Sling TV offers multiple ways to stream cable channels without having to commit to a month of service, and for Black Friday it’s offering its new $5 Day Passes for a healthy discount. You can get a Sling Orange Day Pass for just $1 through November 30, and get access to 34 channels, including ESPN, ESPN 2 and ESPN 3.
Besides ESPN, the Sling Orange Day Pass includes access to TNT and TBS, which makes it a solid option if you’re trying to watch the NBA, NFL or college sports. The pass also includes children’s channels like Disney Channel and Nick Jr., CNN for news and HGTV and Food Network for purer forms of lean back entertainment. Sling TV is Engadget’s pick for the best customizable live streaming service for a reason: You can add on extra premium channels when you buy a pass, and their price will be prorated for whatever length you choose. That way even if a dollar isn’t getting you all the channels you need, you don’t need to pay that much more to get them.
It’s worth noting, while this promotion runs during Thanksgiving in the US, a Sling Orange subscription won’t get you access to the football games scheduled for that Thursday. To watch those, you’ll need at least a Sling Blue subscription, which includes FS1 and NFL Network, but isn’t available as a day-long pass. A Sling Blue subscription currently starts at $46 a month.
Still, for your $1, around $4 off the price Sling TV normally charges, you’re getting a deal. Dozens of popular channels, access to Sling TV’s DVR feature, and the ability to use your subscription from a smartphone, tablet, the web or your TV. Plus, Sling TV’s interface is easy to navigate, which is what you want when you’re likely subscribing with one game or show in mind.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/sling-orange-day-passes-are-only-1-right-now-for-black-friday-231208163.html?src=rss
President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order as soon as Friday that would give the federal government unilateral power over regulating artificial intelligence, including the creation of an “AI Litigation Task Force” overseen by the attorney general, “whose sole responsibility shall be to challenge State AI laws.”
According to a draft of the order obtained by The Verge, the Task Force would be able to sue states whose laws are deemed to obstruct the growth of the AI industry, citing California’s recent laws on AI safety and “catastrophic risk” and a Colorado law that prevents “algorithmic discrimination.” The task force …
New iPhones for the AI era. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge
Editor’s note: Black Friday doesn’t officially take place until Friday, November 28th; however, if you want to shop ahead of time, we’ve rounded up the best early Black Friday deals you can already get.
If you’ve been holding off on getting a new iPhone, now’s the perfect time to size up your options. Apple’s 2025 iPhone lineup is now available, which includes the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a brand-new model, the ultra-thin iPhone Air. These new phones offer a number of new features over their predecessors, such as upgraded cameras, faster chips, better battery life, and even better screens — Apple Intelligence, however, is still a work in progress.
Alongside the new hardware, Apple also launched iOS 26 (yes, the numbering system has changed and we’re jumping from iOS 18), which includes a new Liquid Glass user interface, live translation, wallpapers in messages, and more. The software marks Apple’s biggest visual redesign since iOS 7, and despite some very polarizing reactions, we think it looks fine.
If your current iPhone is humming along, there’s no need to rush out and get a new one. But if you’re questioning whether it’s the year to replace your iPhone that’s a few generations old, then I think the answer is an easy yes. There are real gains to be had this time around, especially in the basic iPhone 17, which features a higher-refresh-rate display than last year’s model for smoother-looking animations, plus double the base storage to 256GB — all without raising the price, despite the current tariff situation.
Apple iPhone 17
Score: 8
Pros
Cons
Always-on display makes it vastly more useful
High refresh rate makes using the phone smoother
The cameras are solid
Battery lasts well through the day
The price isn’t going up
No redesign, but the green is nice
Zoom capabilities are weak compared to the Pro
Gets hot during heavy gaming sessions
Apple Intelligence is still somewhere between useless and MIA
The iPhone 17 marks a turning point for the standard model. After years with a lower-quality screen, the cheapest model finally got two major upgrades for 2025: an always-on display and a high-refresh-rate panel. These features make it feel meaningfully better than the iPhone 16 and prior models in everyday use, bringing it closer than ever to the Pro models. And at the same $799 starting price as the previous generation, this year’s update is a no-brainer.
While the iPhone 17’s 48-megapixel main camera is carried over from last year, the ultrawide camera has been changed from a 12-megapixel sensor to a 48-megapixel sensor, and it delivers sharper and more vibrant photos. The device features an 18-megapixel Center Stage selfie camera, which is also in the Air and 17 Pro. Your selfies may not look materially better, but the front camera’s square sensor elevates the user experience, making it possible to take horizontal selfies while holding the device vertically (no need to rotate the phone).
