Amazon’s annual Prime Day event is taking place June 23-26, the company announced on Tuesday. This year, the e-commerce giant is holding the deals event earlier than usual, as Prime Day is typically held in July.
“Members can save on top brands, trending products, and items exclusive to Amazon, plus fresh groceries, summer essentials, and back-to-school must-haves—all with fast, free delivery,” the company wrote in a blog post.
In the past, Prime Day was largely about scoring deals on indulgent items, but in recent years, shoppers have increasingly focused on essentials. Amazon told CNBC that groceries and household essentials will be a main focus of this year’s deals event.
The move makes sense, especially since data from the University of Michigan showed that U.S. consumer sentiment dropped in May to a record low as people navigate a difficult economy.
During last year’s Prime Day event, U.S. retailers saw $24.1 billion in online spend, representing 30.3% year-over-year growth.
Multiple Instagram users had their accounts hijacked after attackers convinced Meta’s AI-powered support tools that they were the legitimate owners.
In many cases, impacted users are unable to recover access due to the platform’s use of automated assistance that involves only AI/chatbot loops and no human support agents.
On Monday, multiple holders of rare and high-value accounts reported suddenly losing access to their accounts, claiming that their identities had been verified via facial scans and that they had enabled safeguards such as two-factor authentication (2FA).
Among the impacted accounts were one previously used by the Obama White House team, one belonging to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, @hey, and @korn.
The owner of the @korn account, who noted that the band never officially claimed the account and is using another one, expressed frustration with Meta’s recovery mechanism, which had put them in a time-wasting loop.
“I spent 6 hours trying to get human support, and Meta’s support AI gave me 4 broken links in a row,” explained the user identifying as Kornel.
“We’re at the point where one AI stole it, and another can’t fix it, zero humans in the loop anywhere,” the @korn account owner said.
According to some reporters, the account-hijacking attacks were trivial. The activity involved chatting with Meta’s AI assistant, convincing it that the attacker was the legitimate account owner, and tricking it into changing the associated email address.
The takeover process starts with the threat actor activating the “forgot password” protocol due to the account being hacked. When Instagram’s AI-powered assistance asks the user to verify with a selfie, the attacker uses a photo from the target’s account, passes it through an AI video generator to turn it into an animation, and uploads it to Meta for verification.
User André says that “Meta’s AI just accepts it because it can’t tell the difference between a real selfie and an AI-generated video of someone’s face.” They also added that the takeover method bypasses 2FA protections.
“Then you try to recover your account, and you’re talking to a chatbot that has zero ability to help. You can’t escalate to a human. You’re just stuck. Your asset is gone, and there’s no one to call,” André said.
Some reports claim that attackers used VPN services to appear as if they connected from the target’s usual region, to pass geolocation checks that would trigger a more complex login flow for added security.
After changing the email address, the attacker could initiate a password reset process and receive the required security code for gaining access to the account.
Some online reports claim that the @e and @f one-letter accounts on Instagram were obtained through an active exploit. However, others dispute this information, arguing that the usernames were secured by an individual with internal privileges. BleepingComputer was not able to independently verify either claim.
Because single-letter social media accounts are very rare, they have a high value on the black market, typically in the tens of thousands of U.S. dollars.
While Meta has yet to publish a press release with an official response to the situation, the company’s vice president of communications, Andy Stone, replied on social media to an affected user stating that the “issue has been resolved, and we are securing impacted accounts.”
BleepingComputer has contacted Meta with a request for a comment, but we have not heard back as of publishing.
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Sitting down for Godzilla Minus One, I expected another monster movie. Cities flattened. People screaming. Atomic breath doing what atomic breath does best. I could not have been more wrong. And shame on Hollywood for not recognising this film for its messaging and technical brilliance.
