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• US Marine Corps gets six 'blind' F-35B stealth fighters loaded with lead ballast instead of advanced radars — new APG-38 radar won't be available till 2028 and can't even be used at full capacity till 2031 [20d]
• The AirPods Max 2 are ‘the best noise cancelling headphones on the market’ — and they’re already 20% off ahead of Prime Day [20d]
• Amazon's Fire TV Sticks are a fantastically popular way to revitalise an older smart TV – and with the 4K model just AU$59 ahead of Prime Day, I can see why [20d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Friday, July 3 (game #1621) [20d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, July 3 (game #1118) [20d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, July 3 (game #852) [20d]
• Uplift Parsons review: A dream standing desk that fits almost any workspace with elegance and ease [20d]
• This is the most incredible portable monitor setup you'll see — a portable L-shaped 16-inch triple-screen monitor is perfect for productivity [20d]
• Quote of the day by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: 'Are you prepared to die? Then okay, you're a candidate' — a reminder that the manned mission to Mars might be a deadly one [20d]
• The 11 best hi-fi upgrades of 2026 so far — we gave these speakers, turntables and DACs our highest marks after tough testing [20d]
• Samsung is plotting to replace your M.2 SSD with a storage chip smaller than a fingernail to improve battery life and supercharge ondevice AI inference [20d]
• How to watch Portugal vs Croatia: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time as Cristiano Ronaldo faces Luka Modric at FIFA World Cup 2026 [20d]
• Anthropic's Claude to help Micron design better HBM, DRAM, and SSD for AI even as both companies refuse to address computational storage directly [20d]
• Another mysterious iPhone bug is eating up over 100GB of some people’s storage — here’s how to fix it [20d]
• Maybe robots don't need legs or fingers to do laundry — Weave Robotics Isaac 1 isn't pretty or super-humanoid, but it might be ready to handle basic chores [20d]
• Asus ProArt PZ14 review: This surprisingly powerful tablet PC transformed my creative workflow [20d]
• I saw Miami's ‘lap of chaos’ in 2025, and after seeing this year's new Lego go-karts at Silverstone I know which event I'm most excited for this Sunday [20d]
• I tested the affordable Ruko U11Mini 4K drone — and it's no match for DJI's new flyer [20d]
• Stop working on a single screen on the road — this AOC laptop extender deal is a game-changer for business travel [20d]
• Save $20 on Windscribe VPN with this promo code — here's everything you need to know [20d]
• 81 million login attempts hit Microsoft 365 accounts as hackers try password-spraying to force entry using stolen credentials and OAuth to bypass authentication [20d]
• 'I will quit buying games' — Sony is killing physical discs in 2028 and now unhappy fans are concerned about what it means for game ownership [20d]
• Virginia county tells schools, businesses to 'conserve electricity' as AI data center demand hits grid, raises energy prices [20d]
• Expert says GTA 6 pre-orders are a big target for scammers — warns 'scammers don’t need to break into Rockstar or hack the game' to steal your details [20d]
• How to watch Spain vs Austria: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for FIFA World Cup 2026 as Lamine Yamal's side begin knockout campaign [20d]
• Samsung is pulling the plug on its Vascular Load tracking tool in the US just a year after it launched — but don’t worry, the company is offering an alternative [20d]
• This Samsung 32-inch curved monitor just hit its lowest price ever — and I think it's one of the best QHD deals on Amazon right now [20d]
• Upgrade your morning pour-over with these 15 beautifully designed coffee drippers, chosen by a certified barista [20d]
• If I was buying a fitness tracker right now, it would be the discounted Fitbit Charge 6 [20d]
• In the future of gaming, you'll pay lump sums, and 'own nothing' — and that's exactly what Sony has just kickstarted [20d]
• The 'gorgeous' Microsoft Surface Laptop is the perfect productivity machine for work and study — and it's dropped $200 in Best Buy's 4th of July sale [20d]
• New report claims AI is leading to job layoffs — but higher-level more educated workers are being hit hardest [20d]
• ‘Back pain in the morning? Can't touch your toes?' — An ergonomic expert shares tips to stay healthy if you're spending lots of time at your desk [20d]
• This stylish HP OmniDesk Ryzen 7 desktop just dropped to $790 — and I think it's one of the top tower PC deals around right now [20d]
• Work in 2026: the future of flexible tech [20d]
• How a free YouTube channel is using the World Cup to destroy the broadcaster paywall [20d]
• DJI's 'best-in-class' Osmo 360 Adventure Combo is a summer steal for content creators — with a massive $245 off at Best Buy right now [20d]
• I tried Claude Sonnet 5 with prompts that ask it to finish the job, not just answer the question — and that's where the AI war is going [20d]
• Over 500,000 websites wrongly blocked in Spain as La Liga anti-piracy campaign backfires [20d]
