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Kasa’s Matter-compatible smart plugs are on sale for $11 a pop

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Mar 18, 2026

If you’re looking for an easy and affordable way to add smarts to your home, you can buy two Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Slim smart plugs on sale for $21.99 ($8 off) at Amazon and B&H Photo. That’s the bund...

My favorite robot vacuum now supports Matter

  • Technology
  • Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
  • Mar 18, 2026

Matic, my current top pick for the best robot vacuum, just got a big update. The unique-looking floor bot now works with Google Home and Apple Home, with support coming through the smart home standard...

Weird Nintendo never went away

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Mar 18, 2026

Nintendo has been playing it safe of late, whether it's the conservative nature of its Switch successor or the squeaky-clean image presented in its museum. As the company has expanded its ambitions, i...

PSA: Hackers can raid iOS 18 with an infected link

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Mar 18, 2026

If you've been putting off an update to iOS 26, now might be the time to do it. On Wednesday, security researchers published findings on a new hacking tool that targets iPhones running iOS 18.4 to 18....

The best early Amazon Big Spring Sale deals you can get right now

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Mar 18, 2026

Amazon’s Prime Day sale may arrive earlier than usual this year, but there’s a deal event happening much sooner: Amazon’s annual Big Spring Sale, which is happening March 25th through the 31st. While...

Philips new audio gear brings back the bright bold colors of the ‘80s

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Mar 18, 2026

Not even electronics were able to escape the dominant '80s aesthetic of garishly bright colors. Both Sony and Philips offered devices wrapped in yellow plastic during that era, but Philips has decided...

Oh, you think the government will regulate Kalshi and Polymarket? Wanna bet?

  • Technology
  • Elizabeth Lopatto
  • Mar 18, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has a problem: It's not very good at policing insider trading. And insider trading has become a pressing concern for prediction markets. Even Kalshi's recently...

The hits keep coming in Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s first trailer

  • Technology
  • Charles Pulliam-Moore
  • Mar 18, 2026

The first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is finally here, and it looks like Marvel and Sony are about to put Peter Parker through a different kind of existential crisis. Though nobody in Brand...

The great EV pullback: all the obstacles, cancellations, and delays

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Mar 18, 2026

The auto industry bet big on electric vehicles, but now those ambitious goals are falling apart. Demand was already slowing down when Donald Trump took office and took an ax to pro-EV policy: the elim...

Nvidia has lost the plot with gamers

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Mar 18, 2026

Nvidia surely thought it was doing a good thing for gamers by "upgrading" the faces of our favorite video game characters. But that just shows how much the company has lost the plot. Nvidia could've m...

DLSS 5: Has Nvidia’s AI graphics technology gone too far?

  • Technology
  • Richard Lawler
  • Mar 18, 2026

Nvidia has revealed a new “3D guided neural rendering model” called DLSS 5 that can change a game’s lighting and materials in real-time, and… many gamers aren’t happy. From DLSS 5 memes to complaints...

BMW brings back the i3 as a funky four-door EV

  • Technology
  • Tim Stevens
  • Mar 18, 2026

BMW's new class of EVs begins with the iX3 SUV, but you had to know it wouldn't end there. The company's engineers didn't spend all that time working up a completely redesigned and substantially more...