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As the days get warmer, it’s tempting to take your workouts outside. Bone conduction headphones let you listen while staying aware of your surroundings, making them ideal for runs, walks, and more. Through April 7th, Shokz is discounting several models during its spring sale, from the Shokz OpenFit Air Earbuds to the OpenDots One clip. The best deal, however, is on the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2, which are on sale for $139.99 ($40 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and directly from Shokz. That’s their best price since December and $15 shy of their all-time low.The OpenRun Pro 2 are Shokz’s…
Ikea’s $10 Kallsup Bluetooth speaker is fun and colorful and sounds better than its price suggests. It’s not mind-blowing (it is a $10 speaker, after all), and there are no features to speak of, other than the ability to connect up to 100 of them together, but at that price, I don’t really care. They’re a quick addition if I need a bit more color and sound on my desk or in my son’s room.The Kallsup is about as simple as a Bluetooth speaker can get. It’s a 2.75-inch plastic cube enclosure with four short feet on the bottom and…
As of today, the price of the 16GB version of the Raspberry Pi 5 is going up by $100, a price bump that’s almost as much as the original $120 price tag. Driven by the ongoing RAM shortage, Raspberry Pi is raising prices on over a dozen of its bare-bones computers, after previous increases in December and February. The increases range from $11.25 to $150.In a blog post announcing the price increases, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton reiterated that they won’t be permanent, stating, “The circumstances in which we find ourselves are challenging, but in the future they will abate.…
About 20 years ago, I bought a turntable with the idea that it would be a staple of my music-making setup. I dreamed of learning to scratch and digging through dollar bin vinyl for samples. Instead, it just got hooked up to a stereo. But a few months ago, I got my hands on the Korg Handytraxx Play. While it still sat around collecting dust longer than I’d like to admit, it finally helped me accomplish a goal I’ve had for more than two decades — I started learning to scratch.The Handytraxx is completely self-contained. It’s a battery-powered turntable in…
The cost of the PlayStation Portal and every PlayStation 5 console is going up tomorrow, April 2nd, by as much as $150 in some cases. That means time is running out if you want to save yourself the money you’d soon have to spend to secure a PS5, which is why I’m going to point you in the right direction to get a console before the changes take effect. I also found a deal if you’re okay with buying a refurbished model.If you want the slim PS5 console with or without a disc drive, there’s no need to pay full…
The PlayStation 5’s curvy design is divisive. The Verge’s Andrew Webster called it a “robotic clam” in his 2020 review, which is actually kind of endearing. Personally, I kind of got over hating it sometime during the past almost-six years of its existence. Small form factor PC enthusiast Devyn Johnston is someone who did not get over it. He was so not over it that he made and is now selling BoxPlates, $89.99 snap-on console covers that fundamentally change how the PS5 looks.With the BoxPlates on, the PS5’s design goes from curvy to flat. There’s an unmistakable infusion of the…
If you’re tired of controlling Stream Deck devices by manually pushing buttons, then good news: Elgato will now let you delegate that task to a chatbot instead. The Stream Deck 7.4 software update released today introduces Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, allowing AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Nvidia G-Assist to find and activate Stream Deck actions on your behalf.“You still set up actions in Stream Deck app the same way you always have. MCP adds a new way to trigger them,” Elgato said in its announcement. “Once everything is connected, you can type or speak requests and your AI…
Anker’s Laptop Power Bank is one of the more useful gadgets I’ve bought in recent years. I know, it’s just a portable battery, but it’s packed with power and thoughtful features that are tough to find in other models. And right now, you can buy it for $95.99 ($24 off) — the best price of the year so far — at Amazon during its Big Spring Sale, from Walmart, and directly from Anker through the end of today.The 25,000mAh / 90Wh power bank features three USB-C ports and one USB-A port, and you can get up to 130W total output…
Spring cleaning isn’t just about clearing things out. It’s also a chance to refresh your living space, and a simple place to start is smart lighting — specifically, Govee’s Smart A19 LED Light Bulbs. The color-changing bulbs can instantly change the vibe of your home, and now through the end of today, March 31st, you can buy a four-pack from Amazon and Govee for $26.99 ($13 off) as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. That’s just $3 shy of the bundle’s lowest price to date and the cheapest we’ve seen the bulbs go for since Black Friday.At 800 lumens, each…
After Anthropic released Claude Code’s 2.1.88 update, users quickly discovered that it contained a package with a source map file containing its TypeScript codebase, with one person on X calling attention to the leak and posting a file containing the code. The leaked data reportedly contains more than 512,000 lines of code and provides a look into the inner workings of the AI-powered coding tool, as reported earlier by Ars Technica and VentureBeat.Though Anthropic later fixed the issue, that didn’t stop users from copying the code to a repository on GitHub, which has since amassed more than 50,000 forks (or…
ChatGPT is now accessible from your CarPlay dashboard if you have iOS 26.4 or newer and the latest version of the ChatGPT app, 9to5Mac reports. Apple’s recently-launched iOS 26.4 update added support for “voice-based conversational apps” in CarPlay, opening the door to let you use AI chatbots with voice features through Apple’s in-car platform.When using ChatGPT through CarPlay, the app doesn’t show text conversations, according to 9to5Mac — instead, you can only have conversations with the app using your voice. (Apple’s developer guidelines ask that apps don’t show text or imagery as responses.) The CarPlay app isn’t completely devoid of…
The app’s functionality is very straightforward. It plays a low 100Hz sine wave tone through a pair of connected headphones for 60 seconds. This is supposed to stimulate the vestibular system – the parts of the inner ear that are responsible for orientation and maintaining balance. The app allows the duration of the tone to be adjusted between 40 to 120 seconds, but a full minute of listening is supposed to provide relief from motion sickeness symptoms like nausea for up to two hours. It can be repeated as needed.Samsung says the app was inspired by research conducted by Nagoya…