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You can get three months of Audible’s subscription for $3
If you’re tight on time to read through your backlog of books, audiobooks might be a more convenient way to get caught up. Amazon is offering a steep discount on Audible Premium Plus that lets new and lapsed subscribers pay $.99 (usually $14.95) per month for three months. The subscription includes one credit per month, […]
Google is turning on the gas for its data centers
Google’s latest pledge to support a new clean energy technology is… a gas project? To be precise, it’s a gas-fired power plant outfitted with filtering devices to capture its planet-heating carbon emissions. Is this just a polluting fossil fuel project in sheep’s clothing? Google just inked an agreement to support the development of a new […]
Ledger’s new Nano is meant to be more than just a crypto wallet
Ledger’s fifth Nano crypto wallet marks a moment of reinvention: it’s not nearly so “nano” anymore, and Ledger would prefer you didn’t call it a crypto wallet either. It’s grown in size, picked up a full E Ink display, and is now being billed as a “signer.” The $179 Ledger Nano Gen5 resembles the $249 […]
Hands-free home security is here, thanks to ADT and Google — but it’ll cost you
My front door unlocks automatically as I walk up to it, and the home security system disarms itself - no code or app required. The system has recognized me using the Google Nest Doorbell's Familiar Faces, and confirmed I'm me using my phone's location. The dual-factor authentication triggers the automatic disarming and unlocking, so all […]
We Played ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’ In Mouse Mode & Actually Enjoyed It
We played Metroid Prime 4: Beyonce with the Nintendo Switch 2's mouse controls, and we were surprised at how fun the experience was.
Amazon claims the headline isn’t robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots
A New York Times report on Tuesday cited internal Amazon documents touting how its shift into automation could help it sell more products without hiring more people, but today the company has issued a PR blast about robotics and delivery tech that is much sunnier. Along with a tease of AI-connected augmented reality smart glasses […]
Musk wants to get rid of Tesla’s robotaxi babysitters ‘by the end of the year’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the company would be able to remove the safety monitors from its robotaxis "by the end of the year." He also said Tesla would launch a robotaxi service in 8-10 new markets also before the end of 2025. "We are expecting to have no safety drivers in at least large […]
‘Marvel Cosmic Invasion’ Finally Has A Release Date
Marvel Cosmic Invasion has been teasing new characters for months, but it never had a release date, until now.
This magnetic Qi 2.2 powerbank looks like a classic Sony Cybershot
When it comes to inventive USB-C accessories with rad designs, nobody does it like Sharge. Now it’s following up its classic Mac-inspired chargers, its Braun turntable-inspired battery, and whatever the heck this is supposed to be, with a new MagSafe battery that specifically echoes Sony’s classic T-Series Cybershot cameras. It’s called the Icemag 3, and […]
Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI
Reddit is suing Perplexity and three “data-scraping service providers” to “stop the industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections by a group of bad actors who will stop at nothing to get their hands on valuable copyrighted content on Reddit,” according to the complaint. The company equates the data scraping companies — SerpApi, Oxylabs, and AWMProxy […]
Samsung Galaxy XR hands-on: It’s like a cheaper Apple Vision Pro and launches today
Watching the first few minutes of KPop Demon Hunters on Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, I think Apple's Vision Pro might be cooked. It's not because the Galaxy XR - which Samsung formerly teased as Project Moohan - is that much better than the Vision Pro. It's that the experience is comparable, but you get so […]
Netflix is ‘judiciously’ expanding into interactive experiences
Netflix has been investing a lot of time and energy into gaming, but the company sees its work on games as part of a broader initiative around interactivity, co-CEO Greg Peters said in today’s Q3 2025 earnings call. “We’ve mostly talked so far about our work in this space as games because that’s an easy […]
