Smart home gadgets, Google Cloud bill, missing liver, AllBirds AI, Excel tricks, Tim Cook, Huawei foldable, Humble truck and Earth Day. Back when I was in high school, I was an exchange student to France one summer. This was before the Internet hit, before we always had a camera, basically the days when we didn’t have a digital attachment. I basically have one photo from that summer that I’ve included below. But nothing of the place where I lived and so I turned to Google Maps to see if I could find it. I did and here’s a Maps link! Even better, it doesn’t look like much has changed in the many years that have passed. The last few days a lot of memories have flooded back from that summer living on the Mediterranean. There was a lot in this week’s news and you’ll find all the biggest stories below.
- Asus TUF Gaming A14 (2026) review: Big CPU power in a mispriced gaming laptop
- Amazon Eero Signal review: 4G LTE internet backup for your Eero mesh network
- I Tested Wired USB-C Earbuds Under $30. This Is the Only Pair Worth Your Money
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***** Get IQUNIX Magi96 Low Profile Keyboard at Amazon ***** - The PLAUD NotePin S is an AI voice recorder you can wear
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***** Get Cosori 9-in-1 TurboBlaze Air Fryer 6 Qt at Amazon *****
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***** Get MORENTO Air Purifiers for Home at Amazon *****
***** Get Blink Video Doorbell (newest model) at Amazon *****
***** Get Cync GE Smart LED Light Bulbs at Amazon ***** - Razer Pro Type Ergo Review: Effortless Ergonomics With Gaming Roots
***** Get Razer Pro Type Ergo Wireless Split Ergonomic RGB Keyboard at Amazon ***** - Dyson HushJet Mini Cool vs. Shark ChillPill: Which Handheld Fan Is the Coolest?
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- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 review: More cache, more cash
- Framework’s overhauled Laptop 13 Pro brings a redesigned chassis — Intel Core Ultra Series 3 system aims to be a ‘MacBook Pro for Linux users’
- Keychron K3 Ultra Review: Got Wood?
***** Get Keychron K3 Max SE QMK Wireless (2.4 GHz & Bluetooth) Custom Mechanical Keyboard at Amazon ***** - Anker Soundcore Space 2 Review: Big Sound and Battery Life at a Budget-Friendly Price
***** Get Soundcore Space 2 by Anker at Amazon ***** - DJI Avata 360 Review: The Best 360 Drone for Creators
***** Get DJI Avata 360 at Amazon ***** - I Want It. Hands On With the Framework Laptop 13 Pro, a New Premium Player
- From a Booking.com Breach to YouTube Phishing: The Internet’s Security Problem Just Got Worse This Week
- Spotify Wins $300M in Battle Against Pirate Group. Will It See Any of That Cash?
- I Asked AI to Create Passwords. Here’s Why I’ll Never Do That Again
- Police Send ‘Warning Emails’ to 75,000 Suspected DDoS Attackers
- Vercel confirms breach as hackers claim to be selling stolen data
- AI cloud company Vercel breached after employee grants AI tool unrestricted access to Google Workspace — hacker seeking $2 million for stolen data
- Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 150
- Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18,000+ bill despite $7 budget, thanks to forgotten API key in published project — attacker put in 60,000+ requests and blasted through $1,400 spending cap
- Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen
- Prolonged AI use can be hazardous to your health and work: 4 ways to stay safe
- Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
- Sources: ‘Fitbit Air’ is a screen-less Whoop competitor debuting with ‘Google Health’ subscription
- I Tested Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Blood Pressure Feature and I’m Not Impressed
- What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?
