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1Password partners with Perplexity on Comet AI browser
1Password teams up with Perplexity to offer secure credential management for the AI-powered Comet browser, enhancing privacy and access control.

Attack at Jordan-West Bank crossing kills two Israelis

'Cataclysmic' situation in Gaza City, UN official says, as Israeli tanks advance

Rival airlines step in to fill the gap as Ryanair slashes Spain flights this winter

Business Africa: Democracy under pressure, Egypt’s food struggles, and Nigeria’s remote work boom

Malawi's parties warned not to prematurely declare election victory

PayPal introduces easy ‘pay by link’ feature for requesting payments
PayPal will soon have a new feature for making payments. With PayPal Links, it will be possible to send and request money to and from friends and acquaintances by sharing personalized, one-time links. A PayPal Link remains valid for 10 days and can be customized as desired, for example to...

McLaughlin-Levrone cracks 48 seconds in historically fast 400 at world championships
Third-place finisher Salwa Eid Nasar clocked 48.19, a time that would have won the last two world championships.

This ultra-tiny ‘pocket power bank’ is insanely cheap right now
I love knowing I can recharge my phone anywhere at any time thanks to the power bank I’m always carrying—it makes me less anxious about leaving home without a full charge. If you don’t have a power bank yet, or if you want another as backup, here’s an excellent one...

TV antenna users: There’s finally a way to do multiview
On Monday night, I watched TV in a way was previously impossible. Using Channels DVR, I was able to play the Yankees game via MLB.TV on half the screen, with the other half playing Monday Night Football via a local over-the-air broadcast. This was thanks to Channels’ new Multiview feature, which...

RTX graphics on CPUs: Nvidia and Intel are officially joining forces
Nvidia is on top of the world right now, riding waves of investment in “AI” and becoming one of the most powerful and most profitable companies on the planet. Intel? Not so much. The company has been struggling in sales and performance for more than a year. So color me shocked...

Samsung’s reliable 256GB microSD card with SD adapter drops to $20
MicroSD cards are always useful to have on hand because you never know when you’ll need a bit of extra storage space for your devices. One of the best value microSD cards you can get right now is the Samsung Evo Select, which just so happens to be on sale...

How weak passwords and other failings led to catastrophic breach of Ascension
A deep-dive into Active Directory and how "Kerberoasting" breaks it wide open.

Yet another Chrome zero-day: 6th exploit of 2025 patched
Chrome users, you know the drill. Yet another zero-day exploit for Google’s browser giant has been patched, and you need to go update your browser now. Google said the latest zero-day — the sixth announced and patched so far in 2025 — has an active exploit “in the wild,” though...

I put these $6 battery-operated motion lights in ALL my closets
If you have a dark spot in your home that doesn’t get as much light as you like, boy do I have a solution for you: a compact, battery-operated, motion-sensing light that requires very little setup and maintenance, and costs so little that you’ll be wondering why you didn’t get...

Support for Office 2016 and 2019 ends in a few weeks. Here are your options
Microsoft wants to remind you that support for Office 2016 and 2019 will end on October 14th, the same day that support for Windows 10 ends. If this is news to you, make sure you read up on what your options are after Windows 10 hits end of life next...

Tech Life
Find out how AI is making phone calls possible between people who don’t share a language.

I tested AirPods Pro 3 with my Apple TV. What I heard surprised me
I’m a stickler for sound when it comes to streaming movies on my Apple TV 4K. Whenever possible, I prefer piping the Apple TV’s audio to my 5.1.2-channel speaker setup—if speakers aren’t an option, I’d crack open my Sony MDR-V6 studio monitors or (begrudgingly) my AirPods Max. But earbuds? Until...

This Core i7-powered Lenovo RTX 5060 laptop is $225 off right now
If you’ve been looking for a mid-range gaming laptop with one of Nvidia’s latest GPUs, things are starting to look up. Prices are coming down and deals are more common, but it’s unclear whether these drops are temporary—and if so, how soon before they skyrocket again. That’s why if you’re...