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if you’re in the market for a laptop but want to spend money wisely, you’ve come to the right place at the right time. Amazon’s Prime Day deals end in just a few hours, but you’ll still find a number of our favorite laptops and accessories on sale. Not sure how to pick out which one is best for you? We have a complete guide to buying one, as well as guides to the Best Laptops, Best Cheap Laptops, Best MacBooks, and Best Chromebooks.

The major electronics manufacturer Sharp is moving forward with development of an electric passenger van with the aim of commercializing it within the next few years.

News of a Sharp EV was met with surprise when the story first broke in early September. Sharp once boasted a world-leading share of the market for liquid crystal panels and solar cells but is now under the umbrella of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group, which is known throughout the world as Foxconn. The company is well known for making iPhones and other gadgets and may not be as well known as a developer of automobiles. But in recent years, Foxconn has begun dipping into EV design and production. So what kind of EVs will it bring to the world?

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On its own, Apple isn’t a fan of discounts. Thankfully, you can rely on third-party retailers to hold sales on all of its devices. That’s where Amazon comes in. Amazon’s Prime Day sale lasts a few more hours, and you’ll find several Prime Day Apple deals on MacBooks, AirPods, iPads, and lots more.

Of all the hardware announcements we might have been expecting next from Nintendo, a new alarm clock was not one of them. But the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is very real, and will be available exclusively to Switch Online customers later this week.

Alarmo looks every bit the alarm clock you might imagine Nintendo would make, if you would have ever imagined Nintendo would make an alarm clock. Like something plucked straight from the nightstand of Mario himself, it’s a very on-brand shade of red, with a circular color screen and a large glowing dial on the top for control and snooze.

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Last spring, At an event in New York City, Robert Triefus, then Gucci’s CEO of Vault—the brand’s virtual marketplace—argued the recent deflation in hype around the metaverse was just a brief hiccup. “I see it more as a correction,” he told the crowd. “We’re now at a much more sensible place, where you’ve got individuals [and] companies … who are very serious about what they’re doing.” When asked how buying real estate in The Sandbox aligned with Gucci’s broader goals as a brand, he responded with quasi-mystical language: “The metaverse is an opportunity to embrace the digital self.”

Bose might have turned 60, but the audio company seems to be firmly settling into its graduate school era. After late founder Amar Bose donated majority ownership to MIT in 2011—a little-known fact—it became higher-ed’s most valuable audio brand, and broadened its focus. Gone are the days of wired speakers, or a few paltry headphone options to pair with your stylish Bose Wave CD radio.

In the past four years with CEO Lila Snyder—a former 15-year McKinsey consultant who is herself an MIT graduate with a master’s in mechanical engineering—Bose has seemingly righted a ship that appeared to be banking toward shore.

It should not be so exciting to eat a breakfast quesadilla in your car.

But this quesadilla was from Wawa, this Wawa hosted a Tesla Supercharger, and this car was the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV, hooked up to that Supercharger through an NACS/CCS adapter. More than a year after GM’s switch to NACS was announced, and following some Tesla internal chaos that made it seem like a dead deal, Tesla unlocked access to its conveniently placed EV charging stations to General Motors cars in late September. It wasn’t every Supercharger, but it was more than 17,000 spots, many in places that were previously dark zones in any road trip plan.

if you’re bored with your home screen, I have good news for you. With iOS 18, you can finally personalize it however you’d like. You can now change the color of app icons and widgets (and even match them to your wallpaper), change the size to make them look larger, and place them anywhere you’d like on the screen. Below, we break down all the simple steps on how to customize your home screen.

Starting in late September, a set of four free Covid-19 test kits can once again be ordered online from the US government with just a few clicks and mailed directly to your home. The kits can be sent to every household in the US—even US territories and military addresses. Because you can still catch and spread the virus even if you’ve been vaccinated against the current variant, it’s good to have tests on hand so you can find out if you’ve been infected.

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The PlayStation 5 was arguably one of Sony’s most controversial designs. After a few years, I have to admit it’s growing on me. The only downside is its gargantuan size, which made the PS5 Slim a welcome redesign. The upcoming PS5 Pro further iterates on the design, adding some welcome hardware upgrades. If you’re unsure which model is for you, we have some insight.