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5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better
The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and add a little extra convenience to your day.
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Crimson Desert’s latest update makes it worth it to play as Damiane and Oongka
Damiane and Oongka can now access the Abyss and equip more outfits following Pearl Abyss’ latest update for Crimson Desert
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Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI
“Group project, but make it 1776.” That’s how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google’s collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence. Ben Franklin texts Thomas Jefferson to…
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The Sourdough Sidekick automates the boring bit of baking
Baking sourdough bread is inherently old-fashioned, relying on natural fermentation and wild yeast instead of the simple, predictable commercial stuff. So it might sound anathema to bring a gadget into the mix. The trick to the Sourdough Sidekick – backed and branded by King Arthur flour – is that it promises to automate the boring…
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How Keurig saved — and ruined — your coffee
Before Keurig, the coffee in your office was almost certainly terrible. Old, burned, made by someone who would rather poorly eyeball than properly measure. Just altogether gross. After Keurig? You could make your own coffee, a cup at a time, exactly when you needed it. The single-cup brewer was an elegant solution to an extremely…
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These popular smartphones are in their last year of software support
It’s good to know how long your phone will get updates before you purchase.
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Vizio accidentally made the best dumb TV on the market
When I first started testing Vizio’s 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, I thought the big story was that Vizio was back and that it had a quantum-dot TV for under $398 – the cheapest on the market. Vizio’s been pretty quiet since it was acquired by Walmart in 2024, so putting out a TV with…
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Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are
With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month.
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Xbox is a disaster
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the bleak state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Microsoft closed out Summer…
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Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules
Chemicals from accidents that injured or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years.