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(669, 'Amouranth’s Latest Business Venture Will Drive Her Haters To Drink', '<div><p>More often than she plays the part of lewd <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.twitch.tv/amouranth&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/amouranth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch</a></span> <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://kick.com/amouranth&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kick.com/amouranth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">and Kick</a></span> streamer Amouranth, 29-year-old Kaitlyn Siragusa is a businesswoman. But she’s primarily in the business of her body, hawking “made-to-orderâ€ water from her hot tub (<span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/the-hot-tub-water-pre-order&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/the-hot-tub-water-pre-order\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sold out</a></span>), a few strands of hair and her fart in a jar for a $400 sale price (<span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/scent-jar-pre-order&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/scent-jar-pre-order\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sold out</a></span>), and <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://onlyfans.com/amouranth&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://onlyfans.com/amouranth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OnlyFans subscriptions</a></span> that <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1626598594412179456&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1626598594412179456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly net her $1.5 million a month</a></span> to a mostly male audience. </p><div><div><div><div data-current=\"196029\" data-playlist=\"196029,196013,196012\"><div><div><div data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-duration=\"297\" data-video-id=\"196029\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-title=\"How Does KotOR Hold Up In 2023? | Total Recall\"><div><p>How Does KotOR Hold Up In 2023? | Total Recall</p></div><video crossorigin=\"anonymous\" disablepictureinpicture=\"\" height=\"100%\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" preload=\"none\" width=\"100%\"><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https://kinja.com/api/videoupload/caption/21552.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"></track></video></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>Some of these audience members <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-amouranth-ai-chatbot-forever-companion-1850481108&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-amouranth-ai-chatbot-forever-companion-1850481108\">hate her violently</a></span>, maybe because they can’t stand how much they love being tantalized by her. Her latest business venture—a line of beer brewed with her vaginal bacteria—might act as a panacea, then. Crack open a cold one, boys. Chill the hell out and eat liquified pussy.<br></br></p><p>Siragusa went into details about the beer, a collaboration with horny Polish brewery <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;http://orderyoni.com/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"http://orderyoni.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Order of Yoni</a></span> (the Sanskrit word for the sacred vulva), in an October 26 <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/amouranth-reveals-beer-company-wants-her-yeast-to-brew-new-flavor-2355000/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/amouranth-reveals-beer-company-wants-her-yeast-to-brew-new-flavor-2355000/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dexerto</em></a></span> interview. She plans to separately start <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://twitter.com/wildkait/status/1694656565985399154&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://twitter.com/wildkait/status/1694656565985399154\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">her own beverage company</a></span>, but, for now, she’s focused on sending The Order of Yoni her pap smear cervical cells.</p><h2 id=\"h54023\"><a id=\"\"></a><strong>How Amouranth’s vagina beer is made</strong></h2><p>The brewer’s <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;http://orderyoni.com/technology/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"http://orderyoni.com/technology/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a></span> says that, once it picks “the Goddess we want to put in a bottleâ€—in this case, a streamer who dabbles in <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLmE4yyZv8&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLmE4yyZv8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sexy Spider-Man cosplay</a></span>—a gynecologist takes a smear so that it can isolate vaginal lactic acid bacteria. There’s nothing dirty about it, The Order of the Yoni swears. All of its “lyophilized bacteria are tested for the presence of foreign DNA and/or RNA,â€ the Order says on its site, so that its final product, a sour ale made with sterling lactic acid, is “completely safe and healthy.â€<br></br></p><p>The Order assures spiritual benefits to its scientific pussy juice, too. “One of the initial Sumerian branches of the Order worshiped the Great Deity’s Avatar, Ninhursag,â€ the brewer’s website says. “Sumerian Kings drank her ‘milk,’ but only the Order knew that there was no ‘milk,’ but it was the lactic acid bacteria of Her reincarnations, used by the Order’s Masters in brewing process using Ninhursag sacrament.â€ Sounds healthy to me—I might swap my fiber intake out for it.<br></br></p><p><strong>Read More: </strong><span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://kotaku.com/amouranth-twitch-hot-tub-streamer-kaitlyn-siragusa-1849481169&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kotaku.com/amouranth-twitch-hot-tub-streamer-kaitlyn-siragusa-1849481169\">Amouranth Can’t Be Your Girlfriend, She’s Building An Empire Beyond Twitch</a></span><br></br></p><p>“It’s hilarious,â€ Siragusa told <em>Dexerto</em>. “People will buy [the beer] for sure. I don’t know if they’ll actually drink it. I mean, they’ll probably drink it.â€<br></br></p><p>Guys online will definitely drink Siragusa’s beer, but some of them are uncomfortable with such a consuming level of worship. Amouranth’s genitalia? In <em>their</em> blessed beer? “What happened? What happened to people and society? Is everyone getting crazy these days?â€ <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/17h7hny/popular_twitch_streamer_amouranth_is_collabing/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/17h7hny/popular_twitch_streamer_amouranth_is_collabing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one popular Reddit comment says</a></span>.<br></br></p><p>“The fact that this will sell out is the grossest part of the whole thing,â€ YouTuber <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://kotaku.com/the-bittersweet-story-of-francis-youtubes-biggest-vid-1472713524&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kotaku.com/the-bittersweet-story-of-francis-youtubes-biggest-vid-1472713524\">Boogie2988</a></span> <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/1717648116671782986&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/1717648116671782986\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">echoed on Twitter</a></span>.<br></br></p><p>It’s all right, guys. Pretty girls aren’t always out to get you. Sometimes a vagina beer is just a vagina beer. But on the off chance that you do get hurt—ask yourself why you keep paying for it.<br></br></p></div>', 'More often than she plays the part of lewd Twitch and Kick streamer Amouranth, 29-year-old Kaitlyn Siragusa is a businesswoman. But she’s primarily in the business of her body, hawking “made-to-orderâ€ water from her hot tub (sold out), a few strands of hair a…', 'https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/1a0dc066c5839e077e5009fa6e1971dc.jpg', '200', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '1048', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(670, 'Netflix previews Avatar: Last Airbender series', '<div><p>More often than she plays the part of lewd <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.twitch.tv/amouranth&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/amouranth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch</a></span> <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://kick.com/amouranth&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kick.com/amouranth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">and Kick</a></span> streamer Amouranth, 29-year-old Kaitlyn Siragusa is a businesswoman. But she’s primarily in the business of her body, hawking “made-to-orderâ€ water from her hot tub (<span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/the-hot-tub-water-pre-order&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/the-hot-tub-water-pre-order\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sold out</a></span>), a few strands of hair and her fart in a jar for a $400 sale price (<span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/scent-jar-pre-order&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://cutiepatooties.me/shop-1/p/scent-jar-pre-order\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sold out</a></span>), and <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://onlyfans.com/amouranth&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://onlyfans.com/amouranth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OnlyFans subscriptions</a></span> that <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1626598594412179456&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1626598594412179456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly net her $1.5 million a month</a></span> to a mostly male audience. </p><div><div><div><div data-current=\"196029\" data-playlist=\"196029,196013,196012\"><div><div><div data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-duration=\"297\" data-video-id=\"196029\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-title=\"How Does KotOR Hold Up In 2023? | Total Recall\"><div><p>How Does KotOR Hold Up In 2023? | Total Recall</p></div><video crossorigin=\"anonymous\" disablepictureinpicture=\"\" height=\"100%\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" preload=\"none\" width=\"100%\"><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/196029/196029_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https://kinja.com/api/videoupload/caption/21552.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"></track></video></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>Some of these audience members <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-amouranth-ai-chatbot-forever-companion-1850481108&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-amouranth-ai-chatbot-forever-companion-1850481108\">hate her violently</a></span>, maybe because they can’t stand how much they love being tantalized by her. Her latest business venture—a line of beer brewed with her vaginal bacteria—might act as a panacea, then. Crack open a cold one, boys. Chill the hell out and eat liquified pussy.<br></br></p><p>Siragusa went into details about the beer, a collaboration with horny Polish brewery <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;http://orderyoni.com/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"http://orderyoni.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Order of Yoni</a></span> (the Sanskrit word for the sacred vulva), in an October 26 <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/amouranth-reveals-beer-company-wants-her-yeast-to-brew-new-flavor-2355000/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/amouranth-reveals-beer-company-wants-her-yeast-to-brew-new-flavor-2355000/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dexerto</em></a></span> interview. She plans to separately start <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://twitter.com/wildkait/status/1694656565985399154&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://twitter.com/wildkait/status/1694656565985399154\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">her own beverage company</a></span>, but, for now, she’s focused on sending The Order of Yoni her pap smear cervical cells.</p><h2 id=\"h54023\"><a id=\"\"></a><strong>How Amouranth’s vagina beer is made</strong></h2><p>The brewer’s <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;http://orderyoni.com/technology/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"http://orderyoni.com/technology/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a></span> says that, once it picks “the Goddess we want to put in a bottleâ€—in this case, a streamer who dabbles in <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLmE4yyZv8&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLmE4yyZv8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sexy Spider-Man cosplay</a></span>—a gynecologist takes a smear so that it can isolate vaginal lactic acid bacteria. There’s nothing dirty about it, The Order of the Yoni swears. All of its “lyophilized bacteria are tested for the presence of foreign DNA and/or RNA,â€ the Order says on its site, so that its final product, a sour ale made with sterling lactic acid, is “completely safe and healthy.â€<br></br></p><p>The Order assures spiritual benefits to its scientific pussy juice, too. “One of the initial Sumerian branches of the Order worshiped the Great Deity’s Avatar, Ninhursag,â€ the brewer’s website says. “Sumerian Kings drank her ‘milk,’ but only the Order knew that there was no ‘milk,’ but it was the lactic acid bacteria of Her reincarnations, used by the Order’s Masters in brewing process using Ninhursag sacrament.â€ Sounds healthy to me—I might swap my fiber intake out for it.<br></br></p><p><strong>Read More: </strong><span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://kotaku.com/amouranth-twitch-hot-tub-streamer-kaitlyn-siragusa-1849481169&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kotaku.com/amouranth-twitch-hot-tub-streamer-kaitlyn-siragusa-1849481169\">Amouranth Can’t Be Your Girlfriend, She’s Building An Empire Beyond Twitch</a></span><br></br></p><p>“It’s hilarious,â€ Siragusa told <em>Dexerto</em>. “People will buy [the beer] for sure. I don’t know if they’ll actually drink it. I mean, they’ll probably drink it.â€<br></br></p><p>Guys online will definitely drink Siragusa’s beer, but some of them are uncomfortable with such a consuming level of worship. Amouranth’s genitalia? In <em>their</em> blessed beer? “What happened? What happened to people and society? Is everyone getting crazy these days?â€ <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/17h7hny/popular_twitch_streamer_amouranth_is_collabing/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/17h7hny/popular_twitch_streamer_amouranth_is_collabing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one popular Reddit comment says</a></span>.<br></br></p><p>“The fact that this will sell out is the grossest part of the whole thing,â€ YouTuber <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://kotaku.com/the-bittersweet-story-of-francis-youtubes-biggest-vid-1472713524&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://kotaku.com/the-bittersweet-story-of-francis-youtubes-biggest-vid-1472713524\">Boogie2988</a></span> <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/1717648116671782986&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/1717648116671782986\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">echoed on Twitter</a></span>.<br></br></p><p>It’s all right, guys. Pretty girls aren’t always out to get you. Sometimes a vagina beer is just a vagina beer. But on the off chance that you do get hurt—ask yourself why you keep paying for it.<br></br></p></div>', 'New shots from Netflix\'s tv show of Avatar: Last Airbender are on offer today.\n\n\n\nI\'m not a fan of show or its spin-offs, but reaction seems quite polarized online. I think the fandom is still traumatized by the dreadful M. Knight Shyamalan movie and quite on…', 'https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-83.png?fit=930%2C513&ssl=1', '200', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '1048', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(671, 'X is reportedly soliciting people to buy recycled user handles for $50,000', '<div><div><p><a data-ylk=\"elm:author;slk:Cheyenne MacDonald;itc:0\" href=\"https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cheyenne-macdonald/\"><img alt=\"Cheyenne MacDonald\" data-src=\"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/25VCJEDlyhvGdlO1clrMig--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2023-09%2F04b773d0-5cbd-11ee-bbee-fb1bf060105b&amp;compress=1&amp;progressive=1&amp;quality=75&amp;client=hawkeye&amp;signature=0cbacc2ca3cac6650f7a242f12d6f4c7d37ff457\" src=\"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/25VCJEDlyhvGdlO1clrMig--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2023-09%2F04b773d0-5cbd-11ee-bbee-fb1bf060105b&amp;compress=1&amp;progressive=1&amp;quality=75&amp;client=hawkeye&amp;signature=0cbacc2ca3cac6650f7a242f12d6f4c7d37ff457\"></img></a></p></div></div><div><p>X has been trying to find buyers for user handles it reclaimed from inactive accounts, even going so far as to send out solicitation emails asking for “a flat fee of $50,000 to initiate a purchase,â€ according to <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Forbes;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/11/03/elon-musk-x-has-started-selling-off-old-twitter-handles/?sh=2e5e32245bcf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Forbes</em></a>. Elon Musk announced back in May that X, formerly Twitter, would start <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:purging accounts that have gone dormant;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" href=\"https://www.engadget.com/twitter-is-going-to-purge-and-archive-inactive-accounts-101557246.html\">purging accounts that have gone dormant</a>, and has alluded to plans for recycling disused handles.</p><p>According to emails seen by <em>Forbes</em>, X now has a task force called the “@Handle Teamâ€ that’s working on creating a marketplace for buying handles tied to inactive accounts. X changed its policy this year to stipulate that users must log in every 30 days to remain active, and risk having their accounts suspended or permanently removed if they go long enough without signing on. It’s unclear how long a user would have to remain inactive for to actually be booted from the platform. After NPR quit the site this past spring, Musk began <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:threatening to reassign its handle;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" href=\"https://www.engadget.com/twitter-is-going-to-purge-and-archive-inactive-accounts-101557246.html\">threatening to reassign its handle</a> just a few weeks later.</p><p>As of now, obtaining another user’s inactive handle doesn’t seem to be something just anybody can do. X’s website still says it cannot release inactive usernames. But, the <em>Forbes</em> report suggests the company is looking at the possibility of a handle marketplace as yet another way to pull in money from its users. The company just recently <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:introduced two new subscription tiers;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" href=\"https://www.engadget.com/x-introduces-an-ad-free-premium-tier-for-16-a-month-191523132.html\">introduced two new subscription tiers</a> for paid users: a $16 per month Premium+ tier and a more pared-down $3 per month “basicâ€ tier.</p></div>', 'X has been trying to find buyers for user handles it reclaimed from inactive accounts, even going so far as to send out solicitation emails asking for “a flat fee of $50,000 to initiate a purchase,â€ according to Forbes. Elon Musk announced back in May that X,…', 'https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/sexeMM7Atd29lOMkNaLcfw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA-/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2023-11/27d0e290-7b38-11ee-aeed-09fe9f3564f6', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(672, 'Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It', '<div><div data-journey-hook=\"client-content\" data-testid=\"BodyWrapper\"><div><p><a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/hbo-max-launch-streaming/\">Max</a>, the streaming service <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/warner-bros-discovery-new-streaming-service-max/\">formerly known as HBO Max</a>, has lost 700,000 subscribers in the past three months. Despite the huge drop, streaming revenue at Max, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, were up 5 percent—with a 30 percent year-on-year jump in advertising revenue. These numbers raise a big question for the streaming industry: People like Max, but they don’t really want to pay for it.</p><p>Figuring out how much to charge for what service, and whether to offer ad-supported tiers, is the existential crisis of the current streaming wars. Nearly every service—<a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown-working-for-now/\">Netflix</a>, <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/19/netflix-price-increase-max-hulu-prime-video-disney-plus.html\">Disney+</a>, <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/25/23931577/apple-tv-plus-news-arcade-one-subscription-price-increase\">Apple TV+</a>—has increased prices and/or added commercials to their services in the past few months. While many of them did it more recently, Max’s service seems like the least bang for the most buck.</p><p>How so? Last January, Max increased its prices from $15 to $16 for its ad-free version. But then in May, when <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/warner-bros-discovery-new-streaming-service-max/\">HBO Max became Max</a>, the company announced its Ultimate Ad-Free tier, which costs $20 and includes 4K streaming. Not too bad, especially when you consider Netflix’s Premium tier is also now $20 per month. Max, though, <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/2/23943859/max-4k-hbo-max-ad-free-subscribers\">recently emailed</a> its legacy HBO Max customers letting them know that although they’d been allowed to have 4K at their previous $16-per-month price tag, that deal would be ending in December. Suddenly, Max doesn’t seem quite as worth it—especially when it’s ad-supported plan is only $10.</p><p>According to Sarah Henschel, a principal analyst at Omdia who watches the streaming market closely, Max’s subscribers have been “relatively flatâ€ for nearly a year, and the service also lost subscribers in the quarter previous to this one. Prior to Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings report on Wednesday, Henschel said it “would be promising to see subscriber growthâ€—something that often happens at the end of the year when people sign up for services to watch during the holiday season—but ultimately, it’s the revenue that matters. “Investors right now are very keen on profitability,â€ she says.</p><p>Warner Bros. Discovery, of course, isn’t the only company trying to figure out what price is right for subscribers to turn those profits. The pack of companies chasing down Netflix, like Disney+, did so at low price points in an attempt to attract subscribers. Their numbers went up, but they lost money. Now, as the streaming market gets more competitive, they’ve turned to ad-supported tiers and higher prices to make up the difference. Companies are also cracking down on password-sharing to make sure everyone pays up—a method that has, so far, been <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown-working-for-now/\">working for Netflix</a>.</p><p>Then there’s the matter of the content itself. Max has vast troves of content but has also <a href=\"https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-hbo-max-fast-1235461623/\">shelved shows like <em>Westworld</em> to save money</a>. Movies and TV series move around on streaming services all the time, but watching them come and go now feels different. The Hollywood actors strike, and the writers strike before it, slowed production on a lot of new films and shows this year—though, interestingly, <a href=\"https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/house-of-the-dragon-season-2-filming-sag-strike-hbo-1235669404/\">not <em>House of the Dragon</em></a>—so the amount of new content coming may be a trickle for a while. Without a slate of flashy new shows and movies to lure subscribers in, it may be a while before Max’s user base really spikes.</p><p>Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav acknowledged the impact of the strikes on the company at the start of Wednesday’s earnings call, saying he was “hopefulâ€ there would be a resolution soon. “As the strikes underscore, these are challenging times. Our industry is facing accelerated disruption in a rapidly changing marketplace. And to succeed long term, we must be flexible and adaptable and have a strong arsenal of assets that will enable us to maintain momentum amidst ever evolving consumer behavior.â€ That behavior includes deciding what amount of dollars, if any, to pay for a streaming service.</p></div></div></div>', 'Warner Bros. Discovery\'s latest earnings call reveals Max shed 700,000 subscribers in the past three months, even as it made money. That might work for Wall Street, but what about viewers?', 'https://media.wired.com/photos/654ad3193a858ae02ef4464f/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/WBD-Max-Earnings-Report-Culture-1491006189.jpg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(673, 'All the news from OpenAI’s first developer conference', '<div><div><div aria-labelledby=\"stream-lede\" role=\"region\"><p>It has been almost a year since OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, kicking off the generative AI boom that has quickly reshaped the tech industry.</p><p>Since then, OpenAI has been racing to maintain its early lead over an increasingly crowded set of rivals by releasing <a href=\"/2023/3/14/23638033/openai-gpt-4-chatgpt-multimodal-deep-learning\">GPT-4</a>, plug-ins that let ChatGPT <a href=\"/2023/3/23/23653591/openai-chatgpt-plugins-launch-web-browsing-third-party\">hook into other services</a>, the <a href=\"/2023/10/19/23923895/openai-dall-e-3-chatgpt-plus-enterprise\">DALL-E 3 image generator</a>, and <a href=\"/2023/8/28/23849453/openai-chatgpt-enterprise-grade-version\">an enterprise tier</a>. On Monday, the company is hosting its first-ever developer conference called DevDay in San Francisco, where it’s <a href=\"/2023/11/5/23947720/openai-chatgpt-gpt-builder-chatbot-creator-gizmo-tool-rumor-ai\">expected to announce</a> a platform for building custom chatbots. </p><p><em>The Verge </em>will be covering all the news out of OpenAI DevDay. The main keynote kicks off at 10AM PT and is <a href=\"https://go.redirectingat.com/?xs=1&amp;id=1025X1701640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Flive%2FU9mJuUkhUzk%3Ffeature%3Dshare\">being livestreamed on YouTube</a>.</p></div><div><section id=\"updates-section\"><ul><li id=\"stream-entry-5e76f806-efa5-41e5-85b8-cd4a278e3758\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Alex Heath\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><h2><a href=\"/2023/11/7/23951673/openai-chatgpt-store-ai-devday\">OpenAI wants to be the App Store of AI</a></h2><div><div><figure><span><span></span><img alt=\"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span><div><figcaption>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.</figcaption> <p><cite>Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds</cite></p></div></figure></div></div><p>Moments after <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948619/openai-chatgpt-devday-developer-conference-news\">OpenAI’s big keynote</a> wrapped in San Francisco on Monday, the reporters in attendance made our way down to a private room to chat with CEO <strong>Sam Altman </strong>and CTO <strong>Mira Murati</strong>. During the Q&amp;A, they elaborated on the big news that had just been shared onstage: OpenAI is launching a <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948957/openai-chatgpt-gpt-custom-developer-platform\">platform for creating and discovering custom versions of ChatGPT</a>. </p><p>There are natural parallels to draw between OpenAI’s GPT Store, which is set to go live in a few weeks, and the debut of the iPhone’s App Store in 2008. Like Apple way back then, OpenAI is inviting developers who are excited about this new wave of technology to hopefully help create a new, enduring platform. </p><p><span><a href=\"/2023/11/7/23951673/openai-chatgpt-store-ai-devday\">Read Article &gt;</a></span></p></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-77700592-d2f1-44a0-8cd3-d85cdf2d8b55\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Alex Heath\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>OpenAI’s GPT builder interface is dead simple to use.</p><p><a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948619/openai-chatgpt-devday-developer-conference-news\">Here at DevDay</a>, I’ve been watching demos of OpenAI employees <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948957/openai-chatgpt-gpt-custom-developer-platform\">building custom GPT agents</a>. It’s impressively simple to build one with zero coding knowledge. I watched one GPT be built in maybe three minutes and it just worked.</p><p>The fact that these are made using entirely natural language means, I think, that people will make <em>a lot</em> of them. OpenAI wants that so it can become the first true AI platform, though <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23949371/more-on-how-openai-is-going-to-pay-gpt-creators\">it still needs to figure out</a> how to transparently compensate creators.</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><div><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"What OpenAI’s GPT builder interface looks like.\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"What OpenAI’s GPT builder interface looks like.\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></div><p><cite>OpenAI</cite></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-2ccdfca1-5a7f-4617-b0bf-ab1bdf61fdef\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Alex Heath\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>More on how OpenAI is going to pay GPT creators.</p><p>I’m here <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948619/openai-chatgpt-devday-developer-conference-news\">at OpenAI’s DevDay</a>, where the press just had a roundtable Q&amp;A with CEO Sam Altman and CTO Mira Murati. When asked how the company is going to calculate its payouts to creators for the <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948957/openai-chatgpt-gpt-custom-developer-platform\">use of their custom GPTs through its store</a>, Altman was clear that all that is still being figured out:</p><blockquote><p>“We’re going to start with just sharing a part of the [ChatGPT] subscription revenue overall. There will be a tier based off how many active users you have, plus some category bonuses. I expect that to evolve a lot.â€</p></blockquote><br></br></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-d9038be5-b328-4c72-acd3-1d7ff7193e74\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>Altman is wrapping up.</p><p>OpenAI just gave away $500 in credits to everyone in the audience. The company clearly wants developers to get moving with its new tools.</p><p>Altman said OpenAI will be holding another developer event next year. “What we launched today is going to look very quaint relative to what we’re busy creating for you now.â€</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><div><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></div><p><cite>OpenAI</cite></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-5f92cf3e-71d7-4b7d-8aed-1f5524c5ebf0\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Emma Roth\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>OpenAI is launching a GPT store later this month.</p><p>The store will let users share and sell their <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948957/openai-chatgpt-gpt-custom-developer-platform\">custom GPT bots</a>. Sam Altman says OpenAI is going to “pay people who build the most useful and the most used GPTsâ€ a portion of the company’s revenue.</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><div><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"Sam Altman stands in front of a screen displaying a digital storefront in a web browser. It has navigation options on the left. The main content features different bots.\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"Sam Altman stands in front of a screen displaying a digital storefront in a web browser. It has navigation options on the left. The main content features different bots.\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></div><div><figcaption>Sam Altman presenting OpenAI’s store for custom GPT bots.</figcaption> <p><cite>Image: OpenAI</cite></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-4d5c046b-1bc4-402e-893a-f2e423f017de\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Emma Roth\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>ChatGPT is getting GPT-4 Turbo.</p><p>The chatbot uses the <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948426/openai-gpt4-turbo-generative-ai-new-model\">latest version</a> of OpenAI’s large language model, allowing it to browse the web to write and run code, analyze data, and more. It also won’t have the “annoyingâ€ drop-down model-picker menu — it will know which model to use automatically.</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><p><a aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"/2023/11/6/23948426/openai-gpt4-turbo-generative-ai-new-model\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span><img alt=\"Illustration of the OpenAI logo on an orange background with purple lines\" class=\"\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-4145f049-45d4-47e5-8c48-990a84db6fe2\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>You’ll be able to make a custom ChatGPT bot.</p><p>They’re called GPTs and are meant to be tailored to specific uses.</p><p>You’ll be able to add custom instructions, knowledge, and actions and can program them by typing what you want them to do.</p><p>We’ve got a full story here:</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><p><a aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"/2023/11/6/23948957/openai-chatgpt-gpt-custom-developer-platform\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span><img alt=\"ChatGPT logo in mint green and black colors.\" class=\"\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-f3bf3efb-b109-48bf-a37d-037bfa2931e6\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>Satya Nadella is here.</p><p>The Microsoft CEO says, “We love you guys ... You guys have built something magical.â€</p><p>He spent a couple minutes talking about Microsoft’s vision for putting AI everywhere (he said “Copilotâ€ <em>a lot</em>).</p><p>“I’m excited for us to build AGI together,â€ Altman said.</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><div><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></div><p><cite>OpenAI</cite></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-76e89ef8-8124-4d8d-a218-3f44ceba7fe1\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Emma Roth\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>OpenAI’s “Copyright Shieldâ€ will defend customers from legal action.</p><p>Here’s Sam Altman on the new program, which is available to ChatGPT Enterprise and API users:</p><blockquote><p>We can defend our customers and pay the costs incurred if you face legal claims around copyright infringement.</p></blockquote><br></br></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-3bc23f6f-3f6b-48bf-a532-b71373934794\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>GPT-4 Turbo will be cheaper for developers.</p><p>Altman says developers said they’d build a lot more if OpenAI could lower the price. So it’s lowing the price by 3x for input tokens and 2x for output tokens.</p><p>OpenAI will work on speed gains for developers next. It’ll be “a lot fasterâ€ soon, he says.