Apple also gives you double the storage — 256GB versus 128GB in the base iPhone 16 — and improved battery life. The standard 17 still lacks a proper telephoto camera, and the A19 chip is slower than the A19 Pro found in the Pro models. Still, it’s a big step up in almost every way, even if it looks basically the same as every iPhone from the past six years.
Screen: 6.3-inch 2622 x 1206 OLED, 120Hz refresh rate / Processor: A19 Pro / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.78 with sensor-shift IS; 48-megapixel 8x telephoto with OIS; 48-megapixel ultrawide; 18-megapixel selfie / Battery: Not advertised / Charging: 40W wired, 25W MagSafe / Qi2 / Weather-resistance rating: IP68
The iPhone 17 Pro introduces a bold redesign and a number of notable upgrades, including the lineup’s most advanced camera setup yet. It also features rounded edges, and similar to last year, it’s on equal footing with the 17 Pro Max in terms of performance. The biggest differences are that the Pro Max offers a larger display, a larger battery, and up to 2TB of storage.
Whereas the iPhone 17 is for most people, the 17 Pro is geared more toward creators. The device has three 48-megapixel cameras, including a 48-megapixel telephoto, and it offers several pro features aimed at those who want to take the best possible photos and videos. Some of those features include Genlock support, which lets videographers sync up timecodes across multiple cameras, and support for ProRes RAW recording. It also sports the upgraded Center Stage selfie camera found in other 2025 iPhone models.
Despite the additions and improvements, there’s little here that makes the 17 Pro an absolute must-upgrade. However, it comes in an irresistible orange, which is apparently the new “it” color.
Screen: 6.9-inch 2868 x 1320 OLED, 120Hz refresh rate / Processor: A19 Pro / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.78 with sensor-shift IS; 48-megapixel 8x telephoto with OIS; 48-megapixel ultrawide; 18-megapixel selfie / Battery: Not advertised / Charging: 40W wired, 25W MagSafe / Qi2 / Weather-resistance rating: IP68
The iPhone 17 Pro Max’s redesign isn’t just about looks. Apple hollowed out the device’s aluminum frame to fit in the biggest battery yet in an iPhone. Apple says the device offers up 39 hours of video playback, which is 12 more hours than last year’s iPhone 16 Plus, our previous battery champ. The device can easily push through a full day and then some, though your mileage will vary depending on how often you play mobile games, watch videos, and doomscroll on social media.
There are other benefits to going with the 17 Pro Max. It has the largest display among the latest iPhone lineup — 6.9 inches — and offers up to 2TB of storage, giving creators more room than ever for storing their media. If you want the most iPhone you can possibly get, including the longest battery life, then the 17 Pro Max is the way to go.
Screen: 6.5-inch 2736 x 1260 OLED, 120Hz refresh rate / Processor: A19 Pro / Cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.6 main with sensor-shift IS; 18-megapixel selfie / Battery: Not advertised / Charging: 30W wired, 20W MagSafe / Qi2 / Weather-resistance rating: IP68
The iPhone Air is Apple’s biggest redesign since the iPhone X was released in 2017. It’s shockingly thin and light, at 5.6mm and 165 grams, respectively. Thanks to its titanium frame and Ceramic Shield 2 display, it’s more durable than you might expect, too. The device feels deceptively small, despite having a 6.5-inch display. You really have to see and feel the phone yourself to get the appeal.
But the thinner design comes with a few substantial compromises compared to the other models available this year. One of the biggest is that the Air features a single 48-megapixel camera on the back. That’s not to say the device’s camera is bad. But it’s a far less versatile system than even the far more affordable iPhone 17, which has a dual-camera setup. The second compromise is on battery life, which is just okay. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great, either.
At $999, you’re paying a lot for middling battery life and camera performance. Those who primarily care about design, though, may be more forgiving about those shortcomings.
Screen: 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR / Processor: A18 Cameras: 48MP Fusion with 1x and 2x optical zoom, 12-megapixel selfie / Battery: Not advertised / Charging: 20-watt wired, 7.5W Qi, no MagSafe/ Weather-resistance rating: IP68
This recommendation comes with a heavy sigh. Yes, the 16E is the cheapest new iPhone Apple sells. Yes, it’s a good phone. It has a capable camera, reliable performance, full water resistance, wireless charging, and will be supported with software updates for years to come. But its $599 price tag starts to feel like too much when you consider what it’s missing.