Takashi Yamazaki’s film is not interested in spectacle for the sake of spectacle. Set in the final days of World War II and the fragile, ruined years that follow, Godzilla Minus One strips the franchise back to its original wound: postwar trauma, nuclear fear, survivor’s guilt, and the ugly business of trying to rebuild when everyone would rather pretend the worst is over. It isn’t.
At the center is Kōichi Shikishima, a failed kamikaze pilot who chooses to live and then has to carry the weight of that decision. When he lands his Mitsubishi Zero on Odo Island claiming mechanical failure, the lie is obvious. When Godzilla attacks that night and Shikishima freezes, he survives again. Others do not. That failure becomes the film’s real monster long before Godzilla rises from the water.
Back in Tokyo, there is no heroic return waiting for him. His parents are dead. The city is broken. What he builds with Noriko and the orphaned Akiko is not some clean new beginning, but a fragile pocket of life stitched together from loss, hunger, and necessity. His work on a minesweeper is almost too perfect: he spends his days clearing the literal leftovers of war while still dragging the emotional wreckage behind him.
Then Godzilla returns.
Not as a mascot. Not as a theme park attraction with better dental work. This Godzilla is consequence. Mutated and supercharged by American nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, he is the war changing shape after the official speeches say it has ended. The U.S. steps back because of geopolitical tension. The Japanese government stays quiet to avoid panic. So the people already left with nothing are forced to deal with the thing everyone else would rather not face.
That is why Godzilla Minus One works. The destruction matters because the people matter first. The Ginza sequence lands not because buildings fall, but because lives do. Noriko’s apparent death does not feel like a plot mechanism. It feels like the last thread holding Shikishima to a future being cut in front of him.
Made for a reported fraction of what Hollywood spends on giant digital noise machines, Godzilla Minus One earned $113,820,494 worldwide, with roughly 90% of its overall gross outside America coming from Japan. That matters because this is not just another international franchise entry cashing in on a famous monster. It is a Japanese film about Japan’s postwar grief, shame, resilience, and refusal to disappear under the rubble.
Seventy years into the franchise, Godzilla Minus One circles back to what Godzilla was always supposed to represent. Not destruction for fun. Not a collectible lizard with a marketing plan. A national wound with teeth, rage, and atomic breath.
Released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc by Toho, Godzilla Minus One is presented in 2160p HEVC / H.265 in its original 2.39:1 widescreen aspect ratio, with Dolby Vision and HDR10. The film was captured digitally using Sony CineAlta VENICE cameras, including VENICE 2 6K, with Zeiss Supreme Prime and Angenieux Optimo Ultra lenses, and finished from a 4K digital intermediate.
The result is a superb native 4K presentation that looks sharp without feeling sterile. Postwar Tokyo has texture, grime, smoke, rubble, and depth, while faces and uniforms reveal plenty of fine detail without obvious overprocessing. The muted color palette is preserved well, giving the film its worn, wounded look rather than turning it into shiny blockbuster wallpaper.
I saw Godzilla Minus One theatrically at my local AMC, most likely in Dolby Cinema, and the 4K UHD disc holds up beautifully at home. The HDR is especially effective during Godzilla’s attacks, with strong black levels, controlled highlights, and atomic breath that lands with real visual force. The 100GB disc and high- 69.80mbps bitrate encode give the image more breathing room than streaming, with cleaner motion, stronger compression handling, and better stability in smoke, water, darkness, and effects-heavy sequences.
This is a reference-quality 4K disc because it serves the movie, not because it shows off. The image is clean, detailed, and cinematic, but still grimy enough to feel like a film about people crawling out of the wreckage rather than a digital demo reel with a giant radioactive dragon stomping through it.
The 4K UHD release of Godzilla Minus One includes a Japanese Dolby Atmos track, with additional Japanese Dolby TrueHD options depending on the edition. On disc, that matters. This is not the thinner, compressed Atmos experience many viewers get from streaming. The lossless presentation gives the film more weight, cleaner dynamics, and better control when the soundtrack shifts from silence to destruction.
