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Verizon will give you a free iPad or Apple Watch with your next iPhone – how the deal works

Verizon will give you a free iPad or Apple Watch with your next iPhone – how the deal works

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Apple Upgrading all of your devices at once can cost a fortune. But right now, at Verizon, new and existing customers on select Unlimited plans can get an A16 iPad or choose from the Apple Watch Series 11, Series 10, and SE 3 for free with the purchase of any iPhone — no trade-in required. Bought separately, those devices would cost more than $2,000, so this is quite the deal. Also: iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 17 Pro For the service, you’ll need to either purchase a new smartphone line on Verizon’s Unlimited Ultimate plan, which is $50 a month with Auto Pay enabled for a single line, or on the Unlimited Plus plan, which is $40 a month with Auto Pay enabled for a single line. These prices will remain locked in for the next three years. Also: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs. iPhone 17 Pro Max For the iPad and Apple Watch, you’ll get them for free when paying for a new line for each on the Verizon Unlimited plan of your choosing. If …

Jennifer Gilbert Sends Works to Sotheby’s to Fund Detroit Nonprofit Lumana

Jennifer Gilbert Sends Works to Sotheby’s to Fund Detroit Nonprofit Lumana

Published by Jenni Sidey

A small group of high-value works from the collection of entrepreneur and philanthropist Jennifer Gilbert will go to auction at Sotheby’s this spring, with proceeds directed toward Lumana, a Detroit-based arts nonprofit she is developing. The works will be split across Sotheby’s May contemporary sales and its June design auction. The top lots include Joan Mitchell’s Loom II (1976), estimated at $5 million to $7 million, and Kenneth Noland’s Circle (1958), carrying a $4 million to $6 million estimate—an ambitious figure that, if achieved, would set a new high-water mark for the artist.  Related Articles Other works by George Rickey and Harry Bertoia round out the group, which leans heavily on midcentury abstraction and design—material that remains dependable, if not especially speculative, in the current market.  The sale arrives at a moment when collectors and institutions alike are leaning on established names, even as broader demand has softened outside the top tier. With that in mind the sale is well thought out: a handful of recognizable works, positioned to perform, tied to a honorable outcome. Proceeds will go toward Lumana, which Gilbert is building in …

How Audi’s electromechanical progressive steering works

How Audi’s electromechanical progressive steering works

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Audi is having a big moment: two years ago, the German brand announced it would launch 20 brand-new or significantly new models. Twelve of those have already rolled out, with more coming soon. The automaker also unveiled the Concept C, an all-electric two-seat sports car that looks like a cross between a TT and an R8. Audi says the Concept C “previews a future production model” but with the EV market currently in flux it’s impossible to say what happens next.  Meanwhile, Audi took the wraps off the newest version of its compact luxury sedan, the A6. Now in its 9th generation, the A6 is powered by a 6-cylinder gas engine making 362 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. It zooms from 0 to 60 mph in a brisk 4.5 seconds and includes more safety features, including an additional airbag up front.  The tech is updated too, with a new 14.5-inch OLED as standard instead of the 10.1-inch LCD …

How Trump’s Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Works

How Trump’s Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Works

Published by Sam Flores

Our business reporter Peter Eavis breaks down how American military ships have blocked Iranian-linked vessels from using the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. encourages other vessels to make the passage. By Peter Eavis, Leila Medina, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Stephanie Swart, Sutton Raphael, Josh Holder, Adina Renner and Blacki Migliozzi April 16, 2026 Source link

Scientists reveal the hidden forces shaping how gravity works across the Universe

Scientists reveal the hidden forces shaping how gravity works across the Universe

Published by Jenni Sidey

Gravity behaves predictably in your daily life. Drop a ball, and it falls. Planets loop around stars. On paper, the same rules should also govern matter spread across the universe. But the farther astronomers look, the more that certainty gets tested. That question sits at the center of a new analysis of galaxy motions on enormous cosmic scales. The work used light from the cosmic microwave background, combined with a large galaxy survey, to ask something deceptively simple: does gravity still follow the familiar inverse-square law across vast stretches of space? For now, the standard picture appears to be holding up. Researchers like Patricio A. Gallardo from the University of Pennsylvania tested how galaxy groups and clusters move toward one another over distances of tens of millions of light-years. Their results lined up well with the expectations of the standard cosmological model, known as Lambda-CDM, which combines general relativity, dark matter, and dark energy. A competing idea, modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND, did not match the data nearly as well. Patricio Gallardo and his collaborators used …

