Technology
- The best fitness rings of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed April 3, 2025Get on track with your fitness and recovery goals with the best smart rings on the market now.
- The best mini PCs of 2025: Expert recommended from Apple, Intel, and more April 3, 2025Having a powerful PC doesn't mean you have to have a full-size tower. We tested the best mini PCs from Apple, Intel, and more.
- The best Samsung TVs of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed April 3, 2025Are you shopping for a Samsung TV? Whether you want a budget-friendly choice, a luxury home theater experience, or something for everyday viewing, here's a look at the best.
- These tech markets are taking the brunt of the new US tariffs – what that means for you April 3, 2025President Trump's new economic plan will go into effect on April 5, and it may affect tech manufacturing worldwide, with consumers feeling the brunt.
- Change these 5 settings on your TV for a quick and easy way to improve its picture quality April 2, 2025With some patience and experimentation, you can tweak your TV's basic settings for crisper images and a better viewing experience.
- How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing it makes such a big difference for privacy) April 2, 2025Smarter TV operating systems bring new privacy risks, with one major concern being automatic content recognition (ACR) – a feature that monitors your viewing habits.
- Finally, I found an AirTag alternative that's cheaper and lasts twice as long April 2, 2025AirTags are useful but limited. Ugreen's latest SmartFinder tags tackle some of those shortcomings while being more budget-friendly.
- I changed these 6 Samsung TV settings to drastically improve the image quality (and why they work) April 2, 2025Most people leave their TV on its default settings, but if you have a Samsung, adjusting these options can significantly improve picture quality.
- This ultraportable Windows laptop can seriously replace my MacBook Air – and it's even lighter April 2, 2025Asus' Zenbook A14 is a lightweight 2.1-pound laptop with a stunning OLED display and impressive multi-day battery life. However, its standout feature is its design.
- Save $120 on the 4TB Samsung T5 and get a 256GB microSDXC card free April 2, 2025The Amazon Spring Sale is almost over, and if you haven't found any good deals on SSDs, you can save $120 on the 4TB Samsung T5 Evo, plus get a 256GB Sonic the Hedgehog microSDXC for free.
- Segway's most powerful robot mower is ready for yards of all sizes April 2, 2025The Segway Navimow X3 Series covers up to 2.5 acres, with four models to tackle any lawn.
- I switched to $379 Android phone from my Pixel 9 Pro while traveling – and didn't regret it April 2, 2025With its focus on design and subtle AI enhancements, the Nothing Phone 3a delivers a distinct midrange smartphone experience.
- ChatGPT's subscribers and revenue soar in 2025 – here's why April 2, 2025OpenAI's furious pace of new features seems to be working as the company strains to keep up with unprecedented demand.
- This Lenovo ThinkPad I tested breaks a decade-long design streak – and it looks fantastic April 2, 2025The ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition is a new take on the iconic workhorse line, with a new design concept and features aimed at MacBook users.
- T-Mobile settlement payouts begin this month – how much you could get April 2, 2025After a 2021 data breach affected 76 million customers, settlement checks are finally on the way. Here's what you can expect.
- Mozilla's new open-source Gmail alternative puts your privacy first April 2, 2025Thunderbird developers are working on a new email service that prioritizes privacy over everything else. Here's everything we know so far.
- I saw Samsung's deluge of Neo QLED TVs releasing in 2025 – these features impressed me most April 2, 2025A recent Samsung workshop gave me an up-close look at the company's 2025 Neo QLED TV lineup, and I walked away impressed.
- Nvidia dominates in gen AI benchmarks, clobbering 2 rival AI chips April 2, 2025A new version of the MLPerf tests simulates how fast a chatbot might respond to prompts.
- Firefox's new Tab Groups might be the solution to your biggest browser problem April 2, 2025The best part? This long-awaited feature works with Firefox's popular new Vertical Tabs layout.
- New to Linux? 4 things to focus on before you switch April 2, 2025It's important to narrow your focus when choosing your first distribution. Here's how to do that.
Technology
- Sources: Google is in advanced talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell AI chips from CoreWeave, highlighting how major Nvidia customers are struggling to get chips (The Information) April 3, 2025The Information: Sources: Google is in advanced talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell AI chips from CoreWeave, highlighting how major Nvidia customers are struggling to get chips — Google is in advanced talks to rent state-of-the-art Nvidia Blackwell chips for running artificial intelligence from CoreWeave …
- The US announces a new 34% "reciprocal" tariff rate on almost all products imported from China, going into effect from April 9, 2025 (Bloomberg) April 3, 2025Bloomberg: The US announces a new 34% “reciprocal” tariff rate on almost all products imported from China, going into effect from April 9, 2025 — The US has hit China with the biggest-ever tariff hike on almost all Chinese products, bringing total levies to at least 54% …
- Key parts of the US Social Security site have crashed in the past week, as phone support is reduced; report: SSA's site was down four times in 10 days in March (Lucas Ropek/Gizmodo) April 3, 2025Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: Key parts of the US Social Security site have crashed in the past week, as phone support is reduced; report: SSA's site was down four times in 10 days in March — Elon Musk's organization has been monkeying with America's retirement system, with no positive results so far.