What stands out is the restraint. The dramatic scenes are not pushed forward like a modern blockbuster afraid of dead air. Dialogue, room tone, rain, machinery, and the quieter moments of grief are allowed to breathe. That makes the action hit harder when Godzilla arrives and the mix opens up.
The Atmos track delivers real scale during the Odo Island attack, the Ginza sequence, and the ocean finale. Godzilla’s roar has size without turning into noise, the low end has authority, and the surround field is active without feeling gimmicky. The score comes through with clarity and force, but it never buries the human drama underneath it.
This is exactly where physical media still earns its keep. Streaming services love waving the Dolby Atmos flag, but disc-based Atmos gives you the bitrate and lossless foundation to hear the difference on a capable system. Godzilla Minus One benefits from that extra headroom. The mix is cleaner, deeper, and more immersive without losing the film’s emotional center.
The English subtitles are also clean, readable, and well integrated. That sounds like a small thing until streaming subtitles show up looking like someone taped a spreadsheet over the movie. Why do studios continue to do that?
The 4K UHD Blu-ray release includes a solid collection of promotional material, including trailers, TV spots, 6-second character bumpers, IMAX and ScreenX promo clips, and other short Toho marketing pieces. There is also a bonus featurette on select editions, but this is where things get messy.
The extras are useful, but they are not all-inclusive. Toho spread supplemental material across different domestic and international releases, so what you get depends heavily on which version you buy. Some editions include different bonus content, different subtitle support, or additional material not found on the standard U.S. 4K release.
The biggest omission here is Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, the black-and-white version of the film. That cut is available elsewhere, including deluxe editions, but it is not included with this standard 4K UHD release. For a movie that leans this hard into postwar dread, that feels like a missed opportunity, and not a small one.
So yes, the supplemental package is respectable. Just don’t assume this edition gives you everything. With Godzilla Minus One on disc, the monster is not the only thing divided into multiple versions.
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It’s official. Amazon‘s Prime Day is on its way on June 23, with deals already trickling in – but if you’re looking for unmissable 3D printers deals ahead of the sales, you won’t find on Amazon.
Based on our comprehensive reviews, my top pick for most people would be the excellent Centauri Carbon, which is now $319 (was $420) at Elegoo. Impressive speeds and accuracy for the price make this a great single-filament machine.
But it’s not the only 3D printer deal around. Honestly, right now, it feels like every 3D printer site is holding a massive sale on everything from beginner-friendly units to high-end printers for businesses. Where we’ve tested the models below (and that’s most them), you’ll also find links to our reviews alongside the deals themselves.
For more top-performing units, see my guide to the best 3D printers.
ASUS is continuing its push into health-focused wearables with the launch of the new VivoWatch 6 Plus at Computex 2026. And unlike many smartwatches currently flooding the market with vague AI promises and fitness buzzwords, ASUS is aiming for something more practical: real-time health tracking backed by medical-style sensors and AI-driven wellness guidance.
The VivoWatch 6 Plus arrives with built-in ECG monitoring, blood pressure tracking, body composition analysis, sleep monitoring, and stress tracking packed into a relatively compact smartwatch design. ASUS is also heavily promoting the watch’s new AI-powered wellness coach, which analyzes health data and offers personalized recommendations based on user habits and biometric readings.
The move reflects how aggressively wearable brands are shifting toward preventive health monitoring rather than simply counting steps or tracking workouts.
The VivoWatch 6 Plus includes both ECG and PPG sensors capable of measuring heart rhythm and cardiovascular-related data directly from the wrist. ASUS says the smartwatch can track blood pressure trends without requiring a bulky cuff accessory, although, like most consumer wearables, it is not intended to replace professional medical equipment.
The device also supports blood oxygen monitoring, skin temperature tracking, sleep analysis, activity tracking, and stress measurement. ASUS claims the watch uses AI-powered analysis to generate insights about overall wellness patterns rather than presenting isolated raw numbers.
