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Microsoft Build 2024: How to watch

Feeling overloaded with AI announcements? Sorry, but it's tech developer conference season and Microsoft Build is next.

Microsoft's annual developer conference is following on the heels of Google I/O and OpenAI's Spring Update, and Apple's WWDC is just a few weeks later. So, for this year's edition of Build, you can expect a lot of AI announcements relating to how Copilot AI is being integrated into Windows.

The event will be held on Tuesday, May 21, but not before Microsoft holds a Surface AI...

Engadget

Cheyenne MacDonald

Beats headphones and earbuds with AppleCare+ are on sale at Amazon

Several models of Beats headphones and earbuds are deeply discounted right now in a deal from Amazon, including the noise-canceling Studio Buds, which are nearly half off. The limited time deal also includes the option for two years of AppleCare+ coverage. The Beats Studio Buds with AppleCare+, which would normally cost $180, are only $100 right now. If you don’t want AppleCare+, you can get them for even cheaper, at a record-low $80 compared to the usual price of $150. The deal applies to...

ReadWrite

Petar Jovanovi?

‘WienerAI’ Raises Over $2 Million in Crypto Presale – Best Meme Coin to Buy Now?

The crypto community has witnessed the appearance of yet another meme coin, and this one has a rather peculiar name – WienerAI. This new meme coin has managed to raise over $2 million in its ongoing crypto presale within just a few weeks of its launch.

This milestone highlights the continued interest and enthusiasm surrounding meme coins in this bull run, as we all remember what happened earlier this year with BONK, WIF, PEPE or most recently Slothana.

WienerAI – Best Meme Coin to Invest...

The Verge

Sheena Vasani

Ecobee’s Smart Thermostat Premium is nearly matching its all-time low

Surprisingly, Ecobee’s smartest thermostat also makes for a decent air quality monitor / smart speaker. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

The temperatures are about to soar now that summer is almost upon us — and so are our cooling bills. If you want to keep comfy while saving money on your energy bills, it’s worth investing in Ecobee’s Smart Thermostat Premium now that it’s down to its best price of the year. Normally $249.99, right now you can buy it at...

ReadWrite

Paul McNally

Zenni Optical launches stylish colorful blue light protection for gamers with Blokz+ Tints range

The world’s leading online eyewear retailer has launched a range of blue light glasses with gamers and the screen-obsessed in mind.

The Blokz+ Tintz range is aimed at content creators who need to look good on their platforms, as well as students, gamers, working progressions, and basically anybody who spends their days stuck in front of screens.

According to Zenni the new Blokz+ Tints provide advanced protection against the harmful effects of blue light compared to standard lenses. They...

ReadWrite

Charlotte Colombo

TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTube’ criticism

It’s official. TikTok is going longform. The application, which is facing a potential ban in the U.S., confirmed to TechCrunch on May 16 that it was testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos. Purportedly, this feature is available to a limited group of users, as the platform confirmed to the outlet that it won’t be making the feature widely available anytime soon.

The feature was first discovered by social media consultant Matt Navarra. When TikTok first came out, it had a...

Engadget

Mat Smith

X-Men ‘97 didn’t have to go that hard

The following article discusses spoilers for the first season of X-Men ‘97.

I was excited about the return of the ‘90s Saturday morning cartoon version of the X-Men. Still, I wasn’t sure Marvel, under the auspices of Disney, could deliver on the flavor of the original while also making a modern show that older fans, now adults in their 30s and 40s, could enjoy. And X-Men '97 is a total play on our nostalgia, which makes it even odder that it delivers. And is better than the original in...

Wired Top Stories

Eric Ravenscraft

Razer Fujin Pro Gaming Chair Review: Giving My Back an Extra Life

I’ve spent years struggling to find a chair that conforms to my back, rather than the other way around. My search might be over.

