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Tesla sales plunge after Elon Musk backlash

16KBBC News / 1d
The car maker's sales slide has been attributed to competition and controversy around its boss.





LOT Polish Airlines Lounge Warsaw Expanded, Renovated
100+One Mile at a Time / 33min
For nearly a year, LOT Polish Airlines has been renovating one of its primary lounges at Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW). There’s now a positive update , as this lounge has reopened, and it looks like a huge improvement over the old space. New LOT Business Lounge Polonez Warsaw opens The Polonez Lounge is LOT Polish Airlines’ business class lounge in the Schengen area of its Warsaw hub. The lounge ha





Does A Minecraft Movie have a mid-credits or post-credits scene?
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 41min
Full spoilers follow for A Minecraft Movie . A Minecraft Movie has finally arrived in theaters. And, whether you plan on seeing it or not – read my review of A Minecraft Movie to see whether it's worth watching – I suspect you'll want to know if it has any end credits scenes. Below, I'll reveal if Warner Bros' film adaptation of Mojang's hugely popular sandbox game has a mid- and/or post-credits






Digital Transformation starts with data transformation
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 50min
In the past decade, most organizations have undergone digital transformations. But digital transformation is never done; it’s a continual process to keep pace with technological change. Recent advances in AI have only accelerated the need for every company to transform its underlying IT infrastructure and operating model. For data leaders faced with this continual evolution, this means building a





Superman sneak peek sees David Corenswets Man of Steel get beat up by his dog
Mashable / 1h
DC Studios has released a sneak peek of Superman , in which the historical personification of truth, justice, and the American way plummets to the ground, beat up, bloody, and wheezing for help. It feels apt. Superman stars David Corenswet as the titular Man of Steel, who's feeling markedly less steel-like than usual in this new clip (which we saw hints of in a previous trailer) . Fortunately, hi





StrictlyVC is heading to London this May
40TechCrunch / 1h
StrictlyVC is crossing the Atlantic! On 13 May, London will play host to an exclusive StrictlyVC evening, delivering the same high-caliber VC insider content that has made these events a must-attend for investors and startup leaders alike. If you’re a venture capitalist or founder looking to exchange insights with peers and dive into powerful, no-filter […]






Striking the right balance – AI’s role in HR transformation
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 2h
The integration of AI into HR is rapidly reshaping how businesses approach employee management . While AI offers significant opportunities for efficiency and innovation, the key challenge is ensuring it complements, rather than replaces, the human element. Many organizations remain in the planning phase, while a select few early adopters are actively experimenting with AI - particularly in recrui





Midjourney releases V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year
36TechCrunch / 3h
Midjourney, one of the first AI-based image generators on the web, has released its first new AI image model in nearly a year. Dubbed V7, the model began rolling out in alpha around midnight EST on Thursday, comes a week after OpenAI debuted a new image generator in ChatGPT that quickly went viral for its […]





Microsoft Office staples are just £5 an app with this lifetime deal


Mashable / 4h
TL;DR: Outfit your PC with a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for just £38.50 (reg. £169.48) through 27 April. There's a reason the Microsoft Office apps have had such amazing staying power — they really work. The same tools you used as a kid growing up in the '90s on that bulky desktop are still helping you tackle work tasks on your laptop at the office. If you'





I tried using AI to create the background music for a podcast, but I may stick to music libraries for now
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 5h
When I make audio or video content, one element I always struggle with is music. I don't mean a full theme song or anything, but just some basic intro and outro tunes to ease people into the beginning or end rather than just abruptly beginning to speak. There are lots of good music libraries out there, but with the growth of many AI music tools, I thought it would be fun to see if they were any b





Who might buy TikTok as ban deadline looms? Amazon joins bidders
2KBBC News / 6h
Oracle and the founder of OnlyFans are also among names that have cropped up as the president seeks to broker a deal.





NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 4
Mashable / 6h
Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections , the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over th





NYT Strands hints, answers for April 4
Mashable / 6h
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of





NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for April 4, 2025
Mashable / 6h
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you





Wordle today: Answer, hints for April 4, 2025
Mashable / 6h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Su





Hurdle hints and answers for April 4, 2025
Mashable / 6h
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle , then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give





Avatar: Fire and Ash Footage Goes From Quiet Beauty to Violent Rage
36Gizmodo / 7h
James Cameron's multi-billion dollar Avatar franchise returns with a new entry December 19.





Spotify is about to be flooded with AI-made ads, and I wonder if it will make much of a difference to businesses
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 7h
Like most people, I tune out when an ad comes on while I'm listening to a podcast or streaming service if I can't just skip it. An ad needs something special to draw my attention to the actual product or service being pitched to me. Spotify thinks AI can help businesses overcome ad apathy. The company just launched a feature called Gen AI Ads for businesses using its Ads Manager platform. Gen AI





Amazon’s new AI agent will shop third-party sites for you
89TechCrunch / 8h
Amazon is starting to test a new AI shopping agent, a feature it calls “Buy for Me,” with a subset users, the company announced in a blog post Thursday. If Amazon doesn’t sell something that users are searching for, the Buy for Me feature will display products to users that other websites are selling. Then, […]





New Footage From The Fantastic Four: First Steps Goes Heavy on Silver Surfer
48Gizmodo / 9h
Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn star in the July release from Marvel Studios.





Trump’s tariffs will deliver a big blow to climate tech
MIT Technology Review / 9h
US president Donald Trump’s massive, sweeping tariffs sent global stock markets tumbling on Thursday, setting the stage for a worldwide trade war and ratcheting up the dangers of a punishing recession . Experts fear that the US cleantech sector is especially vulnerable to a deep downturn, which would undermine the nation’s progress on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and undercut its leadership





Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
34Ars Technica - All content / 9h
It's well-established that, on the whole, Americans die younger than people in most other high-income countries. For instance, an analysis from 2022 found that the average life expectancy of someone born in Switzerland or Spain in 2019 was 84 years. Meanwhile, the average US life expectancy was 78.8, lower than nearly all other high-income countries, including Canada's, which was 82.3 years. And





Scott Kirby Praises Trump’s Tariff Efforts—Even As They Crash Markets And Hurt United’s Long-Haul Business
77View from the Wing / 10h
Captain Renault said to Major Strasser in Casablanca , "I have no conviction, if that’s what you mean. I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy." Continue reading ...





The First Glimpse of Predator: Badlands Is Full of Skulls and Snarls
100+Gizmodo / 10h
CinemaCon audiences got an early look at Predator: Badlands , including its setting: an alien 'planet of hurt.'





Report: Disney Is Putting the Live-Action Tangled on Hold
100+Gizmodo / 10h
In the wake of Snow White 's middling performance, Disney seems to be rethinking the pace and potential of its live-action remakes.





How Apple and other tech stocks are impacted by Trump tariffs
Mashable / 10h
Did Nintendo bump up the price of its upcoming Switch 2 due to Trump's tariffs? It seems like that could be the case. The entire stock market has been thrown into turmoil following President Donald Trump's implementation of across-the-board "reciprocal" tariffs on April 2. Trump waited until after the markets closed on Wednesday so the full force of his tariffs announcement wasn't felt until the





Federal judge allows the EFF’s lawsuit against DOGE and Elon Musk to proceed
56TechCrunch / 10h
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit attempting to stop the Department of Government Efficiency from obtaining records on millions of Americans may proceed. In conjunction with privacy watchdog the Electronic Frontier Foundation and two labor unions, more than 100 current and former federal employees sued DOGE, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management […]





5 Ways to Make Your Word Document Easy to Navigate
How-To Geek / 10h
A Word document that is difficult to navigate is pretty much useless, even if it's full of amazing content. That's why you should take some time to ensure people (including you!) can easily find their way around your work without losing patience. Here's how you can do just this.





DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
As AI hype permeates the Internet, tech and business leaders are already looking toward the next step. AGI, or artificial general intelligence, refers to a machine with human-like intelligence and capabilities . If today's AI systems are on a path to AGI, we will need new approaches to ensure such a machine doesn't work against human interests. Unfortunately, we don't have anything as elegant as





Gmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
When Google announced Tuesday that end-to-end encrypted messages were coming to Gmail for business users, some people balked, noting it wasn’t true E2EE as the term is known in privacy and security circles. Others wondered precisely how it works under the hood. Here’s a description of what the new service does and doesn’t do, as well as some of the basic security that underpins it. When Google us





Space Tourists Startled to Discover That From Space, Antarctica Looks Pretty Much Like You'd Expect
Futurism / 10h
After becoming the first humans to fly over the Earth's poles in space , a crew of private astronauts — or space tourists, depending on your perspective — report that the world's southernmost continent is indeed a vast expanse of snow and ice. "Hello, Antarctica," tweeted Chun Wang, the crypto entrepreneur who financed and is leading the private space mission, Fram2. "Unlike previously anticipate





How to Power Almost Any Smart Home Device With Power-Over-Ethernet
How-To Geek / 11h
While Power over Ethernet (PoE) is nothing new to home networking, I recently found some unique ways to use PoE in my smart home. Utilizing some simple PoE splitters, I'm easily able to run both my Hue Hub V2 and Raspberry Pi 3B using my network. Here's how I do it.





Now You Can See Krypto Be a Very Good Boy in New Superman Footage
Gizmodo / 11h
James Gunn's superhero tale starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, a bunch of other humans, and one really cute dog lands in theaters July 11.





Microsoft is reportedly walking back some data center plans
Engadget / 11h
After a January announcement that it would spend $80 billion on data center construction, Microsoft may already be adjusting its future plans. Sources told Bloomberg that Microsoft has delayed or slowed data center efforts in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Some of the cases meant withdrawing from negotiations, while others have involved delays on planned const





Amazon’s Choice Arlo Video Doorbell Is Cheaper Than Its Black Friday Price, Now Over 50% Off
85Gizmodo / 11h
The easiest and most affordable way to keep an eye on your home and yard.





