whirlwind for me. One of the biggest reasons is that I brought home a new dog. Bailey had lived her entire life in a shelter which meant everything was new to her and much of it was a little scary. She had quickly learned many new things and is completed bonded with me. I’m excited to have a new companion. Yes, there were also a lot of other stories in this week’s news and you can read all of it below.
- Sony WF-1000XM6 review: Facing tougher competition
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- MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z review: RTX 5090 Ti, anyone?
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- Sony WF-1000XM6 Review: Stunning Sound, a Half Step Behind Bose and Apple
***** Get Sony WF-1000XM6 The Best Truly Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds at Amazon ***** - Sony WF-1000XM6 vs. Apple AirPods Pro 3: There’s a Clear Winner
***** Get Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds at Amazon ***** - LaserPecker LX2 review: Large scale dual laser cutter
- The three cheap gadgets ZDNET readers are buying nonstop (No. 1 is weird)
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***** Get Cleaner Kit for Airpods Pro 1 2 3 at Amazon *****
***** Get heat it – Smartphone-Powered Insect Bite Healer at Amazon ***** - Dell XPS 14 (2026) review: Two steps forward
- Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Review: A Four-Color Variant
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- Daters, Beware: These Small Clues Could Mean You’re Secretly Being Recorded With Smart Glasses
- Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in ‘all stages’ of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors
- Apple Patches ‘Sophisticated’ Zero-Day Attack Targeting Specific iPhone Users
- Texas Sues TP-Link Over ‘Web of Deception’ About Alleged China Ties
- VPN Providers Ordered to Block Pirated Soccer Streams. There’s Just One Problem
- Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true
- Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
- Mark Zuckerberg said he reached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss ‘wellbeing of teens and kids’
- Trump official overruled FDA scientists to reject Moderna’s flu shot
- Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself
- Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
- FDA reverses surprise rejection of Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine
- Google (Almost) Announces First Beta of Android 17, Emphasizing Flexibility For Larger-Screen Devices
- How to set up God Mode on Windows 11 (and use its powers effectively)
- Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Bluetooth update comes with useful benefits (and a major caveat)
- Microsoft’s Phone to PC ‘Resume’ Feature in Windows Can’t Touch Apple’s Handoff
- No Time to Read a Long Google Doc? Try Gemini’s Quick AI Audio Summaries
- I Tricked Google Into Removing AI Overviews. Here’s How I Did It
- The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices
- Anthropic, Pentagon Reportedly at Odds Over How Military Will Use Claude AI
- Google Pixel’s Unique Now Playing Tool May Soon Get Its Own App
- Apple takes on YouTube and Spotify with new video podcasting push
- Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking latest Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans — Windows Insiders can’t download latest Insider ISOs and are met with IP bans
- Apple releases iOS 26.3 with updates that mainly benefit non-Apple devices
- We let Chrome’s Auto Browse agent surf the web for us—here’s what happened
- Prompt Engineering 101: The Secret Formula for Writing AI Prompts That Actually Work
- Elon Musk’s latest scheme is a satellite catapult on the Moon
- What Does “GPT” in ChatGPT Stand For?
- Meta Reportedly Wants to Add Facial-Recognition Tech to Its Smart Glasses
- Creator of Viral AI Tool OpenClaw Joins OpenAI
- Your home Wi-Fi isn’t nearly as private as it should be – 6 free ways to lock it down
- Take Your Music Offline. I Found 5 Easy Ways to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3s
- Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts — A Turkish tech delight for the age of PC shortages
- Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place
- $5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z gets killed in extreme overclocking attempt, thermal shock cracks the GPU core — MSI’s 2,500-Watt XOC BIOS pushed too high a voltage to the core
- ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
- A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
- Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan.
- Meta to challenge Apple with its first smartwatch — and it’s reportedly launching this year
- Microsoft’s new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass
- The iPhone 17e could fix Apple’s biggest design crime of 2025
- I Set Up a Burner Phone Number. Here’s Why (and How) You Should Too
- T-Mobile Sets a New Standard for Business Plans With SuperMobile
- Samsung Teases a New Unified, AI-Powered Galaxy Camera Experience
- I Tried the Pixel 10a, and Its Flat Camera Bar Feels Amazing
- Apple Is About to Make Your iPhone More Secure. Here’s What’s Changing
- We ran battery tests on 17 phones – this model lasted the longest
- Waymo begins deploying next-gen Ojai robotaxis to extend its U.S. lead
- When Amazon badly needed a ride, Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket delivered
- SpaceX to Compete in Pentagon Contest for Autonomous Drone Tech
- Rivian Drivers May Soon Be Able to Adjust Their EV’s Cabin From an Apple Watch
- Tesla Begins Cybercab Production. Now Comes The Hard Part
- What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under?
- Inside a Decades-Long Quest to Measure Love
- 6 Pop Culture Holidays People Actually Celebrate
I took a day earlier this week to visit some of the largest inhabitants of Earth. Below is one of the many gray whales that said hello to my boat.
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