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Listen up (pun intended): In honor of Black Friday, Amazon has dropped the price of the Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar to its lowest price ever at $369. That’s 26% off its normal list price of $499. Whether you’re looking to upgrade your home entertainment system or give it as a holiday gift, now is the … Read more

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will soon lead a new non-governmental agency that President-elect Donald Trump has tasked with stripping billions of dollars from the U.S. government. And these U.S. oligarchs will be explaining their efforts in a new podcast, according to a video posted by Ramaswamy late Wednesday. Musk and Ramaswamy were named to … Read more

X’s former top policy chief has taken a job at Tools for Humanity, the company building the tech to support World Network (formerly Worldcoin). Nick Pickles, previously head of global affairs at X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, will serve as chief policy officer for Tools for Humanity, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman co-founded five … Read more

Apple’s new Mac mini hasn’t been available for that long yet, but you can already grab it at a discount. The M4-powered Mac mini has dropped to an all-time low of $500 thanks to a discount and an additional, clippable coupon that will bring the final price down to $500. That’s a total of $100 … Read more

Everyone loves a good bargain, and now that Black Friday is finally here, there are thousands to shop at Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and most major retailers. You’ll find tons of savings on top tech — including a huge selection of Apple devices — which can be tough to find on sale outside of these … Read more

If you’ve ever felt like you waste too much money on stuff you don’t need, I have some news that will probably make you feel better. This week, Justin Sun, the founder of cryptocurrency firm Tron, announced that he had purchased a banana for just over $6 million. Now, he plans to eat it. It … Read more

Ask anyone in the open source AI community, and they will tell you the gap between them and the big private companies is more than just computing power. Ai2 is working to fix that, first with fully open source databases and models and now with an open and easily adapted post-training regimen to turn “raw” … Read more

If you already have a smart home ecosystem in place, or are looking to build one from scratch, now’s a good time to look for IoT gear on sale during the Black Friday shopping period. One such device is the Google Nest wired indoor security camera, which you can get for $70 right now. That’s … Read more

The social network Bluesky has been growing at a rapid rate ever since the US presidential election concluded. A representative for the company said in an email on Monday that the site has added over 1 million users a day for the past few days, an increase of over 5.5 million users since the election … Read more

Artificial Intelligence has enshittified the F-35, America’s long-embattled 5th generation stealth fighter jet. Produced by Lockheed Martin and coming in three different flavors, the F-35 relies on an AI system called the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) to maintain the aircraft. The pitch was that ALIS would keep the F-35 in flying shape cheap and … Read more