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Shark robot vacuums are up to 50 percent off for Prime Day
Shark robot vacuums are on sale for and there are some good deals to be had. For instance, the AI Ultra . This is 50 percent off, as the regular price is $550. This model topped our list of the , so it’s the real deal. The AI Ultra boasts fantastic suction power and the bagless self-emptying base is incredibly…
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Hundreds of Brother printer models have security flaw that can’t be patched
A security company has found that impact hundreds of Brother printer models. The company has released firmware updates to handle seven of these vulnerabilities, but one security flaw cannot be patched. Brother has indicated that it’ll fix the remaining issue during the manufacturing process of future printers, which doesn’t help current owners. The company recommends that users change the default…
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Innovative features, a few missteps
When we say that NordVPN is a good VPN that’s not quite great, it’s important to put that in perspective. Building a good VPN is hard, as evidenced by all the shovelware VPNs flooding the market. NordVPN may not be perfect, but it’s easily top-five caliber and excels in certain use cases. First, the bad: NordVPN’s apps could all stand…
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Nintendo’s mouse-controlled basketball game comes out on August 14
Nintendo just revealed that Drag x Drive , exclusively for the recently-released . The company made this announcement on its . For the uninitiated, Drag x Drive is a 3 v 3 wheelchair basketball game. The main hook is that it’s controlled of those new Joy-Con controllers. This will be the first major test of this feature and will let…
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Tesla’s inaugural Robotaxi rides will have a human ‘safety monitor’ on board
A select few will soon get to experience Tesla’s robotaxi service for the first time, but they won’t be alone in the car. The company plans to launch its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Austin, Texas tomorrow, but a “Tesla Safety Monitor” will accompany the first riders, according to email invitations sent out to “Early Access Riders.” It’s unclear what…
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Beat Saber support is ending on PS VR and PS VR2
It’s the end of the line for Beat Saber on PS VR and PS VR2. While you’ll still be able to buy and play the base game on both platforms, as well as any songs and music packs that were released before today (June 18), Beat Games is winding down support for those versions. They won’t get any new songs…
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Sony unlocks regional restrictions for some PC games in more than 100 countries
It turns out that region-locking your games makes it harder to sell more copies. First discovered by Wario64, Sony has lifted regional restrictions for several of its titles that are available to play on PC through Steam. Sony hasn’t officially announced the removal of these region locks, nor the reason why, but God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us…
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Konami and Bloober Team are remaking the original Silent Hill
A remake of the original Silent Hill is in development, it was revealed on Thursday. An image announcing that another Silent Hill game from developer Bloober Team was in the works appeared during the stream. It was accompanied by music from the first game in the series. The official Japanese Silent Hill account on X later that Bloober is modernizing…
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YouTube now allows more harmful misinformation on its platform
YouTube is following in the potentially dangerous steps of Meta and X (formerly Twitter) by relaxing its content moderation policies. New internal training materials viewed by The New York Times instruct moderators to leave videos live if up to half its content violates YouTube’s policies, an increase from a quarter of it. The platform introduced the new policy in mid-December,…
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Current in-stock availability on consoles and games
The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally a thing you can buy in the US. The $450 console officially went up for sale at midnight ET on June 5, with several retailers offering the device both online and in-store. Predictably, online stock dried up fairly quickly and remains extremely limited as of Friday afternoon. That goes for Target as well, which…
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