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AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes

  • Technology
  • Gaby Del Valle
  • Jun 22, 2026

Joyce, a native New Yorker, didn't think finding her first solo apartment in the city would be easy. But she also didn't think it'd be "hell." After looking at a lot of tiny, overpriced places she des...

The Apple Watch SE 3 is just $199 for Prime Day

  • Technology
  • Victoria Song
  • Jun 22, 2026

The Apple Watch SE 3 is at an all-time low of $199, making the sleeper hit of last year’s Apple Watches an even better value. While the Series 11 and Ultra 3 were iterative updates, the SE 3 was a wid...

The Steam Machine is the start of an even more expensive future for game consoles

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Jun 22, 2026

It's no secret that just about every aspect of video games is getting more expensive. Game consoles are getting regular price hikes, PC components are spiking in cost, and the golden age of affordable...

Google invests in A24 to build AI movie tools

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Jun 22, 2026

Google's DeepMind AI lab is teaming up with A24 to develop new movie production technologies that aim to help future filmmakers "expand their storytelling possibilities." As part of this new research...

Valve is working with AMD to bring FSR 4 to the Steam Machine

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Jun 22, 2026

The Steam Machine is a cool little console that's about as powerful as a PlayStation 5, according to my colleague Sean Hollister's in-depth review. But one area where it lags behind is with its earlie...

Here’s how you can reserve a Steam Machine

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Jun 22, 2026

The Steam Machine is here, but getting one is a little complicated. Valve is taking preorders using a reservation system, which is intended to make the process more fair and harder for bots to exploit...

Did you know? Alan Greenspan and Ayn Rand were close friends

  • Business
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
  • Jun 22, 2026
  • US

One of the most intellectually important relationships in the life of the late Fed chair Alan Greenspan was with his close friend, the formidable novelist and libertarian thinker Ayn Rand.

Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Jun 22, 2026

If you don't get lucky with Valve's Steam Machine reservation system, you can make your own Steam Machine instead. Valve says that "starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own...

Valve explains why it isn’t subsidizing the Steam Machine

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Jun 22, 2026

Valve finally announced the price of the Steam Machine, and like a lot of new gadgets these days, it's not cheap: It starts at $1,049 for a 512GB model, and a 2TB model costs $300 more. Configurations...

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Jun 22, 2026

After months of waiting, Valve has finally announced that the Steam Machine, its new living room-friendly PC, will start at $1,049 and go on sale beginning June 29th. You can now register your interes...

The Steam Machine is the most ambitious game console I’ve ever played

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Jun 22, 2026

My first day with the Steam Machine was a mess. Instead of enjoying a worry-free game console, I spent hours troubleshooting what felt like a finicky PC. That's because the Steam Machine is a PC, with...

RingConn’s Lord of the Rings promotion assumes smart ring wearers want to be like Gollum

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Jun 22, 2026

Smart ring maker RingConn's marketing copy says Lord of the Rings' "enduring narrative highlights a simple but powerful idea: that meaningful transformation often begins with the choices we make each...