</p><br></br></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-fc2f55b8-35f3-47e3-a721-04ac7cebd295\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Emilia David\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><h2><a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948426/openai-gpt4-turbo-generative-ai-new-model\">OpenAI turbocharges GPT-4 and makes it cheaper</a></h2><div><div><figure><span><span></span><img alt=\"Illustration of the OpenAI logo on an orange background with purple lines\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span><p><cite>Illustration: The Verge</cite></p></figure></div></div><p>OpenAI announced more improvements to its large language models, GPT-4 and GPT-3.5, including updated knowledge bases and a much longer context window. The company says it will also follow Google and Microsoft’s lead and begin protecting customers against copyright lawsuits. </p><p>GPT-4 Turbo, currently available via an API preview, has been trained with information dating to April 2023, the company announced Monday <a href=\"/e/23712660\">at its first-ever developer conference</a>. The earlier version of GPT-4 <a href=\"/2023/3/14/23638033/openai-gpt-4-chatgpt-multimodal-deep-learning\">released in March</a> only learned from data dated up to September 2021. OpenAI plans to release a production-ready Turbo model in the next few weeks but did not give an exact date.</p><p><span><a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948426/openai-gpt4-turbo-generative-ai-new-model\">Read Article &gt;</a></span></p></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-cc40c904-678c-4e56-97e5-2c8f8e4b1518\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Alex Heath\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><h2><a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948957/openai-chatgpt-gpt-custom-developer-platform\">OpenAI is letting anyone create their own version of ChatGPT</a></h2><div><div><figure><span><span></span><img alt=\"ChatGPT logo in mint green and black colors.\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span><p><cite>Illustration: The Verge</cite></p></figure></div></div><p>With the release of ChatGPT one year ago, OpenAI introduced the world to the idea of an AI chatbot that can seemingly do anything. Now, the company is releasing a platform for making custom versions of ChatGPT for specific use cases — no coding required.</p><p>In the coming weeks, these AI agents, which OpenAI is <a href=\"http://chatgpt.com/create\">calling GPTs</a>, will be accessible through the GPT Store. Details about how the store will look and work are scarce for now, though OpenAI is promising to eventually pay creators an unspecified amount based on how much their GPTs are used. GPTs will be available to paying <a href=\"/2023/2/1/23581561/chatgpt-plus-paid-option-20-openai-waitlist\">ChatGPT Plus subscribers</a> and OpenAI enterprise customers, who can make internal-only GPTs for their employees.</p><p><span><a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948957/openai-chatgpt-gpt-custom-developer-platform\">Read Article &gt;</a></span></p></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-6755ef1e-6f96-4353-96d6-827bfe8aec3a\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>“We are just as annoyed as all of you —</p><p>probably more — that GPT4’s knowledge ended in 2021. We will try to never let it get that out of date again,â€ Sam Altman said on stage.</p><p>Good news for ChatGPT users, bad news for anyone scared of how disruptive a current version of this system could be.</p><br></br></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-3b2b9647-f068-43c2-9205-e19b6baebf71\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Emma Roth\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>GPT-4 Turbo is here.</p><p>OpenAI’s Sam Altman just announced GPT-4 Turbo, the latest version of the company’s GPT large language model. It comes with several improvements, including “better world knowledgeâ€ and a 128,000 token window, allowing for longer prompts.</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><div><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p><p><span><span></span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></div><p><cite>OpenAI</cite></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-ec75204d-5f2c-4391-a2f4-dd8352017975\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>Sam Altman is on stage.</p><p>The OpenAI CEO says 2 million developers are now working with the company’s tools, and around 460 companies on the Fortune 500 companies are using its products.</p><p>The really big number? 100 million people are using ChatGPT weekly. <a href=\"/2023/11/6/23948386/chatgpt-active-user-count-openai-developer-conference\">That’s huge</a>.</p><br></br></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-fd57ae44-a231-4de1-8d2a-c12accc23b48\" role=\"article\"></li><li id=\"stream-entry-89fe2f1d-c62c-40b5-84f0-00224de47434\" role=\"article\"><div><div><div><div><div><p><span><img alt=\"Jacob Kastrenakes\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div><div><p>OpenAI’s first developer conference is about to kick off.</p><p>You can watch live via our storystream. The company is expected to announce updates to GPT-4 and more.</p><br></br></div><div><div><div><p><a aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"/2023/11/6/23948619/openai-chatgpt-devday-developer-conference-news\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span><img alt=\"Illustration of the OpenAI logo on an orange background with purple lines\" class=\"\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li id=\"stream-entry-c3b7f8dc-ff85-47a9-88c1-97aa79a89574\" role=\"article\"></li></ul></section></div></div></div>', 'OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and Dall-E, is announcing new products and updates at its first developer conference, OpenAI DevDay. We’ll be covering it live. 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(674, 'Apple reportedly cut a deal to get cleaner Amazon pages', '<div><p>Apple struck a deal with Amazon to strip competitors’ ads off of pages for iPhones, iPads MacBooks, and its other products, <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-gives-apple-special-treatment-while-others-suffer-junk-ads-2023-11\">according to a report from <em>Insider</em></a>. The agreement makes search results and product pages for Apple devices cleaner than those of competitors.</p><p>While Amazon still lists competing products on search result pages for Apple products, it limits the ads it sticks above, below, and between results. For example, when you search for an iPhone 15 on Amazon, you’ll only see an Apple product in a banner at the top of the page along with another ad banner at the very bottom. Meanwhile, searches for competing devices, like the Samsung Galaxy S23, surface ads for other products and services throughout the results page.</p><div><div><div><div aria-label=\"Zoom\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><div><p><span><img alt=\"Amazon’s search results for Apple products are pretty ad-free.\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></figure></div></div><div><figcaption><em>Amazon’s search results for Apple products are pretty ad-free.</em></figcaption> <p><cite>Screenshot by Emma Roth / The Verge</cite></p></div></div></div><p>In addition to cleaning up Apple’s search results, <em>Insider</em> points out that Amazon cuts down on the ads for <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CHBPNBSM/?tag=theverge02-20\">Apple’s product pages</a> as well. Instead of advertising “products related to this itemâ€ and items rated “4 stars and above,â€ the pages for Apple products are relatively ad-free. The same can’t be said for product pages from companies like Samsung, which are <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Ecosystem-Connectivity-Bluetooth-SM-R400NZWAXAR/dp/B0CF74G2RL/?tag=theverge02-20\">often stuffed</a> with recommended items from other brands lower down the page.</p><p>The ad-free pages stem from a 2018 agreement <a href=\"/2018/11/21/18106680/amazon-selling-macs-ipads-apple-watch-apple-tv-directly\">Apple made to sell its products</a> on Amazon, according to <em>Insider</em>. In an email previously released by the House Judiciary Committee, Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s former retail chief, wrote, “We understand that Apple does not want to drive sales to competing brands in search or detail pages... On product detail pages, we understand that Apple does not want to see any product placement that recommends non-Apple products.â€</p><p>Apple spokesperson Fred Sainz confirmed the arrangement to <em>The Verge</em>, stating that it limits advertising in spaces with certain Apple-related queries. It’s still not clear if Apple compensates Amazon for the ad space it’s hogging — and if so, how much. After all, Wilke’s email to Amazon said, “Apple would need to purchase these placements or compensate Amazon for the lost ad revenue.â€</p><p>The “junkâ€ ads Amazon places around its marketplace are one of the <a href=\"/2023/11/2/23943724/amazon-project-nessie-algorithm-ftc-antitrust-case\">behaviors the Federal Trade Commission points to</a> in its antitrust lawsuit against the company, stating that it extracts “billions of dollars through increased advertising despite worsening its services for customers.â€ By mostly avoiding them, Apple could have a leg up on other retailers on Amazon.</p></div>', 'Apple and Amazon have a deal that prevents ads from appearing on product pages and search results for new Apple products, like the latest iPhone, MacBook, or iPad, according to Insider.', 'https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/y9Z561hkx5iu60wFEwXRbCiV9o0=/0x0:2040x1360/1200x628/filters:focal(1020x680:1021x681)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24931302/236791_Apple_iPhone_15_and_15_Plus_review_DSeifert_0005.jpg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(675, 'Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future of the internet', '<div id=\"content\"><p>Today on <em>Decoder</em>, I’m talking to former President Barack Obama about AI, social networks, and how to think about democracy as both of those things collide.</p><p>I sat down with President Obama last week at his offices in Washington, DC, just hours after President Joe Biden signed a <a href=\"/2023/10/30/23914507/biden-ai-executive-order-regulation-standards\">sweeping executive order about AI</a>. That order covers quite a bit, from labeling AI-generated content to coming up with safety protocols for the companies working on the most advanced AI models.</p><p>You’ll hear Obama say he’s been talking to the Biden administration and leaders across the tech industry about AI and how best to regulate it. And the former president has a particularly unique experience here — he’s long been one of the most deepfaked people in the world.</p><p>You’ll also hear him say that he joined our show because he wanted to reach you, the <em>Decoder</em> audience, and get you all thinking about these problems. One of Obama’s worries is that the government needs insight and expertise to properly regulate AI, and you’ll hear him make a pitch for why people with that expertise should take a tour of duty in the government to make sure we get these things right.</p><div><div><div><div><div aria-label=\"Zoom\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><div><p><span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></figure></div></div></div><p>Listen to <em>Decoder</em>, a show hosted by <em>The Verge</em>’s Nilay Patel about big ideas — and other problems. Subscribe <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-decoder/id1011668648?i=1000496212371&amp;itsct=podcast_box&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1&amp;at=1001l7uV&amp;ct=verge091322\">here</a>!</p></div></div><p>My idea here was to talk to Obama the constitutional law professor more than Obama the politician, so this one got wonky fast. You’ll hear him mention Nazis in Skokie — that’s a reference to <a href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/432/43/#tab-opinion-1952313\">a famous Supreme Court case from the ’70s</a> where the ACLU argued that <a href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/skokie-case-how-i-came-represent-free-speech-rights-nazis\">banning a Nazi group from marching</a> was a violation of the First Amendment.</p><p>You’ll hear me get excited about a case called <a href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/395/367/#tab-opinion-1948077\"><em>Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC</em></a>, a 1969 Supreme Court decision that said the government could impose something called the Fairness Doctrine on radio and television broadcasters because the public owns the airwaves and can thus impose requirements on how they’re used. There’s no similar framework for cable TV or the internet, which don’t use public airwaves, and that makes them much harder, if not impossible, to regulate.</p><div><p>Obama says he disagrees with the idea that social networks are something called “common carriersâ€ that have to distribute all information equally. That idea has been floated most notably by <a href=\"/2021/4/5/22368045/clarence-thomas-social-media-regulation-knight-v-trump\">Justice Clarence Thomas in a 2021 concurrence</a>, and it forms <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/texas-clarence-thomas-opinion-social-media-moderation-ban/\">the basis of laws regulating social media</a> in Texas and Florida — laws that are currently <a href=\"/2023/9/29/23895867/supreme-court-texas-florida-moderation-social-media-conservative-bias\">headed for Supreme Court review</a>. </p></div><p>Lastly, Obama says he talked to a tech executive who told him the best comparison to AI’s impact on the world would be electricity, and you’ll hear me say that I have to guess who it is. So here’s my guess: it’s Google’s Sundar Pichai, who has been <a href=\"/2018/1/19/16911354/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-ai-artificial-intelligence-fire-electricity-jobs-cancer\">saying AI is more profound than electricity or fire</a> since 2018. But that’s my guess. You take a listen, and let me know who you think it is. </p><p>Oh, and one more thing: I <em>definitely</em> asked Obama what apps were on his iPhone’s homescreen.</p><p><em>This transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. </em></p><p><strong>President Barack Obama, you’re the 44th president of the United States. We’re here at the Obama Foundation. Welcome to <em>Decoder</em>.</strong></p><p>It is great to be here. Thank you for having me.</p><p><strong>I am excited to talk to you — there’s a lot to talk about. </strong></p><p><strong>We are here on the occasion of President Biden signing an executive order about AI. I would describe this order as “sweeping.â€ I think it’s over 100 pages long. There are a lot of ideas in it: everything from regulating biosynthesis with AI to safety regulations. It mandates </strong><a href=\"https://www.ibm.com/blog/red-teaming-101-what-is-red-teaming/\"><strong>red teaming</strong></a> <strong>and transparency. Watermarking. These feel like very new challenges for the government’s relationship with technology.</strong></p><p><strong>I want to start with a <em>Decoder</em> question: what is your framework for thinking about these challenges and how you evaluate them?</strong></p><p>This is something that I’ve been interested in for a while. Back in 2015, 2016, as we were watching the landscape be transformed by social media and the information revolution impacting every aspect of our lives, I started getting in conversations about artificial intelligence and this next phase, this next wave, that might be coming. I think one of the lessons that we got from the transformation of our media landscape was that incredible innovation, incredible promise, incredible good can come out of it. </p><p>But there are a bunch of unintended consequences, and we have to be maybe a little more intentional about how our democracies interact with what is primarily being generated out of the private sector. What rules of the road are we setting up, and how can we make sure that we maximize the good and maybe minimize some of the bad?</p><p>So I commissioned my science guy, John Holdren, along with John Podesta, who had been a former chief of staff and worked on climate change issues, [and said], “Let’s pull together some experts to figure this out.â€ </p><p>We issued <a href=\"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/10/12/administrations-report-future-artificial-intelligence\">a big report</a> in my last year [in office]. The interesting thing even then was people felt [AI] was enormously promising technology, but we may be overhyping how quick it’s going to come. As we’ve seen just in the last year or two, even those who are developing these large language models, who are in the weeds with these programs, are starting to realize this thing is moving faster and is potentially even more powerful than we originally imagined. </p><div><div><p>“I don’t believe that we should try to put the genie back in the bottle and be anti-tech because of all the enormous potential. But I think we should put some guardrails around some risks that we can anticipate.â€</p></div></div><p>Now, in conversations with government officials, private sector, and academics, the framework I emerged from is that this is going to be a transformative technology that broadly [changes] the shape of our economy.</p><p>In some ways, even our search engines — basic stuff that we take for granted — are already operating under some AI principles, but this is going to be turbocharged. It’s going to impact how we make stuff, how we deliver services, how we get information. And the potential for us to have enormous medical breakthroughs, the potential for us to be able to provide individualized tutoring for kids in remote areas, the potential for us to solve some of our energy challenges and deal with greenhouse gasses — this could unlock amazing innovation, but it can also do some harm.</p><p>We can end up with powerful AI models in the hands of somebody in a basement who develops a new smallpox variant, or non-state actors who suddenly, because of a powerful AI tool, can hack into critical infrastructure. Or maybe, less dramatically, AI infiltrating the lives of our children in ways that we didn’t intend — in some cases, the way social media has. </p><p>So what that means then is I think the government as an expression of our democracy needs to be aware of what’s going on. Those who are developing these frontier systems need to be transparent. I don’t believe that we should try to put the genie back in the bottle and be anti-tech because of all the enormous potential. But I think we should put some guardrails around some risks that we can anticipate and have enough flexibility that [they] don’t destroy innovation but are also guiding and steering this technology in a way that maximizes not just individual company profits, but also the public good.</p><p><strong>Let me make the comparison for you: I would say that the problem in tech regulation for the past 15 years has been social media. How do we regulate social media? How do we get more good stuff, less bad stuff? Make sure that really bad stuff is illegal. You came to the presidency on the back of social media.</strong></p><p>I was the first digital president.</p><p><strong>You </strong><a href=\"https://www.engadget.com/2009-01-22-confirmed-obama-gets-his-blackberry-no-sectera-edge-in-sight.html\"><strong>had a BlackBerry</strong></a><strong>, I remember. People were very excited about your BlackBerry. I wrote a story about </strong><a href=\"/2014/11/21/7265101/obama-still-uses-a-blackberry\"><strong>your iPad</strong></a><strong>. That was transformative — young people are going to take to the political environment, they’re going to use these tools, and we’re going to change America with it.</strong></p><p>You can <a href=\"https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2008/11/19/barack-obama-and-the-facebook-election\">make an argument</a> that I wouldn’t have been elected had it not been for social networks.</p><p><strong>Now we’re on the other side of that. There was another guy who got elected on the back of social networks. There was </strong><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/protesters-storm-capitol-hill-building.html\"><strong>another movement</strong></a><strong> in America that has been very negative on the back of that election.</strong></p><div><p><strong>We have basically failed to regulate social networks, I’d say. There’s </strong><a href=\"/2019/11/22/20978140/tim-cook-apple-federal-privacy-bill-facebook-breakup-big-tech\"><strong>no comprehensive privacy bill</strong></a><strong>, even.</strong></p></div><p>Right.</p><p><strong>There was already a framework for regulating media in this country. We could have applied a lot of what we knew about “should we have good media?â€ to social networks.</strong> <strong>There are some First Amendment questions in there — important ones. But there was an existing framework.</strong></p><p><strong>With AI, it’s more, “We’re going to tell computers to do stuff, and they’re going to go do it.â€</strong></p><p>Right. We <em>hope</em>. [<em>Laughs</em>]</p><p><strong>We have no framework for that.</strong></p><p>We hope they do what we think we’re telling them to do.</p><p><strong>We ask computers a question. They might just confidently lie to us or help us lie at scale. There is no framework for that.</strong> <strong>What do you think you can pull from the failure to regulate social media into this new environment, such that we get it right this time? </strong></p><div><div><div><div aria-label=\"Zoom\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><div><p><span><img alt=\"\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></figure></div></div></div></div><p>Well, this is part of the reason why I think what the Biden administration did today in putting out the EO is so important. Not because it’s the end point, but because it’s really the beginning of building out a framework. </p><p>When you mentioned how this executive order has a bunch of different stuff in it — what that reflects is that we don’t know all the problems that are going to arise out of this. We don’t know all the promising potential of AI, but we’re starting to put together the foundations for what we hope will be a smart framework for dealing with it. </p><p>In some cases, what AI is going to do is accelerate advances in, let’s say, medicine. We’ve already seen things like <a href=\"/2022/7/28/23280743/deepmind-alphafold-protein-database-alphabet\">protein folding</a> and the breakthroughs that would not have happened had it not been for some of these AI tools. We want to make sure that that’s done safely. We want to make sure that it’s done responsibly, and it may be that we already have some laws in place that can manage that.</p><p>But there may be some novel developments in AI where an existing agency, an existing law, just doesn’t work. If we’re dealing with the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_alignment\">alignment</a> problem, and we want to make sure that some of these large language models — where even the developers <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/90896928/the-frightening-truth-about-ai-chatbots-nobody-knows-exactly-how-they-work\">aren’t entirely confident</a> about what these models are doing, what the computer’s thinking or doing — in that case, we’re going to have to figure out: what is the red teaming? What are the testing regimens? </p><p>In talking to the companies themselves, they will acknowledge that their safety protocols and their testing regimens may not be where they need to be yet. I think it’s entirely appropriate for us to plant a flag and say, “All right, frontier companies, you need to disclose what your safety protocols are to make sure that we don’t have rogue programs going off and hacking into our financial system,â€ for example. Tell us what tests you’re using. Make sure that we have some independent verification that right now this stuff is working.</p><p>But that framework can’t be a fixed framework. These models are developing so quickly that oversight and any regulatory framework is going to have to be flexible, and it’s going to have to be nimble. By the way, it’s also going to require some really smart people who understand how these programs and these models are working — not just in the companies themselves but also in the nonprofit sector and in government. Which is why I was glad to see that the Biden administration’s executive order is specifically calling on a bunch of hotshot young people who are interested in AI to do a stint outside of the companies themselves and go work for government for a while. Go work with some of the research institutes that are popping up in places like the <a href=\"https://asml.cyber.harvard.edu/\">Harvard [Applied Social Media] Lab</a> or the <a href=\"https://hai.stanford.edu/\">Stanford [Human-Centered] AI Center</a> and some other nonprofits. </p><p>We’re going to need to make sure that everybody can have confidence that whatever journey we’re on here with AI, that it’s not just being driven by a few people without any kind of interaction or voice from ordinary folks — the regular people who are going to be using these products and impacted by these products.</p><p><strong>There are ordinary folks and there are the people who are building it who need to go help write regulations, and there’s a split there. </strong></p><p><strong>The conventional wisdom in the Valley for years has been that the government is too slow. It doesn’t understand technology. By the time it actually writes a functional rule, the technology it was aiming to regulate will be obsolete. This is markedly different, right? The AI doomers are the ones asking for regulation the most.</strong></p><p>Yeah.</p><p><strong>The big companies have asked for regulation. [OpenAI CEO] Sam Altman has toured the capitals of the world politely </strong><a href=\"/2023/5/24/23735982/sam-altman-openai-superintelligent-benefits-talk-london-ucl-protests\"><strong>asking to be regulated</strong></a><strong>. Why do you think there’s such a fervor for that regulation? Is it just incumbents wanting to cement their position?</strong></p><p>You’re raising an important point. Rightly there’s some suspicion, I think, among some people that these companies want regulation because they want to lock out competition. As you know, historically, a central principle of tech culture has been open source. We want everything out there. Everybody’s able to play with models and applications and create new products, and that’s how innovation happens.</p><p>Here, regulation starts looking like, well, maybe we start having closed systems and the big frontier companies — the Microsofts, the Googles, the OpenAIs, Anthropics — are going to somehow lock us out. But in my conversations with the tech leaders on this, I think there is, for the first time, some genuine humility because they are seeing the power that these models may have.</p><div><div><p>“But in my conversations with the tech leaders on this, I think there is, for the first time, some genuine humility because they are seeing the power that these models may have.â€</p></div></div><p>I talked to one executive — and look, there’s no shortage of hyperbole in the tech world, right? But this is a pretty sober guy who’s seen a bunch of these cycles and been through boom and bust. I asked him, “Well, when you say this technology you think is going to be transformative, give me some analogy.â€ He said, “I sat with my team, and we talked about it. After going around and around, we decided maybe the best analogy was <a href=\"/2018/1/19/16911354/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-ai-artificial-intelligence-fire-electricity-jobs-cancer\">electricity</a>.â€ And I thought, “Well, yeah, electricity. That was a pretty big deal.â€ [<em>Laughs</em>]</p><p>If that’s the case, I think they recognize that it’s in their own commercial self-interest that there’s not some big screw-up on this. If, in fact, it <em>is</em> as transformative as they expect it to be, then having some rules and protections creates a competitive field that allows everybody to participate, come up with new products, compete on price, and compete on functionality, but [prevents us from] taking such big risks that the whole thing blows up in our faces. </p><p>I do think that there is sincere concern that if we just have an unfettered race to the bottom, that this could end up choking off the goose that might be laying a bunch of golden eggs.</p><div><p><strong>There is the view in the Valley, though, that </strong><a href=\"https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/\"><strong>any constraint on technology is bad</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p></div><p>Yeah, and I disagree with that.</p><p><strong>Any caution, any principle where you might slow down is the enemy of progress, and the net good is better if we just race ahead as fast as possible.</strong></p><p>In fairness, that’s not just in the Valley; that’s in every business I know. </p><p>It’s not like Wall Street loves regulation. It’s not as if manufacturers are really keen for the government to micromanage how they produce goods. One of the things that we’ve learned through the industrial age and the information age over the last century is that you <em>can</em> overregulate. You can have over-bureaucratized things. </p><p>But if you have smart regulations that set some basic goals and standards — making sure you’re not creating products that are unsafe to consumers; making sure that if you’re selling food, people who go in the grocery store can trust that they’re not going to die from <em>salmonella</em> or <em>E. coli</em>; making sure that if somebody buys a car that the brakes work; making sure that if I take my electric whatever and I plug it into a socket anywhere, any place in the country, that it’s not going to shock me and blow up in my face — it turns out all those various rules and standards actually create marketplaces and are good for business, and innovation then develops around those rules.</p><p>I think part of what happens in the tech community is the sense that, “We’re smarter than everybody else, and these people slowing us down are impeding rapid progress.â€ When you look at the history of innovation, it turns out that having some smart guideposts around which innovation takes place not only doesn’t slow things down, but in some cases, it actually raises standards and accelerates progress. </p><p>There were a bunch of folks who said, “Look, you’re going to kill the automobile if you put airbags in there.â€ Well, it turns out actually people figured out, “You know what? We can actually put airbags in there and make them safer. And over time, the costs go down and everybody’s better off.â€</p><div><div><div><div aria-label=\"Zoom\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><div><p><span><img alt=\"Barack Obama sits for an interview\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></figure></div></div></div></div><p><strong>There’s a really difficult part in the EO about provenance — watermarking content, making sure people can see it’s AI-generated. You are among the most deepfaked people in the world. </strong></p><p>Oh, absolutely. Because what I realized is when I left office, I’d probably been filmed and recorded more than any human in history just because I happened to be the first president when the smartphone came out.</p><p><strong>I’m assuming you have some very deep personal feelings about being deepfaked in this way. There’s a big First Amendment issue here, right?</strong></p><p>Right.</p><p><strong>I can use Photoshop one way, and the government doesn’t say I have to put a label on it. I use it a slightly different way, the government’s going to show up and tell Adobe, “You’ve got to put a label on this.â€ How do you square that circle? It seems very challenging to me.</strong></p><p>I think this is going to be an iterative process. I don’t think you’re going to be able to create a blanket rule. But the truth is that’s been how our governance of information, media, and speech has developed for a couple hundred years now. With each new technology, we have to adapt and figure out some new rules of the road.</p><p>So let’s take my example: a deepfake of me that is used for political satire or just somebody who doesn’t like me and they want to deepfake me. I was the president of the United States. There are some pretty formidable rules that have been set up to protect people who make fun of public figures. I’m a public figure, and what you are doing to me as a public figure is different than what you do to a 13-year-old girl, a freshman in high school. So we’re going to treat that differently, and that’s okay. We should have different rules for public figures than we do for private citizens. We should have different rules for what is clearly political commentary and satire versus cyberbullying.</p><p><strong>Where do you think those rules land? Do they land on individuals? Do they land on the people making the tools like Adobe or Google? Do they land on the distribution networks, like Facebook?</strong></p><p>My suspicion is how responsibility is allocated — we’re going to have to sort out. Look, I taught constitutional law. I’m close to a First Amendment absolutist in the sense that I generally don’t believe that even offensive speech, mean speech, et cetera, should certainly not be regulated by the government. I’m even game to argue that on social media platforms that the default position should be free speech rather than censorship. I agree with all that.</p><p>But keep in mind, we’ve never had completely free speech, right? We have laws against child pornography. We have laws against human trafficking. We have laws against certain kinds of speech that we deem to be really harmful to the public health and welfare. The courts, when they evaluate that, they say, “Hmm.â€ They come up with a whole bunch of time, place, and manner restrictions that may be acceptable in some cases but aren’t acceptable in others. You get a bunch of case law that develops.</p><div><div><p>“I do believe that the platforms themselves are more than just common carriers like the phone company. They’re not passive. There’s always some content moderation taking place.â€</p></div></div><p>There are arguments about it in the public square. We may disagree — should Nazis be able to <a href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/skokie-case-how-i-came-represent-free-speech-rights-nazis\">protest in Skokie</a>? Well, that’s a tough one, but we can figure this out. That, I think, is how this is going to develop.</p><p>I do believe that the platforms themselves are more than just common carriers like the phone company. They’re not passive. There’s always some content moderation taking place. So once that line has been crossed, it’s perfectly reasonable for the broader society to say, well, we don’t want to just leave that entirely to a private company. </p><p>I think we need to at least know how you’re making those decisions, what things you might be amplifying through your algorithm and what things you aren’t. It may be that what you’re doing isn’t illegal, but we should at least be able to know how some of these decisions are made. I think it’s going to be that kind of process that takes place. What I don’t agree with is the large tech platform suggesting somehow that [they] want to be treated entirely as a common carrier, and [they’re] just passive here.</p><p>Yeah. But on the other hand, we know [they’re] selling advertising based on the idea that you’re making a bunch of decisions about [their] products.</p><p><strong>This is very challenging, right? If you say [social platforms] are common carriers, then you are, in fact, regulating them. You’re saying you can’t make <em>any</em> decisions. If you say you are exercising editorial control, they are </strong><a href=\"/22838473/social-media-first-amendment-regulation-section-230-decoder-podcast\"><strong>protected by the First Amendment</strong></a><strong>. </strong></p><p>Yes.