While the latest wireless earbuds from Apple, Sony, Bose and other big-name brands may dominate the headlines, you absolutely do not need to spend triple digits to get something good. These days it’s more than possible to find a clean-sounding, richly-featured pair for well under $100, but navigating the bargain bin still brings its share… Continue reading The best budget wireless earbuds for 2024
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Zillow is adding climate risk data to all US for-sale listings
As extreme weather events become ever more common, climate risks are playing a role in many people’s long-term decision-making. And few things are more long-term than buying real estate. In response, Zillow has announced a new partnership to bring climate risk information to its for-sale listings. Property listing pages in the US will include data… Continue reading Zillow is adding climate risk data to all US for-sale listings
X suspends journalist Ken Klippenstein after he published J.D. Vance dossier
X suspended journalist Ken Klippenstein’s account earlier this afternoon. X’s Safety account says they issued the temporary suspension “for violating our rules on posting unredacted private personal information, specifically Sen. [J.D.] Vance’s physical address and the majority of his social security number.” Several news outlets that received the vetting dossier of the Republican vice presidential… Continue reading X suspends journalist Ken Klippenstein after he published J.D. Vance dossier
New California law will force companies to admit you don’t own digital content
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 2426, a new law that requires digital marketplaces to make clearer to customers when they are only purchasing a license to access media. The law will not apply to cases of permanent offline downloads, only to the all-too-common situation of buying digital copies of video games, music, movies,… Continue reading New California law will force companies to admit you don’t own digital content
Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale and everything we know so far
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is back this year, returning on October 8 and 9. The “fall Prime Day” of sorts has served as the online retailer’s unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for the past few years. We expect most of the deals to be Prime exclusives, meaning you must be an active… Continue reading Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale and everything we know so far
The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox
Square Enix’s terrific Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has finally made its way to Xbox. The 1980s and ’90s classics, which arrived on PC and mobile starting in 2021 and Switch and PS4 last year, are now available on Xbox Series X/S. The Xbox Store sells the six-game series in a $75 bundle ($60 for… Continue reading The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox
Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best early deals ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale and everything we know about the event so far
Since 2022, Amazon has held a second Prime Day of sorts in October and that sale event is coming back this year, too. Prime Big Deal Days returns on October 8 and 9, but we’re already starting to see some decent deals pop up across Amazon’s site. As per usual, most of the deals we… Continue reading Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best early deals ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale and everything we know about the event so far
Advanced AI chatbots are less likely to admit they don’t have all the answers
Researchers have spotted an apparent downside of smarter chatbots. Although AI models predictably become more accurate as they advance, they’re also more likely to (wrongly) answer questions beyond their capabilities rather than saying, “I don’t know.” And the humans prompting them are more likely to take their confident hallucinations at face value, creating a trickle-down… Continue reading Advanced AI chatbots are less likely to admit they don’t have all the answers
Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra hands-on: AI arrives on Samsung’s premium Android tablet
In a surprise 30-minute event today that could have been an email, Samsung unveiled new additions to its portfolio of devices this year, including the Galaxy S24 FE and the Galaxy Watch FE LTE. The highlight of today’s news has to be the new Galaxy Tab S10 tablets, though, since they’ve long been regarded as… Continue reading Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra hands-on: AI arrives on Samsung’s premium Android tablet
StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft II are coming to PC Game Pass
StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft II: Campaign Collection are coming to PC Game Pass, as announced by Xbox at Tokyo Game Show. Both titles will be available on November 5 to anyone with a PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate subscription. The multiplayer components of both games are already free-to-play on PCs, but this will… Continue reading StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft II are coming to PC Game Pass