Traeger built a smaller Flatrock griddle for smaller outdoor spaces
Engadget / 11h
Traeger's only gas-powered grill is its Flatrock flat-top griddle. Besides this one model, everything else in the company's lineup runs on wood pellets . Since griddles continue to be insanely popular backyard cooking tools, Traeger is expanding its Flatrock line with a smaller, two-burner option. The Flatrock 2 Zone has all of the features from the larger version, which is now called the Flatroc





TikTok Star Faked A Long-Haul Emirates First Class Flight—Now The Flight Attendant Who Exposed It Is Under Fire
27View from the Wing / 11h
A TikTok influencer faked her Emirates first class experience. She got called out for it online by an Emirates flight attendant, and now that crewmember is in trouble. Continue reading ...





DoD Inspector General Says He’s Looking Into SignalGate
30Gizmodo / 11h
The IG will review if Hegseth's love for Signal complies with the agency's policies.





How to Play Original Switch Games on the Switch 2
Lifehacker / 11h
Around November of last year, when readers were certainly not paying attention to anything else , Nintendo briefly shared that the Nintendo Switch 2 would be backwards compatible with games for the original Nintendo Switch . Fast forward to this year, and it turns out that’s not so clear cut. According to Nintendo, the Switch 2 can play the vast majority of Nintendo Switch 1 games, but there are





Something's Gone Wrong With Microsoft's Huge AI Data Center Investments
27Futurism / 11h
Data centers are everywhere. As the world's tech companies demand more computing power to make their software run, the facilities have popped up in every corner of the planet. They make up the backbone of global network servers, cloud computing — and of course AI. Microsoft has been a major player in the global data center boom, but its ambitions may now be faltering, in a bellwether for the AI i





You’ll Never Guess What Happened to Trump’s Meme Coin After He Announced His Tariffs
95Futurism / 11h
Donald Trump's eponymous meme coin is worth less than ever in the wake of his tariffs finally being launched. Less than 24 hours after the president announced the long-anticipated reciprocal trade tariffs on domestic imports, his $TRUMP cryptocurrency 's value dropped to a meager $9 per token. That's a new all-time low — and remember, it was only launched about 10 weeks ago ahead of the real esta





NASA’s Mars Rover Captures a Giant Dust Devil Swallowing Its Friend
36Gizmodo / 11h
Mmmm, dusty.





Did Trump Use ChatGPT to Determine Disastrous New Tariffs?
200+Gizmodo / 12h
Social media users have noted that there appears to be no logic behind the tariffs.





E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X
4KNYT > Technology / 12h
European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.





Amazon Kindle’s new feature uses AI to generate recaps for books in a series
31TechCrunch / 12h
Amazon is introducing a new “Recaps” feature for Kindle users to help them recall plot points and character arcs before picking up the latest book in a series. While the company’s press release for the new feature doesn’t mention AI, Amazon confirmed to TechCrunch that recaps are AI-generated. “We use technology, including GenAI and Amazon […]





Grace raises €5.9M seed to offer insurance to luxury goods
20TechCrunch / 12h
Grace, an insurance company for luxury goods, announced on Wednesday a $6.4 million (€5.9 million) seed round led by FinTech Collective and Speedinvest. An insurance company for luxury goods, Grace works with luxury brands to protect purchased consumer goods. If an item is stolen or damaged, a consumer can create a claim through the Grace […]





NVIDIA Reveals More Nintendo Switch 2 Technical Details
How-To Geek / 12h
The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally here, and it represents an improvement over its predecessor in almost every single way. One of the improvements touted by Nintendo was support for up to 1080p games at 120 frames per second (with an improved 120Hz display) as well as up to 4K at 60 frames per second when docked. Thanks to NVIDIA, we now know this is partly thanks to a party trick your gaming PC al





This Month’s Epic Lightspeed Story Is One of the Best We’ve Read in Years
100+Gizmodo / 12h
And it's just the first half! Read part one of sci-fi story “Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep?” by Sarah Langan.





OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment
25TechCrunch / 12h
OpenAI just co-led a $43 million Series A into deepfake defense startup Adaptive Security.





Intel and TSMC are reportedly launching a joint chipmaking venture
66TechCrunch / 12h
Semiconductor giants Intel and TSMC are reportedly teaming up. The two firms are said to have reached a tentative agreement to create a joint venture that will operate Intel’s chipmaking facilities, according to The Information. TSMC will have a 20% stake in the new venture. Instead of funding its stake with capital, TSMC will share […]





JRPGs are Having a Moment, Here's Where to Start
How-To Geek / 12h
Japanese roleplaying games, or JRPGs for short, are experiencing a second golden age. It's the perfect time to give this storied genre a try, especially if you haven't dipped your toes in before. If you don’t know which quest to take on first, I have you covered with this nifty guide.





Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles. Now, a team of Swiss scientists led by Melissa Berthet, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Zurich, discovered bonobos can combine these basic sounds into larger semantic structures. In these communications, meaning





Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
In the wake of the Switch 2 reveal , neither Nintendo nor Nvidia has gone into any detail at all about the exact chip inside the upcoming handheld—technically, we are still not sure what Arm CPU architecture or what GPU architecture it uses, how much RAM we can expect it to have, how fast that memory will be, or exactly how many graphics cores we're looking at. But interviews with Nintendo execut





Monkeys are better yodelers than humans, study finds
29Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Humans have practiced some form of yodeling since at least the 13th century, when Marco Polo encountered Tibetan monks on his travels who used the vocal technique for long-distance communication. It's since morphed into a distinctive singing style. But can animals also yodel? According to a new paper published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, several





Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a new fund
24TechCrunch / 12h
Ted Schlein's cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is raising $100 million for a new fund, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.





Samsung 990 Pro SSD Hits 2025’s Lowest Price Yet, Hurry It’s Selling Out on Amazon
22Gizmodo / 12h
If you need a bit more storage space, now's the time to grab this SSD with a whopping 4TB of space.





Credit card transfer bonuses (April): Get bonus points when you transfer to Etihad, IHG and more
100+The Points Guy / 12h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Transfer bonuses can offer lucrative opportunities to maximize your points and miles and work your way toward fantastic award redemptions . You can sometimes get significantly more value from your rewards by transferring them to an airline or hotel partner during one of these bonus periods. Remember, thoug





It's Interesting How Truth Social Moved to Sell Stock Right Before Trump's Tariffs Were Announced
300+Futurism / 12h
Just before announcing a major escalation in his tariff war on Wednesday evening — followed by a major stock market wipeout the following morning — president Donald Trump freed up the sale of his Truth Social shares. As the Financial Times reports , Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) revealed that it was planning to sell more than 142 million shares in a late Tuesday filing with the Securiti





Trump's Tariffs Are a Bruising Defeat for the AI Industry
26Futurism / 12h
If you follow tech stocks, there's probably one thing on your mind today: Donald Trump's tariffs. Yesterday, Trump announced his long-teased " reciprocal tariffs " on foreign imports coming into the US. Among them are a 32 percent tariff on Taiwan, 24 percent on Japan, 26 percent on India, and 34 percent on China — all major players in the global tech trade. As a result, the magnificent seven (M7





Trump's Tariffs Are Brutalizing the Crypto Industry
25Futurism / 12h
Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs have scythed through all sectors of the economy — including crypto, a market that the sitting president was hailed as a champion of. On Thursday, the morning after Trump signed an executive order enacting his "Liberation Day" tariffs, blockchain assets across the board slumped considerably as a mass sell-off ensued. Bitcoin, the first and largest cryptocurre





Astronaut Insists the Mushrooms He's Growing in Space Are "Not the Ones You’re Thinking"
20Futurism / 12h
A crypto billionaire and a filthy rich ketamine user have launched a trip to the stars — stop us if you've heard this one before. We promise it's not quite as Silicon Valley as it sounds, though as Australian explorer and freshman astronaut Eric Phillips told Ars Technica , there are shrooms involved. Alongside Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, German roboticist Rabea Rogge, and Chinese cry





Trump Tariffs Show Signs of Being Written by AI
500+Futurism / 12h
President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on most goods imported into the US yesterday, affecting over 100 countries — including uninhabited territories in the middle of the ocean . It's a baffling decision that's expected to wreak havoc on the international economy , heightening existing concerns over an imminent recession. Worse, as Cointelegraph reports , there seem to be signs that th





The Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Smartwatch Is $170 Off
Lifehacker / 12h
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Anytime you're looking for a good smartwatch , Garmin's name is bound to come up. The Garmin Instinct 3 came out very recently, and that means the Garmin Instinct 2 has dropped in price—and even though that model is now a generation old, it's still an incredible fitness and





Latest Android Auto update could turn your car’s cameras into a free dash cam
29Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Android Auto has a new free dash cam app It uses the car's in-built cameras to capture the road Car manufacturers will need to customize the app for their cars If you want to add some extra security to your car or keep a record of what’s happening on the road while you drive, then you’ve probably thought about picking up one of the best dash cams . But you might soon be able to rely just on your





Teen with 4.0 GPA who built the viral Cal AI app was rejected by 15 top universities
200+TechCrunch / 12h
Zach Yadegari, the high school teen co-founder of Cal AI, is being hammered with comments on X after he revealed that out of 18 top colleges he applied to, he was rejected by 15. Yadegari says that he got a 4.0 GPA and nailed a 34 score on his ACT (above 31 is considered a […]





That Viral Trump Tweet About Impeaching Presidents if the Dow Drops Is Fake
39Gizmodo / 12h
Yes, America's fascist president is destroying the U.S. economy. But that ironic tweet isn't real.





Watch out - those PDFs lurking in your inbox could be a major security risk
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Phishing emails carrying PDF attachments are on the rise, report warns Check Point highlights how hackers love PDFs for customization Social engineering attacks using PDFs are also on the rise At least one in every five phishing emails carries a .PDF attachment, researchers are saying, warning that the popular file format is being increasingly used in social engineering attacks. A new report from





Stephen Cognetti on Making the Leap from Hell House LLC to 825 Forest Road
80Gizmodo / 12h
The creator of the popular found-footage horror franchise makes his narrative debut with a haunted-house chiller hitting Shudder this week.





