Move over, PCI Express 5.0! Micron has shipped the first PCI Express 6.0 SSD, ramping up read and write speeds to unprecedented levels. The bad news? It’s not for PCs. This week, Micron shipped the Micron 9650 SSD, the world’s first PCIe 6.0 SSD, designed for AI training and inference workloads. Unfortunately, those tasks take […]

It was a sweltering Sunday in Brooklyn. Instead of being wasteful and spending $10 on a five-minute Uber, I decided to walk the 20 minutes to a cutesy Japanese stationery cafe with an even cutesier name. Despite the 85 percent humidity, my vanity demanded I wear a full face of makeup with a snatched nose

An executive order by President Trump will eliminate the de minimis exemption on tariffs on a worldwide basis, essentially making everything you buy subject to tariffs from the country of origin. The order will take effect on August 29 at midnight, on goods that enter the country or are withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption.

If last year’s Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 was tried and true, this year’s Galaxy Watch 8 is a bit more like tried and fine. This isn’t overtly bad. Most smartwatch newbies will be delighted by the $349.99 Galaxy Watch 8 — provided they can stomach the new squircle design. It’s more that if you’ve been

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Wi-Fi connectivity Voice control via Alexa, Google Assistant, and SmartThings Customizable access codes for guests, deliveries, and more Excellent battery life, with emergency power backup Cons No Fingerprint recognition No geofencing support Slight delay on remote unlocking Not Matter certified nor Apple HomeKit compatible Our Verdict It’s neither the

It’s the flip phone paradox: if you want to be more mindful about your mobile device usage, you need more screen, not less. I know. But I swear it’s true: with a bigger cover screen, you get more than just a new way to check notifications. You can actually get shit done. Things that are

Adobe has finally delivered on one of the most requested features in Photoshop: image upscaling, as well as improved abilities to insert and remove objects from photographs and other images. Adobe said Tuesday that the new additions are arriving on the desktop edition of Photoshop as well as the web, though you’ll need an ongoing

Logitech’s MX Master mouse series is probably the most well-regarded on the market, so long as you don’t need any specific gaming features. But they aren’t cheap—in fact, after the latest round of tariffs, Logitech increased the price of the MX Master 3S from $100 to $120. Today, Amazon has it at a big discount,

Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel. You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of data into a digestible “number”—would automatically refresh when the data within changes. Charts already do that, for example. But, until now, a pivot

If you’re looking for a solid daily driver laptop that won’t cost you an arm and a leg, consider this Dell Latitude model that’s on sale for just $699 at B&H (was $1,099). Yep, that’s right—this productivity laptop with a powerful config is now a whopping $400 off! What’s under the hood? Well, this Latitude