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Lenovo LOQ gaming laptop with RTX 5050 drops to $869
NOW $372 OFF 15.6-inch Lenovo LOQ Gaming Laptop View Deal You could invest thousands into a gaming laptop, or you could go with a model that’s capable of playing any of your favorite games without worry. The 15.6-inch Lenovo LOQ is now just $869 at Best Buy, saving you $372 (30%) if you...

Teenager’s Gemini mistake locks entire family out of Google accounts
I did a lot of stupid stuff when I was 14 years old. I’m glad that back then the “online world” was in its infancy, and none of my escapades were harmful or salacious enough to make it into some kind of eternal digital infamy. Not so for one underage...

Lions regret, a prompt from his wife: How All Blacks turned to a Scottish attack coach
Mike Blair says he played “it cool” when new All Blacks coach Dave Rennie approached him with the opportunity of a lifetime.

Explosions at Burundi ammunition depot kill civilians, witnesses say

This portable monitor just hit its lowest price ever: $50
NOW $50 MNN 15.6-inch Portable Monitor View Deal The 15.6-inch MNN portable monitor isn’t flashy or extravagant, but it’s dependable as a second screen for laptop users. Now that it’s on sale for $50 at Amazon, you’ll be saving 44% off its retail price—matching the lowest price it’s ever been, a solid deal...

Microsoft’s botched Windows 11 March update has an emergency fix
Microsoft has released an emergency update for Windows 11. Update KB5086672 is an out-of-band update intended to resolve issues caused by the optional Windows update KB5079391 from late March. Just this past weekend, Microsoft paused rollout of the issue-laden update: “This update is no longer being offered to new devices due...

The Full Nerd Newsletter: The Podcast is…live
Be careful what you wish for. That’s the phrase I heard time and time again growing up. It also applies to a particular wish from viewers of The Full Nerd, our weekly show that covers enthusiast PC hardware. Specifically, from those who also subscribe to our TFN newsletter and started...

‘AI’ is making Major League Baseball players shrink
Name something bad happening in the computer or consumer electronics space, and you can point to “AI” as a culprit. High prices, low stock, degrading search results, enshittification, I could go on. So I will: Copilot. But allow me to take a pause from the dumpster fire that is the...

Microsoft is scrapping another Windows 11 troubleshooting tool
In recent years, Microsoft has discontinued a number of command-line tools, and now it’s time for yet another one to be retired. This time, it’s the Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA), a tool that’s been used for troubleshooting Microsoft 365, Office, Outlook, and Windows, among other Microsoft products and services. The...

Business leaders keep betting on AI despite recession
KPMG survey finds most executives will keep pouring money into artificial intelligence through a recession, with USD $186 million planned on average next year.

‘The gravity is not lost on me’: All Whites coach on his next big World Cup task
Darren Bazeley has selected squads for four age-group World Cups and an Olympics in the past. This time the responsibility is far greater.

Germany's first Omani LNG shipments arrive despite Middle East disruptions

South African army arrive in crime hotspots to help tackle gangs

IndiGo lands IATA chief Willie Walsh as new CEO

German petrol stations hike prices as once-a-day rule takes effect

Gen Z is engineering an analog future — and it’s at least a $5 billion opportunity

Apple at 50: From Apple I to the iPhone to AI and beyond

Hasbro investigates cybersecurity incident, takes some systems offline

OpenAI just raised a historic amount of money. Here are 2 stunning numbers you shouldn't forget.

What is a crypto wallet? A beginner's guide to crypto storage.

Perplexity AI is now in Firefox: How to use, disable, or remove it
Perplexity is one of the most widely used AI chatbots. Mozilla has now integrated this AI into its Firefox browser. To use it, click the downward-pointing arrow next to the search icon in the browser’s address bar, and then select “Perplexity.” Then enter your prompt in the address bar — in...

Anthropic leaked its own Claude Code source code by mistake
Anthropic has confirmed that it accidentally leaked the source code for its popular AI-powered coding tool Claude Code. The entire source code for Claude Code was accidentally exposed via a misconfigude .map file in its npm package. Over 500,000 lines of code were exposed, revealing all kinds of internal details and...