After three years, the Apple Watch SE is finally getting a refresh. The company showed off the Apple Watch SE 3, the latest version of its budget-friendly wearable during its big iPhone 17 event.

The third-generation Apple Watch SE is the first of Apple’s budget-friendly watches to come with an always-on display and support for 5G . Other notable upgrades include Apple’s S10 chip and new health-tracking features.

The third-gen Apple Watch SE adds sleep apnea notifications and wrist temperature sensing abilities. According to Apple, it also charges two times faster than the previous generation.

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One aspect Apple isn’t changing is the price. The third-generation Apple Watch SE starts at $249 for the 40 mm version. It’s available for pre-order today and will ship September 19.

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Although I love them, sometimes, I don’t want to go through the rigamarole of heading out to attend a structured yoga class—I just feel the urge to stretch and want to do it from the comfort and privacy of my home. You can get a great workout on your own as long as you have a plan. I’ve found YouTube really helpful in these instances: there are a ton of channels on there where trained yogis offer up guided routines that are easy to follow at home. Whatever amount of time or skill you have (or don’t have), here are the ones I recommend.

A few notes: What I look for in YouTube yoga is a mixture of accessibility and tolerability. If I want something really serious, I consider that motivation to go to an in-person class, where I can get guidance from someone in real life. I don’t pretend to be a yogi by any means, either. I’m someone who enjoys fitness classes in all forms and spicing up my activities by keeping them diverse. These are the best I’ve found for my novice skill level and needs. I’ve vetted these suggestions, but any time you’re looking for at-home instruction, make sure you’re finding credentialed instructors and focusing on high-quality content.

For straightforward yoga: Yoga With Tim

Yoga With Tim offers up 15-, 20-, 30- and 40-minute flows for free and you can subscribe to a paid tier that unlocks longer ones. He isn’t as—how do I put this?—infantilizing and woo-woo as some others out there, which is nice if you just don’t feel like drowning in baby talk. Many of his videos are for “all levels,” so you can enjoy a simple vinyasa flow without contorting or stressing yourself. I also enjoy that he’s always on a beach or a deck. It’s just nice to look at.

For quick flows: Boho Beautiful

Boho Beautiful offers a little more woo-woo, but it’s not cloying. The real benefit of these videos is their varied times. There are a bunch of 15- and 20-minute flows on the channel that help you feel energized, stretched, and joyful in a pinch.

They don’t release very often—maybe you’ll get one or two new ones a month—but the back catalog is extensive and stretches back years, so you’ll always find something without much hassle.

A gold standard: Yoga With Adriene

Yoga With Adriene is the most famous YouTube channel on this list, and she deserves it. The channel has over 13 million subscribers because it’s just that good. If anything, the absolute glut of options is the only downside: She has videos for everything from waking up to doing yoga “after a disaster.” It might take you some time to pick one, but once you do, she’s clear, direct, and inspiring, while still being soft-spoken, so you get the direction you need without any distractions. The “Yoga for Beginners” playlist is a great place to start if you’re not sure what to do, as she really does take the time to explain everything you need to know.

For specific fitness goals: Yoga With Kassandra

Sometimes, the goal of at-home yoga is to leisurely stretch and be mindful. Other times, you may want to lean more toward “workout” than “relaxing.” In those cases, try Yoga With Kassandra, where you can get videos that are aimed at increasing flexibility, core strength, endurance, and more. She offers up different kinds of yoga, from the vinyasa you’re probably familiar with to yin, which has you holding the poses a lot longer than usual.

I’ll add, too, that if you’re looking for more intense stretching or even a more focused workout, I’ve already rounded up some of my favorite stretching and Pilates coaches on YouTube.

When you’re ready for a challenge: Nicole Wild

On Nicole Wild‘s channel, you’ll find a bit more of a challenge. Some of her flows stretch on for an hour and you can choose intermediate and advanced ones, too. There’s nothing wrong with sticking with novice videos forever (and, honestly, since you’re alone with no teacher to help you if the situation gets sticky, it’s not the worst idea) but if you’re looking for something a little spicier, go here. I like the production of her videos because it’s very easy to see her and exactly what she’s doing, but she also gives clear directions that come in handy when you’re trying something new.

