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Are you a Jackery fan? We get it! Jackery’s stations are usually light enough to lift and carry by the average adult, they have a super robust design, and some also come with solid power in a smaller form shape. Such is the Explorer 1000. The station has a 1002Wh capacity and a 1000W output, making it suitable for 93% of home or outdoor devices. Plus, it’s retailing at brilliant prices again, thanks to Amazon’s generous limited-time offer. Currently, you can get the Explorer 1000 at $359 off its price tag. But if you want greener power for your home…
Simon & Schuster We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.Journalist and podcaster Kara Swisher has penned a memoir, “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story” (Simon & Schuster), about her journey as a reporter chronicling the Silicon Valley shenanigans of arrogant Internet billionaires and their reckless empires. Read an excerpt below. “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story” by Kara SwisherPrefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now. I’ve always hated the phrase “speak truth to power,” because it assumes all power is bad. It should really be “speak truth to power when the…
Unsurprisingly, the Phone by Google dialer app is losing the Nearby Places search feature on Android. The change was announced by Google at the beginning of February, and the decision is now being enforced.As spotted by 9to5google, the ability to search for businesses in the Phone by Google app has been removed. Instead of the “Search contacts & places” field at the top of the app, Google has added a “Search contacts” field that allows users to search for contacts, not places.Not only that, but it looks like “Nearby Places” has been completely removed from the settings too, but this…
HMD Global has been quite stingy with its Android 14 updates. While many handset makers updated dozens of their products to Android 14, HMD has only updated one, the Nokia G42 5G.Despite the fact that the Finnish company promised to provide Android 14 to one additional handset, the Nokia XR20 5G, HMD Global is now rolling out the update to two other phones, the Nokia X30 and Nokia G60.The folks at NPU have been tipped about Android 14 updates that are now making their way to both phones in Taiwan. Both updates seem to include the February security patch, in…
It looks like Motorola has another budget-friendly 5G phone in the pipeline, the Moto G64 5G. The device will be released as part of the Moto G family, so we expect this to be among the cheapest Motorola 5G handsets. That doesn’t mean that it’s not worth a look, especially if you’re in the market for an affordable phone. Spotted on Google Play Console (via 91mobiles), the Moto G64 looks very much like many of the Moto G smartphones already available on the market.Along with an image that reveals the phone’s front design, the listing on Google Play Console also…
Even though the U.S. government is working on legislation that would ban TikTok in the country (unless current parent ByteDance divests itself of the platform), there is no denying that the app is a huge success in the states. U.S. revenue totaled $16 billion last year and with strong results like that, if ByteDance does decide to sell its stake in TikTok, it could ask for and receive a larger sum than it originally expected.The Financial Times cited five sources familiar with TikTok’s financial situation who said that not only was the $16 billion in revenue generated in 2023 the…
A company called Overplay recently got the opportunity to find a Shark Tank investor willing to join others who have funded the company. The firm will turn your video into a game using AI. The process is simple. Record a video on your smartphone and then upload the video to the Overplay platform. Overplay then turns the video into a mobile game without any coding required. Yes, without knowing a lick of coding, you can create a mobile game to share with friends. You can even try games made by other Overplay users.The Overplay app is already available on the…
Just in time for the spring and summer, T-Mobile’s rewards program, T-Mobile Tuesdays, is giving away a free pair of sunglasses to subscribers sometime this month. The glasses will feature T-Mobile branding including Magenta-colored arms. Magenta, of course, has been associated with the nation’s second-largest wireless provider for years. We know that the sunglasses are coming to T-Mobile subscribers thanks to leaked images published by The Mobile Report.The sunglasses resemble the iconic Ray-Ban Wayfarer model made famous by Tom Cruise in the movie Risky Business. But instead of the Ray-Ban logo, the glasses being given away by T-Mobile feature the…
