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The new MacBook Air debuts with a $50 gift card as the M4 model hits its best price

Powered by the new M5 chip, Apple’s latest MacBook Airs are more powerful than ever with double the base storage (512GB), but they also cost $100 more than their predecessor. Fortunately, though, we’ve found a few ways to save. Best Buy is offering the new 13-inch M5-powered MacBook Air for $1,099 with a $50 gift […]

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Google’s AI-powered workspace is now available to more users in Search

Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search. The feature opens up a dedicated workspace within its AI-powered search tool, allowing it to use the latest information from Search to organize plans, develop tools, and draft documents in a panel alongside your chat. Though Google initially launched Canvas inside

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Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead

In November, Epic and Google jointly proposed a settlement that would change Android’s fate globally without cracking open Google’s Android monopoly quite the way it otherwise might. Today, Google has decided it’s not waiting for that settlement to be approved: it’s moving forward with many of its proposed changes right now. By June 30th, Google

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Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion

Downdetector and Speedtest – the free platforms that allow people on the web to quickly check internet speeds or see if an online platform may be down – will soon have a new owner. On Tuesday, the consulting and IT services provider Accenture announced that it has agreed to acquire the Ookla-owned platforms from Ziff

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Google faces wrongful death lawsuit after Gemini allegedly ‘coached’ man to die by suicide

A lawsuit filed on Wednesday accuses Google’s Gemini AI chatbot of trapping 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas in a “collapsing reality” that involved a series of violent missions, ultimately ending with his death by suicide. In the days leading up to his death, Gemini allegedly convinced Gavalas that he was “executing a covert plan to liberate his

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Honor’s Robot Phone is a bad robot, an interesting camera, and maybe your friend

The friend-shaped phone. After over four months of teasing, I’ve finally been able to see Honor’s Robot Phone in action. And after all that, it looks pretty legit – just so long as you weren’t actually expecting a robot. The Robot Phone could more accurately be called the Gimbal Phone, though I suspect the company’s

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Google’s Pixel 10 is the best Android phone available, and it’s $200 off

Google’s Pixel 10 is down to $599, just $100 more than the Pixel 10A. | Image: The Verge Google’s Pixel 10a is set to arrive on March 5th, but if you’d prefer the more powerful Google Pixel 10, Woot is currently selling it unlocked through March 6th for $599 ($200 off) with 128GB of storage.

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Here’s where you can preorder Apple’s budget-friendly MacBook Neo

The MacBook Neo is Apple’s newest, most affordable laptop. Although the MacBook Air has been known to occasionally drop by a couple of hundred dollars — rendering it more on par with a host of midrange Windows laptops — the Neo will take things a step further when it launches at a competitive $599 on

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BenQ’s new Mac monitor could be a cheaper alternative to Apple’s new Studio Display

It was first announced last month without pricing or availability details, but BenQ has now shared all the specs for its new 27-inch 5K display designed for Mac users. The MA270S matches the size and 5,120 x 2,880 resolution of the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR Apple announced yesterday, including a Nano Gloss

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