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You can grab a Sonos Era 100 for $85 off thanks to Sonos’ latest refurb sale

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Apr 20, 2026

The new Sonos Era 100 SL keeps costs down by dropping the mics, but if you’d rather keep hands-free voice controls, picking up a refurbished, non-SL model is the way to go. Thankfully, Sonos is taking...

Deezer says AI song uploads have nearly overtaken human music

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Apr 20, 2026

Deezer says it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated song submissions to its music streaming platform each day, accounting for about 44 percent of all daily uploads, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. D...

Fortnite developers can make AI characters now — just don’t try to date them

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Apr 20, 2026

Following last year's AI-powered Darth Vader in Fortnite that swore in a recreation of James Earl Jones' voice, Epic Games is now letting Fortnite creators experiment with a new "conversations" tool t...

La-Z-Boy’s recliners and sofas are getting built-in Klipsch speakers

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Apr 20, 2026

La-Z-Boy announced a new AudioLuxe furniture line with recliners and sofas upgraded with built-in sound systems that deliver "crystal clear tones and deep bass vibrations." The company is partnering w...

Birdfy’s new 4K feeder wants to teach you about the birds it identifies

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Apr 20, 2026

Birdfy has announced a new version of its camera-equipped metal feeder with an upgraded camera to make you feel even closer to nature while staring at your phone from the sofa. The Birdfy Feeder Metal...

Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Apr 20, 2026

An autonomous scarlet robot named "Lightning" finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year's fastest robot, which took two hours...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket grounded after delivering satellite to wrong orbit

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Apr 20, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration grounded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket after it shuttled its payload to the wrong orbit during its launch on Sunday, according to a report from the Orlando Sentine...

Tesla launches robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, and oops, it’s already unavailable

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Apr 20, 2026

Tesla claims to have launched a robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston over the weekend, but so far, online crowdsourcing tools indicate that very few cars are actually available. On Saturday, @TeslaR...

Canva’s CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software

  • Technology
  • Nilay Patel
  • Apr 20, 2026

Today, I’m talking with Melanie Perkins, founder and CEO of Canva, a popular online design tool. I always enjoy talking with Melanie. She was last on the show a couple of years ago, just as the AI rev...

The Elden Ring movie hits theaters in March 2028

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Apr 20, 2026

It's going to be a little while before The Lands Between is realized in movie form. Bandai Namco just confirmed that the live-action Elden Ring movie, which was announced last year, is expected to hit...

This pasta sauce wants to record your family

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Apr 20, 2026

As if there weren't already enough devices listening in on everything being said in your home, Prego, the pasta and pizza sauce brand, is releasing a device designed to record everything said around t...

Vampire Survivors’ new spinoff switches genres but keeps the good vibes

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Apr 20, 2026

When Vampire Survivors first exploded onto the scene, it was pretty much all I could think about. The formula of jumping into runs, taking on thousands of enemies, and becoming absurdly overpowered ke...