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HP OmniBook 5 14 review: an OLED is almost enough
You know what I love more than OLEDs? Cheap OLEDs. And that’s exactly what drew me to the 14-inch HP OmniBook 5. It’s a $700 Windows laptop with a Snapdragon X Plus processor and an OLED screen. That means it should have great battery life and a beautiful screen. I consider these important in any laptop, so color me intrigued.…
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2026 Golden Globes nominations: How ‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked: For Good’ and more fared
It’s official: awards season is here. And one of the biggest events of the season, the Golden Globes, has just announced its illustrious class of 2026 nominees. Spotlighting the best and brightest across movies and television — and, for the first time in the show’s history, podcasts — categories, this year’s nominations were announced on Monday, Dec. 8 by Marlon…
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Google Project Aura hands-on: Android XR’s biggest strength is in the apps
Teased at Google I/O, Project Aura is a collaboration between Xreal and Google. It’s the second Android XR device (the first being Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset) and is expected to launch in 2026. Putting it on, I get why the term “smart glasses” doesn’t exactly fit. Is it a headset? Smart glasses? Both? Those were the questions running through my…
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I just tried Google’s Android XR glasses — and Meta and Apple are in trouble
So I’m chatting with Google Gemini while wearing a pair of Android XR smart glasses, and I tell the assistant to brighten up an image before I’ve even taken the pic. Gemini happily obliges. I also ask for directions for a nearby restaurant and Google Maps shows me turn-by-turn directions right in my field of view. And when I look…
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How Agentic BAS AI Turns Threat Headlines Into Defense Strategies
By Sila Özeren Hacioglu, Security Research Engineer at Picus Security. For security leaders, the most dreaded notification isn’t always an alert from their SOC; it’s a link to a news article sent by a board member. The headline usually details a new campaign by a threat group like FIN8 or a recently exposed massive supply chain vulnerability. The accompanying question…
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Stop, Shop, and Scroll
In 1914 Joseph Pilates was sitting in a World War I-era internment camp watching his fellow inmates waste away when he had an idea. As he later recounted to a journalist, the skinny prison courtyard cats kept spry and limber, stretching and moving even as they starved — could the German citizens interned in the camp at the Isle of…
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The three major sleep positions — and how each one impacts your rest
Everyone has their own comfort sleep position to drift off into a peaceful slumber. While it’s not generally something we put a lot of thought into, experts underline that your position can have a major impact on how you sleep, your physical health and how rested you feel after waking up. It’s common knowledge that lying on your side, back…
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Breville Eye Q Auto review
Breville Eye Q: Specs Slices: 2 or 4Material: Steel housingDimensions: 12.9 x 12.4 x 7.5 in / 33 x 31.7 x 19.1 cmWeight: 12.5 lbs / 5.7kgSettings: 3 + A bit more and TimerColor options: Stainless Steel, Black Truffle, Noir and Sea Salt Just when I thought toasters didn’t need smart settings, an iconic brand has proven me totally wrong.…
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Starlink made ‘work from home’ possible from anywhere — now, I’m ready for a change
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. I’ve worked from home for 20 years. In that time, I’ve seen technologies supporting remote work advance considerably.…
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I tested NotebookLM vs. Perplexity for deep research with 5 difficult prompts — here’s the clear winner
Perplexity AI and NotebookLM are two AI tools that are changing the way we dig into research, but they do take slightly different approaches. Perplexity’s Deep Research feature is like having a super-efficient research assistant. You ask it a question, and it scours multiple sources, summarizes the findings, and even links you to the original content so you can dig…
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