I built my entire workshop around Ryobi ONE+, and it just works

I built my entire workshop around Ryobi ONE+, and it just works

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Ryobi has carried a budget stigma for as long as I can remember. Walk into any Home Depot and you’ll find the green-and-black tools in the affordable section, quietly implying they’re what you buy when you can’t justify spending more. I bought into that framing for years — picking up a Ryobi tool when I needed something fast and half-expecting to outgrow it. That was before I built out a full ONE+ 18V collection and actually put the platform through consistent use. Ryobi tools are considerably stronger than their reputation suggests, and for most homeowners, dismissing them outright is the more expensive choice. The battery platform is the whole product Every tool you add costs less than the one before it The ONE+ platform has been around since 1996, and the core premise has stayed the same: one 18V battery format that works across every tool in the lineup, regardless of when you bought it. That sounds like standard marketing language until you actually own four or five packs and start adding tools. Bare tool …

Microsoft’s latest Windows update now confirms if your PC is Secure Boot-protected – how it works

Microsoft’s latest Windows update now confirms if your PC is Secure Boot-protected – how it works

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Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Windows will now tell you if Secure Boot is working properly. The new status indicates whether you have the latest Secure Boot updates. The April Windows update also patches a whopping 164 security flaws. Microsoft’s Secure Boot defends your Windows PC against dangerous bootkit malware. To keep your PC protected, the company has been racing to replace older Secure Boot certificates before they expire in June. But how do you know if your PC has received the newer certificates? Windows itself will now tell you. Arriving this week with the April Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 is a new visual clue and description to indicate the status of Secure Boot on your computer. The new information will tell you whether you’re protected with the latest certificates or still at risk. Here’s how this works. Also: How to check your Windows PC for expiring security certificates In Windows 11, go to Settings, select Privacy & security, choose …

New Longlegs Movie in the Works from Nicolas Cage, Osgood Perkins

New Longlegs Movie in the Works from Nicolas Cage, Osgood Perkins

Published by Daniella Wilson

Osgood Perkins is working on a new Longlegs feature, a follow-up to the filmmaker’s mystery horror thriller that became highest grossing independent film of the past decade. And in a twist out of the Longlegs playbook, rather than original distributor Neon being involved, this one has Skydance-owned Paramount Pictures as the project’s new home. Paramount has picked up the rights to the new mystery Longlegs project, which Perkins has written and will direct as well as produce. Nicolas Cage is returning as star and producer. Also producing are Brian Kavanaugh Jones of Range Media; Chris Ferguson, Perkins’ partner at their company Phobos; and Dave Caplan of C2, which financed the initial movie. Paramount and Perkins are keeping details in the basement but sources stress that this new Longlegs is not a sequel but something “set in the Longlegs universe.”   Longlegs was an out-of-nowhere hit when released by Neon in 2024, launching Perkins as a name horror filmmaker and establishing the star bonafides of Maika Monroe. The actress starred as an FBI agent, with an aptitude for clairvoyance, who …

‘Paddington 4,’ ‘Escape From New York’ Reboot in Works at StudioCanal

‘Paddington 4,’ ‘Escape From New York’ Reboot in Works at StudioCanal

Published by Daniella Wilson

Escape From New York and Paddington are among the properties getting attention from StudioCanal. The production company’s CEO and Canal+ chief content officer Anna Marsh was joined by executive vp of global marketing and distribution Hugh Spearing for the presentation Monday as CinemaCon kicked off in Las Vegas with its first major event. Among the news shared in the presentation was Marsh announcing that a fourth film in the Paddington franchise is currently in development. The exec noted that a team of comedy writers are attached to pen the script, although the names of the scribes were not shared. Paddington in Peru hit theaters in 2024 as the third title in the series that originated with Paul King’s initial 2014 movie about author Michael Bond’s beloved literary character. Spearing also announced that the company is partnering with The Picture Company to develop a reimagining of John Carpenter’s 1981 cult favorite Escape From New York. Kurt Russell starred in the original as prisoner Snake Plissken, who will be granted a pardon if he can rescue the …