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I’ve never been comfortable logging into streaming services on a hotel or Airbnb TV. My alternative for watching our favorite shows on a big screen is traveling with a 10-foot HDMI cable and a USB-C-to-HDMI adapter for directly connecting our mobile devices to an unfamiliar TV. Belkin’s wireless HDMI adapter will let me leave that cumbersome mess at home.Wireless video streaming is already baked into Apple and Android devices through AirPlay and Google Cast, but using those features away from home requires access to a compatible TV or streaming box and a reliable Wi-Fi network. If all I used a…
Adobe is launching customizable AI image generators that can mimic specific artistic styles and character designs. The Firefly Custom Models are available in public beta starting today, allowing creators and brands to train a model on their own assets to ensure generated images follow a consistent aesthetic for characters, illustrations, and photography.The tool aims to streamline workflows for teams and creators that need to produce high volumes of content, providing a reusable foundation that preserves visual consistency across multiple projects, instead of having to start from scratch each time. Adobe says that custom models can help preserve details like stroke…
Can a basic calculator with an old-school segmented LCD screen be beautiful? Casio’s response to that question is its new S100X featuring a traditional Japanese hand-painted finish using sap from the lacquer tree, giving the calculator a glossy black finish with warm red highlights around the edges. It somehow looks even more luxurious than if Casio had simply gold-plated the S100X.Casio enlisted Yamakyu Shitsuki, a Japanese company that’s been making lacquerware since 1930, to give the calculator’s milled aluminum alloy body the unique finish. It took master artisan Ryuji Umeda a month to complete the lacquering technique, according to Hypebeast.…
CEO Carl Pei says Nothing won’t release a flagship phone this year. So instead we have the 4A Pro, a $499 phone that looks and feels higher-end than last year’s flagship Phone 3, helped in large part by a new metal design.Compare the Phone 4A Pro to its immediate rivals, the Pixel 10A and iPhone 17E, and it looks impressive: a larger, brighter, and faster display; more cameras; and Nothing’s unique design, including the Glyph Matrix rear display. But dig deeper, and the 4A Pro’s compromises are revealed.Nothing earns points for style, but unless you’re particularly enamored of the bigger…
Soon, some of TikTok’s biggest personalities are going to be launching new streaming series on Tubi.Today, Tubi and TikTok announced that they are working together to launch a new Creatorverse Incubator that will help content creators produce long form original series for the Fox-owned streaming service. Once selected for the program, a group of Tiktokkers will work with Tubi to develop a variety of scripted and unscripted (think competition / dating / game shows) projects covering a number of different genres. In a statement about the initiative, Tubi said that it plans to announce its first cohort of participants some…
Amazon’s Prime Day sale may arrive earlier than usual this year, but there’s a deal event happening much sooner: Amazon’s annual Big Spring Sale, which is happening March 25th through the 31st. While it won’t be as big as Prime Day or Black Friday, it offers a chance to save money at a time when tariffs have increased the prices of many gadgets over the past year.You don’t need a Prime membership to take advantage of many of these deals. Also, retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, and Target are matching Amazon’s pricing, so you can choose where you want to…
Amazon is going on the defensive after a report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that the ecommerce giant plans to slash shipments with the United States Postal Service, which said this week that it’s running out of money. In a lengthy statement published on Wednesday, Amazon says it didn’t want to reduce shipments with the USPS, and that negotiations only stalled after the USPS “abruptly walked away” from negotiations for a new contract.As reported by the WSJ, Amazon plans to cut packages sent through the USPS by at least two-thirds by this fall, around the same time its contract…
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 18: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. A closed session immediately followed the hearing. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Getty Images Read the full article here
If you know where to look, you can often score deals on Apple’s ever-expanding AirPods lineup. Both the first-gen AirPods Max and the AirPods 4 (with and without ANC) now consistently receive discounts, as do the newer AirPods Pro 3. And while major shopping events like Black Friday and Prime Day have delivered some of the biggest price drops, there are still good deals to be found on every model.Below, we’ve rounded up the best deals currently available on each set of AirPods, including both iterations of the AirPods 4, the third-gen AirPods Pro, and the AirPods Max.At the end…
Robinhood is now beta testing a Twitter-like social media platform it calls Robinhood Social. The trading-focused platform was announced last September at the company’s HOOD Summit, but it’s rolling out to 1,000 people who attended the event and will expand to “an additional 10,000 customers over the coming weeks,” according to Robinhood.On Robinhood Social, which, based on screenshots, looks a lot like Twitter or Threads, users will be able to create a profile, make posts about their trades, and complete trades from their feed. The company is also promising to launch additional features during the beta, including news feeds and…
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This enables voice control and smart home integrations, features that have been missing from the robot since launch. Now you can set up automations such as “Run Matic when everyone leaves home,” “Dock the robot when I arrive home,” or “Stop Matic when the door unlocks.”The Matter integration isn’t yet certified and doesn’t work with all the platforms, but it’s a good start. However, as it’s still unofficial, there are some rough edges.The company notes in a Reddit post that while the Google Home and Home Assistant integrations are both “solid experiences,” Apple Home and Siri still “feel clunky.” There’s…