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Reading Makes You More Attractive—and Americans are Doing Less Of It Okay, I don’t think “booksmaxxing” is a real thing as much as it’s a tempting headline, but there is a case to be made that reading is sexy. Book mentions in Tinder bios are up 29% overall and 41%…

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Nothing’s cofounder says CMF couldn’t build a phone ‘at a price that makes sense.’ Nothing’s cofounder says CMF couldn’t build a phone ‘at a price that makes sense.’ by Stevie Bonifield Jun 19, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering…

Published Jun 19, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT Sara Heritage is a tech and gaming journalist, who's currently making her way up to Master Ball rank in Pokemon Champions. Bylines in IGN, GAMINGbible, The Gamer and more. You can usually find her tinkering with tech, or restoring old consoles, always with one…

Google/Amazon/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:  Add us as a preferred source  on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways New Google Home Speaker arrives June 25 for $99. It directly rivals Amazon's $99 Echo Dot Max. Google may be smarter, while Amazon may sound better. Google just announced the new Google Home Speaker , which…

Nathan Ingraham for Engadget Google just introduced a new smart home speaker yesterday, but the arrival of a new product heralds the end of others. The company has confirmed that it will end production of the Nest Home Mini and Nest Audio. These Nest devices have been on the market…

Table of contents Google’s first half of 2026 has been defined by one word: agents. From new Gemini models and an upgraded Search experience to  AI-powered shopping tools, Google has spent the first half of the year weaving artificial intelligence into nearly every product it makes. The message from Google’s…

Google has begun rolling out Android 17, introducing a sweeping set of updates aimed at reshaping multitasking, mobile gaming, and device security, as the company continues to tighten integration between Android and its Gemini intelligence layer. The update, which first ships on Pixel devices before expanding to eligible smartphones throughout…

Inset: Donna Jo Franklin (Door County Jail). Background: The area near where Franklin allegedly set a barn on fire in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (Google Maps). In a recent incident in Wisconsin, a woman has been taken into custody for allegedly torching her former partner’s barn, as reported by local authorities…

Moving from an iPhone to an Android device has never been the smoothest experience. Apple did introduce some improvements with iOS 26.3, which let users move things like photos, messages, notes, contacts, passwords, and apps wirelessly. Google has now completely revamped the Android Switch, its migration tool, to make the…