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SwitchBot’s rechargeable button pusher is on sale for over 20 percent off

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SwitchBot’s Bot Rechargeable can be attached to pretty much anything with a button, including monitors. | Image: SwitchBot If you want to give mom something that helps lighten the load, the SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable makes for a great, inexpensive gift. And now through May 10th, you can buy it for around $26.99 ($7 off) from Amazon and SwitchBot (with code FORHER20 ) as a part of its ongoing Mother’s Day sale , which drops the gadget to its best price to date. The original, battery-powered SwitchBot Bot is also on sale at Amazon for $22.99 ($7 off) in black or white , if you’re looking to spend less. SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable Where to Buy: $33.99 $27.19 at SwitchBot (with code FORHER20) $33.99 $26.99 at Amazon (with on-page coupon) SwitchBot’s tiny helper is easy to set up, and once attached to a button or rocker switch, it uses a small arm to press buttons on your behalf — no rewiring necessary. You can control it from your phone or set it o...
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The best Star Wars Day deals

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May the Fourth be with us all on this Star Wars Day. While things have been relatively quiet with the multimedia gold mine that is Star Wars , with just some murmurs about upcoming movies ( The Mandalorian and Grogu excluded), a lone live-action show on the horizon, and a long way to the release of the Fate of the Old Republic game, it’s nevertheless a day to celebrate the franchise. And by that, I mean it’s time to save money on some Star Wars goodies. Whether you celebrate Star Wars Day by hosting a movie marathon, or you just have a mild appreciation for the franchise, the power of the force will compel you to buy everythi — whoa, sorry about that. We’ve rounded up deals on video games, Lego kits, movies, and more. If you’re buying for a superfan, Amazon , Walmart , and Best Buy are all offering deals on all sorts of Star Wars merchandise, from toys and Band-Aids to water bottles. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is steeply discounted at multip...
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Tesla hits Musk’s threshold for ‘safe unsupervised’ driving

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We've crossed yet another one of Elon Musk's self-driving thresholds. Tesla's fleet of vehicles using the company's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system has driven over 10 billion miles, according to the company's updated safety page . That means the company has crossed the line Musk set earlier this year for "safe unsupervised" driving. But Tesla owners did not suddenly wake up today to find their FSD (Supervised) vehicles transformed into FSD (Unsupervised) ones. FSD is still just a Level 2 system that requires a fully attentive human driver behind the wheel to monitor the road and be prepared to take over at any moment. In January, Mu … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/transportation/922900/tesla-10-billion-miles-unsupervised-fsd-robotaxi-elon-musk
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Hisense aggressively cuts the price of its RGB LED TV on release day

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Hisense didn’t wait to reduce the UR9’s price by over 40 percent. | Photo: John Higgins / The Verge The Hisense UR9 - the first RGB LED TV to be released this year - is now available for much less than originally revealed. The 65-inch UR9 is now $1,999, while the 75-inch model is $2,999 and the 85-inch is $3,999. (There's no updated price yet for the 100-inch.) That's between $1,500 and $2,000 off, depending on size. When I reviewed the UR9 , my biggest issue was its price. At $3,500 for a 65-inch, both the LG G6 and Samsung S95H - flagship OLED TVs - were less expensive than the UR9, and OLED still outperforms what I've seen from RGB LEDs. Then, two days after my review published, Samsung released pricing for its own high-end R95H RGB LED … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/922571/hisense-cuts-price-ur9
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Homebridge 2.0 is here, and it speaks Matter

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Homebridge , the popular software solution that allows you to integrate non-HomeKit devices like Ring cameras into Apple Home, is adding support for the Matter smart home standard. Today, May 4th, Homebridge 2.0 , which has been in beta for over three years, officially launches. Along with other improvements, the update brings the "initial groundwork for Matter support," according to a post on the r/homebridge subreddit from NorthernMan5 , one of the GitHub core maintainers. The update enables Homebridge to act as a Matter bridge in addition to a HomeKit bridge, allowing Matter devices to appear in Apple Home through Homebridge. It will also … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/922877/homebridge-2-0-matter-update-robot-vacuums
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AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?

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This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how AI is changing music and the music industry, follow Terrence O'Brien . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here . How it started The use of generative AI in pop music started almost as a gimmick. There was a sense of experimentalism to 2018's I AM AI by Taryn Southern and 2019's Proto by Holly Herndon , albums that were created with significant assistance from AI. Others got in on the action too, exploring the outer limits of tools like Google's Magenta and even training their own mod … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/column/921599/ai-music-is-flooding-streaming-services-but-who-wants-it
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Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million

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Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez won a historic sum of $375 million in a landmark child safety case against Meta earlier this year. But the next stage of the fight could be even more consequential for Meta and the social media industry at large. Beginning Monday, attorneys for Meta and New Mexico will return to a Santa Fe courthouse for a three-week public nuisance trial, where they'll argue over the changes the AG wants the judge to order Meta make to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Those changes include adding age verification for New Mexico users, prohibiting end-to-end encryption for users under 18 and capping their use to 90 … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/policy/922380/new-mexico-meta-public-nuisance-trial-kids-safety
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