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Apple AirPods 4 on sale for $119 at Amazon and Walmart — $60 off

As of Jan. 29, Mashable reports the Apple AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation are on sale for $119 at both Amazon and Walmart, a $60 discount — 34% off the $179.99 list price — and about $20 away from their lowest price, which hit during Cyber Week. Mashable says the

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Tesla ends Model S and Model X to build Optimus humanoid robots

Tesla is ending production of the Model S sedan and Model X SUV to free factory space to build its Optimus humanoid robots, the article says; Tesla claims the robots will go on sale in 2027 and Elon Musk has claimed they will sell in the billions and add up

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Renpho Lynx smart ring review: $170 Oura alternative with no subscription

ZDNET tested the Renpho Lynx smart ring and found it to be a bare‑bones wellness tracker that costs $170, records basic health data and requires no subscription. The reviewer noted the Lynx’s distinct design and simple hardware: it comes in black and silver, sizes six through 13, features

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PS Plus PS3 cloud streaming on PS5 has been broken for nearly two weeks

Streaming PS3 games through PlayStation Plus Premium on PS5 has been reportedly broken for at least two weeks, preventing subscribers from booting classic PS3 titles via cloud streaming. The issue surfaced two weeks ago on the PS Plus subreddit in a thread titled "Got a problem with Streaming on

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Nvidia GeForce Now launches native Linux beta with up to 5K and higher FPS

Nvidia's GeForce Now is officially available on Linux in beta, bringing a native client that unlocks higher resolutions (up to 5K) and higher frame rates, PC Gamer reports. Until now, Linux users had to use the browser version or third‑party apps like GeForce Infinity. Nvidia noted the

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The best document management software of 2026, expert-tested

ZDNET's expert-tested roundup, "The best document management software of 2026: Expert tested," names Notion its top pick for document management and compares Notion, DocuWare, Google Workspace, Microsoft SharePoint and Adobe Acrobat Studio. The review says the evaluator prioritized security, compliance and discoverability, and ran hands-on tests

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MITO AI raises $4.5M led by Lightspeed to launch AI video workflow platform

MITO AI said it raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and is launching its product on Thursday after testing with about 200 beta partners, the company exclusively told Business Insider. The startup positions itself as a project-management and workflow platform for generative-AI filmmaking,

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GOG used AI-generated sale banner, in-house artist confirms

Digital PC storefront GOG used AI-generated artwork to advertise an ongoing 2026 sale, and a graphic artist who works at the company confirmed the image was created with AI on January 26, Kotaku reports. The image was first noticed by someone on Reddit and reported to GamingOnLinux; observers pointed to

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FBI seizes RAMP ransomware marketplace

The FBI has seized RAMP, the predominantly Russian-language online bazaar that billed itself as the "only place ransomware allowed." Visits to RAMP's dark-web and clear-web domains on Wednesday returned pages saying the FBI had taken control, with a banner stating, "I regret to inform you

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PC Gamer's new issue lands with world-exclusive World of Warcraft: Midnight coverage

PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now and features a world exclusive on World of Warcraft: Midnight, the dark new chapter of the Worldsoul Saga. The cover feature includes unprecedented access to Blizzard's HQ and several hours of hands-on time with the expansion, which

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ZDNet guide: Shopify best for beginners; Stripe, ShipStation, Canva and Klaviyo also recommended

ZDNet's expert-tested guide says Shopify is the best e-commerce software to build an online store in 2025 and highlights Stripe, ShipStation, Canva and Klaviyo as top complementary tools for payments, shipping, design and marketing. The guide describes Shopify as beginner-friendly, secure and scalable, with built-in AI (Shopify Magic)

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Tim Berners-Lee: 'We can fix the internet' — but urges tighter control on AI

Tim Berners-Lee told the Guardian on his book tour that “We can fix the internet,” arguing it’s “not too late” even though the network is now “optimised for nastiness.” He identified commercialisation as a central problem, saying “the Americans were very keen about commercialising the internet, crossing the boundary

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Roku OS 15.1 adds Subscriptions hub to surface titles across paid services

