SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into the moon on Aug. 5 about 2:35 a.m. ET after 18 months drifting, creating a crater NASA estimates at roughly 60 feet wide and 10 feet deep near the Einstein Crater.
Aug 5, 2026 ·
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CMF Clip Pro open-ear earbuds are $69 on Amazon for Prime Day, down from their usual $99 (a $30 discount).
Aug 5, 2026 ·CNET
Cuisinart’s ClearView line improves visibility by adding a panoramic top window (and an interior light on both models) that lets the reviewer check cooking progress from above without leaning in, unlike Ninja’s side-view glass bowls.
Aug 5, 2026 ·CNET
T-Mobile added a 36-month installment option for new phone purchases that rolls device price, taxes, and fees into the monthly payments—letting customers start at zero upfront cost and (for well-qualified customers, for a limited time) get 0% APR that stays the same for the term.
Aug 4, 2026 ·CNET
iOS 27 doesn’t automatically install Siri AI—you must enable it by joining a Siri AI waitlist via Settings > Siri > Try New Siri (and only then can a “Siri AI” app appear on your home screen).
Aug 4, 2026 ·CNET
A preliminarily approved $2.2 million Equifax settlement will pay eligible customers who file claims by Sept. 1, with per-claimant payouts capped at $600 and distribution after a final approval hearing on Oct. 6.
Aug 3, 2026 ·CNET
A video found in the macOS 26.7 release candidate shows Apple camera-equipped AirPods using “Visual Intelligence,” including a Siri prompt to “save” what you see and a warning that AirPods should not be covered for more accurate environmental information.
Aug 3, 2026 ·CNET
A partial lunar eclipse will run from 9:23 p.m. ET on Aug. 27 until 3:01 a.m. ET, with about 93%–96% of the Moon covered and a “rusty, coppery tint” along the eclipsed edge.
Aug 3, 2026 ·CNET
Episode 3 of Ted Lasso Season 4 premieres on Wednesday on Apple TV, with new episodes dropping weekly until the Oct. 7 finale.
Aug 2, 2026 ·CNET
iOS 27 brings back Safari’s All Tabs icon to the Compact toolbar (replacing iOS 26’s three-dot menu) and adds automatic tab organization by category via an icon near the top of the All Tabs view.
Jul 31, 2026 ·CNET
iOS 27 makes Safari’s iPhone Compact toolbar in a way that restores the missing All Tabs icon by replacing iOS 26’s three-dot menu, and it adds automatic tab organization filtered by category.
Jul 31, 2026 ·CNET
The first new Season 3 episode on Paramount Plus drops Aug. 2, with weekly Sunday releases through the finale on Sept. 20.
Jul 31, 2026 ·CNET
Apple’s new Apple Upgrade replaces its prior iPhone installment program with a hardware lease that lets U.S. customers lease qualifying iPhones for 12 or 24 months (and some watches for 24 or 36 months) with monthly payments that can be reduced by a trade-in, while financing is facilitated by Klarna with a soft credit pull; Apple’s sample iPhone 17 Pro 256GB ($1,099 list) example shows $31.99/month for 24 months (total $767.76) plus a $331.24 residual buyout at the end (excluding taxes and any trade-in credit).
Jul 31, 2026 ·
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Several back-to-school tech and essentials are discounted now, including Apple AirPods 4 for $99 (save $30), HP OmniBook X Flip with $750 (save $450), and an 11-inch M4 iPad Air for $649 (save $100).
Jul 31, 2026 ·CNET
Wizards of the Coast will release official Dungeons & Dragons tabletop rulebooks for both World of Warcraft and Star Wars as part of its “Universes Beyond” line, with the World of Warcraft core rulebook arriving Nov. 17 after preorder and early access that begins Nov. 3.
Jul 31, 2026 ·CNET
The FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices—including most modern robot vacuums using autonomous navigation, obstacle avoidance, and wireless connectivity over 4.4 pounds—to its national security Covered List, blocking new models from receiving FCC equipment authorization for import, marketing, or sale in the US going forward.
Jul 30, 2026 ·CNET
Using major AI-detection tools (for both AI-written text and human-written text) did not produce results the author could trust, concluding that detectors used to evaluate student work are “worthless” and likely won’t stand up in student appeals or misconduct cases.
Jul 30, 2026 ·CNET
AI text and image detectors did not reliably distinguish AI-written from human-written work in CNET’s tests, including cases where an “AI” infographic was flagged as 100% AI by Winstonai but another detector (AI or Not) rated it 1% AI.
Jul 30, 2026 ·CNET
Utilization—not model quality or raw GPU access—is emerging as the key AI constraint because GPU costs accrue by the calendar hour while revenue/output accrues only by compute hours.
Jul 30, 2026 ·Hugging Face
Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro ($1,199), iPhone 18 Pro Max ($1,299), and the foldable iPhone Duo ($1,999.99) at its “Surprise and Shine” event; CNET readers’ average Duo price guess was $1,847 and matched the correct $1,999–$2,000 range.
Jul 30, 2026 ·CNET