TikTok quietly launches a new ‘TikTok for Artists’ platform
22TechCrunch / 12h
As TikTok’s fate in the United States remains uncertain, the tech giant has quietly started testing a new “TikTok for Artists” insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The platform will provide artists with tools to promote their songs, understand performance metrics, and engage with fans. […]





Devin, the viral coding AI agent, gets a new pay-as-you-go plan
TechCrunch / 12h
Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI programming tool Devin, has introduced a new low-cost plan to incentivize signups. When Cognition released Devin last year, the tool quickly blew up on social media for its ability to perform certain software development tasks autonomously. But

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As Elon Musk Torches Reputation, Tesla Sees Its Biggest Sales Decline In History
12KGizmodo / 13h
Sales were down 13% in the first three months of 2025, marking its steepest sales decline in history.





Book flights to Europe starting at 18,750 miles: Check out Flying Blue’s April Promo Rewards
4KThe Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. You have plenty of options when it comes to booking award flights . But one of the most reliable ways to get good value is through the monthly Air France-KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards offers. You can find these monthly discounts on this regularly updated page on the Flying Blue website . They apply to flig





Amazon reportedly submits last-minute bid to acquire TikTok
500+TechCrunch / 12h
Amazon has submitted a bid to acquire all of TikTok, according to a new report from The New York Times. The last-minute bid comes as TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to shed its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the U.S. However, the parties involved in the deal talks do not appear to […]






Nikon unveils the Z5 II full-frame mirrorless camera – entry-level just got better, and pricier
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 59min
Same 24.5MP full-frame stabilized sensor as Nikon Zf Latest Expeed 7 processor delivers a raft of performance improvements Pricier than Z5 at launch, costing £1,599 / AU$2,699 body-only (US pricing TBC) Nikon has unveiled the successor to its Z5 entry-level full-frame mirrorless camera : the powerful – and pricier – Z5 II. It's probably about time – the 24MP Z5 was launched in 2020 and was beginn





Auto Tariffs Take Effect, Putting Pressure on New Car Prices
100+NYT > Technology / 1h
President Trump says the tariffs will encourage investment in U.S. factories, but analysts say car buyers will have to pay thousands more.





Banish ‘cloud storage full’ notifications with a lifetime storage plan
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: For a limited time, save £54 on 10TB of lifetime cloud storage with Internxt using code STORAGE20 at checkout (reg. $349.99). There are few things more annoying than getting hit with ‘Storage Full. Upgrade now.’ notifications when you’re just trying to upload a few more files. Sure, you could pay for more space, but then you’re getting sucked even deeper into the subscription world. Here’s





How to watch the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix online for free
Mashable / 1h
TL;DR: Watch the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix for free on ORF. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The 2025 F1 season has started with a lot of unpredictable racing and entertaining moments. The McLaren team look in super strong form, but there's a crowd of drivers just waiting to pounce if they're anything less than perfect. Lando Norris leads the standin





Hurdle hints and answers for April 3, 2025
Mashable / 1h
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle , then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give





SpaceX Starship Next Day Package Delivery Economics
Next Big Future / 1h
SpaceX Starship could have significantly faster delivery options (12, 24 and 48 hours) compared to the current express standard of under five days. How much demand could there be for this service? People could be willing to pay 2X to 4X the price for ultrafast package delivery. Current express delivery is about 17% of total ... Read more





Trump’s Tariffs Could Reshape the US Tech Industry
300+Wired / 2h
Apple, Amazon, and other tech companies reliant on global supply chains stand to lose the most from Trump's trade policies, but some software firms expect more demand for their services.





NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 3
Mashable / 3h
Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections , the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over th





NYT Strands hints, answers for April 3
Mashable / 3h
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of





NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for April 3, 2025
Mashable / 3h
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you





Wordle today: Answer, hints for April 3, 2025
Mashable / 3h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Su





The First Footage From Wicked: For Good Just Screened—Here’s What Happened
69Gizmodo / 3h
Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba, Ariana Grande's Glinda, and more familiar Wizard of Oz characters star in the sequel musical, out in November.





The Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Trailer Promises More Animatronic Mayhem
32Gizmodo / 4h
The sequel based on the hit horror game series and starring Josh Hutcherson lights up only in theaters this December.





How to get United Club lounge access: From credit cards to paid memberships
The Points Guy / 4h
Airport lounges can serve as oases from a busy, crowded or outdated terminal. Some lounges , like Priority Pass , belong to a membership network; others are airline-specific, like the United Club lounge. If you’re a loyal United Airlines flyer or frequent one of the carrier’s largest hubs, visiting a United Club lounge is probably already on your radar. However, the airline recently made some maj





Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
500+Wired / 5h
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.





Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
3KWired / 5h
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.





A How to Train Your Dragon Live-Action Sequel Is Already on the Way
62Gizmodo / 5h
The first live-action How to Train Your Dragon arrives June 13, and now we know its story will continue.





The 'Switch 2 doesn't contain any Switch hardware,' Nintendo explains its new platform and what games will be compatible
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 5h
With announcements flooding in on all sides from Nintendo Direct , it's easy to get caught up in the excitement and miss some important details. One of which isn't all Mario Sunshine and daisies: unfortunately, you won't be able to play all of your Switch 1 games on the Switch 2. This is due to how Nintendo built the Switch 2 as, interestingly, it "doesn't contain any Switch hardware." That doesn





200,000 Points & Platinum Status—IHG’s Biggest-Ever Card Offer Just Dropped
View from the Wing / 5h
The card is clearly worth getting for this bonus offer alone. And its $99 annual fee is worth it on an ongoing basis, because you receive an anniversary free night for IHG Hotels & Resorts. And, when cardholders redeem points for a consecutive four-night IHG hotel stay, the fourth redemption night is free. That benefit can be huge. And cardmembers receive automatic Platinum Elite status, which th





Top-Rated VPN Deal – Get Up to 61% Off Before It’s Gone!
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Whatever your reason for searching for a VPN, we’re confident this deal will grab your interest.





The Dimension 20 cast chooses their ultimate Intrepid Heroes squad
Mashable / 6h
The Dimension 20 cast ( Brennan Lee Mulligan , Ally Beardsley, Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thompson, and Zac Oyama) locked in to draft their ultimate teams of characters from Intrepid Heroes campaigns.Which PC will be the first pick? Which cast members betray each other in order to get the characters they want? And most importantly, which of these teams do you think will prevail in a no-holds-barred batt





I Wore Two Oura Rings to See If the Finger You Use Actually Matters


Lifehacker / 6h
We may earn a commission from links on this page. I’ve always preferred to wear my Oura ring on my ring finger. The company says that “for optimal performance and accuracy,” it’s best to wear it on your index finger, but that any finger can work. And if you ask longtime Oura users, you’ll get a variety of opinions. Does it really matter which finger you use? I realized I have the perfect way to t





RFK Jr.‘s bloodbath at HHS: Blowback grows as losses become clearer
38Ars Technica - All content / 6h
Last week, Health Secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the Trump administration would hack off nearly a quarter of employees at the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees critical agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers f





Doctor Who‘s Eurovision Episode May Not Make It to UK TV… Because of Eurovision
39Gizmodo / 6h
Russell T. Davies explains the scheduling that could either be perfectly timed, or the complete opposite.





New Line Cinema’s Planning More Horror Sequels, but Hasn’t Given Up on Originals
63Gizmodo / 6h
The studio's president spoke about how mainstays like The Conjuring Universe will factor into New Line's future.





Tesla Stock Is Soaring for the Funniest Possible Reason
Futurism / 6h
Tesla released some terrible news about sales this morning, but then a funny thing happened: after an initial crash, its stock started to rise significantly. Why? Well, it seems a lot like it has to do with a Politico story reporting, per three unnamed insiders, that president Donald Trump had been telling confidantes of Musk's upcoming departure in a few months — purportedly to focus on his many





8 Hidden Costs of a Smart Home (and How to Avoid Them)
How-To Geek / 7h
You can start your smart home journey with as little as a cheap smart plug. Your home will already be smarter, but it can quickly get addictive. One plug becomes five, and before you know it you've decked your home from top to bottom in smart home tech.





The Founder of OnlyFans Wants to Buy TikTok
200+Wired / 7h
Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last-minute bid.





You can now redeem JetBlue TrueBlue points on Icelandair flights
The Points Guy / 7h
JetBlue and Icelandair have been partners for the better part of a decade. But the two airlines’ ties grew a lot deeper this week — and it’s good news for frequent JetBlue flyers with a stash of points and/or transferable credit card rewards . For the first time, JetBlue TrueBlue members can redeem points on flights operated by Icelandair. It’s a big step forward for the partnership, which dates





Monthly checklist: Credit card perks and benefits you should be using in April
100+The Points Guy / 7h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Depending on how many credit cards you have, the list of benefits you should be using this month might feel overwhelming. Can you remember all of these perks without help? Maybe not. Rather than trying to keep track of all of them on your own, we’ve compiled a monthly checklist of credit card perks and ben





Trump’s Tariffs Are Here to Jack Up the Price of Your Switch 2 (and Everything Else)
300+Gizmodo / 7h
The 10% baseline tariffs will hit April 5, with the larger tariffs coming into effect April 9.





438 crypto masterminds are responsible for the majority of pump-and-dump crypto coin schemes globally, researchers find
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 7h
Pump-and-dump schemes dominate crypto markets, driven by 438 manipulative masterminds Telegram’s ease of communication fuels the rise of crypto manipulations Advanced tools like Perseus expose crypto scammers, but regulation remains essential As cybersecurity faces challenges with common internet scams like phishing, advanced fee fraud, and fake lotteries, cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes hav





Boeing Starliner Was a Minute from Disaster in Space Station Docking
Next Big Future / 7h
The Boeing Starliner faced a critical situation during its approach to the International Space Station (ISS), where multiple thruster failures brought it within minutes o losing full control and potentially endangering the crew. Ars Technica got the details from Astronaut Wilmore on the danger 9 months ago during the docking. The Starliner was likely 30-60 ... Read more





Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump to Settle Antitrust Suit Against Meta
NYT > Technology / 7h
The Meta chief, who was at the White House on Wednesday, has discussed the case with the president and his aides. A trial is set to start in less than two weeks.





