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People in the US consume between an estimated 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles every year. This can come from items in our kitchens, takeout containers or even the food we eat. However, certain foods are more likely than others to contain microplastics. To learn more about which foods we should keep an eye on, how microplastics affect our health and how to avoid them, we consulted a family physician and did our research.Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source.How many microplastics are too many?”There is no officially established ‘safe’…

The second Prime Day sale of the year is inching towards its final days (it ends at 11:59pm AEDT on Monday, October 13) and I’ve only just seen that the Dyson V8 has gotten a Prime-exclusive discount that slashes 58% off the list price.This isn’t the lowest price I’ve seen on this cordless vacuum – that was AU$319.99 a couple of months ago – but this isn’t too far off. It’s a discount worth considering even though it’s now been succeeded by an upgraded Dyson V8 Cyclone that retails for AU$649.Every time it’s been discounted, I’ve seen it sell like…

This post includes all deals for a computer network, ranging from desktops and laptops to Wi-Fi and storage devices, and more. These are items curated from thousands of products with deep discounts during the 2025 Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sale event, taking place from October 7 to 8. When it comes to shopping online, Amazon is the go-to destination for many. For Prime-related events, you’ll need a Prime membership to take advantage of the discounts. The cabinet below includes membership options. Amazon Prime membership signup links An Amazon Prime membership offers more than just free 2-day shipping. It includes streaming (Prime Video…

Fine-tuning experiments with 100,000 clean samples versus 1,000 clean samples showed similar attack success rates when the number of malicious examples stayed constant. For GPT-3.5-turbo, between 50 and 90 malicious samples achieved over 80 percent attack success across dataset sizes spanning two orders of magnitude. Limitations While it may seem alarming at first that LLMs can be compromised in this way, the findings apply only to the specific scenarios tested by the researchers and come with important caveats. “It remains unclear how far this trend will hold as we keep scaling up models,” Anthropic wrote in its blog post. “It…

Smartwatches do more than just track your steps and deliver phone alerts to your wrist. The best smartwatches go even further, giving you the ability to pay for a cup of coffee, take calls and connect to apps like Spotify all without whipping out your smartphone.Chances are, if you’re reading this, you already know all of the benefits of a smartwatch. You’re ready to invest, or upgrade from an aging accessory, but we wouldn’t blame you if you if you didn’t know where to start. There are dozens of smartwatches available now, including GPS running watches, fitness trackers that look…

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a fun one. The blue category will help you look ahead to winter sports. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play…

HP Series 5 Pro 49-inch monitor stretches productivity across 5120 x 1440 pixelsIts VA panel delivers deep contrast, though viewing angles remain limitedIntegrated webcam and microphones make this screen ideal for video-heavy workflowsHP has unveiled a 49-inch curved ultrawide monitor designed for professionals seeking a wide workspace and sharp visuals without paying premium prices.The monitor delivers a 5K resolution of 5120 x 1440 across its VA panel, offering an expansive field of view suitable for multitasking, editing, and productivity tasks.Its curvature is optimized for comfort during long work sessions, and the build includes a sturdy stand with height, tilt, and…

Today, October 7, 2025, Synology announces the availability of the latest incremental release of its DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system, DSM 7.3, for its network-attached storage (NAS) servers. This update adds security fixes and some notable improvements, but you’ll likely be more interested in what it removes. Indeed. DSM 7.3 eliminates the strict requirement for hardware compatibility, known as the Synology 2025 HCL policy, effectively allowing users to use Synology NAS servers freely with third-party SATA drives, as was the case prior to 2025. And this removal of the storage lock-in approach is undoubtedly the most significant “fix” for the…

Share valuations based on past earnings have also reached their highest levels since the dotcom bubble 25 years ago, though the BoE noted they appear less extreme when based on investors’ expectations for future profits. “This, when combined with increasing concentration within market indices, leaves equity markets particularly exposed should expectations around the impact of AI become less optimistic,” the central bank said. Toil and trouble? The dotcom bubble offers a potentially instructive parallel to our current era. In the late 1990s, investors poured money into Internet companies based on the promise of a transformed economy, seemingly ignoring whether individual…

Amazon’s October Prime Day sale tends to be a decent source of discounts for gaming gear, and the latest iteration of the “Prime Big Deal Days” event is no exception. Several games, mice, controllers and other accessories we like remain on sale as we approach the end of the two-day event, so if you just can’t wait until Black Friday, we’ve rounded up the best Prime Day deals on gaming devices below. Just remember that you need to be a Prime member to access some of the offers, and that the event as a whole ends at 3AM ET on…