</p><p><strong>Then regulations get very, very difficult. It feels like even with AI — when we talk about content generation with AI — or with social networks, we run right into the First Amendment over and over again. Most of our approaches — this is what I worry about — try to get around it so we can make some speech regulations without saying we’re going to make some speech regulations. </strong></p><div><p><a href=\"/2018/8/28/17777330/internet-of-garbage-book-sarah-jeong-online-harassment\"><strong>Copyright law is the most effective speech regulation on the internet</strong></a><strong> because everyone will agree, “Okay, Disney owns that. Bring it down.â€</strong></p></div><p>Well, because there’s property involved. There’s money involved.</p><p><strong>There’s money. Maybe less property than money, but there’s definitely money.</strong></p><p>IP and hence, money. Yeah.</p><p><strong>Do you worry that we’re making fake speech regulations without actually talking about the balance of equities that you’re describing here?</strong></p><p>I think that we need to have — and AI I think is going to force this — a much more robust public conversation around these rules and agree to some broad principles to guide us. The problem is, right now, let’s face it, it’s gotten so caught up in partisanship — partly because of the last election, partly because of covid and vax and anti-vax proponents — that we’ve lost sight of our ability to just come up with some principles that don’t advantage one party or another, or one position or another, but do reflect our broad adherence to democracy. </p><p>But the point I’m emphasizing here is this is not the first time we’ve had to do this. We had to do this when radio emerged. We had to do this when television emerged. It was easier to do back then, in part because you had three or five companies, and the public through the government technically owned the airwaves, and you could make these arguments.</p><p><strong>This is a square on my bingo card — if I could get to the </strong><a href=\"https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/2\"><strong>Red Lion case</strong></a><strong> with you, I’ve won. There was a framework [in that case] that said the government owns the airwaves, and it’s going to </strong><a href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/general/spectrum-inventory\"><strong>allocate them</strong></a><strong> to people in some way, so we can make some decisions, and that is an effective and appropriate situation.</strong></p><p>That was the hook.</p><p><strong>Can you bring that to the internet?</strong></p><p>I think you have to find a different kind of hook.</p><p><strong>Sure.</strong></p><p>But ultimately, even the idea that the public and the government own the airwaves — that was really just another way of saying, “This affects everybody, so we should all have a say in how this operates, and we believe in capitalism, and we don’t mind you making a bunch of money through the innovation and the products that you’re creating and the content that you’re putting out there. But we want to have some say in what our kids are watching or how things are being advertised.â€</p><p><strong>If you were the president now — I was with my family last night, and </strong><a href=\"/23929233/lawrence-lessig-free-speech-first-amendment-ai-content-moderation-decoder-interview\"><strong>the idea that the Chinese TikTok teaches kids</strong></a><strong> to be scientists and doctors, but in our TikTok, the algorithm is different, it came up. And the notion that we should have a regulation like China that teaches our kids to be doctors — all the parents around the table said, “Yeah, we’re super into that. We should do that.â€ </strong></p><p><strong>How would you write a rule like that? Is it even possible with our First Amendment?</strong></p><p>For a long time, let’s say under television, <a href=\"https://www.media.mit.edu/explain/papers/cme-cta.pdf\">there were requirements</a> around children’s television. It kept on getting watered down to the point where anything qualified as children’s television, right? We <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-21-mn-8908-story.html\">had a fairness doctrine</a> that made sure that there was some balance in terms of how views were presented. </p><p>I’m not arguing good or bad in either of those things. I’m simply making the point that we’ve done it before, and there was no sense that somehow that was anti-democratic or it was squashing innovation. It was just an understanding that we live in a democracy, so we set up rules so that we think that democracy works better rather than worse, and everybody has some say in it.</p><p>The idea behind the First Amendment is we’re going to have a marketplace of ideas, that these ideas battle themselves out, and ultimately, we can all judge better ideas versus worse ideas. I deeply believe in that core principle. We are going to have to adapt to the fact that now there is so much content, and there are so few regulators, everybody can throw up any idea out there, even if it’s sexist, racist, violent, etc., and that makes it a little bit harder than it did when we only had three TV stations or a handful of radio stations or what have you.</p><p>But the principle still applies, which is: how do we create a deliberative process where the average citizen can hear a bunch of different viewpoints and then say, “You know what? Here’s what I agree with, here’s what I don’t agree with.â€ Hopefully, through that process, we get better outcomes.</p><p><strong>Let me crash the two themes of our conversations together: AI and the social platforms. Meta just had earnings. Mark Zuckerberg was on the earnings call, and he said, “For our feed apps, I think that, over time, </strong><a href=\"/2023/10/25/23932605/mark-zuckerberg-says-ai-might-get-to-a-place-where-it-just-generates-content-in-your-feeds\"><strong>more of the content that people consume is either going to be generated or edited by AI</strong></a><strong>.â€ So he envisions a world in which social networks are showing people perhaps exactly what they want to see inside of their preferences, much like advertising that keeps them engaged.</strong></p><p><strong>Should we regulate that away? Should we tell them to stop? Should we <em>embrace</em> this as a way to show people more content that they’re willing to see that might expand their worldview?</strong></p><p>This is something I’ve been wrestling with for a while.</p><p>I gave <a href=\"https://barackobama.medium.com/my-remarks-on-disinformation-at-stanford-7d7af7ba28af\">a speech</a> about misinformation and our information silos at Stanford last year. I am concerned about business models that just feed people exactly what they already believe and agree with and are all designed to sell them stuff. </p><p>Do I think that’s great for democracy? No. </p><p>Do I think that’s something the government itself can regulate? I’m skeptical that you can come up with perfect regulations there. </p><p>What I actually think needs to happen, though, is that we need to think about different platforms and different business models. It may be that I’m perfectly happy to have AI mediate how I buy jeans online. That could be very efficient. I’m perfectly happy with it. So if it’s a shopping app or thread, fine.</p><div><div><p>“Can we create other places for people to go that broaden their perspective and make them curious about how other people are seeing the world, so they actually learn something, as opposed to just reinforcing their existing biases?â€</p></div></div><p>When we’re talking about political discourse, when we’re talking about culture, can we create other places for people to go that broaden their perspective and make them curious about how other people are seeing the world, so they actually learn something, as opposed to just reinforcing their existing biases? </p><p>I don’t think that’s something that government is going to be able to legislate. I think that’s something that consumers interacting with companies are going to have to discover and find alternatives. </p><p>Look, I’m obviously not 12 years old. I didn’t grow up with my thumbs on these screens. I’m an old-ass 62-year-old guy who sometimes can’t really work all the apps on my phone, but I do have two daughters who are in their 20s. It’s interesting the degree to which, at a certain point, they have found almost every social media app getting kind of boring after a while. It gets old, precisely because all it’s doing is telling [you] what you already know or what the program thinks you want to know or what you want to see. So you’re not surprised anymore. You’re not discovering anything anymore. You’re not learning anymore. </p><p>So I think there’s a promise to how we can... there’s a market, let’s put it that way. I think there’s a market for products that don’t just do that. It’s the same reason why people have asked me around AI, “Are there going to still be artists around and singers and actors, or is it all going to be computer-generated stuff?â€ </p><p>My answer is, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine.â€</p><p><strong>A bunch of elevator musicians just freaked out, dude.</strong></p><p>For the average even legal brief or let’s say a research memo in a law firm, AI can probably do as good a job as a second-year law associate.</p><p><strong>Certainly as good a job as I ever did. [<em>Laughs</em>]</strong></p><p>[<em>Laughs</em>] Exactly. But Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that is different. The reason is because part of the human experience, part of the human genius is it’s almost a mutation. It’s not predictable. It’s messy, it’s new, it’s different, it’s rough, it’s weird. That is the stuff that ultimately taps into something deeper in us, and I think there’s going to be a market for that.</p><div><div><div><div aria-label=\"Zoom\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><div><p><span><img alt=\"Barack Obama talks to Nilay Patel as camera crew films the interview\" data-nimg=\"fill\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"></img></span></p></div></figure></div></div></div></div><p><strong>In addition to being the former president, you are a bestselling author. You have </strong><a href=\"/2022/6/21/23177298/obamas-audible-amazon-spotify\"><strong>a production company with your wife</strong></a><strong>. You’re in the IP business, which is why you think it’s property. It’s good. I appreciate that. </strong></p><p><strong>The thing that will stop AI in its tracks in this moment is copyright lawsuits, right? You ask a generative AI model to spit out a Barack Obama speech, and it will do it to some level of passability. Probably C+. That’s my estimation, C+.</strong></p><p>It’d be one of my worst speeches, but it might sound sort of—</p><p><strong>You fire a canon of C+ content at any business model on the internet, you upend it. But there are a lot of </strong><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/authors-sue-openai-novels-1235526462/\"><strong>authors</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href=\"/2023/9/21/23836337/music-generative-ai-voice-likeness-regulation\"><strong>musicians</strong></a><strong>, and now artists </strong><a href=\"/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit\"><strong>suing</strong></a><strong> the companies, saying, “This is not fair use to train on our data — to just ingest all of it.â€ Where do you stand on that? As an author, do you think it’s appropriate for them to ingest this much content?</strong></p><p>Set me aside for a second. Michelle and I, we’ve already sold a lot of books, and we’re doing fine. So I’m not overly stressed about it personally. </p><p>I do think President Biden’s executive order speaks to — and there’s a lot more work that has to be done on this — [the idea that] copyright is just one element. </p><p>If AI turns out to be as pervasive and as powerful as its proponents expect — and I have to say, the more I look into it, I think it <em>is</em> going to be that disruptive — we are going to have to think about not just about intellectual property. We’re going to have to think about jobs and the economy differently. And not all these problems are going to be solved inside of industry.</p><p>What do I mean by that? I think with respect to copyright law, you will see people with legitimate claims financing lawsuits and litigation. Through the courts and various other regulatory mechanisms, the people who are creating content are going to figure out ways to get paid and to protect the stuff they create. It may impede the development of large language models for a while, but over the long term, that’ll just be a speed bump.</p><p>The broader question is going to be: what happens when 10 percent of existing jobs now definitively can be done better by some large language model or other variant of AI? Are we going to have to reexamine how we educate our kids, and what jobs are going to be available? </p><p>The truth of the matter is that during my presidency, there was a little bit of naiveté where people would say, “The answer to lifting people out of poverty and making sure they have high enough wages is we’re going to retrain them. We’re going to educate them, and they should all become coders because that’s the future.â€ Well, if AI is coding better than all but the very best coders — if ChatGPT can generate a research memo better than the third- or fourth-year associate, maybe not the partner who’s got a particular expertise or judgment — now what are you telling young people coming up?</p><div><div><p>“If AI turns out to be as pervasive and as powerful as its proponents expect, we are going to have to think not just about intellectual property. We’re going to have to think about jobs and the economy differently.â€</p></div></div><p>I think we’re going to have to start having conversations about: how do we pay those jobs that <em>can’t</em> be done by AI? How do we pay those <em>better</em> — healthcare, nursing, teaching, childcare, art, things that are really important to our lives but maybe commercially historically have not paid as well? </p><p>Are we going to have to think about the length of the workweek and how we share jobs? Are we going to have to think about the fact that more people [might] choose to operate like independent contractors — where are they getting their healthcare from, and where are they getting their retirement from? Those are the kinds of conversations that I think we’re going to have to start having to deal with, and that’s why I’m glad that President Biden’s EO begins that conversation.</p><p>I can’t emphasize [that] enough. I think you’ll see some people saying, “Well, we still don’t have tough regulations. Where’s the teeth in this? We’re not forcing these big companies to do X, Y, Z as quickly as we should.â€ </p><p>I think this administration understands, and I’ve certainly emphasized in conversations with them: this is just the start. This is going to unfold over the next two, three, four, five years. And by the way, it’s going to be unfolding internationally. There’s going to be <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/31/uk-ai-safety-summit-rishi-sunak-elon-musk/\">a conference this week</a> in England around international safety standards on AI. Vice President [Kamala] Harris is going to be attending. I think that’s a good thing because part of the challenge here is we’re going to have to have some cross-border frameworks and regulations and standards and norms. That’s part of what makes this different and harder to manage than the advent of radio and television because the internet, by definition, is a worldwide phenomenon.</p><p><strong>Have you used these tools? Have you had the “aha!â€ moment where the computer’s talking to you? Have you generated a picture of yourself?</strong></p><p>I have used some of these tools during the course of these conversations and this research, and it’s fun.</p><p><strong>Has Bing flirted with you yet? It </strong><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html\"><strong>flirts</strong></a><strong> with </strong><a href=\"https://stratechery.com/2023/from-bing-to-sydney-search-as-distraction-sentient-ai/\"><strong>everybody</strong></a>,<strong> I hear.</strong></p><p>Bing didn’t flirt with me [<em>Laughs</em>].<em> </em>The way they’re designed — and I’ve actually raised this with some of the designers — in some cases, they’re designed to anthropomorphize, to make it feel like you are talking to a human. It’s like, can we pass the Turing test? That’s a specific objective because it makes it seem more magical. And in some cases, it improves function. But in some cases, it just makes it cooler. So there’s a little pizzazz there, and people are interested in it.</p><p>I have to tell you that generally speaking, the way I think about AI is as a tool, not a buddy. I think part of what we’re going to need to do as these models get more powerful — and this is where I do think government can help — is also just educating the public on what these models can do and what they can’t do. These are really powerful extensions of yourself and tools but [they] are also reflections of yourself. So don’t get confused and think that somehow what you’re <a href=\"/23604075/ai-chatbots-bing-chatgpt-intelligent-sentient-mirror-test\">seeing in the mirror is some other consciousness</a>.</p><p><strong>You just want Bing to flirt with you. This is what I felt personally, very deeply. </strong></p><p><strong>All right, last question. I need to know this. It’s very important to me: what are the four apps in your iPhone dock?</strong></p><p>Four apps at the bottom, I’ve got Safari.</p><p><strong>Key.</strong></p><p>I’ve got my texts, the green box.</p><p><strong>You’re a blue bubble. Do you give people any crap for being a green bubble?</strong></p><p>No, no. I’m okay.</p><p><strong>All right.</strong></p><p>I’ve got my email, and I have my music. That’s it.</p><p><strong>The stock set. Pretty good.</strong></p><p>If you asked the ones that I probably go to more than I should, I might have to put <em>Words With Friends</em> on there, where I think I waste a lot of time, and maybe my NBA League Pass.</p><p><strong>That’s pretty good.</strong></p><p>But I try not to overdo it on those.</p><p><strong>League Pass is just one click above the dock. That’s what I’m getting out of this.</strong></p><p>Exactly. </p><p><strong>President Obama, thank you so much for being on <em>Decoder</em>. I really appreciate this conversation.</strong></p><p>I really enjoyed it. I want to emphasize once again because you’ve got an audience that understands this stuff, cares about it, is involved in it, and working at it: if you are interested in helping to shape all these amazing questions that are going to be coming up, go to <a href=\"https://ai.gov/\">ai.gov</a> and see if there are opportunities for you fresh out of school. Or you might be an experienced tech coder who’s done fine, bought the house, got everything set up, and says, “You know what? I want to do something for the common good.â€ Sign up. This is part of what we set up during my presidency, <a href=\"https://www.usds.gov/\">US Digital Service</a>. It’s remarkable how many really high-level folks decided that for six months, for a year, or for two years, devoting themselves to questions that are bigger than just what the latest app or video game was turned out to be really important to them and meaningful to them. Attracting that kind of talent into this field with that perspective, I think, is going to be vital.</p><div><div><div><h2>Decoder with Nilay Patel  / </h2><p>A podcast about big ideas and other problems.</p></div><p><a href=\"http://pod.link/decoder\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!</a></p></div></div></div>', 'Barack Obama joined Nilay Patel on Decoder to discuss President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, tech regulation, and more.', 'https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GQ8GMLdiNDwXs4Ur3sHYuwTs4w0=/0x0:1920x1080/1200x628/filters:focal(960x540:961x541)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25063675/VRG_DEC_OBAMA_Textless.jpg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(676, 'New Google Trial Docs May Explain Why Search Sucks So Bad Now', '<div><p>The Department of Justice and Google just rumbled their way past the <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://gizmodo.com/google-trial-starts-antitrust-justice-department-search-1850829553&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://gizmodo.com/google-trial-starts-antitrust-justice-department-search-1850829553\">halfway point of a landmark antitrust</a></span> trial vying to answer a potentially industry-rupturing question: Does Google maintain its ironfisted stranglehold over internet search results because of its superior innovation or as a byproduct of ruthless anti-competitive jockeying and closed-door dealings? New documents revealed during the historic monopoly trial over the past week seem to lend more weight to the latter argument, and they could help explain why Google’s once dazzling search results <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-google-search-is-getting-worse/472681/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-google-search-is-getting-worse/472681/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">anecdotally</a></span> feel like they are getting worse for some. </p><div><div><div><div data-current=\"193593\" data-playlist=\"193593,195603,193866\"><div><div><div data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-blog-id=\"4\" data-video-duration=\"173\" data-video-id=\"193593\" data-video-network=\"gizmodo\" data-video-title=\"Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AI\"><div><p>Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AI</p></div><video crossorigin=\"anonymous\" disablepictureinpicture=\"\" height=\"100%\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" preload=\"none\" width=\"100%\"><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/193593/193593_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/193593/193593_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/193593/193593_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/193593/193593_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https://kinja.com/api/videoupload/caption/19048.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"></track></video></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>It’s no secret that Google dominates search—the tech behemoth <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-share-of-search-engines/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.statista.com/statistics/216573/worldwide-market-share-of-search-engines/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly commands around 83% of the global search market share</a></span>. Google has repeatedly defended that oddly uneven pie chart—both during the current trial and years before—by arguing its search product is simply superior to alternatives. Consumers, the argument goes, continuously choose Google due to its constant innovation and ease of use. Google does happen to be the default search engine on billions of devices, but grumpy customers can simply switch their default setting with a quick click (eh, <em>okay </em>well <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/switching-away-from-googles-search-engine-takes-too-many-steps-duckduckgo-ceo/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/switching-away-from-googles-search-engine-takes-too-many-steps-duckduckgo-ceo/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">maybe more like 15 clicks</a></span>) of a button.</p><p>But documents and testimony revealed by the Department of Justice this week complicate that already imperfect narrative. Lawyers for the government on Monday displayed a series of 2019 emails between then head of Google search Ben Gomes and colleagues where the executive expressed fears his team was “getting too involved with ads for the good of the product and company.â€ In later emails, Gomes said he was worried his team was “getting too close to the money.â€</p><p>Those comments are important because, as <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-31/google-s-2019-code-yellow-blurred-line-between-search-ads&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-31/google-s-2019-code-yellow-blurred-line-between-search-ads\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg points out</a></span>, Google was known for erecting clear barriers distancing the product side of search from the advertising wing so that the former can focus on constantly improving user experience. But the documents presented at trial appear to show Gomes expressing concern that the company could be putting its advertising revenue profits ahead of consumer regard. Specifically, the documents point to a “Code Yellowâ€ issued at the company for seven weeks following concerns it might fall short of its search revenue goals for the first quarter of 2019. Gomes, according to the documents, felt like he and others on the product side were tasked with focusing too much on revenue solutions.</p><p>“I think it is good for us to aspire to query growth and to aspire to more users,â€ Gomes wrote in an email to colleagues seen by reporters at the trial. “But I think we are getting too involved with ads for the good of the product and company.â€</p><h2 id=\"h36555\"><a id=\"\"></a><strong>Prioritizing growth over quality?</strong></h2><p>Gomes reportedly sparred with Google over its decision to set its metrics on the total number of user queries. The former head of search reportedly balked at this metric because an improved search functionality should ideally prioritize answering users’ questions with as few clicks as possible. Google, the DOJ argued, benefits from users taking longer to search because the company can run ads against each of those queries. Around 80% of Google revenues <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/advertising-revenue-google-meta-amazon-apple-microsoft/674258/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/advertising-revenue-google-meta-amazon-apple-microsoft/674258/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly</a></span> come from advertising. If a user needs to refine their search a few times to get what they’re looking for, or if they have to scroll deeper through the results, more ads can be served to them. </p><p>An over-focus on driving up queries, Gomes warned, could hypothetically incentivize the company to worsen the product by disabling necessary features like spell correction or ranking improvement. Those extra queries could come at the end user’s expense. Gomes, during his testimony this week, said he did not think Google would actually go as far as to stoop to turning off spell correction.</p><p>“Most headcount (non assistant) for search has gone into projects that are growth oriented,â€ Gomes wrote in a draft email intended for then Google Head of Advertising Prabhakar Raghavan. “To the point, I worry that we are really not investing in research or speculation adequately.â€</p><p>Gomes never ended up sending the email. Instead, he reportedly met with Raghavan and the two agreed to replace queries with a new metric measuring “groups of queries.â€ Still, the exchange highlights the inherent tensions that can arise between the product and advertising teams and their at times conflicting goals.</p><h2 id=\"h36556\"><a id=\"\"></a><strong>‘Hallmark sign of monopoly power’ </strong></h2><p>A legal expert and antitrust advocate speaking with Gizmodo said these questions speak to the heart of the government’s case against Google. In an interview, American Economic Liberties Project Legal Counsel Lee Hepner said Google’s ability to potentially degrade a product without meaningfully losing users was a “hallmark sign of monopoly power.â€ Hepner likened this to more traditional anti-competition cases where monopolists can simply raise the prices of goods without improving their quality and, importantly, without any real threat of losing market share.</p><p>“It’s proof of Google’s monopoly over search that they are able to degrade their experience,â€ Hepner said. “Google is aware that degrading its search product is going to affect the user experience negatively.â€ </p><p>Tech Oversight Project Executive Director Kyle Morse echoed that sentiment, describing Search as the “linchpin of [Google’s] entire business model.â€</p><p>“When people use Google search to plan a vacation or find a new restaurant, they think they’re getting the best results out there, but in reality, Google has degraded its search product in order to squeeze money from advertisers and ultimately consumers,â€ Morse added.</p><p>Google strongly pushed back against those criticisms in an email sent to Gizmodo.</p><p>“The organic results you see in Search are not affected by our ads systems or by the ads we show for a query,â€ a Google spokesperson said.</p><p>Aside from Gomes’ testimony, the DOJ released 22 new exhibits on Monday that, in various ways, show the lengths the company allegedly went to in order to maintain its search marketplace dominance. Google, according to testimony from the trial last week, <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-27/google-paid-26-3-billion-to-be-default-search-engine-in-2021&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-27/google-paid-26-3-billion-to-be-default-search-engine-in-2021\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dished out $26.3 billion in 2021</a></span> to become the default search engine across numerous browsers and mobile devices. A large chunk of that spending is believed to have gone to Apple to ensure Google is the default search engine on the iPhone.</p><p>Google’s power as the default search engine on a plethora of devices grinds against its argument that users simply chose them over competitors because they create a superior product. Internal Google documents released by the DOJ this week speak to that point as well. In one slide, a Google presenter admitted “users do not seem to make an active choice of a SE [search engine].â€ Elsewhere, an internal Google deck showed <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://x.com/jason_kint/status/1719371867432054871?s=20&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://x.com/jason_kint/status/1719371867432054871?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google searches dropping 27%</a></span> after Google was “unsetâ€ from the homepage.</p><p>Google’s relationship with Apple is particularly significant given its unilateral access to iPhone customers. Internal Google notes of a meeting between Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook released Monday by the DOJ give an interesting insight into that relationship. The meeting, which began as a discussion of the regulatory environment in D.C. eventually turned toward the question of Google’s place as the default search engine on Apple products.</p><p>Cook, according to the notes, told Pichai he believes the two companies were “deep partners; deeply connected where our services end and yours begin.â€ In another note from the meeting, Pichai reportedly said, “Our vision is that we work as if we are one company.â€ Pichai tried to distance himself from that line during this testimony on Monday.</p><p>“I don’t recall myself saying that line,â€ Pichai said during the trial, <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://fortune.com/2023/10/31/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-testifies-search-apple-dont-recall-saying-that-monopoly-default/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://fortune.com/2023/10/31/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-testifies-search-apple-dont-recall-saying-that-monopoly-default/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to</a></span> Fortune. At the same time, 2019 emails authored by Pichai appear to show the Google CEO concerned members of the company’s search team leaving for Apple or other potential rivals.</p><p>“I need monthly reports of all losses to key competitors on an ongoing basis and if anyone from search to Apple, please email me directly on every individual case.â€ Pichai wrote according to the recently released documents.</p><p>Other documents dating back to 2005 show Google emphatically pushing back against Microsoft’s decision to build search into its toolbar for the release of its Internet Explorer 7 web browser. In a letter sent to Microsoft at the time, Google argued it would be too difficult for users to find the setting to change the default search engine. These are remarkably similar to the arguments DuckDuckGo and other smaller search engines currently make against Google today. The emails to Microsoft even described them as maintaining “monopolyâ€ products.</p><p>“We are deeply concerned about the potential for harm to the competitive process from Microsoft’s actions, particularly given Microsoft’s monopoly position with its Windows OS and its IE browser,â€ Google wrote at the time.</p><p>“By pushing out an update of IE with a new search box that will default to Microsoft’s own search engine in the vast majority of cases, Microsoft would gain a large number of search users for reasons having nothing to do with the merits of Microsoft’s search offerings,â€ Google added.</p><h2 id=\"h36557\"><a id=\"\"></a>Judge reverses course on siloing evidence from public</h2><p>These documents and others like them are part of a growing list of files pertaining to the antitrust trial <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">posted on the DOJ’s website</a></span>. Government lawyers, as well as speech advocates and members of the press, have needed to push Judge Amit Mehta, who’s presiding over the case, to actually let these documents see the light of day.</p><p>For the first few weeks of the trial, Mehta barred both the DOJ and Google from sharing much of any of the documents shared during the trial, which itself is already highly restrictive. The result: a history-defining antitrust trial largely relegated to the shadowy recesses of newspaper back pages and industry publications. Diane Rulke, an organizational behavior professor at Carnegie Mellon <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/technology/google-antitrust-trial-secrecy.html&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/technology/google-antitrust-trial-secrecy.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">recently told the New York Times</a></span> she believed the public’s lack of access to relevant information was “unprecedented in antitrust trials.â€</p><p>Critics of Google’s business practices, like Hepner of the AELP, said the release of these documents can make the case against the tech giant all the more clear<br></br></p><p>“Over and over again we are seeing that Google is hyper-aware of the negative effects of their monopoly,â€ Hepner said. “That more than anything is the most compelling evidence coming out of this case.<br></br></p></div>', 'The Department of Justice and Google just rumbled their way past the halfway point of a landmark antitrust trial vying to answer a potentially industry-rupturing question: Does Google maintain its ironfisted stranglehold over internet search results because o…', 'https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/ec0d0c3a32872a10e1226b1bc59773ea.jpg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(677, 'Reddit’s blockchain-based “Community Pointsâ€ rewards crash after sunsetting', '<div>\n        <header>\n            <h4>\n      What really is money, when you think about it    —\n</h4>\n            \n            <h2 itemprop=\"description\">Tokens based on subreddit reputation saw dips over 85% after the announcement.</h2>\n            <section>\n\n  \n<p itemprop=\"author creator\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http://schema.org/Person\">\n      <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/author/kevinpurdy/\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"author\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Kevin Purdy</span></a>\n    -    <time data-time=\"1697654494\" datetime=\"2023-10-18T18:41:34+00:00\">Oct 18, 2023 6:41 pm UTC</time>\n</p>\n\n  \n</section>        </header>\n        <section>\n            <div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n                                    \n<figure>\n  <img alt=\"Reddit logo amidst darkened coins\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1299869307-800x533.jpg\"></img>\n      <figcaption></figcaption>  </figure>\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Reddit\'s Community Points, a blockchain-based rewards system for quality posts, comments, and other contributions in a subset of subreddits, is going the way of many similar tokens launched during the crypto boom times: away.