To Counter Trump’s Tariffs on Goods, Countries May Hit Back at US Services
98NYT > Technology / 7h
Service sectors make up the vast bulk of the American economy, which gives trading partners some clout in trade negotiations.





Streamline your workday with a collection of AI tools you only have to pay for once
Mashable / 7h
TL;DR : Get lifetime access to 1min.AI's Advanced Business Plan, which offers a collection of almost all the major AI models for only A$158 (reg. A$856). There's been talk about AI taking people's jobs, and we're here to say you should let it — at least when it comes to your own time-consuming and tedious busy work. Rather than using your time writing rejection emails or proofreading sales report





Amazon Just Dropped the Oral-B Pro Smart Electric Toothbrush to a Price We’ve Never Seen Before
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You deserve a shiny, white smile, and this nearly 50% off electric toothbrush can help you achieve just that.





Motion Sickness Hits Hard as Space Tourists Describe Polar Orbit Adventure
Gizmodo / 7h
After adjusting to microgravity—and getting through a few bouts of vomiting—the astronauts got to work in polar orbit.





The Switch 2's battery life is shorter than the current Switch
Engadget / 7h
The Switch 2 is bigger, more powerful and more expensive than the original Switch, but the tech specs for the new console reveal at least one key way it's worse: The Switch 2's battery life is shorter. Nintendo says that battery life on the Switch 2 varies depending on the game you play, but that it estimates the console should last approximately "2 – 6.5 hours." That's notably shorter than the b





Scientists Recover Underwater Camera Designed to Snap Photos of Loch Ness Monster
30Futurism / 7h
In 1970, a c ryptid-obsessed biologist placed several cameras inside plastic trap boxes and sent them down to the depths of Scotland's Loch Ness in hopes of finally capturing compelling evidence of its storied monster — and now, it appears that one of those cameras has been recovered by sheer accident. As USA Today and other outlets report, one of the cameras deployed by University of Chicago bio





Genres are bustin’ out all over in Strange New Worlds S3 teaser
Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns this summer with ten new episodes. Paramount+ has dropped a tantalizing one-minute teaser for the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ., and it looks like the latest adventures of the starship Enterprise will bring romance, comedy, mystery, and even a bit of analog tech, not to mention a brand new villain. (Some spoilers for S2 below) We ha





Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them
47Ars Technica - All content / 7h
Fruit flies ( Drosophila melanogaster ) are tremendously fond of fermented foodstuffs. Technically, it's the yeast they crave, produced by yummy rotting fruit, but they can consume quite a lot of ethanol as a result of that fruity diet. Yes, fruit flies have ultra-fast metabolisms, the better to burn off the booze, but they can still get falling-down drunk—so much so, that randy inebriated male f





Mike Waltz Can’t Stop Making Signal Groups
58Gizmodo / 7h
This guy loves group chats.





We just got our first look at the eShop on the Nintendo Switch 2
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 7h
While the Nintendo Direct about the Switch 2 was only about an hour long, the accompanying deep dives released offer even more information and peeks at the much-anticipated console, which launches on June 5, 2025. Now, as spotted in “Ask the Developer Vol. 16, Nintendo Switch 2 – Chapter 4, ” we’re getting our first look at the redesigned Nintendo eShop. It not only looks much sleeker and well or





Trump’s New Tariffs Test Apple’s Global Supply Chain
22NYT > Technology / 7h
The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs. But now that may not matter.





All the Nintendo Switch 2 Rumors That Came True, Plus the Many That Didn’t
39Gizmodo / 8h
Sorry for those who hoped for a $400 handheld, but at least the Nintendo Switch 2 includes mouse control JoyCons.





Space solar startup Aetherflux raises $50M to launch first space demo in 2026
32TechCrunch / 8h
Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of Robinhood, has raised $50 million in a Series A round as it works to launch its first low Earth orbit demonstration in 2026. The San Carlos, California-based startup, which came out of stealth last October, aims to eventually launch a constellation of […]





Tinder’s new ‘Game Game’ is like speed dating a vocal AI
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 8h
Tinder’s new Game Game feature lets users practice flirting with AI personas The voice-based encounters provide real-time feedback on your charm Users are rated on a three-flame scale to gamify the experience I'm very happily married, but the memories of excruciating anxiety in attempts to flirt are carved into my brain forever. Just getting up the nerve to start a conversation felt like a victor





Google NotebookLM Can Now Try to Find Sources for You
How-To Geek / 8h
NotebookLM, the AI-powered notebook and research tool with Google Gemini, just received yet another update. Google has added 'Discover sources' as a new option to help you find sources for whatever you're working on.





This LG 65-inch 4K OLED TV Is $300 Off Today
How-To Geek / 8h
If you want the best screen possible for the NCAA Final Four, or just been waiting for a great deal on a new TV, look no further. You now get LG's 65-inch C4 OLED 4K TV from Best Buy for $300 off the original MSRP.





Stablecoin issuer Circle takes another stab at a public listing
23TechCrunch / 8h
Circle, the issuer of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, filed to go public on Tuesday. The company, which makes money from interest earned on its reserve assets, reported that its 2024 revenue and reserve income was $1.68 billion, up from $1.45 billion the year prior. Circle’s 2024 net income was $156 million, […]





New Lawsuit Claims Musk and His Super PAC Still Owe Canvassers Millions of Dollars
100+Gizmodo / 8h
Promises made, promises...





Six Ways to Use Landscaping to Enhance Your Home’s Security
Lifehacker / 8h
Although home burglaries are trending downward overall, there are still more than 800,000 break-ins every year. Aside from the potential damage to your property and the loss of your belongings, there also the concern for your family’s safety—no one wants criminals wandering around your house. The obvious solution is to go with technology— alarm systems and security cameras . While these kinds of





My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Kindle Paperwhite Kids
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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. If you've never considered the Kindle Kids e-reader because of the label, you've been missing out on some sweet perks. The 16 GB Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Kids is $139.99 (originally $179.99), the lowest price it has ever been, according to price-tracking tools . Here's why





After semiconductors, semimetals might be the next big thing as the tech industry looks for a replacement for ubiquitous copper
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 8h
Semimetals promise more efficient conductivity, outperforming copper in energy use Copper’s limitations drive the search for semimetals like niobium phosphide Niobium phosphide conducts electricity better, even at nanometer thicknesses For nearly two centuries, copper has been the standard for electrical conductivity, used in wiring, microelectronics, and computing - but as electronic devices bec





OpenAI’s o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated
29TechCrunch / 8h
When OpenAI unveiled its o3 “reasoning” AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a benchmark designed to test highly capable AI, to showcase o3’s capabilities. Months later, the results have been revised, and they now look slightly less impressive than they did initially. Last week, the Arc Prize Foundation, which […]





GameChat is decades late and looks pretty janky
Engadget / 8h
In 2002, Microsoft launched Xbox Live with built-in voice chat as one of the main selling points of the then new service. Now, nearly 25 years later, Nintendo is finally giving its fans an easy way to talk to their friends online over a friendly match of Mario Kart World . Considering some of the solutions Nintendo has offered in the past , GameChat is surprisingly elegant. A tap of the Switch 2





Amazon Eero Mesh WiFi Router (3-Pack) Slashed to $100, Cheaper Per Unit Than a Single Pack
32Gizmodo / 8h
Higher, more reliable internet speeds around your home on WiFI await thanks to this mesh system.





Tinder Deploys AI-Powered Singles That Automatically Shoot Down Your Rizzless Attempts at Flirtation
20Futurism / 8h
Tinder has teamed up with OpenAI to bring an AI voice-activated flirting game to the dating app. As the company revealed in a press release , the awkwardly-named "Game Game" uses OpenAI's voice mode and GPT-4o reasoning model to encourage users to roleplay various meet-cute scenarios and get points based on how good they are at flirting. (Tinder assured in that same press release that the voice d





The new Nintendo Switch 2 Camera proves I was right to hope for a new age of Nintendo peripherals – but what comes next?
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 8h
Following the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct , we've got our first glimpse at how Nintendo might make use of its new top-mounted USB-C port. When Nintendo unveiled the new Switch 2, the secondary USB-C port caught my attention. No, not because I want a more convenient charging port for playing in tabletop mode or because I use wired controllers and can't be bothered to re-plug them into the dock's USB-





Sonos cut retail prices for its Era 100 speaker and Ray soundbar
Engadget / 8h
Sonos has given two of its audio products price cuts. The Era 100 smart speaker and Ray soundbar now retail for $199. The change offers new customers a $50 savings for the Era 100 and $80 on the Ray. Both speakers would frequently show up on sale, but Sonos has confirmed that this is a permanent pricing change for the products. These items have been available for a few years, so the price drop mi





Dems Celebrate Elon’s Humiliation After MAGA Loss in Wisconsin
200+Gizmodo / 8h
"Elon Musk should become Donald Trump's special envoy for midterm elections," said one Democratic Party leader.





Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition
37TechCrunch / 8h
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as “gangster-style businesses” engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companies’ practices directly affected his own business by scaring […]





“They Said It Was Free—It Was Full of Cockroaches”: Why Taking The Airline’s Hotel After A Canceled Flight Is A Huge Mistake
View from the Wing / 9h
If an airline gives you a hotel room after a long delay or flight cancellation, it’s often after a long wait, eating into the time you’re able to sleep. Even airlines that will provide you a room automatically through their app may not have any rooms available (at their discount rate) to provide you. And the room you get may not be the kind of place you want to sleep. Continue reading ...





Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu Lift the Lid on Doctor Who‘s New Team
45Gizmodo / 9h
The 15th Doctor and his new ally Belinda Chandra sit down with io9 to discuss Doctor Who 's latest evolution.





