Wireless charging pads, Jacksonville Jaguars hack, cancer vaccine, Android 15, Apple robots, iPhone 16, BYD Seagull and Jolene. Many in North America were transfixed by the solar eclipse on Monday, including me. My neighborhood only got 91% blockage, but it was still fascinating to watch the sun as it started being blocked and then was back to full strength. While everything stopped for a few hours on Monday, there was plenty of news to come out this week. Check it all out below.

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• 8 Apple Watch settings I changed to dramatically improve battery life
• The best multi-device wireless charging pads for 2024
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• The latest Razer Blade 18 is now available to order
• This portable power station has a standout feature that makes camping safer than ever
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• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 Review
• Apple Vision Pro at Work: For Now, It’s Just an Expensive MacBook Accessory
• Garmin Lily 2 Review
• ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) review: This is the 14-inch gaming laptop to beat

• How to hack the Jacksonville Jaguars’ jumbotron (and end up in jail for 220 years)
• Man pleads guilty to stealing former coworker’s identity for 30 years
• Home Depot Confirms Data Breach After Employee Info Appears on Hacker Forum
• The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US
• How to Remove Your Personal Information From Google Search

• The Oldest Tapeworm Ever Was Just Found in Amber
• Hopes rise for mRNA cancer vaccine after Moderna trial shows promise

• Google finally launches its Find My Device network. Here are the Android models that support it
• Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple
• Android 15 could bring back a buzzword that was once the talk of the tech industry
• Beeper was just acquired by Automattic, which has big plans for the future of messaging

• I Played With Disney’s Magic HoloTile Floors and AI-Boosted Droids
• Apple Reportedly Developing Robots That’ll Roam Your Home
• We Know the Moon Makes Tides, but What About Mars?
• 5 Big Problems Holding Back AI PCs
• “If this one guy got hit by a bus, the world’s software would fall apart.”
• Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite Wallops Intel’s Core Ultra 7 in Latest Testing
• Android’s AirTag competitor gears up for launch, thanks to iOS release
• A secret climate experiment in Alameda
• $90 Billion vs. the Digital Divide: Is it Enough to Fix Internet Access in the US?
• After pushing cloud storage, TV provider to auto-delete 61-day-old DVR recordings
• Intel’s Gaudi 3 Goes After Nvidia
• Google’s new Arm-based CPU will challenge Microsoft and Amazon in the AI race
• As Broadband Access Lags, Cities Build Their Own Networks to Get Communities Online
• Major ISPs Required to Display ‘Nutrition Fact’ Labels for Broadband Starting Today
• Astranis unveils Omega ‘MicroGEO’ satellites for beaming dedicated broadband down from high orbit

• How the iPhone 16’s Design May Change
• Confused by iMessage Reactions on Your iPhone? Use Emoji Instead
• Xiaomi Brings My Phone Dreams to Life, a Decade After the Panasonic CM1

• Polestar 4 first look: When no rear window makes for a better car
• Tesla will unveil a robotaxi on August 8, according to Musk
• One of these concept lunar vehicles could join NASA’s Artemis V astronauts on the moon
• A frozen lake and several Lamborghinis provide lessons on traction control
• Why Electric Cars Are Built for Cities, But Only Booming in the Suburbs
• The 2024 Fiat 500e is a $34K EV that appeals to emotion, not logic
• After a fiery finale, the Delta rocket family now belongs to history
• The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

• The Romantic Rivalry Behind Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’
• The Dark History of Hawai‘i’s Iconic Hand Gesture
• The Poisonous Beauty Advice Columns of Victorian England
• The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws
• The National Park That Was Stolen to Death
• The Rise and Impending Fall of the Dental Cavity

If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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