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Want to try film photography? Kodak’s new $35 camera is a great place to start

This $35 point and shoot camera makes 35mm film photography accessible, with no complicated settings and a stylish sliding lens cover.
A still from of Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) teaching school kids in Project Hail Mary (2026)

The best movies on Amazon Prime Video (July 2026)

The best movies on Amazon Prime Video this month include Project Hail Mary, The American Fiction, Ford v Ferrari, The Great Escape and more.
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This experiment shows how easy it is to poison an open-weight AI model for under $100

A cybersecurity researcher poisoned an open weight AI model for under $100 in about an hour, exposing how easily these increasingly popular systems can be secretly compromised without detection.
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This Android lock screen bug lets anyone text using Gemini without knowing your PIN

A newly discovered Gemini bug lets anyone bypass your Android PIN to send SMS and WhatsApp messages from a locked phone.
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This Gore Verbinski sci-fi comedy is one of the 3 underrated Hulu movies you should watch this weekend (July 18-19)

This weekend's Hulu watchlist features a Gore Verbinski sci-fi comedy, Park Chan-wook thriller, and a grandmother turned action hero, all critically acclaimed.
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The Call of Duty movie is set in the Modern Warfare universe, and it could lead to a whole franchise

Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg are bringing the Modern Warfare storyline to theaters, with Paramount eyeing a broader Call of Duty universe.
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Samsung’s Freestyle+ AI Smart Projector turns any wall into your next movie screen

Priced at $1,200, Samsung's new portable projector automatically corrects distortion, focuses in real time, and avoids obstacles blocking the picture.
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Stardust, Flo and other popular period trackers flunk Mozilla’s latest privacy test

Mozilla ranked six popular period trackers by privacy, revealing a massive gap between Euki's perfect score and Stardust's dismal 2 out of 10 rating.
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This true story thriller is one of the 3 underrated Netflix shows you should watch this weekend (July 17-19)

This weekend's Netflix watchlist features an apocalyptic animated comedy, a haunting Icelandic mystery, and a true story crime thriller, all critically acclaimed and underrated.
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After YouTube, TikTok is testing its own AI likeness detection tool

As deepfakes spread, TikTok joins YouTube in giving creators tools to detect and report unauthorized AI likenesses of themselves.
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Google Contacts borrows a handy iPhone trick to make sharing your number easier

Google is rolling out a small but useful update to the Contacts app on Android that makes it much easier to find and share your own contact details. Instead of digging through settings or creating a separate contact for yourself, you’ll now see a dedicated ‘Your Info’ card at the very top of your contacts […]
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OpenAI patches ChatGPT desktop after user backlash over its recent redesign

OpenAI fixed its confusing ChatGPT redesign, restoring conversation history, syncing chats across devices, and simplifying mode switching for users everywhere.
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ChatGPT will now remind teens to take breaks and give parents more controls

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT's teen safety features with age prediction, break reminders, and stronger parental controls, while defending why teens deserve AI access at all.
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ChatGPT’s new search tool saves you from digging through old chats, files, and images

No more digging through months of ChatGPT history, this new sidebar search finds chats, files, and images in seconds, with filters to narrow results.
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You can now link your favorite apps to AI Mode in Google Search to get things done

Google Search's AI Mode can now connect to apps like Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music to complete tasks for you.
Electronics, Phone, Mobile Phone

Hate editing videos? This new AI app turns your camera roll into ready-to-post reels

Reelful is an AI app that builds finished reels from your photos and clips, complete with voiceovers, captions, and music.
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OnePlus is leaving the US and a global market exit could follow by 2027, says report

OnePlus's exit from Western markets stems from financial strain, geopolitical tension, an Apple lawsuit, and a costly global memory chip shortage overall.
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Your child can now get a free Spotify account with parental controls

Kids can now get a music only Spotify account for free, complete with playlists, recommendations, and their own Wrapped summary.
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Can AI audiobooks narrate better than humans? This study says many listeners think so

A surprising new study shows people rate AI narrated audiobooks as more engaging and higher quality than human ones.
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Gemini can make sense of the world around you, but don’t let it observe your children just yet

