From The Verge: Apple’s week of surprise product launches continues with the announcement of the second-generation AirPods, which will include a wireless charging case and a new H1 chip that the company claims offers improved battery life and “Hey, Siri” support to trigger the virtual assistant...

From PC Mag: The e-reading world just got brighter. Amazon today announced a new base-model Kindle with a front light for $89.99, making it the first Kindle under $100 with a built-in light for reading at night.

While everybody seems to have a smartphone now, which support e-book reading apps...

From CNET: We've seen three generations of Google Pixel phones, and so far they've all been winners. The bummer? They're on the expensive side, with the excellent Pixel 3 starting at $799, £739 or AU$1,199. The larger Pixel 3 XL is even pricier.

Google will be introducing new, more affordable...

From NZXT Press Release: NZXT today announces the HUE 2 Ambient RGB Lighting Kit V2, powered by CAM. The updated version of the HUE 2 RGB Ambient Kit brings product improvements that make installation easier and help ensures that the included LED strips will be securely attached to your monitor. In...

From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today presented its new NH-U12A premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. The NH-U12A is the latest, 5th generation of Noctua’s award-winning U12 series of 120mm size coolers. Conceived to push the envelope of the 120mm form factor, it combines two of Noctua’s flagship...

From Cooler Master Press Release: Cooler Master today announces the release of the NR series with two new cases: The MasterBox NR400 and the MasterBox NR600. The NR series streamlines form and function to provide a minimalistic design and bold performance.

Two models launch alongside each other...

From PC Mag: New guts have come to most of the Apple iMac line. With an update to internal component configurations, Apple's highest-end iMac significantly narrows its performance gap with the iMac Pro, and its mid-level configuration now offers more processing muscle for the same price as its...

From ComputerWorld: Slack has given large business customers control over the keys used to encrypt and decrypt data created in its team collaboration application.

The enterprise key management (EKM) feature was initially unveiled at the company’s Frontiers event in San Francisco in September...

From CNET: The Inbox by Gmail app will join Google+ in digital oblivion in two weeks, it seems.

We've known that Google was discontinuing the personalized email app for a few months, but some people got a notification saying it'd shut down April 2 and a link pushing them to the main Gmail app....

From PC Mag: Last month, Google updated its Gboard keyboard for iOS and added haptic feedback. This month, the Gboard update is all about being able to translate text into lots of different languages with very little effort on your part.

Version 1.42.0 of Gboard for iOS launched on March 14 and the...