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Is there any benefit to keeping your smart TV in standby mode?

You might have noticed that pressing the power button on your TV's remote doesn't fully turn it off. Modern TVs are designed to enter a deep sleep or standby mode rather than shutting down completely. They still sip a…

DBrand knocked it out of the park with its Nintendo Switch 2 Killswitch protective gear, and after testing it, I might just keep it on my console forever

It's undoubtedly costly, but with a nifty dock adapter and premium feel, it manages to earn its price. Pros + Excellent ergonomics + Durable, quality feel + Dock attachment enables seamless switching Cons - Pretty pricey…

Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio

The Boring Company account shared Musk’s statement and said it “would be excited and honored to build this massive infrastructure project.” Many of The Boring Company’s announced projects — including tunnel systems in…

Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.

It is the company’s second self-operated shop outside China, after Tokyo in August. The ribbon-cutting is the least interesting part. Iris Deng interviewed co-founder Max Richter in Shenzhen for the South China Morning…

Samsung's Galaxy S26 FE battery trick: lasts longer now, dies faster later

Seven generations of OS upgrades . Seven years of security patches. A phone that stays officially supported into 2033. Now, the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling has published the compliance data for the…

6 fitness trackers that do something different — including the viral retro Casio with hidden depths, and a tracker with a 400-day battery

But is it just me, or are they all starting to feel kinda samey? Casio recently made headlines with its delightfully retro F-B100W , which takes your classic, rubbery, blocky Casio watch and adds in step-counting…

Is the AI industry really ready to slow down?

On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast , Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed whether executives like Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are serious about wanting to slow down. While I was surprised…

Z.ai encrypted the workspace it uploaded so that only Z.ai could open it. Now only Z.ai can say it was deleted.

It had failed 564 times. A smaller file had already gone. Minxiao Chang and Wency Chen reported the account for the South China Morning Post . The archive held a snapshot of a commercial project he was working on…

Microsoft, Meta lost billions on VR headsets — but Snap thinks its $2,195 AR glasses will change the game as it teams up with Nvidia, Salesforce and AWS to crack the enterprise market

The company is looking beyond its established consumer business for workplace applications that could generate demand for its new hardware. Snap’s CEO Evan Spiegel wants businesses to view Specs as a computing platform…

Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking

That hasn’t stopped Vocci from releasing a new device for the same use case in a ring form factor, which is convenient but could create some privacy issues. The ring form factor is one of the easiest for anyone who wants…