58-year-old casual restaurant chain shut down 163 locations
Red Lobster will close two more locations in Alabama (Montgomery and Huntsville) on Sept. 6, reducing its total from 524 to 522 locations (495 in the U.S.).
Aug 29, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Red Lobster will close two more locations in Alabama (Montgomery and Huntsville) on Sept. 6, reducing its total from 524 to 522 locations (495 in the U.S.).
Aug 29, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Whoop Life costs $359 per year and bundles blood pressure insights, an ECG Heart Screener package, priority phone support, and a 5.0 medical-grade sensor.
Aug 29, 2026 ·
Engadget
Windscribe’s Back to School deal cuts a full year of Pro VPN access to $39 instead of $69 (64% off), which works out to a little over $3 per month and stays locked for the lifetime of the subscription.
Aug 29, 2026 ·
CNET
1080p can look better than 4K on a TV when the “4K” stream is heavily compressed, since compression discards fine details like shadow transitions, film grain, texture details, and complicated motion information before the TV decodes it.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Bandai’s upcoming Tamagotchi Ring is a playable, color-screen Tamagotchi you wear on your finger, with pre-orders running Aug. 27–Oct. 6 in Japan and a ¥7,700 (about $48) price, expected to release in February 2027.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Anbernic’s RG 55G1 Switch Lite–style handheld goes on sale August 31 with a price range from $150 to $225.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
A soft reset restarts a Roku TV without deleting apps, account info, Wi‑Fi details, or saved preferences, while a factory reset wipes personal settings, unlinks the TV from the associated Roku account, and removes installed channels and account information.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
U.S. revenue from microdramas is expected to reach $1.5 billion this year as short, scripted phone series aimed at repeat viewing and payments draw more Hollywood involvement.
Aug 29, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
BYOK is planning optional “scripts” that will expand what the distraction-free writing gadget can do, with examples including a screenplay assistant, a character note tool, and a writing analyzer that can extract highlighted text into notes and flag passive voice.
Aug 29, 2026 ·
The Verge
Bluetooth pairs and reconnects Wireless CarPlay, while Wi‑Fi carries the active CarPlay session (including CarPlay audio, video, control data, and phone-call audio) after the initial setup.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
No digital TV antenna can provide reliable over-the-air reception from thousands of miles away (including claims of 6,000-mile or 150-mile range), because TV signals are limited by line of sight over Earth’s horizon and are blocked/degraded by terrain and obstacles.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
72% of the 1,000 people surveyed by Neighbors Bank have paused their home search waiting for lower mortgage rates, and 41% of those holdouts already regret it.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Joseph Fink said his understanding of storytelling was shaped by the 1999 adventure game Grim Fandango, including specific lines and images that have stayed with him.
Aug 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Kevin O'Leary said he’s comparing paper towel pack sizes in Walmart to get the best deal as grocery and household items cost 5.9% more year over year (a $1,000/month household would spend about $59 more per month, or over $700 per year).
Aug 29, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Clearing cache can slow apps and websites temporarily because you delete the “shortcut” they reuse until the cache is rebuilt by re-downloading or re-creating data.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Therabody’s Theragun Sense (2nd Gen) is a $299 massage gun aimed at “everyday” aches, using four built-in visually guided routines on an LCD screen that show where to use the gun, for how long, and what pressure to apply.
Aug 29, 2026 ·TechCrunch
USB-to-Bluetooth adapters can be a simple way to add Bluetooth to PCs, and the best pick depends on your needs for connection quality (Bluetooth codecs/latency), number of simultaneous device connections and range, and whether you need dual connectivity with Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth within your budget.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
Apple may stagger the iPhone 18 lineup so iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and a rumored foldable iPhone Ultra debut in September (with a Sept. 9 event), while the base iPhone 18 and iPhone Air 2 are expected to be pushed to spring 2027.
Aug 29, 2026 ·CNET
Galaxy Z Flip 8’s main upgrade is its more versatile 4-inch cover screen, letting you access full versions of apps (with an app drawer and quicker notifications/Quick Settings), so you can use the phone without opening it as a phone on the outside.
Aug 29, 2026 ·The Verge
Restart your MacBook and, if the slowdown recurs, use macOS System Settings and Activity Monitor to pinpoint whether it’s driven by low startup-disk storage, high CPU use by a specific app, or Memory Pressure turning yellow or red due to heavy memory consumption.
Aug 29, 2026 ·Engadget
