From CNET: There are a lot of smart glasses right now, including a lot of display glasses, which work specifically like plug-in monitors for your face. Xreal makes a number of them. A new set made along with Asus, the ROG Xreal R1, is arriving starting in June. They have a better refresh rate than...

From PC Mag: Netflix’s ad-supported tier is proving successful amid the cost-of-living crisis and households balancing price hikes across many streaming services. Even Netflix's own ad-supported plan saw a $1 hike in March, up to $8.99 a month.

At the recent Upfront conference, Netflix's annual...

From PC World: You won’t have to worry about searching for and uninstalling faulty drivers on your Windows PC in the future. In a recent Hardware Dev Center blog post, Microsoft unveiled a new feature called Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, which allows the company to roll back faulty drivers that...

From CNET: Rufus has gone to the kennel. Amazon is replacing its e-commerce AI assistant with Alexa for Shopping, which will be available to all US customers within a week.

The new feature will be available to customers using the Amazon Shopping app and website, as well as Echo Show devices. It's...

From PC Mag: Sony avoided a major redesign of its flagship smartphone for over half a decade, keeping the same look since 2020’s Xperia 1 II. Rather than vertically oriented cameras, Sony is now moving to a raised camera island at the top left of the rear of the new Xperia 1 VIII.

The redesign is...

From PC World: Lenovo’s latest ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 helps mark the debut of AMD’s next-gen Ryzen AI 400 laptop processor, the last of the 2026 mobile platforms. The ultralight, configurable productivity laptop earns a top score from iFixit for repairability and upgrades.

A pound might not be that...

From CNET: Apple's next big iOS update could make one of the iPhone's most important apps feel a lot more personal.

The company is planning to overhaul the iPhone's Camera app in iOS 27 with a fully customizable interface, according to a Tuesday report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. You would...

From Corsair Press Release: SCUF Gaming® (NASDAQ:CRSR) today unveiled SCUF Omega, a performance controller designed from the ground up and officially licensed for PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®5 Pro consoles. Built on 15 years of innovation and esports championships, SCUF Omega represents the...

From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today presented the much-anticipated black version of its award-winning NF-A12x25 G2 120mm flagship fan. Available in single-fan and speed-offset dual-fan packs, the new chromax.black variants provide the same state-of-the-art quiet cooling performance for PC cases...

From PC Mag: eBay isn’t merging with GameStop, for now. The e-commerce platform has rejected GameStop’s unsolicited $56 billion takeover bid, calling it “neither credible nor attractive.”

EBay’s board confirmed the decision in a letter to GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen on Tuesday. The board’s primary...