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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus gets a better interface and a 40 percent discount

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is on sale for $29.99, which is $5 shy of its best price. | Image: Amazon When Amazon first showed off its redesigned Fire TV OS at CES, we were impressed. It’s faster, better organized, and feels similar to Google’s top-notch TV interface. The update is now finally rolling out to the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus , making it an even better buy now that it’s on sale for $29.99 ($20 off) at Amazon , Best Buy , and Target — $5 shy of its best price to date. If you want something cheaper and don’t mind waiting for the update to arrive, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select is also on sale at Amazon , Best Buy , and Target , for $19.99 ($20 off), which is $2 more than its all-time low price. Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus Where to Buy: $49.99 $29.99 at Target $49.99 $29.99 at Amazon $49.99 $29.99 at Best Buy The new Fire TV OS update makes navigating content even easier, adding tabs across the top for search, home, movies, TV shows, sports, news...
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Woot’s ‘Video Games for All’ sale features some of our favorite games

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There’s a sale happening at Woot that’s delivering Black Friday-esque deals on video games through March 5th. The “Video Games for All” sale includes discounts on physical games for most modern consoles, making it a great time to treat yourself (or a pal) to some titles that you’ve been waiting to see big price drops for. There are also deals on gaming accessories like totes, controllers, and more. Through February 27th at 11:58PM CT, you can score an additional 20 percent off products looped into this sale by entering the code LEVEL20 at checkout (it caps at $30 total off your order). Everyone’s tastes are different, but some picks in this sale that especially vibe with me include Silent Hill F , which is fun and very different beast from Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake (less item hunting, more countering enemy attacks). Of course, who can argue against the pure fun contained within the Super Mario Galaxy double-pack for Switch that includes the original title and its seque...
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We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

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It's the day of the Pentagon's looming ultimatum for Anthropic: allow the US military unchecked access to its technology, including for mass surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weapons, or potentially be designated a "supply chain risk" and potentially lose hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts. Amid the intensifying public statements and threats, tech workers across the industry are looking at their own companies' government and military contracts wondering what kind of future they're helping to build. While the Department of Defense has spent weeks negotiating with Anthropic over removing its guardrails, including allowing t … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/885963/anthropic-dod-pentagon-tech-workers-ai-labs-react
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Google’s Nano Banana 2 brings advanced AI image tools to free users

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The image generational capabilities of Nano Banana 2 seem comparable to the Pro model. | Image: Google / The Verge Google is bringing a more powerful version of its Nano Banana AI image model to free users. Nano Banana 2 (also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) is rolling out today across the Gemini app and other Google AI platforms, making knowledge and rendering features that were previously exclusive to Nano Banana Pro available for everyone. Google says the update aims to bring "high-speed intelligence of Gemini Flash to visual generation," making complex images faster, cheaper, and easier to generate. Like Nano Banana Pro , the Nano Banana 2 model utilizes real-time information, web search images, and Gemini's real-world knowledge base. Google DeepMin … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/885275/google-nano-banana-2-ai-image-model-gemini-launch
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Samsung’s still chasing the AirPods with its new Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro

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The Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro (pictured) bring an updated look and some iterative changes. The next Galaxy Buds have been announced , and Samsung again mimics Apple in design, ecosystem functionality, and pricing. The Galaxy Buds 4 and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro keep the AirPods-esque design of the Buds 3 , but now have a flat metal surface along the stem's exterior. The regular buds use a single 11mm dynamic speaker and do not have silicone ear tips, while the Buds 4 Pro have a selection of silicone ear tips and a two-way design (meaning a woofer for lower frequencies and a tweeter for the high end), just like the Buds 3 Pro. There's a 5.5mm planar tweeter and a new 11mm "super wide woofer" with an effective area nearly 20 percent larger … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/884434/samsung-galaxy-buds-4-pro-unpacked-2026-announcement
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Samsung Unpacked 2026: live updates from the Galaxy S26 announcement event

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On Wednesday, February 25th, Samsung will hold an event in San Francisco where it’s expected to reveal the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra phones, among other things. Based on leaks and Samsung’s own ads, we’re expecting at least one of the phones to come with a display that can black out sensitive content based on viewing angle , which is genuinely cool and useful. They might also finally have Qi2 ! We are also, alas, anticipating a whole lot of questionable AI photo- and video-editing features . Samsung truly is a land of contrasts. Samsung Unpacked starts at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. It’s streaming live on YouTube (embedded below), and we’ll be live blogging here. Stay tuned. You can still get $30 in Samsung credit when you reserve a Galaxy S26 phone Samsung is on slop watch at Unpacked Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI Samsung is slopping AI ads all over its social channels Samsung’s Galaxy S26 lineup might look familiar. Samsung Galaxy S26 battery pack leak points ...
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Spotify’s Smart Reorder treats your playlists like a DJ set

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Spotify's "Mix" feature now has an option called "Smart Reorder" that can automatically sort users' playlists based on beats per minute (BPM) and key, organizing songs for the best flow from one track to the next. It builds on the existing Mix feature in Spotify and, along with transitions between songs, which were introduced in August , users can now effectively have an automated DJ mix their Spotify playlists for them. The "Smart Reorder" option, announced on Wednesday, is available now in the Spotify app for Premium subscribers. To try it out, open a playlist and tap the "Mix" button then "Edit." The "Smart Reorder" button should be at t … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/884399/spotify-mix-smart-reorder-feature
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