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It’s slushy season, and Ninja’s frozen drink machine is nearly half off
Woot is making it more affordable to own a frozen drink machine. Ninja’s Slushi that has an 88-ounce container for storing your ice-cold creations is down to $1...
Roku hits a major milestone with 100 million users
Roku continues to solidify itself in a very busy streaming landscape. As of April, over 100 million households are streaming with Roku devices, including its st...
Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping
The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the world’s largest music labels $322 million in damag...
Bluesky is having some issues in one of its 'reginos'
Bluesky is once again having a wobble. The platform says some of its systems are down and that it’s “investigating an incident with service in one of our regino...
Meta Quest headset prices are going up on April 19
The RAM crisis has prompted another company to jack up hardware prices. Meta says it will be increasing the price of Quest headsets on April 19. The Meta Quest...
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
In the span of a few years, age verification went from an idea to standard practice on large parts of the internet. Seeking to prevent kids from accessing porn,...
The Cybertruck of e-bikes is here to replace your car
It was at about 36 miles per hour that I decided the Infinite Machine Olto is not a bike. Sure, it has pedals, you don't need a license to ride it in most (but...
Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay
Mired in controversy and legal woes over concerns about its chatbots' interactions with users, particularly teens, Character.AI seems to be playing it safer wit...
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among m...
Moft adds a tracker and shutter button to its magnetic tripod wallet
Moft's MagSafe wallets have long been overachievers with folding designs that double as smartphone stands. Its latest creation, the Moft Trackable Tripod Wallet...
Canva’s AI 2.0 update goes all in on prompt-powered design tools
Canva has overhauled its design and workspace suite as it attempts to become the ultimate centralized hub for AI-powered content creation. The platform announce...
Intel’s cheaper Panther Lake chips are for budget-friendly laptops
Intel is announcing a family of cheaper Panther Lake laptop processors called the Core Series 3 line. They're built on the same Intel 18A process as the higher-...