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Maria Diaz/ZDNET Amazon’s October Prime Day event is almost here, and many discounts on our favorite computer monitors are cropping up. It can be difficult to sift through all the great deals because there are so many. I want to take this opportunity to shine a spotlight on Samsung’s Odyssey OLED G9, a gaming monitor that … Read more

One of the year’s scariest and most engrossing horror games is clawing its way to a new console. SFB Games’ Crow Country will launch on the Nintendo Switch . Crow Country may look like a cheerier, grainier Animal Crossing but that just adds to the horror adventure’s creepy and dark atmosphere. You play as Mara … Read more

Cute animals — especially baby animals — rule the web. Every time a new one comes up, the details vary, but the fascination is the same. It’s kind of like a game of Mad Libs, where you pick random words to fill blanks in a sentence: In 2024, a (pygmy hippo) from (Thailand) named (Moo … Read more

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