The Verge

Andrew Webster

Sugar’s big twist was more than a gimmick

Image: Apple

For most of its first season, Sugar on Apple TV Plus was a fairly typical if slickly produced detective story. It starred Colin Farrell as John Sugar, a private investigator with a number of charming quirks — obsessed with old movies, unable to get drunk, beloved by dogs — who was determined to solve a missing persons case involving the granddaughter of a famous Hollywood director. Then, at the end of episode six, the show introduced a twist that threatened to change...

The Verge

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

This smart smoker makes barbecuing indoors a breeze

The GE Profile is a smart indoor smoker — designed to keep smoke inside the oven, not in your kitchen. Wi-Fi connectivity means it works the Smart HQ app for remote control, but there’s no magic sauce here to make you BBQ whizz.

The GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker delivers on its promise of bringing smoking indoors, but sadly its smarts didn’t make me a better pitmaster.

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Engadget

Mariella Moon

Adobe threatens to sue Nintendo emulator Delta for its look-alike logo

Delta, an emulator that can play Nintendo games, had to change its logo after Adobe threatened legal action. You'd think it would face trouble from Nintendo, seeing as it has been going after emulators these days, but no. It's Adobe who's going after the developer, which told TechCrunch that it first received an email from the company's lawyer on May 7. Adobe warned Delta that their logos are too similar, with its app icon infringing on the well-known Adobe "A," and asked it to change its...

Wired Top Stories

Medea Giordano

Logitech Casa Pop-Up Desk Review: A Cute Portable Workstation

This adorable laptop stand, keyboard, and trackpad folds into a little book for you to carry it around.

Gizmodo

James Whitbrook

If Only We Could Unsee If

Summer movie season is kicking off in full swing this week, between glitzy debuts at Cannes, and our first thoughts on incoming blockbusters like Furiosa. But it seems neither you or we could escape the absolute nightmare of John Krasinski’s bizarre new fantasy film, If. Click through to see our thoughts there, as…

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The Verge

Justine Calma

The EV industry can’t shake its human rights abuse problem

Workers walk in Glencore’s Mutanda Mine, which Tesla sources cobalt from, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 19th, 2023.  | Photo by Emmet Livingstone / AFP via Getty Images

Mining for minerals used to make EVs and batteries is plagued with allegations of abuse, the latest report from the nonprofit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) shows. And automakers continue to source materials from some of the worst offenders, The Verge finds.

BHRRC has...

Wired Top Stories

Boone Ashworth

Apple Makes It Easier to Stare at Your Phone in the Car

Plus: Sony Music tries to keep its catalog out of the clutches of AI, there’s a towering new Lord of the Rings Lego set, and Google’s new AI features march onto the web.

Wired Top Stories

Justin Pot

How to Remove Annoying News Widgets From Windows 11

Good news! Microsoft has finally made it possible to use the Widget Board on Windows 11 without being subjected to an onslaught of clickbait news articles.

Wired Top Stories

Andy Greenberg

US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw Is Being Exploited for Spying

Plus: Three arrested in North Korean IT workers fraud ring, Tesla staffers shared videos from owners’ cars, and more.

Gizmodo

Kyle Barr

Everything You (Probably) Didn’t Know You Could Do With Your iPad

The latest iPad Airs and iPad Pros breathed fresh life into Apple’s tablets just as they seemed to be getting stale. Love them or hate them, the new Pros and Airs are pretty damn powerful, with the M4-powered tablet being practically just as capable as the most recent baseline MacBooks, but with the extra benefit of a…

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The Verge

Sean Hollister

The MSI Claw is an embarrassment

Steer clear.

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Mashable

Why Earthlings are safe when huge solar storms strike our planet

From time to time, the sun discharges billions of tons of solar matter, traveling millions of miles per hour, straight at Earth.

Yet humans and life on the surface aren't physically harmed by the intense space radiation. That's why, when the strongest solar impact to occur in over 20 years recently hit, you may have been blithely unaware — except for the resulting atmospheric light show, as magnificent glowing auroras appeared in unusual places.

Not all worlds, like the moon and Mars, have...

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