One of the bigger additions is the integrated wellness coach, which provides personalized health suggestions based on long-term data collection. The company says the system can identify lifestyle patterns, recovery needs, and stress indicators to help users manage sleep, activity, and recovery more effectively.
Battery life also remains a major focus. ASUS claims the VivoWatch 6 Plus can deliver multiple days of runtime on a single charge while continuously monitoring health metrics in the background. The watch itself keeps a relatively understated design compared to more fitness-heavy smartwatches. ASUS appears to be positioning it less as a rugged sports wearable and more as an everyday health companion for general consumers.
The broader wearable industry has increasingly shifted toward health monitoring as hardware innovation in smartphones begins slowing down. Companies like Apple, Samsung, and Huawei are all investing heavily in medical-style wearable features ranging from ECG readings to sleep apnea detection and body composition tracking.
ASUS appears to be following the same direction, but with a stronger emphasis on AI-assisted wellness analysis rather than purely fitness-focused branding. That strategy could matter because wearable buyers increasingly want actionable health insights instead of endless streams of biometric data they do not fully understand.
Of course, accuracy will remain the biggest question. Consumer-grade blood pressure tracking has historically been difficult to perfect, and regulatory limitations still prevent most smartwatches from functioning as true medical devices.
Still, the VivoWatch 6 Plus shows how quickly wearables are evolving beyond simple notification machines. The smartwatch market is increasingly turning into a competition over who can become your everyday digital health assistant – and ASUS clearly wants a place in that conversation.
High radix, low latency and low power is what AI datacenters crave, the chipmaker says
COMPUTEX 2026 Marvell enjoyed a fillip from Nvidia chief Jensen Huang at Computex, who praised the firm as it unveiled the latest 102.4 Tbps switch silicon it has purpose-built for AI infrastructure.
The fabless semiconductor biz announced upcoming availability of its Teralynx T100 chip to coincide with the Taiwanese trade show, claiming that it needs 25 percent lower power than competitive solutions with lower latency for AI training and inference workloads.
But the firm is late to this party, as other vendors are already shipping their equivalent products, such as Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 that launched last year, or Cisco’s Silicon One G300 announced earlier this year.
That didn’t stop Nvidia’s Huang from styling Marvell as the “next trillion-dollar company,” and saying that its networking and connectivity chips are essential to datacenters where compute tasks are distributed across thousands of connected nodes.
According to Reuters, the chipmaker’s shares surged in value more than 24 percent in pre-market trading following Huang’s remarks. The rockstar CEO will no doubt be pleased, as his company invested $2 billion in Marvell earlier this year, at the same time as announcing a strategic partnership to connect the firm with Nvidia’s AI factory initiative.
Marvell has an estimated market capitalization of approximately $179 billion to $196 billion, so it has some way to go to get to that trillion-dollar mark, but perhaps it is hoping its new silicon will get it there.
As GPU racks approach 120 KW of power, a low-power switch enables datacenters to deploy larger numbers of accelerators within existing power envelopes, the firm says.
The Teralynx T100 is a monolithic device manufactured using a 3nm process technology, which eliminates unnecessary legacy elements that otherwise increase power and die area. Because of this, it comes in at under 1000 W typical power, which sounds like an awful lot to us, but it is claimed to be 25 percent lower than rivals.
For scale-out deployments, the switch chip supports up to a 512-port radix, enabling operators to consolidate network tiers and reduce latency across large AI training clusters. The more ports there are in a switch, the higher the radix, and the fewer of them are needed for a given number of endpoints, as The Register previously detailed, cutting latency by flattening the hierarchy.
However, for scale-up deployments, Marvell says the product’s programmable pipeline architecture supports a variety of interconnect standards and emerging scale-up fabric protocols. These include the Ethernet Scale-Up Networking (ESUN) protocol, the latest Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) requirements and evolving AI Ethernet fabrics.
