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Code in the Google TV Home app describes sleep timers and notificationsAndroid TV has a sleep timer already, but it's not great or easy to findIt's in early stages, so don't expect it imminentlyIf you've ever fallen asleep during a TV show binge only to be rudely awakened by an auto-playing trailer or to realise that you've missed a chunk of episodes, the idea of a decent sleep timer on Google TV might be quite interesting. Well here's some good news: it looks like Google is working on exactly that.The news comes via Android Authority, which likes nothing more than delving into beta code to see what useful information it might uncover. And this time it's uncovered strings and references to sleep timers in the Google TV Home app, which is the main interface for Google TV.What to expect from sleep timers in Google TVThe code in the Google app suggests that the sleep timer will do more than the basic one that's currently in Android TV, which doesn't support pause and resume features. And the code also indicates that there will be timer warnings at different intervals – "X minutes until the TV turns off" – and possibly the ability to override the timer by asking for a bit more time.That latter feature is a little bit mysterious, because one of the lines of code describes a "sleep_timer_45_second_notification_action". That's an odd choice of time – as Android Authority says, why not do it at one minute?At the moment these are just clues rather than actual working features, but they're an encouraging sign nevertheless: at the moment manufacturers create (or don't create) their own timers, whereas having the feature baked into the core operating system would mean a consistent experience across the entire Google TV platform.It should make the feature much easier to find, too, because where firms do offer an Android sleep timer, they tend to bury it in the darkest corners of the settings menu.You might also likeThe best TV, chosen by our reviewers for all budgetsBest streaming service: Netflix, Apple TV Plus, and moreGoogle TV Streamer: release date, price and everything you need to know

Fujifilm X-E5 could be the first new X-E model since 2021’s X-E4It's now rumored to come with a 40MP sensor and in-body stabilization Could launch in on June 12 alongside new 23mm pancake prime lensIt’s high-time Fujifilm announced a new X-E mirrorless camera – and we may now have a date to circle in the diary. Fujifilm has revealed the time and place for its 2025 X Summit event – June 12 in Shanghai – and there’s speculation that the long-rumored Fujifilm X-E5 will be officially revealed then.Just last week we reported on rumors claiming the Fujifilm X-E5 would be announced in June, so this event announcement simply adds further fuel to that fire. It comes to us courtesy of reliable site Fuji Rumors, who also reports that Fujifilm will announce a new X-mount pancake lens at the event: the XF23mm. This stubby wide-angle prime should be a perfect partner for the compact X-E5 body, and we wouldn’t be surprised if the pairing is eventually sold as a bundle.Rumors speculating on what the X-E5 could be like in terms of specifications, features and price have been thin on the ground – until now. Again, it’s Fuji Rumors with the story, which claims the X-E5 will come with a 40MP X-Trans V APS-C sensor and in-body image stabilization (IBIS). That would take it closer to the popular, fixed-lens Fujifilm X100VI, which also has both features, but lacks the option of interchangeable lenses.This would represent a solid upgrade over the 2021-released Fujifilm X-E4, which sports a 26.1MP X-Trans CMOS 4 sensor and no IBIS. It also lacks weather-sealing, dual card slots and keeps physical controls to a minimum, all of which has led to it being generally regarded by Fujifilm enthusiasts as something of a disappointment.But with the rumor mill predicting that we're unlikely to see a successor to the Fujifilm X-Pro 3 (or X100VI) in 2025, the rumored X-E5 could become this year's most-anticipated Fuji camera for anyone looking for a compact, retro sidekick with a rangefinder design.How much might a Fujifilm X-E5 cost?The X-E4's minimalist approach to physical controls wasn't beloved by Fujifilm enthusiasts. (Image credit: Fujifilm)The prospective price of the Fujifilm X-E5, meanwhile, remains up in the air. The X-E4 landed in February 2021 for $850 / £799 / AU$1,399, but the rumors suggest its successor could cost a little more than that.We wouldn’t want to speculate, particularly given the current levels of uncertainty due to US tariffs on foreign-built goods. But Fuji Rumors points out that, while every previous X-E camera has had a launch RRP of under $1000, the inclusion of the higher-resolution sensor and IBIS on an X-E5 could well push up its price well above that line.The X-E5, if it’s real, represents an opportunity for Fujifilm to deliver a better-equipped compact mirrorless camera – the type of highly portable, unobtrusive all-rounder that’s ideal for travel and street photography. The bigger sensor and IBIS would be a great start, but we’d also like to see weather-sealing and a more comprehensive control setup.Will our prayers be answered? It looks like we may find out as soon as June 12. In the meantime, do comment on what you’d love to see in the rumored Fujifilm X-E5 in the comments section below.You might also like...The rumored Fujifilm X-E5 is the camera I'm most excited about in 2025 – here's whyFujifilm X half review: Who needs film?Best Fujifilm camera 2025: top mirrorless and compact cameras

