Arnov Sharma has created a temperature gun from scratch using a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 as the main board.
Digg is getting another reboot with two of the most prominent names of the Web 2.0 era leading the charge. Founder Kevin Rose has bought it back for an undisclosed sum. Rose’s partner in this endeavor is a very interesting one. Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of Reddit — which was at one point the site’s biggest rival — acquired Digg alongsid
Google is shaking up Search. Again. Nearly a year after the company rolled out AI Overviews to everyone in the US, it's preparing to add a dedicated AI tab to its search engine. AI Mode is powered by a
Apple has issued a legal challenge against the British government over a demand to create a backdoor for encrypted iCloud accounts, as reported by Financial Times. The company has filed a complaint in the hopes to reverse the order. The iPhone maker made its appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which is an independent judicial bo
We're over four years into the current generation of consoles (which is probably past the halfway point) and while Sony is still selling tons of PlayStation 5 units, the price of the system means it remains out of reach for many. To help address that, Sony has teamed up with a leasing company called Raylo to offer a PS5 rental service in the UK
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Hospitality scaleup Mews, based at TNW City in Amsterdam, has secured $75mn in its third major cash injection of the last year. The round follows a raise of $100M in credit financing in September and a $110mn equity round in March 2024 — when the startup became a u
As Elon Musk was saluting Donald Trump in the US Congress yesterday, the South African’s divisive politics were opening new doors to his business rivals in Europe. Musk’s role in the White House had already been linked to Tesla sales and stock tanking. Now, the
Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one that was recognized Wednesday with the top computer scie
Google enhances search with Gemini 2.0-powered AI Overviews and launches premium "AI Mode" for Google One subscribers.
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The Philips Roku is relatively affordable at $1,299, but you can only get it with a Sam's Club membership. https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/roku-reveals-first-oled-but-theres-a-catch/#ftag=CADf328eec
The company's updated compact desktop gets a "Speed me, Seymour!" treatment with new components. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-mac-studio-m4-generation-intros-m3-ultra-as-top-chip/#ftag=CADf328eec
The $999 starting price is back along with a new color choice. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-reveals-new-m4-macbook-airs-at-lower-price-with-sky-blue-option/#ftag=CADf328eec
Apple's new MacBook Air with M4 chips and the powerful Mac Studio, with either M4 Max or M3 Ultra chips, are coming March 12. Josh Goldman breaks down what to expect. Stay tuned for more information. https://www.cnet.com/videos/new-m4-macbook-airs-and-m3-ultra-mac-studio-are-coming/#ftag=CADf328eec
Winter is still pushing blizzards and cold weather in many spots. Here are the top ways to keep your home safe. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/winter-storm-cheat-sheet-everything-you-need-to-protect-your-home/#ftag=CADf328eec
You can also access music streamers for less. https://www.cnet.com/deals/streaming-service-deals-for-students-save-on-peacock-max-and-more/#ftag=CADf328eec
There are plenty of free resources, but expect longer wait times as April 15 approaches. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/overwhelmed-by-your-taxes-heres-where-to-get-free-help/#ftag=CADf328eec
Samsung’s One UI 7 Android wrapper is finally coming to more Galaxy devices in April, which will be four months after the update launched with the Galaxy S25 series.
ChatGPT-4.5 suffers launch delay and Sam Altman proposes new pricing structure
The RTX 5070 Founders Edition model isn't available today, and Nvidia hasn't said when you should expect it.
AI has already revolutionized some photography technology, but is it worth the negative impact it could have on the medium itself?
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
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Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
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Hackers are engaged in a highly targeted attack, targeting individuals in UAE.
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.
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Businesses are increasingly worried about AI use in cyberattacks but they're also learning how to defend.
As Nvidia seems to fumble the launch of the RTX 50-series, we wonder whether this is just a slow start or if the entire generation has gone to waste.
