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If your phone isn't working, it's not just you: T-Mobile is down. The outage appears relatively recent: According to Downdetector, the first reports trickled in at 3:53 p.m. ET, and have since exploded. As of this article, over 60,000 users have reported issues with T-Mobile. Over on r/tmobile, hundreds of Redditors are confirming issues with the service. The posts allegedly come from multiple states, including Utah, Arizona, Missouri, Michigan, and Illinois, indicating a potential nationwide outage. T-Mobile has not made a public comment about the outage so far, but its Help account on X is responding to user complaints with boilerplate responses. What do you think so far? ...

Chatbots are designed to make you feel like your conversations are personal. They're highly agreeable, and over-friendly, and simulate the experience of chatting with a friend online—assuming that friend can instantly generate a wall of text in a few seconds. In reality, however, they're far from personal, especially if your definition of "personal" includes "for your eyes only."Claude chats were visible on Google this weekendSome Claude users can attest to that fact after the weekend. As Cyber Security News reports, Anthropic's Claude share links have appeared in Google search results, indicating search engines like Google have indexed users' chats. Over the weekend, a viral Reddit post highlighted how, by simply adding "site:claude.ai/share" to your search queries, you could pull up real...

OpenAI announced today that ChatGPT Health will now be available to all users over 18, and on all plans, including free ones. My general skepticism of AI-based health advice aside, I think there are good reasons to avoid this iteration of ChatGPT Health entirely—including a major downgrade in privacy from the original ChatGPT Health setup. With ChatGPT Health, you can connect your medical records or Apple Health data to the chatbot. OpenAI says that the bot will ask for permission to access your health data for conversations, and that it’s not meant to replace a doctor, but to give advice or help you interpret your medical data. Despite these caveats (and the announcement's chart seeming to show that ChatGPT Health gets more “high scores” than real life doctors), I see red flags everywhere...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’re not into the futuristic look of Nothing’s over-ear headphones, the brand’s wireless noise-canceling earbuds might be up your alley instead. A more premium update to Nothing’s earlier Ear earbuds, these come with an upgraded charging case and are a solid choice for those who like their earbuds with a side of bass—especially since the Nothing Ear (3) wireless earbuds are now on sale for $129 (originally $149). The earbuds are comfortable to wear and feature more metal beneath their transparent plastic than their predecessors, giving them an even more polished, high-tech look. Users can pinch the stems to control them rather t...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. A year ago, I was obsessed with my Boox Palma. I carried the phone-shaped e-ink device everywhere, and credited it with helping me read more and use my phone less. But after I discovered the quirky, wallet-sized Xteink X4 last December, my Boox e-reader has literally been collecting dust.As I've pointed out in various reviews and articles, Xteink devices are a bit clunky (the company is a Chinese startup, and its products display all the growing pains you'd expect from new tech). They're also probably not for everyone—but they're definitely for a lot of people: Xteink's devices (which now include the X4, the smaller X3, and the just-released X4 Pro) have gone viral on social media and built a fervent fanbase on Reddit ...

Credit: Credit: René Ramos/Lifehacker/Dimitri Otis/Stone, Frazao Studio Latino/E+ via Getty Images In a recent story posted on Instagram, Instagram head Adam Mosseri revealed the social media platform is banning smart glasses videos where people are being harassed and exploited for views. "If you're posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing them, like a lot of these pickup line kind of videos that we've heard of and seen, then we're going to take the content down," Mosseri said. "We don't want people to be surreptitiously taking videos of other people and harassing them and then posting them on our platform. So we're trying to fight that every way we can."Hidden camera prank videos and "pickup" type videos are obviously n...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Do you have a sense that avoiding carbs is eating “clean?" Do you figure that anything with bread or flour in it is junk food? Is sugar something to be avoided at all costs? If so, we need to have an intervention. Carbs—including sugar—are good, actually. And avoiding them can do more harm than good when it comes to health and fitness.To find out how much carbohydrate you're actually getting, any nutrition app (like Cronometer, which is free) can keep track of how many grams of carbs you get throughout the day. If you use an AI-based tool, like the chatbots built into many wearable apps these days, make sure to double-check against the food's actual label to be sure it's tracking the grams of carbs correctly. Don’t con...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. An app has launched that detects whether the people around you are using Meta and other kinds of smart glasses. Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner, available for iPhone and designed by Albert Pariente Cohen, detects nearby Bluetooth signals that match Meta glasses, Snap Spectacles, Meta Quest headsets, RayNeo smart glasses, and other devices; then, it lets you know what gadget is nearby and whether it's been detected previously. In keeping with the "privacy" focus, Antizuck doesn't require an account or email address, nor does it send any data outside of your phone. It retails for $2.99 with no subscription.What devices can the Antizuck app identify?In my testing, Antizuck successfully identified both my Meta glasses and m...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.If you've been trying to justify upgrading your work-from-home setup, refreshing your laptop, find a new monitor, or just finally buying those accessories that will make your life a little easier, Best Buy's 'Black Friday in July' sale is the perfect excuse—but you can also find some good deals at Amazon. Here are the best discounts I'm seeing right now on laptops, monitors, and PC accessories. Many of these devices are down to their lowest prices ever. The best laptop deals right nowFor PC users, the best deal for a premium laptop right now is the Dell 14 Plus, which comes with Intel Core Ultra i9, 32GB Memory, and a 1TB SSD for $999.99 (originally $2,049.99). This i...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Creatine is best known as a supplement for people who hit the gym: Take a scoop of creatine powder every day, and you may find yourself able to work a little harder. But creatine is also being studied for its mental health benefits. Is it worth taking just for those? Maybe. What is creatine? Creatine is a natural chemical that our bodies use for energy production in cells. If you remember learning about ATP as an energy source (and how mitochondria, the “powerhouse of the cell,” turn food into ATP), you already know a little bit about this. When ATP is used, creatine phosphate can recharge that ATP (replacing its spent phosphate) for some quick extra energy. This is why it’s so useful in the gym: if you’ve just done ni...