Android phone owners can now quickly view Office files in a hassle-free wayPreviously, if you were sent an Office file, you had to sign in to your Microsoft account even to have a swift glance at itNo login is required now, as has been the case with iOS for a whileMicrosoft has just brought the anonymous file sharing ability that was already in iOS to Android users, so those phone owners can view an Office file that’s been sent to them without being forced to log in to their Microsoft account.Currently, if you get sent a link to a Word file (or other Microsoft Office format such as Excel), when you access it on an Android smartphone, you’ll have to sign in to your Microsoft account before you can view it.However, as Android Authority reports, Microsoft has now done away with that requirement, so you can simply click and view the Office file on your phone. But if you want to do anything else – like editing a Word document you’ve received, or popping in a comment – then you’ll still need to sign in, as those changes need to be attributed to you. (You will see a prompt informing you of this, by the way).You’ll need an up-to-date version of Office on your mobile for this to work, though, with Microsoft noting in the blog post introducing the change that version 16.0.18827.20066 or later is required.As Android Authority observes, the ability to click a link and open an Office file in this way, without being signed in, has been available on iPhone for a few months now.Analysis: About time for Android(Image credit: Microsoft)It took some time to provide this functionality for Android, then, which is a bit odd, seeing as you’d think that’d be a priority for Microsoft (with that mobile OS representing the majority of smartphones). Still, it’s good to see the feature debut, even if Android users have had to wait a while for this trick to be drafted across.Obviously, it’s quite inconvenient to click a link on a file you’ve been sent and then be prompted to sign in, if all you want to do, perhaps, is have a quick glance at the document that’s been sent.I should note that the sender of the file still needs to be logged in with their Microsoft account to share a file, of course, it’s only the recipient that can view the file (and only view it) anonymously, with no sign-in needed.You might also like...Hate Copilot? You might change your mind if this hint that it’ll extend your laptop’s battery life is trueCan’t upgrade to Windows 11? This Linux project wants to save your old PC from the scrapheap when Windows 10 support endsBeen hiding from Windows 11 24H2 due to the fuss about all the bugs? There’s nowhere to run now as Microsoft’s made the update compulsory

Buying a good Father’s Day gift can be tough for those on a budget, especially if your dad already knows his way around technology. Sometimes they’ll say they don’t want anything, other times they might buy the thing you’re looking to gift without giving anyone a heads up. If you need help brainstorming some ideas, we’ve rounded up a few of the better items we’ve tested that are priced below $50. From mechanical keyboards and security cameras to luggage trackers and power banks, each has the potential to make your dad’s day-to-day life a little more convenient.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/best-gifts-for-dad-under-50-113033738.html?src=rss

Gmail will now automatically show you a summary card for lengthy email threads if you check a Google Workspace account on the iOS or the Android app. The company introduced AI summaries last year when it rolled out Gemini side panels for Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive and Gmail. However, you'd have had to manually tap the "Summarize this email" option at the top of emails before if you wanted to see a thread's contents at a glance. Now, the summary will show up at the top of the email the moment you open a thread.

Google's AI assistant will write up key points from multiple messages and include them in the summary. It will keep re-generating that summary and keeping it up to date as more replies come in. At the moment, however, the feature will only work for emails written in English. Also, your personalization smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet, as well as smart features in Google Workspace, have to be switched on. As The Verge notes, Google didn't say whether it will also make auto-summaries available on non-Workspace accounts and Gmail on desktop. But you can always tap the "Summarize this email" option at the top whenever auto-summary isn't available for you.

In addition to summarizing emails, Gemini in Gmail can help you draft new emails and help you find information from within your inbox or from your Drive files. At I/O 2025, Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced Personalized Smart Replies, an upcoming feature that can look at your past emails and files to draft a response containing relevant information in the tone you typically use when you write. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-gmail-app-can-automatically-summarize-those-long-email-threads-120023369.html?src=rss

