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Disney Is Killing the Hulu App

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Bad news, Hulu fans: Disney has plans to kill your app. As Variety reports , the company announced the news during a quarterly earnings call on Wednesday. The plan? Fully absorb the Hulu experience into the Disney+ app. Why have two apps when you could have one? (Other than, of course, the fact that these are two separate services entirety.) From Disney's point of view, it's a total win. By keeping Hulu and Disney+ in one app, both services can operate on one "tech platform." That will, supposedly, save the company money, as well as improve the customer experience—at least, according to Disney. Plus, from a business perspective, the company can bundle ad sales for both Disney+ and Hulu. Get ready to see a lot of ads for these two services together. What does this mean for Hulu subscribers? Of course, most of us do not work for Disney, and do not directly benefit from the things that increase the profits of the company. What will impact you, if you're a Hulu sub...

I Traded My Garmin for a Coros Fitness Watch, and Here’s What I Loved (and Hated)

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Garmin dominates the running watch market, even as runners have an increasing number of other options to choose from, including Suunto and Coros . I've long been a faithful Garmin user, but I wanted to give one of these competitors a fair shake, so for about six weeks (including the full month of July), I decided to test out how well a Coros could serve as my main running watch. So I set my daily wear Garmin Forerunner 265S aside in favor of a Coros Pace 3 and Pace Pro , swapping between them as the mood struck me. While I didn't come out of it a convert, I did learn a lot. Here's what I loved and hated—or at least found irritating—along the way. How I started the switch from Garmin to Coros I normally use Garmin to store all my personal running data. (For some people that might be their Strava account, but mine is kind of a garbage pile of data, as most of the watches I test for reviews sync their data to it, which mea...

The Switch 2 Has a Worse Temperature Range Than an iPhone

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Has your Switch 2 been running hot? You're not alone. In fact, part of the problem might just be that you're playing it during the summer—at least, according to a new statement from Nintendo. As spotted by Tom's Hardware , Nintendo's official Japanese account posted a warning to both Switch 2 and original Switch players: This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. Through X's Google-powered translator, we can see that Nintendo's post says the following: Using Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2 in a hot environment may cause the console to become hot. Please use it in a place between 5 and 35 ℃ as it may cause a malfunction. Recently, the temperature has been exceeding 35 ℃ for several days. Please be careful when using outdoors. For those of us in the U.S., Nintendo is advising us to play our Switch 2 units in areas between 41 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. That's actually a little less forgiving than so...

Proton Just Launched Its Own Privacy-Focused Authenticator App

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Authenticators from Google and Microsoft are already well-established, but the newly released Proton Authenticator may be worth the switch. Proton is the company behind Proton Pass, our top password manager for those who prioritize privacy , as well as other services like Proton Mail and Proton VPN. While Proton Pass has an integrated two-factor authentication (2FA) feature on its premium tier, anyone can use Proton Authenticator at no cost, even if you rely on a different service for password management. How Proton compares to other authenticator apps Functionally, Proton Authenticator isn't that different than other popular apps like Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator or alternatives like Duo and Authy. You can add time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs) manually or by scanning a QR code as well as import some or all of your existing codes from authenticator apps that offer this feature (Google does, Microsoft does not). In my testing, it was easy to screenshot and ...

The M1 MacBook Air Is Down to $600 Right Now

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The new lineup of M4 MacBook Airs had a ripple effect on all of the other MacBooks, but the M1 is seeing a particularly big discount. Walmart has the M1 MacBook Air 13.3-inch laptop for $599 (originally $999.99), which is $100 cheaper since the M4 was released, according to price-tracking tools . Although the M4 is $799.99 and a better value for your money, not everyone will be able to afford it. For those who need the extra cash in hand, the M1 MacBook Air is a good deal still in 2025. Apple MacBook Air M1 13” Laptop $599.00 at Walmart $1,043.99 Save $444.99 ...

Apple's Latest Security Patch Fixes a Zero-Day Vulnerability Targeting Chrome

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When Apple dropped iOS 18.6 this week , it didn't ship a bunch of new features and changes. Indeed, when you update your iPhone, it'll appear exactly as it did running iOS 18.5. Under the hood, however, the update introduced more than 20 patches for security vulnerabilities across iOS, making it an important security update for all compatible devices. When Apple released its security notes for the update, it did not indicate whether any of the flaws were zero-days—in other words, whether any of the flaws had been exploited or publicly disclosed before a patch was readily available. That puts the user at an advantage, since it suggests bad actors haven't figured out how to take advantage of any of the now-fixed flaws. However, as it turns out, one of these flaws was actively exploited—just not against an Apple product. The vulnerability in question is tracked as CVE-2025-6558. Per Apple's release notes, this is a flaw that could crash Safari when processing malicious ...