You might be following Second Lady Usha Vance on Instagram now
64TechCrunch / 9h
Starting Wednesday, Meta says it will begin combining the Instagram accounts of the Second Lady of the United States, Usha Vance, and the former Second Gentleman of the United States, Doug Emhoff. As a result, the 1.2 million people who were previously following the Instagram account of Kamala Harris’s husband, @secondgentleman46archive (recently archived by the […]





Air France shows off new and expanded business-class lounge in Paris
27The Points Guy / 9h
Air France’s business-class passengers and SkyTeam elite status members have a new and expanded place to relax before long-haul flights departing Paris, as the French flag carrier unveiled a massive revamp of its business-class lounge at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) on Tuesday. Situated in Terminal 2E, Hall K — home to many of the airline’s long-haul flights — the outpost got a nearly 10





The Nintendo Switch 2’s interactive-manual bloatware is a paid app, and it’s the last straw following a disappointing launch
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has been a rollercoaster of emotions with highs like the GameCube game announcements for Switch Online and the Mario Kart World showcase , and then lows like the eye-wateringly high prices. The Nintendo Switch 2 will cost $449.99 in the US or £395.99 in the UK (AU pricing is TBC), games like Mario Kart will set you back $79.99 / £74.99, and that cute Welcome Tour titl





Is the $450 Nintendo Switch 2 too expensive?
Engadget / 9h
It seems fitting that Nintendo didn’t reveal the Switch 2’s $450 price during its Direct stream this morning — it would have just bummed everyone out. After spending an hour hearing about how the Switch 2 practically fixes almost every problem we had with the original console, and seeing teasers for exciting games like Mario Kart World , why spoil the good vibes with the harsh reality of market e





Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
On the heels of releasing its most capable AI model yet , Google is making some changes to the Gemini team. A new report from Semafor reveals that longtime Googler Sissie Hsiao will step down from her role leading the Gemini team effective immediately. In her place, Google is appointing Josh Woodward, who currently leads Google Labs. According to a memo from DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, this chan





First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80
36Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Nintendo's Switch 2 presentation gave us pricing for the console ($449 to start) and Nintendo's product pages have given us pricing information for accessories ($80 for a Pro Controller, $90 for another pair of Joy-Cons, and $110 for a replacement dock, sheesh). But what Nintendo didn't mention during the presentation was game pricing, either for standalone Switch 2 titles or the Switch 2 Edition





A look at the Switch 2’s initial games, both familiar and what-the-heck
Ars Technica - All content / 9h
I don't think anybody outside Nintendo or FromSoftware was expecting a spiritual successor to Bloodborne to be one of the titles announced at the Nintendo Switch 2's launch today . Not just "playable" on the Switch 2, but exclusive to it. But there it was, The Duskbloods , debuting its dread horror action just a few minutes before the luminously pink and puffy Kirby Air Ride 2. The Switch 2's lau





Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation
27Ars Technica - All content / 9h
Europol has shut down one of the largest dark web pedophile networks in the world, prompting dozens of arrests worldwide and threatening that more are to follow. Launched in 2021, KidFlix allowed users to join for free to preview low-quality videos depicting child sex abuse materials (CSAM). To see higher-resolution videos, users had to earn credits by sending cryptocurrency payments, uploading C





A Minecraft Movie review: The sandbox game successfully respawns as a film
Mashable / 9h
Alfred Hitchcock had blondes, MacGuffins, and director’s cameos. Spike Lee has dolly shots, New York settings, and fourth-wall breaks. And Jared Hess has tots, llamas, and frequent use of “friggin.’” I’m not saying that the Napoleon Dynamite director is on the level of those two auteurs. However, it’s impressive that despite being an adaptation of a juggernaut of a video game, A Minecraft Movie s





We Finally Know What the Nintendo Switch 2 (and Its Games) Will Cost
Lifehacker / 9h
Nintendo has never been known for high-performance hardware, but that certainly hasn't hurt its bottom line—especially in the Switch age. The company's decision to use more basic components for the Switch back in 2017 helped keep the console cheaper than any of its competitors. It's tough to get too hung up on the lack of 4K 60fps support when you can play the latest Zelda on a handheld that can





Your Apple Watch Alarm Doesn’t Have to Be Silent
Lifehacker / 9h
On Monday , Apple released iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 for compatible devices. But Apple Watch owners might have noticed watchOS 11.4 curiously missing from the list. Apple pulled the update at the last minute , something of a rarity from the company that likes to release all software updates together. But now, the new watchOS update is finally available to everyone, and the sli





The Four Best Alternatives to Zelle
Lifehacker / 9h
Zelle, the digital payment platform that allows you to send money directly to friends and family, has shuttered its standalone app . But while the Zelle app is no longer, you can likely still send and receive money with Zelle through your bank or credit union—Zelle is already integrated into over 2,200 bank apps, and you can use this search tool to find out if yours is one of them. Otherwise, you





After Nvidia, Mediatek may have convinced another huge tech company to use its expertise to develop AI chips
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
MediaTek challenges Broadcom in Google's evolving AI hardware strategy Next-gen TPU aims for better AI processing and lower costs Google diversifies AI chip supply, reducing reliance on Broadcom MediaTek and Google will collaborate to develop the next-gen tensor processing units (TPUs), a move which means Google will likely be reducing its reliance on Broadcom in its AI tools hardware business st





The Nintendo Switch 2 promises major storage upgrades, but it'll cost you
Engadget / 9h
The Nintendo Switch 2 had its big debut on Wednesday, and the new console looks to be a sizable, if mostly straightforward, upgrade over its mega-popular predecessor. Tucked between the new Donkey Kong and (pricier) Mario Kart games , mouse mode and overhauled party chat features, though, was another significant update: The device supports faster microSD Express cards. This may not be the sexiest





Visa Wants to Take Over $20 Billion Apple Card Business
66Gizmodo / 9h
The company wants to take over processing of payments for Apple's credit card, and has reportedly offered $100 million to replace Mastercard.





The First Reactions to the Live-Action How to Train Your Dragon Are Here
50Gizmodo / 9h
Dean DeBlois' adaptation of his own animated films arrives in theaters June 13, but audiences at CinemaCon just got an early screening.





Best Buy could be the best place to secure a Nintendo Switch 2 at launch
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 9h
If you’ve got your eyes on the Nintendo Switch 2 and are in the US, Best Buy might be your best place to secure the hybrid console. That’s because Best Buy will open at midnight ET / 9pm PT on launch day so that those who secure a pre-order can pick up the console as soon as possible on June 5. The pre-orders are set to start on Wednesday, April 9, and to be in the best position to get the Switch





The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie
27TechCrunch / 9h
Rippling released the affidavit of the its employee who admitted he was spying for Deel.





OpenAI seeks to convene group to advise its nonprofit goals
TechCrunch / 9h
As it prepares to transition from a nonprofit corporation to a for-profit, OpenAI says it’s convening a group of experts to “help OpenAI’s philanthropy understand the most urgent and intractable problems nonprofits face today.” This group, which OpenAI says will incorporate feedback from “leaders and communities” in health, science, education, and public services, particularly within […]





Sketch trailer: Tony Hale takes on a kids monster drawings that have come to life
Mashable / 9h
A child's fanciful drawings coming to life sounds like the start of a sweet adventure. But what if said child's drawings were of monsters with foreboding names like the Blood Eater? That's the hook of the upcoming film Sketch , directed by Seth Worley, which sees 11-year-old Amber's (Bianca Belle) imagination literally running amok. She's the artist behind such creatures as the Blood Eater, which





Hilton Aspire Card $400 Resort Credit: How It Works
23One Mile at a Time / 9h
Link: Apply now for the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card The Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card ( review ) is one of the most valuable hotel credit cards out there, thanks to all the great perks the card offers . While the card has a steep $550 annual fee, I find that to be easy to justify, thanks to benefits like Hilton Honors Diamond status , an annual free night reward , a $2





An AI Model Has Officially Passed the Turing Test
200+Futurism / 9h
One of the industry's leading large language models has passed a Turing test, a longstanding barometer for human-like intelligence. In a new preprint study awaiting peer review, researchers report that in a three-party version of a Turing test, in which participants chat with a human and an AI at the same time and then evaluate which is which, OpenAI's GPT-4.5 model was deemed to be the human 73





These Are My Go-To Free Alternatives for Paid Windows Apps
How-To Geek / 9h
Free apps get a bad rep for not being as robust as their paid counterparts. That is not always the case, though. I have compiled a list of the ones I use on Windows instead of paying for their popular counterparts.





Nintendo Cloned Discord For The Switch 2
How-To Geek / 9h
Discord has become an essential tool for gamers who want to play multiplayer games in groups, helping players stay connected during gaming sessions. Both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S have Discord support, but Nintendo is going a different way with the Switch 2.





Amazon and OnlyFans Founder Join the List of TikTok Bidders as Ban Looms
70Gizmodo / 9h
The TikTok ban goes back into effect on April 5.





Wyndham Member Month Week 5: $100 credit at all-inclusive resorts, bonus points at casino destinations and more
100+The Points Guy / 9h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. Wyndham Rewards launched its fifth annual Wyndham Member Month in early March. To celebrate, the program offered five weeks of members-only deals. It’s currently the fifth and final week of Wyndham Member Month. So, here’s a look at all the offers you can still use from this year’s Wyndham Member Month. Ac





A Minecraft Movie review: It's good, actually
Engadget / 10h
Hear me out. I too rolled my eyes when A Minecraft Movie was announced. We're all tired of seeing Jack Black in video game movies — he was fine in Super Mario Bros. , but good god Borderlands was a disaster . And the Minecraft film's trailers did it no favors, another soulless movie produced on a virtual set about a game that's completely open-ended and plotless. But it turns out A Minecraft Movi





Nintendo’s best Switch 2 announcement was its GameCube game rereleases, but buying the new GameCube controller will be a challenge
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
GameCube Classics are headed to the Nintendo Switch 2 The first three titles are The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker , Soul Caliber 2, and F-Zero GX, coming on June 5, 2025 Other games like Pokémon Colosseum, Luigi's Mansion , and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Nintendo’s major Nintendo Switch 2 Direct event was brimming with game releases, but forget about Mario Kart World , FromSoftware’s new The Dus





The Razer Seiren V3 Mini USB Microphone Is 40% Off
How-To Geek / 10h
Razer's Seiren V3 Mini USB microphone is currently on sale, which is a great value for casual users and serious content creators. With a 40% discount, this small but powerful microphone gives you high-quality audio without breaking the bank.





