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• Rabbit threatens to revive the legendary Sony Vaio P netbook as a $500 dedicated Linux "vibe coding machine" to take on Apple's uber popular MacBook Neo — but it won't be fast [24d]
• These small and stylish wireless stereo speakers pack in Hi-Res connectivity, turntable phono support, HDMI, aptX and more — and all at a seriously tempting price [24d]
• 'You pick something heavy up and you walk with it': A celebrity PT recommends this back-to-basics move as the best strength exercise for over 50s [24d]
• After 80 hours of Crimson Desert I'm thirsty for more of its breathtaking open-world and enthralling set pieces — it just needs a few tweaks in some areas to become a masterpiece [24d]
• Unbelievably thin Panther Lake mini PC pictured with 13 ports on all four sides, including a 10GbE LAN connector, an OCuLink port — and, wait for it, three M.2 slots inside [24d]
• Golf balls, ties and an RTX 5090: All the best things you can buy at the Nvidia GTC 2026 merch store [24d]
• Inventive laptop maker comes out with a concept laptop that you’ll definitely never need — VeilBook has a removable keyboard to free up “space to integrate cooling fans” [24d]
• 'The most important BMW in recent history': BMW reveals new i3 EV with 560-mile range — but its design is splitting opinion [24d]
• Trump administration says Anthropic refusal was 'not protected speech' in US court [24d]
• 'AI can be relentless in a way that a human is not': With too few experts to go around, this startup is chasing a Matrix-style idea of “copying and pasting” expertise [24d]
• 'Further ⁠proceedings might not be necessary': Elon Musk and SEC in talks to settle Twitter deal lawsuit [24d]
• Prime Video's Scarpetta invites viewers to solve a gripping case — but butchering the source material is the show's worst crime of all [24d]
• VPN deal of the week: There’s just 5 days left to bag a free 12-month Calm Premium subscription with Surfshark [24d]
• The new iPad Air M4 'remains the iPad most people should buy' — and it's already on sale at Walmart [24d]
• Exclusive: $599 MacBook Neo easily beats $1,119 Dell laptop on Windows 11 benchmarks - yes, macOS may well be the best platform ever for Microsoft's OS [24d]
• Apple’s MacBook Pro M5 laptop is massively discounted at Amazon - and it's a better choice for creators than the MacBook Neo [24d]
• Which Amazon Echo Show should I buy? Here are the key differences to know [24d]
• What should you evolve Eevee into on Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for Nintendo Switch 2? Here’s my opinion as a life-long Pokémon fan [24d]
• Only 9% of global firms are ready to handle AI-driven threats, and many are dangerously overconfident [24d]
• This HP EliteBook laptop deal is massively discounted at Best Buy — but I found a mini PC with much better specs for far less [24d]
• Surfshark boosts its ultimate security bundle with $1 million identity theft protection [24d]
• Google Pixel 10a vs Pixel 10: which Pixel phone should you buy? [24d]
• ‘The people have been waiting!’ — GoPro teases a mysterious cinematic camera, which could have DJI and Insta360 worried [24d]
• Spotify rolls out a huge Wear OS upgrade including new album art and handy tap gestures, giving you ‘even more control from your wrist’ [24d]
• Meta is pulling the plug on its VR metaverse and Meta Quest 3 fans don't know how to respond [24d]
• Microsoft is mixing up its Copilot AI leadership, so Suleyman can 'build enterprise tuned lineages' [24d]
• How to watch Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid: live Champions League 2025/26 game, free streams [24d]
• ExpressVPN uncovers 3.7 million items of leaked AI chatbot data. A reminder of how vital encryption is [24d]
• I asked ChatGPT what to watch across 6 streaming apps — and it actually nailed it [24d]
• A bunch of the coolest Xbox controllers' colourways have had their prices slashed at Amazon [24d]
• How to watch Liverpool vs Galatasaray: Free Streams, TV Channels & Preview for Champions League Round of 16 2nd leg [24d]
• The Madison Robert Redford tribute puts his Oscars In Memoriam to shame — and the cast think you should stream his most ‘beautiful’ movie this week [24d]
• I found 6 unmissable 3D printer deals based on our tests, starting from $199 in the Spring Sales [24d]
• Over 29 million secrets were leaked on GitHub in 2025, and AI really isn't helping [24d]
• The Google Pixel 10 is the brand's 'most competitive phone yet' — and it just hit a record-low price at Amazon [24d]
