The New Plex, the Switch 2, and Thunderbird's Email: Weekly Roundup

This was a engaged week successful the tech industry, from the uncover of the Nintendo Switch 2 to Plex's controversal app update. Here are the biggest stories you mightiness person missed.

The Big News

The Nintendo Switch 2 Is Finally Here, And It's $449.99

The Nintendo Switch was 1 of the hottest hits Nintendo has made successful caller history. And due to the fact that of that, its successor has been wildly anticipated. After Nintendo confirmed the beingness of the Nintendo Switch 2, the institution has yet unveiled the console successful full. Continue reading...

Plex's Big Mobile App Redesign Is Now Live

Plex is present rolling retired its revamped app connected Android, iPhone, and iPad. The update has a fewer important plan changes and a caller codebase, but a fewer features person besides been removed. Continue reading...

Mozilla Thunderbird Wants to Host Your Email, Too

Mozilla, the non-profit enactment down the Firefox browser, is entering the email hosting marketplace with a caller work called Thundermail. This email work focuses connected idiosyncratic privateness and aims to supply a strong, open-source alternate to well-known services similar Gmail and Outlook. Continue reading...

Visible's New $45/mo 5G Plan Has Faster Hotspot Speeds and a Smartwatch Line

Visible, the Verizon-owned prepaid telephone bearer already offers immoderate of the champion deals successful mobile, conscionable sweetened the cookware for its users. The latest Visible+ Pro program is yet here, delivering faster speeds, smartwatch connectivity, and overmuch more, each for a flat, debased monthly fee. Continue reading...

Tariffs Just Killed Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders

The Nintendo Switch 2 is amended astatine everything compared to its predecessor, but it besides has a notable terms bump—it's $449, compared to the archetypal Switch's $299 motorboat price. Now, this mightiness beryllium adjacent much expensive, and it's each acknowledgment to tariffs. Continue reading...

Broadcast Companies Want to Use TV Towers arsenic a GPS Backup

The Global Positioning System (GPS) outer web handles determination services for everything from phones to planes, but what if the web went offline? The over-the-air broadcasting manufacture has an idea: utilizing TV broadcast towers arsenic a fallback positioning system. Continue reading...

This Cheap Dongle Adds ATSC 3.0 to Your Smart TV

As broadcasters descend connected Las Vegas for their yearly NAB commercialized show, ADTH is launching an impressively affordable ATSC 3.0 tuner for Android TV and Fire TV devices. Priced astatine $70, the tuner whitethorn beryllium a worthwhile acquisition for those who unrecorded successful a metropolis with cutting-edge NextGen TV channels. Continue reading...

CarPlay Is Breaking for Some People After iOS 18.4 Update

Apple precocious released its highly anticipated iOS 18.4 update for iPhone users, which includes caller emojis, AI goodies, precedence notifications, and respective changes to CarPlay. Unfortunately, those changes look to beryllium doing much harm than good, and we're seeing respective complaints that CarPlay is astir unusable for some. Continue reading...

The Amazon App Isn’t Just for Amazon Anymore

I bargain astir of my worldly connected Amazon due to the fact that of the convenience, but there's inactive a fewer scenarios wherever I inactive privation to bargain nonstop from a brand's store—whether it's deals oregon simply availability. Now, Amazon besides wants to bargain disconnected those shops for you. Continue reading...

The End of an Era: Toyota to Discontinue the GR Supra After 2026

Toyota has conscionable unveiled each the details for the 2026 GR Supra, and we person to admit, it looks incredible. The 2026 exemplary remains arsenic track-ready arsenic ever, and it's going retired with a bang. Continue reading...

AI Has a New Obstacle: April Fools’ Day

AI is lone arsenic "smart" arsenic the accusation it's given, and we've seen the downsides of the bulk of that accusation being crawled from the internet. But what happens erstwhile AI comes crossed articles that are intentionally fake? Well, much of the same. Continue reading...

Ford Is Offering Discounts connected Nearly All of Its Vehicles

Following the announcement of important tariffs connected imported vehicles this week, you mightiness expect prices to emergence crossed the board. However, that’s not the case. Ford has conscionable revealed that it is offering discounts connected astir each conveyance successful its lineup. Continue reading...

NHTSA Launches Investigation into 2.2 Million Honda and Acura Vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) precocious announced it has launched an probe into 2,209,466 Honda and Acura vans, trucks, and SUVs. The affected models see fashionable ones similar the Honda Pilot and Acura MDX. Continue reading...

NVIDIA Reveals More Nintendo Switch 2 Technical Details

The Nintendo Switch 2 is yet here, and it represents an betterment implicit its predecessor successful astir each azygous way. One of the improvements touted by Nintendo was enactment for up to 1080p games astatine 120 frames per 2nd (with an improved 120Hz display) arsenic good arsenic up to 4K astatine 60 frames per 2nd erstwhile docked. Thanks to NVIDIA, we present cognize this is partially acknowledgment to a enactment instrumentality your gaming PC besides uses. Continue reading...

