WIRED’s top smartphone recommendation for most people is Google’s Pixel 9a (9/10, WIRED Recommends), thanks to its incredible balance of performance and features for its $499 MSRP. But Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days October sale event has brought the first major discount on Google’s smartphone, slashing the price to a mere $349. That’s shockingly amazing….
What was it like for you to start teaching, and straight away at a primary school with an inclusive focus? The beginning was full of challenges for me and until now I am constantly trying to improve my methods to adapt my teaching to a diverse group of pupils, from children with special educational needs…
Sunday, 28 September 2025, 19:01 | Updated 19:27h. Spain’s state meteorological agency (Aemet) has updated the weather warning for extreme risk of rainfall to red level in the provinces of Valencia and Castellón from this Sunday evening, 28 September. The new forecasts indicate that heavy downpours of rain could continue until Tuesday morning. In fact,…
Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at [email protected] or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words I refer to the letter, “New rules for drivers should be phased in gradually” (September 7), which expressed…
Photo: monkeybusiness/Depositphotos South Korea is one of the most digitally connected countries in the world, as 98% of its habitants own a smartphone. This includes its younger population, with children as young as 6 to 8 years old using these devices. Concerned about how their screen time can affect their mental health and academic performance,…
Because blasters operate outside of traditional mobile networks, the messages they send are not subject to the security measures that have been put in place by mobile providers. “None of our security controls apply to the messages that phones receive from them,” says Anton Reynaldo Bonifacio, the chief information security officer and chief AI officer…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – In just the few weeks since school started, the number of Knox County students violating the district’s cell phone policy has almost doubled the previous counts from entire school years. Knox County Schools’ Carly Harrington confirmed Friday that the district had logged 977 electronic device violations since school started on Aug….
While we’re talking about the display, make sure your Pixel is using the highest screen resolution. In Display & touch, scroll down to Screen resolution and choose Max resolution. It may eat up more battery life, but you paid for a high-quality display! Use it. Smooth display sits right below, but it’s finally enabled by…
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu However, Camera Coach—which launches in a preview (sort of like a beta)—has a “Get Inspired” button that uses generative AI to deliver some photos it thinks you might like to try and mimic. These photos are often quite a bit different from the originally scanned image, and I found these less helpful….
Apps loaded with malware have been a problem on Android phones for years, and a key reason behind it is the open nature of the operating system. Unlike iOS, which only allows installation of apps from the App Store on iPhones, you can run apps pulled from virtually any corner of the internet on an…