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Introduction If world-first camera hardware wets your whistle, the Pura 80 Ultra might be your 2025 phone photography highlight. It gives the best smartphones a run for their money with a two-lens telephoto camera that aims to get you closer to the action. Huawei hasn’t cut any corners with the other sensors, either, and knows a thing or two about nuanced picture processing. Things aren’t quite so rosy elsewhere, with familiar caveats around connectivity, processing power, and software on account of Huawei’s ongoing foreign trade troubles – but this is still a flagship phone, and as such commands a flagship…

Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall your “key details and preferences” and use them to personalize its output.This expands upon an update that Google introduced last year, which lets you ask Gemini to “remember” your personal preferences and interests. Now, Gemini won’t need prompting to recall this information. As an example, Google says if you’ve used Gemini to get ideas for a YouTube channel surrounding Japanese culture in the past, then AI chatbot might suggest creating…

It’s not every day you come across a wall charger that can both power and help you keep track of your devices, but that’s the beauty of Twelve South’s 120W PlugBug. The slim wall charger with four USB-C ports can double as a location tracker when needed, and it’s currently on sale at Amazon for $67.12 (about $53 off) when you clip the on-page coupon. This is a new low price for this high-end configuration.Although the 50W variant was recently on sale for just $19.99, it’s since increased to $58.99 at Amazon, making it only $10 cheaper than the 120W…

The Financial Times reports that Altman and OpenAI are backing a new company called Merge Labs developing brain implants, making it a pretty direct rival to Musk’s Neuralink.This has clearly been an interest of Altman’s for a while though — he wrote about “the merge” between humans and machines on his personal blog back in 2017, and connects it pretty directly to his work at OpenAI:The merge can take a lot of forms: We could plug electrodes into our brains, or we could all just become really close friends with a chatbot. But I think a merge is probably our…

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 Pro could finally ditch its stingy 128GB starting storage, with a fresh leak suggesting the base model will jump to 256GB. The move would put it in line with the iPhone 17 Pro Max, which has offered 256GB as standard since the iPhone 14 series. The claim comes from leaker Instant Digital on the Chinese platform Weibo, who says the iPhone 17 Pro will only be available in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB versions. The regular iPhone 17 and new iPhone 17 Air, however, are still expected to keep 128GB as the entry option. While 256GB as…

While there are plenty of top headphones to pick from, sticking with a wire will get you better sound. If you want to focus on the purest sound, look towards a set of in-ear monitors. Better yet, get a set with planar-magnetic drivers for even better accuracy and a more open soundscape. That’s exactly what Campfire Audio’s latest wired earbuds offer, and they might be about to sway me away from wireless buds. The Grand Luna buds feature a a custom 14mm planar driver with two precision-tuned BAs. That’s all encased in a red transparent shell that looks like it’s been pinched…

Just a few days after administrators announced that the “federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks,” the New York Times reports investigators have found evidence Russia is “at least partially responsible” for a recent hack. Politico reported on the breach last week, saying it was “believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states” and that while the system’s managers had been aware of its impact since around July 4th, they are still trying to figure out its full extent.Searches by the attackers reportedly included cases…

Google’s next Pixel launch event doesn’t happen until next week, but the company has already announced the Pixel 10 Pro Fold with a brief video teaser published on Tuesday. Based on the video, the new Fold will closely resemble the Pixel 9 Pro Fold — though that’s not a huge surprise, based on what’s already leaked about the device.The 30-second teaser includes a few shadowy glimpses of the new device, a peek at the unfolded inner display, and a solid look at the back of the foldable and its camera system. The teaser also shows that the phone will come…

Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its “privacy-first” UP Phone that will be made in the US — at some point.The original UP Phone was described by the company as “the ultimate privacy-focused smartphone” and by privacy platform GrapheneOS as “a clear cut scam.” (It was first announced in June 2022, though it didn’t reach customers until 2024; Unplugged wouldn’t tell me how many units were sold, only that it sold out within three hours.) Now, Unplugged has launched…

Can deleting old emails and photos help the UK tackle ongoing drought this year? That’s the hope, according to recommendations for the public included in a press release today from the National Drought Group.There are far bigger steps companies and policymakers can take to conserve water of course, but drought has gotten bad enough for officials to urge the average person to consider how their habits might help or hurt the situation. And the proliferation of data centers is raising concerns about how much water it takes to power servers and keep them cool.“Simple, everyday choices – such as turning…

The startup also offered to buy TikTok earlier this year. Google hasn’t indicated that it would sell Chrome at any price, and so far, the court hasn’t ordered a sale.Perplexity spokesperson Jesse Dwyer confirmed to The Verge that the WSJ’s reporting is accurate. The startup’s bid for Chrome stands in stark contrast to the startup’s valuation of about $18 billion.Dmitry Shevelenko, Perplexity’s chief business officer, told Bloomberg that “multiple large investment funds have agreed to finance the transaction in full.” A spokesperson for the startup also told Bloomberg that Perplexity would invest more than $3 billion in Chrome and Chromium…

If you’re hosting a small get-together or hangout at the park, a small speaker like the UE Wonderboom 4 can provide the soundtrack. It’s the kind of gadget that fades into the background yet remains as important as the food and drink. And right now, it’s down to just $59.99 ($40 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo, which is its lowest price to date.The Wonderboom 4’s compact design — which is roughly the size of a softball — makes it easy to bring anywhere, whether you’re lounging by the pool or cruising on a bike. One of its…