Best Buys offer on Nintendo Switch games is great, but heres why you should wait to shop
Mashable / 10h
SPEND $150, GET $20: As of April 2, Best Buy is offering a $20 reward for every $150 you spend on Nintendo Switch games, gift cards, and select accessories. The deal is available to all My Best Buy Plus and My Best Buy Total members until Aug. 3, so we recommend waiting until some Nintendo Switch 2 game preorders pop up before shopping. Opens in a new window Credit: Nintendo Nintendo Switch games





Vibe coding isn’t here to take developer jobs. It’s here to transform them into AI architects
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
Vibe coding—creating and editing software simply by giving instructions to AI—enables businesses and individuals to unleash their creativity without requiring a developer. Some worry that vibe coding will replace developers, but that’s not the case. This trend proves that programming is evolving, and those who adapt will find more opportunities, not fewer. The evolution of AI coding AI-powered co





Nintendo Hasn’t Sold Me on the Switch 2
How-To Geek / 10h
Nintendo has now fully revealed the Nintendo Switch 2, including details about the hardware upgrades, future games, and backwards compatibility with the original Switch. It looks like a decent enough upgrade from the original Switch, but there’s not enough here to get me interested.





It Takes 50 Hours to Earn the Right to Preorder a Switch 2 From Nintendo
Lifehacker / 10h
Nintendo Switch 2 is officially coming to stores on June 5. In just over two months, you might have the opportunity to own Nintendo's newest (and most expensive) console and play the latest Switch 2 exclusives ( Mario Kart World looks ridiculously fun), assuming you can snag one of them. Because if you want to boot up a Switch 2 on launch day, you'll almost certainly need to preorder it. Unless y





The Zelle App Shut Down, but Zelle Lives On
Lifehacker / 10h
Zelle has been around as a convenient digital payment platform since 2017, but has now closed down payments inside its standalone apps for Android and iOS, as it promised it would last October —though the move is a sign of Zelle's success rather than its failure, and most Zelle users aren't going to need to change anything. If you're one of the 150 million or so people who make use of Zelle, you'





Fake Online Car Dealership Scams Are More Convincing Than People Think
Lifehacker / 10h
For decades, the only way to buy a car was to physically go to a dealership. If that idea gives you an anxiety attack, you’re not alone, so it’s a relief to know that the industry is finally embracing online shopping —even Amazon has gotten in on the act , and about half the buyers in one survey shopped for their car online. But just like anything else on the internet, buying a car online comes w





Nintendo's incredible plan to beat back Switch 2 scalpers might mean you finally get one
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
Nintendo has some requirements for access to Nintendo Switch 2 priority sales One of them is a Nintendo Switch Online membership It might be an awesome anti-scalper strategy What if on April 8, you queued up to buy the just fully announced Nintendo Switch 2 and didn't find that inventory was empty before you even had a chance to hit enter? Nintendo might have a fascinating new plan for leveling t





Over $1.5 billion of crypto was lost to scams or theft in just three months of 2025
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
More than $1.5bn of crypto was lost to scams and theft in Q1 2025, report says Most of the funds were lost in the ByBit hack Wallet compromise is the most common way people lose their crypto When it comes to scams and theft, crypto hasn’t had a great year so far. Just in the first quarter of the year, hackers stole more than $1.67 billion across 197 security incidents. This is according to a new





The Switch 2 was almost called the 'Super Nintendo Switch'
Engadget / 10h
Following its big Switch 2 presentation , Nintendo revealed in an interview with the team behind the console that one of the (arguably better) names the company was considering before it landed on Switch 2 was "Super Nintendo Switch." "There were a lot of ideas for the name, and we really struggled to find the right one," Kouichi Kawamato, the producer on the Switch 2, says. "We even considered i





Without a fresh UI and customization features, the Switch 2 is Nintendo's most boring looking console ever
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 10h
While there are still a few question marks, the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has taught us pretty much everything we need to know ahead of the console's June 5 release date, and I have some mixed feelings. GameChat seems fun (though suspiciously reminiscent of Discord), Switch 2 Editions of both The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom caught my interest , plus a litany of ne





WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff
61TechCrunch / 10h
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals. Ahead of the layoffs, Automattic’s website listed 1,744 employees, which means north of 270 people may have lost their jobs. (Automattic […]





Buy Marriott Bonvoy Points With 45% Bonus (0.86 Cents Each)
500+One Mile at a Time / 10h
Several weeks ago, Marriott Bonvoy launched its first promotion on purchased points of 2025. While this was supposed to expire on March 30, it has been extended by several days, so there’s still the chance to take advantage of this, for anyone who is interested. Let’s recap the details. Promotion on purchased Marriott Bonvoy points Through Friday, April 4, 2025, Marriott Bonvoy is offering a bonu





You can pre-order Framework's entry-level 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop on April 9
Engadget / 10h
The entry-level laptop from modular computing company Framework , which we first saw in February, is almost ready to roll. Founder and CEO Nirav Patel said on Wednesday that you can reserve the Framework Laptop 12 on April 9 at 11AM ET. The Framework Laptop 12 is a colorful 12.2-inch notebook with a 360-degree hinge that lets you fold it back into a (chunky) tablet. This zillionth iteration of th





Government Seeking Wild Punishment for Man Accused of Vandalizing Tesla Dealership
100+Futurism / 10h
Since Elon Musk took the mantle of power thanks to Donald Trump, Tesla has become a universal focus of protest around the world. In the US, frustrated taxpayers have taken to the streets to occupy dealerships , steal tires , and vandalize Teslas wherever they appear. In response, the federal government has declared a crackdown on dissent. A recently formed FBI-ATF taskforce is said to be working





Not just Signal: Michael Waltz reportedly used Gmail for government messages
62Ars Technica - All content / 10h
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, according to a Washington Post report published yesterday. Waltz has been at the center of controversy for weeks because he inadvertently invited The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat in which top Trump administration officials discussed a plan for bombing





AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
On Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that relentless AI scraping is putting strain on Wikipedia's servers. Automated bots seeking AI model training data for LLMs have been vacuuming up terabytes of data, growing the foundation's bandwidth used for downloading multimedia content by 50 percent since January 2024. It’s a scenario familiar across the free and open source software (FOSS) com





DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity
100+Ars Technica - All content / 10h
A SpaceX and X engineer, Christopher Stanley—currently serving as a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General's office at the Department of Justice (DOJ)—was reportedly caught bragging about hacking and distributing pirated e-books, bootleg software, and game cheats. The boasts appeared on archived versions of websites, of which several, once flagged, were quickly deleted, Reuters reported .





A 32-bit processor made with an atomically thin semiconductor
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
On Wednesday, a team of researchers from China used a paper published in Nature to describe a 32-bit RISC-V processor built using molybdenum disulfide instead of silicon as the semiconductor. For those not up on their chemistry, molybdenum disulfide is a bit like graphene: a single molecule of MoS 2 is a sheet that is only a bit over a single atom thick, due to the angles between its chemical bon





Don’t let fake travel agents scam you out of your cruise vacation dollars
55The Points Guy / 10h
When L. Williams chose to take a Caribbean cruise, she booked it with a travel agent employed by Carnival Cruise Line . Well, at least she thought she was booking with Carnival. It turns out the person who made her reservation wasn’t a cruise consultant at all — he was a scammer. Unfortunately, it would be five years before Williams discovered she’d lost $3,500 to that crook posing as a travel ag





The machines are rising — but developers still hold the keys
100+MIT Technology Review / 11h
Rumors of the ongoing death of software development — that it’s being slain by AI — are greatly exaggerated. In reality, software development is at a fork in the road: embracing the (currently) far-off notion of fully automated software development or acknowledging the work of a software developer is much more than just writing lines of code. The decision the industry makes could have significant





Capital One Venture X Review
View from the Wing / 11h
The card is worth getting, spurred on by the initial bonus offer. It's worth using for my ongoing spend. And it's worth having for the benefits. Continue reading ...





Screamboat‘s Director Breaks Down the Ins and Outs of Public Domain Horror
29Gizmodo / 11h
How does one legally turn the Mickey Mouse character Steamboat Willie into a horror killer? Let's find out.





This Experimental Pill Could Become the First-Ever Drug for Cocaine Addiction
34Gizmodo / 11h
In a small Phase II trial, people with cocaine use disorder who took mavoglurant used the drug less often over a three month period than those on a placebo.