“The Teralynx T100 was purpose-built for AI – designed without the legacy baggage that inflates power, and engineered to deliver the deterministic performance and efficiency required to scale next-generation datacenter infrastructure,” Marvell’s Data Center Switch Business Unit VP Rishi Chugh remarked.
“As AI workloads evolve and scale exponentially, hyperscalers require network architectures that optimize latency, power and scalability simultaneously,” he added.
The Teralynx T100 switch will begin sampling to customers this quarter. It will be available in multiple package configurations, including ball grid array (BGA), co-packaged copper (CPC) and co-packaged optics (CPO) implementations. ®
A small San Francisco startup known for making well-appointed, beautifully designed webcams is now vying to become the AI hardware company of the moment.
Opal Camera is rebranding to Opal Electronics and will expand its product portfolio beyond webcams to a broad range of consumer devices, some of which will be AI-focused. It aims to emulate Sony Electronics as a wide-ranging consumer gadget brand by focusing on design and culture, not just tech.
The transition was possible thanks to a $40 million Series B funding round from OpenAI. Some details about the investment were first reported in 2024, but the deal was closed in the first quarter of 2025. Other investors in Opal include Samsung, Peter Thiel, Seven Seven Six (Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm), and noted tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee (known as MKBHD), among others, according to a source close to the deal. Opal is now valued at around $275 million.
Opal Electronics declined to comment. OpenAI did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was an early customer and fan of Opal’s original C1 webcam, so much so that his team visited Opal’s offices in 2022 to ask whether OpenAI’s Whisper voice transcription model could run locally on Opal cameras for live subtitles on Zoom. The source, who asked to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, says it was at the end of this meeting that OpenAI showed the Opal team a preview of ChatGPT. It made such an impact on the attendees that the company decided to turn into a research lab.
Since then, Opal has been working on an AI-powered audio product for the last few years. This, in turn, is the product that convinced Altman to invest in Opal. It will launch in the next three to four months and is currently being tested by Altman, researchers at OpenAI, and by executives at xAI, Thinking Machines, and Anthropic. It’s unclear whether it’s a wearable, though the source says it’s a familiar product category, and that it’s not designed to compete with the iPhone.
OpenAI famously teamed up with ex-iPhone designer Jony Ive and his firm, LoveFrom, to explore personal hardware devices that would run ChatGPT and OpenAI’s other software. It’s not clear yet what the exact hardware strategy is for OpenAI, but its first product is rumored to be something akin to a smart speaker, with an expected launch date of early 2027.
Opal’s audio product will launch in partnership with a specific AI lab—the source was unable to specify which—but Opal is in talks with OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, allowing users to switch models to their preference. Opal Electronics plans to release two other products in the next 12 months.
Courtesy of Opal Electronics
NymVPN has officially launched its v2026.9 update. The release focuses heavily on polishing the user experience, rolling out a complete visual overhaul alongside critical security updates like default post-quantum encryption keys.
While NymVPN operates quite differently from conventional choices on our list of the best VPN services, its unique combination of a high-speed obfuscated VPN mode alongside a five-hop decentralized mixnet mode offers some of the strongest privacy protections available.
Historically, the technical complexity of decentralized systems has made them tricky to navigate, but this update aims to bring these highly secure tools directly to everyday consumers.
The rollout spans multiple platforms, bringing specific updates to iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, and macOS. It also marks the official launch of the Nym Referral Program, giving users a way to earn $NYM token rewards, free gift passes, and exclusive privacy gear.
To make decentralized privacy more accessible, the Nym Team has redesigned the NymVPN user interface from the ground up.
This visual facelift includes a simplified toggle to quickly switch between Fast and Mixnet modes, reorganized features and settings, and a streamlined onboarding flow.
Selecting entry and exit servers is now much more straightforward, and the app features a collapsible menu alongside a fresh color palette.
There is also a new connection display, which helps users understand exactly how their traffic is being routed and protected. The update also introduces new desktop and mobile widgets for macOS and iOS to let users manage their connections directly from their home screens.
