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Here is some great news for your evening. NordVPN’s flashy sale just dropped its price to a silly $3.09 a month. This is part of its 73% discount thanks to 3 extra months for the 2-year Basic plan. Get ready for a savings frenzy and jump on this bandwagon. How to Get This Generous NordVPN … Read more

Leah Feiger: I think it adds to it. It’s this, it’s stolen valor. Even when you’re actually parsing through the specifics of it, is it that terrible? Tim Marchman: I don’t think he came off great. I don’t think it’s … Leah Feiger: Yeah, he came off not well in the fact that he called … Read more

If you spot famed childhood science entertainer Bill Nye on the streets and feel compelled to ask for a brag-worthy selfie, you better be able to show where you stand on climate policy. That’s because the celebrity and newly minted “Climate Guy” is drawing a line: He’ll take your photos, but only if you’re voting … Read more

Did you, like me, buy a Ring Alarm system for your home because it offered the most affordable professional 24/7 monitoring around, at just $10 a month or $100 a year? Then I expect you — like me — just got an email stating you’ll now pay twice as much starting the next time you … Read more

San Francisco’s Mission district isn’t known for corporate offices, but it’s now home to two of the world’s most well-funded AI startups. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, recently moved into a new office in the Mission: the same building that served as OpenAI’s headquarters for several years, according to the San Francisco Business Times. … Read more

What you need to know Amazon launched three new Fire HD 8 tablets—Fire HD 8 (2024), Fire HD 8 Kids, and Fire HD 8 Kids Pro. Each tablet includes a writing assistant, quick webpage summaries via the Amazon Silk browser, and a tool for creating custom wallpapers from text prompts. The Fire HD 8 is … Read more

TL;DR Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 phones are getting stuck in bootloops. A just-released Samsung SmartThings Framework update may be to blame. So far, the only relief affected users have found is through a factory reset. Updates are supposed to make our devices better: give them more features, fix bugs, and address security concerns. … Read more

Cisco is exiting the LoRaWAN market for IoT device connectivity, with no migration plans for customers. “LoRaWAN is a low power, wide area network specification, specifically designed to connect devices such as sensors over relatively long distances,” notes The Register. “It is built on LoRa, a form of wireless communication that uses spread spectrum modulation, … Read more

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in mail servers sold by Zimbra in an attempt to remotely execute malicious commands that install a backdoor, researchers warn. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45519, resides in the Zimbra email and collaboration server used by medium and large organizations. When an admin manually changes default settings to enable … Read more

Now that Apple doesn’t include power adapters with new iPhones, you have to supply your own, and it can be a little confusing figuring out what you need specifically to get the fastest charging speeds. Apple added another layer of complexity this year with upgraded MagSafe charging for the iPhone 16 models, a feature that … Read more