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B&H Photo is one of our favorite places to shop for camera gear. If you’re ever in New York, head to the store to check out the giant overhead conveyor belt system that brings your purchase from the upper floors to the registers downstairs (yes, seriously, here’s a video). Fortunately B&H Photo’s website is here…

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 introduces a background blur effect in the app drawer, keyguard, and other areas. Activating Battery Saver will disable the background blur effect. Background blur consumes more power, so the setting turns the feature off. Google rolled out the much-anticipated first public beta for Android…

Bitcoin is entering a period of supply shock that could have more dramatic price implications than in previous cycles, Katalin Tischhauser, head of research at digital asset banking group Sygnum, told Cointelegraph. “Large demand will have a strong multiplier effect, meaning every $1 of demand leading to, say, $20-30 additional market capitalization,” she said. “We…

If you hate hearing the sound of the world around you, Bose products are for you. And WIRED has Bose coupon codes to help you save. The brand pioneered active noise cancelling headphones, and has remained a pioneer in providing sonic peace to everyone that can afford the brand’s high-end products. Now you can get…

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently rebranded Find My Device as the Find Hub. Perhaps as a consequence of this, the “Find your phone” page in Google account settings no longer lets you ring your device. You can still ring your phone from the web, though, so long as you use the…

The FTX Recovery Trust has initiated a second round of payments to its creditors. On May 30, the Trust started a $5 billion payout to eligible creditors in the Convenience and Non-Convenience Classes who have completed the pre-distribution requirements. According to a May 28 announcement, the creditors’ distribution will include Dotcom Customer Entitlement Claims, which…

If WIRED doesn’t write about Brooks running shoes more often, it’s because they’re so good and so reliable that it simply doesn’t occur to us. We just buy the next edition of the Brooks Ghost and carry on with our day. Several WIRED writers and editors wear Brooks running shoes as their everyday trainers, and…

TL;DR Google Search’s AI Overview results are known to confidently give wrong answers, and they continue to do so. The latest gaffe surfaced when users asked if it is 2025, to which AI Overview incorrectly claims it is 2024 and not 2025. Such confidently wrong results highlight the perils of relying on AI for fact-checking. Users can…

French authorities have charged 25 individuals, including six minors, over a series of kidnappings and attempted abductions linked to the country’s cryptocurrency sector. The group, aged between 16 and 23, faces charges connected to multiple plots targeting prominent crypto figures and their families, Le Monde reported, citing an announcement from the Paris public prosecutor’s office…

The White House is investigating after one or more people reportedly accessed the contacts from the personal phone of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and used the information to contact other top officials and impersonate her.  Wiles reportedly told people that her phone was hacked. The Wall Street Journal first reported the hack…