Security remains at the forefront of this release. Crucially, post-quantum encryption keys are now out of beta and are enabled by default on all Fast Mode connections.
This means that NymVPN automatically secures your key exchange process to protect your data from future decryption by quantum computers, without requiring you to toggle any settings. It’s a proactive step as more services prepare for the post-quantum world.
For iOS users, the v2026.9 update introduces a beta ad blocker, a feature already available on other platforms.
Nym notes that blocking ads acts as a vital security measure, stating that “ads often function as spyware to track your behaviour across web sessions.” The developer claims the new blocker was able to block up to 92% of ads in internal tests. Additionally, iOS security has been bolstered by excluding the user’s passphrase from iCloud backups.
This update also introduces several infrastructure and platform improvements. A new toggle for the Stealth API Connect feature has been added, allowing users to manually decide when to use it.
When toggled on, it always protects Nym network connections, but when toggled off, it will only engage when standard connections fail, which helps speed up connection times in less restrictive environments.
Windows users running ARM-based devices now have access to a dedicated native application. Additionally, a driver issue that previously plagued split tunneling on Windows has been resolved.
Android users who prefer open-source app stores will also be pleased to know that NymVPN v3.5.0 is now live on F-Droid, meaning the app is fully up-to-date with F-Droid’s build requirements.
Finally, NymVPN is fixing a bug in which a “bandwidth exceeded” message would appear in error. In line with this, the developer is changing how it labels its limits; “Bandwidth” is now more accurately called “Fair usage data”.
These latest updates are a big milestone for NymVPN. The provider had previously been bogged down by limited performance and unwanted user experience issues.
Now, these improvements should set the provider back on its path to bringing Nym’s complex privacy tech to a more mainstream market. While there’s still a way to go, it’s looking more positive for the time being.
Portable speakers used to be the sort of thing you kept safely on a shelf, not something you happily threw into a beach bag or left by the pool.
The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 helps flip that thinking on its head – and right now, Amazon has knocked nearly half off the price, making this tough little speaker even easier to recommend.
Ultimate Ears’ Wonderboom 4 is sitting at close to 50% off on Amazon in what feels like a true breakout bargain
With 49% off, the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 is a fantastic speaker that travels with you to places most electronics simply cannot go.
The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 is down to $51.44 from its $99.99 list price on Amazon, saving you $48.55 on a speaker that has earned its reputation by surviving the kind of places most electronics simply cannot go.
Rated IP67, it can be submerged in up to a metre of water for 30 minutes, floats if it goes in the pool, and shrugs off dust without complaint, turning the speaker into something you stop worrying about and just start using.
The 360-degree sound output means placement does not matter as it does with directional speakers, so whether it is sitting on a table, a rock, or a poolside ledge, everyone in the space hears the same audio rather than whoever happens to be facing the front.
Outdoor Boost adjusts the EQ for open-air environments where bass tends to disappear, and the addition of Podcast Mode in this generation optimises the sound specifically for vocal clarity, so it pulls double duty between music and spoken-word content without asking you to manually fiddle with settings.
Battery life sits at 14 hours, the Bluetooth range extends to 40 metres, and a second Wonderboom 4 can be paired for true stereo sound if you want to scale up.
If the goal is a speaker that genuinely does not care where you take it, handles whatever the day throws at it, and still sounds better than anything at this price point has a right to, this is a straightforward decision.
Not sure whether a compact speaker covers everything you need? Our Best Bluetooth Speaker 2026 guide breaks down the best options at every price point, whether you want something to slip into a bag or anchor a garden party.
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FSB claims large-scale snoop op compromised phones of senior officials, but gives no technical evidence to back allegations
Russia’s domestic spy agency says it has uncovered a sprawling foreign espionage operation that allegedly turned the smartphones of senior Russian officials into pocket-sized surveillance devices, though it has so far offered little in the way of evidence.
