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Smart Wi-Fi power strips are a great way to save on your power bill. But do they pay for themselves? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysLeaving devices plugged and switched on can be wasteful.Monitoring usage and remote switching helps reduce bills.This Tapo smart power strip is a great option to monitor power consumption, and at $45, it pays for itself. I have three 3D printers that are on the go a lot of the time. I use them to make everything from replacement car parts to signs, and I even print material for local businesses.…

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new video loaded: 3 Summer Books to Carry You Into FallBy MJ Franklin, Karen Hanley, Claire Hogan and Stephanie Swart•September 7, 2025MJ Franklin, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends three great books that came out this summer.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them will doom most forms of cryptography.Several years ago, researchers found a radically new approach to encryption that lacks this potential weak spot. The approach exploits the peculiar features of quantum physics. But unlike earlier quantum encryption schemes, which only work for a few special tasks, the new approach can accomplish a much wider range of tasks. And it could work even…

Aryna Sabalenka sealed back-to-back titles at Flushing Meadows by seeing off Amanda Anisimova in straight sets (6-3, 7-6) on Saturday evening. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, meanwhile, are preparing to face off in a Grand Slam final for the third time this season on Sunday.

However, it’s important to note that neither of those metrics gives as complete a picture as some Internet discussions suggest they do; Civilization VII launched on other platforms and game stores like the PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Epic Game Store, and those wouldn’t be captured in Steam numbers—even though it intuitively seems likely that Steam would account for the significant majority of players for this particular franchise. Twitch viewership is also not necessarily representative of sales or the number of players. It’s also difficult to know for sure whether the layoffs are tied to the game’s performance. Just…

It is hard to imagine anyone less like the slovenly, has-been MI5 agent Jackson Lamb than his creator, Mick Herron. “He must come deep out of my subconscious,” the 62-year-old thriller writer jokes, sipping mineral water at a rooftop bar in his home city of Oxford, a world away from London’s Aldersgate where his bestselling Slough House series is set. In a “blue shirt, white tee” (fans will get the reference), he is softly spoken with a hint of a Geordie accent. Herron is often described as the heir to John le Carré and “the best spy novelist of his…

Long before either player won a major title, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz had already been identified as the rivalry to lead men’s tennis into the post ‘Big Three’ landscape.An electric night at the US Open three years ago was the first real sign why.”If this match is the future of men’s tennis, we are in for a great era ahead,” read a tournament tweet after Alcaraz edged a five-set quarter-final thriller that finished at almost 3am local time.’Sin-caraz’ was born. On Sunday, the pair return to Arthur Ashe Stadium to contest this year’s US Open final – the third…

A Mandria di Murtoli, CorsicaA hamlet of restored rural buildings in the Ortolo valley in Corsica reopened in June as A Mandria di Murtoli. Guests can stay in a former sheepfold, stable or barn, or one of five rooms in the main house. Three of the smaller properties have private pools, all rooms have terraces and there is a big shared pool. The buildings have been refurbished by Corsican craftspeople in a minimalist Mediterranean style, using local materials.The neighbouring farm has also been revived around a model of subsistence farming: raising livestock, market gardening and growing traditional crops. The restaurant…

FILE – Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo Monday, July 21, 2025 after the prime minister’s ruling coalition failed to secure a majority in the upper house in a parliamentary election. Philip Fong/Pool AFP/AP hide caption toggle caption Philip Fong/Pool AFP/AP TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election, Japan’s NHK public television reported. Ishiba, who took office in October, had…