Cybernews finds major database containing chat logs unsecured onlineThe archive belongs to one of the biggest healthcare cooperatives, UnimedThere is no evidence of prior abuse, it was said, but users should be on their guardOne of the world’s biggest healthcare cooperatives kept an open database with “millions of patient-doctor messages”, along with plenty of sensitive healthcare information, documents, images, and more.Cybersecurity researchers from Cybernews found an exposed Kafka instance, and attributed it to Unimed.Subsequent investigation determined the logs were generated when patients talked to Sara, Unimed’s AI-powered chatbot, as well as human doctors.Images, PII, and moreCybernews said its researchers were able to intercept more than 140,000 messages sent via the company’s chat feature but, based on the logs of the leaking instance, “at least 14 million” messages could have been sent this way.“The leak is very sensitive as it exposed confidential medical information. Attackers could exploit the leaked details for discrimination and targeted hate crimes, as well as more standard cybercrime such as identity theft, medical and financial fraud, phishing, and scams,” the researchers said.The information exposed this way includes people’s uploaded pictures and documents, sent messages, full names, phone numbers, email addresses, and Unimed card numbers.While sifting through millions of messages could feel like a daunting task, feeding the archive into a Large Language Model (LLM) significantly simplifies the process. Threat actors could build detailed patient profiles with the help of AI, and use them to draft authentic, personalized phishing lures.Luckily enough, after being notified about the issue, Unimed locked the instance down.It claims that no one discovered it before Cybernews, and that no harm came of it: “Unimed do Brasil informs that it has investigated an isolated incident, identified in March 2025, and promptly resolved, with no evidence, so far, of any leakage of sensitive data from clients, cooperative physicians, or healthcare professionals,” the notification email reads. “An in-depth investigation remains ongoing.”A healthcare cooperative is a member-owned, nonprofit organization that provides or facilitates access to healthcare services for its members.You might also likeThis ancient browser security flaw affecting Safari, Chrome and Firefox is finally being fixedTake a look at our guide to the best authenticator appWe've rounded up the best password managers

According to Bloomberg, the next versions of Apple’s operating systems may be labeled by year, starting now. It makes sense. At this point, we’ve got VisionOS 2, watchOS 11, macOS 15, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Instead, they might all be tagged 26 — even if they launch this year.

It’s not the first tech company to align new products with the year of release. Samsung started naming its phones by year of release in 2020 with the S20, which followed the S10. We’ll learn for sure in under two weeks: WWDC kicks off June 9.

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PlayStation’s DualSense Edge wireless controller is cheaper than ever

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One of the standout deals of this year’s Days of Play sale is the PS5 DualSense Edge controller. You can pick one up for $169, which is 15 percent off its usual price. The deal is available on Amazon and directly from Sony.

The Edge resembles a regular DualSense controller, but there’s a lot more to it. For instance, there are function buttons below each thumbstick and rear paddles, and you can choose between a set of levers or shorter half-domes.

If you haven’t jumped on the PS5 yet, the PS5 Pro also gets a $50 discount.

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The new Opera browser can surf the web for you

It’s not Chrome, Safari or Edge, but if you’re willing to be different…

Opera has launched another… Opera browser. Neon is its first fully agentic browser. That means it’s baked in AI chat with users and can surf the web on their behalf.

It… clicks for you. It can even fill out forms and shop for you. If you’re feeling more ambitious, you can ask Neon to build websites, animations, even games, and it can continue chipping away at big projects while you’re offline.

Will that all be enough to swing you away from all your Chrome plugins or Safari passwords? According to recent figures, just over 2 percent of internet users use Opera. You can try it for yourself now. Oh wait, no, there’s a waitlist.

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This gaming mouse has a tiny fan inside

For the pro gamers.

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Pulsar’s latest competitive gaming mouse features a premium tiny fan from Noctua, the renowned fan brand. (Apparently, no one makes fans quite like the Austrians).

With a skeletal shell designed to enhance airflow, it’s for sweaty-palmed professional gamers. Like the original Feinmann mouse from Pulsar, it has a 32,00 DPI sensor and an ultra-fast 8,000 Hz polling rate. Due to the fan, it’s a little heavier than the original at 65 grams. And the price of dry palm calm? $180.

Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-121525453.html?src=rss

The Sony Days of Play sale is underway, and it includes the first official price cut for the PS5 Pro. The console has dropped by $50 to $650 in the US for the sale, which runs from May 28 to June 11.

This is the first time Sony has discounted its Pro-level console. Retail partners like Amazon are matching the discount as well. If you don't have a PS5 already and can afford the Pro model, it's definitely the way to go to get the best PlayStation experience. It earned a score of 88 in our review, and it might have scored even higher if not for the price and the lack of a built-in disc drive.

There are other discounts on consoles in the US and Canada as part of the sale. A bundle of either the standard PS5 or Digital Edition with a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 starts at $400/$510 CAD (for the Digital Edition). Sony says that will save you $120/$160 CAD compared with buying them separately. The PS5 standard and digital versions will be on sale in Europe and Asia too, starting at €400/£340/¥65,980.

It’s worth noting that Sony has considered raising the prices of PS5 hardware to offset the cost of tariffs. Microsoft this month jacked up the prices of Xbox consoles recently for that reason. So if you’ve been on the fence about getting a PS5 or PS5 Pro, now might be the time to snap one up.