In a statement Tuesday, the Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed foreign intelligence agencies implanted malware on the mobile devices of high-ranking Russian officials, allowing operators to steal data, intercept conversations, and secretly activate microphones and cameras to monitor targets and their surroundings.
“This software is used to steal existing data, eavesdrop on ongoing conversations, and conduct covert acoustic and video monitoring of the environment near electronic devices, all aimed at obtaining sensitive information,” the FSB said.
The agency said it had opened a criminal investigation into illegal access to computer information and the distribution of malicious software. It did not identify the alleged intelligence service responsible, disclose how many officials were affected, name the malware involved, or provide any technical indicators that would allow independent verification of the claims.
As things stand, the FSB has revealed the accusation but not the proof.
However, the notion that foreign intelligence agencies might target the phones of senior Russian officials is hardly farfetched. State-backed mobile surveillance campaigns have become a routine feature of modern espionage, and Moscow has spent years accusing Western intelligence services of abusing consumer technology platforms for intelligence gathering.
In 2023, the FSB claimed that thousands of iPhones had been compromised in a US National Security Agency spying operation. At the time, Russian security vendor Kaspersky disclosed what became known as “Operation Triangulation”, an iPhone surveillance campaign that infected devices through iMessage. Apple denied cooperating with any government, while Kaspersky stopped short of attributing the operation to the NSA.
Moscow’s spy agencies are hardly strangers to offensive cyber operations themselves. Last year, the FBI warned that hackers linked to the FSB’s Center 16 were exploiting a years-old Cisco vulnerability to collect configuration files from thousands of network devices associated with critical infrastructure operators.
So while the FSB’s latest allegations may ultimately prove accurate, they lack the technical evidence security researchers would normally expect before accepting claims of a major cyber espionage campaign. ®
Choosing a new dishwasher means thinking about the cost and the size, but it’s impossible to overlook longevity and reliability. Consumer Reports considers some dishwasher brands more reliable than others, and Bosch is regarded as one of the most rock-solid options. According to many of those who have them, you can expect to get a good amount of time from a Bosch unit. In fact, some say that their dishwasher lasted significantly longer than the widely agreed average for this appliance type.
According to Bosch itself, dishwashers should last between six and 16 years, while Consumer Reports says that the widely cited dishwasher lifespan sits around 10 years. In terms of the experience of Bosch customers, the brand’s range isn’t far off. In community spaces like Reddit, many users claim that their unit functioned just fine for just under a decade or stuck around for a decade-plus on the high end. In multiple cases, owners said that their Bosch dishwashers served around 18 to 20 years, with some older units even reportedly going beyond the 20-year threshold.
Using the same dishwasher for two decades is definitely lucky, and that figure can’t be treated as the norm. Bosch has explained that dishwasher longevity is a nuanced topic. To reach a decade or more of good use, owners need to take proper care of their dishwasher.
No matter the function it serves, most appliances need regular maintenance to make sure they’re in good condition — Bosch dishwashers included. For dishwashers, a little bit of cleaning goes a long way in keeping things working. Filters in units that have them should be cleaned regularly, as they can get clogged with use, reducing their dish-cleaning ability. The spray arm needs consistent cleaning for the same reason, and the door should be wiped down to keep a tight seal once it’s closed. This prevents water leaks and stops food and grime from building up and wearing on the door’s gasket.
Bosch recommends using its own brand-specific dishwasher cleaner multiple times per year to clear out accumulated gunk, grime, and various residue. Bosch descaler helps get rid of hard water deposits and limescale buildup. Specific models also benefit from using softening salt, which is necessary for dissolving or “softening” the harsh minerals found in water. This is added to a designated salt container within the dishwasher, though if you’re unsure if your Bosch unit has such a compartment, you should consult your owner’s manual before trying.
In addition to ranking highly among the best German tool brands around, Bosch seems to be a customer favorite in the dishwasher department, too. Most agree its units will last quite a while, and good use and maintenance habits may extend their lifespan.
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