Meta quietly added a rate limit and pay tier to its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. If you use the “Conversation Focus” feature, you are now limited to three hours of use a month, unless you subscribe to a Meta One Premium account for $20 a month. If so, you’ll get 15 hours of use […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Apple’s MacBook Air is a great value—even now, after the company significantly raised the price of the machine. The Air offers the best of both worlds: It’s a lightweight laptop with a powerful Apple chip, without the expense that comes with the added features of […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. When Samsung’s “The Frame” TV first dropped, it pioneered the concept of the “art TV,” making it a smart lifestyle option for anyone who doesn’t want a TV to dominate their decor when not […]

Mac users can now call on Google’s agentic AI, Gemini Spark, to automate tasks on their desktop and bridge the gap between Google Workspace and their local apps and files. But you should still be cautious when granting Gemini access to your data and workflows, as AI agents can introduce security risks. Google first announced […]

Apple’s “Hide My Email” feature is essential to my privacy and security setup. Almost every time I create a new login account, particularly when I don’t fully trust the company behind it, I mask my real email address with Hide My Email. If the company in question turns out to be shady and decides to […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The second generation Google Nest Cam (indoor, wired) is down to $64.99 at Woot, down from its usual $99.99—making this its lowest price yet, according to price trackers. For context, Amazon is still selling […]

Discord is one of those apps that has helped kill off good ol’ internet forums. If you look hard enough, you can find a Discord server for most any niche hobby, online course, or fandom of choice. I’d been aware of the app for a while, but I didn’t join Discord myself until I found […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Doing something new with a well-established IP—especially when said IP is a bestselling novel that has already received an iconic film adaptation—is a tricky business. Still, the team behind AMC+’s excellent adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel Interview with the Vampire more than rose to the […]

Netflix ended free password sharing a few years ago, requiring customers to sign up for their own accounts, add themselves as a paid extra user on an existing account, or go through convoluted workarounds to continue streaming for free. Now, each profile under your Netflix account within your household will be required to have a […]

This week’s trip into the hall-of-mirrors of modern youth culture features a new piece of post-meaning slang, another poisonous dispatch from the incel parts of the internet, a German earworm going viral, and the return of tanning without worry or necessary fear. What does “TLPUR” mean? This mysterious acronym #tlpur started showing up recently in […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Bloody politics is a hallmark of the world of Game of Thrones: Where the original show played out a bloody succession crisis following the end of a dynasty and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes a ground-level look at Westerosi politics, House of the […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Woot has the Beats Studio Buds for $78.82, a sizable drop from their original $149.95 price and the lowest price tracked so far, according to price tracking tools. For comparison, Amazon is selling the […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. While the tech world’s collective attention is currently fixed on iOS 27, Apple is still churning out updates to iOS 26. While we’re not likely to get another feature-filled release in the “26” era, there will always be bugs and security flaws to squash whenever […]

Up to this point, adding someone on WhatsApp has meant giving them your phone number—which is perhaps not something you always want to divulge, especially if you only just met, or you’re in a group chat with lots of other people. That’s finally changing: WhatsApp is embracing usernames. The update is launching “later this year,” […]

If you’ve been on the same T-Mobile plan for years, listen up: Not only will T-Mobile move you into a new plan this month, you may have to pay more as a result. As reported by CNET (which is owned by Lifehacker parent company Ziff Davis), T-Mobile will end a number of legacy plans, which […]