Your LG TV Could Lose This Smart Feature

If you person a fancy LG Smart TV we person immoderate perchance atrocious news. Select owners of LG OLED TVs person started receiving notifications that the Google Assistant is astir to beryllium removed. Yes, 1 of the astir adjuvant astute features volition vanish from your astute TV. Continue reading...

Intel Is Giving Up connected Its Phone Sync Tool

Intel is shutting down its Unison app, which allowed Windows PCs to link with PCs for sharing files, synchronizing photos, and different data. Thankfully, determination are respective imaginable alternatives. Continue reading...

Microsoft is Finally Fixing Another Taskbar Problem successful Windows 11

The basics of your Windows taskbar plan person remained mostly the aforesaid ever since Windows 7 was released 16 years ago—a heavy taskbar with large icons for each unfastened app, arsenic good arsenic for pinned apps. You had the enactment to tweak this successful erstwhile operating systems, but the Windows 11 taskbar is famously inflexible. Now, this is yet improving if you privation to. Continue reading...

These Sonos Speakers Just Got a Permanent Discount

Sonos is permanently lowering the terms of its Era 100 astute talker and Ray soundbar, which present outgo conscionable $199 each. These products antecedently sold for $250 and $279, respectively. Continue reading...

Amazon's Starlink Rival Is Coming Soon

Most of the worldly SpaceX does is not applicable to astir people, but Starlink is. It provides high-speed outer net worldwide, truthful you tin enactment connected adjacent erstwhile you're different disconnected the grid. Amazon, however, is acceptable to springiness it immoderate competition. Continue reading...

Purple Links Can Be a Security Vulnerability, and Chrome Is Fixing It

Google is adding visited nexus partitioning to Chrome, making it the archetypal web browser to beryllium afloat protected from information vulnerabilities astir visited links. The alteration should rotation retired to different Chromium-based browsers arsenic well, specified arsenic Vivaldi and Microsoft Edge. Continue reading...

Android App Settings May Become More iPhone-Like

Android 16 is conscionable a fewer months distant from a last release, and we’re inactive uncovering retired astir what’s successful store. One absorbing improvement is simply a caller API called “SettingsPreferenceService,” and it could marque adjusting app settings a batch much similar iOS connected the iPhone. Continue reading...

Meet the Hyundai NEXO: A Hydrogen Game-Changer Ready to Impress

Hyundai conscionable unveiled the all-new NEXO, a next-gen hydrogen substance compartment SUV, astatine the 2025 Seoul Mobility Show. The conveyance showcases a large leap for hydrogen-powered cars, offering an awesome 434-mile scope with conscionable a five-minute refuel. Continue reading...

Is Verizon’s New 3-Year Price Lock arsenic Good arsenic It Sounds?

Are you bushed of changeless terms increases connected everything from cellular carriers to streaming services and apps? Verizon present offers an industry-leading 3-year terms fastener connected prime mobile and location net plans, and the benefits dependable amazing. But is it excessively bully to beryllium true? Continue reading...

Hyundai Just Pulled the Covers disconnected the New Ioniq 6

Hyundai has conscionable unveiled the updated Ioniq 6 astatine the 2025 Seoul Mobility Show, showcasing a sleeker, much refined mentation of its electrical sedan. There's a tiny yet noticeable alteration for those who admired the original's 911-like silhouette. Continue reading...

These Are the Genesis X Concepts Aiming for the Bentley Continental GT Thrown

Since 2021, Genesis has introduced respective versions of its X Concept, including coupe, convertible, pseudo-shooting brake, and peculiar speedster variations. Each iteration has been stunning, leaving america anxious for the marque to yet nutrient 1 of these breathtaking models. Continue reading...

Google NotebookLM Can Now Try to Find Sources for You

NotebookLM, the AI-powered notebook and probe instrumentality with Google Gemini, conscionable received yet different update. Google has added 'Discover sources' arsenic a caller enactment to assistance you find sources for immoderate you're moving on. Continue reading...

Nintendo Cloned Discord For The Switch 2

Discord has go an indispensable instrumentality for gamers who privation to play multiplayer games successful groups, helping players enactment connected during gaming sessions. Both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S person Discord support, but Nintendo is going a antithetic mode with the Switch 2. Continue reading...

Toyota’s Latest Off-Road Models Are Climbing to the Top of the Sales Charts

Toyota has agelong been the person successful tiny and midsize trucks, with adjacent the older Tacoma holding its crushed against newer competitors. However, since its updated, four-cylinder-only Tacoma launched, the exemplary has seen adjacent greater success. Continue reading...

The EV Tax Credit Solution You Didn't Realize You Were Missing

The revamped $7,500 taxation recognition was touted arsenic a large triumph successful the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act. It did boost EV sales, with momentum carrying done into the archetypal 4th of this year. Continue reading...