</p>\n<p>As of November 8, coins like the \"MOON\" that r/CryptoCurrency used for tips, premium features, and even voting shares will be removed from users\' Vaults. Noticing this, the value of most Reddit-based coins took a nearly straight drop on Tuesday after <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/17a33ql/serious_sunsetting_community_points_beta_and/\">Reddit\'s announcements</a>. MOON was trading just over $0.20 at 1 pm Eastern, shortly before the announcement in its subreddit. Shortly before 3 pm, MOON had dropped just below $0.02, a loss of more than 85 percent, with fellow Reddit currencies BRICK (r/FortNiteBR) and DONUT (r/EthTrader) seeing <a href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/17/reddit-based-tokens-plunge-on-report-of-wind-down-of-community-points/\">similarly precipitous plunges</a>.</p>\n<figure><img alt=\"MOON\'s price, as seen on TradingView, during the day when Reddit announced its sunsetting of Community Points, such as MOON.\" height=\"1636\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-18-at-1.00.57%E2%80%AFPM.png\" width=\"2878\"></img><figcaption><p>MOON\'s price, as seen on TradingView, during the day when Reddit announced its sunsetting of Community Points, such as MOON.</p><p>TradingView</p></figcaption></figure>\n<p>While most people likely never noticed the loss of their Community Points, some who actively acquired them, or even bought more on the blockchain, are reporting losses of thousands of dollars. Conspiratorial claims of Reddit having \"rugged\" the currencies—pulling money from the system before a sudden shutdown—<a href=\"https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1714385123494285449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">floated on social media</a>.</p>\n<p>For its part, Reddit told its Points-offering subreddits, and <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/17/reddit-is-phasing-out-community-points-blockchain-rewards/\">told TechCrunch in an interview</a>, that the issues were scale, regulations (or \"the regulatory environment\"), and having new kinds of rewards to hand out. Its <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/reddit-blocks-opting-out-of-personalized-ads-starts-paying-users/\">newer Contributor Program</a>, which rewards users with actual money from the Reddit gold and karma they accrue, is one such example. \"Part of why we\'re moving past this product is that we\'ve already launched, or are actively investing in, several products that accomplish what the Community Points program was trying to accomplish, while being easier to adopt and understand,\" Reddit’s director of consumer and product communications, Tim Rathschmidt, told TechCrunch.</p>                                            \n                                                        \n<p>Community Points launched in May 2022, offering Redditors a way to \"earn something valuable for all the hours you put into your community,\" and for moderators to \"encourage better content and conversation,\" according to <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230910173958/https://www.reddit.com/community-points/\">an Internet Archive image of the Community Points page</a>. The points were a measure of your reputation in a subreddit; although, because they were on a blockchain, you could \"take your reputation anywhere you want on the Internet.\" With a certain number of Community Points, moderators could offer \"Special Memberships,\" which would allow for badges, GIF embeds, animated emojis, or other upgrades.</p>\n<p>Community Points originally used Ethereum, and its high transaction fees—which at one point users could pay through <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/14/23305354/reddit-partners-ftx-cryptocurrency-exchange-community-points-sam-bankman-fried-sbf\">an FTX partnership</a>—led Reddit to move Community Points to the Arbitrum blockchain in 2022. Still, even though Reddit saw \"future opportunities for Community Points, there was no path to scale it broadly across the platform,\" wrote user cozy_sheets, who works on Reddit\'s community team (Reddit refuses to confirm the identities of admins representing the company on the site).</p>\n<p>After November 8, points will no longer appear in the Reddit Vaults of members who acquired them. Points available for the subreddits to hand out \"will be burned by the end of the year.\" Notably, Reddit\'s NFT marketplace was not targeted for closure.</p>\n<p>\"Thank you all again for the deep involvement in this unique experience in your communities,\" the Reddit community admin wrote Tuesday. \"There were significant learnings from Community Points and the feedback many of you gave, that we’re now actively bringing forward to more communities and redditors.\"</p>\n\n                                                </div>\n\n            \n            \n        </section>\n    </div>', 'Tokens based on subreddit reputation saw dips over 85% after the announcement.', 'https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1299869307-760x380.jpg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(678, 'Data broker’s “staggeringâ€ sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing', '<div>\n        <header>\n            <h4>\n      Getting in harm\'s way    —\n</h4>\n            \n            <h2 itemprop=\"description\">Judge: Data broker’s motion to sanction FTC “long on hyperbole, short on facts.â€</h2>\n            <section>\n\n  \n<p itemprop=\"author creator\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http://schema.org/Person\">\n      <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/author/ashleybelanger/\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"author\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Ashley Belanger</span></a>\n    -    <time data-time=\"1699390740\" datetime=\"2023-11-07T20:59:00+00:00\">Nov 7, 2023 8:59 pm UTC</time>\n</p>\n\n  \n</section>        </header>\n        <section>\n            <div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n                                    \n<figure>\n  <img alt=\"Data broker’s “staggeringâ€ sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1386415170-800x534.jpg\"></img>\n      <figcaption></figcaption>  </figure>\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n<p>One of the world\'s largest mobile data brokers, Kochava, has lost its battle to stop the Federal Trade Commission from revealing what the FTC has alleged is a disturbing, widespread pattern of unfair use and sale of sensitive data without consent from hundreds of millions of people.</p>\n<p>US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill recently unsealed a <a href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24121935/idd-2_2022-cv-00377-00026.pdf\">court filing</a>, an amended complaint that perhaps contains the most evidence yet gathered by the FTC in its <a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/data-brokers-call-transparency-accountability-report-federal-trade-commission-may-2014/140527databrokerreport.pdf\">long-standing mission</a> to crack down on data brokers allegedly \"substantially\" harming consumers by invading their privacy.</p>\n<p>The FTC has accused Kochava of violating the FTC Act by amassing and disclosing \"a staggering amount of sensitive and identifying information about consumers,\" alleging that Kochava\'s database includes products seemingly capable of identifying nearly every person in the United States.</p>\n<p>According to the FTC, Kochava\'s customers, ostensibly advertisers, can access this data to trace individuals\' movements—including to sensitive locations like hospitals, temporary shelters, and places of worship, with a promised accuracy within \"a few meters\"—over a day, a week, a month, or a year. Kochava\'s products can also provide a \"360-degree perspective\" on individuals, unveiling personally identifying information like their names, home addresses, phone numbers, as well as sensitive information like their race, gender, ethnicity, annual income, political affiliations, or religion, the FTC alleged.</p>\n<p>Beyond that, the FTC alleged that Kochava also makes it easy for advertisers to target customers by categories that are \"often based on specific sensitive and personal characteristics or attributes identified from its massive collection of data about individual consumers.\" These \"audience segments\" allegedly allow advertisers to conduct invasive targeting by grouping people not just by common data points like age or gender, but by \"places they have visited,\" political associations, or even their current circumstances, like whether they\'re expectant parents. Or advertisers can allegedly combine data points to target highly specific audience segments like \"all the pregnant Muslim women in Kochava’s database,\" the FTC alleged, or \"parents with different ages of children.\"</p>                                            \n                                                        \n<p>\"Kochava’s use and disclosure of this precise geolocation information invade consumers’ privacy and cause or are likely to cause consumers substantial injury,\" the FTC\'s amended complaint said. \"In addition, Kochava collects, uses, and discloses enormous amounts of additional private and sensitive information about consumers. Kochava’s use and disclosure of this data, whether alone or in conjunction with Kochava’s geolocation data, also invade consumers’ privacy and cause or are likely to cause consumers substantial injury.\"</p>\n<p>According to the FTC, Kochava obtains data \"from a myriad of sources, including from mobile apps and other data brokers,\" which together allegedly connects a web of data that \"contains information about consumers’ usage of over 275,000 mobile apps.\"</p>\n<p>The FTC alleged that this usage data is also invasive, allowing Kochava customers to track not just what apps a customer uses, but how long they\'ve used the apps, what they do in the apps, and how much money they spent in the apps, the FTC alleged.</p>\n<p>Kochava \"provides an unprecedented view into a consumer’s personal actions, decisions, and behaviors,\" the FTC alleged, seeming particularly concerned that Kochava collects barely any information from its customers before providing access to this sensitive information. \"Kochava’s practices intrude into the most private areas of consumers’ lives and cause or are likely to cause substantial injury to consumers,\" the complaint said.</p>\n<p>Kochava \"could implement safeguards to protect consumer privacy, such as blacklisting sensitive locations from its data feeds or removing sensitive characteristics from its data\" at \"a reasonable cost and expenditure of resources,\" but deliberately chooses not to, the FTC alleged. Instead, Kochava \"actively promotes its data as a means to evade consumers’ privacy choices,\" the FTC alleged. Further, the FTC alleged that there are no real ways for consumers to opt out of Kochava\'s data marketplace, because even resetting their mobile advertising IDs—the data point that\'s allegedly most commonly used to identify users in its database—won\'t stop Kochava customers from using its products to determine \"other points to connect to and securely solve for identity.â€</p>\n\n                                                </div>\n\n            \n                            <nav>Page: <span>1 <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/data-brokers-staggering-sale-of-sensitive-info-exposed-in-unsealed-ftc-filing/2/\">2</a> <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/data-brokers-staggering-sale-of-sensitive-info-exposed-in-unsealed-ftc-filing/2/\"><span>Next <span>→</span></span></a></span></nav>\n            \n        </section>\n    </div>', 'Judge: Data broker’s motion to sanction FTC “long on hyperbole, short on facts.â€', 'https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1386415170-760x380.jpg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(679, 'Rocket Report: China launches 3-man crew; SpaceX adds to busy manifest', '<div>\n        <header>\n            <h4>\n      Talkin\' about practice    —\n</h4>\n            \n            <h2 itemprop=\"description\">ABL Space Systems has blamed its launch mount for a January rocket failure.</h2>\n            <section>\n\n  \n<p itemprop=\"author creator\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http://schema.org/Person\">\n      <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/author/stephenclark/\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"author\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Stephen Clark</span></a>\n    -    <time data-time=\"1698404450\" datetime=\"2023-10-27T11:00:50+00:00\">Oct 27, 2023 11:00 am UTC</time>\n</p>\n\n  \n</section>        </header>\n        <section>\n            <div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n                                    \n<figure>\n  <img alt=\"A Long March 2F rocket climbed into space Thursday with a three-man crew heading for China\'s Tiangong space station.\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1745433413-800x533.jpg\"></img>\n      <figcaption><p><a data-height=\"1200\" data-width=\"1800\" href=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1745433413.jpg\">Enlarge</a> <span>/</span> A Long March 2F rocket climbed into space Thursday with a three-man crew heading for China\'s Tiangong space station.</p></figcaption>  </figure>\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Edition 6.17 of the Rocket Report! Two Asian powers notched achievements in their human spaceflight programs this week. In China, three astronauts launched to begin a six-month expedition on the Tiangong space station. With this mission, China is settling into a routine of operations on the Tiangong complex. Elsewhere in Asia, India took strides toward launching its own astronauts with a successful test of a launch abort system for the country\'s Gaganyaan spacecraft, which could fly people into low-Earth orbit in 2025. This is welcome news for US officials because India could help offer a counterweight to China\'s dominance (among Asian countries) in spaceflight.</p>\n<p>As always, we <a href=\"https://arstechnica.wufoo.com/forms/launch-stories/\">welcome reader submissions</a>, and if you don\'t want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets, as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.</p>\n<figure><img height=\"81\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/smalll.png\" width=\"560\"></img></figure>\n<p><b>India tests escape system for human-rated crew capsule. </b>India aced the first in-flight test of the crew escape system for the country\'s Gaganyaan spacecraft Saturday, <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/india-celebrates-first-major-milestone-on-path-to-launching-astronauts/\">Ars reports</a>. With this flight, India tested the set of rocket motors and parachutes that would propel the spacecraft away from a failing launch vehicle, a dramatic maneuver that would save the lives of everyone on board. An unpressurized version of the Gaganyaan capsule launched, without anyone aboard, on top of a single-stage liquid-fueled rocket. About a minute later, soon after the rocket surpassed the speed of sound, the vehicle triggered the abort maneuver, and the capsule separated from the booster to parachute into the sea. By all accounts, Indian officials were thrilled with the outcome of the test flight.</p>\n<p><em>The first major milestone</em> ... \"We have started the journey of Gaganyaan with this maiden launch of the test vehicle abort sequence, and this will be repeated multiple times under different conditions,\" said Sreedhara Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Gaganyaan program in 2018, and the Gaganyaan mission director hailed Saturday\'s test as \"the first major milestone\" of the $1.1 billion program. Indian officials plan more tests of the launch abort system next year, along with an unpiloted Gaganyaan mission into orbit. The target for flying astronauts into low-Earth orbit on the Gaganyaan spacecraft is 2025.</p>\n<p><b>Avio wants to sell Vega rockets on its own</b>. Avio, the Italian company that builds the solid-fueled Vega rocket, wants permission from the European Space Agency to split from the French launch provider Arianespace and market Vega launch services on its own, according to the French newspaper <a href=\"https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/lanceurs-spatiaux-vers-un-divorce-a-l-italienne-entre-avio-et-arianespace-981514.html\">La Tribune</a> and <a href=\"https://europeanspaceflight.com/avio-just-needs-some-space-from-arianespace/\">European Spaceflight</a>. Arianespace is currently charged with selling Ariane 6 and Vega launch services on the global marketplace. Avio is now asking ESA, in a request backed by the Italian government, to separate from Arianespace in an apparent bid to build its launch business outside the confines of Europe\'s traditional launch arrangements.</p>\n<p><i>Time for Vexit</i> ... Avio\'s request to independently market its Vega rockets—a prospect La Tribune referred to as \"Vexit\"— will be a topic of discussion at an ESA Space Summit next week in Spain. During this meeting, representatives of ESA\'s member states will gather to decide on future funding levels and priorities for the space agency. European Spaceflight reported a final decision on Avio\'s proposal likely won\'t be taken until sometime after the space summit, but Avio has positioned itself to take a more independent role in the European launch market. Last year, the Italian government agreed to provide 340 million euros to Avio for the development of a new methane-fueled first-stage engine and a demonstrator for a new partially reusable rocket. Given the beleaguered state of Europe\'s traditional rocket programs, it\'s no surprise Avio wants to go its own way. (submitted by Ken the Bin, EllPeaTea, and Ildatch)</p>\n<p><b>ABL is taking steps toward another launch</b>. In a <a href=\"https://harryohanley.substack.com/p/flight2\">richly detailed update</a>, the founder and CEO of ABL Space Systems wrote this week that the company will introduce an upgraded rocket design and a larger launch mount for its next test flight. This follows the failed test flight of ABL\'s small 1-ton class RS1 orbital launcher in January, which ended with the cutoff of its engines seconds after liftoff, causing the vehicle to crash back onto its launch pad in Alaska. An investigation revealed a fire in the aft end of the RS1 booster burned through wiring harnesses, causing the rocket to lose power and shut off its engines.</p>\n<p><i>Version 2</i> ... Harry O\'Hanley, ABL\'s chief executive, wrote that the company believes the rocket\'s mobile launch mount—designed to fit fully assembled inside a shipping container—was too small, placing the rocket too close to the ground when it ignited its engines. This caused the hot engine exhaust to recirculate under the rocket and led to a fire in the engine compartment as it took off. To address this problem, ABL designed and built a taller launch mount this year, which will ship to the launch site in three major pieces rather than as a single unit. The second test flight of the RS1 rocket will also debut a \"Block 2\" version, with additional thrust and propellant. ABL recently completed a \"dock dress\" test in California, where technicians integrated the rocket with its new launch mount for checkouts. Soon, O\'Hanley wrote, the mount and rocket will be shipped to Kodiak Island, Alaska, for the launch campaign. (submitted by Ken the Bin and EllPeaTea)</p>                                            \n                                                        \n<div data-list-id=\"248910\">\n    <div>\n        \n        <div>    \n            <p>The easiest way to keep up with Eric Berger\'s space reporting is to sign up for his newsletter, we\'ll collect his stories in your inbox.</p>\n        </div>\n        \n    </div>\n</div>\n\n<p><b>Rocket Lab aims to return to flight this year. </b>Rocket Lab is preparing to return its Electron rocket to flight before the end of the year as it completes an investigation into a launch failure in September, <a href=\"https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-projects-electron-return-to-flight-in-fourth-quarter/\">Space News reports</a>. Rocket Lab said Wednesday it received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to resume launches under its existing launch license, but the investigation continues into the failure of Rocket Lab\'s Electron launch vehicle on September 19. The company added that it is finalizing a \"meticulous review\" of the root cause of the launch failure, which occurred just after stage separation and destroyed a Capella Space radar imaging satellite. The review should be complete in the \"coming weeks,\" and Rocket Lab anticipates a return to flight before the end of the year with corrective measures in place.</p>\n<p><i>Stiff competition</i> ... Peter Beck, Rocket Lab\'s founder and CEO, also recently <a href=\"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/assault-on-physics-beck-on-rocket-labs-biggest-mission-yet-why-he-wont-join-musk-on-mars/WVTYPFXIQRAVTLPGXPSWSAASY4/\">talked to the New Zealand Herald</a>, where he described the competitive landscape in the spaceflight market in stark terms. “The best way I can describe it is like running through a maze at night and at every dead end, there’s literally a cliff to fall off. If you just run flat out and you fall off that cliff, then you’re dead,â€ the Rocket Lab founder said. Rocket Lab is developing a medium-lift rocket called Neutron to follow its light-class Electron launch vehicle. This is an expensive effort, one that shows up in the form of losses on Rocket Lab\'s financial statements, despite the company\'s overall success in launch services and spacecraft manufacturing. “My two competitors are the two richest people on the planet,\" Beck said, referring to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. \"It’s do or die. You have to build a profitable company to survive ... There’s no room for error.â€ (submitted by David Ai)</p>\n<p><b>ArianeGroup outlines progress in reusable rocket efforts</b>. The methane-fueled Prometheus engine, seen in Europe as a starting point for a future reusable rocket, has undergone regular test-firings at ArianeGroup\'s facility in Vernon, France, since its first hot-fire test in June, <a href=\"https://press.ariane.group/reutilisation-en-europe-prometheus-et-themis-franchissent-de-nouvelles-etapes-10733/?lang=eng\">the company reported this week</a>. Most recently, ArianeGroup accomplished a 30-second Prometheus firing, followed shortly by a reignition. The Prometheus engine will be the means of propulsion for a test rocket hopper vehicle called Themis, developed with European Space Agency funding to demonstrate suborbital vertical takeoff and vertical landing technologies. \"The aim now is to test operation of the engine throughout its thrust envelope during the coming months,\" ArianeGroup said. \"The engine’s ability to vary its thrust is essential for the Themis stage to be able to return to Earth.\"</p>\n<p><em>OK, but when will it be ready to fly?</em> ... The answer to this question: It depends. If you\'re talking about low-altitude hop tests, analogous to what SpaceX did with its Grasshopper testbed a decade ago, then the answer is next year. Maybe? Major parts of the first Themis vehicle have arrived at ArianeGroup\'s Vernon plant for integration, and landing legs have undergone their first deployment tests. The initial low-altitude hop tests will be based out of Kiruna, Sweden. Higher-altitude demonstrations will follow later at the Guiana Space Center in South America. Lessons from the Themis program will, theoretically, help inform designs for the replacement for Europe\'s Ariane 6 rocket, which is still awaiting its first flight. ArianeGroup plans to market the Prometheus engine for use on other commercial rockets. (submitted by EllPeaTea and Ken the Bin)</p>\n<figure><img height=\"81\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mediuml.png\" width=\"560\"></img></figure>\n<p><b>China has launched three astronauts</b>. China launched a fresh three-man crew to the Tiangong space station Thursday morning to replace three other astronauts who are wrapping up a six-month stay in orbit, <a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-launches-3-man-crew-to-tiangong-space-station/\">CBS News reports</a>. Chinese commander Tang Hongbo, alongside crewmates Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, launched inside their Shenzhou 17 spacecraft atop a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan space base in northwestern China. The spacecraft docked at the Tiangong space station about 6.5 hours later, where Tang\'s crew—all former Chinese military pilots—was greeted by three astronauts who have lived on the orbiting lab since late May.</p>\n<p><em>Settling into a routine</em> ... Shenzhou 17 is the sixth long-duration crew mission to the Tiangong space station since the core of the complex launched in April 2021. Since then, China has added two more modules to the Tiangong space station to expand its living volume and capacity for research experiments. Tiangong crews spend about a half-year in orbit, similar to six-month mission increments on the International Space Station. On this mission, the Chinese astronauts will perform at least one spacewalk to inspect and potentially repair damage to the station\'s solar arrays caused by space debris. The Tiangong station is designed to operate for at least 10 years and will be augmented next year with a free-flying space telescope that will periodically dock at the complex for servicing. (submitted by Ken the Bin)</p>\n<p><strong>Next year, SpaceX aims to average one launch every 2.5 days</strong>. SpaceX has launched more than 75 times this year, continuing a flight cadence that should see the company come close to 100 missions by the end of December. SpaceX plans to kick its launch rate into a higher gear in 2024. This will be largely driven by launches of upgraded Starlink satellites that can <a data-uri=\"9035b11b4d8daf05cd8be4a317b80820\" href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/spacex-details-starlink-for-phones-plan-launching-in-2024/\">connect directly with consumer cell phones</a>, a service SpaceX calls \"Starlink Direct to Cell,\" <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/next-year-spacex-aims-to-average-one-launch-every-2-5-days/\">Ars reports</a>. Next year\'s goal is 12 monthly launches for a total of 144 Falcon rocket flights. Like this year, most of those missions will be primarily devoted to launching Starlink broadband satellites. So far in 2023, more than 60 percent of SpaceX\'s launches have delivered the company\'s own Starlink satellites into orbit.</p>                                            \n                                                        \n<p><em>20 flights? Why not more?</em> ... SpaceX\'s success in recovering and reusing Falcon 9 boosters and payload fairings has been vital to making this possible. SpaceX has exceeded the original goal of launching each Falcon 9 booster 10 times before a major overhaul, first to 15 flights, and then recently certifying boosters for up to 20 missions. Technicians can swap out parts like engines, fins, landing legs, and valves that malfunction in flight or show signs of wear. With so many launches planned next year, 20 flights is probably not a stopping point. \"We might go a little higher,\" the SpaceX official said.</p>\n<p><strong>SpaceX adds to its busy launch schedule</strong>. The European Space Agency has signed an agreement with SpaceX for two launches using Falcon 9 rockets next year, each lofting a pair of Galileo navigation satellites for the European Commission, <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/spacex-signs-deal-to-launch-key-european-satellites-c3b5fc7c\">The Wall Street Journal reports</a>. These satellites were originally supposed to launch on Russian Soyuz rockets from French Guiana, an overseas department of France, or on Europe\'s own Ariane 6 rocket. But the war in Ukraine left Europe without access to Russian rockets, and the Ariane 6 has been delayed repeatedly, leaving European space officials nowhere to turn besides SpaceX. The European Commission, the European Union\'s executive arm, must still sign off on the agreement because it would be the first time a European security payload has launched on a SpaceX rocket.</p>\n<p><em>The only game in town</em> ... For customers with big satellites seeking a ride to space soon, SpaceX is the only option. That\'s one of the reasons SpaceX plans as many as 144 launches next year. ESA launched the Euclid space telescope on a Falcon 9 rocket in July after it lost its ride on a Russian rocket. Next year, ESA plans to launch an asteroid probe and an Earth science satellite on SpaceX rockets. The Canadian company MDA also announced this week it will launch its next-generation CHORUS Earth-imaging constellation, a follow-up to Canada\'s long-running line of Radarsat satellites, on a Falcon 9 rocket in late 2025. (submitted by Ken the Bin and Tfargo04)</p>\n<p><strong>Ariane 6 fueled up again for nighttime dress rehearsal</strong>. Teams at the Guiana Space Center on Tuesday completed a full-scale wet rehearsal of the new Ariane 6 rocket that was filled and then drained of its fuel, <a href=\"https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Nighttime_rehearsal_for_Ariane_6_towards_first_flight\">the European Space Agency said</a>. The test lasted over 30 hours, with three teams working in shifts of 10 hours each, serving as an opportunity to refine countdown procedures and test the team\'s response to simulated emergencies that might interrupt a countdown. ESA, the French space agency ArianeGroup, and Arianespace ran this test overnight to practice loading the rocket with super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants when the outside temperature is lower at the launch base in French Guiana. \"Without the tropical sunlight shining on the Ariane 6 tanks, the fuel inside behaves noticeably different, and we need to consider and accommodate for condensation and ice formation,\" said Tony dos Santos, ESA’s Ariane 6 ground systems operations manager.</p>\n<p><i>Third time running</i> ... This was the third time the Ariane 6 rocket had been loaded with propellant on its launch pad in French Guiana. In July, teams loaded the rocket with propellant for a planned engine hot-fire test but called off the engine ignition. Then, on September 5, another countdown and dress rehearsal culminated in a brief firing of the Ariane 6\'s main engine on the pad. Next will be another countdown rehearsal, tentatively targeted for November 23, that will see the Ariane 6\'s main engine light for nearly eight minutes, the same duration it will fire during a launch. After that test, ESA plans to finally announce a timetable for the Ariane 6\'s maiden flight, now expected sometime next year. (submitted by Ken the Bin and EllPeaTea)</p>\n<figure><img height=\"81\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/heavyl.png\" width=\"560\"></img></figure>\n<p><strong>Tory Bruno, ULA\'s CEO, talked a lot this week</strong>. First, United Launch Alliance\'s chief executive revealed Tuesday that the company has scheduled the first launch of its new Vulcan rocket for December 24, <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/for-the-first-launch-of-ulas-vulcan-rocket-its-christmas-or-next-year/\">Ars reports</a>. There are two more backup dates available in December; otherwise, the debut of Vulcan will have to wait until January because of the stringent orbital mechanics required for the Vulcan rocket to send its payload—a commercial lunar lander owned by Astrobotic—on a course toward the Moon. ULA stacked the first stage of the Vulcan rocket on its mobile launch platform Thursday at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and plans to ship a Centaur upper stage from its factory in Alabama to the Florida launch site next month. This upper stage has received modifications to address structural weaknesses discovered during a ground test earlier this year.</p>\n<p><i>Buy me!</i> ... Bruno also appeared to lend credibility to reports that ULA is up for sale. In an <a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-25/ula-ceo-says-his-space-launch-firm-is-ready-made-for-a-buy\">interview with Bloomberg News</a>, Bruno said that anyone who purchased ULA would reap the rewards of the company\'s \"transformation\" over the last few years, a course change primarily driven by geopolitics and the competitive threat of SpaceX. “If I were buying a space business, I’d go look at ULA,â€ Bruno said. “It’s already had all the hard work done through the transformation. You’re not buying a Victorian with bad plumbing. It’s all been done. You’re coming in at the end of the remodel, so you can focus on your future.\"</p>\n<p><b>SpaceX performs another Starship wet dress rehearsal</b>. SpaceX is not wasting its time while waiting for regulatory approval for its next Starship test flight. At the Starship launch complex in Texas this week, SpaceX loaded the Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster with more than 10 million pounds of propellant in what it called \"flight-like rehearsal ahead of launch.\" SpaceX officials have said the rocket has been ready to fly since September, but the company is waiting for a launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration.</p>\n<p><i>November could be the month…</i><span>  Signs are pointing toward November for the second full-scale Starship test flight. A notice to mariners published by the US Coast Guard this week suggested November 6 as a possible launch date, but you should take this with caution. This is likely the very earliest the test flight could occur. Similar notices previously pointed to potential launch dates in September, which didn\'t happen. Nevertheless, sources said SpaceX has a good shot of obtaining regulatory approval for a test flight next month. NASA plans to use a vehicle derived from Starship to land humans on the Moon on the agency\'s Artemis program, and a successful test flight this year would allow SpaceX to move forward with additional tests, such as in-space refueling, needed to make the Artemis landing possible. \"</span>I hope everybody in this room is cheering on IFT-2 (Integrated Flight Test-2) when it\'s time to go because we need that to be successful to get us that much further down the road,\" said Jim Free, the NASA manager who oversees the Artemis program.</p>\n<h2>Next three launches</h2>\n<p><b>October 28</b>: Falcon 9 | Starlink 7-6 | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | 06:49 UTC</p>\n<p><strong>October 28</strong>: Falcon 9 | Starlink 6-25 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida | 23:20 UTC</p>\n<p><strong>November 6:</strong> Falcon 9 | CRS-29 | Kennedy Space Center, Florida | 03:01 UTC</p>\n<figure><img height=\"120\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rocket.png\" width=\"120\"></img></figure>\n<p><em>Oct. 27, 2023: The list of the next three launches was updated following the liftoff of a Soyuz rocket Friday.</em></p>\n\n                                                </div>\n\n            \n            \n        </section>\n    </div>', 'ABL Space Systems has blamed its launch mount for a January rocket failure.', 'https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1745433413-760x380.jpg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
