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Reading Time: 3 minutesHappy Friday and welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, the Pips puts

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs an actor, Bradley Cooper can be exciting and explosive because he refuses to take himself all that seriously. In critically heralded films like Silver

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Google Translate app has been a worthy addition to any international traveler’s tech arsenal ever since it launched in 2006; Google claims it now

Reading Time: 8 minutesWant to get your pulse racing and your spine tingling? Maybe you need something spooky as an excuse to cuddle up closer to your crush?

Reading Time: 2 minutesCalifornia is riding a wave of Big Tech legislation, with the state’s leaders signing several technology-related bills in quick succession. The first, referred to as

Reading Time: 3 minutesSeventy-thousand. That’s the number of users who may have had their government-issued IDs stolen as part of a major breach of the popular chat and

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the film festival season drawing to a close, award season is heating up. Now is the time for aspiring Oscar hopefuls to make themselves

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe landing page for Neil Young’s music archive on Amazon Music. (Amazon Music screen grab) Neil Young is encouraging his listeners to reject “big corporations

Reading Time: 3 minutesSeattle biotech and AI panel at a one-day conference Oct. 8, 2025. From left: Alex Federation, Talus Bioscience; Erik Procko, Cyrus Biotechnology; Marc Lajoie, Outpace

Reading Time: 3 minutesSamsung is trying to eat Apple’s lunch in the XR space, and it might have the device to do it. Android Headlines got a hold

Reading Time: 6 minutesThere’s no shortage of midrange earbuds with good Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). The only trouble is finding one that offers a good value for the

Reading Time: 2 minutesSAVE 17%: As of Oct. 10, you can get the Sony ZV-1F Vlog Camera for $498, down from $599, at Amazon. That’s a 17% discount