CD sales rose for the first time in 17 years
While streaming is the music industry's cash cow these days, CDs aren’t dead yet. According to the Recording Industry Association of America's annual sales report, revenue from CDs grew by 21 percent...
View Article‘Ted Lasso’ takes home best comedy series at the Critics Choice Awards
The fish-out-of-water sitcom Ted Lasso took home four major awards Sunday at the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards, a night that was dominated by the streaming platforms. The Apple TV+ original nabbed...
View ArticleHow to stream every game of March Madness 2022
Conference tournaments are over and the brackets are set. Sixty-eight teams on both the men’s and women’s sides are about to begin a nearly month-long journey that could culminate with them hoisting a...
View ArticleLyft follows Uber in adding temporary fuel surcharge
%video-id:ada50193-7d45-3ac4-b999-9fe37c2a3ee8Lyft will soon add a temporary fuel surcharge to rides. The company will give the fees to drivers to offset the cost of gas, which has increased sharply...
View ArticleKawasaki made a rideable robotic goat
Move over, Spot, there’s a new quadruped robot in town. Meet Kawasaki’s Bex. Unveiled at last week’s International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, Bex is a four-legged robot that’s inexplicably modeled...
View ArticleCyberattack takes down Israeli government websites
Israel appears to be recovering from a large-scale cyberattack. According to Haaretz and Kan's Amichai Stein, attackers took down several Israeli government websites on Monday evening, including those...
View ArticleTwitter ditches its tabbed timeline mere days after rolling it out
Just days after introducing a feature that made an algorithmically-generated feed the default for iOS users, Twitter is changing things back to the way they were before. “We heard you,” the company...
View ArticlePolk's latest soundbar packs Dolby Atmos in an ultra-compact design
When it comes to getting Dolby Atmos in a soundbar that doesn't take up a ton of room in front of your television, and won't put a huge dent in your wallet, the Sonos Beam isn't the only option. Today,...
View ArticleTesla raises prices across its entire EV lineup
Tesla has raised the prices of its electric vehicles for the second time within the month. After adding $1,000 to some long-range models last week, the automaker has now implemented a much larger price...
View ArticleThe Morning After: You should clean your AirPods
We’re approaching spring-cleaning season, and tech sometimes needs a refresh, too. True wireless earbuds — and most wearable devices — can accumulate a worrying amount of dirt, oils and, well,...
View ArticleMicrosoft's DirectStorage will speed up game loads on Windows 10 and 11
"Windows games can ship with DirectStorage" starting today, Microsoft has announced. DirectStorage is the tech giant's fast game-loading technology that was introduced with the Xbox Series X and S...
View ArticleARM will reportedly lay off up to 1,000 employees after NVIDIA sale falls...
Up 1,000 ARM employees in the US and the UK will be laid off, according The Telegraph and Bloomberg. Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas reportedly told staff in a memo that the Softbank-owned chipmaker...
View ArticleSamsung's Odyssey Neo G9 mini-LED gaming monitor returns to an all-time low
If you missed the sale a few weeks ago, you have another chance to upgrade your gaming rig with a Samsung monitor for less. A handful of Odyssey gaming monitors are on sale right now, including the...
View ArticleLenovo's latest ThinkPad update is bringing fresh CPUs and better connectivity
After kicking off the year with a bunch of new laptops back at CES 2022 followed by more recentupdates at MWC, Lenovo is finally capping off its refresh cycle this spring with improved components for...
View ArticleSpotify adds access controls to collaborative playlists
Collaborative playlists are a great way to built mixes with other users on Spotify, but until now you didn't have a ton of control over who could contribute to and see your work. Today, the streaming...
View ArticleSamsung will bring Galaxy S22 features to older phones
You won't need a Galaxy S22 to use some of Samsung's latest software tricks. Samsung is promising to bring One UI 4.1 to many of its Galaxy phones and tablets from recent years, including its more...
View ArticleSamsung's 2TB 980 Pro SSD drops to a new low of $250
If you're lucky enough to have gotten your hands on a PS5, you may be looking for a drive with which to expand your console's storage. We have a whole guide that explains how to do that and which SSDs...
View Article‘Diamond Hands’ offers a good, if narrow portrait of the GameStop stock squeeze
In early 2021, a group of retail investors realized that GameStop shares had been recklessly over-shorted by major investors. Big funds, certain that the retailer was about to collapse, had shorted 140...
View ArticleHow to recycle your used and unwanted gadgets
You're probably used to sorting your garbage into bins: green for paper or blue for plastic and glass. But when it comes to electronics, we're still used to selling those off or tossing them into the...
View ArticleFossil's latest smartwatches now let you choose Alexa over Google Assistant
You don't have to use Google Assistant if you're wearing a Fossil Gen 6 smartwatch. As promised in January, Gen 6 smartwatches now officially support the new Alexa watch app. Set it up and you can...
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