If you want to watch real teaching: Lululemon

Interestingly, Lululemon’s YouTube channel features free, full-length classes—and I do mean classes. A lot of the videos feature an instructor and one or two other people, so you can actually watch the pro guide them. It gives more of the sense that you’re really in a class, which could be helpful for you. Seeing someone correct another person’s poses or posture can help you recognize what’s wrong with yours and bring some of the benefits of in-person class to your living room.

If you’re a guy who feels self-conscious: Man Flow Yoga

As a spin teacher, I know from experience that, for some reason, a lot of men feel funny about taking group fitness classes or following along with an instructor. I do want to say you’re being a little silly, but I’m just one person fighting centuries of macho socialization, so if you’re a guy in that cohort, I’ll tell you about Man Flow Yoga instead. Here, Dean Pohlman offers up videos aimed directly at men, with a focus on strength and flexibility. He has routines for “complete beginners” and scales up to week-long programs that focus on certain skills or muscle groups, all while speaking directly, clearly, and evenly. There is no woo-woo to be found here. Who knows—after a few of his videos, you may be ready to go take a yoga class in real life with no fear.

For accessibility: Yoga With Zelinda

I love Yoga With Zelinda because the instructor talks the talk, walks the walk, and…well, stretches the stretches. She is all about making yoga accessible, but that’s not just some buzzword she tosses around. Highly trained and specialized, she’s spent a lot of time developing her craft and prioritizes teaching yoga traditionally, in ways that help anyone and everyone try it out. She releases new videos constantly and they include the standard challenges and routines other creators share, but she takes care to prioritize and highlight different body types. She also uploads informational and educational clips so any viewer can become more knowledgeable about the practice.

For a sense of warmth and belonging: Yoga With Bird

Like I said, you can practice yoga for all kinds of reasons, ranging from a desire to stretch to a desire to meet a certain fitness goal. But sometimes, you might want to tune in because you want some mental benefits or simply want to feel nice. Yoga With Bird is good for that. Just look at some of the video titles—”7 Min Stretch for Overall Health” and “Anytime Yoga to FEEL INCREDIBLE!” are among the recent uploads. The channel releases new videos consistently every few days. To be relaxed, welcomed, and seen, this is where you go.

To build toward a challenge: Charlie Follows

Charlie Follows has over 1,000 videos and the channel is great for anyone looking for something both playful and challenging. Video playlists are organized by time, so whether you have 10 minutes or 30, you can find what you need right away, and the goal of much of her content is to work progressively toward more challenging poses. That’s great if you want a challenge but are realistic enough to know you can’t just jump right into the hard stuff.

BrianFagioli writes: Microsoft has decided it is time to rein in remote work. The company will soon require employees to spend at least three days per week in the office, starting with those in the Puget Sound region by February 2026. From there, the policy will spread across the United States and eventually overseas.

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Today’s Apple event isn’t just about iPhones and smartwatches. The company also announced the long-anticipated refresh of the AirPods Pro earbuds. The AirPods Pro 3 arrive a full three years after the company released the second-gen earbuds.

This is a serious upgrade with updated audio drivers and plenty of high-tech bells whistles, like active ANC and the ability to play spatial audio. Apple says these earbuds offer the best ANC of any in-ear headphones on the market.

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There’s a heart-rate sensor built right into the earbuds, which is pretty nifty for workouts. I’m loving this effort to stuff health sensors into earbuds. The battery life here is great, offering eight hours per charge. This shoots up to ten hours when using just the transparency algorithm. 

There’s also a new live language translation feature, which is something that Pixel Buds have been doing for a while. This tool will also be available for other models like the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation and the AirPods Pro 2. This Live Translation software will be available in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish at launch, with more languages coming by the end of the year. 

As for the physical design, everything looks mostly the same, though they are a bit smaller to accomodate more ear canals. The company said it scanned more than 10,000 ears to make sure these new earbuds “the most secure and best-fitting AirPods ever.”

The new AirPods Pro 3 cost $249. Preorders are open right now, with earbuds shipping out on September 19.  

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Every year, tens of millions of Americans pack up all their stuff and shift it over to a new apartment or house—and the experience can be exciting, stressful, or both at once. One aspect of moving house that exacerbates the stress is the long to-do list of post-move chores that have to be done.

The secret to a less-stressful house move, however, is to actually delay some of these for a while. Slowing down and taking a more leisurely approach can have a wide range of benefits for you emotionally, financially, and physically. Here are the projects you should never do immediately after moving into your new house.