- Your AirPods Are in Your Ears All Day. Here’s How to Clean Off All That Wax
- Is Your Wristband Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat? Do This to Clean Your Smartwatch or Fitness Tracker the Right Way
- Why Zorin OS 18.1 is simply the best Linux distro – for anyone
- Shoe company Allbirds pivots to AI compute in sign of a totally normal and healthy economy
- OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM
- I Just Vibe Coded a Global Mass Surveillance Site in 2 Hours With OpenAI’s Codex. It Was Terrifyingly Easy
- I found the apps slowing down my PC – how to kill the biggest memory hogs
- Microsoft’s April patch puts Windows domain controllers into reboot loops — third known issue from KB5082063 is affecting Windows Server 2016 through 2025
- Curious About Claude? Try These 8 Beginner-Friendly Tasks First
- Amazon to invest up to another $25 billion in Anthropic as part of AI infrastructure deal
- Firefox’s New Boss Has a Very Old-School Plan: ‘Build a Better Browser’
- Original Task Manager creator explains why it lies to you about CPU usage — former Microsoft engineer shows unique solution to a seemingly simple, but actually complicated, task
- Samsung is ending Messages in July: 5 replacements I’d switch to now
- Android 17 ends all-or-nothing access to your contacts
- Microsoft: Built-In Windows 11 Antivirus Is Enough Protection for Most Users
- New Firefox update patches a whopping 271 bugs with help from Claude Mythos
- Why I’m deleting Firefox for good – and which browsers never let me down
- I’ll Make You a Spreadsheet Pro. Try My 50 Favorite Excel Tricks
- Apple Watch Software Problems Are a Hassle to Fix, But That Could Change Soon
- T-Mobile Grounds Free In-Flight Wi-Fi Benefit for United Airlines Passengers
- New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone
- The Osmo Pocket 4 Is the First True Victim of the US Government’s DJI Ban
- Intel Launches 6 New ‘Wildcat Lake’ Core Series 3 Chips for Budget Laptops
- Can Gucci Make Smart Glasses Less Nerdy? Google Could Soon Find Out
- Buying Amazon’s New Fire TV Stick HD? Say Goodbye to Sideloading
- It’s Time to Stop Falling for These 24 Ridiculous Tech Myths
- Amazon’s Starlink Competitor, Leo, to Power Golfing Events Later This Year
- Your old iPad or Android tablet can be your new smart home panel – here’s how
- Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time
- Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore
- The Rise of Apple’s New CEO: A Hardware Expert Takes Over in the AI Era
- John Ternus will be CEO of Apple when Tim Cook steps down this fall
- Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down, company names Ternus as incoming CEO
- Tim Cook’s Impeccable Timing
- Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down: Here are his biggest hits and worst flops of the last 15 years
- Your Laptop Needs Some TLC. How to Clean Your Computer Without Damaging It
- Every SK hynix employee could receive $477,000 bonuses this year, almost $900,000 next year — 35,000 workers reportedly set to benefit from share of $169 billion projected operating profit
- TP-Link Meets With FCC About Router Ban Exemption, Says It’s a ‘US Company’
- Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says
- Global growth in solar “the largest ever observed for any source”
- Framework’s CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a “MacBook Pro for Linux users”
- 7 Realistic Things I Want Apple to Announce to Close Out the Tim Cook Era
- Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
- Google unveils two new TPUs designed for the “agentic era”
- AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players
- Intel teases wider range of overclockable CPUs for future platforms — VP Robert Hallock says budget builders ‘deserve the same level of features’ as more well-heeled enthusiasts
- Amazon’s Eero Exempted From FCC’s Foreign-Made Wi-Fi Router Ban
- Apple chooses Amazon satellites for iPhone, years after rejecting Starlink offer
- Your Future Phone Will Have a Battery You Can Swap at Home — Thanks to the EU
- Don’t Pay $1,000 for a New Phone. Here’s What to Do Instead
- Huawei Rolls Out Book-Style Foldable, But the US Will Likely Miss Out
- Latest iPhone Update Fixes Bug FBI Used to Read Deleted Signal Messages
- After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars
- Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever
- Blue Origin Rocket Launches, Then Loses AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Satellite
- Blue Origin’s rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
- $25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options
- Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion
- Humble emerges from stealth with $24M and a cabless autonomous electric truck built to go dock-to-dock
- Xpeng is actually building this electric flying car — I visited the factory
- Elon Musk Confirms Millions of Tesla Cars Need New Hardware for Full Self-Driving
- Mark Twain Had a Lifelong Feud with the United States Postal Service
- Where Does the Saying “Bite the Bullet” Come From?
- How Indian Perfumers Capture the Smell of Rain
- Wild Weather Has Turned Bolivia’s Salt Flats Into a Work of Art
- How A ‘Firefly Course’ Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect
- How the ‘First Lady of Seaweed’ Changed Science
- 9 Wins for the Planet in 2026: Good Things Happening on Earth Day
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