Your Netflix alternative is here, and it’s only A$23 for a lifetime
Mashable / 11h
TL;DR: Get a lifetime subscription to BitMar’s content finder for A$23 through 27 April only with code BITMAR5 at checkout (reg. A$238). Here’s a challenge: cut the cord with your streaming services. Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, all of them. You’re likely paying hundreds each year in subscription fees and, chances are, you still can’t find the one movie you want to watch on any of them. All of these r





'Text Lens' Can Copy Any Text From Your Mac's Screen
Lifehacker / 11h
There are many ways to copy text that can't be easily selected, but few that are as simple and fast as Text Lens ($6)—a new Mac app by prolific developer Sindre Sorhus . Text Lens lets you select any part of your Mac's screen and automatically copy all of the text from that part. This makes it easy to copy text from images, videos, scanned pages, settings menus, and other types of text that are o





All the Games Coming to the Nintendo Switch 2
Lifehacker / 11h
The Nintendo Switch 2 is quite a bit different than the OG Switch: The Joy-Cons are beefier and connect via magnets; when docked, the console supports 4K 60fps output; and you can finally charge the console when playing in tabletop mode. But at the end of the day, what matters most about a new console like the Switch 2 is the games: If there's nothing new to play, what's the point? Of course, Nin





Amazon reportedly wants to buy TikTok now too
Engadget / 11h
Amazon has reportedly joined the growing list of suitors angling to acquire TikTok as a new ban deadline approaches. According to The New York Times , the retailer has made a “last-minute bid” to buy the app, and has approached Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about the offer. It’s not clear why Amazon is making an offer this late in the process. TikTok is currently f





The official Switch 2 accessories include a camera, a GameCube controller and more
Engadget / 11h
Nintendo just dropped a boatload of Switch 2 news, including the release date, price and a launch title or two. It also announced a bevy of accessories that’ll be available for the console on June 5. Let’s go over the most notable of these doodads. For my money, the Nintendo Switch 2 Camera is the highlight here. This was featured heavily in the company’s livestream, as the Switch 2 will allow fo





Free Microsoft Windows rival gets first major update in four years but is it already too little, too late?
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 11h
ReactOS is a free Windows-like OS built from scratch without Microsoft code A new version just launched after a four year wait with lots of changes The OS targets compatibility with Server 2003 - yes, you read that right If you’re looking to move away from Windows, there are plenty of alternative operating systems to consider - from the many Linux distributions on offer to macOS (if you're open t





Sentient To Bring Powerful AI Search To The Masses
Next Big Future / 11h
The decentralized artificial intelligence startup Sentient says it’s throwing down the gauntlet to industry giants like OpenAI, Google, Perplexity and The decentralized artificial intelligence startup Sentient says it’s throwing down the gauntlet to industry giants like OpenAI, Google, Perplexity and Anthropic with the imminent launch of Open Deep Search. Known as ODS, it’s a very ... Read more





HUGE Changes in Tesla Factories for $25K Cars in 2025 and $15K in 2026
Next Big Future / 11h
Tesla’s unboxed process will transform car manufacturing and the cybercab will be revolunize transportation. They are so disruptive, they will need to have two major steps over two years. The first two steps will be done this year and next year. Tesla will no longer paint new cars starting with the new models introduced in ... Read more





Amazon is reportedly trying to buy TikTok
22Mashable / 11h
TikTok could soon be a part of Amazon. On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Amazon had bid to purchase TikTok before the potential ban deadline on April 5. The Times noted, however, that the offer might not be the most likely to go through. The paper reported: "Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the people said. The bid





Get the Nespresso Vertuo coffee and espresso maker for 41% off at Amazon
Mashable / 11h
SAVE $89: As of April 2, you can get a Nespresso Vertuo coffee and espresso maker for just $129.99, down from $219. That's a 41% discount and an $89 price cut. Opens in a new window Credit: Nespresso Nespresso Vertuo Coffee and Espresso Maker $129.99 at Amazon $219 Save $89.01 If you’re tired of schlepping to your local coffee shop every morning for a caffeine fix, dealing with coffee grounds, an





Turn Any Website Into a Standalone App with Nativefier (and Why)
How-To Geek / 11h
Mobile apps have become a way of life since the dawn of the smartphone era. However, you'll find far fewer offerings in the way of native applications on your actual computer. Fed up for years, I've found peace in using Nativefier to create apps out of my most used sites.





Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say
100+Wired / 11h
A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years.





Claude’s new Learning mode will prompt students to answer questions on their own
Engadget / 11h
According to a recent Digital Education Council survey , as many as 86 percent of university students globally use artificial intelligence to assist with their coursework. It’s a staggering statistic that’s likely to have far-reaching consequences for years to come. So it’s not surprising to see a company like Anthropic announce Claude for Education , an initiative it says will equip universities





Nintendo is prioritizing Switch Online subscribers in its Switch 2 pre-orders
Engadget / 11h
It's almost time to pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2, now that we finally know how much it'll cost, when it comes out, some of the games it's getting, and the fact that you can use the new Joy-Con as a mouse, even on top of your pants . The Nintendo Switch 2 costs $450, it comes out on June 5, and pre-orders are set to go live on Wednesday, April 9. If you're pre-ordering from a third-party retail





Trump Reportedly Looking to End Elon Musk's Role in the Government
100+Futurism / 11h
Political Liability Now that he's done irreparable damage to the federal government, billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly stepping back in the coming weeks as the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. As Politico reports , president Donald Trump has informed his inner circle that Musk will soon hang up his coat as his number one hatchet man. If confirmed, it'd be a huge inflec





Severance‘s Showrunner Promises Fans Won’t Have to Wait Too Long for Season 3
33Gizmodo / 11h
The smash hit Apple TV+ series wrapped up its second season in March.





How to use the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant’s $25 monthly dining credit
The Points Guy / 11h
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. In September 2022, we saw the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card increase its annual fee to $650 (see rates and fees ) and swap its simple-to-use annual Marriott Bonvoy credits for monthly dining credits. While the amount of the annual benefit remained the same — up to $300 in statement cred





Ooni debuts Koda 2 and Koda 2 Pro pizza ovens with new burners and Bluetooth smarts
Engadget / 11h
Last spring, Ooni debuted the dual-zone Koda 2 Max outdoor oven that can cook lots of things, including pizzas up to 20 inches. Now the company is expanding the gas-powered Koda line with the new Koda 2 and Koda 2 Pro. Like the Max, these two models feature Ooni's latest burners, improved heat efficiency, a more resilient stone and compatibility with the Ooni Connect Digital Temperature Hub . The





JBL Go 4 Drops to All-Time Low, the Perfect Pocket-Sized Speaker for Spring Adventures
22Gizmodo / 12h
The JBL Go 4 is available in a variety of colors at Amazon for a limited time — now at its lowest price ever!





Nintendo Switch 2 mouse mode revealed: Joy Con 2 mouse function, how it works, and which games are confirmed to use it
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Nintendo has finally confirmed the long-rumored mouse mode for the Nintendo Switch 2 Each Joy Con 2 controller comes with an optical sensor that allows it to be used like a mouse Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Mario Party Jamboree: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct livestream has been and gone, leaving us in a daze of new hardware features, new games, and new ways to play them.





Deltarune gets surprise Chapter 3 and 4 release date at Nintendo Switch 2 Direct –and they're launching very soon
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Deltarune set to release on Nintendo Switch 2 It will be a launch day title, coming out on June 5, 2025 The release will include the brand new chapters 3 and 4 For many the Nintendo Switch was their handheld indie machine where they enjoyed a bevy of excellent non-AAA titles – it certainly was for me. And at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, the company honored that heritage with a suite of indie ann





Epic Games acquires Loci to introduce automated 3D tagging
25TechCrunch / 12h
Epic Games announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Loci, an AI platform for automated tagging 3D assets. The deal will help creators with the labor-intensive process of tagging as well as to help detect potential intellectual property (IP) violations. Loci, which uses computer vision models to understand 3D content, automatically tags 3D assets, making content […]





Save $200 on a new Google Pixel Tablet at Woot
Mashable / 12h
SAVE $200: As of April 2, get the Google Pixel Tablet for $299.99, down from its usual price of $499.99, at Woot. That's a discount of 40%. Opens in a new window Credit: Woot Google Pixel Tablet $299.99 at Woot $499.99 Save $200 Sometimes you need more screen real estate than a phone can provide you with. Whether you want something to watch your favorite shows and movies with on the go or a bette





Take $300 off the Sonos Arc soundbar and upgrade your home theater
Mashable / 12h
SAVE $300: The Sonos Arc soundbar (white) is on sale for $599 at Amazon, down from the usual price of $899. That's a 33% discount and the lowest price we've ever spotted at Amazon. Opens in a new window Credit: Sonos Sonos Arc soundbar (white) $599 at Amazon $899 Save $300 Some movies are meant to be experienced in the theater. There's something magical about a massive screen with great sound and





Nintendo Switch 2 specs unveiled: Bigger screen, better performance, and more
Mashable / 12h
Eight years after the first Nintendo Switch , we finally have the Nintendo Switch 2 . And by all accounts, it was largely worth the wait. On Wednesday's Nintendo Direct livestream, the gaming company announced the new console with several massive improvements and new features in its typically unfussy fashion. There wasn't much fanfare, letting the Nintendo Switch 2 newness speak for itself. But t





Switch 2 Nintendo Direct: Everything announced today
Mashable / 12h
The wait is almost over, Nintendo fans. During today's Nintendo Direct event livestream , we received a slew of information about Nintendo's new upcoming console, Nintendo Switch 2. Mashable has compiled every single detail that was shared, including a release date. Here's everything Nintendo announced: Switch 2 release date The Switch 2 officially has a release date , and it's right around the c





Runway Says That Its Gen-4 AI Videos Are Now More Consistent
Lifehacker / 12h
Producing video content is a particular challenge for generative AI models, which have no real concept of space or physics, and are essentially dreaming up clips frame by frame. It can lead to obvious errors and inconsistencies, as we wrote about in December with OpenAI's Sora , after it served up a video with a disappearing taxi. It's these specific problems that AI video company Runway says it'





This Nintendo Switch OLED Is $250 Right Now
Lifehacker / 12h
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’ve been eyeing a Nintendo Switch OLED but haven’t wanted to pay full price, you might want to check out this refurbished model (with white Joy-Cons) going for $249.99 on Woot—that’s a solid chunk cheaper than Amazon’s $289 sale-price tag . However, this price is only





Everything We Know About the Switch 2's Design and Specs
Lifehacker / 12h
Nintendo just wrapped up its long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2 Direct , and the experience was almost surreal. The company has avoided talking about the console for so many years, and even after it shared an early preview a few months ago , it's still odd to see Nintendo walk us through the console in such depth. Mind games aside, it's finally official-official, and we now know a lot about Nintendo'





How to Create a Timeline Filter in Excel
How-To Geek / 12h
One way to display figures in an Excel table according to certain time periods is by using filter buttons. However, a better way to do this is to use a timeline, a dynamic filter option that allows you to quickly display data from individual days, months, quarters, or years.