Unpacking

It’s almost instinct: The moment that first box is in your new place, you want to start unpacking stuff. You want access to your clothes and possessions, you want to start finding the perfect spot for everything you own and get straight to enjoying the new property. But there are several benefits to waiting to unpack most of your stuff:

• Cleaning. Keeping everything boxed up means you can give the floors, walls, and crevices a thorough cleaning without having to move everything out of the way.

• Planning. You probably haven’t spent much time in your new home, so you don’t have a “feel” for the place. Waiting to unpack lets you familiarize yourself with the space so you can decide where things should go more deliberately.

• Relaxing. You simply don’t need all of your stuff on Day One. Setting aside most of the unpacking for later dates lets you relax and recharge after a stressful move.

The key here is planning your packing so your essentials are in a few specific boxes or other locations, so you can unpack what you absolutely need and leave the rest for a more relaxed schedule.

Plugging in new appliances

If you’re bringing appliances like a refrigerator or clothes washer with you to your new place, you probably want to hook everything up immediately—but you should hold off for a short time. Refrigerators and freezers need a little time to “settle”—the internal fluids (oil, coolant, etc.) can be sloshed around during transit, so waiting at least a few hours (a whole day is better) before plugging them in can prevent damage. Other appliances, like washing machines, might have had shipping bolts installed to stop the moving parts from being damaged, and forgetting to remove those safety measures can be disastrous, so taking a breath and thinking before you just plug everything in and hit the “on” button is a best practice—especially if you filled the oven with shoes in a desperation move you’ve completely forgotten.

Renovating

There is a short list of renovations you should probably consider doing before you move in: Painting, refinishing floors, and any essential repairs should be tackled before you’re actually living there. But if you didn’t purchase the house with a complete renovation plan in place—meaning you knew going in exactly how you’re going to remake the space and have a plan for where you’ll be living during the work—you should wait to do any other major renovation projects.

The reason is simple: You don’t know the house yet. You don’t know what will charm you, what aspects of its quirky layout or creaky old infrastructure you’ll love—or whether that feature you thought was so brilliant during the house tours will still seem brilliant after a few months. You don’t know how you’ll live in the space, frankly. Taking the time to live in the house for a while means the renovation plan you come up with will be customized to the space and how you use it, instead of an abstract or generic approach that may result in a brand-new space you don’t love.

Buying new furniture

Yes, you need someplace to sit in your new home—but don’t rush to fill the place with new pieces of furniture. Sticking with some of the beat-up old stuff from your prior home for a few weeks or months while you acclimate to the space will give you a clearer idea of how you actually want to use each room, and a better sense of scale and flow. This will allow you to choose furniture that fits both the physical space but also your new lifestyle in the new house.

Making major financial changes

Buying a house is a pretty huge financial transactions for most of us, requiring a lot of saving, planning, and budgeting. It’s not a great idea to immediately embark on more financial adventures for two big reasons:

• Savings. If you’re like a lot of people, your savings are probably at a low ebb after cutting checks for everything from home inspections to surprise closing costs. Rebuilding those reserves should be a priority immediately after you move in.

• Expenses. You have no idea what secret costs your new home has in store. Just because it got a passing grade from a home inspector doesn’t mean six things won’t break the moment you walk through the door, and you really don’t know what regular, routine maintenance and utilities use will cost you going forward until you’ve lived there for a little while.

• Emergencies. Even if it’s a brand-new home or a recently renovated place, emergencies can always happen. Natural disasters and accidents don’t know that you recently vacuumed every last cent out of your checking account, so putting a pause on big-ticket spending so you can rebuild that emergency fund is a good idea.

GirlsDoPorn owner Michael Pratt was sentenced to 27 years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to sex trafficking charges. Pratt, who spent several years as a fugitive before being arrested in Spain and extradited to the US, pleaded guilty in June to a charge of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.

“Pratt, the owner and operator of GirlsDoPorn.com and GirlsDoToys.com, built a multimillion-dollar criminal empire by luring young women into pornography through lies, coercion, and manipulation, and then broadcasting their abuse to millions online,” the US Department of Justice said yesterday after the sentencing in US District Court for the Southern District of California.

The DOJ said Pratt “exploited hundreds of women,” and that 40 of them spoke at the sentencing hearing. Pratt, 42, faced a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.

