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Amazon has cut Chipolo Loop Bluetooth trackers to $33 (from $39), the lowest price since launch.
Aug 22, 2026 ·
CNET
Amazon has cut Chipolo Loop Bluetooth trackers to $33 (from $39), the lowest price since launch.
Aug 22, 2026 ·CNET
Nintendo Switch Online costs $20/year for the base plan and $50/year for the Expansion Pack, and it’s framed as generally “good value” because it includes online multiplayer access, a Nintendo Classics library of around 200 NES/SNES/Game Boy games, and cloud save backups.
Aug 22, 2026 ·
Engadget
Android Auto is set to gain native YouTube video playback while parked in a rollout “this year,” with HD videos at 60 fps and a switch to audio-only mode while driving.
Aug 22, 2026 ·Engadget
Musical Spirograph lets you generate hypnotic musical compositions in a browser by tracing hypotrochoids and epitrochoids that trigger notes as the moving points pass through concentric rings.
Aug 22, 2026 ·
The Verge
Bluetooth headsets add roughly 200ms of audio latency in real-world use, which can be enough to make you miss timing windows in fast-paced games.
Aug 22, 2026 ·Engadget
American, Japanese, and European/Oceania GameCubes are region-locked, so an NTSC-U console won’t play NTSC-J games (and PAL games won’t play on the other regions).
Aug 22, 2026 ·Engadget
W. Kamau Bell says his most indispensable tool is “a charger.”
Aug 22, 2026 ·The Verge
Netflix 4K streaming in Google Chrome on PC requires a Netflix Premium plan plus HDCP 2.2 support on both the display and the PC’s video output, and HEVC codec support on the operating system (Windows 11 required).
Aug 22, 2026 ·Engadget
Pixel 11 Pro XL’s biggest day-to-day improvement is faster, “snappier” camera performance—Night Sight is also faster, and Pro Res Zoom’s max zoom increases from 100x to 120x while Looks and Magic Capture add new ways to shoot and save images.
Aug 22, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Amazon raised prices on Echo, Fire TV, Kindle, and eero products by up to 60%, citing “significant increases in memory and storage component costs.”
Aug 22, 2026 ·The Verge
“Shot with IMAX” means filmmakers used IMAX’s large-format film cameras (15-perf 65mm), while “Filmed for IMAX” is a production workflow that can use either IMAX film cameras or IMAX-certified digital cameras and is optimized for IMAX presentations.
Aug 22, 2026 ·Engadget
HP’s 16-inch OmniBook 3 with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD can be had for about $520, making it a rare cheap laptop that avoids the current 8GB/low-storage downgrade trend.
Aug 22, 2026 ·The Verge
Google’s Pixel Bluetooth Diagnostics runs tests for a problematic Bluetooth accessory (including media audio and calls) so you can pinpoint what part of the connection is failing before you forget devices or factory reset the phone.
Aug 22, 2026 ·Engadget
Todd Nepola says that if you plan to hold real estate for 10, 20 or 30 years, it’s “always the best time to buy real estate,” because even a bad market is a good time to buy and a good market is also a good time to buy.
Aug 22, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Red Hook Studios released Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge for $7, adding The Runaway and The Duelist (each adds a hero roster slot) plus new trinkets, three districts, and town events to the original Darkest Dungeon.
Aug 22, 2026 ·Engadget
Fairphone 6 Plus is now sold directly in the US, and iFixit awarded it a 10/10 for repairability.
Aug 22, 2026 ·The Verge
A T-Mobile Simple Choice legacy plan for 2 lines at $80/month (with AutoPay) was pushed to T-Mobile Experience More at $140/month (with AutoPay), and the author says switching to Mint now costs about $20/month less (roughly $120/month in savings).
Aug 22, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Google’s Pixel Tag tracking stands out from AirTags because it uses Bluetooth Channel Sounding (with UWB support) instead of relying on AirTag-style Bluetooth Low Energy RSSI proximity sensing.
Aug 22, 2026 ·ZDNet
The Searching for Skylab team is releasing nearly all surviving Skylab mission video they could find across three volumes totaling 26 DVDs, including an updated version of the 2019 documentary.
Aug 22, 2026 ·
The Register
Casio’s new £55 F-B100W adds Bluetooth pairing and step tracking while still running for about two years on a replaceable CR2016 battery.
Aug 22, 2026 ·The Register
