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Recent survey data, including CNET’s own, shows that groceries remain the single biggest cause of sticker shock among shoppers in the US. These sticky high prices on eggs, bacon and bread has us wondering where the good deals on food are hiding in 2024, and we may have found them in an unlikely place — … Read more

Ivan D. Sarabia-Medina was a cop with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for 16 years before his TikTok videos got him fired. Sarabia-Medina loved being a police officer, but he loved posting more. When he was caught posting on the job, he lied about doing it. The lies were obvious, stupid, and easily checked. … Read more

Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Earlier this fall, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so that counsel for The Times and Daily News … Read more

Square Enix is plunging deeper into the goldmine with a mobile spin-off. There’s no release window for Final Fantasy 14 Mobile as yet, but playtests will “soon” get underway in China, “followed by a global launch soon after.” Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida said in that developer Lightspeed Studios is working to … Read more

300-Mile Hyundai Ioniq 9 EV Debuts Big, Bold Style Meet the newest and the largest member of Hyundai’s Ionic family of electric vehicles, the Ionic 93 row SUV. It’s a big one, but many of the parts of this formula are gonna be familiar to the smaller Ionic 5 and Ionic 6 EVs, which we … Read more

There must be someone out there who just doesn’t think a 15-inch display can cut it for their larger-than-life lifestyle. Otherwise, Amazon wouldn’t have a reason to introduce the new 21-inch Echo Show, the biggest rendition of its smart screens yet. The ginormous display acts as a smart home hub for all your Fire TV … Read more

Arzooo, an Indian startup founded by former Flipkart executives that sought to bring “best of e-commerce” to physical stores, has sold its assets in distressed sale to Moksha Group. The deal follows Arzooo engaging with several startups, including Bengaluru-headquartered Udaan, for potential merger opportunities, according to people familiar with the matter. Arzooo had raised approximately … Read more

We’ve tested scores of speakers over the years, and the best ones have made their way into three of our buying guides: soundbars, portable speakers and smart speakers. Right now Black Friday sales are already underway, bringing notable discounts to a few of our top picks. Amazon’s says its Black Friday deals will start in … Read more

The holiday season means travel, and that means figuring out a way to get online away from your home. After all, you’ll probably need to check in with friends and family, look up restaurants and stream your favorite shows while you wait. So what do you do when you’re out and away from your home Wi-Fi? What if … Read more

While we wait for an official announcement regarding Inside Out 3—you have to think it’s inevitable, given that Inside Out 2 is the world’s highest-grossing movie of 2024, and is the highest-grossing animated movie of all time—Pixar has a little treat in store: Dream Productions, a four-episode series that dips back into Riley’s mind, through … Read more