Sony WH-CH720N review: Budget-friendly headphones with premium sound
Sony has a great track record when it comes to budget headphones. The company’s WH-CH710N were excellent, but overpriced initially. Sony made them an incredible value at $150 after it cut the price...
View ArticleEx-Apple employee sentenced to three years in prison after $17 million fraud...
A former Apple employee who pled guilty to defrauding the company out of over $17 million has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to repay his ill-gotten gains. Dhirendra Prasad, who...
View ArticleWalmart's suppliers would rather negotiate with AI than a human
Never mind using AI to write stories — Walmart is finding it helpful for landing a good bargain. The retailer tellsBloomberg that it's using a chatbot from Pactum AI to automatically negotiate some...
View Article‘Vampire Survivors’ is getting an animated television series
Vampire Survivors, the addictively casual indie game, is getting an animated television series. Known for its rich and cinematic backstory to the same degree as narrative-driven classics Space...
View ArticleThe best power banks for 2023
Whether you call them battery packs, power banks or portable chargers, these accessories do one thing well: charge your devices when you can’t find an open outlet. Small enough to fit in a day pack and...
View ArticleMicrosoft inks another cloud gaming deal after the UK blocked its Activision...
Despite suffering a significant blow this week in its attempt to take over Activision Blizzard, Microsoft still believes it can get the job done. The company has signed a 10-year agreement with...
View ArticleiRobot's Roomba 694 drops back to $180, plus the rest of the week's best tech...
Two factors had an effect on the deals we saw this week: spring sales and early Mother's Day promotions. Even if you don't need a gift for a mom or it's still cold (or weirdly summery hot) where you...
View ArticlePeacock drops first trailer for high-octane ‘Twisted Metal’ adaptation
After decades of middling results, video game adaptations are finally the hottest thing in entertainment, especially after those Super Mario Bros. Movie box office numbers. Streamer Peacock is joining...
View ArticleUS lawmakers introduce bill to prevent AI-controlled nuclear launches
Bipartisan US lawmakers from both chambers of Congress introduced legislation this week that would formally prohibit AI from launching nuclear weapons. Although Department of Defense policy already...
View ArticleThe best free games for 2023
Gone are the days when free games equated to ropey puzzle games and knock-off clones of new games that had a price tag. These days, courtesy of in-app payments and the ease of offering both a sample of...
View ArticleVenmo now lets you send crypto to other users for some reason
Paypal-owned money transfer service Venmo dipped its toes into cryptocurrencies in 2021 after opening up an in-app trading platform. That was just for individuals to buy or sell crypto. Now, the...
View ArticleChatGPT is once again available in Italy after a temporary ban
OpenAI says ChatGPT is once again available in Italy after it addressed a series of conditions set out by regulators. The Garante data protection authority wanted OpenAI to resolve several issues by...
View ArticleVentureBeat is the latest publication to use AI in its articles
More media outlets are using AI to write articles, if not as aggressively as others. VentureBeat editorial director Michale Nuñez tellsBloomberg his publication is using Microsoft's Bing Chat to help...
View ArticleLeaked Google Pixel Fold images show a sleek, nearly gapless hinge
With Google I/O less than two weeks away, the Pixel leaks are starting to come hard and fast. On Friday, leaker (and former Engadget editor) Evan Blass shared (via The Verge) two 4K renders of the...
View ArticleApple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused company of spying
After more than three years of litigation, Apple has quietly dropped its lawsuit against Gerard Williams III, the former chip executive the company accused of poaching employees. Williams spent nearly...
View ArticleElon Musk says Twitter will introduce per-article charging in May
Twitter might provide publishers with a new way to earn from their content outside of the typical recurring subscription option. According to company chief Elon Musk, Twitter will allow media...
View ArticleHitting the Books: Who's excited to have their brainwaves scanned as a...
All of those fantastical possibilities promised by burgeoning brain-computer interface technology come with the unavoidable cost of needing its potentially hackable wetware to ride shotgun in your...
View ArticleAmazon’s Echo Dot drops to $30
If you’ve been patiently waiting for a sale on the 5th-generation Echo Dot, now is the time to buy one. A handful of models are on sale. To start, you can get the basic model for $30 or 40 percent off....
View ArticleApple is reportedly redesigning watchOS around widgets
Apple is reportedly working on its most significant software overhaul to watchOS in recent memory. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company is redesigning the Apple Watch’s user interface to...
View ArticleBrazilian court lifts nationwide Telegram ban put in place over data demand
A federal appeals court in Brazil on Saturday lifted the country-wide ban that had been put in place against Telegram earlier this week. Per Reuters, judge Flávio Lucas ruled a complete suspension of...
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