Tag: Personal Investing Ideas & Strategies
Our favorite portable SSD falls to $70, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals
It’s Friday, which means it’s once again time for us to venture into the discount mines and dig out a few tech deals worth your attention. This week’s roundup includes the lowest price in a year for Crucial’s X9 Pro, which we consider the best portable SSD for those who…
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ThermoWorks RFX review: A wireless grilling tool with unparalleled accuracy
Temperature is a crucial aspect of grilling. Whether you’re searing steaks and burgers or slow smoking brisket, you need an accurate reading of both your grill’s heat levels and the internal temperature of your food. There are tons of options, from instant-read thermometers to probe-based devices that keep tabs on…
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NVIDIA announced DLSS 4 will come to all RTX GPUs
At CES 2025, NVIDIA introduced DLSS 4, the latest version of its real-time image upscaling technology, and announced that it will come to all RTX GPUs. That includes the RTX 20 series that was discontinued back in 2020, but the older models aren't getting all its features. In the new…
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Ropet is the cute-as-hell emotional robot at CES 2025 that the modern Furby wishes it could be
I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s been dethroned, but Mirumi — the clingy fluffball with a staring problem — now has some serious competition for the title of cutest robot at CES 2025. I just met Ropet, a wide-eyed companion robot with warm, soft fur, little flapping…
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Sony’s XYN XR headset is being used in very different ways at CES 2025
At CES last year, Sony teased an AR/VR headset prototype focused on “spatial content creation.” And at the same time, Siemens announced it was working with Sony to use that same hardware, including the two new controllers it developed, for something it was calling the “industrial metaverse.” That’s a lot…
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The FTC’s Microsoft antitrust probe reportedly focuses on software bundling
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly investigating Microsoft like it’s 1998. In the waning days of the Biden administration, outgoing chair Lina Khan’s probe is said to be picking up steam, according to ProPublica. The FTC is particularly concerned with Microsoft’s bundling of ubiquitous Office products with cybersecurity and…
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