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Kerry Wan/ZDNETIf you’ve been a loyal T-Mobile customer, you might have a free line coming your way.According to documentation from The Mobile Report, the carrier is offering a free line to select accounts. The new line is available now, and eligible customers will receive an automated text soon to let them know. Also: T-Mobile’s data breach settlement payments are finally rolling out – how to see if you qualifyThe move comes not long after T-Mobile announced that it was increasing prices for customers on some legacy plans. It’s likely some of those customers are now getting this offer, so this may be an apology of sorts. How to tell if you qualifyOf course, like any wireless carrier offer, there are a few catches: Your account must be at least five years old.You cannot have canceled a voice line in the past 90 days.You cannot already have a free line on your account.Your account cannot have a “Hometown Discount,” an Insider discount (which offers 20% off a Magenta Max rate plan for life), or a Work Perks discount (which offers 15% off to employees of certain businesses). More

Nina Raemont/ZDNETFour years after the launch of the Whoop 4.0, Whoop has announced two new health trackers, the Whoop 5.0 More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Mudita Kompakt is on preorder now for $369, and will be available in May for $439. The E Ink display is easy on the eyes, the battery lasts for days, and it satisfies the minimalist intention with far fewer distractions. The camera is unnecessary, there is no voice-to-text, and the […] More

A good multitool can be a reliable companion for decades (as long as you don’t lose it!). Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETI like having a good multitool close at hand and at all times. While they can’t replace a proper toolkit, I don’t fancy carrying a full toolkit with me when I’m out and about. Many of my readers are like me, often finding themselves doing random and unplanned DIY tasks throughout the day, so having a portable toolkit that can handle the basics is essential.Also: I gave my Android phone thermal vision superpowers with this accessory – and it’s on saleNot a week goes by without someone asking for my multitool recommendations. My advice is always the same: check out what Leatherman More

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETI often hop online to research places I want to visit when my wife and I travel to other cities or countries. If I find a web page on a museum, restaurant, landmark, or other spot that interests me, I might take a screenshot of the page to save for future reference. Now, I can do more with those static screenshots than just store them in my photo library, thanks to a new feature from Google.A cool skill that scans screenshots of specific locations is now available in Google Maps for both iOS and Android. After identifying the name and other details of the location, the app lets you add it as an entry. From there, you can get directions to it, set it up as a favorite, or share it with another person. Also: 6 Google Maps tricks to try for the navigation app’s 20th birthday”If you ever have trouble keeping track of all of the screenshots you take of travel blogs, news articles, or social media posts when you’re researching places to go for an upcoming trip, you’ll want to try out this new Google Maps feature,” Google said in a blog post on Wednesday. “It uses Gemini capabilities to find names of places in your screenshots and helps save them to a list for you, making travel planning a breeze.” More

Clicks Last month, Motorola unveiled three new Razr flip phones, including a first-ever ‘Ultra’ model that ZDNET’s smartphone expert Kerry Wan says is “feature-packed, fashionably styled, and unsurprisingly expensive.”  The new Razr models, which start at $799, are finally available for preorder in the US at retailers like Best Buy<!–>, Amazon–>, and Motorola<!–>. The devices will […] More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition is on sale for about $1,512. It’s a lightweight laptop with a solid battery life and vibrant OLED display that is perfect for work and entertainment. However, its lightweight nature extends to its hardware, too, since it isn’t a particularly powerful computer. more buying […] More

Jason Hiner/ZDNETCoding skills can be applied to tackle real-world problems. Apple’s Swift Student Challenge supports the next generation of developers, creators, and entrepreneurs who want to get involved. Rising to the challenge Apple’s Swift Student Challenge invites students around the globe, as young as 13, to embrace their coding skills and use Swift — the coding language for all Apple platforms — to create an app playground that tackles a real-world problem of their choosing. “It’s really a way for people around the world, people with different experiences, different backgrounds, different ages, to be able to really showcase their passion, their creativity, and their coding skills in a way that’s really relevant for them,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s VP of developer relations, education, and enterprise. Also: The most popular programming languages (and what that even means)Out of thousands of global applicants, 350 students are selected as winners. The prize? More development opportunities, including a one-year membership in the Apple Developer Program and a pair of AirPods Max. Apple then selects 50 distinguished winners whose work has risen to the top of the applications. These 50 students earn a visit to Cupertino for WWDC. Conor Ebeling and Tamera Middlebrooks, whose coding projects were dedicated to helping people with disabilities, are among the distinguished winners. ZDNET spoke to Ebeling and Middlebrooks to learn more about their apps, journeys, experiences, and advice. Here’s what they said. More