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While most of the Presidents’ Day sales happening today are more focused on appliances and home goods than tech, we’ve still found a few gadget deals worth noting. If you need a new set of headphones, for example, the excellent Anker Soundcore Space A40 earbuds are on sale for $59, while Apple’s noise-canceling AirPods Max are $69 off at $480. An Xbox Series S console bundle is $30 off, while the

Slowly but surely, Apple TV Plus has morphed itself into arguably the premier destination for streaming science fiction. (Or at least streaming sci-fi not named Star Wars or Star Trek.) There are adaptations like Silo and Foundation; original stories like Invasion, For All Mankind, and Severance; and even a franchise spinoff with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

• An El Al plane from Thailand to Israel was targeted by 'hostile elements,' according to reports.
• It's unclear if it was linked to the war in Gaza, but it took place over a Houthi-controlled region.
• Airspace disputes in Somalia could also be responsible, the Israeli airline said in a statement.

"Hostile

Mobile phone ownership has become standard for people of most ages, and, while there's a convenience argument, experts and regulators alike have expressed concerns about children's well-being and distraction while learning. To that end, the UK government has become the latest to announce guidance for banning the use of phones during school. It follows other European countries like France and Italy

• Some tech leaders are returning to San Francisco, The Wall Street Journal reported.
• The buzz around AI and a search for fresh talent is helping to lure some execs back to the city. 
• San Francisco's commercial real estate market is also getting a boost from the AI boom.

It seems like San Francisco is luring

• Decades before Darwin, there was a debate over transformism, the idea that species change over time.
• Two colleagues at the French natural history museum were on opposite sides of issue.
• They

TikTok is in the EU's crosshairs over potential Digital Services Act (DSA) breaches around the safety of minors and other matters. The formal proceedings will focus on addictive algorithms, the "rabbit hole effect," age verification issues and default privacy settings. The European Commission is also probing ad transparency and data access for researchers, it said in a press release. 

The probe is

Acefast is a Chinese brand that makes interesting accessories, and its latest product is a 4-port GaN charging station that delivers 218W of power. The best part is that it has a screen that shows real-time charging details.

After letting rival camera companies catch up for the last few years, Sony laid down a gauntlet with the 24.6-megapixel A9 III. It’s the world’s first mirrorless camera with a global shutter, a much-awaited holy grail feature. It completely eliminates rolling shutter distortion found on CMOS cameras by reading the entire sensor at once. It also boosts speed and removes the need for a mechanical

The Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite takes your TV viewing experience to the next level in an easy and affordable way.

As someone with a tech-related job, I’m regularly bombarded with questions about the best smartphones, why emails might have suddenly stopped showing up, and how to back up photos and videos. There’s another common question I hear a lot as well: How do I use Microsoft Office for free?

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In 1965, cryogenics pioneer Olli V. Lounasmaa set up the Low Temperature Laboratory (LTL) at what is now Aalto University to research ultra-low temperature physics. Despite some initial scepticism because “why would anyone want to research cold in Finland,” the LTL has prospered, attracting researchers from all over the world — and laying the foundation for Finland’s leading quantum computing