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At the moment, this functionality is not available to the public, though rooted <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/best-android-phones\" href=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/best-android-phones\">Android phones</a> can enable it via a feature flag <strong>SearchHome__enable_search_home in the package com.google.android.finsky.stable</strong>.</p><p>This comes in handy if you\'re browsing through app listings and suddenly you remember that one game you\'ve been meaning to check out, assuming this comes to fruition. With the new search bar always at the top, you can instantly type in the name and find it without having to scroll all the way back up.</p><p>Since the entire top action bar stays in place (not just the search box), your notifications and settings are just a tap away, too, so you can manage your subscriptions or tweak your preferences. Currently, the search bar (along with the settings menu and notifications) plays a game of hide-and-seek when you scroll down in the Play Store.</p><figure data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\"><div><p><img alt=\"Play Store permanent search bar\" data-normal=\"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/androidcentral/media/img/missing-image.svg\" data-original-mos=\"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT.gif\" data-pin-media=\"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT.gif\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-srcset=\"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT-320-80.gif 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT-480-80.gif 480w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT-650-80.gif 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT-970-80.gif 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT-1024-80.gif 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnruaRZGwJkYnVA73U9mNT-1200-80.gif 1200w\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf(\'missing-image.svg\') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" src=\"https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/androidcentral/media/img/missing-image.svg\"></img></p></div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: AssembleDebug / Telegram)</span></figcaption></figure><p>Google is always on the lookout for ways to make the Play Store even more user-friendly, and the permanent search bar is only the latest effort. Earlier this year, the search giant <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-play-store-app-sync\" href=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-play-store-app-sync\">introduced the \"sync apps to devices\" option</a>, which allows all devices with your Google account signed in to appear and automatically receive new apps that are downloaded to your primary device.</p><p>The Mountain View-based company also recently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-plays-store-turns-blue\" href=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-plays-store-turns-blue\">gave the Play Store a splash of blue</a>, making it the new accent color for various elements such as buttons, icons, and text highlights, replacing the previous Dynamic Color theming that used your wallpaper\'s colors.</p>\n</div>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-iHBUkmqirHNx6hAyWytXd5\"><div data-hydrate=\"true\"><div><section></section><section><p>Get the hottest deals available in your inbox plus news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more from the Android Central team.</p></section></div></div></div>\n<div id=\"slice-container-authorBio-iHBUkmqirHNx6hAyWytXd5\"><div><p>Jay Bonggolto always keeps a nose for news. 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(681, 'Best VR Headset of 2023 - CNET', '<div><div><div><div data-cy=\"listiclePrecap\" data-location=\"LIST\" section=\"listicle\"> <div data-cy=\"listiclePrecapItem\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"4\" section=\"precap\"> <div><p><a data-position=\"4\" href=\"https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=7168&amp;awinaffid=423585&amp;clickref=subid_value&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hp.com%2Fus-en%2Fshop%2Fpdp%2Fhp-reverb-g2-virtual-reality-headset\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" section=\"all\" target=\"_blank\">$469 at HP</a></p><div><figure><div><picture> <img alt=\"hp-reverb-g2-9\" height=\"144\" src=\"https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/838ca8051162a1044f8cd002ecb2c604c70c9c80/hub/2020/05/27/58475d12-4049-4032-9b91-faeafeed9138/hp-reverb-g2-9.jpg?auto=webp&amp;fit=crop&amp;height=144&amp;width=144\" width=\"144\"></img> </picture></div></figure> </div> <div><p>HP Reverb G2</p> <p>Best PC VR headset for higher-res gaming</p></div>   </div></div><div data-cy=\"listiclePrecapItem\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"5\" section=\"precap\"> <div><p><a data-position=\"5\" href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/valveindex\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" section=\"all\" target=\"_blank\">$999 at Steam</a></p><div><figure><div><picture> <img alt=\"26-valve-index\" height=\"144\" src=\"https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/9984149d633b6478dff703bb2faeb92bf131d096/hub/2019/05/30/9e1fd52d-2293-441f-a4da-8dcd8c375b35/26-valve-index.jpg?auto=webp&amp;fit=crop&amp;height=144&amp;width=144\" width=\"144\"></img> </picture></div></figure> </div> <div><p>Valve Index</p> <p>Still one of the best Steam VR hardware platforms</p></div>   </div></div>   </div><h2>What\'s the best VR headset overall?</h2><p>At this moment, the very best VR headset is the <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/my-life-with-the-meta-quest-3-the-best-vr-headset-for-the-moment/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>Meta Quest 3</span></a></span>. But that doesn\'t mean it\'s our absolute recommended choice right now. Let\'s explain. Meta\'s newest VR headset, the Quest 3, has a lot going for it. There\'s a newer, faster <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/qualcomms-newest-vrar-chips-tell-a-lot-about-quest-3-and-beyond/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2</span></a></span> processor that has better graphics, a higher-res display, better lenses, redesigned controllers and can do mixed reality, blending the virtual and real world with passthrough color cameras like Apple\'s upcoming <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/apple-vision-pro-hands-on-far-better-than-i-was-ready-for/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>Vision Pro</span></a></span> headset (but for far less money). But it\'s also $200 more expensive than the still-fine <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/gaming/facebook-oculus-quest-2-vr-review-one-of-my-favorite-game-consoles/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>Quest 2</span></a></span> that\'s still available, and right now there aren\'t that many apps and games that are updated to make the most of the Quest 3\'s power. For that reason, the several-year-old self-contained Quest 2 still remains the most affordable and versatile VR headset you can buy. It can play games, run creative and productivity apps, be used for surprisingly good fitness apps, and can also connect to PCs and work as a PC gaming headset too. It\'ll likely end up being replaced by the Quest 3 sooner or later, but for now it\'s a very capable budget choice. As Meta continues to evolve the Quest 3\'s app library and software, it might evolve into even more of a must-have pick. Right now, I\'d recommend the Quest 3 for serious VR fans with the budget to spend, and the Quest 2 for anyone else.</p><div><div><div><p><span>Are early Black Friday sales a good time to buy?</span></p><p>Many retailers start \"Black Friday\" sales as early as Halloween, or even earlier. The quality of deals can vary early on, but as November progresses, many of the deals are as good as the deep discounts you’ll see during Thanksgiving weekend. See the <a data-component=\"callout-box\" href=\"https://www.cnet.com/deals/black-friday-cyber-monday/\">best Black Friday deals</a> we’ve found.</p></div></div></div><p>At CNET, we\'ve been testing and reviewing VR/AR headsets since the arrival of the original Oculus Rift prototypes. We\'ve covered nearly every big moment in the industry for well over a decade and have demoed every headset we could get our hands on, as well as reviewed all the biggest products in the marketplace. Our comparative understanding of the landscape, and also what\'s coming, lets us value the present in terms of the future.</p><h2>Best VR headsets of 2023</h2><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-89588c3e-bb27-43dc-bec9-b7cb4d1dc849\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__89588c3e-bb27-43dc-bec9-b7cb4d1dc849\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"1\" dislike=\"~More expensive than Quest 2 ~Few unique apps and games at launch ~Straps and comfort still aren\'t great ~Still only 2-3 hours battery life\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"89588c3e-bb27-43dc-bec9-b7cb4d1dc849\" imagegroup=\"{&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;meta-quest-3-front&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;Scott Stein/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9fa366e6-f75d-49fa-8a81-dea53d5ab3d9&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;meta-quest-3-front&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;meta-quest-3-front.jpg&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;https://www.cnet.com/a/img/hub/2023/10/06/9fa366e6-f75d-49fa-8a81-dea53d5ab3d9/meta-quest-3-front.jpg&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>The Quest 3 feels like the best VR headset of the moment. But it might not be something you need just yet.&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1887052,&quot;width&quot;:4032,&quot;height&quot;:2268,&quot;dateCreated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2023-10-06 21:08:59&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;dateUpdated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2023-10-06 21:09:49&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;needsModeration&quot;:false,&quot;mimeType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;deleted&quot;:false,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;Scott Stein/CNET&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;meta-quest-3-front&quot;,&quot;restricted&quot;:false,&quot;startDate&quot;:null,&quot;endDate&quot;:null,&quot;preferred&quot;:false,&quot;watermark&quot;:false,&quot;doNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;doNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;primaryCollection&quot;:null,&quot;vanityUrl&quot;:null,&quot;notes&quot;:null,&quot;crop&quot;:null,&quot;cropGravity&quot;:0,&quot;preservedRegion&quot;:null,&quot;isNew&quot;:false,&quot;keywords&quot;:[],&quot;primeColor&quot;:null,&quot;hasWarning&quot;:false,&quot;typeName&quot;:&quot;content_image&quot;},&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;9fa366e6-f75d-49fa-8a81-dea53d5ab3d9&quot;,&quot;imageAltText&quot;:&quot;meta-quest-3-front&quot;,&quot;imageCaption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;imageCredit&quot;:&quot;Scott Stein/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageDoNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;imageDoNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;imageWatermark&quot;:false,&quot;imageFilename&quot;:&quot;meta-quest-3-front.jpg&quot;,&quot;imageDateCreated&quot;:&quot;2023/10/06&quot;,&quot;imageWidth&quot;:4032,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:2268,&quot;imageParallax&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageCrop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageEnlarge&quot;:false}\" like=\"~Crisp high-res displays ~Improved new processor ~Mixed reality with better color cameras ~Smaller controllers with better haptics\" overridecaption=\"&lt;p>&lt;/p>\" overridecredit=\"Scott Stein/CNET\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"1\" showdetails=\"true\" superlative=\"Best mixed reality VR headset for $500\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"true\"><div> <a data-cy=\"listicleImageBuyButton\" href=\"https://shop-links.co/link/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbestbuy.7tiv.net%2Fc%2F376373%2F633495%2F10014%3Fprodsku%3D6549064%26u%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bestbuy.com%252Fsite%252F-%252F6549064.p%253Fcmp%253DRMX&amp;publisher_slug=cnet&amp;article_name=__ARTICLE_NAME__&amp;article_url=__ARTICLE_URL__&amp;exclusive=1&amp;u1=[subid_value]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" section=\"listicle|image\" target=\"_blank\"><figure><div><picture> <img alt=\"meta-quest-3-front\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\" width=\"640\"></img> </picture></div></figure></a> <figcaption><span>Scott Stein/CNET</span></figcaption></div> <div>    <div><div><h3>Like</h3> <ul><li>\n            Crisp high-res displays\n          </li><li>\n            Improved new processor\n          </li><li>\n            Mixed reality with better color cameras\n          </li><li>\n            Smaller controllers with better haptics\n          </li></ul></div> <h3>Don\'t like</h3> <ul><li>\n          More expensive than Quest 2\n        </li><li>\n          Few unique apps and games at launch\n        </li><li>\n          Straps and comfort still aren\'t great\n        </li><li>\n          Still only 2-3 hours battery life\n        </li></ul></div> <div><div><div><p>Meta\'s upgraded VR sequel to the Quest 2 feels like a notable revamp, with improvements across the board: a slightly smaller design, better, clearer lenses, a higher-res display, smaller controllers with better haptics and higher-res color cameras that can mix the real world and the virtual together. This \"mixed reality\" is similar in spirit to what Apple\'s Vision Pro will do, but in a lower-res form for a lot less money. </p><p>Even though the Quest 3 has great upgrades, it doesn\'t really change the equation much on the general way the headset and software functions. Quest apps and the OS are largely the same, and mixed reality is mostly a gimmick for the moment that\'s only featured in a handful of new games and apps, although seeing your surroundings with the headset on (and even checking messages on your phone) is a lot easier now. The headset\'s comfort level isn\'t any better, and hand tracking still is fine but not perfect.</p><p>The Quest 3 is likely to be the best VR headset in its price class for the next few years, but the software still hasn\'t caught up. For that reason, the Quest 2 is still probably good enough for most. Its excellent display quality and improved wireless connectivity could make it a good choice for PC VR gamers, though: it works as a connected PC headset just like other Quest models do.</p><ul><li>Display: LCD, 2,064 x 2,208 pixels per eye</li><li>Eye tracking: no</li><li>Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2</li><li>Works with glasses: yes</li></ul></div></div>  </div></div>  </div><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-11245104-2413-4405-ba8c-17d8391c8760\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__11245104-2413-4405-ba8c-17d8391c8760\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"2\" dislike=\"~Only 2 to 3 hours of battery life ~Not designed for younger kids\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"11245104-2413-4405-ba8c-17d8391c8760\" imagegroup=\"{&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;23-oculus-quest&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;Sarah Tew/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;8322a528-abac-4fea-90fe-60678c7f3763&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;24-oculus-quest-2&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;24-oculus-quest-2.jpg&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;https://www.cnet.com/a/img/hub/2020/09/13/8322a528-abac-4fea-90fe-60678c7f3763/24-oculus-quest-2.jpg&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:717384,&quot;width&quot;:4000,&quot;height&quot;:3005,&quot;dateCreated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2020-09-13 19:54:40&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;dateUpdated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2020-09-15 21:00:53&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;needsModeration&quot;:false,&quot;mimeType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;deleted&quot;:false,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;Scott Stein/CNET&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Oculus Quest 2&quot;,&quot;restricted&quot;:false,&quot;startDate&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2020-09-16 17:30:00&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;endDate&quot;:null,&quot;preferred&quot;:false,&quot;watermark&quot;:false,&quot;doNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;doNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;primaryCollection&quot;:null,&quot;vanityUrl&quot;:null,&quot;notes&quot;:null,&quot;crop&quot;:null,&quot;cropGravity&quot;:0,&quot;preservedRegion&quot;:null,&quot;isNew&quot;:false,&quot;keywords&quot;:[],&quot;primeColor&quot;:null,&quot;hasWarning&quot;:false,&quot;typeName&quot;:&quot;content_image&quot;},&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;8322a528-abac-4fea-90fe-60678c7f3763&quot;,&quot;imageAltText&quot;:&quot;23-oculus-quest&quot;,&quot;imageCaption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;imageCredit&quot;:&quot;Sarah Tew/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageDoNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;imageDoNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;imageWatermark&quot;:false,&quot;imageFilename&quot;:&quot;24-oculus-quest-2.jpg&quot;,&quot;imageDateCreated&quot;:&quot;2020/09/13&quot;,&quot;imageWidth&quot;:4000,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:3005,&quot;imageParallax&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageCrop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageEnlarge&quot;:false}\" like=\"~High-res display ~Great self-contained gaming experience ~Doubles as PC VR headset ~Works well with a handful of fitness apps\" linktext=\"Read our Meta Quest 2 review\" linkurl=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/facebook-oculus-quest-2-vr-review-one-of-my-favorite-game-consoles/\" offer=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3ce34bd1-d9b3-443d-af88-f3f8c50737e4&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;meta-quest-2-advanced-all-in-one-virtual-reality-headset-128gb&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Meta - Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 128GB&quot;,&quot;edition&quot;:[&quot;US&quot;,&quot;ES&quot;],&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;9ca64282-35cc-4727-ab89-8b0db6da024b&quot;,&quot;imgWidth&quot;:null,&quot;imgHeight&quot;:null,&quot;objectType&quot;:&quot;content_product&quot;,&quot;typeLabel&quot;:&quot;Tech Product&quot;,&quot;imgUrl&quot;:&quot;/content/image/redirect/9ca64282-35cc-4727-ab89-8b0db6da024b/resize/75x56&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;type-icon ct-cmg-tech-product ct-small&quot;}\" overridecaption=\"&lt;p>&lt;/p>\" overridecredit=\"Sarah Tew/CNET\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"2\" showdetails=\"true\" superlative=\"Best affordable VR headset\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"false\"><div> <a data-cy=\"listicleImageBuyButton\" href=\"https://shop-links.co/link/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Fmeta-quest-2-advanced-all-in-one-virtual-reality-headset-128gb%2F6473553.p%3FskuId%3D6473553%26intl%3Dnosplash&amp;publisher_slug=cnet&amp;article_name=__ARTICLE_NAME__&amp;article_url=__ARTICLE_URL__&amp;exclusive=1&amp;u1=subid_value\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" section=\"listicle|image\" target=\"_blank\"><figure><div><picture> <img alt=\"Oculus Quest 2\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\" width=\"640\"></img> </picture></div></figure></a> <figcaption><span>Sarah Tew/CNET</span></figcaption></div> <div>    <div><div><h3>Like</h3> <ul><li>\n            High-res display\n          </li><li>\n            Great self-contained gaming experience\n          </li><li>\n            Doubles as PC VR headset\n          </li><li>\n            Works well with a handful of fitness apps\n          </li></ul></div> <h3>Don\'t like</h3> <ul><li>\n          Only 2 to 3 hours of battery life\n        </li><li>\n          Not designed for younger kids\n        </li></ul></div> <div><div><div><p>The Quest 2 is still the most affordable and versatile VR headset of the moment. It doesn\'t require a gaming console or PC (although you need to pair it with a phone to set it up). The newly announced Quest 3 looks like the better product, however, although it costs more ($500), and we haven\'t reviewed it yet.</p><p>Meta will support the Quest 2 with future software right now, but the Quest 3\'s more advanced processor will make it more future-proof. For that reason alone, the Quest 3 looks to be worth the extra money. But for those who want an affordable option for families, the Quest 2 remains an excellent pick.</p><p>The base model\'s 128GB of storage is plenty for storing dozens of games and apps, although keep in mind there\'s no way to add more storage after purchase. Meta also now allows accounts to bypass Facebook logins, although a new Meta account is still required. Meta has also added better parental controls for younger players.</p><p>The Quest 2 reminds me of the Nintendo Switch for its versatility and fun, and it has a growing library of surprisingly effective fitness apps. The Quest 2 can also connect with a PC to run more advanced apps from Steam or Meta\'s own app library, <a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/news/oculus-link-arrives-in-beta-the-quest-can-now-be-your-pc-vr-gaming-headset/\" rel=\"follow\">using a single USB-C cable</a> or wirelessly.</p><ul><li>Display: LCD, 1,842 x 1,920 pixels per eye</li><li>Eye tracking: no</li><li>Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2<br></br></li><li>Works with glasses: yes</li></ul></div></div> <p><a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/facebook-oculus-quest-2-vr-review-one-of-my-favorite-game-consoles/\" rel=\"follow\">Read our Meta Quest 2 review</a>.\n  </p> </div></div>  </div><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-0adf89b8-8e73-46d5-bdb1-2be5034d1e82\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__0adf89b8-8e73-46d5-bdb1-2be5034d1e82\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"3\" dislike=\"~Expensive ~Needs to be cabled to PS5 ~Included earbuds are just OK ~Doesn\'t work with old PSVR games ~Game library needs more exclusives\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"0adf89b8-8e73-46d5-bdb1-2be5034d1e82\" imagegroup=\"{&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Sony PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset and controllers on stands&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;James Martin/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;e26c77d0-c341-4b13-a8b2-388ef1f09f51&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;sony-playstation-vr2-7657&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;sony-playstation-vr2-7657.jpg&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;https://www.cnet.com/a/img/hub/2022/09/13/e26c77d0-c341-4b13-a8b2-388ef1f09f51/sony-playstation-vr2-7657.jpg&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>Sony PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:240192,&quot;width&quot;:3000,&quot;height&quot;:1688,&quot;dateCreated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2022-09-13 19:52:52&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;dateUpdated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2023-02-15 15:58:19&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;needsModeration&quot;:false,&quot;mimeType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;deleted&quot;:false,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;James Martin/CNET&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Sony PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset and controllers on stands&quot;,&quot;restricted&quot;:false,&quot;startDate&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2022-09-14 12:00:00&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;endDate&quot;:null,&quot;preferred&quot;:false,&quot;watermark&quot;:false,&quot;doNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;doNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;primaryCollection&quot;:null,&quot;vanityUrl&quot;:null,&quot;notes&quot;:null,&quot;crop&quot;:null,&quot;cropGravity&quot;:0,&quot;preservedRegion&quot;:null,&quot;isNew&quot;:false,&quot;keywords&quot;:[],&quot;primeColor&quot;:null,&quot;hasWarning&quot;:false,&quot;typeName&quot;:&quot;content_image&quot;},&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;e26c77d0-c341-4b13-a8b2-388ef1f09f51&quot;,&quot;imageAltText&quot;:&quot;Sony PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset and controllers on stands&quot;,&quot;imageCaption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;imageCredit&quot;:&quot;James Martin/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageDoNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;imageDoNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;imageWatermark&quot;:false,&quot;imageFilename&quot;:&quot;sony-playstation-vr2-7657.jpg&quot;,&quot;imageDateCreated&quot;:&quot;2022/09/13&quot;,&quot;imageWidth&quot;:3000,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:1688,&quot;imageParallax&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageCrop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageEnlarge&quot;:false}\" like=\"~Vivid, high-res OLED display ~Comfortable fit ~Excellent controllers ~Realistic vibrations ~Powerful graphics potential\" linktext=\"Read our PlayStation VR 2 review\" linkurl=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/psvr-2-review-the-best-vr-gaming-experience-with-strings-attached/\" overridecaption=\"&lt;p>&lt;/p>\" overridecredit=\"James Martin/CNET\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"3\" showdetails=\"true\" superlative=\"Best high-end console gaming VR headset\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"true\"><div> <a data-cy=\"listicleImageBuyButton\" href=\"https://goto.walmart.com/c/159047/568844/9383?veh=aff&amp;sourceid=imp_000011112222333344&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2F3586747159&amp;subId1=[subid_value]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" section=\"listicle|image\" target=\"_blank\"><figure><div><picture> <img alt=\"Sony PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset and controllers on stands\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\" width=\"640\"></img> </picture></div></figure></a> <figcaption><span>James Martin/CNET</span></figcaption></div> <div>    <div><div><h3>Like</h3> <ul><li>\n            Vivid, high-res OLED display\n          </li><li>\n            Comfortable fit\n          </li><li>\n            Excellent controllers\n          </li><li>\n            Realistic vibrations\n          </li><li>\n            Powerful graphics potential\n          </li></ul></div> <h3>Don\'t like</h3> <ul><li>\n          Expensive\n        </li><li>\n          Needs to be cabled to PS5\n        </li><li>\n          Included earbuds are just OK\n        </li><li>\n          Doesn\'t work with old PSVR games\n        </li><li>\n          Game library needs more exclusives\n        </li></ul></div> <div><div><div><p>The PSVR 2 is expensive ($550), and needs a PlayStation 5 to even work. It\'s tethered, not wireless. However, its HDR OLED display, graphics quality, built-in eye tracking and fantastic advanced controllers -- which have the same vibrations and adaptive force-feedback triggers as the PS5 DualSense controllers -- give this headset a premium feel that makes its <a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/the-best-games-for-psvr-2/\" rel=\"follow\">best games</a> perform at a different level. It could be a landing spot for top PC VR games, but right now it already has some exclusives like Gran Turismo 7, Resident Evil Village and Horizon: Call of the Mountain.</p><p>The PSVR 2 lacks any social metaverse-type software so far and feels more like a headset designed to just launch and play VR games. Many of the games for this headset are ports of titles you could get on devices like the Quest 2 instead. As more games roll out that are optimized for this hardware, however, the PSVR 2 could quickly stand out from the standalone VR pack. You might want to wait and see what happens, unless you\'re ready to jump in and trust Sony now.</p><ul><li>Display: OLED, 2,000 x 2,040 pixels per eye</li><li>Eye tracking: yes</li><li>Requires tethering to PS5 to work</li><li>Works with glasses: yes</li></ul></div></div> <p><a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/psvr-2-review-the-best-vr-gaming-experience-with-strings-attached/\" rel=\"follow\">Read our PlayStation VR 2 review</a>.\n  </p> </div></div>  </div><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-b2a48df4-eeee-457b-b97d-75b587c753b0\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__b2a48df4-eeee-457b-b97d-75b587c753b0\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"4\" dislike=\"~Controllers feel cheap ~No headphone jack\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"b2a48df4-eeee-457b-b97d-75b587c753b0\" imagegroup=\"{&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;hp-reverb-g2-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;HP&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;58475d12-4049-4032-9b91-faeafeed9138&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;hp-reverb-g2-9&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;hp-reverb-g2-9.jpg&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;https://www.cnet.com/a/img/hub/2020/05/27/58475d12-4049-4032-9b91-faeafeed9138/hp-reverb-g2-9.jpg&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>The Reverb G2 has four cameras (two front, two on the sides), and off-ear Valve-designed spatial audio headphones.&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2667057,&quot;width&quot;:3300,&quot;height&quot;:2805,&quot;dateCreated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2020-05-27 18:28:55&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;dateUpdated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2020-05-27 18:29:32&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;needsModeration&quot;:false,&quot;mimeType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;deleted&quot;:false,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;HP&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;hp-reverb-g2-9&quot;,&quot;restricted&quot;:false,&quot;startDate&quot;:null,&quot;endDate&quot;:null,&quot;preferred&quot;:false,&quot;watermark&quot;:false,&quot;doNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;doNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;primaryCollection&quot;:null,&quot;vanityUrl&quot;:null,&quot;notes&quot;:null,&quot;crop&quot;:null,&quot;cropGravity&quot;:0,&quot;preservedRegion&quot;:null,&quot;isNew&quot;:false,&quot;keywords&quot;:[],&quot;primeColor&quot;:null,&quot;hasWarning&quot;:false,&quot;typeName&quot;:&quot;content_image&quot;},&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;58475d12-4049-4032-9b91-faeafeed9138&quot;,&quot;imageAltText&quot;:&quot;hp-reverb-g2-9&quot;,&quot;imageCaption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;imageCredit&quot;:&quot;HP&quot;,&quot;imageDoNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;imageDoNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;imageWatermark&quot;:false,&quot;imageFilename&quot;:&quot;hp-reverb-g2-9.jpg&quot;,&quot;imageDateCreated&quot;:&quot;2020/05/27&quot;,&quot;imageWidth&quot;:3300,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:2805,&quot;imageParallax&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageCrop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageEnlarge&quot;:false}\" like=\"~Higher-res display ~Wider field of view ~Great audio\" linktext=\"Read our HP Reverb G2 review\" linkurl=\"https://www.cnet.com/news/hp-reverb-g2-iracing/\" overridecaption=\"&lt;p>&lt;/p>\" overridecredit=\"HP\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"4\" showdetails=\"true\" superlative=\"Best PC VR headset for higher-res gaming\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"true\"><div> <a data-cy=\"listicleImageBuyButton\" href=\"https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=7168&amp;awinaffid=423585&amp;clickref=subid_value&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hp.com%2Fus-en%2Fshop%2Fpdp%2Fhp-reverb-g2-virtual-reality-headset\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" section=\"listicle|image\" target=\"_blank\"><figure><div><picture> <img alt=\"hp-reverb-g2-9\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\" width=\"640\"></img> </picture></div></figure></a> <figcaption><span>HP</span></figcaption></div> <div>    <div><div><h3>Like</h3> <ul><li>\n            Higher-res display\n          </li><li>\n            Wider field of view\n          </li><li>\n            Great audio\n          </li></ul></div> <h3>Don\'t like</h3> <ul><li>\n          Controllers feel cheap\n        </li><li>\n          No headphone jack\n        </li></ul></div> <div><div><div><p>If your idea of the best VR headset is to have the best image quality in consumer VR, HP\'s Reverb G2 wins. For serious gamers (or <a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/news/hp-reverb-g2-iracing/\" rel=\"follow\">VR racing sim fans</a>), it\'s probably your best choice. The 2,160x2,160-per-eye resolution and 114-degree field of view are the best at this price range, and the lightweight, comfy headset also has fantastic dropdown speakers designed by Valve. It\'s technically a Microsoft Windows mixed reality headset that prefers to launch into Microsoft\'s native Windows 10 VR ecosystem, but it bridges with Steam VR and works with those games and apps, too. Built-in camera-based room tracking is easier to set up than the Valve Index\'s external base stations but is more prone to tracking errors. The included controllers, based on Microsoft\'s VR controller design, feel clunkier than either the Quest 2 controllers or the Valve Index controllers. Also, the over-ear speakers are your only audio choice; there\'s no headphone jack.</p><p>It lists for $599, but it\'s often on sale for less.</p><ul><li>Display: LCD, 2,160 x 2,160 pixels per eye</li><li>Eye tracking: no</li><li>Requires connection to PC to work</li><li>Works with glasses: yes</li></ul></div></div> <p><a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/news/hp-reverb-g2-iracing/\" rel=\"follow\">Read our HP Reverb G2 review</a>.