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Apple's latest MacBook Air with the new M3 chip just hit its lowest price yet at Amazon. The retailer is taking $110 off the laptop's list price, which is $10 cheaper than the sale price of $999 its been hitting lately. That's not a huge difference, but still represents a new low for the two-month-old laptop. The discount applies to all four colorways of the entry-level 13-inch model, which gives you 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. If you need more memory, you can get
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TikTok but without the algorithm? TikTok by Meta? A new law this week puts the platform on a death watch—and none of the potential outcomes look great.
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Another week is coming to a close, which means it's time for another roundup of good tech deals. This week's highlights include a new low on Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra, which is $200 off and down to $1,100 for an unlocked model. That's not exactly cheap, no, but any savings should be welcome for what we consider the best premium Android phone. Elsewhere, a trio of recommendations from our wireless earbuds buying guide are on sale, including
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Sometimes you take a call on your phone and need to switch to your laptop. Here's how to do it.
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Mother's Day is just around the corner so if mom loves hitting the gym or lounging around, you should take advantage of this deal and spoil Mom with some new Nike gear.
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Ugreen makes some great chargers and battery packs, and now you can save on a few of them in this sale.
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Despite being Colorado's biggest town, the Mile High City has limited broadband options. CNET examines the best home internet in Denver.
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 Pixar Fest is kicking off today at the Disneyland Resort in a celebration that will span both Disney California Adventure and Disneyland. At a recent media preview, io9 visited both parks getting in on the Pixar Fest action, which runs from now until August 4 with entertainment offerings that include characters from Tu…
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Surprise even the pickiest people on your list with these unique and useful gifts.
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 Apple introduced the third-generation AirPods nearly three years ago and an all new model is now slated to launch later this year with a range of improvements and new features.
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Unravel the tangled world of cords and find the ones you need to charge your gadgets and transfer data.
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WhatsApp has rolled out new features, including a "more secure way to log in."
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It's the cheapest iPhone you can buy from Apple but it can still take awesome photos if you know how.
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Two reliable USB-C chargers for less than $7 each is an excellent deal, but you'll need to be an Amazon Prime member to get it.
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From Mr. and Mrs. Smith to Fallout, these are our picks for what you should be watching on the streamer.
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The Sense 2 is a fantastic workout companion and it's just hit a new low price, making this the perfect time to snag one for yourself.
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Amazon has some of the highest-rated Bose headphones on sale for record-low prices. That includes the Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones, which have best-in-class active noise cancellation (ANC). Usually $429, the wireless cans are now only $379, matching an all-time low.
Engadget's Billy Steele praised the headphones' sound, ANC and comfort in our review, but he also found them a bit expensive at their standard retail price, so this sale could be the right time to snag a pair. The headphones are comfortable for long listening sessions — with enough battery life to keep up. Although their "Immersive Audio" spatial listening mode is a bit hit-or-miss (and not for everyone), the feature pairs incredibly well with some tracks and genres. The headphones are our runner-up picks in Engadget's noise-canceling headphones guide.
Battery life is impressive, and our review unit surpassed Bos
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Wacom displays and tablets have been handy tools for artists and designers since the 1980s, offering to swap a mouse for a pen for drawing, photo editing and more. That lineage includes pen displays: screens that connect to your computer that you draw on directly with a stylus. But, Wacom says it has created something entirely new just a few weeks before Apple is set to upgrade its iPad displays. The latest pen display model is called Movink, and it's the company's first with a OLED screen. It's also Wacom's thinnest and lightest option ever, while still offering 13 inches of work space.
Inside, a Samsung-made OLED panel offers full HD resolution with 10-bit color and a 100,000:1 contrast ratio. Thanks to the qualities of OLED, you can expect "perfect black point," according to Wacom. Since color accuracy is paramount for artists, the Movink covers 100 percent DCI-P3 and 95 percent of Adobe RGB, with a Delta E difference of 2 or less. The company says the pen display is factory calibrated
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 Apple's 13-inch M3 MacBook Air, M1 iPad Air, and M3 iMac are the highlights of this week's best deals, and they include multiple record low prices across each product lineup.
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The Movink is the first in a new line of monitor-tablet hybrids designed to be thin and light. And it scores on both counts, weighing in at just 420 grams (.92 pounds) and 4mm thin. Compared to Wacom's One 13 monitor-tablet with the same sized screen, it's less than half the weight. And, perhaps best of all, you can connect it to a PC or mobile device with just a USB-C cable for both data and power.
The anti-glare screen is obviously important to artists. While the resolution isn't amazing at just 1920×1080, the color accuracy is through the roof, boasting 100 percent DCI-P3 color accuracy, 95 percent on Adobe RGB, and Pantone Validation to make sure what you're seeing is what you get on the fin
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Best Buy has marked down the Ninja Foodi air fryer oven today, making it the perfect time to add one to your kitchen arsenal.
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The Rabbit R1 can answer questions, play Spotify and record voice memos. But on my first day with it, the camera intrigued me the most.
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Samsung's S95C OLED 4K TV is one of our favorite models with a big screen and great features, and right now it's more affordable than ever.
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Apple's latest smartwatches are now available with a deep discount across multiple configurations.
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 A baseball player may tap his helmet three times before stepping up to the plate, and an Argentina supporter may burn incense in front of a portrait of Diego Maradona as the Albiceleste kick off. Now, a team of archaeologists have found evidence that the ancient Maya blessed their ball courts with ritual offerings, an…
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The case raises fresh concerns about easily accessible AI tools that can allow users, with only a few seconds of real audio footage, to create believable clones of people.
