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A battery-powered Starlink Mini is likely on the way
Truly portable internet from space.
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Sennheiser’s new Momentum 5 headphones have upgraded ANC and a replaceable battery
Double the microphones means better noise canceling and call quality.
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Ferrari reveals its first EV, with design help from Jony Ive
A minimalist outside and a lot of buttons.
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Cox Media fined after bragging it spied on users through their phones
More specifically, it was fined for allegedly lying by claiming that it could.
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Apple’s latest MacBook Air is $200 off in both sizes for Memorial Day
The M5 Air is fast enough for everyday tasks and then some, which is why it’s our top laptop rec for most people.
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Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’
AI can’t feel, but the best hackers pretend it can.
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I have a new go-to browser
Plus, in this week’s Installer: The latest big thing from Star Wars, a couple of tech reads, and some Apple Shortcuts.
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Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
Omni sent my kid’s stuffie rafting and deepfaked me in front of the Eiffel Tower. But it’s not quite the singularity.
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Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 has hit one of its best prices ahead of summer travel
If you’re flying this summer, the adapter lets you connect your wireless earbuds with in-flight entertainment systems.
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Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Forum’s revival of Facebook’s discontinued Groups app includes an AI chatbot for searching through group posts.
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Govee’s colorful, JBL-tuned Lamp Pro 2 is matching its best price to date
It’s also not a bad time to pick up an air purifier or Thermacell’s rechargeable mosquito repellent.
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Google appeals search monopoly ruling, says it won business ‘fair and square’
It wants to throw out the original decision, as well as an order to share data with rivals.
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Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
With certain terms, AI Overviews are drawing a blank.
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The Trump phone is not here
Outside of two media samples, there are no signs that a single T1 Phone has shipped.
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The literary world isn’t prepared for AI
Three recent scandals say more about the publishing industry than they do about the quality of LLM-generated writing.
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The post-search Google era begins
On The Vergecast: The AI will Google for you now, the Trump Phone is real, and SpaceX is SpaceT-Mobile.
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If I could only have one laptop for work and gaming, I’d get this one
The new Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is almost perfect for me, except it’s $3,600.
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Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year
But the deal may still be a win for Samsung, with smaller payouts than at local rival SK Hynix.
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Microsoft’s consumer marketing chief to leave next year
Yusuf Mehdi has worked on Windows, Internet Explorer, Bing, and Xbox One throughout his 35-year career.
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Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
A floating Copilot button has irritated Excel users the most.
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Anker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heard
Soundcore earbuds have outperformed their price for years, but now with vastly improved call quality, the Liberty 5 Pro set the bar.
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Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction
The Liberty 5 Pro and Liberty 5 Pro Max are better at silencing the noise around you and responding to voice commands.
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Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI
The design overhaul coming later this year will also bring back compact mode and add more customization options.
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In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
‘They deserve everything they’re getting.’ (Boos.)
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Luigi Mangione supporters are back in court — this time with press credentials
A handful of supporters showed up to a pretrial hearing with New York City-issued press passes.
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Philips’ new display has a screen on both sides
You can mirror what’s displayed on the front and back, or use it as two separate screens.
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One of Meta’s big legal reckonings just ended in a settlement
YouTube, Snap, and TikTok also settled, but there’s still thousands of cases on deck.
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Sonos’s pint-sized Roam 2 speaker is 25 percent off for Memorial Day
The water-resistant Bluetooth speaker is easier to use than its predecessor yet offers the same great sound.
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The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential
I don’t hate Polyend’s Endless, but I’m not putting it on my pedalboard.
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This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens
Birdie has been upgraded with a new Pro version that tracks more environmental concerns including pollen and mold risk.