Best CD rates today, Monday, August 17, 2026: Lock in up to 4.30% APY
The top CD rate today (Monday, August 17, 2026) is 4.30% APY on Synchrony Bank’s 16-month CD.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
The top CD rate today (Monday, August 17, 2026) is 4.30% APY on Synchrony Bank’s 16-month CD.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The Thermal Master P3 ($279) lets users scan a phone for heat maps that can detect hidden cameras, insulation problems, and certain water leaks with plus/minus 3.6°F accuracy and a -4°F to 1,112°F measurement range.
Aug 17, 2026 ·
CNET
Tessan’s Surge Protector Power Strip is discounted 20%, with the grey version available for $23 for Prime members ($27 for non-members) and the black version marked down to $29.
Aug 17, 2026 ·CNET
TCL Tab A1 Plus Nxtpaper (10,000mAh) pairs a 12.2-inch 2.4K Nxtpaper display with a press-of-a-button switch between color and “ink paper” modes designed to reduce eye strain (including lower blue light output and flickering).
Aug 17, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Peak Design’s City Line bags include a named BagLev hook that lets you hang the bag off chairs, ledges, tabletops, or counters to keep it “mostly free of urban gunge.”
Aug 17, 2026 ·
The Verge
Wall Street expects Target’s Q2 earnings per share to rise 13% and revenue to grow 4%, and expects Walmart’s Q2 earnings per share to rise 9% and revenue to grow 5%.
Aug 17, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Disney revealed multiple new Disney park lands and attractions, including Disney World’s Villains Land (Magic Kingdom) with a roller coaster through Maleficent’s fortress and a dark boat ride, Cars-themed Frontierland expansions with Miss Fritter’s Daredevil Spin-Along and Cars Ridge Run Rally, Animal Kingdom’s Tropical Americas Land with Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent and Antonio’s Fiesta de Encanto, and a Monstropolis overhaul at Hollywood Studios opening next year.
Aug 17, 2026 ·CNET
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal’s first full-length collaboration, DOOMED!, is their breakup-focused record built around Segal’s more grounded, commanding beats and Eagle’s unusually intimate, personal lyrics.
Aug 16, 2026 ·The Verge
OnePlus said it will exit North America and Europe in July, and for future Android versions users are expected to switch from OxygenOS to Oppo’s ColorOS, which shares the same codebase as of 2021.
Aug 16, 2026 ·
Engadget
Today’s Wordle (Aug. 17, No. 1885) answer is TRIBE, which begins with T, ends with E, has no repeated letters, and has two vowels.
Aug 16, 2026 ·CNET
Modern Android protection (including Google Play Protect) makes third-party Android antivirus unnecessary for most users, though extra protection can make sense for higher-risk behaviors like sideloading, disabling Play Protect, or using devices without timely security updates.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Retro games were engineered for CRT display behavior—like scanlines, interlaced vs progressive rendering, and how dithering shows up on a phosphorescent screen—so they look off on modern LCD/OLED TVs that require deinterlacing and handle analog signals poorly.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Newegg’s GPU Trade-In program can offer trade-in credits far below recent eBay sale prices, such as a Zotac RTX 2060 Super that sold for $161.99 on July 13 versus Newegg listing the same model type at a $60 trade-in (before marketplace and shipping fees).
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Android Auto offers deeper customization (multi-window layout, configurable placement of maps/media/widgets, and support for using your phone’s background wallpaper), while Apple CarPlay is more locked down despite updates like split-screen and rearranging an app grid.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
A $500/month investment split across VOO, SCHD, and QQQM is projected to reach about “a million” over 35 years using a 9% blended annual return assumption.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple’s new Upgrade Program is interest-free leasing with Klarna (replacing the prior iPhone Upgrade Program) and it expands leasing from iPhones to iPads, Apple Watches and Macs.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Pixel 11 Pro adds HiLight, a pulsing light indicator on the camera bump that signals incoming phone calls and Gemini interactions by displaying an aura of color.
Aug 16, 2026 ·ZDNet
Retro is a “friends-only photo journal” where you share at least one moment every week, and followers can only view your posts (free tier) from the current week.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
A 1TB MacBook Pro M5’s price rose by about $300 (June 2026 Apple hardware price hikes), and the article says pricing is unlikely to come down any time soon.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Nintendo’s GameCube used proprietary 3.15-inch “miniDVD” optical discs that held just under 1.5GB—smaller than standard 4.17-inch DVDs—and needed GameCube-specific drives to read them.
Aug 16, 2026 ·Engadget