• Microsoft suggests Copilot is the 'button you can press to fix everything' in Windows 11 — here's hoping it can fix the company's marketing department [20d]
• Agentic AI adoption outpaces governance in regulated industries [20d]
• ‘100% of Hide My Email addresses were exploitable’: Apple’s security feature can be duped into supplying the real contact info — and the bug has remained unpatched for over a year [20d]
• Porkbun review 2026 [20d]
• Warner Bros is set to adapt another Creepypasta horror sensation after the success of A24's Backrooms — but I'm unsure what to make of it [20d]
• Meta reportedly wants to start a cloud computing business to compete with AWS, Azure and others [20d]
• The 4.5-star-rated Shark ChillPill gets its first price cut just in time for the upcoming heatwave [20d]
• Who needs a MacBook Air? This $550 HP OmniBook 3 deal packs AI features and up to 32 hours of battery life [20d]
• Bosgame VTI-490 review: This mini PC packs in more power than expected and handled network editing like a workstation [20d]
• Amazon reveals it used more energy than New Zealand in 2025 as its carbon footprint rises 16% [20d]
• Hasselblad fans can now ditch Adobe for good — as Capture One support makes its cameras much more appealing for pros [20d]
• WhatsApp should freeze username rollout as it could ‘increase cybercrimes’, says India — but Meta claims impersonation isn’t an issue [20d]
• With another heatwave coming, I'm tracking the best deals on big-name fans — here are the quiet, bedroom-ready models I'd buy before they go out of stock [20d]
• Analysts say Sony's digital-only plan 'almost certainly guarantees that the PS6 won’t arrive until 2028 at the earliest' and won't have a disc drive [20d]
• Samsung revives its best Galaxy S26 Ultra deal ever for 4th of July — get a record-beating $350 discount without a trade [20d]
• New iPad Pro tipped for launch in 2027 — but it’s shrouded in price hike and chip confusion [20d]
• ‘I’m returning mine’: The new Google Home Speaker is off to bad start as users complain of delayed responses — but Google says a solution is on the way [20d]
• 'The best Mac ever': Boost your Mac mini's storage and connectivity with Ugreen's secret weapon — the M4 Dock & Stand is under $55 at Amazon right now [20d]
• I tried Nano Banana 2 Lite, Google's new 4-second AI image generator, and it changes how you use AI art [20d]
• Lexar TouchLock Portable SSD review: One of the simplest and cheapest hardware-encrypted drive for protecting files I've ever tested [20d]
• Mythos shows why AI governance must catch up to the speed of risk discovery [20d]
• 7 new horror movies on Netflix, Prime Video, Shudder, and more in July 2026 [20d]
• Keep running low on storage and don't know why? Mysterious Windows 11 file that ate tons of drive space is fixed in latest update [20d]
• ‘Something has gone completely wrong’: Palantir CEO Alex Karp slams OpenAI, says AI industry is "effing insane" [20d]
• Don't pay silly prices for DDR5 memory — Newegg's 4th of July sale is packed with unmissable RAM deals right now [20d]
• Exclusive: Blood Message developer says latest trailer's glowing reception gives them 'confidence' — 'We are very excited to see that they love this story' [20d]
• What is the fastest laptop under $1000 right now? The MSI Katana 15 with a Core i7-14650HX and RTX 5050 [20d]
• Microsoft Teams has a slightly creepy new feature which will watch and listen to your meetings — but thankfully only if you let it [20d]
• Xbox might be following PlayStation's lead, as new reports claim Microsoft is testing a new disc-to-digital game feature called 'Positron', and the next-gen Project Helix console won't have a disc drive [20d]
• I'm a NAS expert — here's how to build your own personal cloud for just over $1000 [20d]
• Ninja's gone green — and blue, and oat-colored — with three new colors for one of its best coffee machines [20d]
• Garmin Forerunner 70 review: Substantial upgrades that come at a cost [20d]
• Mobile Industry Awards 2026: Our shortlist revealed! [20d]
• The security alerts you ignore are the ones that matter [20d]
• A Bluetooth tracker for just under AU$18 apiece? Show me the way! [21d]
• Amazon Prime Day Apple deals 2026: the best early iPhone, iPad, AirPods and MacBook deals in Australia [21d]
• BookTok is obsessed with this Amazon reading chair—and it pairs perfectly with this Kindle Colorsoft early Prime Day deal [21d]
• 'I wouldn't even be able to afford the speaker stands' — two big-name audiophile brands just went head-to-head to release the best elite hi-fi tower speaker [21d]
• My favorite portable hi-fi accessory is back, but I think it’s missed a trick — the AudioQuest DragonFly DAC was my go-to for great-sounding music on the go, and I heard the new version in action, but it's made one key upgrade mistake [21d]
• ‘Technologies don’t usually die because consumers move on, they die because the inputs disappear’: I asked CRT TV experts if the technology could ever make a comeback — the biggest obstacle wasn’t what I expected [21d]
• Prime Day 2026 early deals are already live — as someone who's covered every Amazon sale, these are my 60 picks to shop now [21d]
• Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs are so expensive that Intel's Arc Pro B70 is now a genuine bargain for AI — 128GB 4-card configuration costs less than $3800 [21d]