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Jabra’s noise-canceling Elite 5 are on sale for 40 percent off right now

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At this point, it’s safe to say that Jabra makes some of the most reliable earbuds...
At this point, it’s safe to say that Jabra makes some of the most reliable earbuds you can buy, especially for the price. The Jabra Elite 5, like the company’s prior midrange models, are good example of a pair that checks all the right boxes, offering up ANC, multipoint, and a host of other welcome features at a com...
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The FTC has banned noncompete agreements

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Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore

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Today, Framework is the modular repairable laptop company. Tomorrow, it wants to be a consumer electronics...
Today, Framework is the modular repairable laptop company. Tomorrow, it wants to be a consumer electronics company, period. That’s one of the biggest reasons it just raised another $18 million in funding — it wants to expand beyond the laptop into “additional product categories.”Framework CEO Nirav Patel tells me th...
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Tesla teases robotaxi ridehailing function in its app

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Tesla provided a sneak peek of its upcoming ridehailing mobile app in the company’s latest earnings...
Tesla provided a sneak peek of its upcoming ridehailing mobile app in the company’s latest earnings report. The company’s CEO, Elon Musk, has said that Tesla will unveil a long-gestating robotaxi in August. The company revealed five screens from the forthcoming feature. The first screen shows a big button that says ...
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Apple reportedly cuts Vision Pro production due to low demand

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Tesla’s profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand

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Tesla reported its first quarter earnings during an incredibly shaky moment for the company in which...
Tesla reported its first quarter earnings during an incredibly shaky moment for the company in which sales numbers and the stock price have both fallen. Against this backdrop, Tesla reported $1.1 billion in net income on $21 billion in revenue, down 9 percent from $23.3 billion the same time last year.The company’s ...
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Wattpad has a community problem, so it’s killing DMs

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Community publishing platform Wattpad is removing the ability for users to send each other direct messages,...
Community publishing platform Wattpad is removing the ability for users to send each other direct messages, claiming that the feature has “only been relevant to a small percentage” of its global user base. Users will retain access to their DMs until May 6th, after which all existing messages will be deleted and the ...
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T-Mobile’s new 5G internet plan lets you take your Wi-Fi on the road

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T-Mobile has announced two new home internet plans: Home Internet Plus and Away. Well, technically that’s...
T-Mobile has announced two new home internet plans: Home Internet Plus and Away. Well, technically that’s one home internet plan and one anywhere-but-home plan. These new flavors of T-Mobile’s 5G-powered internet service aim to address different customers, but both serve the same goal: leveraging that sweet 5G spect...
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What to expect at Apple’s May “Let Loose” event

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Apple has gone and announced a spring event for May 7th at 7AM PT / 10AM...
Apple has gone and announced a spring event for May 7th at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. While the company didn’t say what the event is about, the Apple Pencil in its graphic suggests we’re finally about to hear about new iPads — but which ones? Well, almost certainly OLED iPad Pros, which we’ve been hearing about for months, b...
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The biggest AI companies agree to crack down on child abuse images

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Tech companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Amazon committed today to reviewing their AI training...
Tech companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Amazon committed today to reviewing their AI training data for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and removing it from use in any future models.The companies signed on to a new set of principles meant to limit the proliferation of CSAM. They promise to ensure ...
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The future of AI gadgets is just phones

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At any given time, there are between five and eight phones on my desk. And by...
At any given time, there are between five and eight phones on my desk. And by “my desk,” I mean any combination of tables and countertops throughout my house. So when I watched the Humane AI Pin reviews start pouring in last week, I did what any logical person would do: grab the closest phone and try to turn it into...
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Gentler Streak quieted my evil brain goblin so I could run in peace

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Six weeks ago, I was having a tough time sticking to my running routines and goals....
Six weeks ago, I was having a tough time sticking to my running routines and goals. Physically, I was mostly fine. Mentally, the thought of running — a sport I usually love — made me roll into a blanket burrito and never leave my bed. I started hating myself, but none of my usual fitness apps and trackers were helpi...
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The game emulator your phone has been missing

