Adam Breeden/ZDNET When is Amazon’s Spring Sale 2025? Amazon confirmed its second annual Big Spring Sale event on March 18, and publicly unveiled that the sale begins on Tuesday, March 25 and will end on Monday, March 31. Also: Everything you need to know about Amazon’s Big Spring Sale 2025 Do I have to be … Read more
Netflix has announced that it’s adding support for HDR10+ streaming, on top of the existing HDR10 and Dolby Vision formats that are already offered on the streaming service. HDR10+ should offer greater visual fidelity on a per-frame basis for Netflix’s frequently dark original programming. The company is enabling HDR10+ with the AV1 codec, the specification … Read more
23andMe, the company whose mail-in self-testing kits became synonymous with DNA testing, is filing for bankruptcy amid slowing sales four years after it went public. Anne Wojcicki, who co-founded 23andMe in 2006, is stepping down as CEO as the company tries to find a buyer. In January, 23andMe said it was exploring options for a sale … Read more
In an interview with GQ, Amanda Seyfried broke down her most iconic characters—including her leading role in the Diablo Cody-written Jennifer’s Body opposite Megan Fox. The film, directed by Karyn Kusama, wasn’t an instant hit but over the years since its 2009 release has built up a solid cult fandom that’s propelling talk of a … Read more
Shortly after senior Trump administration officials discussed and celebrated the bombing of Yemen in an encrypted group chat that, unbeknownst to them, included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, a subset of the group feasted at an opulent, secret dinner featuring the president where guests were asked to pay $1 million apiece to snag a seat. … Read more
Last month, the $61.5 billion-valuated AI startup Anthropic set up a gaming livestream on Twitch. Gaming livestreams are nothing new on Twitch, but this one is a little different: Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, is attempting to beat Pokémon Red. We are now one month in, and the livestream is still going. However, Claude has not … Read more
OpenAI released updates Monday for Advanced Voice Mode, its AI voice feature that enables real-time conversations in ChatGPT, to make the AI assistant more personable and interrupt users less frequently. Manuka Stratta, an OpenAI post-training researcher, announced the changes in a video posted Monday to the company’s official social media channels. OpenAI’s latest update aims … Read more
What you need to know An OPPO-branded phone (PKX110) just cleared 3C certification, likely the OnePlus 13T or 13 Mini. The listing reveals an 80W charging speed, but everything else is still a guessing game. The phone is expected to rock the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and a 6000mAh battery, just like the OnePlus 13. … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority These offers are available directly from Amazon. They are labeled as “limited time deals,” so the sale should end relatively soon. Additionally, the discount applies to all color versions available, so pick whichever you prefer! Amazon Echo Dot 5th Generation The Amazon Echo Dot is one of the most popular … Read more
An anonymous reader shares a Bloomberg column: Worries over China’s “3D” problem — that deflation, debt and demographics are structurally hampering growth — are melting away. Instead, investors are talking about how the world’s second-largest economy can take on the US and challenge its technological dominance. There is the prevailing sense that China’s “engineer dividend” … Read more