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 Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming just a few days after Apple released iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2.
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Ruben Amorim's men look to go four games unbeaten as they host a sliding Cherries.
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I went behind the scenes with T-Mobile's emergency management teams to see how the mobile carrier responds to a catastrophe and restores communications.
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If you spot a male-to-male extension cord while unpacking holiday lights, get rid of it immediately.
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I've found the best smart LED light strings for the holidays, no matter what colors or celebrations you have planned.
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Olympic snowboarder and two-time gold medalist Chloe Kim is a Nintendo super fan. She chats with CNET's Bridget Carey about Mario Kart World strategies, favorite childhood Nintendo games and how tech plays a role in her training for the 2026 winter games.
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Pokemon, Zelda, Mario and Metroid are some of the best games for the Nintendo Switch. They will be carried forward if you upgrade to a Switch 2.
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 In a support document published on Friday, Apple said that a "technical failure" in Australia prevented some older mobile phones from being able to make emergency calls by dialing 000, and it said there is a low chance that it could happen again.
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While iRobot is selling itself off as scrap, let's remember what actually makes a good robovac.
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My boyfriend texted me those dreaded four words: "Is your Spotify down?" Sure enough his, mine and thousands of other users' Spotify accounts appear to be down and out at the moment, with Downdetector recording over 10,000 reports from users.
Spotify is apparently working on the problem. The account, Spotify Status, shared an update on X at 9:45 AM on Monday, "We're aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!" About an hour later, the company shared an update saying that the outage was resolved as of 10:34 AM ET.
— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) December 15, 2025Update, December 15, 2025, 10:48AM ET: This story and its headline were updated to indicate that Spotify's outage has been resolved.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/music/spotify-was-down-this-morning-for-thousands-of-users-updates-on-the-widespread-outages-150453379.html?src=rss
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It's hard to get through Monday without your favorite playlist, but right now, you might have no choice.
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iRobot says it will continue to offer its robots and smart home devices? to consumers.
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It was a big day in gaming history when Nintendo finally released its Switch sequel. But the Nintendo Switch 2 lacked many options for microSD Express cards. Samsung helped change that this fall, with the release of its P9 Express series of microSD Express cards, and now one of them is on sale.
Currently, you can pick up the 256GB Samsung P9 Express microSD Express Card for $33, down from $55. The 40 percent discount brings the microSD down to a new all-time low price. That means your new Nintendo Switch 2 gets a lot more memory with transfer speeds reaching 800MB/s. The specs are on par with some of our other favorite microSD cards for the Nintendo Switch 2.
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 With iOS 26.3, Apple is making it simpler for iPhone users to transition to an Android smartphone, with new built-in tools for transferring data.
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There are free trials for watching tonight's MNF game, and Sling will let you watch for $5. See all of your options for watching or streaming the game.
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Whether you use a Samsung Galaxy Watch, Google Pixel Watch or another Wear OS watch, these tried-and-tested battery tweaks can help you squeeze a few more hours of charge.
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Looking for the perfect laptop or tablet to give for the holidays? We've spent hundreds of hours testing the most popular devices, and these are the ones we'd actually recommend for gaming, working, content creation and more.
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There used to be this thing called "flipping back a few pages."
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 The free Apple Sports app shows scores, stats, standings, and more for a variety of sports and leagues, and it should eventually gain support for one more.
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 Apple released the AirPods Max on December 15, 2020, meaning the over-ear headphones launched five years ago today. While the AirPods Max were updated with a USB-C port and new color options last year, followed by support for lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio this year, the headphones lack some of the features that have been introduced for newer generations of the regular AirPods and the AirPods Pro.
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Catch Leonardo DiCaprio like you've never seen him before.
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 Apple's AirTag 4-Pack has dropped to $69.99 today on Amazon, down from the original price of $99.00. Prime members can get the accessory delivered today in many locations, while free shipping options put it arriving in time for Christmas, around Saturday, December 20.
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Your dailly habits also impact your blood sugar. Here's what to know.
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From big batteries to skinny designs, these features made phones more exciting this year.
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Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company over to its largest creditor.
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Commentary: Disney's docuseries is giving me a new appreciation for Swift's Wembley shows, which I attended in London last summer.
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Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. Between The Game Awards and showcases like Day of the Devs, Wholesome Snack, Latin American Games and Women-Led Games, there's been a ton of video game news over the last week (I need Control Resonant ASAP, please and thank you, Remedy). And hey, guess what? I've got even more for you to dig into, including info on some new releases that you can play right now.
One of those is a game I'd been looking forward to since about 2022, and it's always nice when something you've remained patient for turns out to be worth the wait. In Sam Eng's Skate Story, you play as a demon who accepts a deal offered by the Devil. If the demon can ride a skateboard to the Moon and swallow it after being transformed into a creature made of "glass and pain," the Devil will grant them their freedom.
It's just as strange as that setup sounds. While you'll need to execute combos to defea
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Keep your hands on the wheel while chatting with Gemini about your route and destination -- or have it handle your to-do list.
