The Playdate Stereo Dock got stuck in factory limbo, but it’s still coming
Playdate, otherwise known as The Only Handheld That Actually Fits In My Tiny Hands, is...
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Microsoft’s Windows 11 beta testers may start seeing ads in the Start menu
Microsoft is exploring the idea of putting ads in your Windows 11 Start menu. To...
Apple’s MacBook Air M2 returns to an all-time low, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals
Another week is coming to a close, which means it's time for another roundup of...
Roku suffered another data breach, this time affecting 576,000 accounts
Roku has disclosed a second data breach in as many months. While it was looking...
Meta is testing messaging capabilities for Threads, but don’t call them DMs
As Threads has grown to more than 130 million users, one of the major remaining...
Meta is stuffing its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs
On Friday, people around the web noticed a new addition to their Instagram: Meta AI,...
Tesla halves the price of its Full Self Driving (Supervised) subscription to $99 per month
The price of a monthly subscription to Tesla's (kind-of) self-driving software has just been cut...
Epic wants to blow the Google Play Store wide open
Back in December, Epic Games won an antitrust case against Google. A jury found that...
Indie game studio Possibility Space shuts down, CEO blames a reporter
Possibility Space, an independent game studio with employees distributed across the globe, was abruptly shut...
Avalanche Studios devs have reached a contract agreement in bid to unionize
Late last year, over 100 employees of Avalanche Studios, the makers of Just Cause, announced...
Google, a $1.97 trillion company, is protesting California’s plan to pay journalists
Google, the search giant that brought in more than $73 billion in profit last year,...
Ubisoft is deleting The Crew from players’ libraries, reminding us we own nothing
Ubisoft’s online-only racing game The Crew stopped being operable on April 1. Some users are...
TCL’s first original movie is an absurd-looking, AI-generated love story
Many major tech companies, particularly those that operate in the TV hardware business, have dipped...
8BitDo’s Ultimate Controller with charging dock drops to $56 on Amazon
8BitDo makes some of our favorite third-party game controllers. The gamepads work with a variety...
China reportedly orders state-owned mobile carriers to replace foreign chips
Back in 2019, the FCC banned US carriers, which were then starting to deploy their...
Paid ChatGPT users can now access GPT-4 Turbo
OpenAI has brought the new GPT-4 Turbo to paid ChatGPT users. The company announced the...
The Morning After: Our verdict on the Humane AI Pin
A wave of AI assistant devices is finally launching, and the first is Humane’s slickly...
Paramount announces yet another Star Trek prequel
Movie-industry shindig CinemaCon was the venue at which Paramount Pictures announced it has started work...
DuckDuckGo unveils a $10 Privacy Pro plan with a no-log VPN
Many web browser companies offer VPNs these days, including Google, Mozilla and Opera. DuckDuckGo is...
DJI Avata 2 FPV drone review: A cheaper, more potent tool for creators
When DJI’s Avata came out in 2022, its agility and people-safe propeller guards made it...
Google One is shutting down its VPN feature later this year
If you're — apparently, one of the few people — using the VPN service that...
Smart rings are meant to be invisible, and that’s the problem
Sometimes, you’re in bed and the glow from your smart ring’s optical heart rate sensor...
Sony ULT Wear headphones review: Brain-shaking bass
Sony’s Extra Bass line of headphones has given listeners an added dose of low-end tone...
Sony’s new ULT Bluetooth speakers are bringing back the ’90s bass boost button
Sony just announced a trio of new speakers in a new line of audio products...