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This Compact Bose Portable Bluetooth Speaker Is Cheaper Than Ever Right Now

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Bose knows how to make products that last, and very much follows the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mantra. Take the Bose SoundLink Micro: Released in 2017, it was such a hit, […]

Steam Just Added Support for Apple Vision Pro Gaming

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Apple Vision Pro is taking another step toward becoming the killer VR gaming device we all know it could be. Valve recently announced that it is adding Steam Link, an app for Vision Pro that will let users wirelessly stream Steam games from their […]

Android 17 Will Finally Let You Remap Your Gaming Controllers

While iOS has caught up in recent years, Android is still the most versatile OS when it comes to smartphone gaming—especially if you’re looking beyond downloading games from app stores. Android supports a huge number of emulators, as well as game controllers and game pads. If you want to play a game, there’s a decent […]

Not All Sleep Scores Are Created Equal

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Sleep scores may be one of the most-checked metrics in wearable health tracking, but the companies behind them haven’t agreed on a shared language. A Garmin wearer with a 75 is in “Fair” territory. An Oura wearer with a 75 is doing “Good.” An Apple […]

The Top 10 Movies Right Now, According to Streaming Data

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Maybe it’s that post-Oscar buzz, but in March, America’s most-streamed films are a highbrow bunch. From 16th-century Shakespearean grief to moody Norwegian family dramas, the most-watched movies in the country were actually good. But we are not a boring nation, so there are wicked diversions […]

Amazon Is Ending Support for These Kindle Models

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Attention Kindle readers: Amazon may soon end support for your e-reader. Now, if you recently acquired a Kindle—recently meaning anytime in the past 10 years—you don’t need to worry. But for anyone who is still rocking an older Kindle, you might be affected. The news […]

These Beats Studio Earbuds (With Noise Cancellation) Are on Sale for $100 Right Now

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Beats Studio Buds + are among the best in-ear noise-cancelling earbuds on the market for both Apple and Android users. Compared to their predecessor, they have longer battery life and better ANC, plus […]

You Could Get Up to $100 From This $135 Million Android Settlement

Millions of Android users are now eligible to claim some cash from Google as part of a $135 million settlement. If you have a qualifying device, you could receive up to $100 once the final approval hearing is completed in June. What is this Android settlement about? This settlement is part of a class-action lawsuit […]

This Flagship Samsung OLED TV Is $800 Off Right Now

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Samsung’s 65-inch S95F OLED TV is now down to $2,199.99 from $2,997.99—just a couple of dollars shy of its lowest tracked price, according to price trackers. That discount makes a difference, but it is […]

I Tried Google’s New On-Device AI Transcription App for iPhone, and It Was Surprisingly Accurate

Google is back with yet another AI service—this time, an offline dictation program using its “Gemma” architecture. But rather than include it within the Gemini app, or as a Gemini function, the company has decided to roll it out into a dedicated iPhone app, with the very catchy name of “Google AI Edge Eloquent.” I […]

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Does ‘7×7=49’ Mean?

This week’s collection might seem like a random assortment of odds and ends, but there’s a throughline: vibes and absurdism over logic and order. Slang words like 7×7=49 and lowkenuinely don’t make logical sense, but they are intuitively perfect. The Sea Lion is a purely absurdist anti “dance-craze” taking over TikTok, and Pizza Movie takes […]

Here’s What to Expect During Home Depot’s ‘Spring Black Friday’ Sale Starting This Week

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Unlike Best Buy, Walmart, and Target, Home Depot decided not to compete with Amazon during its annual Big Spring Sale; instead, it held off for a couple of weeks, so that sale is now […]

Google Is Changing How Gemini Handles a User’s Mental Health Crisis

When companies like OpenAI and Google started rolling out generative AI models to the general public, I doubt they predicted how attached people would get to the technology—and the effect it would have on their collective mental health. Some ChatGPT users legitimately mourned when OpenAI shutdown its GPT-4o model, as they treated that specific model […]

10 Shows Like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘The Testaments’ You Should Watch Next

We may earn a commission from links on this page. While I’d never presume to speak for her, I suspect that Margaret Atwood would be perfectly happy to be a little less hot right now, if only it meant that her works of fiction, always prescient, weren’t so alarmingly present. Written in 1985, The Handmaid’s […]

The LTE Version of This Fitbit for Kids Just Dropped to $100

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Gamifying boring but necessary life tasks has been a thing for a while, and perhaps the most well-known option for fitness in recent years is Fitbit. Since Google owns Fitbit, they’ve been making fitness […]