Xbox spends up to $50 million for Game Pass titles
Xbox Game Pass is a pretty sweet deal for gamers, especially if you don’t want to buy a console or gaming PC. The subscription library is basically the easiest way to get access to a…
Michael Crider
Michael Crider
Your Mercedes or VW could get hacked via Bluetooth
Cars are computers too, especially any car made in the last decade or so. And that means that they’re vulnerable to some of the same kind of hacking issues that affect computers, if not so…
Crucial’s super-fast X9 portable SSD is excellent—and now it’s $60 off
Cloud storage is great and super handy, but sometimes you just gotta move a lot of files around, physically, really fast. And if you don’t want to load all your data onto a couple of…
The Legion Go S can run SteamOS for just $500
I’ve seen a lot of handheld gaming PCs come down the pike since the Steam Deck changed the game…and I wouldn’t buy any of them for myself. That’s because Windows 11 isn’t great for gaming…
200+ browser extensions make a web-scraping botnet
Browser extensions can be just as dangerous as regular apps, and their integration with the tool everyone’s constantly using can make them seem erroneously innocuous. Case in point: a collection of more than 200 extensions…
YouTube cracks down on AI slop it helped create
YouTube has an AI slop problem, with both the main site and the booming Shorts section filling up with low-effort crap shoveled in front of viewers by the millions. New policies are trying to demonetize,…
The FTC’s ‘click to cancel’ rule gets canceled
There’s not a lot that Americans can universally agree on at the moment, but the Federal Trade Commission’s new rules that digital subscriptions should be easy to cancel received broad acclaim. Everyone liked the idea,…
I found the 10 best Prime Day PC tech deals under $50
Amazon’s Prime Day sale, and the various accompanying sales all over the web, are great. But a deal is only a deal if you actually need it and you can afford it. So a $900…
My favorite Shokz open-ear headphones are $55 off
Open-ear headphones are the only ones I use around the house, walking in the city or the grocery store, or even on an all-day kayaking session. And if you ask me, the Shokz OpenRun 2…
Best monitor deals for Prime Day 2025: OLED, home office & more
One of the easiest ways to enhance your PC experience is to get a better monitor. It doesn’t require any upgrades for your desktop or laptop, and it shines up the primary way you interact…