\n  </p> </div></div>  </div><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-abf80280-162e-4ac7-b8d6-b89363461b5b\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__abf80280-162e-4ac7-b8d6-b89363461b5b\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"5\" dislike=\"~Requires external room sensors for tracking ~Display resolution lags behind current headsets\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"abf80280-162e-4ac7-b8d6-b89363461b5b\" imagegroup=\"{&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;26-valve-index&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;Sarah Tew/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9e1fd52d-2293-441f-a4da-8dcd8c375b35&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;26-valve-index&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;26-valve-index.jpg&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;https://www.cnet.com/a/img/hub/2019/05/30/9e1fd52d-2293-441f-a4da-8dcd8c375b35/26-valve-index.jpg&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2927138,&quot;width&quot;:3000,&quot;height&quot;:1688,&quot;dateCreated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2019-05-30 19:18:17&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;dateUpdated&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2019-05-30 19:18:17&quot;,&quot;timezone&quot;:&quot;UTC&quot;,&quot;timezone_type&quot;:3},&quot;needsModeration&quot;:false,&quot;mimeType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;deleted&quot;:false,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;Sarah Tew/CNET&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;26-valve-index&quot;,&quot;restricted&quot;:false,&quot;startDate&quot;:null,&quot;endDate&quot;:null,&quot;preferred&quot;:false,&quot;watermark&quot;:false,&quot;doNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;doNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;primaryCollection&quot;:null,&quot;vanityUrl&quot;:null,&quot;notes&quot;:null,&quot;crop&quot;:null,&quot;cropGravity&quot;:0,&quot;preservedRegion&quot;:null,&quot;isNew&quot;:false,&quot;keywords&quot;:[],&quot;primeColor&quot;:null,&quot;hasWarning&quot;:false,&quot;typeName&quot;:&quot;content_image&quot;},&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;9e1fd52d-2293-441f-a4da-8dcd8c375b35&quot;,&quot;imageAltText&quot;:&quot;26-valve-index&quot;,&quot;imageCaption&quot;:&quot;&lt;p>&lt;/p>&quot;,&quot;imageCredit&quot;:&quot;Sarah Tew/CNET&quot;,&quot;imageDoNotCrop&quot;:false,&quot;imageDoNotResize&quot;:false,&quot;imageWatermark&quot;:false,&quot;imageFilename&quot;:&quot;26-valve-index.jpg&quot;,&quot;imageDateCreated&quot;:&quot;2019/05/30&quot;,&quot;imageWidth&quot;:3000,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:1688,&quot;imageParallax&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageCrop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageEnlarge&quot;:false}\" like=\"~Excellent SteamVR compatibility ~Good audio ~Innovative controllers\" linktext=\"Read our Valve Index review\" linkurl=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/valve-index-review-vr-you-can-buy-in-pieces/\" overridecaption=\"&lt;p>&lt;/p>\" overridecredit=\"Sarah Tew/CNET\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"5\" showdetails=\"true\" superlative=\"Still one of the best Steam VR hardware platforms\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"true\"><div> <a data-cy=\"listicleImageBuyButton\" href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/valveindex\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" section=\"listicle|image\" target=\"_blank\"><figure><div><picture> <img alt=\"26-valve-index\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\" width=\"640\"></img> </picture></div></figure></a> <figcaption><span>Sarah Tew/CNET</span></figcaption></div> <div>    <div><div><h3>Like</h3> <ul><li>\n            Excellent SteamVR compatibility\n          </li><li>\n            Good audio\n          </li><li>\n            Innovative controllers\n          </li></ul></div> <h3>Don\'t like</h3> <ul><li>\n          Requires external room sensors for tracking\n        </li><li>\n          Display resolution lags behind current headsets\n        </li></ul></div> <div><div><div><p>Valve\'s headset isn\'t as cutting-edge as it was when it debuted in 2020, but its Steam VR and Vive hardware compatibility, its excellent audio and <a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/news/valve-indexs-new-vr-controllers-feel-like-the-future-of-gaming/\" rel=\"follow\">fancy controllers</a> still make it hardware worth considering. Valve\'s \"knuckle\" controllers are pressure-sensitive and can track all five fingers, making them almost like gloves. Not all apps make the most of them, but Valve\'s hardware is mix-and-match compatible with the HTC Vive, which also is built on the Steam VR platform. The Index headset has excellent audio, but its display resolution is no longer as good as competitors\'. </p><p>The Index also needs external \"lighthouse\" boxes similar to the HTC Vive for tracking, meaning you need to set those up in a room first. It\'s not as self-contained as the Quest 2 or HP Reverb G2, which can track the room with in-headset cameras. It\'s also definitely not wireless, but if you already have some older HTC Vive hardware, you could add on parts of the Index to mix and match. It feels like this hardware could be due for an upgrade sooner than later.</p><ul><li>Display: LCD, 1,440 x 1,600 pixels per eye</li><li>Eye tracking: no</li><li>Requires connection with PC to work, and external room sensors</li><li>Works with glasses: yes</li></ul></div></div> <p><a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/valve-index-review-vr-you-can-buy-in-pieces/\" rel=\"follow\">Read our Valve Index review</a>.\n  </p> </div></div>  </div><h2>Other VR headsets we\'ve tested</h2><p><span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/meta-quest-pro-half-a-year-later-caught-between-quest-2-and-quest-3/\" rel=\"follow\"><span><strong>Meta Quest Pro</strong></span></a></span>: Last year\'s expensive, eye-tracking-equipped Quest headset can track facial expressions and has a crisp display, but the less-expensive Quest 3 already makes it obsolete with its better graphics, cameras and display resolution.</p><p><span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/htc-vive-xr-elite-review-vr-deconstructed/\" rel=\"follow\"><span><strong>HTC Vive XR Elite</strong></span></a></span>: The glasses-like design of the XR Elite is a sign of the future, but the software and performance of this headset doesn\'t justify its price.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/reviews/sony-playstation-vr-review/\" rel=\"follow\"><strong>PlayStation VR</strong></a>: The original PSVR still works on the PlayStation 4 and 5, but it\'s not compatible with PSVR 2 games and hardware. It still has some great games to discover, but its lack of dedicated controllers and awkward setup feels ancient.</p><h2>How we test VR headsets</h2><p>Even though mainstream VR headsets have been around for nearly a decade, the apps they run and the computers, phones and game consoles they work with keep changing. We run key apps and software on the headsets, using them mainly in standalone mode if they\'re designed to be self-contained, or with a PC, game console or phone if they\'re primarily meant as connected peripherals.</p><p>We use the headsets for a mix of work, gaming, fitness and creative uses, and stay attentive for where the headsets have pain points (moments of discomfort, feelings of disconnect, or sensations of nausea or distortion). Using technology like VR can often be a highly subjective experience, but by being attentive to details we find we can discover where each product is uniquely useful.</p><p>Comparison is also key: I\'ve looked at pretty much every wearable AR and VR device of the last 15 years, and also covered a lot of the wearable tech, phone and computer landscape. How these devices work as game consoles, fitness devices, work accessories and social tools are all key areas. We also think about displays, audio, controllers and accommodations for eyeglasses.</p><h2>Factors to consider when buying a VR headset</h2><p>VR and AR sometimes feel like product categories that never quite seem to become mainstream, but change is coming fast to the headset landscape.</p><p>Sony\'s $550 <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/gaming/psvr-2-review-the-new-best-vr-gaming-headset/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>PlayStation VR 2</span></a></span>, which was released earlier this year, delivers a great console VR experience for PlayStation 5 owners and includes eye tracking like Apple\'s <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/apple-vision-pro-hands-on-far-better-than-i-was-ready-for/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>Vision Pro</span></a></span>, but isn\'t wireless and is still a relatively expensive accessory (it costs more than the PS5 itself). It\'s our second favorite VR headset available right now, but it\'s more expensive than both the Quest 2 and Quest 3, and still needs a PS5 to work.</p><p>For PC owners, there are several options. You could use a Quest 2 (or Quest 3), or consider a number of existing devices. The biggest previous players in the PC VR gaming scene (Microsoft, Valve, and HTC) have been quiet on that front lately.</p><p>Apple\'s (and $3,499) Vision Pro headset -- a self-contained, standalone VR/AR device that Apple is positioning as a full spatial computer -- isn\'t arriving until 2024, but it stands as the highest-priced and highest-resolution experience on the horizon. Based on an <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/apple-vision-pro-hands-on-far-better-than-i-was-ready-for/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>early first demo</span></a></span>, the hardware definitely impresses, but the software remains more of an unknown. At this point, Apple\'s device is very much a wait-and-see product, although its ability to run all sorts of iOS apps and have multiple 3D apps open at once could make it a unique option for someone with a giant wallet.</p><p>The Vision Pro isn\'t the only mixed reality VR headset out there: Expect more in this category, which blends VR with video of your surroundings using color passthrough cameras that feels almost like augmented reality. The Quest 3 is the first mainstream mixed reality VR headset that\'ll be available, and upcoming expected devices by Samsung and others should be on their way. Qualcomm\'s newest <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/qualcomms-newest-vrar-chips-tell-a-lot-about-quest-3-and-beyond/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset</span></a></span>, which enables mixed reality, more AI functions, and better graphics, is making its debut on the Quest 3 but will roll out to other headsets in 2024 and beyond.</p><p>The cost of a new VR headset <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/the-low-cost-vr-honeymoon-is-over/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>is going up</span></a></span> these days. If price is your biggest concern, the Quest 2 still offers the best value in VR: a completely wireless experience, with access to a great library of <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/gaming/best-oculus-quest-2-games-and-experiences/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>fantastic games</span></a></span>. </p><p>Samsung, Google and Qualcomm have <a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/samsung-and-google-combine-forces-in-new-mixed-reality-partnership/\" rel=\"follow\">announced a partnership</a> for future products, suggesting a mixed-reality headset could be arriving as soon as next year. If you want a phone-connected device, you probably should wait and see how Samsung and Google\'s future products shake out. Qualcomm\'s <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><a href=\"/tech/computing/qualcomm-phone-connected-ar-headsets-hint-at-google-apple-future/\" rel=\"follow\"><span>future plans for VR and AR</span></a></span> lean on phones as a way to power smaller glasses, but so far there aren\'t any of these types of smaller devices that we\'d recommend.</p><p>If you\'re a PC gamer,  a PC-connected VR headset still offers the most versatile collection of software for an immersive VR experience, and it also lets you use that headset for creative and business tools. Meta\'s Quest headsets can double as PC-connected VR devices. Valve hasn\'t had any new VR hardware in a while, and it\'ll be interesting to see if anything new gets announced anytime soon.</p><h2>VR headset FAQs</h2><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-8504f5a0-3288-4f66-a15d-7c3df9915b3e\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__8504f5a0-3288-4f66-a15d-7c3df9915b3e\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"6\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"8504f5a0-3288-4f66-a15d-7c3df9915b3e\" imagegroup=\"{}\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"6\" showdetails=\"true\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"false\"> <div> <div> <div><p>  <h3>Should I wait to buy a VR headset?</h3>  </p> </div> </div>    <div><div><p>It\'s not a bad idea. With the Quest 3 arriving and the Apple Vision Pro in 2024, and a Samsung device expected as well, there may be many headsets on the way that are better than what\'s here at the moment. VR is a technology that\'s still in flux. </p></div>  </div></div>  </div><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-2c354b4f-af54-41f5-bcb6-0685805ee01b\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__2c354b4f-af54-41f5-bcb6-0685805ee01b\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"7\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"2c354b4f-af54-41f5-bcb6-0685805ee01b\" imagegroup=\"{}\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"7\" showdetails=\"true\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"false\"> <div> <div> <div><p>  <h3>What should I look for in a VR headset?</h3>  </p> </div> </div>    <div><div><div><p>It depends, really, on whether you\'re connecting to a PC or not... and whether you plan to do work with it. There are plenty of Windows-compatible headsets, but they vary in display resolution. Higher is better, and so is a larger field of view. Headsets can refresh at up to 120Hz now, and the faster they refresh, the more natural and smooth VR movement feels. </p><p>Most PC VR headsets have similar controller designs and can bridge to work tools and apps. For portability or standalone comfort, the Quest 2 doesn\'t have much competition right now. For gamers with a PlayStation 5, the PSVR 2 is the best option. Also, consider the app libraries: The Quest has a lot of exclusive games, Windows-connected headsets have lots of compatibility with work apps and experimental tools. The PSVR 2 has its own library of games that aren\'t backward-compatible with original PSVR games.</p></div></div>  </div></div>  </div><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-bb14b2d1-da0c-4418-9ab8-c8def1e9c8df\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__bb14b2d1-da0c-4418-9ab8-c8def1e9c8df\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"8\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"bb14b2d1-da0c-4418-9ab8-c8def1e9c8df\" imagegroup=\"{}\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"8\" showdetails=\"true\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"true\"> <div> <div> <div><p>  <h3>Do any of these headsets work with phones?</h3>  </p> </div> </div>    <div><div><p>The old world of phone-based VR headsets -- like the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream -- are basically dead. A good number of the current iPhone, Android and VR app options don\'t even work with the old mobile VR goggles. The Quest 2 does have a phone app for streaming content for a parent to monitor, and can receive phone notifications and sync some health data for workouts, but it\'s still not fully integrated with phones. If smartphone-based VR comes back, it will more likely be in the form of small headsets that plug into phones via USB-C for VR content, VR gaming and other uses.</p></div>  </div></div>  </div><div contenttype=\"Best List - Precap\" data-cy=\"shortcodeListicle\" data-id=\"listicle-149f81aa-5dba-41fe-a469-8864e473813e\" data-key=\"cnetlisticle__149f81aa-5dba-41fe-a469-8864e473813e\" data-location=\"LIST\" data-position=\"9\" edition=\"us\" filtershortcodetypes=\"\" id=\"149f81aa-5dba-41fe-a469-8864e473813e\" imagegroup=\"{}\" pagelayout=\"FAQ Markup + BL Precap\" position=\"9\" showdetails=\"true\" suppressautoplay=\"true\" tocheadlineitem=\"[object Object]\" totalfilteritems=\"0\" usepricing=\"false\"> <div> <div> <div><p>  <h3>How do I care for my VR headset?</h3>  </p> </div> </div>    <div><div><div><p>VR headsets can get dusty and grimy. Take extra care with the lenses, which should be cleaned gently with microfiber cloths the same way you\'d treat glasses (but don\'t use liquid cleaners). A slightly damp paper towel (just wet with a bit of water) can help clean off exteriors. It\'s a good idea to invest in a case or bag to protect the headset from dust, and keep your headset covered when not in use. </p><p>Take extra care not to expose your VR headset to bright sunlight: The sun can damage VR displays if beams hit the lenses of the headset. To be safe, I keep mine in cases, turn the lenses away from windows, and cover them with an old t-shirt or towel if I don\'t have a case.</p></div></div>  </div></div>  </div></div></div></div>', 'Our top picks for VR headsets this year, including thoughts on the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 2, Sony PSVR 2 and more, all tested or demoed by CNET.', 'https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/8e13d38f2d4f8e0617f582f3c229b3d56da5ae57/hub/2019/04/18/9655172f-5227-4268-b813-7ad35013d5a3/08-oculus-quest.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(682, 'Amazon and Meta Promise UK Regulators to Stop Unfairly Undercutting Rivals', '<div>\n\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n		\n        \n\n        \n        \n        \n		\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n		\n		<a name=\"topothepage\"></a>\n		\n		\n\n		<section>\n		\n			<div id=\"firehose-message-tray\">\n				<p>\n					\n						\n						Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at <a href=\"http://m.slashdot.org\">m.slashdot.org</a> and keep reading!\n					\n				</p>\n			</div>\n		\n		\n			\n		\n		\n			\n		\n		<a name=\"main-articles\"></a>\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n<div>\n	\n	<div>\n		<div>\n			\n			<div id=\"firehose\">\n			<div id=\"firehoselist\">\n				\n\n\n\n				<article data-fhid=\"172176432\" data-fhtype=\"story\" id=\"firehose-172176432\">\n		\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n\n<header>\n	\n		<span id=\"topic-172176432\">\n			<a href=\"//tech.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=facebook\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'facebook\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"Facebook\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/facebook_64.png\" title=\"Facebook\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		\n	\n		\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n		<a href=\"//tech.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=business\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'business\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"Businesses\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/business_64.png\" title=\"Businesses\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		\n	\n		\n		\n\n		\n		<a href=\"//tech.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=uk\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'uk\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"United Kingdom\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/uk_64.png\" title=\"United Kingdom\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		</span>\n	\n\n	<h2>\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		<span id=\"title-172176432\"> <a href=\"//tech.slashdot.org/story/23/11/05/1820226/amazon-and-meta-promise-uk-regulators-to-stop-unfairly-undercutting-rivals\">Amazon and Meta Promise UK Regulators to Stop Unfairly Undercutting Rivals</a> <span><a href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/04/amazon_meta_cma/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"External link - https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/04/amazon_meta_cma/\"> (theregister.com) </a></span></span>\n\n		\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n		\n		\n			\n		\n	</h2>\n	<p><span>\n		<span>\n			<span onclick=\"firehose_set_options(\'color\', \'red\')\" title=\"Filter Firehose to entries rated red or better\"></span><span alt=\"Popularity\" onclick=\"firehose_set_options(\'color\', \'red\')\" title=\"Filter Firehose to entries rated red or better\"><span></span></span> \n		</span>\n		</span>\n		<span>\n	\n				\n			Posted\n				by \n		\n		\n			\n				  EditorDavid\n			\n		\n		\n\n		\n		\n		<time datetime=\"on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:34PM\" id=\"fhtime-172176432\">on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:34PM</time>\n		\n		\n			 from the <span>thumb-on-the-scale</span> dept.\n		\n		</span>\n	</p>\n</header>\n\n<div id=\"fhbody-172176432\">\n	\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n		<div id=\"text-172176432\"><p>\n			\n		 	\n				Friday the U.K.\'s competition regulator <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-secures-improvements-in-ways-amazon-and-meta-treat-competitors-benefitting-customers\">made an announcement</a>.  Amazon and Meta agreed they <a href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/04/amazon_meta_cma/\">wouldn\'t use data collected their marketplaces for an unfair advantage against competitors</a>.</p><p> \n\nThe <em>Register</em> explains:\n<i>In Amazon\'s case, the e-commerce giant used vendors\' sales figures to decide which items it should sell, and how much to price products to get an edge over everyone else. The internet behemoth also promoted its own products with its <a href=\"https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/20/amazon_uk_buy_box_tribunal/\">Buy Box</a> feature and it further cut into retailers\' margins by charging extra costs if they wanted to use Amazon\'s Prime delivery services, the CMA said.   Now Amazon has committed to doing less of that. <p> \nThe  Competition and Markets Authority said [Amazon] will be prevented from using third-party seller data that gives it an unfair commercial advantage, and will allow rivals to negotiate rates with independent delivery contractors working on behalf of Amazon.  Merchants\' items will also be better supported by the Buy Box too, according to the CMA, instead of Amazon-led products or those from sellers that have bought into the company\'s packing and delivery services...</p><p> \n\n[Facebook] was accused of exploiting advertisers hawking wares on Facebook Marketplace, and using competitors\' data to improve its own products or services.  \"Going forward, competitors of Facebook Marketplace that advertise on Meta platforms can \'opt out\' of their data being used to improve Facebook Marketplace,\" the CMA said.</p></i> <br></br>\nThe CMA also has specific plans for enforcement, <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/03/uk-cma-amazon-meta-facebook-marketplace/\">reports TechCrunch</a>.  for Meta the UK agency \"has said it will set up a monitoring trustee to oversee its adherence, including its new technical system rollout and employee training,\" while Amazon will also get an \"independent trustee\" overseeing their compliance.</p></div>\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n			\n		\n	</div>\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	</article>\n			</div>\n			</div>\n		</div>\n	</div>\n	\n	\n		\n</div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	</section>\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n	<section>\n		<blockquote cite=\"https://slashdot.org\">\n			<p>Disclaimer: \"These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they be\nyours too.\"\n		-- Dave Haynie</p>\n			<span></span>\n		</blockquote>\n	</section>\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n	<p><span>Working...</span></p>\n\n	    \n\n	\n	\n\n	\n		\n		\n	\n\n	</div>', 'Friday the U.K.\'s competition regulator made an announcement. Amazon and Meta agreed they wouldn\'t use data collected their marketplaces for an unfair advantage against competitors. \n\nThe Register explains:\nIn Amazon\'s case, the e-commerce giant used vendors\'…', 'https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/facebook_64.png', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(683, 'Max Removes 4K Streaming, Other Perks From Ad-Free Plan', '<div>\n\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n		\n        \n\n        \n        \n        \n		\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n		\n		<a name=\"topothepage\"></a>\n		\n		\n\n		<section>\n		\n			\n		\n		\n			\n		\n		\n			\n		\n		<a name=\"main-articles\"></a>\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n<div>\n	\n	<div>\n		<div>\n			\n			<div id=\"firehose\">\n			<div id=\"firehoselist\">\n				\n\n\n\n				<article data-fhid=\"172159362\" data-fhtype=\"story\" id=\"firehose-172159362\">\n		\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n\n<header>\n	\n		<span id=\"topic-172159362\">\n			<a href=\"//news.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=tv\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'tv\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"Television\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/tv_64.png\" title=\"Television\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		\n	\n		\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n		<a href=\"//news.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=media\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'media\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"Media\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/media_64.png\" title=\"Media\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		\n	\n		\n		\n\n		\n		<a href=\"//news.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=entertainment\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'entertainment\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"Entertainment\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/entertainment_64.png\" title=\"Entertainment\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		</span>\n	\n\n	<h2>\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		<span id=\"title-172159362\"> <a href=\"//news.slashdot.org/story/23/11/02/208257/max-removes-4k-streaming-other-perks-from-ad-free-plan\">Max Removes 4K Streaming, Other Perks From Ad-Free Plan</a> <span><a href=\"https://www.droid-life.com/2023/11/02/4k-streaming-removed-from-ad-free-max-plans/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"External link - https://www.droid-life.com/2023/11/02/4k-streaming-removed-from-ad-free-max-plans/\"> (droid-life.com) </a></span></span>\n\n		\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n		\n		\n			\n		\n	</h2>\n	<p><span>\n		<span>\n			<span onclick=\"firehose_set_options(\'color\', \'red\')\" title=\"Filter Firehose to entries rated red or better\"></span><span alt=\"Popularity\" onclick=\"firehose_set_options(\'color\', \'red\')\" title=\"Filter Firehose to entries rated red or better\"><span></span></span> \n		</span>\n		</span>\n		<span>\n	\n				\n			Posted\n				by \n		\n		\n			\n				  <a href=\"https://twitter.com/BeauHD\" rel=\"nofollow\">BeauHD</a>\n			\n		\n		\n\n		\n		\n		<time datetime=\"on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:40PM\" id=\"fhtime-172159362\">on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:40PM</time>\n		\n		\n			 from the <span>pay-for-less</span> dept.\n		\n		</span>\n	</p>\n</header>\n\n<div id=\"fhbody-172159362\">\n	\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n		<p>\n			\n		 	\n				Long-time Slashdot reader <a href=\"/~Shakrai\">Shakrai</a> writes: <i>Continuing the seemingly industry-wide trend towards <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification\">enshitification</a> of the Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) marketplace, Max today announced that it will be making changes to the current Ad-Free plan. To wit, 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos <a href=\"https://www.droid-life.com/2023/11/02/4k-streaming-removed-from-ad-free-max-plans/\">will be removed and concurrent streams will decrease from three to two</a>.\n<p> \nIn other words, you are paying the same price for less features. If you wish to keep the features you\'ve had all along, all you have to do is <a href=\"https://help.max.com/US/Answer/Detail/000002547\">upgrade to Ultimate Ad-Free</a> at a 33% premium for the annual plan or 25% increase for monthly. No news yet on a crackdown of password sharing, however, that seems inevitable as the industry <a href=\"https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/06/09/170236/netflix-password-crackdown-drives-us-sign-ups-to-highest-levels-in-at-least-four-years\">races to the bottom</a>.\n</p><p> \nMeet the new cable boss, same as the old, except, they bring death by several small cuts instead of a single large one.</p></i><br></br>\n		 	\n		</p>\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n			\n		\n	</div>\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	</article>\n			</div>\n			</div>\n		</div>\n	</div>\n	\n	\n		\n</div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	</section>\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n	<section>\n		<blockquote cite=\"https://slashdot.org\">\n			<p>Five is a sufficiently close approximation to infinity.\n		-- Robert Firth\n\n\"One, two, five.\"\n		-- Monty Python and the Holy Grail</p>\n			<span></span>\n		</blockquote>\n	</section>\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n	<p><span>Working...</span></p>\n\n	    \n\n	\n	\n\n	\n		\n		\n	\n\n	</div>', 'Long-time Slashdot reader Shakrai writes: Continuing the seemingly industry-wide trend towards enshitification of the Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) marketplace, Max today announced that it will be making changes to the current Ad-Free plan. To wit, 4K H…', 'https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/tv_64.png', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(684, 'Solar for Renters Offers Americans Netflix-Style Subscriptions to Clean Energy', '<div>\n\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n		\n        \n\n        \n        \n        \n		\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n\n	\n		\n		<a name=\"topothepage\"></a>\n		\n		\n\n		<section>\n		\n			\n		\n		\n			\n		\n		\n			\n		\n		<a name=\"main-articles\"></a>\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n<div>\n	\n	<div>\n		<div>\n			\n			<div id=\"firehose\">\n			<div id=\"firehoselist\">\n				\n\n\n\n				<article data-fhid=\"172059363\" data-fhtype=\"story\" id=\"firehose-172059363\">\n		\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n\n<header>\n	\n		<span id=\"topic-172059363\">\n			<a href=\"//hardware.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=earth\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'earth\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"Earth\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/earth_64.png\" title=\"Earth\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		\n	\n		\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n		<a href=\"//hardware.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=power\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'power\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"Power\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/power_64.png\" title=\"Power\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		\n	\n		\n		\n\n		\n		<a href=\"//hardware.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=usa\" onclick=\"return addfhfilter(\'usa\');\">\n			\n				<img alt=\"United States\" height=\"64\" src=\"//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/usa_64.png\" title=\"United States\" width=\"64\"></img>\n			\n		</a>\n		</span>\n	\n\n	<h2>\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		<span id=\"title-172059363\"> <a href=\"//hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/10/21/0353254/solar-for-renters-offers-americans-netflix-style-subscriptions-to-clean-energy\">\'Solar for Renters\' Offers Americans Netflix-Style Subscriptions to Clean Energy</a> <span><a href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/you-can-now-get-solar-power-with-a-netflix-style-subscription/ar-AA1hYsB3\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"External link - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/you-can-now-get-solar-power-with-a-netflix-style-subscription/ar-AA1hYsB3\"> (msn.com) </a></span></span>\n\n		\n		\n		\n		\n\n		\n		\n		\n			\n		\n	</h2>\n	<p><span>\n		<span>\n			<span onclick=\"firehose_set_options(\'color\', \'red\')\" title=\"Filter Firehose to entries rated red or better\"></span><span alt=\"Popularity\" onclick=\"firehose_set_options(\'color\', \'red\')\" title=\"Filter Firehose to entries rated red or better\"><span></span></span> \n		</span>\n		</span>\n		<span>\n	\n				\n			Posted\n				by \n		\n		\n			\n				  EditorDavid\n			\n		\n		\n\n		\n		\n		<time datetime=\"on Sunday October 22, 2023 @09:34AM\" id=\"fhtime-172059363\">on Sunday October 22, 2023 @09:34AM</time>\n		\n		\n			 from the <span>power-plays</span> dept.\n		\n		</span>\n	</p>\n</header>\n\n<div id=\"fhbody-172059363\">\n	\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n		<div id=\"text-172059363\"><p>\n			\n		 	\n				\"No roof, no solar power.  That has been the dispiriting equation shutting out roughly half of all Americans from plugging into the sun,\" <a href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/you-can-now-get-solar-power-with-a-netflix-style-subscription/ar-AA1hYsB3\">writes the Washington Post\'s \"Climate Coach\" column</a>.</p><p> \n\"But signing up for solar soon might be as easy as <a href=\"https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2021/09/netflix-solar-save-more-money-your-utility-bills-novel-renewable-power\">subscribing to Netflix</a>.\"\n\n<i>Scores of new small solar farms that sell clean, local electricity directly to customers are popping up. The setup, dubbed \"community solar,\" is designed to bring solar power to people who don\'t own their own homes or can\'t install panels — often at prices below retail electricity rates...<p> \n\n<a href=\"https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/84247.pdf\">At least 22 states</a> have passed legislation encouraging independent community solar projects, but developers are just beginning to expand. Most existing projects are booked.  At the moment, community solar projects in the United States generate enough electricity to power about 918,000 homes — less than 1 percent of total households, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a nonprofit trade group.  But as more states join, and the Environmental Protection Agency\'s \"Solar for All\" program pours <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-launches-7-billion-solar-all-grant-competition-fund\">billions into federal solar power grants</a>, more Americans will get the chance...</p><p> \n\nWhile projects exist in most states, they <a href=\"https://www.nrel.gov/state-local-tribal/community-solar.html\">are highly concentrated</a>: More than half are in Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York. These might be on a condo roof, or on open land like the <a href=\"https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/06/07/fresno-community-solar-farm-to-reduce-electricity-costs-for-low-income-residents/\">10-MW Fresno community solar farm</a>, on a city-owned plot surrounded by agricultural land. Most are small: <a href=\"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=38272\">2 megawatts</a> of capacity on average, about enough to power <a href=\"https://www.seia.org/initiatives/whats-megawatt\">200 to 400 homes</a>...  The renewable energy marketplace <a href=\"https://communitysolar.energysage.com/\">EnergySage</a> and the nonprofit <a href=\"https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/go-solar/community-solar/find-a-community-solar-project/\">Solar United Neighbors</a> connect customers to community solar projects in their region. People generally <a href=\"https://www.energysage.com/community-solar/community-solar-billing/\">receive monthly credits</a> for electricity produced by their share of solar panels. These are subtracted from their total electricity bill or credited on future bills... Subscribers on average save about 10 percent on their utility bill (the range is <a href=\"https://www.energysage.com/shop/community-solar/\">5 percent to 15 percent</a>).</p><p> \n\nThese economics are propelling the industry to record heights. Between 2016 and 2019, community solar capacity <a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X20311877?fr=RR-2\">more than quadrupled</a> to 1.4 gigawatts. By the end of this year, <a href=\"https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/cumulative-us-community-solar-capacity-expected-to-break-6-gw-in-2023-despite-interconnection-and-siting-headwinds/\">energy research firm Wood Mackenzie</a> estimates, there will be 6 GW of community solar. And the Energy Department <a href=\"https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-sets-2025-community-solar-target-power-5-million-homes\">wants to see</a> community solar reach 5 million households by 2025. \"The economics are strongly on the side of doing this,\" says Dan Kammen, an energy professor at the University of California at Berkeley. \"It\'s now cheaper to build new solar than to operate old fossil [fuel plants]. ... We\'re at the takeoff point.\"</p></i> <br></br>\n\nThe article notes \"solar for renters\" saves about $100 per year for the <a href=\"https://www.eia.gov/electricity/sales_revenue_price/pdf/table5_a.pdf\">average ratepayer</a> (while rooftop solar arrays may save homeowners over <a href=\"https://www.energysage.com/other-clean-options/community-choice-aggregation/ccas-vs-rooftop-solar/\">$1,000 annually</a>).  But according to the article, the arrangement still \"reflects a new reality...</p><p> \n\n\"Solar energy prices are falling as private and public money, and new laws, are fueling a massive expansion of small-scale community solar projects.\"</p></div>\n\n		\n\n		\n\n		\n			\n		\n	</div>\n	\n	\n\n\n\n	</article>\n			</div>\n			</div>\n		</div>\n	</div>\n	\n	\n		\n</div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	</section>\n	\n	\n\n\n	\n	<section>\n		<blockquote cite=\"https://slashdot.org\">\n			<p>NOWPRINT. NOWPRINT. Clemclone, back to the shadows again.