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Choosing the best portable speaker can be a daunting task with the amount of options available today. Whether you’re gearing up for a camping trip, a beach outing, or a backyard barbecue, finding the right speaker that delivers on sound quality, durability, and portability is crucial. We’ve tested dozens of Bluetooth speakers across various price … Read more

With less than a month left until Election Day 2024, the window of time for you to register to vote is shrinking, and in fact, deadlines have already passed in 10 states as of Oct. 7. Voter registration policies vary greatly state to state, with some offering a variety of methods to help you get … Read more

Amazon has slashed prices on Apple’s premium AirPods Max and offers an unprecedented deal that’s turning heads in the tech world. These high-end over-ear headphones originally priced at $549 saw an initial drop to $449 but in a very surprising move this Sunday, Amazon further reduced the price to an all-time low of $399. This … Read more

Poberezkin claims SimpleX has the ability to prevent the distribution of child sexual abuse material on servers that it controls, though users can also set up their own servers on the network. However, Poberezkin says SimpleX doesn’t indiscriminately scan all content because of a European Court of Human Rights decision in February of this year, … Read more

If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky … Read more

Klarna, the Stockholm-based buy-now-pay-later outfit that’s barreling toward an IPO, isn’t done shaking up its board. According to the FT,  seven directors just agreed to oust investor Mikael Walther from Klarna’s eight-person board, nearly eight years after he joined it. Walther is a confidante of Klarna co-founder Victor Jacobsson, who remains a major shareholder and, … Read more

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple recently caved to pressure from users, lawmakers, and Google to bring RCS messaging to the iPhone. This feature essentially allows users to enable modern messaging features such as read receipts, typing indicators, and more when texting with Android users. While the infamous green bubble isn’t going anywhere, at least Apple is finally … Read more

An anonymous reader shared this report from Engadget: Three new theft protection features that Google announced earlier this year have reportedly started rolling out on Android. The tools — Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock and Remote Lock — are aimed at giving users a way to quickly lock down their devices if they’ve been … Read more

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is preparing to return to Earth after spending seven months living and working aboard the International Space Station (ISS). After arriving at the orbital outpost, Dominick — on his first mission to space — quickly earned a reputation for being an ace photographer, using the facility’s plethora of high-end cameras and … Read more

Jacki Thrapp American Jacki Thrapp found that it was cheaper to fly to Europe to see Taylor Swift For Nashville native Jacki Thrapp flying to Europe this summer to see her idol Taylor Swift perform live was a “no brainer”. With the cheapest tickets for the remaining US dates of Swift’s continuing Eras Tour now … Read more