This Flagship Samsung OLED TV Is $800 Off Right Now
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- Posted on April 8, 2026
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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 […]
We’re Selling Our Rentals (Here’s Why)
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- Posted on April 8, 2026
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We’re selling off rental properties. Nope, that’s not clickbait; we’re actually getting rid of cash-flowing rental properties from our real estate portfolios. But why? And why now? Is there a […]
âJarvis Approachingâ: Google’s Sundar Pichai Signals an Agentic, Multi-Threaded Future for Search
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Google’s Sundar Pichai was on the Cheeky Pint podcast and was asked about the future of Search. He basically laid out a future where Search is Jarvis-like where users will be completing tasks and have “many threads running”…
Google Testing Jumping To AI Mode Directly From AIOs ON DESKTOP
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In January Google announced a change to how AI Overviews worked where clicking the “Show more” button at the end of an AIO would directly take you into AI Mode. But that was only on mobile. Now it seems Google is testing that functionality, but on desktop…
He Built a Thriving Business: Now He’s Trading It for Financial Freedom with Rentals
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What if the life you dream of is just a few rental properties away? You don’t have to have it all figured out to start. Today’s guest knew close to […]
As breakout time accelerates, prevention-first cybersecurity takes center stage
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Threat actors are using AI to supercharge tried-and-tested TTPs. When attacks move this fast, cyber-defenders need to rethink their own strategy.
I Tried Google’s New On-Device AI Transcription App for iPhone, and It Was Surprisingly Accurate
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- Posted on April 7, 2026
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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?
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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
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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 […]
10 Shows Like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘The Testaments’ You Should Watch Next
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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 […]
Google Is Changing How Gemini Handles a User’s Mental Health Crisis
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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 […]
The LTE Version of This Fitbit for Kids Just Dropped to $100
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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 […]
This Portable, Waterproof JBL Speaker Is $200 Right Now
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The JBL Xtreme 3 might not be the brand’s newest release, but it remains one of the most reliable portable outdoor speakers on the market with heavy bass and powerful sound, a rugged build […]
Google Ads Testing New Layouts for Multi-Location GBP Assets?
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Spotted in the wild are what appear to be swipeable GBP location assets.
Your Google Pixel Comes With a Secret Diagnostic Mode
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I’ve been using Pixel phones every day for several years at this point, so I thought I’d discovered every secret menu and hidden feature these Google handsets have to offer—but it turns out I was wrong. Make Use Of enlightened me about the diagnostic tool built into Google Pixels, hidden away behind the number pad […]