Apple finally announced the new MacBook Air M4, but it's biggest upgrade might not be a new chip, but a price drop. Here's what we know so far and where you can pre-order the new MacBook Air.
https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/apple-macbook-air-m4-refresh-price-release-date-specs
Everything you need to know about the newest IP from Sniper Elite creators, Rebellion.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/everything-you-need-to-know-about-atomfall
Microsoft is once again steering users toward its own services. If you search for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Grok on Bing, you’ll now see a shortcut to use Microsoft Copilot instead. The move is part of a broader strategy to promote Copilot against rival AI tools. But is it smart marketing or an intrusive tactic?
The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (2025) is one of the most interesting new laptops of the year, packing AMD's most powerful hardware inside a 2-in-1 tablet design. It's awesome.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/asus/asus-rog-flow-z13-2025-hands-on
AMD's RX 9000 GPU review embargo has been lifted, and the positive impressions are plentiful. Here's what you need to know before the March 6 launch.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/cpu-gpu-components/amd-rdna-4-review-roundup
I don’t always highlight flash deals because they’re usually not worth it, but I couldn’t ignore this Lenovo IdeaPad 5 deal at B&H. Today only, you can get the laptop for $500 — a whopping 50 percent off!
This laptop features a fast Snapdragon X Plus CPU
It appears Microsoft is once again playing dirty tricks to attract users to their own services. Earlier this year, they tried disguising Bing as Google to trick searchers, and now
Earlier this month, an alarm sounded—security researchers at GitLab Threat Intelligence discovered a handful of Chrome extensions adding code in order to commit fraud, with at least 3.2 million users affected. But the add-ons didn’t start as malicious. Instead, they launched as legitimate software, only to be later compromised or sold to bad actors.
As summ
If your wallet’s feeling lighter this week, you probably already know why. With President Trump implementing his 25 percent tariff on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and doubling his existing tariff on Chinese imports to 20 percent, two of the biggest retailers in the US are warning shoppers that prices will rise almost immediately.
As announced last week, Microsoft is officially discontinuing the Skype messaging service on May 5, 2025. Apparently, there wasn’t enough user interest to keep the once-iconic video call app alive.
If you’re one of the dwi
Samsung’s huge Discover Spring Sale is underway and there are some pretty impressive discounts going on, saving you hundreds on phones, smartwatches, and some of the very best monitors out there, just to name a few.
Let’s dive in and see how much you can save during this spring’
Apple unveiled new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air models Wednesday, as the company continued its week of Air-themed product announcements. The new MacBook Airs aren’t exactly groundbreaking—it’s no surprise Apple didn’t feel it necessary to save these for
YouTube Premium ain’t cheap at $13.99 per month for ad-free streaming, especially since it seems like YouTube is intentionally making itself worse to get you to pay up. How does $7.99 sound instead?
Starting today, YouTube is offering its Premium Lite paid tier to users in the US after having tested it out in
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT looks set to deliver highly competitive mainstream performance at a great price — perhaps too great. We'll need to see what retail availability looks like, but the performance in rasterization, ray tracing, and AI workloads has improved a lot, closing the gap between AMD and Nvidia GPUs.
Arnov Sharma has put together a cool Raspberry Pi-powered handheld console for playing the classic game Snake on a Matrix.
The "One Smart AI Pen" concept by Zakwan Ahmad gets launched for crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
Caspia Technologies has shared performance details of its CODAx AI-assisted security linter, designed to smartly check processor designs for security violations.
US federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has denied Elon Musk's request for an injunction that would have immediately stopped OpenAI's conversion into a for-profit entity. Musk filed for an injunction
Apple just unveiled its latest Mac Studio desktop PC promising improved performance over the previous model thanks to the long awaited M3 Ultra, the company's highest performing processor to date. The new machine is primarily aimed at content creators, so on top of the faster chips, it offers the latest high-speed SSD storage, Thunderbolt 5 technology
AMD has finally done it. For years it's tried to undercut NVIDIA with slightly cheaper, but less capable, video cards like the Radeon 6700 XT and 7900 XT.