The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 trailer has some serious retro vibes
Engadget / 12h
There’s a trailer for the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and it’s absolutely filled with goodies. It looks like there will be an episode soaked in the 1960s retro vibes of the original show, complete with period-accurate costumes and sets. This is an episodic show, meaning that each episode is (more or less) standalone. The trailer shows off a few of the sci-fi concepts th





The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller has been revealed offering a bunch of improvements over its predecessor
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller is official It has three new buttons, including the 'C' button and the new GL and GR buttons And there's finally a 3.5mm headphone jack As part of the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, we also got a new Pro Controller to go with the hybrid console. You’ll need to squint a bit at the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller to immediately spot any differences from the current





Apple TV+ has discovered the Fountain of Youth and you can jump in this May when the movie starts streaming
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
What do John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza González and Domhnall Gleeson have in common with Sherlock director Guy Ritchie and one of U2's biggest hits? They're all right here in the newly released trailer for Fountain of Youth , a new movie exclusive coming to Apple TV+. According to Apple, it's an epic quest filled with adventure. And it looks like it'll be fun in a kind of Indiana Jones , U





Bad news, foldable fans – the rumored Samsung Galaxy tri-fold phone could be harder to get hold of than we first thought
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
The Samsung Galaxy tri-fold phone may launch in China and Korea only, if a new rumor is anything to go by Also, a new patent filing suggests Samsung has created a design for a quad-fold phone with three hinges Samsung has not acknowledged either the rumor or the patent At this year’s first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung hinted that it’s working on a multi-fold phone – also referred to as





Trump Might Actually Dump Elon After Embarrassing Defeat in Wisconsin
300+Gizmodo / 12h
The billionaire oligarch's money failed to buy a judge on Tuesday.





Some original Switch games will run better on Switch 2; some won’t run at all
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
We've known for a few months now that the Nintendo Switch 2 will support backward compatibility for older Nintendo Switch games, and as of today's presentation, we also know that some Switch games will get special Switch 2 Editions that add new features and support higher resolutions and other features. Nintendo's product pages for the Switch add more details, including the status of backward-com





RIP Val Kilmer: Celebrating cult classic Real Genius is now a moral imperative
500+Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Actor Val Kilmer—star of Top Gun, The Doors , and Batman Forever , among other roles— has died at the age of 65 of pneumonia, Deadline Hollywood reports. Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015 and while chemotherapy and two tracheotomies helped him defeat it, the procedures destroyed his voice. He spoke in a rasp or used an electric voice box for the remainder of his life and largely lef





Everything you need to know about bird flu
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across the globe for nearly three decades did something wholly unexpected: It showed up in dairy cows in the Texas Panhandle. A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin–Mad





11 things we learned from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, including the new Mario Kart, pricing for the console, and some fancy new features
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Nintendo just wrapped its April 2, 2025, Direct stream all about the Nintendo Switch 2 , and it’s safe to say we learned a boatload of new information about the much-anticipated console. For one, it’s coming in hot, landing on June 5, 2025, with several new hardware features and a slew of new games and expansion packs for existing ones. So whether you want the down low on the cost, what the new ‘





The Premier League will speed up offside calls with optical tracking tech starting next week
Engadget / 12h
England's top-tier soccer league will soon use optical tracking to automate portions of offside calls. The Premier League said on Tuesday it will adopt semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) in live matches beginning on April 12. The league said the new tech won't change the accuracy of offside calls, but it will make them 30 seconds faster on average. SAOT uses sensors from up to 30 cameras mo





Redwood Materials preps for expansion spree with new R&D center in San Francisco
TechCrunch / 12h
Redwood Materials has been on an expansion tear in recent years — growth that has extended the lithium-ion battery recycling and materials startup’s footprint well beyond its Carson City, Nevada headquarters as it locked up deals with Toyota, Panasonic, and GM, started construction on a South Carolina factory, and made an acquisition in Europe. And […]





Missed the Spring Sale? Amazon Still Has the Bluetti AC70 Power Station at Nearly 50% Off
27Gizmodo / 12h
You'll never have to stay in the dark with this power station at your disposal.





Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment sees Zelda take the lead, plus upgraded Switch 2 Editions bring Hyrule GPS and new memories to the best Switch Zelda games
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is launching in Winter 2025 The news arrived as part of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct today Both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom will also receive Nintendo Switch 2 editions Grab your Master Sword, you've pulled; by which I mean Zelda fans have some good news as part of today's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct . The said news comes in t





Sony launches two new budget soundbars – one with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, and one with big surround-sound for cheap
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Sony has announced its 2025 home audio lineup, and the new offerings include a 3.1.2-channel soundbar, a 5.1-channel soundbar system, and wireless surround speakers. The new models join Sony’s existing home audio lineup, which is led by the Bravia Theater Quad wireless Dolby Atmos speaker system, and Sony Bravia Theater Bar 9 and Sony Bravia Theater Bar 8 soundbars. Also continuing in 2025 are th





How to Extend Your SSD’s Lifespan on Windows 11
How-To Geek / 12h
If your Windows 11 PC uses an SSD, there are actions you can take to make your SSD last as long as possible. These tips help reduce your drive’s wear and tear, and I’ll show you how to use them.





The GameCube and Its Perfect Controller Are Back (on the Switch 2)
32Gizmodo / 12h
GameCube Nintendo Classics are exclusive to Switch 2, and you'll need a subscription to buy the wireless GameCube controller.





Review: Austrian Business Class Boeing 787 (VIE-IAD)
22One Mile at a Time / 12h
For the transatlantic return segment of our royal visit to Versailles , I flew Austrian’s Boeing 787-9 business class on the nine hour flight from Vienna (VIE) to Washington (IAD). I’ve long been a fan of Austrian, and it’s my favorite Lufthansa Group carrier in terms of business class soft product. What’s exciting is that the airline recently started taking delivery of 787s , representing a new





Kirby Air Riders announced at the Switch 2 Direct as Nintendo throws in another racing game to the mix
Latest from TechRadar US in News,opinion / 12h
Kirby Air Riders has been revealed at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Showcase The game is launching exclusively on the Switch 2 in 2025 The racing spin-off will be directed by Kirby and Smash Bros. Masahiro Sakurai Nintendo has announced Kirby Air Riders , a new racing game coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025. The return of Kirby was revealed during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct with a charming trai





When it comes to security, public Wi-Fi could be a risky choice for commuters worldwide
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NordVPN research notes commuters are increasingly using devices during their journeys, but few are protecting their data Many travelers connect to public Wi-Fi unprotected Commuters also warned over "shoulder surfers" spying on their devices Commuters are using devices on their journeys more than ever, but new research from NordVPN has warned this is leaving some travelers exposed by unsecured de





Amazon deal of the day: The Sonos Arc soundbar is cheaper than its ever been
Mashable / 12h
Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of April 2: OUR TOP PICK Sonos Arc $599 (save $300) BEST TABLET DEAL Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (128GB, WiFi) $419.99 (save $180) BEST BUDGET SOUNDBAR DEAL Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Plus $189.99 (save $60) BEST ROBOT VACUUM DEAL Dreame D10 Plus robot vacuum and mop combo $254.99 (save $145) BEST APPLE DEAL Apple iPad Mini (128GB, WiFi) $399 (save $100) D





Take $31 off the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium and get ahead of the summer heat
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SAVE $31: As of April 2, you can get the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium for just $218.99 at Amazon. That's 12% off the list price and a $31 discount. Opens in a new window Credit: ecobee ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium $218.99 at Amazon $249.99 Save $31 One thing I loved about my old apartment was that it came equipped with a smart thermostat. If I was too cold to get out of bed, I just turned o





Donkey Kong Bananza announced at Nintendo Switch 2 event
Mashable / 12h
A new-look, modern Donkey Kong is here. Nintendo announced a new game — Donkey Kong Bananza ( get it...like bananas) — featuring the classic character. The new game is the first 3D Donkey Kong release since 1999's Donkey Kong 64 . It's been a long wait for fans of Donkey Kong and they finally got the news at Nintendo's event on Wednesday that debuted the Switch 2 . Nintendo dropped a high-energy





Nintendo drops surprise FromSoftware game The Duskbloods
Mashable / 12h
With Nintendo kicking off its live Direct event, the gaming giant is giving a first glimpse into its much-anticipated 2025-2026 lineup, finally announcing an official release date for the new Switch 2 . Along with confirmations of expected game releases , like the latest entry in the Mario Kart lineup, Nintendo had a few surprises up its sleeve, including a new multiplayer RPG from Dark Souls and





Apple AirTags are now cheaper than their Amazon Big Spring Sale price
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SAVE 31%: A 4-pack of Apple AirTags is on sale at Amazon for $67.99, down from the list price of $99. That's a savings of $32 and a price that beats the Amazon Big Spring Sale deal by $2. Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple AirTag (4-pack) $67.99 at Amazon $99 Save $31.01 Vacation vibes are in the air. Now that we're dethawing from winter with warmer temps, spring break and summer holidays





Boeing's Starliner Disaster Was Even Worse Than We Thought, Astronaut Reveals
98Futurism / 12h
It's been ten months since NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams traveled to the International Space Station on board Boeing's issues-riddled Starliner spacecraft. After years of delays, Starliner finally launched from Space Launch Complex-41 at NASA's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024, following three separate scrubs and the discovery of several helium leaks





Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane Are the Stars of Star Wars‘ Next Animated Anthology
60Gizmodo / 12h
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld will continue Lucasfilm's animated anthology series on May 4.





Google warns North Korean spies are gaining positions in Western firms
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Google's Threat Intelligence Group has identified more threats from the DPRK North Korean hackers pose as IT workers to get jobs in Western firms This brings a host of security threats for companies A new report by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has warned of an expansion of operations by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). The researchers claim an increasing number of We





DARPA Unintentionally Invents New Rocket ‘Radar’ Thanks to SpaceX
53Gizmodo / 12h
A routine test turned into a surprise discovery when DARPA’s atmospheric sensors picked up something unexpected—courtesy of a falling SpaceX Falcon 9.





This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence
40Wired / 12h
A new platform from data training company Scale AI will let artificial intelligence developers find their models’ weak spots.





Sony’s Latest Bravia Home Theater Gear Gets Bolder, Brighter
Wired / 12h
We went hands-on with Sony’s latest home theater gear, including its fiery new OLED TV.