Plex Updates, the Pixel 9a, and a Whole Lot of Tariffs: Weekly Roundup

This was a engaged week successful the exertion world, with the merchandise of the Google Pixel 9a (for existent this time), galore tariff-induced pricing changes, much Plex updates, caller speakers from Sony, and overmuch more. Here are the biggest stories you mightiness person missed.

The Big News

The Google Pixel 9a Is Finally Available, With Some Good Deals

After a abbreviated hold and a spot of confusion, the all-new Google Pixel 9a is yet disposable starting contiguous successful the U.S. from large carriers and the Google Store. If you've been eying this neat small phone, present are the champion Pixel 9a deals from Google, AT&T, Verizon, and more. Continue reading...

Plex Is Fixing Its Unpopular New Mobile Apps

Plex’s caller mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android person much than a fewer problems. Thankfully, the institution is moving connected fixing galore of the reported issues, and 1 update has already been released to hole immoderate bugs. Continue reading...

It's Time to Replace Your Galaxy S20 oregon Galaxy S20 Ultra

Right connected time, conscionable arsenic Samsung starts its large Android 15 update for aggregate phones, the institution has ended bundle enactment for the Galaxy S20 series. Originally launched successful March 2020, the Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and Galaxy S20 Ultra were lone guaranteed 4 years of updates and volition not person immoderate moving forward. Continue reading...

Microsoft's Next Windows API Change Will Break Some Apps

Microsoft has deprecated the UWP Map power API successful Windows. Windows applications utilizing that diagnostic to embed Bing maps volition halt receiving updated maps, and they volition yet halt moving entirely. Microsoft’s ain Maps app mightiness besides unopen down. Continue reading...

T-Mobile Introduces a Sneaky Price Hike for Some Customers

T-Mobile customers with Essentials, Simple Choice, oregon prepaid plans volition wage an other $0.50 per dependable enactment (or $0.20 per data-only line) aft April 23rd. This terms summation does not impact customers with Go5G, ONE, oregon Magenta plans. Continue reading...

Huge WhatsApp Update Arrives With 12 New Features

WhatsApp, 1 of the astir fashionable messaging apps extracurricular the United States, conscionable announced a broad caller update packed with features and improvements. The institution is rolling retired a twelve caller features to amended conversations, radical chats, channels, and more. Continue reading...

The 34-Year-Old AmigaOS 3 Just Got a Surprise Update

Hyperion Entertainment conscionable released the third-ever update for AmigaOS 3.2. This update, disposable to registered customers, introduces a messiness of bugfixes and cosmetic improvements for compatible systems. Continue reading...

Tariffs Just Made The OnePlus Watch 3 More Expensive

The rapidly-changing commercialized tariffs enforced by the United States are causing prices to wildly fluctuate. The OnePlus Watch 3, which already had a delayed merchandise owed to a manufacturing defect, is unfortunuately the adjacent tech merchandise to get a important terms increase. Continue reading...

Sony's New ULT Speakers Are Built for Parties

Sony makes immoderate of the champion speakers and headphones around, and present the institution has revealed a fewer much speakers successful its 'ULT' lineup of enactment speakers. Continue reading...

PNY's Latest microSD Cards Are Ultra-Tough

I'm definite you haven't thought a batch astir it, but microSD cards, similar each different tech, bash degrade. They commencement losing their functionality aft years and respective constitute cycles. If you don't privation to person to interest astir that, PNY has immoderate ultra-tough cards that volition support moving amazingly for years and years connected end. Continue reading...

The Creators of Flipper Zero Want to Boost Your Productivity With a New Gadget

Not a batch of you mightiness ain a Flipper Zero, but you're astir apt precise overmuch alert of each the crazy, hacky worldly 1 of these devices tin do. The creators of the Flipper Zero person conscionable announced a caller product, and portion it mightiness not beryllium arsenic hacky arsenic the Flipper Zero is, it's inactive beauteous neat. Continue reading...

Proton Mail Is Getting Some of Gmail’s Best Features

If you're a instrumentality of Proton's fashionable Mail and Calendar apps, we person immoderate bully news. This week, the Swiss institution revealed that Proton Mail is astir to get its biggest overhaul yet, afloat of features we've travel to expect from Gmail, on with all-new apps for Android and iOS. Continue reading...

Microsoft 365 Service Outage Locks Family Subscribers Out of Office Apps

A planetary work outage has temporarily severed Microsoft 365 Family subscribers from the Office suite. Microsoft is alert of the issue, but it whitethorn instrumentality a fewer hours for the institution to propulsion a fix. Continue reading...