• ‘Cyberattacks are having a huge impact on people’s lives and economic activities’: Japan joins list of countries turning towards offensive cyber operations [24d]
• X is down — here's what we know about the global outage [24d]
• Alibaba Cloud bumps prices by up to 34% due to AI demand and hardware costs [24d]
• Your Employees’ Tech Frustration is a Gift to Cybercriminals [24d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, March 19 (game #1012) [24d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, March 19 (game #1515) [24d]
• A DJI Pocket 4 might be on its way, but right now the 'class-leading' Pocket 3 is at a new lowest-ever price [24d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, March 19 (game #746) [24d]
• Best Buy is practically giving away Samsung's art-inspired Frame TV — on sale for a ridiculously low price of just $699.99 [24d]
• Forget the new MacBook Air — the MacBook Pro M5 is down to a record-low price at Amazon right now [24d]
• 'The current shortage could continue until 2030, so we expect more than a 20% shortage of the wafers': SK Group chairman issues bleak warning on RAM crisis [24d]
• Infostealers are being disguised as Claude Code, OpenClaw and other AI developer tools [24d]
• My March Madness might be cured by the new trackable bracket in Apple Sports — but it's missing one thing [24d]
• I tested the new ChatGPT-5.4 mini and nano models — and I didn’t expect them to be this powerful [24d]
• Save a massive $1125 on the 4TB WD Black SN850X internal SSD with 7300MB/s speeds — now under $600 in Best Buy's tech sale [24d]
• Mozilla is launching a free built-in VPN on Firefox 149 — but with some conditions [24d]
• What is the release date for The Madison episodes 4-6 on Paramount+? [24d]
• What is the release date for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 episode 4 on Apple TV? [24d]
• I’ve spent weeks with the Acer Predator Orion 5000, and it’s brought power and performance to my games, and smoothness to my work [24d]
• Spotify brings Exclusive Mode to Windows for bit-perfect playback — but there are a few trade-offs you should know about [24d]
• Save $400 on our top-tested phone SSD: Boost your iPhone and Android storage with the 2TB SanDisk Creator SSD [24d]
• Telegram shutdown begins in Russia — here's everything we know [24d]
• Fitbit is promising a 15% accuracy boost for sleep tracking thanks to some 'significant updates' for Premium subscribers [24d]
• Dune Part 3 trailer is the most beautiful bore I’ve ever seen — but we’re still not ready to have that conversation [24d]
• Nvidia's CEO goes full Principal Skinner in response to DLSS 5 backlash — says it's the gamers who are 'completely wrong' [24d]
• Black Cat is coming to Marvel Rivals and let's just say fans are looking forward to it a little too much — 'This update is HUGE' [24d]
• Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold was short-lived — here’s why it’s being scrapped, and why users saw it coming [24d]
• Microsoft is using UK innovations and breakthroughs to build the next generation of AI infrastructure [24d]
• Fujifilm Instax Mini 13 vs Instax Mini 12 — 3 key upgrades in the latest cheap Instax, including a self-timer [24d]
• Why managing mobile devices is a question of optimization as well as security [24d]
• Record number of UK businesses hit by nation state attacks as attackers weaponize AI [24d]
• LG clarifies that the new Dolby Atmos rival Eclipsa Audio should work on its TVs, but LG is not supporting Eclipsa Audio — got that? [24d]
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer launch live — all of the build-up, news, and rumors ahead the Marvel movie's first teaser reveal [24d]
• Afterpay Day hasn't officially started yet — but these 20+ offers are already my favourites [24d]
• MSI Prestige 14 AI+ review: a sleek business laptop with all-day battery life [24d]
• I love the Shokz OpenRun headphones for running and cycling — but its Pro version is better, especially when discounted [24d]
• After reviewing several robot vacuums in the last 12 months, this is the model I'd buy — and it's got a significant price drop too [24d]
• You can catch Deoxys, Ho-Oh, and Lugia in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen for Switch and Switch 2 — but what about Mew? [25d]
• This simple ChatGPT trick forces the AI to poke holes in its own logic [25d]
• 'Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived': Nvidia wants to power the next generation of data centers in space [25d]
• 'This year is the most challenging year since the company was founded': MSI exec makes it clear how bad the RAM crisis has got, despite some prices plateauing [25d]