Apple's new MacBook Air doesn't try to reinvent the wheel: It still comes in 13- and 15-inch sizes, starts with 16GB of RAM and offers up to 18 hours of battery life. But a few spec bumps — headlined by the faster M4 chip —
I wasn’t impressed by the last pair of Technics earbuds I reviewed. The AZ70W was the first set to carry the iconic turntable brand’s logo after Panasonic relaunched it in 2014. The 2020 model did some things well for $250, but inconsistent audio performance kept them from being
Elon Musk discovered a simple 30-second “fridge trick” that can reverse diabetes, but the discovery has spooked pharmaceutical companies so much they put a $78 million bounty on his head, forcing the Tesla CEO to flee the country. At least, that’s what a collection of AI-generated Facebook ads claim.
Facebook ads depicting deepfakes of Elon Musk and Fox News personalities claiming that the Tesla CEO has discovered the cure for diabetes have been circulating on the platform for weeks. T
YouTube has introduced a new subscription option for viewing with reduced ads compared with its pricey but ad-free Premium plans. This Premium Lite plan is rolling out in the US starting today. It costs $8 per month, compared with $14 per month for Premium. A
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Back in December, a Meta executive catalyzed a doozy of a kerfuffle by saying the company expected AI-gene
For cryptocurrency investors, Donald Trump represents a great hope. In the libertarian paradise where tokens on blockchains pave the future of the financial system instead of banks, lenders, and brokerages, Trump could even be a prophet.
Trump has cleared the way for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and coins with names you’ve never heard of to go to the metaphorical moon. He has promised to kneecap the U.S. Securi
A federal judge has denied Elon Musk’s request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a for-profit company but said she could expedite a trial to consider Musk’s claims against the
Understand the role of digital marketing KPI in overcoming attribution issues while using analytics tools for better insights.
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Preethi demonstrates how to make a user interface to group selected items using CSS Grid using two different methods: the auto-fill keyword for stable layouts and the span keyword for flexible arrangements.
Grouping Selection List Items Together With CSS Grid originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the
Store excess electricity from solar panels or the grid and use with a home battery when energy rates are high. https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/tired-of-high-energy-costs-home-battery-could-be-the-answer/#ftag=CADf328eec
Gigabit and multi-gigabit speeds from Cox promise lightning-fast speeds, but they may not be worth it for everyone. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/cox-gig-service-worth-the-cost/#ftag=CADf328eec
The first four episodes are now streaming if you need to get caught up. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/reacher-season-3-release-schedule-when-to-watch-episode-5-on-prime-video/#ftag=CADf328eec
Power outage? Act fast to keep your perishable food fresh and prevent spoilage. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-protect-the-food-in-your-fridge-when-the-power-goes-out/#ftag=CADf328eec
Despite sleep experts -- and the president -- wanting to eliminate time changes, daylight saving time is about to begin again. https://www.cnet.com/health/daylight-saving-time-springs-forward-this-weekend-heres-when-the-clocks-move/#ftag=CADf328eec
Many freelancers will receive a 1099-K for the first time and could accidentally double-report their income. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/did-you-receive-a-1099-k-make-sure-you-dont-make-this-costly-mistake/#ftag=CADf328eec
Ultralight and ultralong-running, this Snapdragon X-based Zenbook is a great pick for daily commuters and frequent travelers. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/asus-zenbook-a14-review-the-best-copilot-plus-pc-so-far/#ftag=CADf328eec
Saving what your security camera hears or sees depends on important privacy laws -- and breaking them could lead to legal headaches. Our guide has everything you need to know. https://www.cnet.com/home/security/is-recording-audio-or-video-on-a-security-camera-illegal/#ftag=CADf328eec
Is your antivirus preventing you from completing important tasks? We’ll walk you through how to temporarily disable your antivirus and why you may need to. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-disable-antivirus-on-your-computer/#ftag=CADf328eec
Xfinity offers you a variety of high-speed internet plans to choose from. Here's what to expect. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/ready-to-get-your-gig-on-xfinitys-a-good-option/#ftag=CADf328eec
It may seem like a joke or a bit extreme, but it could be a great weapon in the fight to curb our screen time. https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/this-app-blocks-your-social-media-until-you-literally-touch-grass-and-im-so-excited-for-it/#ftag=CADf328eec