Elsewhere in the Days of Play sale, accessories are getting discounts. You can save on the PlayStation VR2 ($50 off), PlayStation VR2 and Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle ($50 off), Pulse Explore earbuds ($30 off), DualSense Edge controller ($30 off), PlayStation Access controller ($20 off) and the DualSense controller ($20 off). Things like PS5 console covers and external storage drives will get price cuts as well.

You will, of course, be able to snap up PS5 games for fewer dollars than usual. MLB The Show 25, the brilliant Astro Bot and Lego Horizon Adventures are among the many first-party games getting discounts. If you haven't played The Last of Us Part II and don't want to wait a year or two before finding out where the story of HBO's adaptation will go after that (somewhat unsatisfying) season finale on Sunday, you might like to snap up the remastered edition of the misery simulator, which will be included in the sale.

Hundreds of other games will be featured. The list includes several Assassin's Creed titles, Grand Theft Auto V, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Balatro. On top of that, movies will be on sale through Sony Pictures Core

Elsewhere, some PlayStation Plus plans are 33 percent off for new subscribers. Upgrading to the Extra or Premium tiers may cost you a third less than usual as well. That stinks for long-term PS Plus members who’d like to add another year or two (especially after recent price increases in several regions), but that’s standard practice for plans such as these as companies try to boost subscriber numbers.

Speaking of which, Sony is adding an extra few games to the PS Plus Game Catalog for Extra, Premium and Deluxe members. They are:

Another Crab’s Treasure (PS5, May 29)

Skull and Bones (PS5, June 2)

Destiny 2: Legacy Collection (PS5 and PS4, June 4)

Grand Theft Auto III (PS5 and PS4, June 10)

Another Crab's Treasure is a delightful Soulslike that was one of my favorite games of 2024. One of the best things about it is an accessibility option that gives you a giant pistol that can one-shot any enemy. Skull and Bones landed last year after years of delays and I'd say that "at no extra cost" is the best way to try it. Destiny 2: Legacy Collection includes hundreds of hours of gameplay with all of the expansions from the game's Light and Darkness Saga, except for the last chapter, The Final Shape.

As it happens, the latest batch of monthly PS Plus games (which all PS Plus subscribers can claim and keep in their libraries as long as they maintain the membership) includes Destiny 2: The Final Shape, which will be available on May 30 for PS4 and PS5. The other titles, which you can claim starting on June 3, are NBA 2K25 (PS5 and PS4), last year's remake of Alone in the Dark (PS5) and the Jet Set Radio-esque Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (PS5 and PS4). That's a solid lineup!

In addition, two bona fide all-timers are joining the Classics Catalog on June 5 for PS Plus Premium/Deluxe subscribers. Myst and its sequel Riven will be available to members on PS4 and PS5 at no extra cost. Premium/Deluxe subscribers will have access to two more game trials from May 28: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (PS5) and Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (PS5 and PS4).

Update, May 28, 12:53PM ET: Sony pushed back the date that it's adding Destiny 2: The Final Shape to the PS Plus Monthly games list from May 28 to May 30. This story has been updated accordingly.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/the-ps5-pro-is-50-off-in-sonys-days-of-play-sale-144517873.html?src=rss

Disney Plus and Hulu have come up with a new idea to draw in subscribers: an updated "Perks" program. If you sign up for a subscription with either of those services, Perks will give you freebies like a six-month DoorDash membership, discounted stays at Walt Disney World and 20 percent off Adidas shoes. You'll even get a shot at winning items from Hulu shows, like actual A Handmaid's Tale robes and wings (which seems a bit on the nose in our current times).

The offer is now available to current and new Disney Plus subscribers and will launch for Hulu on June 2nd. Other companies participating including Microsoft, Pure Green, LG and Funko, with new perks arriving every week this summer. If you subscribe to one of Disney's Disney Plus and Hulu bundle plans, you'll get access perks from both programs. An international launch is set for later this year.

Disney Plus counts 126.0 million paid subscribers worldwide as of March 31 this year, thanks to 1.4 million new signups in the first three months of 2025, according to Variety. Paid Hulu subscribers rose by 1.1 million during the same period and now stand at 54.7 million. By comparison, Netflix counted 301.6 million paid subscribers globally at the end of 2024. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/disney-plus-and-hulus-new-perks-feature-offers-discounts-tickets-to-movie-premieres-and-more-123035097.html?src=rss

This week we're fielding your burning tech questions, as well as diving into a bunch of AI web browser news. Opera has started testing its fully agentic AI browser, the Browser Company is dumping the Arc browser in favor of something AI related and Mozilla is getting in a bit of hot water with experimental AI preview summaries. Try as we might, we just can't escape AI.

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