\n- The Firesign Theater</p>\n			<span></span>\n		</blockquote>\n	</section>\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	\n\n	<p><span>Working...</span></p>\n\n	    \n\n	\n	\n\n	\n		\n		\n	\n\n	</div>', '\"No roof, no solar power. That has been the dispiriting equation shutting out roughly half of all Americans from plugging into the sun,\" writes the Washington Post\'s \"Climate Coach\" column. \n\"But signing up for solar soon might be as easy as subscribing to Ne…', 'https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/earth_64.png', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(685, 'X is creating an inactive handle marketplace and is soliciting buyers to purchase account names for up to $50,000, report says', '<div data-piano-inline-content-wrapper=\"\" id=\"piano-inline-content-wrapper\"> \n                    \n                    \n                    \n                          \n                          \n                          <section data-component-type=\"inline-offer\" data-offer-key=\"pre-churn-offer\" data-place-after-element-selector=\".post-content .content-lock-content > p\">\n                            <article>\n                              <img alt=\"\" src=\"/public/assets/subscription/marketing/banner-overlay/top-left.svg\"></img>\n                              <img alt=\"\" src=\"/public/assets/subscription/marketing/banner-overlay/bottom-right.svg\"></img>\n                          \n                                        </article>\n                          </section>\n                    \n                    <div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n                      <div>\n                                  <ul>\n                        <li>Elon Musk has long promised to rid X, formerly Twitter, of inactive accounts and dormant handles.</li>\n                        <li>New reports indicate the site is making good on that promise by creating a username marketplace.</li>\n                        <li>Per Forbes, X staff have messaged buyers soliciting up to $50,000 to purchase specific handles.</li>\n                        </ul><div data-acq-source=\"techinlinesignup\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" id=\"formContainer\">\n                        \n                        \n                          <section>\n                              \n                        \n                            <p><svg height=\"50\" role=\"img\" 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         \n                              <p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you\'re on the go.\n                                    </p>\n                            </div>\n                        \n                            \n                            \n                          </section>\n                        \n                            <div>\n                                <p><img alt=\"Bull\" data-src=\"/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' viewBox=\'0 0 1 1\'%3E%3C/svg%3E\"></img>\n                              \n                              \n                              \n                              </p>    </div>\n                        \n                          \n                        </div><p>X is preparing to roll out a <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-auctioning-off-inactive-username-handles-elon-musk-report-2023-1\" rel=\"\">username marketplace</a> — and is seeking buyers willing to pay up to $50,000 to gain control of their perfect handle, according to a new report. </p><p><a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/11/03/elon-musk-x-has-started-selling-off-old-twitter-handles/?sh=5e8743fc5bcf\" rel=\" nofollow\">Forbes</a>, citing internal emails, reported that staff from the social media platform formerly known as Twitter have in some cases sent out the five-figure solicitations to buyers as part of an initiative to build the marketplace.</p><p>Currently, the site\'s internal inactive account <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/inactive-x-accounts\" rel=\" nofollow\">policy</a> indicates it cannot release inactive handles. An account is considered inactive if no one has logged into it within the last 30 days, per the policy.</p><p>While no public-facing announcement has yet been made, the move appears to be a step toward making good on a promise Elon Musk has long assured users would happen by ridding the site of <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-delete-inactive-twitter-accounts-free-up-handles-2022-12\" rel=\"\">inactive accounts and dormant handles</a>. </p><p>It would also improve the challenging financial circumstances in which the social media giant finds itself. <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/x-twitter-valuation-dropped-nearly-70-million-day-elon-musk-2023-10#:~:text=On%20Monday%2C%20Insider%20confirmed%20that,was%20worth%20about%20%2419%20billion.\" rel=\"\">Insider previously reported</a> X\'s valuation has dropped an average of nearly $70 million per day during <a data-analytics-post-depth=\"0\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" data-mrf-link=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk\" data-uri=\"38ae9025d5f031162fd94a2f65852032\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk\" rel=\"\">Elon Musk\'s</a> first year of ownership, with the new valuation representing a 55% drop from the price Musk paid to take the company private.</p><p>An automated response to a request for comment from Insider from the X press team read, \"busy now, please check back later.\"</p><p>X users appeared split about the news, with some praising the marketplace idea as \"<a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://twitter.com/agazdecki/status/1720807578836566102\" rel=\" nofollow\">brilliant</a>\" while <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://twitter.com/byhazellim/status/1720806898897752384\" rel=\" nofollow\">others</a> described it as an attempt to squeeze out \"every cent from its user base.\" </p><p>\"Twitter is really going all-in on the monetization game, huh?\" San Francisco investor Joe Maristela <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://twitter.com/JoeMaristela/status/1720807929589518816\" rel=\" nofollow\">wrote</a> in an X post responding to Forbes breaking the news. \"It\'s going to be interesting to see how this affects the platform in the long run. On one hand, it could be seen as a way to help people get access to handles they may have always wanted. On the other hand, it\'s kind of a bummer that something that was once free is now being sold for such a high price.\"</p><p>While it remains unclear exactly which handles may made available to buy or sell through the marketplace if and when it launches publicly, the announcement raises the question of what will happen to high-profile inactive accounts like @NPR — which left the platform in April after the <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/npr-quits-twitter-after-ceo-lost-faith-in-elon-musk-2023-4\" rel=\"\">news organization was labeled \"government-funded media.\"</a></p><p>Since Musk\'s <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/did-elon-musk-buy-twitter-acquisition-details\" rel=\"\">$44 billion acquisition of the company</a>, X has undergone significant shifts in its verification procedures and content moderation policies, as well as adding new features such as community notes, which allow users to add commentary on posts to clarify or add context. </p><p>Other features teased by Musk have yet to materialize, such as making X a centralized banking and <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-everything-app-finances-twitter-payments-2023-7\" rel=\"\">financial services app</a> or, as he said in an all-hands meeting on the anniversary of his takeover, <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-wants-x-to-be-dating-app-leaked-meeting-2023-10\" rel=\"\">a dating site</a>.</p>\n                      </div>\n                    \n                    </div>\n                    \n                    \n                        </div>', 'Forbes reported X, formerly Twitter, is making good on Elon Musk\'s promise to cut down on inactive accounts by creating a dormant username marketplace.', 'https://i.insider.com/6545d2f736d588dc55caefc4?width=1200&format=jpeg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(686, 'Im a former Google recruiter. The smartest job candidates always did these 5 things to stand out.', '<div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n                      <div>\n                                  <ul>\n                        <li>A former recruiter for Google, Nolan Church now runs Continuum, a talent marketplace for executives.</li>\n                        <li>He says the best job applicants are prepared with anecdotes that illustrate lessons they\'ve learned.</li>\n                        <li>Look for ways to establish friendly connections with employees before you even apply, he says. </li>\n                        </ul><div data-acq-source=\"careersinlinesignup\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" id=\"formContainer\">\n                        \n                        \n                          <section>\n                              \n                        \n                            <p><svg height=\"50\" role=\"img\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" width=\"50\" xml:space=\"preserve\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">\n                          <title>Loading</title>\n                          <desc>Something is loading.</desc>\n                          <path d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\" fill=\"#111\">\n                            <animatetransform attributename=\"transform\" attributetype=\"xml\" dur=\"0.6s\" from=\"0 25 25\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\" to=\"360 25 25\" type=\"rotate\"></animatetransform>\n                          </path>\n                        </svg></p>\n                            \n                        \n                            \n                        \n                            <div>\n                              <p>Thanks for signing up!</p>\n                              \n                              <p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you\'re on the go.\n                                    </p>\n                            </div>\n                        \n                            \n                            \n                          </section>\n                        \n                            <div>\n                                <p><img alt=\"Bull\" data-src=\"/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' viewBox=\'0 0 1 1\'%3E%3C/svg%3E\"></img>\n                              \n                              \n                              \n                              </p>    </div>\n                        \n                          \n                        </div><p><em>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nolan Church, a 34-year-old former recruiter for Google and Doordash from Salt Lake City, Utah. It has been edited for length and clarity.</em></p><p>Before opening Continuum, a talent marketplace for executives, I worked as a recruiter for Google. I also led the recruiting team at DoorDash where I saw the company grow from 50 to 800 employees. </p><p>After years of hiring, I tell job seekers that when you apply online, you should never expect to hear back from that company. The reason: There are way too many people applying for jobs and not enough people reviewing resumés.  </p><p>Instead, candidates should focus on finding ways to stand out — and that preparation starts before the job interview. Here are five things all candidates should do when they\'re preparing.</p><h2>1. Look for a job when you already have a job</h2><p>The best perspective is when someone thinks, <em>I have a good job today, but I\'m starting to feel interested in a new industry</em>. When that happens, I suggest reaching out to those in that field, connecting with them, and building relationships with them. </p><p>For example, if a software engineer is interested in a new B2B company, they should go out there and reach out to other engineers. They should take that connection to coffee, see what they\'re working on, and even offer them help. That way, when they do get an interview, they already have a warm connection. </p><p> You should always be poking your head over the fence, seeing what\'s out there and building relationships with others you\'d like to work with. You should always be networking.</p><h2>2. Don\'t be afraid to be bold </h2><p>When I was working at Doordash as the head of talent, we had someone interested in working for us. To make his interest known, he emailed the CEO 21 days in a row, a different email each time, in which he discussed why he wanted to work for Doordash and why we should interview him.</p><p>While it\'s potentially risky, I personally thought, <em>We have to talk to this guy</em>. I always advise not to be too afraid of cold outreach: If you\'re really interested in a company, get in touch with those you want to work with — email the CEO, the head of talent, or the hiring manager and let them know why you\'re the right person for the job.</p><h2>3. Don\'t just prepare questions; go deeper</h2><p>A lot of times people ask me, \"What are the best 10 questions I can ask at the end of an interview?\" But it\'s not about preparing a list of questions; it\'s about more specific preparation. </p><p>Interviewees should be looking on the company\'s website and reading up on the company\'s values, vision, and mission statement to start. To take it a step further, a lot of founders these days are on a podcast or are online in some way. I think it\'s amazing when candidates can come in and say, \"I was listening to your founder say [fill in the blank]\" and then give specific examples of what they heard. </p><h2>4. Be ready with stories</h2><p>There are a couple of stories interviewees should consider when prepping for an interview. One should definitely be around a successful project they have completed and their role within that project.</p><p>Another is a career highlight: Candidates should tap into what they\'ve done well. For example, I once interviewed a VP of HR who told me their career highlight was running a layoff.  She mentioned how hard it was on her — she wasn\'t sleeping and felt very stressed — and that an impacted employee came up and told her afterward, \"I know this must be hard on you. Thank you for treating me with respect.\" It was such a great story because it was counterintuitive and real.</p><p>Finally, candidates should be ready to share a lesson they\'ve learned — a time you received difficult, constructive feedback that had a profound impact on you. Explain how you processed it, and ultimately how it made you a better employee. </p><p>By telling stories interviewees are able to show their deep inner fire, their motivation, and what drives them most. It also makes the interview more conversational and more engaging for both parties — I\'ve never seen it backfire. </p><h2>5. Find other ways to stand out</h2><p>Once when I was interviewing someone for a sales role at DoorDash, the candidate said they\'d gone to 10 different restaurants that didn\'t offer the DoorDash service and asked them, why not? </p><p>The candidate then brought those answers to the interview, and also came prepared with solutions on how to get those restaurants on board. That candidate stood out to us; it was if they had done the job already before the interview. We ended up hiring them within 24 hours.  </p><p>While it may feel like you\'re selling yourself in a super competitive world, that\'s what you have to do. At the end of the day, you have to stand out.</p><p><em>If you\'re a recruiter with helpful tips to share and would like to tell your story, email Alyshia Hull at </em><a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"mailto:ahull@insider.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>ahull@insider.com</em></a></p>\n                      </div>\n                    \n                    </div>', 'To prepare for a job interview, an ex-Google recruiter says people should prepare career anecdotes and establish friendly connections with employees.', 'https://i.insider.com/6536994496f7540cd0630cd6?width=1200&format=jpeg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(687, 'LinkedIns Open to Work tag is the biggest red flag for hiring managers and screams desperation, says ex-Google recruiter', '<div data-piano-inline-content-wrapper=\"\" id=\"piano-inline-content-wrapper\"> \n                    \n                    \n                    \n                          \n                          \n                          <section data-component-type=\"inline-offer\" data-offer-key=\"pre-churn-offer\" data-place-after-element-selector=\".post-content .content-lock-content > p\">\n                            <article>\n                              <img alt=\"\" src=\"/public/assets/subscription/marketing/banner-overlay/top-left.svg\"></img>\n                              <img alt=\"\" src=\"/public/assets/subscription/marketing/banner-overlay/bottom-right.svg\"></img>\n                          \n                                        </article>\n                          </section>\n                    \n                    <div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n                      <div>\n                                  <ul><li>A former Google recruiter says LinkedIn\'s \"Open to Work\" tag is a \"red flag\" for hiring managers.</li><li>Nolan Church said it comes across as desperate and called it \"the worst social media feature.\" </li><li>Recruitment firm CEO Brianna Rooney said appearing \"grasping\" can hinder your job prospects. </li></ul><div data-acq-source=\"careersinlinesignup\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" id=\"formContainer\">\n                        \n                        \n                          <section>\n                              \n                        \n                            <p><svg height=\"50\" role=\"img\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" width=\"50\" xml:space=\"preserve\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">\n                          <title>Loading</title>\n                          <desc>Something is loading.</desc>\n                          <path d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\" fill=\"#111\">\n                            <animatetransform attributename=\"transform\" attributetype=\"xml\" dur=\"0.6s\" from=\"0 25 25\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\" to=\"360 25 25\" type=\"rotate\"></animatetransform>\n                          </path>\n                        </svg></p>\n                            \n                        \n                            \n                        \n                            <div>\n                              <p>Thanks for signing up!</p>\n                              \n                              <p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you\'re on the go.\n                                    </p>\n                            </div>\n                        \n                            \n                            \n                          </section>\n                        \n                            <div>\n                                <p><img alt=\"Bull\" data-src=\"/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' viewBox=\'0 0 1 1\'%3E%3C/svg%3E\"></img>\n                              \n                              \n                              \n                              </p>    </div>\n                        \n                          \n                        </div><div><p>A former Google recruiter said LinkedIn\'s \"Open to Work\" tag is the \"biggest red flag\" to hiring managers because it suggests \"desperation\".  </p><p>Nolan Church, who spent almost three years at Google, told </p><a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/31/dont-use-linkedins-open-to-work-sign-says-former-google-recruiter.html\" rel=\" nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>CNBC</u></a><p> that the green \"Open to Work\" badge on profile photos suggests that the individual would consider taking any role whatsoever. </p></div><p>\"It actually feels to a hiring manager like desperation,\" he said. </p><p>LinkedIn users can add the Open to Work badge to their profiles by clicking their profile picture and then frames to choose the badge. It will then display a banner at the bottom of your photo. Users can choose whether the badge is visible only to  recruiters, or anyone.</p><p>Church, who is now CEO of talent marketplace Continuum, added that \"recruiting is like dating\" and that \"you have to make the other side feel like you\'re exclusive.\"</p><p>Church doubled down on his comments in a <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://x.com/NolanChurch/status/1719698771725201809?s=20\" rel=\" nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>post</u></a> on X and said: \"The worst social media feature ever pushed to production is LinkedIn\'s \'Open to Work\' badge.\" </p><p>In his view, recruiters think top talents aren\'t actively seeking jobs and must \"pull them out\" given they\'re typically content in their current roles. </p><p>Brianna Rooney, founder and CEO of recruitment firm TalentPerch, appeared to agree with Church. \"Advertising that you\'re open to work and actively looking for a job turns off many hiring managers and can make the job candidate seem desperate,\" Rooney <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://builtin.com/career-development/is-open-to-work-effective\" rel=\" nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>wrote</u></a> for BuiltIn, an online community for tech companies. </p><p>She added that job seekers should be careful to not appear \"anxious\" or \"grasping,\" as that could affect their prospects of getting hired. \"That\'s why, instead of broadcasting your status as \'open to work,\' it\'s much more effective to select the non-public option that tells recruiters you\'re open to work.\"</p><p>Continuum and TalentPerch didn\'t immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours. </p>\n                      </div>\n                    \n                    </div>\n                    \n                    \n                        </div>', 'Former Google recruiter Nolan Church told CNBC that \"recruiting is like dating\" and that \"you have to make the other side feel like you\'re exclusive.\"', 'https://i.insider.com/6543771436d588dc55c8f456?width=1200&format=jpeg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(688, 'Im a car dealer who only sells electric cars. This is what everyone else is getting wrong — and the advice I give prospective EV buyers.', '<div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n                      <div>\n                                  <ul><li>Alex Lawrence is the CEO and cofounder of an all-electric used car dealership in Utah.</li><li>He says today\'s car-buying process gets it all wrong.</li><li>Here\'s his advice for car buyers shopping electric, as told to reporter Alexa St. John.</li></ul><div data-acq-source=\"transportationinlinesignup\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" id=\"formContainer\">\n                        \n                        \n                          <section>\n                              \n                        \n                            <p><svg height=\"50\" role=\"img\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" width=\"50\" xml:space=\"preserve\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">\n                          <title>Loading</title>\n                          <desc>Something is loading.</desc>\n                          <path d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\" fill=\"#111\">\n                            <animatetransform attributename=\"transform\" attributetype=\"xml\" dur=\"0.6s\" from=\"0 25 25\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\" to=\"360 25 25\" type=\"rotate\"></animatetransform>\n                          </path>\n                        </svg></p>\n                            \n                        \n                            \n                        \n                            <div>\n                              <p>Thanks for signing up!</p>\n                              \n                              <p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you\'re on the go.\n                                    </p>\n                            </div>\n                        \n                            \n                            \n                          </section>\n                        \n                            <div>\n                                <p><img alt=\"Bull\" data-src=\"/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' viewBox=\'0 0 1 1\'%3E%3C/svg%3E\"></img>\n                              \n                              \n                              \n                              </p>    </div>\n                        \n                          \n                        </div><p><em>Alex Lawrence is a 49-year-old entrepreneur and the CEO of </em><a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://evauto.com/\" rel=\" nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>EVAuto</em></a><em>, an all-electric used car dealership in Bountiful, Utah, which he co-founded in 2019. The business now has anywhere from 25 to 45 cars on the lot at any given time, he said. </em></p><p><em>The interview has been edited for length and clarity.</em></p><p>My first business was car detailing. I went door to door in wealthy neighborhoods near where I lived and asked if I could detail their car. Cars have always been a huge interest of mine. I put every possible dollar into my first car.</p><p>I was also always an early adopter of gadgets, software, and hardware. I spent the first half of my career in food franchising. Along the way, I was involved in starting and launching and being a part of some really cool tech startups. I also started teaching as an adjunct every once in a while, got an MBA, and then joined to start an entrepreneurship program. I decided to get a PhD, and then got the startup itch.</p><h2>My cofounder and I were talking, and he said \'it\'s such a pain to buy or sell a used Tesla\'</h2><p>You have to go to a bunch of different places, you have to deal with a bunch of different salespeople, probably have a bunch of different bad experiences. It takes a lot of time.</p><p>So in 2019, we acquired evcars.com and evtrucks.com with the intention to build a marketplace for other people to <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/used-ev-electric-car-buying-battery-range-tax-credit-2023-2\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">buy and sell used electric vehicles</a>.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"A Porsche EV is parked in front of a dealership sign in the dark.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/653aaab2356802a56be50a42&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:3619,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:5429}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  EVAuto sells a variety of electric cars, from Tesla to Porsche to Rivian.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          EVAuto\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <h2>To car buyers, only a handful of things matter</h2><p>It\'s the self-driving status, the colors, the wheels, how far the battery will go on a charge, and that\'s about it.</p><p>Even to this day, for the vast majority of listing sites, it\'s really painful to look for those things, and in some cases, you can\'t even find them.</p><p>Our business model is that it\'s free to private sellers and dealers pay a monthly subscription. My cofounder also dusted off his dealer\'s license. Eventually, I bought a used Tesla from an auto auction, shipped it here, and listed it on the site, sold it, bought another car, and sold it. We\'re still building the marketplace too.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"Three EVs are parked in front of an EV dealership.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/653aaa7f0487ff031caf931f&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2049,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1536}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  EVAuto only sells EVs.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          EVAuto\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <p>Nearly two years ago, we made a decision to really put some weight behind it. We wanted to be the largest seller of used electric vehicles in America. We bought a new piece of ground.</p><h2>EVs are disrupting the car business</h2><p>We\'re trying to <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/how-automakers-dealerships-have-to-change-to-compete-with-tesla-2023-8#:~:text=Tesla\'s%20success%20selling%20cars%20directly,still%20require%20dealerships%20to%20evolve.\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">disrupt the car-buying experience</a>. Not by using the internet, but by creating a much better in-person experience. Having not been a car dealer until now, I know how terrible it is to buy a car. It\'s miserable. It\'s one of the worst buying experiences people have  in their life, and it\'s the second biggest expense ever in their life.</p><p>Price cuts are one of the things that\'s really challenging about EVs and why a lot of dealers try to stay away from them.</p><p>We\'re different because we operate debt-free. I don\'t have to have cars and I don\'t have a traditional floorplan or interest payments. So if I don\'t have a bunch of cars right now, we might not make much money, we might even lose a little bit, but I\'m not sitting on inventory that\'s overpriced.</p><h2>There are flags to look out for at the dealership</h2><p>All the tricks that I\'ve learned <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/car-dealers-reveal-industry-secrets-buying-tips-tiktok-2023-3\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">dealers can do to customers</a>: Pressure you, get you to buy add-ons, and make it take a long time unnecessarily. </p><p>We\'ll do the little things to make it a Nordstrom white-glove experience. The majority of car dealerships don\'t do them well, some by design and some just because they\'ve been around forever and it\'s hard to change.</p><h2>The vast majority of our customers have a million questions, and they\'re first-time EV buyers</h2><p><a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/questions-consider-tips-before-buying-electric-car-charging-tax-credits-2023-1\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Range anxiety, charging issues</a>: How do I charge it? Where do I charge it? When can I charge it? How far can I drive it? How long is the battery going to last? How much is it going to cost me for a new battery? When am I going to have to replace this?</p><p>They\'re very valid. For some people, it means certain cars aren\'t the right fit for them. We start asking them questions about their driving lifestyle. My whole household\'s been driving exclusively electric for four years now.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"A tourist in Italy said he faced some difficulties with charging his EV rental when he vacationed there.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/64ecb35becb92e00192531b1&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1024,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:683}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  A tourist in Italy said he faced some difficulties with charging his EV rental when he vacationed there.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <h2>You\'re never going to need a charging station unless you\'re on a trip</h2><p>We can put a charger in your garage and you\'re going to wake up every morning with 300, 280, 250, however many miles, and virtually nobody drives that much in a day. By the way, there are Superchargers, etcetera, all around you. </p><p>When they say, \'What about trips?\' I ask where they go, and here in Utah, it\'s a lot of the same locations. If you leave with a full charge, you\'ll stop at one of the Superchargers between here and there for about 20 minutes.</p><p>It\'s not two minutes like gas, but you\'ll get a drink, go to the bathroom, check your phone, and you\'re out of there.</p><h2>A variety of EVs are popular with buyers, but especially Teslas given their market share</h2><p>Within Teslas, Model Ys and Model 3s, plus Rivians are really popular. We\'ve had some good luck with the Ford Lightnings. We\'re starting to see certain Audis, and BMWs.</p><p>Not as much the Hyundais, Kias, Mach-Es, or Chevrolet Bolts. I think those are going to become more popular with the <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/buy-electric-vehicle-january-for-better-tax-credits-but-caveats-2023-10\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">new tax changes  happening in January, where you can use the credit as a down payment</a>. That will make the lower-priced ones appealing to more people.</p><p>We only do clean title, really clean Carfax, nice cars, and we buy them without damage.</p><h2>Find somebody that really knows about EVs and is totally immersed to help you make the best decision</h2><p><a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-only-ev-worth-buying-right-now-charging-nacs-ccs-2023-7\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla is the right option for many people, even most</a>, but it\'s not for everyone — and even then there\'s a broad range of different Teslas.</p><p>Beyond that, I really think that actually driving them is important.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"The GMC Hummer EV Edition 1.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/6372ba29b9d3990018372978&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2500,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1875}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  The GMC Hummer EV Edition 1.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Tim Levin/Insider\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <p>We\'re wrapping a Model S Plaid, so that will be my daily driver for marketing, but I\'ll drive anything from our lot</p><p>I think the Hummer EV is awesome. They\'re not practical, but they\'re so fun.</p><p>I\'m really impressed with the Rivian R1S. It\'s my favorite-looking SUV. The build quality is really high. They\'re really cool looking. Now that they\'re going to be on the Supercharger network, that helps solve the charging problem.</p><p>My favorite-looking sedan is the Porsche Taycan.</p>\n                      </div>\n                    \n                    </div>', 'Alex Lawrence cofounded EVAuto as a place for buying and selling used EVs. He\'s looking to disrupt traditional car buying, but not in the way you would think.', 'https://i.insider.com/653aaaf00487ff031caf93b0?width=1200&format=jpeg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(689, 'See how a couple transformed a $95,000 haunted Victorian mansion in Michigan into a colorful, maximalist wonderland', '<div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n                      <div>\n                                  <ul><li>Michelle Carder and Michael Ochs moved  into a century-old Victorian home in Michigan in May 2016.</li><li>Carder has transformed the home with bright colors and murals that captivate her Instagram audience.</li><li>Over 126,000 people follow her renovation, which has cost $250,000 to date.</li></ul><div data-acq-source=\"realestateinlinesignup\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" id=\"formContainer\">\n                        \n                        \n                          <section>\n                              \n                        \n                            <p><svg height=\"50\" role=\"img\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" width=\"50\" xml:space=\"preserve\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">\n                          <title>Loading</title>\n                          <desc>Something is loading.