There’s no MagSafe, which you can kind of add by way of a MagSafe case, but it’s a bummer not to have it built in when it has basically become a standard iPhone feature. There’s no ultrawide camera, no Dynamic Island housing timely information, no camera control button (not a huge loss, honestly), and no Ultra Wideband for precise object tracking. It does support Apple Intelligence, but that doesn’t feel like much of a consolation, given that it’s very much still a work-in-progress.
The 16E will most likely receive more years of software support than a previous-gen model like the iPhone 14 or 15. And sure, Apple Intelligence might turn into something useful someday. The 16E is a good choice if you want the path of least resistance to blue bubbles and FaceTime at your fingertips. But if you’d like MagSafe, a more advanced camera, and some of the other bells and whistles that got lost on the way to the 16E, then it’s not a bad idea to look at one of the older iPhones.
Apple’s latest iPhone lineup is available now, but there are already reports about what’s next. One report suggests Apple is readying a book-style foldable iPhone for 2026, which allegedly looks like two iPhone Air models put side by side. Apple is reportedly still working to flatten the crease that appears when the phone is unfolded, but has otherwise settled on a design. Looking ahead to 2027, a report claims Apple is planning a redesigned “all-screen” iPhone to celebrate the device’s 20th anniversary. These upcoming releases are allegedly part of Apple’s three-year plan — starting with the new iPhone Air — that’s aimed at refreshing its smartphone lineup.
Update, November 19th: Updated to reflect current pricing / availability.Brandon Russell contributed to this article.
There’s been a lot of talk of an AI bubble lately, especially with regards to circular funding involving companies like OpenAI and Anthropic—but Clem Delangue, CEO of machine learning resources hub Hugging Face, has made the case that the bubble is specific to large language models, which is just one application of AI.
“I think we’re in an LLM bubble, and I think the LLM bubble might be bursting next year,” he said at an Axios event this week, as quoted in a TechCrunch article. “But ‘LLM’ is just a subset of AI when it comes to applying AI to biology, chemistry, image, audio, [and] video. I think we’re at the beginning of it, and we’ll see much more in the next few years.”
At Ars, we’ve written at length in recent days about the fears around AI investment. But to Delangue’s point, almost all of those discussions are about companies whose chief product is large language models, or the data centers meant to drive those—specifically, those focused on general-purpose chatbots that are meant to be everything for everybody.
Warner Music Group (WMG) settled a lawsuit with an AI company in exchange for a piece of the action. The label announced on Wednesday that it had resolved a 2024 lawsuit against AI music creation platform Udio. As part of the deal, Udio gets to license Warner’s catalog for an upcoming music creation service. This follows a similar settlement between Universal Music Group and Udio, announced last month.
Udio’s service will allow subscribers to create, listen to and discover AI-generated music trained on licensed work. You’ll be able to generate new songs, remixes and covers using favorite artists’ voices or compositions. The boundaries between human creation and an algorithm’s approximation of it are about to grow murkier. Not in terms of artistic quality, but it will be based on what proliferates online.
WMG is framing the deal as a win for artists, who will — if they choose to opt in — gain a new revenue stream. Ahead of the service’s launch, Udio will roll out “expanded protections and other measures designed to safeguard the rights of artists and songwriters.”
So, the settlement does at least appear to reassert some control over artists’ work. What the normalization of robot-made music will do for society’s collective tastes is another question.
A neon sign on a wall, reading, “You are what you listen to.”
Mohammad Metri / Unsplash
The settlement echoes a warning Spotify sounded to musicians and labels last month. “If the music industry doesn’t lead in this moment, AI-powered innovation will happen elsewhere, without rights, consent or compensation,” the company wrote. Spotify plans to launch “artist-first AI music products” in the future, a vague promise to be sure. However, given Udio’s plans, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the streaming service cooking up a similar licensed AI music-creation product.
“We’re unwaveringly committed to the protection of the rights of our artists and songwriters, and Udio has taken meaningful steps to ensure that the music on its service will be authorized and licensed,” Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl wrote in a press release. “This collaboration aligns with our broader efforts to responsibly unlock AI’s potential – fueling new creative and commercial possibilities while continuing to deliver innovative experiences for fans.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/warner-signs-ai-music-licensing-deal-with-udio-213433325.html?src=rss
Recientemente, varios de los principales proveedores de nube pública registraron interrupciones importantes:
GCP: 12 de junio de 2025.
AWS: 20 de octubre de 2025.
Azure: 29 de octubre de 2025.