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Sunrise alarm clocks slowly wake you up without any sudden, annoying sounds. Here are our picks of the best sunrise alarm clocks on the market.
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Commentary: If you want to cultivate a work-and-travel lifestyle, you need the right gear without being bogged down. Here's what I bring.
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We found the best solar panels based on their warranties, efficiency and performance. But which solar panels are right for your home?
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CNET experts tested over 90 portable power stations to find out which ones have the best performance. Here are our top picks.
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 Airbnb announced in March that all indoor security cameras would be banned at its properties worldwide starting April 30. And if you read through online complaints about cameras that were discovered during Airbnb stays over the years, it's easy to understand why it's been such a controversial issue.
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This all-foam mattress is accommodating and affordable. If you're looking for a cozy bed without the frills, check it out.
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 Baltimore County Police arrested the former athletic director of Pikesville High School on Thursday, alleging he used an AI voice clone to impersonate the school's principal, leading the public to believe Principal Eric Eiswert had made racist and antisemitic comments, according to The Baltimore Banner.
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Learn how to use a VPN on different operating systems and what settings to select.
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NEW RESOURCES Michigan Municipal League: MI Funding Hub Technical Assistance Program Launches for Michigan Municipalities. "The Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity (LEO) and the Michigan Municipal League have launched MI […]
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Over 30 countries have imposed restrictions on the social media platform.
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 A portable music production studio previewed at NAMM 2022 is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Playtime Engineering's Blipblox myTracks is designed to give young creators all the tools they need to start making music.
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 Best Buy is discounting a collection of M3 MacBook Pro computers today, this time focusing on the 14-inch version of the laptop. Every deal in this sale requires you to have a My Best Buy Plus or Total membership, although non-members can still get solid second-best prices on these MacBook Pro models.
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With President Biden signing a bill that could ban TikTok, groups such as GriefTok and DeafTok fear they'll lose an inimitable source of comfort and connection.
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The carrier first announced the acquisition last year.
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A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.
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The carrier first announced the agreement last year.
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 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) killed net neutrality back in 2017 under former president Donald Trump, but on Thursday, it brought it back from the dead.
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 Apple Card users can get extra Daily Cash back this week for Nike purchases thanks to a special Apple Pay promotion Apple is running with Nike.
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 "As people live longer, improving quality of life is paramount," said Alex Morgan, a partner at Khosla Ventures, who chipped in to fund Rubedo's first round of venture capital financing. "Rubedo is targeting senescent, or aging, cells that drive age-related disease. This first trial can bring us another step closer to achieving better healthspan."
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 Edit Kermit the Frog singing "Rainbow Connection" over almost anything and people are going to get emotional. But when you put it over a documentary about the man who created Kermit, with footage of them both together, then it's a surefire shot to the tear ducts.
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Leading artificial intelligence companies including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Meta and others have jointly pledged to prevent their AI tools from being used to exploit children and generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The initiative was led by child-safety group Thorn and All Tech Is Human, a non-profit focused on responsible tech.
The pledges from AI companies, Thorn said, "set a groundbreaking precedent for the industry and represent a significant leap in efforts to defend children from sexual abuse as a feature with generative AI unfolds." The goal of the initiative is to prevent the creation of sexually explicit material involving children and take it off social media platforms and search engines. More than 104 million files of suspected child sexual abuse material were reported in the US in 2023 alone, Thorn says. In the absence of collective action, generative AI is poised to make this problem worse and overwhelm law enforcement agencies that are already struggling to identify genuine victims.
On Tuesday, Thorn and All Tech Is Human released a new paper titled "Safety by Design for Generative AI: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse" that outlines strategies and lays out recommendations for companies that build AI tools, search engines, social media platforms, hosting companies and developers to take steps to prevent generative AI from being used to harm children.
One of the recommendations, for instance, asks companies to choose data sets used to
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Elon Musk's automaker told investors Tuesday that sales and revenue are down but that new "more affordable models" will launch before mid-2025, sooner than originally planned.
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Crack this baby open and you'll find a powerful Intel Core i7-1365U CPU, Intel Iris Xe graphics, a 512GB SSD, and 16GB of RAM, so it's capable of zipping through day-to-day tasks as well as heavier loads. The 14-inch touch display has a resolution of 1920×1200 and a maximum brightness of 300 nits, meaning it's well-suited to office tasks and everyday use. Connectivity options include one Ethernet, one HDMI 2.1, one headphone/microphone combo jack, one USB 3.2 Gen 1, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Always On), and two Thunderbolt 4. That's a good selection for serious business.
Nabbing a lightweight ThinkPad at this big of a discount is a steal, plain and simple. Don't miss out on your chance to get a really good laptop.
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In May, Microsoft will host its annual Build conference in Seattle. Microsoft will open that conference with a presentation from chief executive Satya Nadella to "share our AI vision across hardware and software," according to Microsoft. That presentation is expected to introduce the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 5 for consumers, both featuring Qualcomm's surprisingly powerful Snapdragon X Elite processor, based on the Arm architecture. Microsoft has already launched versions of both devices with Intel processors inside, for businesses.
But it's the "software" version of Microsoft's AI vision that's intriguing. Microsoft's last feature update of Windows 11 may have introduced AI PCs, but Microsoft is moving more aggressively to a future where AI is more tightly integrated into the operating system. Microsoft appears to have a more formal definition of an "AI PC" waiting in the wings, and we know that it includes a
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 Because GPS doesn't work underwater, divers usually can't track their real-time position on a digital map. The new Diver Navigation System (DNS) gets around that problem, however, using both floating and wearable acoustic transponders.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Oxford University scientist Alexandra Morton-Hayward about how some brains are preserved thousands of years after a person's death.
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