AWS re:Invent 2025: How to watch and follow along live
Amazon Web Services’ big annual event, re:Invent 2025, is getting into full swing in Las Vegas this week, and you can follow the keynotes live right here.
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You can double your Switch 2’s storage with Samsung’s $40 microSD Express card
The Nintendo Switch 2 and all things that orbit the console are among the hottest holiday gifts this year. Consider us surprised to not just see the $499 Mario Kart World bundle selling for $50 off at Walmart and many great Switch 2 accessories discounted during Cyber Monday, but also to see a Samsung 256GB […]
MKBHD’s wallpaper app Panels is shutting down
“We knew it was niche… and ultimately, we weren’t able to turn it into the vision I had,” Marques Brownlee said.
This $5 Kindle page-turning remote is all I’m buying for Cyber Monday
I’ve been looking for any huge Cyber Monday deals that I might have missed. Then I saw it — what may very well be the perfect stocking stuffer in 2025: a remote-controlled Kindle screen-tapping gadget for $4.75 (before tax) at Amazon with the code EJXVDK26 (via Slickdeals). It includes a single-button remote that lets you […]
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MKBHD is taking down his wallpaper app
Marques Brownlee’s Panels wallpaper app is shutting down on December 31st, barely a year after its controversial launch. “We made mistakes making our first app, and ultimately, we weren’t able to turn it into the vision I had,” Brownlee said in a video on the MKBHD YouTube channel. The Panels launch in September 2024 was […]
Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom
“I pinch myself going to work every day,” one 51-year-old says of his new supervisor role overseeing 200 workers at a data center site.
Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035
New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.
Microsoft’s ugly sweaters return with Clippy, Xbox, and Zune brown options
Microsoft is bringing back its ugly sweaters for the holiday season. After taking a break for 2024, the company has an “Artifact” holiday sweater with lots of retro iconography, an even uglier Zune brown option, and even a green Xbox version. Clippy was the star of Microsoft’s ugly sweater in 2022, and the Artifact option […]
European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3 billion euros
Europol announced the seizure of Cryptomixer’s official website, as well as 25 million euros and 12 terabytes of data from the mixer’s service.
Festivitas lets you decorate your Apple devices with holiday lights and snow
This year, the whimsical holiday app comes to iPhone and adds a snow effect for Mac users.