Researchers tested Gemini 2.5 Pro on parent-child interaction videos and found AI is reliable at observation but falls short when making expert-level judgments about child communication.
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WhatsApp is creating its own cloud backup alternative for iPhone users

WhatsApp is building its own cloud backup service for iPhone users, offering 2GB of free storage and end-to-end encryption by default as an alternative to iCloud.
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Your iPhone could soon flag malicious iMessages before they do any damage

A new iOS 26.6 feature will alert you when a suspicious iMessage is detected, giving you the option to share it with Apple to help improve future defenses.
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Samsung Health threatens to delete your data if you opt out of AI training

A new Samsung Health consent toggle gives users an ultimatum: agree to share sensitive health data for AI training or lose all their synced data permanently.
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This Android malware can spy on your screen, read your texts, and control your phone remotely

A new version of RedHook Android malware uses your phone's own built-in debugging tool to take remote control of your device without needing root access or a USB cable.
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New Pixel 11 leak reveals colors, specs, and a surprise accessory ahead of launch

With the Pixel 11 a month from its August 12 debut, a leaked set of retailer listings just revealed colors, specs, and a hint at Google's first ever item tracker
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DuRoBo’s Krono e-reader and it’s page-turning sidekick Moodi are now available globally

DuRoBo's Krono and Moodi are now on sale globally, offering a distraction-free reading hub and a lightweight Bluetooth page-turner that works with Kindle, Kobo, and Play Books.
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Disney+ is exploring a free tier to fight back against YouTube’s growing TV dominance

Disney is in early discussions about making some Disney+ content free to watch, as YouTube's growing share of TV viewership puts pressure on paid streaming services to adapt.
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Spotify just gave Release Radar new controls so you can find new music your way

Spotify is rolling out new session controls to Release Radar globally, letting you filter your weekly new music playlist by genre, new artists, or editor picks before you hit play.
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You can now check if a Google ad was made using AI

Google is adding an AI transparency label to ads on Search, YouTube, and Discover, letting you check if an ad was made with generative AI.
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This new chip stacking technique could be the key to unlocking faster AI performance

Researchers developed a new chip stacking method that could quadruple AI memory density, potentially solving one of the biggest hardware bottlenecks slowing AI down today.
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US hospitals are hiring remote nurses to fix staffing shortages, but it raises serious questions

US hospitals are hiring remote nurses from the Philippines for as little as $5 an hour to address a shortage of nearly 80,000 registered nurses, raising serious patient safety concerns.
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Parents worry AI is becoming a crutch for their kids while schools struggle to keep up, survey finds

A new Deloitte survey found that 49% of parents worry their child relies on AI too much, while only 33% of schools have any AI guidelines in place.
ChatGPT Atlas browser on a MacBook.

Yet another research breaks the hype bubble for AI browsers serving serious security flaws

Researchers tested seven popular AI browsers and found four vulnerable to attacks that trick the AI agent into handing over personal data.
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Horror films play music to warn about danger. These headphones use the same trick to save you from robots

Georgia Tech researchers developed Spherephones, a wearable headset that turns nearby robot movement into spatial lo-fi music, warning factory workers before they even look up.
Artist impression of a Moon Base concept, with solar arrays for energy generation, greenhouses for food production, and habitats shielded with regolith.

NASA is investing $590 million in private contractors to build humanity’s first Moon outpost

NASA has awarded $590 million in contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly, and Intuitive Machines to deliver landers and cargo to the Moon as part of its $30 billion Moon Base program.
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Reddit is ending anonymous browsing on old Reddit, and longtime users are not happy

Reddit is locking down old.reddit.com with a login wall, and the admin's post hinting it may not last forever has longtime users worried.
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TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube are failing kids with broken safety features, research finds

A new study tested 86 child safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube, and found that more than half were broken, buried, or missing entirely.
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AI and vibe coding have unleashed a flood of new games, but not necessarily better ones

AI and vibe-coding have fueled a massive surge in mobile game releases, but the top 1% of publishers still control the vast majority of revenue and downloads.