- The White House says "de minimis" exemptions for packages under $800 from China and Hong Kong will end on May 2, affecting Temu, Shein, and other marketplaces (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg) April 2, 2025Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: The White House says “de minimis” exemptions for packages under $800 from China and Hong Kong will end on May 2, affecting Temu, Shein, and other marketplaces — De minimis tariff exemptions, which currently allow packages worth as much as $800 from China and Hong Kong to enter the US duty […]
- Apple shares drop 7%+ after hours after President Trump announced new tariffs, including 46% on Vietnam and 26% on India, where Apple has been moving production (Tripp Mickle/New York Times) April 2, 2025Tripp Mickle / New York Times: Apple shares drop 7%+ after hours after President Trump announced new tariffs, including 46% on Vietnam and 26% on India, where Apple has been moving production — The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs. But now that may […]
- Tech stocks fall in late trading after President Trump announced new tariffs: Amazon drops as much ~7%, Meta ~5%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~4%, and Microsoft ~3% (Kif Leswing/CNBC) April 2, 2025Kif Leswing / CNBC: Tech stocks fall in late trading after President Trump announced new tariffs: Amazon drops as much ~7%, Meta ~5%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~4%, and Microsoft ~3% — Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced …
- Source: Scale AI generated ~$870M in 2024 revenue, with its annualized run rate reaching $1.5B by the end of 2024, and expects to generate $2B in 2025 revenue (Bloomberg) April 2, 2025Bloomberg: Source: Scale AI generated ~$870M in 2024 revenue, with its annualized run rate reaching $1.5B by the end of 2024, and expects to generate $2B in 2025 revenue — Startup generated revenue of about $870 million last year. — Scale AI, a startup that helps companies develop artificial …
- Google unveils a NotebookLM "Discover sources" feature, which searches the web and recommends up to 10 sources for users to add to their notebooks (Abner Li/9to5Google) April 2, 2025Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google unveils a NotebookLM “Discover sources” feature, which searches the web and recommends up to 10 sources for users to add to their notebooks — To date, NotebookLM works by having you manually add files and links, with Google now introducing a “Discover sources” button that searches the web for you.
- Amazon plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network on April 9, after launching two prototype satellites in 2023 (Joey Roulette/Reuters) April 2, 2025Joey Roulette / Reuters: Amazon plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network on April 9, after launching two prototype satellites in 2023 — Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week …
- Europol says German and Dutch authorities shut down Kidflix, a CSAM streaming platform with 1.8M+ users between April 2022 and March 2025, on March 11 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) April 2, 2025Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Europol says German and Dutch authorities shut down Kidflix, a CSAM streaming platform with 1.8M+ users between April 2022 and March 2025, on March 11 — Kidflix, one of the largest platforms used to host, share, and stream child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web …
- Siemens agrees to acquire Boston-based R&D scientific software company Dotmatics from Insight Partners for $5.1B, and expects the deal to close in H1 2026 (Bloomberg) April 2, 2025Bloomberg: Siemens agrees to acquire Boston-based R&D scientific software company Dotmatics from Insight Partners for $5.1B, and expects the deal to close in H1 2026 — Siemens AG has agreed to acquire Dotmatics for $5.1 billion as part of a push to provide more artificial intelligence software to life sciences companies.
- Source: President Trump plans to announce TikTok America, a company that is ~50% owned by US investors and 19.9% by ByteDance, which would license the algorithm (Kaya Yurieff/The Information) April 2, 2025Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Source: President Trump plans to announce TikTok America, a company that is ~50% owned by US investors and 19.9% by ByteDance, which would license the algorithm — President Donald Trump plans to announce later on Wednesday his plan for a new company called TikTok America …
- Sources: Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement that would prevent Meta from facing an antitrust trial later this month; he visited the White House today (Wall Street Journal) April 2, 2025Wall Street Journal: Sources: Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement that would prevent Meta from facing an antitrust trial later this month; he visited the White House today — Meta Platforms CEO has visited the White House three times since the start of Trump's second term
- Automattic lays off 16% of staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become "more agile and responsive"; Automattic website listed 1,744 employees ahead of the layoffs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) April 2, 2025Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Automattic lays off 16% of staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; Automattic website listed 1,744 employees ahead of the layoffs — Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce.
- Sources: AppLovin has made a bid for TikTok and talked to casino magnate Steve Wynn about backing it; a source says AppLovin pitched itself as a job creator (Wall Street Journal) April 2, 2025Wall Street Journal: Sources: AppLovin has made a bid for TikTok and talked to casino magnate Steve Wynn about backing it; a source says AppLovin pitched itself as a job creator — Trump is expected to be briefed Wednesday on a framework to keep the video-sharing app operational