Month: November 2025
My number one office chair gets a discount of almost $100 – and not even Amazon can beat that for Black Friday
The Branch Verve office chair has been my top pick office chair for modern professionals for a long time now – and right now, the Verve is $509 at Branch (was $599). As someone who tests office chairs for a living, I recently re-reviewed every entry in my guide to…
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Save $900 on Sony’s Best Mirrorless Camera With This Early Black Friday Deal (2025)
Sony’s top-of-the-line A7R V mirrorless camera is at the lowest price it’s ever been, and so is the more video-friendly A7 IV. Source
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Norton’s Black Friday VPN deals have arrived with prices slashed across plans
It’s been a big 12 months for Norton VPN. The cybersecurity giant has made massive improvements to its VPN offering, meaning that we were able to praise its “fast speeds, simple apps, and impressive unblocking” when we tested and reviewed it again in August. And it’s finishing off the year…
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Top Linux PC maker drops plan for SnapdragonX Elite-powered notebook – says hardware was “less suitable than expected.”
Tuxedo cancels Snapdragon X Elite Linux notebook after 18 months of development struggle First-generation X1E chip failed to meet Linux distros’ compatibility expectations BIOS updates, fan control, and KVM virtualization remain unsupported under Linux Tuxedo Computers has canceled its plan to release a Linux notebook powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X…
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The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead. Source
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Pentagon contractors want to blow up military right to repair
Military contractors are trying to thwart a widely-supported right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill — and their efforts may pay off. A source familiar with the negotiations tells The Verge that there are significant concerns that the bill’s right-to-repair language will be replaced by a “data-as-a-service” model, potentially…
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