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Save up to $142: Prime Day is in its final hours, so if you’re looking to save on some TCL gear, now’s the time. Nxtpaper tablets and phones are discounted right now at Amazon, for up to $142 off. Real talk: Some of these markdowns are the lowest
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Here’s your NYT Strands hint for today, plus the spangram and all of today’s Strands answers for puzzle [#943] on [Friday, Oct. 2, 2026]. Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Today’s Strands theme is “A star is born.” And here’s a hint: Think about people whose
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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle was a tough one. That blue category theme has showed up before, and I don’t know it any better now than I did back then. Read on for hints and the answers. Yellow group hint: Grizzlies, maybe. Green group hint: Homes for
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Save $300: Prime Day is winding down, but you can still snag some epic discounts before the retail event ends. If you’re in the market for a new projector, this Hisense C3 smart laser projector is priced at $1,700. That’s 15% off its regular $2,000 price
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We’ve been talking a lot about the exclusive Prime Day sales and marked-down deals happening this week. But there are noteworthy perks to having an Amazon Prime subscription (which you can try for free), including the ability to play the latest Star Wars racing game right now for free.
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If you want portable power these days, there is no shortage of power banks and power stations to choose from. A power bank is small enough to carry around, but it generally won’t run anything much larger than a laptop. Power stations can handle bigger loads, but they are
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The Nintendo 64 controller is already pretty unwieldy, with three handles, an oddly placed analog stick, and enough buttons to keep both hands busy. ChaosBench decided the obvious solution was to make it even harder to use by building a gigantic, fully functional version. The oversized controller works with N64
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* Toshiba plans to nearly double AI storage HDD capacity by fiscal 2027 * Toshiba is spending $380 million to expand Philippine HDD production capacity * New Toshiba drives could increase storage capacity by 40% per drive Artificial intelligence is giving conventional hard drives an unexpected second wind, as data centers require enormous
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If you’re one of the lucky people who, over the past month, managed to acquire one of the latest Apple Watch models or the AirPods 5, there’s something about your new piece of tech you should know — they’re not easy to repair. That might not seem like
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* Kansas City developer proposes 20-story data center on only 0.23 acres * Only two floors of Revitalization Unlimited's 20-story tower would house servers * The vertical data center would cost $183 million — $1,300 per square foot Recent research from real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield claims the average