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Despite how it sounds, a xenotransplant isn’t something from the latest Alien movie. It’s an increasingly credible science: the transplantation of animal organs into humans. The field took one of its biggest leaps forward on Monday. The FDA approved the biotech company eGenesis to begin human trials of pig-to-human kidney transplants.

eGenesis provides pigs with CRISPR-modified genes. These genetic changes reduce the chances of organ rejection in human recipients. The FDA approved the company for Investigational New Drug (IND) Clearance for a three-phase study. Each stage will increase the number of patients if the results support moving forward.

Only those with end-stage kidney disease will be eligible. They’ll also need to be 50 or older, dialysis-dependent and on the kidney transplant waitlist. Around 86,000 people are currently on the kidney waitlist. The average wait time is three to five years at most centers. It can be longer for rarer blood types. Over 800,000 Americans have end-stage kidney disease.

eGenesis isn’t alone: United Therapeutics, another gene-edited pig developer, will soon begin enrolling people in a similar FDA-approved study.

“Advances in xenotransplantation are giving our community hope that new options may soon be available to those who need them most,” National Kidney Foundation CEO Kevin Longino wrote in a press release. “Patients expressed strong support for the advancement of clinical trials in our recent Xenotransplantation Voice of the Patient report. It is gratifying to know they’re being heard.”

The trial approval coincided with news of another successful xenotransplant. Bill Stewart, an otherwise healthy 54-year-old New Hampshire resident, received one of eGenesis’ pig kidneys on June 14. Before the operation, he received dialysis three times per week for over two years. His organ donor wait was longer than most due to his blood type. He was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital on June 21 and no longer requires dialysis.

“There’s so few of us who have done this, and they’re writing the protocol as we go, so to speak,” Stewart told CNN. “But I’m feeling good.”

Tim Andrews, 67, received a pig kidney in January. Before his transplant, he required dialysis for over two years. Over seven months after the operation, he’s still dialysis-free. He’s currently the longest living recipient. 

Earlier transplant recipients had significant underlying health problems. That limited scientists’ ability to conduct long-term tests. Trials with healthier patients will assess the durability of the organs over time.

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Public companies in the U.S. have dutifully shared financial results with investors every three months for the past 50-plus years. A new proposal hopes to change that. WSJ: The Long-Term Stock Exchange plans to petition the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the quarterly earnings report requirement and instead give companies the option to share results twice a year, the group told The Wall Street Journal. It says the idea would save companies millions of dollars and allow executives to focus on long-term goals instead of worrying about hitting quarterly targets or prepping for earnings calls.

“We hear a lot about how it’s overly burdensome to be a public company,” said Bill Harts, the exchange’s chief executive officer. “This is an idea whose time has come.” President Trump briefly explored the idea during his first term, and current SEC leadership has signaled an interest in reducing regulation.

LTSE representatives recently discussed their proposal with SEC officials and left the meeting encouraged, people familiar with the matter said. LTSE is a stock-trading venue for companies focused on long-term goals. Its proposal would apply to all U.S. public companies, not just the few listed on its exchange. The group thinks such a move could revive the shrinking number of public companies, which some see as an existential threat for the American economy and investors.

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At a hearing Monday, US District Judge William Alsup blasted a proposed $1.5 billion settlement over Anthropic’s rampant piracy of books to train AI.

The proposed settlement comes in a case where Anthropic could have owed more than $1 trillion in damages after Alsup certified a class that included up to 7 million claimants whose works were illegally downloaded by the AI company.

Instead, critics fear Anthropic will get off cheaply, striking a deal with authors suing that covers less than 500,000 works and paying a small fraction of its total valuation (currently $183 billion) to get away with the massive theft. Defector noted that the settlement doesn’t even require Anthropic to admit wrongdoing, while the company continues raising billions based on models trained on authors’ works. Most recently, Anthropic raised $13 billion in a funding round, making back about 10 times the proposed settlement amount after announcing the deal.

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U.S. jobs growth was much slower than previously reported, according to revised data released on Tuesday. From a report: The number of jobs created in the United States from April 2024 to March 2025 was revised down by 911,000 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That would roughly amount to 76,000 fewer jobs created each month of the year up until March. The revision draws fresh attention to the weakening U.S. labor market, which added an average of only 29,000 jobs in each of the three most recent months.

