Also: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3: How to pre-order and get the best deal The Buds 2 will go on sale and begin shipping on Aug. 27 for $149 at Samsung.com, through carriers and retail partners. You can get them in four colors: Black, white, lavender and green. All four models feature an all-white case with the inside of it and the earbuds covered in your preferred color....

A lot of its specifications are similar to last year’s model, including that lovely $449 price tag, and we’re not complaining; the A53 5G is currently our top pick for the best affordable 5G phone and has a place within the best Samsung phones overall. Also: Check out all these new features coming to Android The Samsung Galaxy A54 5G features a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display that’s brighter than any other smartphone in the Galaxy A series, according to the company....

More: The 6 best gaming monitors: Prepare for a world of hertz The use of OLED technology, which eliminates the need for added backlighting, allowed Samsung to slim the display down to just 3.9mm at its thinnest part. Other specs include: QHD (3,440x1,440) pixel resolution 100% color volume and DCI-99.3% color gamut 1 million to 1 static contrast ratioVESA DisplayHDR 400 True Black certification AMD FreeSync support5W built-in speakers...

Best Buy often runs promotions on Apple Macs, going against the trend of Apple product sales being few and far between. The US retailer is generally one of the best places to start if you’re on the hunt for a new MacBook, and the deal we’ve found for you is no exception. Best Buy is offering $400 off a MacBook Pro laptop. The 16-inch model typically retails for just under $2500, but with a 16% discount applied, you will now pay $2099....

Also: The best smart locks The bundle includes two security cameras and a home base that stores footage locally. Each camera records a live feed in 1080p 2K clarity, and the 135-degree diagonal field of view allows you to see exactly what’s happening on your property. The cameras records top-notion night vision footage and use motion-sensor floodlights to illuminate your home’s surroundings. But don’t worry, the cameras can distinguish between human and animal movement using smart technology, so the neighborhood cat won’t sound any alarms....

Microsoft has offered SMB and enterprise customers paid-for Windows 7 ESU since ending free security updates for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. It’s offered the Windows 7 ESUs to businesses for up to three years and that period came to an end today, January 10 – the date of the first Patch Tuesday of 2023. The same goes for the less widely adopted Windows 8.1, for which support also ends today....

As someone living with a disability, you have other payment options — like scholarships. Scholarships for students with disabilities can help you avoid some student loan debt. They can also make your career goals (and a lucrative salary) more accessible. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, individuals with a bachelor’s degree earn a median of $5,220 monthly. This salary totals $1,264 more than the national median for all full-time employees....

Plans also are in place to retrieve millions of Bluetooth-enabled wearables, distributed nationwide to detect and monitor user proximity, so these can be “refurbished and recycled” for future use when needed. Singapore’s Health Ministry said Thursday that the government had been progressively rolling back the country’s TraceTogether and SafeEntry platforms over the past months, as the global pandemic situation stabilised. Introduced in March 2020, the TraceTogether app tapped Bluetooth signals to detect other participating mobile devices in close proximity, allowing them to identify those who had been in close contact when needed....

The new study found almost 1 billion unique devices connected to Xfinity gateways in 2021, a 12X increase over the figure recorded in 2018. The most common devices to connect were smartphones, with 346.9 million unique devices having reached the web through Xfinity routers during the year, more than one-third of all devices connected. Also: Best phone 2022: Top 10 smartphones you should buy In a distant second place was tablets, with 150 million, followed by 119 million streaming devices....

With the move, Snowflake, a data cloud vendor, will widen its appeal with data scientists, data engineers and developers since Python will run natively on the company’s platform. Snowflake announced the Python support at its Snowday event. Python is among the most popular programming languages and just topped Java on the rankings. Best Python course 2021: Top online coding classes.Top programming languages: Most popular and fastest-growing choices for developers....

The Seattle-based startup SoundCommerce aims to give those retailers a third option, with a platform that helps brands leverage their data to make operational and marketing decisions. Now, SoundCommerce is available via the Google Cloud Platform Marketplace, making it one of a handful of technology providers available natively through GCP. The partnership gives Google Cloud one more tool to strengthen its footing in the retail space, a sector that’s naturally wary of AWS....

According to Minister for Emergency Services Vincent Tarzia, Netstar Australia has been awarded a tender contract to install more AVL in more than 1,400 vehicles for the Country Fire Service, Metropolitan Fire Service, State Emergency Service, ForestrySA, and the Department for Environment and Water for operations across metro Adelaide and regional South Australia. AVL provides real-time location information of firefighting and other emergency response vehicles during incidents. “Netstar’s AVL solution has been tested thoroughly and can withstand high demand in some of the state’s most remote locations, like parts of Kangaroo Island, where phone connectivity is non-existent,” Tarzia said....

Somehow, after you perpetrate one big mistake, you end up perpetrating several others without even trying. That seems to have been the case lately with Southwest Airlines. First, the airline let hundreds of thousands of people down by canceling their flights over the Christmas period. Then, the airline tried to blame everything on the weather, when it was patently clear the main fault lay with Southwest’s own technology. In particular, the software’s complete ossification and incapability of coping with a major weather event....

The two companies, along with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, announced the surprise event via their respective Twitter accounts. It will be held at 7:00pm CT today at SpaceX’s Starbase spaceport in Texas and will be live-streamed on SpaceX’s YouTube channel. Musk told his 104 million followers on Twitter that “this is something special”, but the companies have revealed nothing more than the time and location, and that it concerns increasing connectivity....

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become so commonplace that it’s easy to forget it was once a science fiction pipe dream. But AI and the machine learning concepts behind it are still new enough that programmers and data scientists will be in demand for the foreseeable future. So if you want to pursue a career in one of the fields where data science know-how is essential, this e-learning bundle can serve as a great first step....

The report follows Tesla’s announcement July 2nd of automobile deliveries that fell short of the highest expectations. The final number of deliveries reported this afternoon, 201,304, was slightly below the preliminary number on July 2nd of 201,520. The report sent Tesla shares up almost 3%, inititially, in late trading. The company noted in its shareholder letter that supply-chain challenges are still a risk to the company’s production: Supply chain challenges, in particular global semiconductor shortages and port congestion, continued to be present in Q2....

The company removed a line in its shareholder letter that had promised higher unit growth this year. Tesla said it delivered 241,391 vehicles in the quarter, above the average Wall Street estimate for 235,000. The number had been previewed in a preliminary release from the company earlier this month. Tesla’s final production number for the quarter was 237,823, in line with what it said earlier in the month. The report sent Tesla shares down 1% in late trading....

That means if you’re playing a first-person shooter and you perfectly target an enemy, your shot might not score, even if it was perfect. The delay inherent in the VPN might mean that while you saw your target in one location, it might have actually been somewhere slightly different. And that might result in a miss. In other words, even the best VPNs get in the way of successfully playing games....

That’s where we come in. We studied the specs and features of each iPad to find the very best iPad for your child. If you are in the market for a new kid’s tablet, these are the top iPads you can gift your child this holiday season. Also: What are the best phones for kids and which location tracking? You can also check out our review on the best tablets, the best computers, and the best laptops, if you need more shopping advice this year....

It’s important, however, to note how your FICO credit score may change over time. Your credit score can fluctuate based on the number of cards you sign up for and how long you keep them. Here are the major factors that determine your FICO credit score: Payment history: 35%Amounts owed: 30%Length of credit history: 15%Credit mix: 10%New credit: 10% As you can see, the number of new accounts and the length of your credit history play a role in the health of your credit score....