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Fresh pennies may not be rolling out anymore, but your current stash is still usable.
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The pressure's on coach Xabi Alonso as Los Blancos travel to the Estadio Mendizorrotza.
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Your smart home can help you keep your sanity while charming your friends and family over the holidays.
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NEW RESOURCES Progress and Poverty: Launching CivicMapper: Visualizing Land Values in 3D. "Today, we are thrilled to launch CivicMapper, a new interactive tool that brings cities to life through 3D visualizations…. CivicMapper […]
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AI adoption is rapidly expanding across industries, but workers are saving only 40 to 60 minutes per day, on average.
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 After roughly six weeks of beta testing, iOS 26.2 and related updates have finally been released for all users, delivering a number of new features, changes, and bug fixes.
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 After installing iOS 26.2, if you're just tapping through screens, you could miss the update turning on automatic software updates.
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 Epic Games launched its mobile store for iPhone and iPad in the EU last year, and it has since established a popular program of weekly game giveaways. This week, it is making one of the most awarded indie action games of recent years free to download for a limited time.
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 Apple released iOS 26.2 on December 12, introducing the latest version of iOS 26. iOS 26.2 isn't the biggest update, but it brings quite a few helpful new features to your iPhone.
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The highlight of the year, the Geminids are the most active and colorful meteor shower, offering the chance to see hundreds of shooting stars every hour when they peak in mid-December.
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John Cena began his WWE retirement tour back in January, and it's coming to an end this weekend when the wrestling legend headlines WWE Saturday Night's Main Event. For the last fight of his career, Cena has been matched up with "The Ring General" Gunther on the night's fight card, which also features matches between Cody Rhodes and Oba Femi, a tag team match featuring AJ Styles & Dragon Lee vs. Je'Von Evans & Leon Slater, and a women's matchup between Bayley and Sol Ruca. This show starts at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday and will stream with a subscription to Peacock, or grab a 7-day trial of Peacock through Prime Video and tune in for free.
Here's a look at how to watch John Cena's final fight at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend, including how to stream the entire thing for free.
How to watch WWE Saturday Night's Main Event:
Date: Dec. 13, 2025
Time: 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
Streaming:
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 Samsung is hosting a new holiday event this week, and you can find great deals on monitors, storage accessories, TVs, Galaxy smartphones, and home appliances. Many of these deals are the exact same all-time low prices we tracked during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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 Back in September, Algoriddim's djay apps for Mac and Windows regained Spotify integration, allowing Spotify Premium subscribers to access the service's full music catalog and their own libraries and playlists, and today that support is expanding to iOS, iPadOS, and Android.
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Apple Music and Apple TV were briefly down during outage, according to Apple's System Status page. The outage was logged on Apple's own system at around 2:53PM ET and affected both of the company's streaming services, along with Apple TV's Channels feature, until the company resolved the issue around 4:31PM ET.
On DownDetector, reports of issues with Apple TV and Apple Music first appeared right around 2:33PM ET, a little before Apple officially confirmed the outage on its own site. Only "some" users were affected by the outage, according to Apple, and anecdotally, multiple members of Engadget's staff were still able to stream content while the services were reportedly out.
Engadget has reached out to Apple for more information on the outage and how many people were impacted. We'll update this article if we hear back.
Apple relies on cloud services from third-party compan
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There are a lot of competing ideas as to what a white elephant gift exchange really is. The origins of the term "white elephant" point to one definition: According to legend, the King of Siam would give a white elephant to courtiers who had upset them. It was a far more devious punishment than simply having them executed. The recipient had no choice but to simply thank the king for such an opulent gift, knowing that they likely could not afford the upkeep for such an animal. It would inevitably lead them to financial ruin.
While that story is almost certainly untrue, it can inform one approach to the white elephant gift exchange: gifting something just useful or amusing enough that it won't immediately get tossed into the trash, but is also somewhat of a burden. However, every workplace, friend group and family unit has their own approach to white elephant gift exchanges nowadays. Some compete to get a gift that others will surely want to steal, while others scavenge for the most niche and targeted gag gifts. Almost all of them, though, typically have a price limit that keeps the burden of gift giving to a minimum — usually $50 or less. So with all of that in mind, here are some white elephant gift ideas that will get you a few chuckles without requiring you to spend too much (or think too hard about it).
Best white elephant gift ideas
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NEW RESOURCES Divernet: War Log maps out 1,000 Baltic shipwrecks. "A new open-access database called the War Log has been released, recording the many forgotten but often well-preserved historic Swedish warships that […]
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Widespread outages for Facebook, Instagram and Threads were reported Tuesday morning, as parent company Meta warned that many of its core services were suffering from outages.
A status page went from listing all of Meta's services as "unknown" to "major disruptions" for business tools like Ads Manager, Facebook and Instagram Shops, Meta Business Suite and Meta Admin Center, as well as Facebook Login, Graph API, WhatsApp Business API, and Marketing API.
All of the outages list an inability to log in to the company's services as the core issue, but little further information is available from Meta at this point. An email inquiry for more data received no immediate reply.
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