The August jobs report showed that the U.S. added only 22,000 jobs that month and also revised June’s job growth down to a loss of 13,000 jobs. Those datapoints have led economists and some policymakers to conclude that the U.S. labor market is now at a standstill. “The jobs engine that has been integral to U.S. economic growth defying expectations for the past four years is stalling,” Sarah House, a senior economist at Wells Fargo, said in a note on Friday.

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AI continues to take over more and more of our day-to-day activities: Anthropic recently announced a Chrome extension that allows Claude AI to see browser activity and run actions on behalf of users, while Perplexity’s Comet is an AI-powered browser that the company calls both a “personal assistant” and a “thinking partner.”

Agentic browsers may be able to do a lot of things for you, such as scheduling meetings, replying to emails, and ordering DoorDash, but handing all of this control (and personal information) over to AI comes with potential security risks. One of these is a prompt injection attack, which allows hackers to trick the AI into following their instructions instead of yours.

What is a prompt injection attack?

A prompt injection attack is when hackers disguise malicious inputs to AI as legitimate ones, so generative models are tricked into divulging sensitive data or taking harmful action.

As IBM describes, large-language models (LLMs) are given sets of instructions—system prompts—for how to handle user inputs. These two elements are combined into a single command, both written in natural language, which means that the LLM cannot separate which part of the command is the system prompt and which comes from the user. If threat actors create an input that bears enough resemblance to a system prompt, it could supersede the legitimate developer instructions and force the LLM to follow the fake ones.

In practice, this may involve hiding malicious prompts on a webpage the LLM is likely to read in order to carry out an action. The content, which could be plain text or embedded in an image or PDF, may look harmless or be invisible to users (employing white text on a white background, for example). Hackers don’t need code to carry out a prompt injection attack—just the right words in the right place.

How prompt injection compromises agentic browsers

While browsers with AI integration still require some manual input to complete tasks, agentic browsers act more like autonomous assistants that can follow entire workflows without user approval. That means that there’s no safeguard of human review before AI potentially shares your information, runs a malicious program, or spends money on a fraudulent purchase.

An example from Malwarebytes Labs: You ask your agentic browser to find and book a cheap flight for your next vacation. If it has all of your passenger and payment information available (because you’ve provided it), AI can complete this request without any additional action from you. But if the cheapest flight is found on a malicious website set up for this purpose, the browser could hand your credit card number and other sensitive data directly to the scammers.

A recent report from researchers at Brave (which has its own AI assistant) outlines particular concern about Perplexity’s Comet, with tests showing that the agentic browser is vulnerable to prompt injection attacks and hasn’t yet fixed the issue. Anthropic, for its part, has acknowledged its vulnerabilities and notes that it is working on safeguards to minimize them.

How to safely use agentic browsers

Mitigating prompt injection attack risks falls largely on the developers of agentic browsers rather than the user, with security experts recommending higher standards for user interaction and distinguishing between a user’s request and other content consumed to carry out an task.

That said, while Perplexity and Anthropic and others address these issues on their end, you can put guardrails in place against prompt injection, such as limiting the data and accounts your agentic browser can access and requiring manual review for high-stakes tasks, such as authorizing payments. Malwarebytes Labs also recommends enabling multi-factor authentication on all accounts connected to agentic browsers, regularly reviewing account and browser activity, and keeping software updated to ensure security flaws are patched in a timely manner.

Nintendo-watchers may remember when little-known accessory-maker Genki showed the world an extremely accurate 3D-printed mockup of the Switch 2 back in January, about a week before Nintendo’s own “first look” teaser video and months before the system’s wider unveiling. Now, in a newly filed settlement agreement, Genki has agreed to pay Nintendo unspecified damages for “trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising” in connection with that promotional stunt.

The controversy started at the Consumer Electronics Show, where Genki showed off to press and attendees the 3D mockup of the then-unseen Switch 2 sporting the company’s accessories. Genki also posted a video showing a detailed mockup of the system from various angles. By April, Genki was promoting a “Genki Direct” livestream focused on “upcoming accessories for Genki Glitch 2” (no that isn’t a typo).

Nintendo’s lawyers reportedly visited Genki’s CES booth once reports of the Switch 2 mockup started going viral. But a Genki representative asserted at the time that the company did not sign an NDA with Nintendo and therefore “has nothing to worry about.”

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