Estos incidentes han llevado a muchas empresas a considerar una estrategia multi-cloud para reducir el riesgo de quedarse fuera de línea cuando un proveedor sufre una caída de servicio.
Entonces me surgió la siguiente pregunta: si una organización utiliza varias nubes a la vez (por ejemplo, AWS + Azure + Google Cloud), ¿cómo controla quién accede, de qué forma accede y qué puede hacer en cada una de ellas?
A esto se le conoce como Identity and Access Management (IAM), o Gestión de Identidad y Acceso.
Vamos paso por paso.
1. ¿Qué es una IDENTIDAD?
Una identidad es cualquier cosa que puede iniciar sesión en un sistema.
Por ejemplo:
Tú, como estudiante.
Un profesor.
Un robot de software / servicio (por ejemplo, un script que sube archivos).
Ejemplo: Piensa en la identidad como tu “usuario” en la universidad. Tú tienes un código de alumno que te identifica frente al sistema.
2. ¿Qué es AUTENTICACIÓN?
Es demostrar que eres tú. Formas comunes:
Contraseña
Huella
Token enviado por correo (2FA)
Ejemplo: Cuando ingresas a tu cuenta de Google, pones:
tu correo → identidad
tu clave → autenticación
3. ¿Qué es AUTORIZACIÓN?
Es qué puedes hacer una vez que entraste.
Por ejemplo:
“Solo leer archivos”
“Leer y escribir”
“Administrar todo”
Ejemplo: En la universidad:
Los alumnos pueden ver notas.
Los profesores pueden subir notas.
Coordinación puede cambiar las notas.
4. ¿Qué es IAM?
IAM = Identity + Authentication + Authorization.
Sirve para:
Crear usuarios
Dar permisos
Quitar permisos
Registrar qué hizo cada usuario
Ejemplo: El sistema académico crea tu usuario (identidad), te da clave (autenticación) y decide qué puedes ver (autorización).
5. ¿Qué pasa cuando hay VARIAS nubes?
Imagina que una empresa usa:
AWS para almacenar archivos
Azure para usuarios de oficina
Google Cloud para análisis de datos
Cada nube tiene su propio sistema IAM. Entonces, se vuelve complicado manejar muchos usuarios y permisos.
Ejemplo: Es como si tu universidad tuviera tres portales separados, cada uno con su usuario y su contraseña. Confuso y poco práctico.
Policies (políticas) → reglas que dicen qué puedes hacer
Ejemplo:
Un rol que permite leer un bucket S3
Otro rol que permite lanzar máquinas EC2
🟩 Azure
Usa:
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
Roles RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
Ejemplo:
Rol “Reader” solo ve datos
Rol “Contributor” puede modificar
🟥 Google Cloud
Usa:
Google Cloud IAM
IAM Roles (básicos, predefinidos y personalizados)
Ejemplo:
Owner → lectura, escritura y administración
Editor → lectura y escritura
Viewer → lectura
Terminología de gestión de identidades y accesos por cada nube
7. ¿Y cómo hacemos para NO tener tres cuentas distintas?
Aquí entra un concepto importante, la federación de identidades, esto permite que un usuario se autentique una sola vez en un sistema y pueda ingresar a las tres nubes.
La federación usa protocolos como:
SAML 2.0
OIDC (OpenID Connect)
OAuth 2.0
Estos protocolos permiten que un sistema diga: “Este usuario es auténtico, puedes confiar en él.”
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FEDERACIÓN = Un solo IdP para varias nubes │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ Permite usar 1 identidad para: AWS + Azure + GCP │ Protocolos: SAML, OAuth2, OIDC
Ejemplo: Te logeas con tu cuenta universitaria y automáticamente puedes:
usar Teams (Microsoft),
usar Google Drive (Google),
usar Moodle (otro proveedor).
“Eso es federación”.
8. ¿Qué es el SSO?
SSO = Single Sign-On = “Inicia sesión una sola vez”.
Ejemplo: Cuando entras a Gmail y luego, sin volver a poner tu clave, puedes entrar a YouTube.
“Eso es SSO”.
Cada nube tiene su servicio SSO:
AWS → IAM Identity Center
Azure → Azure AD SSO
GCP → Workload Identity Federation
SSO = Iniciar sesión una vez │ Acceder a: - AWS (IAM Identity Center) - Azure AD SSO - GCP (Workload Identity Federation)
9. ¿Qué recomiendan los expertos?
En multi nube, se destaca tres reglas de oro:
Todo acceso debe estar autenticado → Cada acción debe tener un usuario responsable.
