Sonos Confirms Tariff-Driven Price Hikes Are Coming Later This Year

From PC Mag: If you've been eyeing a Sonos speaker, now might be a good time to buy. In its latest earnings report, the company has announced plans to raise prices across its product range later this year.

The price hikes, as Bloomberg reports, are in response to incoming reciprocal tariffs on...

Hackers can bypass Microsoft Defender to install ransomware on PCs

From PC World: In a report published by security company GuidePoint Security, they’ve issued a warning that hackers can effectively bypass Microsoft Defender to install and deploy Akira ransomware.

This is done by exploiting a vulnerable driver called rwdrv.sys, which is a legitimate driver used by...

Apple to Pump $100 Billion More Toward Manufacturing in US

From CNET: Apple said Wednesday it plans to invest another $100 billion during the next four years to increase manufacturing in the US.

The company's wide-ranging announcement -- which was leaked early by the White House -- said it will now spend $600 billion to hire more US workers and expand some...

Nvidia says its chips don’t have backdoors, wants to keep it that way

From PC World: Nvidia is sitting on an absolutely mind-boggling amount of money… like, enough to make Solomon and Midas and Croesus go, “Wow, that’s a lot of money.” It’s become one of, if not the, richest companies on the planet by riding both the crypto and AI chip booms. But are all those pricey...

Turtle Beach Unveils New Racing Gaming Accessories for Xbox & Windows

From Turtle Beach Press Release: Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: TBCH) today unveiled a significant expansion to its line of simulation and racing game accessories. The new gear includes two new VelocityOne™ Race simulation accessories – the Turtle Beach® VelocityOne™ Race KD3 wheel and pedals...

XPG Launches VALOR NANO Compact Cases with the All-New PYMCORE SFX PSU

From XPG Press Release: XPG, Unlike the past when creators and gamers had to settle for bulky tower PCs dominating their desktops, NVIDIA SFF-Ready standard now offers a high-performance, compact solution that optimizes internal space and thermal efficiency. Responding to the growing demand for “no...

Apple Reportedly Working on a ChatGPT-Like Search Experience

From CNET: Apple is internally working on a "ChatGPT-like search experience" to instantly generate answers for users, according to a report from Bloomberg on Sunday.

The Answers, Knowledge and Information team, or AKI, is a team within Apple looking to make internal AI products for its devices...

Beware! Anker bundles sneaky $10 subscriptions with Nano power banks

From PC World: Anker remains one of our preferred sources of power banks, USB-C hubs, and other PC and phone peripherals. But beware buying them from Anker itself. You might end up with a $9.99/mo “Plus subscription” that you’ll have to spot and actively cancel.

Some of Anker’s slim Nano products...

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