Kindles make for even better gifts now most are on sale
Kindles make for even better gifts now most are on sale If you’re shopping for a book lover, it’s hard to beat a Kindle, especially if your giftee already owns a library of Kindle books. Amazon’s latest sale makes them even easier to recommend: the last-gen Kindle Scribe with 32GB of storage and ads is […]
Sony’s XM5 over-ear headphones are cheaper than ever — and they come with free wireless earbuds
Sony's XM5 over-ear headphones are cheaper than ever — and they come with free wireless earbuds The XM5 headphones come with a free pair of Sony WF-C700N earbuds, which you can gift to someone for the holidays. | Image: The Verge If you’re looking for a solid pair of noise-canceling headphones, the Sony WH-1000XM5 are […]
Everything is gambling now
Everything is gambling now Here’s a list of things you can bet on, right this second. This year’s Super Bowl winner, sure. The winner of Survivor season 49, okay. But the number of gifts Santa will deliver this year? The number of tweets Elon Musk will send in the next 7 days? How much money […]
Instagram is putting Reels on your TV
Instagram is putting Reels on your TV Meta is starting to test a new Instagram app for TVs that lets you watch Reels on a big screen. The app will be available first as a pilot for Amazon Fire TV devices in the US starting Tuesday. The homescreen of the Reels-focused app will show personalized, […]
Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch
Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch Texas is suing five of the biggest TV makers, accusing them of “secretly recording what consumers watch in their own homes.” In separate lawsuits filed on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims the TVs made by Sony, Samsung, LG, […]
Amazon’s Kindle Scribe Colorsoft won’t replace your notebook — or your Kindle
Amazon's Kindle Scribe Colorsoft won't replace your notebook — or your Kindle I know I misspelled blurple, I was having a day. I wanted to love Amazon’s $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. It has everything I covet. An E Ink display with front lighting and color. A pressure-sensitive stylus. The ability to take notes and annotate […]
Fallout’s goofy apocalypse gets serious in season 2
Fallout's goofy apocalypse gets serious in season 2 The most impressive thing about Fallout‘s first season was how well it nailed the tone. The games are a mix of grim and goofy, a postapocalyptic story in a bleak world that’s also full of crude jokes and ridiculous characters. It’s a tough balance to get right […]
Racks of AI chips are too damn heavy
Racks of AI chips are too damn heavy An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center (LOWER L) with closed-loop cooling system, amid warehouses on October 20, 2025 in Vernon, California. | Image: Mario Tama/Getty Images In the span of a decade and a half, from 2010 to the end of 2024, the number […]
LG enters the RGB LED fray in 2026 with the Micro RGB evo TV
LG enters the RGB LED fray in 2026 with the Micro RGB evo TV In what is sure to be the beginning of a slew of announcements, LG has confirmed it is releasing its first flagship RGB TV in 2026. It wasn’t a huge secret, considering “a premium LCD TV with Micro RGB technology” won […]
How Roomba invented the home robot — and lost the future
How Roomba invented the home robot — and lost the future Roomba is way past code red. For many, iRobot’s Roomba robot vacuum was their first experience with a home robot. When I got my Roomba in 2005, I felt like I was a step closer to my dream of living in a Jetsons–style home […]