Verizon will give you a free Samsung Galaxy S26, tablet, and watch today – how to qualify
Samsung/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The Samsung Galaxy S26 is an excellent edition of the brand’s flagship smartphone, offering extended battery life and improved performance over its predecessor. And right now at Verizon, you can get one for free when you add a new line to a qualifying plan. You’ll also […]
Still haven’t upgraded to full fibre NBN? From next year, NBN Co will make it mandatory for some premises
As part of a push to ensure as many Australians as possible are connected to fast, reliable internet, for the last few years NBN Co has been offering homes that currently connect to the fixed-line network via older copper-based technologies – such as fibre to the node (FTTN) and fibre to the curb (FTTC) – […]
AutoScout24 scales engineering with AI-powered workflows
Rebuilding engineering for speed, scale, and complexity AutoScout24 Group(opens in a new window) is the largest pan-European and Canadian online car marketplace, connecting more than 30 million monthly users with over two million vehicle listings. Operating across multiple brands—including AutoScout24 in Europe and AutoTrader.ca in Canada—the company supports a network of 45,000 dealer partners and […]
I asked ChatGPT and Gemini how to make French Toast as good as my mother used to make — one nailed the crispy-sweet finish
If you know me, you know my favorite food: French Toast. wherever I go, I order it, and I semi-regularly fire up my griddle to fry up my own custard-filled slices. Recently, I admitted to my wife that if I could eat French Toast every day, I’d do it. My French Toast obsession is, in […]
Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’
Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and Microsoft entered its final stretch on Monday, with testimony from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, and current OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor. Sutskever drew the spotlight, revealing an ownership stake in OpenAI’s $850-billion for-profit arm that is currently worth about $7 billion. That makes him […]
BYD’s latest EV costs just over $10,000, goes 250 miles, and packs a LiDAR, too
BYD has officially unveiled the 2026 Seagull, sold internationally as the Dolphin Mini or Dolphin Surf, and the numbers deserve your attention. The updated compact EV’s price starts from 69,900 yuan, which is around $10,300, in China, and tops out at 85,900 yuan, which is around $12,600. It debuted at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show […]
WhatsApp Plus is here, and you can safely ignore this subscription
WhatsApp has fiercely defended its status as a free, no-nonsense online messaging app for over a decade, but a new subscription tier is muddying the waters. Meta is rolling out WhatsApp Plus, a paid subscription model, to a limited number of iPhone users using the latest version of the App Store. WABetaInfo So, what does […]
Google says AI is being abused at industrial scale for cyberattacks, and it just thwarted one
For years, security experts warned that AI would eventually give hackers a dangerous new edge. That moment has arrived. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has published a report confirming that a criminal hacking group used an AI model to discover a zero-day vulnerability and nearly pulled off a mass cyberattack. Google says it caught and stopped […]
Netflix paid $500 million for a show NBC made in the 1990s — and it’s still better than most Netflix originals
Netflix is home to a great many terrific comedies, movies and TV shows alike. That includes original series like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, I Think You Should Leave, and Grace and Frankie, shows that are native to Netflix and you’ll never be able to get anywhere else. But none of those shows have become pop culture […]
NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, May 12 (game #800)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, May 11 (game […]