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The Venu 3, our favorite Garmin smartwatch, is on sale for $50 off through September 1st. Just because temperatures are dropping and the days are getting shorter doesn’t mean it’s time to hibernate. Fall is a perfect time to get outside, and it’s also a great opportunity to save on gadgets and gear designed for the outdoors. To celebrate the unofficial end of summer, REI is offering up to 30 percent off during its Labor Day sale, with many of these deals set to expire on September 1st. Right now, you can save on our favorite Garmin smartwatch, emergency backup…

Microsoft has locked down a building at its headquarters after protesters managed to get inside the office of the company’s president. Current and former Microsoft workers held a sit-in protest inside Brad Smith’s office in Building 34, demanding that the company cut ties with the Israeli government.The protesters live streamed themselves on Twitch entering Building 34, a building that houses Microsoft executives, and heading to Smith’s office, before unfurling banners during the sit-in protest. “Brad Smith you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!” shouted some of the protesters inside Smith’s office. Noisemakers were also been attached to balloons in the entrance…

But the company’s also revealing some intriguing upgrades that didn’t quite make the cut — including an extra-large haptic touchpad a la Apple’s MacBooks, and the company’s first external graphics module (eGPU).Not everything in the video below is actually coming to market, and some of it won’t be aimed at everyday consumers. Framework CEO Nirav Patel says he’s working to bring the fan-favorite ThinkPad Trackpoint nub to its keyboards, but keeps failing because the team can’t find a short enough nub that it doesn’t poke into the Laptop 16’s screen.But he says a wide haptic touchpad is genuinely in development,…

The world’s most famous celebrity couple got engaged, and the first place the news broke was on Instagram. By now, it’s not much of a surprise that pop star Taylor Swift and football player Travis Kelce opted to announce their engagement on the platform on Tuesday — if it’s good enough for Beyoncé, it’s good enough for anyone.Swift and Kelce are, for the most part, completely unrelatable to the rest of us — due to their wealth and fame, they occupy an entirely different reality that the average person can’t even conceptualize. But one thing actually does make them kind…

Apple has announced the date of its next big event: September 9th, 2024, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The event, which has the tagline “Awe dropping,” will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park.This is where we expect to hear more about the iPhone 17 lineup, which rumors (and at least one supposed public sighting) indicate will add a Google Pixel-like camera bar on the rear. It’s also another opportunity for Apple to talk about its Liquid Glass software revamp that’s part of iOS 26 and its other software updates, and the future of Apple Intelligence…

Embracer Group-owned CRKD recently launched a backpack, the $99.99 Vortex 1.0. During a recent vacation, I swapped it in place of my go-to for the past eight or so years, the 20-liter Peak Design Everyday backpack, which CRKD has thoroughly cribbed the look of. However, the Vortex has handheld gaming pockets, which helps it stand out, especially at this price.I generally like using the Peak Design backpack, except that bringing it on vacations means that I have to leave my handheld(s) at home. It’s not wide enough to accommodate even the original Switch once things are stuffed into its side…

Dish’s parent company, EchoStar, is selling a broad swath of its 5G spectrum licenses to AT&T for $23 billion. Under the deal, the Dish-owned Boost Mobile will primarily operate using AT&T’s growing network — a move that marks “the end of the road for the fourth carrier,” says Roger Entner, founder and lead analyst at Recon Analytics.As part of T-Mobile’s deal to acquire Sprint in 2019, the Department of Justice stipulated that another company must replace it as the fourth major wireless carrier. Dish came forward to acquire Boost Mobile from Sprint, paying $1.4 billion to purchase the budget carrier…

Apple’s upcoming phone releases are always ones to watch, and the iPhone 17 series will be no different. Yes, it’s finally time for the iPhone 17, which is set to appear alongside the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. It’s also heavily rumoured that there will be a super-thin iPhone 17 Air as well. And now we know when Apple’s next iPhone will arrive, with a launch event officially announced. On Tuesday 9 September, Apple will host its Awe Dropping event. While the tech giant hasn’t confirmed this is where the iPhone 17 will launch, Apple’s September event always debuts the new…

Google is putting AI-powered language learning tools into its Translate app. The new feature, rolling out now in beta, can create customized language lessons based on your skill level and your purpose for picking up a new language, such as vacationing in another country.For now, Google Translate can only help English speakers practice Spanish and French, as well as help Spanish, French, and Portuguese speakers practice English. When you tap the new Practice button in the Google Translate app, you can select your skill level and describe your goal. You can also choose from preset scenarios, such as using the…

Google is increasing security measures around sideloading apps by removing anonymity for Android developers who distribute outside of the Play Store. Starting in September next year, Google will require developers in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand to verify their identities in order for their apps to be installed on certified Android devices via direct downloads or third-party app stores. This requirement will then roll out globally in “2027 and beyond.”Under the new requirements, Android developers will need to provide Google with personal details like their legal name, address, email, and phone number, and may need to upload an official government…

Ask any photography fan to visualise a Hasselblad owner and they’ll probably picture a wilderness explorer, braving the elements to get an epic landscape shot. That image might need updating once the X2D II 100C arrives: it’s the Swedish firm’s first system camera with continuous autofocus, so it should handle moving subjects just as easily as static ones. Launching alongside a new XCD 2,8–4/35–100E lens that covers most of the focal lengths a studio or street snapper could ask for, the X2D II 100C weighs 840g with a battery – some 7.5% less than the outgoing X2D 100C, which should…

Logitech’s new flagship mouse may be about to launch, and bring with it an unexpected upgrade: haptic feedback.WinFuture claims to have obtained leaked details on the MX Master 4, which it says will launch on September 30 for €129.99 (around $150). While the broad strokes of the mouse’s design will be familiar to existing MX Master owners, it’s apparently been tweaked with a “more durable, slightly textured surface,” and transparent main buttons.The bigger change is the addition of haptic feedback, intended to trigger when you switch computers, adjust the cursor, or make other tweaks to the mouse. Apparently it’ll all…