The OnePlus 13 Is the First Non-Pixel to Preview Android 16 (But You Shouldn’t Install It)

If you’re a arrogant proprietor of a OnePlus 13, there’s immoderate bully quality and atrocious quality for you. You're getting a sneak peek astatine Android 16 earlier astir everyone else, but determination are immoderate beauteous large reddish flags you request to know. Continue reading...

The Pixel Watch 3 Is Finally Getting Its “Loss of Pulse” Update

Last year, erstwhile Google announced the Pixel Watch 3, not each of its features were instantly available. The institution was inactive waiting for the FDA support for Loss of Pulse Detection. Last month, that was taken attraction of, and the diagnostic is being enabled done an update now. Continue reading...

The Piranha Plant Switch 2 Camera Kinda Stinks, Actually

The motorboat of the Nintendo Switch 2 is accompanied by a clump of caller console-enhancing accessories. However, portion caller games similar Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are astir guaranteed to beryllium a hit, 1 accessory successful peculiar mightiness beryllium a letdown—the Hori Piranha Plant Camera. Continue reading...

Google Messages Adds Unsubscribe Button for Spam

Getting excessively galore unwanted substance messages has ever been annoying for smartphone users. However, Google is present moving connected a straightforward hole to this ongoing occupation with a peculiar "Unsubscribe" button. Continue reading...

macOS Gaming Takes a Hit arsenic Whisky Development Ends

Whisky is nary longer actively maintained. The fashionable Wine frontend, which served arsenic a escaped alternate to CrossOver, made it easier to tally Windows games and applications connected macOS. Continue reading...

The Latest Smart SUV Packs More Power Than a BMW M3, but American Roads Won’t See It

Smart has conscionable revealed its astir almighty exemplary to date, and it’s a bold connection successful electrical performance. The caller Smart #5 Brabus made its satellite debut arsenic the brand's flagship electrical SUV, and it’s thing but ordinary. Continue reading...

Kia Confirms New Midsize Pickup Coming to America—and It's Not the Tasman

When Kia archetypal confirmed a caller pickup for America, galore speculated it wouldn't beryllium the Tasman. Some thought it mightiness beryllium a Kia-branded mentation of Hyundai's collaboration with GM, oregon possibly a Sportage-based motortruck similar the Hyundai Santa Cruz. Continue reading...

Volts and Faults: The Story Behind BMW's Recent Electrical Recall

Diagnosing and fixing automotive electrical problems tin beryllium incredibly difficult. Today’s vehicles are blase machines with much bundle than galore apps, much processors than a tech company, and much wiring than full cities. Continue reading...

Digital notebook marque reMarkable volition summation U.S. prices this May. "Increased costs," presumably owed to the revocation of de minimis tariff exemptions connected May 2nd, are the crushed for this terms adjustment. Continue reading...

Samsung SmartThings Gets More Health and Matter Updates

Samsung has announced a large update to its SmartThings platform. The update adds immoderate wellness with sleep, but besides keeps Samsung up to day with Matter compatability. Continue reading...

Razer Pauses Laptop Sales successful US arsenic Tariffs Approach

Razer has temporarily stopped selling its laptops straight successful the United States. This determination comes aft the galore tariffs that impact countries that marque hardware. Continue reading...

The Windows 11 Start paper is simply a notable departure from everything Microsoft has done before. A batch of radical got utilized to its unsocial layout, but galore inactive resent Microsoft for hiding the app database distant with respective clicks. Now, it looks similar the institution is yet figuring retired however to marque it better. Continue reading...

FreeDOS 1.4 Has Arrived, Still Runs MS-DOS Games and Apps

FreeDOS, the escaped and open-source alternate to Microsoft DOS (MS-DOS), conscionable released a caller large update. It inactive has fantabulous compatibility with MS-DOS software, including Windows 3.1 and earlier, and galore of the built-in packages person been updated with caller features and fixes. Continue reading...

Google Rolls Out Update to Address Two Android Zero-Day Bugs

Your Android telephone mightiness beryllium astatine risk. Security researchers person uncovered a mates of superior flaws that hackers person been actively exploiting. You'll privation to wage attraction to this. Continue reading...

Razer’s Latest PC Accessory Isn’t (Just) for Gaming

Razer has revealed its ain instrumentality connected an adjustable laptop stand, perfect for turning immoderate laptop into a desktop productivity station. Before you ask, determination are nary RGB lights. Continue reading...

The New Moto G Stylus Is Affordable, but Updates Make It a Tough Sell

Some of you mightiness not remember, but the first-generation Motorola Moto X got Android 4.4 KitKat earlier the banal Android-powered Nexus 4 12 years ago. Under Lenovo ownership, Motorola has strayed acold from that. The Moto G Stylus 2025 is trying to marque things better, but it inactive needs improvement. Continue reading...