Menor privilegio → Dar solo lo necesario. (Si solo necesita leer, no le des permisos de administrador).
Auditoría continua → Registrar quién hizo qué.
Ejemplo: Cuando un alumno entra al sistema académico, queda registrado. Igual con los profesores.
Ejemplo final para entenderlo completo
Imagina una empresa “TechSchool” con tres nubes:
Sin IAM unificado:
Ana (desarrolladora) tiene 3 cuentas:
Una en AWS
Una en Azure
Una en GCP
Tiene 3 contraseñas
El administrador debe actualizar permisos en 3 lugares.
Con IAM con federación + SSO:
Ana tiene una sola cuenta (por ejemplo, en Azure).
Inicia sesión una vez.
Puede entrar a AWS, Azure y GCP.
Sus permisos están centralizados.
Esto facilita la vida a todos.
🎓¿Qué debería recordar?
✔ Identidad = quién eres ✔ Autenticación = demostrarlo ✔ Autorización = qué puedes hacer ✔ IAM = gestión total de accesos ✔ Cada nube usa su propio sistema de roles ✔ Federación = un solo usuario para varias nubes ✔ SSO = iniciar sesión una sola vez ✔ Menor privilegio y auditoría = buenas prácticas
When a Cloudflare outage disrupted large numbers of websites and online services yesterday, the company initially thought it was hit by a “hyper-scale” DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attack.
“I worry this is the big botnet flexing,” Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince wrote in an internal chat room yesterday, while he and others discussed whether Cloudflare was being hit by attacks from the prolific Aisuru botnet. But upon further investigation, Cloudflare staff realized the problem had an internal cause: an important file had unexpectedly doubled in size and propagated across the network.
This caused trouble for software that needs to read the file to maintain the Cloudflare bot management system that uses a machine learning model to protect against security threats. Cloudflare’s core CDN, security services, and several other services were affected.
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Base doesn’t disassemble like the previous model, making it harder to store
Expensive at $280
That original Ninja Crispi came remarkably close to earning a perfect score, but Ninja isn’t resting on its success. The company just released a larger, feature-rich upgrade — the new Crispi Pro — designed to outpace competitors. I spent over three weeks testing this bigger, more versatile glass air fryer to see how it measures up against its predecessor.
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The Pro is larger and more modular than the original
The Pro’s most significant advantage is its increased cooking capacity. It comes with a massive 6-quart cooking chamber in addition to a shallow 2.5-quart casserole dish. Both are made of glass, making them easy to clean, and can be capped with included lids to store food for later use.
The Crispi Pro has a base that realistically has to live on your countertop. The glass cooking chambers slide into the base and can be adjusted in height using a removable shelf.
The Crispy Pro also comes with a shallow 2.5-quart casserole-style dish. This one is ideal for browning mac and cheese, English muffin pizzas, sweet potato casserole, and desserts, as it positions the food directly under the heating element. To be fair, those cooking tasks were easy enough to execute in the original Crispi.
I used a shallow casserole vessel to make bacon, letting the fat drip down through the crisper rack and separate from the bacon, leaving me with extra-crispy, less greasy strips.
Even the larger cooking vessel fit in my dishwasher and emerged sparkling clean — one of the best things about a glass air fryer. Those with smaller dishwashers or countertop models may not have as much luck getting it in.
One big reason I’m sticking with the original Ninja Crispi
While I like the extra room to fit a larger roast chicken and the casserole cooking chamber is a nifty idea, what ultimately gives me pause with the Crispi Pro is one of the things I love most about the original Crispi — its portability.
The original, when disassembled, fits easily in a cupboard or larger drawer, whereas the Crispi Pro has a base that’s likely to remain on your countertop full-time. Even as someone who air fries every day, if not more, I appreciate being able to stash it away when not in use.
Those with larger kitchens may prefer to leave their air fryer out at all times. If you’re in that camp, the Crispi Pro might be the better buy as it’s capable of cooking full meals and larger cuts of meat.
The Crispi Pro is expensive for an air fryer
The Crispi Pro launched with a steep $280 tag. I’d be reluctant to pay close to $300 for an air fryer, even a versatile and smartly engineered one like this. The original Crispi clocks in at about $160 — for me, that’s the clear value pick, considering the Crispi does everything I need it to and fits neatly in my drawer when I want to free up counter space. If you plan to cook larger cuts of meat in your air fryer or use the dehydrate mode, the larger Crispi Pro might be the better buy.
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