Looking to buy a Garmin smartwatch but don’t want to spend a lot of cash on one? We feel you! Garmin’s wearables are amazing; however, their huge price tags can leave your bank account on the edge of severe depression. This is why snagging an awesome Garmin watch at a heavily discounted price is highly advisable.The good news is that Amazon is currently selling the sleek Garmin Vivoactive 4S for 45% off its price, allowing bargain-hunters to get this bad boy at a sweet $148 discount. While the current markdown is slightly lower than the $154 price cut the Garmin…
Despite rumors swirling around that vivo and Oppo might bow out of the foldables game, it looks like both companies are sticking around and will keep churning out new foldable smartphones in the coming days. And guess what? A fresh leak just dropped, seemingly spilling the beans on the launch date for vivo’s next-generation book-style foldable.According to Gizmochina (via GSMArena), a Weibo user shared a promotional poster that mentions the vivo X Fold 3 series, not just hinting at the timeframe but also dropping an exact date and time. So, if the intel holds up, vivo’s X Fold 3 series…
In October 2021, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said that Intel would reclaim process leadership from TSMC and Samsung Foundry by 2025. Intel is looking to challenge TSMC and Samsung Foundry in the contract foundry segment of the industry. A contract foundry takes the chip designs from fabless chip designers (fabless means that they do not own a fabrication facility, like Apple for example) and manufacturers the chip. TSMC is the global leader followed by Samsung Foundry.Currently, both TSMC and Samsung Foundry are shipping 3nm chips and in the second half of next year, both could be mass-producing 2nm chips. Later…
Bose is a renowned name in the headphones market, which is to be expected given that Bose makes some of the best headphones money can buy. However, because of that, its cans cost a lot.Fortunately, Amazon currently offers a great deal on the new Bose QuietComfort, the successor to the legendary Bose QuietComfort 45, allowing you to grab a pair for way less than usual. At the moment, Bose’s new fancy headphones are on sale at a lovely 29% discount, which means you’ll save $100 if you grab a pair through this deal right now. Furthermore, all color options are…
If we were to compare the Galaxy S23 vs. Galaxy A55 specs-wise, there’ll be something for everyone. Some will like the mid-ranger’s 6.6-inch screen, opposed to last year’s vanilla flagship’s 6.1-inch display. Or the bigger battery (5000 mAh vs. 3900 mAh) on the Galaxy A55.However, when things come to the chipset, the Galaxy A55’s Exynos 1480 is simply no match for the Galaxy S23’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Not to mention other goodies available on the vanilla flagship like wireless charging, a dedicated zoom camera, 8K video recording capabilities, and more.In other words, apart from people who eye the newest…
T-Mobile’s customer rewards program, T-Mobile Tuesdays, is now found in the new T Life app and it offers subscribers to the nation’s second-largest wireless provider a 10-cent-a-gallon discount on gas every Tuesday for a maximum of 20 gallons. While the bottom line is only a $2 savings, a pop-up notice is telling T-Mobile subscribers that there is a “glitch in the system” preventing them from fueling their vehicle for the discounted price.Spotted on Reddit, the pop-up message adds that T-Mobile is working to fix the glitch and it is advising its customers to try again later. But that didn’t stop…
Great-sounding, boasting a robust design, and even surviving drops into water, the Bose SoundLink Flex is a fantastic little speaker. And while it typically retails at about $150, Best Buy and Amazon have just released their rarer-than-rare, limited-time deals on this speaker. Albeit not that intriguing, the discounts still let you save $20 on one.Although both merchants have launched the same $20 discount on this portable Bluetooth speaker, only Best Buy retails the all-new Chilled Lilac color at lower prices. Since this puppy rarely sells at a bargain price (we last saw it at lower prices in December), we believe…
Although the Digital Markets Act came into force on November 1, 2022, some gatekeepers designated by the European Commission had until March 2024 to comply with the new regulations.Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and ByteDance are the six important companies that had extra time to make all the necessary changes to their business models to comply with the new set of rules and obligations.Unfortunately, even after being fined some of these companies are trying to delay the inevitable. Apple was recently hit with a $2 billion fine in the EU over complaints from Spotify about its App Store rules.But that…