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…Between this and the subscription price increases , it’s been a frustrating week for Ring owners. Use a Ring Doorbell Pro with your Samsung smart TV [ Samsung Electronics America ] Google’s Gemini…
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…How Trump used the ‘red mirage’ in vote counting to deny his 2020 loss [ The Washington Post ] Jacob Kastrenakes Nov 6, 2024 Bitcoin prices are spiking. As the vote count increasingly points…
I held the next-gen handheld
…Compared to the $1,000 Xbox Ally X, this is a 70 percent price increase for 42 percent more performance on average, which sounds not great. But either way, it should launch…
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
…Data centers had already driven up the price of aluminum, while also making it more difficult to manufacture aluminum in the US by increasing energy prices. Speaking of energy prices, there…
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Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
…Others who have departed Substack within the past year voiced similar complaints and cite the platform’s increased focus on social features as well as a pricing model that puts a chokehold…
Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
…One speaker cited the housing affordability crisis in Seattle and a marked increase since 2024 in the number of locals experiencing homelessness. Others brought up data center-related increases in their electricity…
What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era?
…In the tracker space, cheaper Chinese knockoffs undercut Fitbit’s prices while offering much of the same basic tracking capabilities. In 2026, it’s a bit of a different story. Increasingly…
Verge Shopping
…It’s a savings of up to $29.99 on your first game, and a smart purchase ahead of the console’s planned price increase in September . Image: Nintendo Cameron Faulkner May…
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
…Early signals on Xbox Game Pass price changes Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s big decision to reduce Xbox Game Pass pricing sounds like it’s starting to pay off. In an internal…
Mass Transit
…Hawkins Jan 5 Congestion pricing is working. The New York Times has a bunch of neat graphs depicting how the first year of congestion pricing in Manhattan has resulted in 27 million…