Best early Prime Day Apple deals to shop in October 2024

Best early Prime Day Apple deals to shop in October 2024

Amazon’s October Prime Big Deal Days event is just around the corner: The Amazon sale is returning — and is set to be bigger than ever this year — ahead of the holiday season, running Oct. 8-9.  If you’re hoping to start your holiday shopping early and you have Apple products in your sights, we’ve … Read more

The best E Ink tablets for 2024

The best E Ink tablets for 2024

E-Ink tablets have always been intriguing to me because I’m a longtime lover of pen and paper. I’ve had probably hundreds of notebooks over the years, serving as repositories for my story ideas, to-do lists, meeting notes and everything in between. However, I turned away from physical notebooks at a certain point because it was … Read more

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Oct. 2

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Oct. 2

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles. The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier … Read more

DC Studios Is Making a Puppet Animated Film Featuring 2 Robins

DC Studios Is Making a Puppet Animated Film Featuring 2 Robins

If anyone wants to know how DC Studios is going to be different from Marvel Studios, here’s the best answer yet. James Gunn just confirmed the studio greenlit a film called Dynamic Duo, which will act as an origin story for Dick Grayson and Jason Todd, both of whom become Robin, and will be told … Read more

JD Vance avoids January 6th questions by pivoting to Facebook ‘censorship’

JD Vance avoids January 6th questions by pivoting to Facebook ‘censorship’

A question about whether Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) would challenge the 2024 election results quickly devolved into a fight about censorship and Big Tech during the debate with Democratic candidate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). “You have said you would not have certified the last presidential election, and would have asked the … Read more

Peak XV trims fund size and fees as Indian market overheats

Peak XV trims fund size and fees as Indian market overheats

Peak XV, the largest India and Southeast Asia-focused venture firm, is reducing the size of a handful of its funds and lowering fees as it seeks to become “deeply aligned” with its limited partners. The firm, which secured capital commitments totaling $2.85 billion in mid 2022, informed its backers on Tuesday evening that it is … Read more

OnePlus can’t catch a break as more problems seem to arise in Germany

OnePlus can’t catch a break as more problems seem to arise in Germany

What you need to know A report from Germany states OnePlus is finding itself in another patent dispute with InterDigital, a holder of “key patents” concerning 5G and other technologies. OnePlus smartphones have disappeared from the country yet again, leaving behind its watches, tablets, and earbuds for consumers to purchase. This issue mirrors what OnePlus … Read more

Meet Bop Spotter: Android-powered solar music identification

Meet Bop Spotter: Android-powered solar music identification

TL;DR Bop Spotter uses Spotify to monitor what’s playing on a public street. The solar-powered project has been running 24/7, posting a record of songs to its website. What do you get when you combine an old Android smartphone, Shazam, a solar panel, and a street pole? If you said “the hottest social experiment this … Read more