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Despite Amazon and other retailers having filled the summer and fall months with more sales than ever before, Black Friday and Cyber Monday remain the biggest shopping days of the year. Thankfully, like in previous years, we’ll be working to highlight the best prices on phones, TVs, noise-canceling headphones, gaming gear, and other tech throughout the deal-packed week, whether you plan to...
Earlier this year, Apple sued leaker Jon Prosser alongside Michael Ramacciotti, alleging the two had a “coordinated scheme to break into an Apple development iPhone, steal Apple’s trade secrets, and profit from the theft.” However, in a new filing, Ramacciotti “denies that he planned or participated in any conspiracy or coordinated scheme” with Prosser” and that, to the best of his...
YouTube has introduced a new like button on select videos that rewards your engagement with a brief animation. The feature was first announced in mid-October as part of a slate of updates that included UI changes to make the platform easier to navigate, There are currently 20 different animations that are customized to the genre of the video you’re watching. If it’s a video about cars or...
These are the first Vivo phones to run OriginOS outside of China. Vivo’s flagship X300 and X300 Pro only launched in China two weeks ago, but they’re getting an international release faster than we’re used to from Vivo. Today, the company announced that both phones are going on sale outside China, including a handful of European countries, and bringing with them OriginOS — Vivo’s previously...
In 2025, you might wonder if Fitbit is still relevant. Despite being acquired by Google, Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable names in the industry. Fitbit trackers aren’t meant for the most hardcore of athletes, but they’re still excellent devices for tracking overall activity as well as monitoring certain health and wellness metrics, like EKGs and blood oxygen levels. That said,...
Microsoft has officially released its Windows 11 remote desktop feature across Meta’s Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets. The feature can beam multiple high-resolution monitors to your Quest headset, while also allowing you to try an immersive ultrawide mode, similar to what you can do on Apple’s Vision Pro. Microsoft first launched its virtual desktop feature on Quest headsets in preview in...
This “OS” won’t be running your computer or mobile device. Canva is introducing new digital marketing and video-editing tools, built around what the company is calling a “world-first” design-focused AI model. These launches are part of an overhaul to the design platforms Visual Suite workplace products, which Canva describes as a “Creative Operating System” for marketing teams. To be clear...
The smart button pusher is down to one of its best prices. You don’t necessarily have to buy a bunch of pricey new smart devices to enjoy the convenience of a smart home. The SwitchBot Bot offers an easy, affordable way to bring smart control to many of the regular gadgets you already own, and right now it’s available for just $23.99 ($6 off) from SwitchBot with code BXBX20 through November...
A photo from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. This week, as part of its big layoffs, an Amazon exec said that the company is halting a “significant” amount of its work on MMOs, and the changes appear to have led to the Lord of the Rings MMO the company was working on with Embracer being canceled. “This morning I was part of the layoffs at Amazon Games, alongside my incredibly...
Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher are now an all-in-one platform. After acquiring Serif last year, Canva is now relaunching its Adobe-rivalling Affinity creative suite as a new all-in-one app for photo editing, vector illustration, and page layouts. Unlike Affinity’s previous Designer, Photo, and Publisher software, which were a one-time $70 purchase, Canva’s announcement stresses...