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 35, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 35, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready to open some tabs, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been rewatching Killing Eve now that it’s on Netflix, reading about Mag...
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This is Tesla’s riveting fix for recalled Cybertruck accelerator pedals

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The little smart home platform that could

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How do you solve the problem of growing a popular smart home platform committed to open-source,...
How do you solve the problem of growing a popular smart home platform committed to open-source, open-standard ideals into something bigger that stays true to those ideals? You create a foundation. At least, that’s the approach Home Assistant founder Paulus Schoutsen has chosen. This week, Home Assistant announced it...
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House bundles TikTok ‘ban’ in a foreign package

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The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its...
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it — but this time, it’s in a way that will be harder for the Senate to stall. The bill passed 360-58 as part of a larger bill related to sanctions on foreign adversaries like Russia. It’s part of...
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Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon movies are a fandom menace

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The trouble with trying to create original sci-fi epics in the vein of Star Wars is...
The trouble with trying to create original sci-fi epics in the vein of Star Wars is that the classics are so culturally ever-present that newer films always tend to feel like pale imitations. Zack Snyder is far from the first director to take that reality as a challenge to prove how, with the right ideas, stars, and...
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Late Night with the Devil commits to the bit

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Horror films live and die by their conceits. And sometimes, the best way to make a...
Horror films live and die by their conceits. And sometimes, the best way to make a movie scary is to place it in an environment that’s not scary at all.Is there anything further from spooky than a brightly lit TV studio? The surprise box office darling Late Night with the Devil, which hit horror streamer Shudder thi...
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DJI’s pint-sized Mini 3 is on sale with a DJI RC controller for its best price yet

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Happy Saturday, dear readers! The big news on the drone beat this month was the official...
Happy Saturday, dear readers! The big news on the drone beat this month was the official launch of DJI’s Avata 2, a new FPV drone that’s slicker, more stable, and longer-lasting than the original model released in 2022. That said, I wouldn’t consider it a beginner drone at $999, even if it is noticeably cheaper than...
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Is Crossrope’s smart jump rope worth $200?

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Like everybody else, my New Year’s resolution was to work out more. After moving to a...
Like everybody else, my New Year’s resolution was to work out more. After moving to a new city, I fell out of my workout routine, and it didn’t help that the gym chain I belonged to was now a 30-minute drive in Los Angeles traffic. So I started researching workouts I could do from home. Jump roping is fun and a grea...
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How to change or cancel your music streaming services

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There are more digital subscriptions around than ever, and among them, you may well have a...
There are more digital subscriptions around than ever, and among them, you may well have a music streaming service (or two or three). What with “free” trials and trying to find a service you really like, it’s easy to suddenly realize you’re oversubscribed. Luckily, canceling a music subscription — or switching to a ...
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Controversial US surveillance program (briefly?) lapses amid congressional dysfunction

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The Senate has passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),...
The Senate has passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial program that allows warrantless spying on foreign “targets,” but a long, knock-down, drag-out fight over amendments kept the Senate in session past midnight on Friday, when the surveillance pro...
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You can now buy a refurbished Steam Deck for just $279

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The Steam Deck LCD might be inferior to the newer OLED model, but it's still a...
The Steam Deck LCD might be inferior to the newer OLED model, but it's still a great handheld gaming PC, and you can now get a certified refurbished LCD model (with a one-year warranty) direct from Valve for a better price than ever before. The refurbished Steam Deck now starts at $279 for the base model with 64GB o...
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Applying the mathematical principles of Pareto to Mario Kart 8

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If you’re the kind of Mario Kart 8 player who cares about winning and not just...
If you’re the kind of Mario Kart 8 player who cares about winning and not just playing their favorite characters (Daisy and Peach supremacy), choosing the best combination of driver, vehicle, and wheels gets tricky. Luckily, thanks to data science and 19th-century Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, there’s a way to ...
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