Ford Faces Lawsuit successful Canada Over Malfunctioning 10-Speed Gearbox successful F-150

A suit has been filed against Ford successful Canada by Charney Lawyers, who assertion "significant operational issues" with the 10-speed automatic gearbox successful the F-150 pickup motortruck and different models. The class-action suit targets some the Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Company of Canada. Continue reading...

Google NotebookLM Is Finally Getting an App

Personal opinion: NotebookLM is astir apt Google's astir utile AI product. You tin provender it sources and usage it arsenic a utile and susceptible research/study tool. So it's a shame, then, to spot that it someway doesn't person an app—Google pays much attraction to Gemini instead. Now, though, this is yet changing. Continue reading...

Mark Your Calendar: 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Set to Roar Into Production Next Month

Since its debut successful July 2024, the highly anticipated Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has been flooded with orders. It's nary surprise, arsenic buyers person eagerly awaited their accidental to ain this supercar slayer. Continue reading...

Fujifilm's New Tiny Camera Is Amazing

Fujifilm has been a reknown sanction successful the satellite of photography for a agelong while. Its scope of Instax tiny cameras aren't the precise champion successful camera performance, but they're truly fashionable for capturing and printing retired speedy snaps and memories connected the go. Now, the institution has conscionable announced its latest one, and it looks truly cool. Continue reading...

One of the much frustrating parts of the upcoming Switch 2 motorboat is the usage of "game-key cards;" carnal cartridges that bash not incorporate afloat games. Thankfully, Nintendo confirms that these carts volition not beryllium locked to your relationship oregon console. They're shareable and tin beryllium resold. Continue reading...

The Obnoxious “Free TV” Button Is Coming to All Future Google TV Remotes

Last year, Walmart launched a caller Google TV streamer with a distant that had a large 'ol "Free TV" fastener smack dab successful the mediate of it. Google has reportedly confirmed that each aboriginal Google TV devices volition beryllium required to person this fastener from present on. Continue reading...

Someone Got Windows Running connected a Pixel Watch Because Why Not

Imagine glancing down astatine your wrist and seeing the acquainted Windows logo. That's the world a determined PhD pupil has brought to life. Gustave Monce, a sanction you mightiness admit from his erstwhile exploits, has successfully managed to footwear Windows connected a Pixel Watch 3. Because helium could. Continue reading...

Copilot Is Hallucinating a Playable Version of Quake II

Microsoft is demonstrating its caller WHAMM exemplary with a real-time generative mentation of Quake II. You tin play the AI-generated crippled successful your browser, though it's truly conscionable a impervious of concept—it's not precise fun. Continue reading...

Raspberry Pi Made Its Own 45W USB-C Charger

Raspberry Pi present sells its ain 45W UBS Type-C powerfulness supply, arsenic the company’s latest propulsion into hardware accessories. It volition enactment perfectly with immoderate Pi committee that has a USB-C connector, but it besides has capable powerfulness to afloat complaint smartphones, tablets, and galore laptops. Continue reading...

Google Maps Is Cracking Down connected Bad Reviews

When you find and work reviews connected Google Maps, they should beryllium close and trustworthy. In 2024, Google elaborate a slew of breathtaking caller features acknowledgment to Gemini, its AI model, and present we're learning however those tools are improving Google Maps reviews. Continue reading...

Samsung's Big Android 15 Update Is Finally Rolling Out

After an unusually agelong wait, Samsung has yet started rolling retired its authoritative One UI 7 (based connected Android 15) update for galore of its devices, starting with the Galaxy S24 series. And portion that's great, and it's arriving arsenic promised connected April 7th, it's not each bully news. Continue reading...

Cricket Will Let You Trade In Old Phones for Credit Toward Your Bill astatine Any Time

Got an aged telephone gathering particulate successful a drawer? You mightiness beryllium capable to crook that forgotten tech into savings connected your Cricket Wireless bill. The prepaid bearer is rolling retired a caller trade-in program, giving you the accidental to speech your utilized devices for credits applied straight to your work bill. Continue reading...

Copilot Is Finally Catching Up With Other Chatbots

Copilot was initially conceived arsenic an AI constituent to Bing, but it has since evolved into a broad AI contiguous successful beauteous overmuch each Microsoft merchandise close now. And it's present getting a clump of improvements that volition bring it a small much successful enactment with some ChatGPT and Google's Gemini—and bring Bing successful enactment with Google, too, connected that subject. Continue reading...