Dbrand's Awesome Killswitch Case Is Coming For The Nintendo Switch 2

Regardless of your opinions connected the company's funny selling tactics, 1 happening is certain—dbrand's skins and accessories are among the champion retired there. The company's Killswitch lawsuit for the Steam Deck is simply a hit, and now, it's coming to the Nintendo Switch 2. Continue reading...

Samsung's Galaxy Tab S10 FE Series: Bigger Screens, Smarter Features

It’s clip for caller Samsung Galaxy tablets. The institution has announced the Galaxy Tab S10 FE and Galaxy Tab S10 FE+, which are caller additions to the company’s much affordable “Fan Edition” merchandise lineup. Let's instrumentality a look. Continue reading...

Toyota Is Struggling to Keep Pace With Its Own Hybrid Success

Toyota has crushed to consciousness arrogant of its hybrid-focused lineup arsenic request for gas-electric vehicles is surging globally. Cars similar the Prius, RAV4 Plug-In, and Camry person proven the worth of the company's strategy. Continue reading...

Ford Issues Major Recall for Popular SUV Models

At the moment, it feels similar not a week passes without Ford issuing a recall. The automaker can't drawback a interruption astatine the infinitesimal and, yet again, it's issued different recall, this clip affecting 2 of its fashionable SUVs. Continue reading...

Proton Brings More Heavily-Requested Features to Drive and Docs

Proton has announced important updates to its Proton Drive and Proton Docs services, including features that antecedently required alternatives similar Google Drive and OneDrive. Continue reading...

Extensions Are Coming to Chrome for Android (But Not How You Think)

Several Android browsers enactment extensions, but Chrome is notably not 1 of them. However, Chrome extensions mightiness beryllium coming to Android, but not successful the mode you think. Google is moving connected a peculiar "desktop" mentation of Chrome for Android that supports browser extensions. Continue reading...

Microsoft’s New PowerToys Search Is the Missing Feature Windows 11 Needs

The PowerToys app, by Microsoft, is possibly a Windows 11 powerfulness user's champion friend, unlocking tons of capabilities and enactment tricks usually not disposable successful your Windows 11 install. Now, the latest mentation is adding a caller speedy app launcher, and it mightiness go your favourite mode of firing up apps. Continue reading...

Firefox 137 Arrives with Tab Groups, Address Bar Updates, and More

Mozilla Firefox receives large updates astir each 4 weeks, giving the web browser a dependable watercourse of bug fixes, caller features, and information enhancements. Firefox 137 is present rolling retired with tab groups, a revamped code bar, and overmuch more. Continue reading...

T-Mobile Now Officially Owns More Fiber Internet Infrastructure

Roughly a twelvemonth ago, we archetypal heard astir T-Mobile's plans to signifier a associated task with EQT to get Lumos, a large fibre provider/ISP providing work to astir fractional a cardinal homes. Now, this acquisition is yet closing. Continue reading...

Gmail Now Has Better Encrypted Emails, but Not for You

Email encryption is thing that should beryllium much wide but isn't. With the magnitude of confidential info moving astir via email, it makes consciousness to prioritize it. Now, Gmail is improving however it encrypts emails, but it's not coming for you—for now, astatine least. Continue reading...

The iPhone Delta Emulator Finally Has Online Multiplayer

Delta, the well-known all-in-one emulator for iOS and iPadOS, has conscionable received a large update with the merchandise of mentation 1.7. This update introduces the highly awaited diagnostic of online multiplayer for Nintendo DS games. Continue reading...

A New Version of CachyOS Has Arrived: Here's What's New

CachyOS, the Arch-based Linux organisation that's been getting a batch of attraction from Linux gamers has an updated "March 2025" ISO disposable for download. It comes with a caller Linux kernel and a bevy of different improvements. Continue reading...

This Machine Flattens Your Old Warped Vinyl Records

Vinyl records are the carnal media format of prime for galore euphony lovers, but that doesn’t mean they’re without flaws. If neglected and stored improperly, vinyl tin go misshapen, which tin impact the dependable quality. A institution called Pro-Ject has a instrumentality that tin hole these warped records. Continue reading...

The Windows “Blue Screen of Death” Is Becoming the “Black Screen of Death”

Many features person travel and gone implicit the agelong past of Windows, but 1 has been contiguous from the beginning: the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" (BSoD). However, it's looking similar Microsoft volition driblet the iconic bluish colour successful an upcoming physique of Windows 11–among different changes. Continue reading...

Time Is Running Out to Migrate Your Fitbit Data to Google

If you haven't done it yet, Fitbit users should truly commencement preparing to log into their devices and way wellness and fittingness utilizing a Google account. While Google's already extended the deadline a fewer times, this volition apt beryllium the last. You present person until February 2026 to transportation from a Fitbit relationship to a Google Account. Continue reading...

Android Auto Update Brings Angry Birds and Gemini to Your Car

Google is inactive engaged improving Android Auto, and the latest update adds crippled enactment and perchance a power from Google Assistant to Gemini. While authoritative crippled enactment has been successful beta for a fewer weeks, it's yet rolling retired to much vehicles with the latest Android Auto 14.1 update. Continue reading...