Roku is quietly rolling out OS 15.1, which adds a new Subscriptions hub on the home screen that gathers paid streaming services and shows Continue Watching, Newly Added, and popular and trending titles, ZDNET reports. The Subscriptions menu appears on the left side of the home screen above Settings

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Nintendo requires default censorship for Dispatch on Switch releases

Dispatch launched on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on January 28, but the Nintendo versions censor some explicit content by default with no option to disable, developer AdHoc told Eurogamer. The original release offered a settings option to censor explicit content, but the Switch builds apply censorship by default; that

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RedMagic Air 11 review: sleek gaming phone launching January 29, 2026

ZDNET reviewed the RedMagic Air 11 and says the phone will be released globally on January 29, 2026, with availability on RedMagic’s official site from that date. The review highlights the phone’s gaming-focused hardware: a Snapdragon 8 Elite CPU, RedCore R4 gaming chip, next‑gen active cooling with

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OpenAI chair Bret Taylor: Vibe coding will stay, but AI agents will reshape software

OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor said on the "Big Technology Podcast" Wednesday that vibe coding — using AI and natural-language prompts to build software quickly — will stick around, but it isn’t the biggest shift coming to tech. Taylor said vibe coding will soon feel normal rather than novel,

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M5 iPad Pro had longest battery life in ZDNET lab tests

ZDNET ran lab battery tests on nine popular tablets in Louisville and found the M5 iPad Pro lasted the longest — a little over 15 hours at maximum brightness — earning the model a ZDNET Lab Awards badge, according to the report. Testing used a dedicated PC with an NI USB-6001 DAQ,

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Deezer offers AI-music detection tool to rival streaming platforms

Deezer announced Thursday it is making its AI detection tool available to other streaming platforms; the tool automatically tags fully AI-generated music, removes such tracks from algorithmic and editorial recommendations, demonetizes them and excludes them from the royalty pool, the company said. Deezer introduced the detector last year and told

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Blizzard bans GDKP on Anniversary realms but allows most in-game services

Blizzard has put a moratorium on gig economies in its World of Warcraft Anniversary realms, saying it will continue to ban GDKP raids and other business ventures it deems “non-traditional,” a community manager explained in a January 27 post on the Blizzard forums. Community manager Linxy said the clarification on

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Target employee documents steep SSD and memory price hikes amid AI-driven demand

On January 28, a Reddit user going by Scarfeezy posted images that appear to show them using a phone and an app to raise prices on SSDs and other memory-related PC parts at a Target store; the user told Kotaku they work at a Target in Pennsylvania. The images shared

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Why solid-state batteries aren’t in iPhones yet

Solid-state batteries promise higher energy density, improved safety and longer life, but they are not in iPhones yet because the technology and supply chain are not ready to produce the billions of cells needed; people in the industry expect large-scale production by the early 2030s, the ZDNET article says. Solid-state

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Code Vein 2 launches Jan 29 — regional unlock times and preload info

Code Vein 2 launches at 3 p.m. PST on January 29, with the deluxe edition having unlocked three days earlier for owners of that version. Regional unlock times given by PC Gamer are: Los Angeles 3 p.m. PST on Thursday, January 29; New York 6 p.m. EST

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Three free tweaks that improve Sonos soundbar performance

ZDNET’s Jada Jones says three free tweaks can dramatically improve the performance of Sonos soundbars. Start with placement: make the soundbar as close to eye level as possible, centered on the TV, and avoid putting it inside a cabinet. Jones notes that room layout, content audio format, room size

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SDesk: Arch-based Linux distro available now to replace Windows 10 PCs

SDesk is an Arch-based Linux distribution available now, free of charge, and you can install it on as many computers as you need, ZDNET reports — the reviewer tested it as a potential replacement for Windows 10 PCs. SDesk uses the GNOME desktop configured to resemble a "standard" desktop

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Nioh 3 Steam demo runs well on an aging RTX 3060 rig, PC Gamer says

Nioh 3 now has a pre-release Steam demo, and PC Gamer’s Shaun Prescott reports it runs surprisingly well on his aging PC rig. Prescott notes Team Ninja’s recent PC launches have often been problematic: Rise of the Ronin arrived with stuttering, frame-rate issues and crashes, the studio apologized