</desc>\n                          <path d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\" fill=\"#111\">\n                            <animatetransform attributename=\"transform\" attributetype=\"xml\" dur=\"0.6s\" from=\"0 25 25\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\" to=\"360 25 25\" type=\"rotate\"></animatetransform>\n                          </path>\n                        </svg></p>\n                            \n                        \n                            \n                        \n                            <div>\n                              <p>Thanks for signing up!</p>\n                              \n                              <p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you\'re on the go.\n                                    </p>\n                            </div>\n                        \n                            \n                            \n                          </section>\n                        \n                            <div>\n                                <p><img alt=\"Bull\" data-src=\"/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' viewBox=\'0 0 1 1\'%3E%3C/svg%3E\"></img>\n                              \n                              \n                              \n                              </p>    </div>\n                        \n                          \n                        </div><p>Victorian homes are an alluring, lifelong love affair for Michelle Carder, who\'s fascinated with the era\'s grandeur and history.</p><p>\"I love the fanciful and eccentric architecture,\" Carder, a lawyer, told Insider. \"The Victorian era was the first time in history that average people could afford to decorate their homes beautifully. That makes me happy.\" </p><p>In May 2016, Carder, 58, and her husband, Michael Ochs, 63, bought their first Victorian property: a 5,200-square-foot home built in the early 1900s in Cadillac, Michigan, a small city about 95 miles north of Grand Rapids.</p><p>The couple purchased the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home for $95,000 from an investment group that was \"desperate to get rid of this thing,\" Carder said. The purchase price was a fraction of the $1.3 million they received from the sale of their Orange County, California, home.</p><p>Much of those funds — $250,000, to be exact — have been poured into transforming the ho-hum Victorian home into a maximalist wonderland. Aside from gut renovations in the kitchen and attic, Carder has also purchased thousands of dollars of distinctive and whimsical art and furniture pieces that <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thebeigeblues/\" rel=\" nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>captivate the 126,000 Instagram followers</u></a> who watch her renovate the home room-by-room.</p><h2>Carder\'s love of maximalism has evolved over time</h2><p>Carder said she hasn\'t always been a maximalist, but the home\'s architecture seemed to call for the over-the-top interior design.</p><p>\"Victorians were true maximalists as they mixed pattern and color and were connoisseurs of curiosities, which they collected and displayed en masse without regard for what the upper crust deemed to be in good taste,\" she said.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"The renovated attic ceiling\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/654293603cc84b4dfaf9e9a9&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2500,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1875}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  The attic before and after its renovation.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Courtesy of Michelle Carder/TheBeigeBlues.\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <div><p>In the same vein, Carder has spent the past several years scouring Facebook Marketplace and antique shops to decorate her home. One of her more stand-out finds is an alligator head that \"came <span>basically from a gas station\" in Florida, she said.</span></p><p>Carder\'s even become a muralist, a skill that she developed designing and painting the attic\'s flora and fauna-inspired ceiling.</p></div><p>Apart from colorfully painted walls and lush pillows, the attic comes with an extra flourish: a resident ghost. Carder said it may not be the only one residing in the home.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"A close up of Carder\'s hand painted mural.\" data-content-type=\"image/png\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/654293a436d588dc55c8474c&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:922,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1286}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  A close up of Carder\'s hand-painted mural.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Courtesy of Michelle Carder/TheBeigeBlues.\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <p>\"The people who moved in the home behind us said they saw a little girl in the attic bathroom window,\" she said. \"We\'ve also been told that there\'s a man in the attic that likes to look around and observe people.\"</p><p>Carder said she\'s \"not willing to engage\" with the supernatural presence. \"I just block it out,\" she said.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"Carder\'s transformed parlor organ.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/654293e6b788914e554dc6ba&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2048,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1536}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  The transformed parlor organ.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Courtesy of Michelle Carder/TheBeigeBlues.\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <p>The ghosts, however, remain mostly upstairs. Downstairs, Carder has indulged in more earthy delights like a bar constructed from an antique parlor organ that she and her husband bought for $800 in 2021. It cost an additional $200 to transform the organ into a fully functioning wet bar.</p><p>Carder said the parlor organ was \"on a riverboat that washed ashore on some farmland sometime in the 1920s. It was salvaged and then ended up in the hands of an elderly couple.\"</p><h2>There\'s still lots of work to do on their \'forever home\'</h2><p>One of the largest projects Carder and Ochs undertook was the kitchen remodel. The couple removed everything except the room\'s original wood floors, which got a fresh coat of harlequin-pattern paint. The couple purchased the retro appliances that harken back to the 1950s from Ebay for just $1,000 total.</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"Before and after images of Carder\'s remodeled kitchen.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/6542942f3cc84b4dfaf9eb6a&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2500,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1875}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  The kitchen before and after its renovation.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Courtesy of Michelle Carder/TheBeigeBlues.\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <div><p>\"They had literally just been listed and we snapped them up,\" Carder said. \"We had no idea that any of it was going to fit, but I knew that the stove alone would typically be priced around $1,000.\"</p><p>She added, \"It was kind of a no brainer.\"</p></div>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"Before and after shots Carder\'s second floor bathroom.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/6542948136d588dc55c84925&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2500,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1875}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  The second-floor bathroom before and after its renovation.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Courtesy of Michelle Carder/TheBeigeBlues.\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <p>The home\'s second-floor bathroom is designed around an <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"http://www.muchafoundation.org/en/timeline\" rel=\" nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Alphonse Mucha</u></a> reproduction. The renowned Art Nouveau artist came into prominence <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://originalmiamibeachantiqueshow.com/the-edit/a-brief-history-of-the-art-nouveau-era/\" rel=\" nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>towards the end of the Victotrian era</u></a>. Carder chose the pink and red work to give her bathroom a romantic ambiance.</p><p>\"I love Mucha,\" she said. \"I really found out about him as an artist when we bought the shower mural.\"</p>\n                          <figure data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" data-type=\"img\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https://schema.org/ImageObject\">\n                          \n                          \n                          \n                            <p><img alt=\"Carder\'s home during winter.\" data-content-type=\"image/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https://i.insider.com/654294ab36d588dc55c84990&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2895,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:3860}}\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' width=\'1\' height=\'1\'/%3E\"></img>\n                        </p>\n                          \n                          <span>\n                                <figcaption data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  Carder\'s home during winter.\n                                </figcaption>\n                                \n                          <span data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\">\n                          \n                          Courtesy of Michelle Carder/TheBeigeBlues.\n                          \n                          </span>\n                              </span>\n                          </figure>\n                        <p>The couple plans to spend an additional $50,000 renovating the home. Some of the projects on their list are improving the exterior of the home and amping up its landscaping. While the work may be costly, she still loves designing her \"forever home.\"</p><p>\"I feel gratitude that I have the time and the resources to be able to do it,\" she said.</p>\n                      </div>\n                    \n                    </div>', 'Michelle Carder and Michael Ochs purchased the sprawling home in May 2016. They\'ve spent $250,000 transforming it into their colorful forever home.', 'https://i.insider.com/6542b7d2b788914e554e184d?width=1200&format=jpeg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(690, 'Amazon used an algorithm to secretly prompt rival sites to raise prices, FTC alleges in antitrust lawsuit', '<div data-component-type=\"content-lock\" data-load-strategy=\"exclude\">\n                      <div>\n                                  <ul>\n                        <li>The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states are <a data-analytics-product-module=\"summary_bullets\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-lawsuit-ftc-17-states-monopoly-antitrust-prices-prime-2023-9\" rel=\"\">suing Amazon</a>, alleging violation of antitrust laws.</li>\n                        <li>The FTC says Amazon used a tool to predict where it can raise prices and have rival sites follow suit. </li>\n                        <li>The agency further alleges that Amazon \"destroyed more than two years\" worth of communications. </li>\n                        </ul><div data-acq-source=\"techinlinesignup\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-list=\"Insider Today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" id=\"formContainer\">\n                        \n                        \n                          <section>\n                              \n                        \n                            <p><svg height=\"50\" role=\"img\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" width=\"50\" xml:space=\"preserve\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">\n                          <title>Loading</title>\n                          <desc>Something is loading.</desc>\n                          <path d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\" fill=\"#111\">\n                            <animatetransform attributename=\"transform\" attributetype=\"xml\" dur=\"0.6s\" from=\"0 25 25\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\" to=\"360 25 25\" type=\"rotate\"></animatetransform>\n                          </path>\n                        </svg></p>\n                            \n                        \n                            \n                        \n                            <div>\n                              <p>Thanks for signing up!</p>\n                              \n                              <p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you\'re on the go.\n                                    </p>\n                            </div>\n                        \n                            \n                            \n                          </section>\n                        \n                            <div>\n                                <p><img alt=\"Bull\" data-src=\"/public/assets/rebrand/newsletter-bull.png\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\' viewBox=\'0 0 1 1\'%3E%3C/svg%3E\"></img>\n                              \n                              \n                              \n                              </p>    </div>\n                        \n                          \n                        </div><p>Amazon used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise prices on other online sites and it \"destroyed\" some internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the company, according to newly unredacted portions of the agency\'s antitrust lawsuit against <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-earnings\" rel=\"\">the e-commerce giant</a>.</p><p>The new excerpts, unveiled Thursday, alleged company executives intentionally deleted communication by using a feature on the <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/signal-app\" rel=\"\">popular app Signal that makes messages disappear</a>. By doing this, the FTC said Amazon \"destroyed more than two years\" worth of communications from June 2019 to \"at least early 2022\" despite instructions it gave Amazon not to do so.    </p><p>In a prepared statement Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle called the FTC\'s claim \"baseless and irresponsible.\"</p><p>\"Amazon voluntarily disclosed employee Signal use to the FTC, painstakingly collected Signal conversations from its employees\' phones, and allowed agency staff to inspect those conversations even when they had nothing to do with the FTC\'s investigation,\" Doyle said.</p><p>The FTC and 17 states <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-lawsuit-ftc-17-states-monopoly-antitrust-prices-prime-2023-9\" rel=\"\">sued Amazon in September</a> alleging the company was abusing its position in the marketplace to inflate prices on and off its platform, overcharge sellers and stifle competition. Amazon is accused of violating federal and state antitrust laws, but the company has responded with a full-throated <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-ftc-antitrust-lawsuit-full-response\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">defense</a> of its business practices.</p><p>The antitrust case is the most aggressive move the government has taken to tame the market power of Amazon and comes as the FTC <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ftc-big-tech-will-never-lose-us-antitrust-case-2023-9\" rel=\"\">has been taking big swings</a> against tech companies.</p><p>The unredacted excerpts of the lawsuit disclosed on Thursday also provided more details on a talked-about algorithm, which was previously <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazon-used-secret-project-nessie-algorithm-to-raise-prices-6c593706\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> by The Wall Street Journal and former Vox reporter Jason Del Ray.</p><p>The FTC\'s excerpts say the tool - codenamed \"Project Nessie\" - has been used by Amazon to pinpoint products that will allow it to rake in more cash. The company used it to predict where it can raise prices and have other shopping sites follow suit. Amazon activated the algorithm to raise prices on some products, and when other sites followed its lead, it kept the elevated prices in place, the agency said. The use of Nessie has generated more than $1 billion in excess profits for Amazon, according to the FTC.</p><p>\"Aware of the public fallout it risks, Amazon has turned Project Nessie off during periods of heightened outside scrutiny and then back on when it thinks that no one is watching,\" the complaint said.</p><p>The agency said Amazon deployed Project Nessie in 2014 and has turned it on and off at least eight times between 2015 and 2019. In 2018 alone, Amazon used the algorithm to set prices for items that were viewed more than 400 million times by shoppers, according to the complaint.</p><p>Regulators said though Amazon claims the algorithm is \"currently paused,\" the company has thought about running experiments in 2020 and 2021 to improve the effectiveness of Project Nessie. Doyle, the Amazon spokesperson, called Nessie an \"old\" pricing algorithm that\'s being \"grossly\" mischaracterized by the agency.</p><p>\"Nessie was used to try to stop our price matching from resulting in unusual outcomes where prices became so low that they were unsustainable,\" he said. \"The project ran for a few years on a subset of products, but didn\'t work as intended, so we scrapped it several years ago.\"</p><p>The unredacted portions of the lawsuit also shed more light on <a data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-amazons-growing-ad-business-everything-we-know-2019-5\" rel=\"\">Amazon\'s advertising business</a>. The agency claimed then-CEO Jeff Bezos instructed executives to accept more junk ads - internally called \"defects\" - because the company could earn more money through increased advertising despite their presence being a headache for consumers.</p>\n                      </div>\n                    \n                    </div>', 'The FTC also alleges that Amazon executives intentionally deleted communications, according to newly unredacted portions of an antitrust lawsuit.', 'https://i.insider.com/6543ea9536d588dc55c9949f?width=1200&format=jpeg', '201', NULL, NULL, '', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-16', '536', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(763, 'Pannelli Led, una scelta economica e sostenibile', '<div>&#xD;\n				<div>&#xD;\n					&#xD;\n&#xD;\n					<p><b>&#xD;\n							<span>&#xD;\n								<span title=\"Antonio Mele\">Antonio Mele</span>&#xD;\n							</span>&#xD;\n						</b>&#xD;\n						<br></br>&#xD;\n						<span>14 Novembre 2023</span>&#xD;\n					</p>&#xD;\n				</div>&#xD;\n				&#xD;\n				</div><div>&#xD;\n				\n\n\n<p>Tra i <strong>sistemi di illuminazione </strong>più innovativi ed efficienti, soprattutto negli ambienti di grandi dimensioni, i <a href=\"https://www.lampadadiretta.it/pannelli-led\"><u>pannelli Led</u></a> costituiscono una delle migliori soluzioni, non solo per i ridotti costi di gestione ma anche per l’impatto minimo nei confronti dell’ambiente.</p>\n<p>Inoltre, in merito alle numerose luci installate su ogni singolo dispositivo, i pannelli Led consentono di rischiarare con successo <strong>anche strutture complesse</strong>, quali possono essere spazi espositivi e commerciali, uffici e capannoni. La <strong>tecnologia Led</strong> nell’illuminazione non è una novità degli ultimi anni: in realtà è in uso da diversi decenni, tuttavia i pannelli Led costituiscono <strong>un sistema di illuminazione piuttosto nuovo</strong>, diffusosi di recente anche per l’aspetto estetico, particolarmente apprezzato dagli interior designer.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_203482\"><p><img alt=\"pannelli Led\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203482\" height=\"334\" src=\"https://geekissimo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pannelli-Led-e1699890442680.jpg\" width=\"500\"></img></p><p id=\"caption-attachment-203482\">pannelli Led</p></div>\n\n<p>Alcuni vantaggi offerti da questo tipo di sistema illuminante riguardano proprio la luminosità intensa <strong>ma morbida e modulata</strong>, con poche zone d’ombra e un effetto soft e avvolgente. Inoltre, per le loro caratteristiche tecniche, i pannelli Led possono essere installati facilmente anche in un controsoffitto già in essere.</p>\n<h2>Le caratteristiche tecniche dei pannelli Led</h2>\n<p>I pannelli Led sono caratterizzati da una struttura dello spessore di 3-5 centimetri circa, nella quale sono inseriti <strong>i diodi luminosi Led</strong>, e da una copertura esterna in materiale plastico semitrasparente. Grazie a questa copertura, la luce viene diffusa in maniera uniforme, come se si trattasse di un’unica lampada. È possibile montare questo tipo di luci Led sia direttamente sul soffitto, come se si trattasse di una plafoniera, sia in un controsoffitto o in un altro tipo di elemento architettonico.</p>\n<p>Per ottenere il meglio dai pannelli Led è importante <strong>scegliere un prodotto eccellente</strong>, sia per l’estetica che per l’efficienza e la potenza illuminante. Con un’esperienza di oltre 30 anni nel settore della vendita e distribuzione di articoli e accessori per l’illuminotecnica, <strong>Lampadadiretta.it</strong> è in grado di proporre un assortimento ampio e diversificato di prodotti selezionati per la qualità e l’affidabilità, e di offrire inoltre <strong>consulenza e assistenza</strong> nella scelta.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lo store si rivolge sia <strong>ai privati che ai professionisti e alle aziende</strong> con soluzioni su misura, è considerato un vero punto di riferimento online per i progetti di illuminotecnica, e in particolare per la tecnologia Led, offrendo inoltre prezzi interessanti e competitivi.</p>\n<h2>Perché scegliere i pannelli Led per spazi commerciali e uffici</h2>\n<p>Soprattutto negli ambienti di grandi dimensioni o con soffitti molto alti, ad esempio capannoni, palestre, aule scolastiche e spazi espositivi, l’uso dei pannelli Led è raccomandato <strong>per sostituire la vecchia illuminazione </strong>a tubi fluorescenti, spesso ancora presente. I tubi fluorescenti, chiamati comunemente anche luci neon, <strong>consumano molta più elettricità</strong> delle Led, hanno una durata limitata, con relativi costi di gestione, senza tralasciare gli aspetti ambientali, poiché i tubi neon esauriti devono essere smaltiti in discarica e costituiscono un materiale inquinante.</p>\n<p>Sostituire i tubi fluorescenti con i pannelli Led significa <strong>abbattere il consumo di energia elettrica</strong> di oltre il 40%, oltre al vantaggio della lunga durata e resistenza all’uso: le luci Led garantiscono una tale resistenza da ridurre quasi a zero le spese di manutenzione di un impianto illuminante.</p>\n<p>Un altro punto di forza dei pannelli Led è <strong>la facilità di pulizia</strong>, in genere basta rimuovere regolarmente la polvere per ottenere un risultato perfetto e senza alcun rischio di danneggiare le lampadine. Senza ovviamente dimenticare l’aspetto <strong>del design e la resa illuminante</strong>: grazie ai pannelli Led, un ufficio, un negozio o un ristorante possono essere rischiarati con eleganza ed efficacia, aggiungendo inoltre una nota di originalità all’ambiente.</p>\n<p>Se la necessità è quella di <strong>modulare la luce</strong> in base a specifiche esigenze, basta scegliere un modello di pannello <strong>Led dimmerabile</strong>, che consente di regolare a piacere l’intensità luminosa.</p>\n<h2>Come si installano i pannelli Led</h2>\n<p>Riguardo all’installazione, i pannelli Led sono piuttosto versatili, disponibili <strong>in diverse misure</strong> e si adattano bene a contesti architettonici differenti anche in merito alle diverse possibilità di installazione. La soluzione più semplice è quella di scegliere pannelli di forma quadrangolare e di inserirli in un <strong>controsoffitto a moduli</strong> delle stesse dimensioni. Questo sistema è molto utilizzato negli uffici, e permette inoltre di abbassare un soffitto troppo alto, oltre a nascondere cavi e scatole nello spazio al di sopra del controsoffitto.</p>\n<p>In alternativa, o comunque in assenza di un controsoffitto, i pannelli possono essere <strong>fissati al soffitto</strong> tramite viti e tasselli, direttamente o, se si desidera che la luce sia più vicina, anteponendo un sistema di sospensione.</p>\n\n\n\n\n&#xD;\n&#xD;\n			</div>', 'Alcuni concetti da immagazzinare a proposito dei pannelli Led', 'https://geekissimo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pannelli-Led-e1699890442680.jpg', '84', NULL, NULL, '78', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-20', '737', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(764, 'KGM Korando e-Motion, la tecnologia sigla per sigla', '<div>\n    <p>Quando si parla di <strong>auto elettriche coreane</strong> il primo pensiero va ai modelli Hyundai e Kia ma esiste anche un altro marchio, <strong>KGM</strong>, presente in listino con una <strong>SUV compatta</strong> a batterie ricca di tecnologia: la Korando e-Motion. Avete già letto <a href=\"https://mobility.smartworld.it/auto-elettriche-economiche-italia.html\">il nostro articolo sulle vetture elettriche economiche</a>? E <a href=\"https://www.smartworld.it/android\">la nostra sezione su Android</a>?</p>\n<p>Di seguito troverete un <strong>glossario</strong> per capire meglio cosa significano le <strong>sigle</strong> che identificano tutti gli accessori tecnologici della <strong>crossover</strong> asiatica.</p>\n<h3>AEBS</h3>\n<p>La sigla AEBS identifica la frenata automatica.</p>\n<h3>ARP</h3>\n<p>La sigla ARP identifica la protezione antiribaltamento attiva.</p>\n<h3>Auto Hold</h3>\n<p>La funzione Auto Hold impedisce - a vettura ferma o in fase di partenza - che il veicolo si sposti accidentalmente senza che il conducente sia costretto a tenere premuto il freno.</p>\n<h3>BSW</h3>\n<p>Il BSW è il sistema di rilevamento dell\'angolo cieco.</p>\n<h3>DAA</h3>\n<p>La sigla DAA identifica l\'allerta soglia di attenzione del conducente.</p>\n<h3>ESS</h3>\n<p>L\'ESS attiva automaticamente le luci di emergenza in caso di frenata improvvisa.</p>    \n                        \n                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n		\n		\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                        \n                                                \n<h3>FCW</h3>\n<p>La sigla FCW (acronimo di Forward Collision Warning) identifica l\'avviso di pericolo urto frontale.</p>\n<h3>FVSA</h3>\n<p>L\'FVSA avvisa quando sta partendo il veicolo che precede.</p>\n<h3>HBA</h3>\n<p>L\'HBA è il controllo automatico degli abbaglianti.</p>\n<h3>HDC</h3>\n<p>L\'HDC è il controllo della velocità in discesa.</p>\n<h3>HSA</h3>\n<p>La sigla HSA identifica l\'assistente alle partenze in salita.</p>\n<h3>LCW</h3>\n<p>La sigla LCW (acronimo di Lane Change Warning) identifica il sistema che aiuta il conducente a controllare il traffico proveniente da dietro e l\'angolo cieco.</p>\n<h3>LDWS</h3>\n<p>L\'LDWS è l\'allerta cambio di corsia involontario.</p>\n<h3>LKAS</h3>\n<p>La sigla LKAS identifica il mantenimento di corsia.</p>\n<h3>On board charger</h3>\n<p>L\'On board charger serve a trasformare la corrente alternata fornita dalla rete elettrica in corrente continua adatta alla ricarica.</p>\n<h3>RCTW</h3>\n<p>La sigla RCTW (acronimo di Rear Cross Traffic Warning) identifica il sistema che monitora i veicoli in avvicinamento in retromarcia.</p>\n<h3>SDA</h3>\n<p>L\'SDA è l\'avviso distanza di sicurezza.</p>\n<h3>TCS</h3>\n<p>La sigla TCS identifica il controllo della trazione.</p>    \n                        \n                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n		\n		\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                                \n                                                \n<h3>TPMS</h3>\n<p>IL TPMS è il sistema di monitoraggio della pressione degli pneumatici.</p>\n<h3>TSR</h3>\n<p>La sigla TSR identifica il riconoscimento della segnaletica stradale.</p>    \n                        \n                        </div>', 'Cosa significano le sigle degli accessori tecnologici presenti a bordo della KGM Korando e-Motion\r\nL\'articolo KGM Korando e-Motion, la tecnologia sigla per sigla sembra essere il primo su Smartworld.', 'https://mobility.smartworld.it/images/2023/10/10/kg-mobility-korando-e-motion_1200x675.jpeg', '84', NULL, NULL, '78', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-20', '737', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(765, 'Gli XReal Air 2 non sono i \"classici\" smartglass per AR', '<div>\n\n        \n            <div>\n            \n                    <div>\n                <p><a href=\"https://www.smartworld.it/author/musichini-lorenzo/\">\n                                        \n    \n<img alt=\"Lorenzo Musichini\" data-src=\"/img/users/smartworldteam.png\" height=\"100\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\'%20viewBox=\'0%200%2045%2038\'%3E%3C/svg%3E\" title=\"Lorenzo Musichini\" width=\"100\"></img>\n   \n                </a></p>\n                \n                \n                <a href=\"#tw-comments-1800658\">\n                    <svg viewbox=\"0 0 20 21\">\n                        <use xlink:href=\"https://www.smartworld.it/css/images/icons.svg?cb6#tw-icon-comments\"></use>\n                    </svg>\n                    \n                </a>\n                    \n    \n            \n\n            </div>\n                            <figure>\n                                                \n   <img alt=\"Gli XReal Air 2 non sono i &amp;quot;classici&amp;quot; smartglass per AR\" height=\"495\" src=\"https://www.smartworld.it/images/2023/10/24/xreal-air-2_880x495.jpeg\" title=\"Gli XReal Air 2 non sono i &amp;quot;classici&amp;quot; smartglass per AR\" width=\"880\"></img>\n   \n            </figure>\n            \n</div>\n        \n\n        \n\n        \n            			        	\n								<div>\n    <p>Gli <strong>occhiali smart</strong> sembrano sempre più l\'indossabile dell\'<strong>imminente futuro</strong>, tant\'è che molti brand stanno investendo in questa tecnologia e stanno lanciando i propri modelli. Recentemente abbiamo visto i <a href=\"https://www.smartworld.it/news/ray-ban-meta.html\">Ray-Ban Meta</a> e gli <a href=\"https://www.smartworld.it/news/echo-frames.html\">Echo Frames</a>, ad IFA 2023 Lenovo ha presentato i <a href=\"https://www.smartworld.it/news/lenovo-novita-ifa-2023.html\">Legion Glasses</a>: insomma, sta diventando un settore affollato.</p><p>A loro si aggiunge <strong>XReal</strong>, un\'azienda già presente nel mercato, che aveva lanciato il suo primo modello di occhiali sotto il nome di NReal nel 2022. Dopo il rebrand, la start-up cinese ha deciso di presentare due nuovi modelli: <strong>Air 2</strong> e <strong>Air 2 Pro</strong>.</p>    \n                        \n                        </div>\n																															                        														\n\n\n\n\n																				                        						<div>\n    <p>Ciò che differenzia gli XReal Air 2 e 2 Pro dagli altri smartglass è che <strong>non hanno delle fotocamere</strong>, quindi non possono tracciare l\'ambiente circostante e non permettono di far interagire degli oggetti virtuali con il mondo reale. Perciò, si vedrà la realtà <strong>attraverso un display</strong>, il che permette di avere un <strong>design</strong> del dispositivo <strong>meno appariscente</strong> di altri visori.</p>    \n                        \n                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n		\n		\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                        \n                                                \n<p>Gli <strong>Air 2</strong> sono degli smartglass che presentano un <strong>display Micro OLED</strong> di Sony con risoluzione 1.920 x 1.080 e <strong>refresh rate a 120 Hz</strong> posto davanti agli occhi, che può raggiungere i <strong>500 nit di luminosità</strong>, a differenza dei 400 nit della prima generazione. Inoltre, <strong>pesano 72 g</strong>, quindi sono stati ottimizzati rispetto ai 79 g della generazione precedente, ed è stato ridisegnato il corpo per non gravare troppo sul naso.</p>    \n                        \n                        </div>\n																															                        				    				\n\n\n\n\n\n    <template id=\"tw-gallery-tpl-500488\">\n    \n</template>\n\n								\n        	\n																															                        																													                        																													                        																													                        				        	\n								<div>\n    <p>Gli <strong>Air 2 Pro</strong> condividono la maggior parte della scheda tecnica con gli Air 2, ma sono <strong>leggermente più pesanti</strong> (75 g contro i 72 g del modello base). La <strong>differenza</strong> tra i due modelli sta nella possibilità nella versione Pro di controllare l\'<strong>oscuramento delle lenti</strong>, che permette di far entrare più o meno luce.</p>    \n                        \n                        </div>\n																															                        				    				\n\n\n\n\n\n    <template id=\"tw-gallery-tpl-500505\">\n    \n</template>\n\n			\n        	\n																															                        																													                        																													                        				        	\n								<div>\n    <p>Entrambi gli occhiali smart grazie alla USB Type-C possono essere <strong>connessi a molti dispositivi</strong> perché fondamentalmente si comportano come un <strong>display esterno</strong>, quindi possono collegarsi sia alle console portatili (come la Steam Deck, l\'Asus Rog Ally e la Nintendo Switch) sia alla PlayStation o Xbox sia ai PC e smartphone.</p>    \n                        \n                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n		\n		\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                                \n                                                    \n                        \n                        </div>\n																															                        						<p>\n					<h2>Prezzi e Uscita</h2>\n				</p>\n	        	\n								<div>\n    <p>Al momento è possibile <strong>preordinare</strong> gli XReal Air 2 e 2 Pro direttamente sul <a href=\"https://www.xreal.com/it/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sito ufficiale</a> rispettivamente a <strong>459€</strong> e <strong>515€</strong>. Il modello <strong>base</strong> è disponibile in <strong>due colorazioni</strong>, grigio e rosso, ma le spedizioni inizieranno in <strong>due date diverse</strong>: a partire dal <strong>6 novembre</strong> per la colorazione grigia e a partire dal <strong>12 dicembre</strong> per la colorazione rossa. Mentre, la versione <strong>Pro</strong> è disponibile nell\'<strong>unica colorazione</strong> grigia e le cui spedizioni inizieranno il <strong>30 novembre</strong>. </p>\n<p>Inoltre, per i primi 1.000 ordini dei dispositivi verranno spediti in regalo due kit di sticker, che permettono di personalizzare i propri occhiali con i seguenti colori: Navy blue, Royal blue, Verdigris, Pale dogwood, Jonquil e Dartmouth green.</p>    \n                        \n                        </div>\n																															                        	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n        \n\n        \n            \n        \n\n        \n        \n                \n                \n        \n        \n        \n        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n	\n		\n		\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n\n        \n        \n\n\n        \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n        \n    </div>', 'Gli occhiali smart sembrano sempre più l\'indossabile dell\'imminente futuro, tant\'è che molti brand stanno investendo in questa tecnologia e stanno...\r\nL\'articolo Gli XReal Air 2 non sono i \"classici\" smartglass per AR sembra essere il primo su Smartworld.', 'https://www.smartworld.it/images/2023/10/24/xreal-air-2_1200x675.jpeg', '84', NULL, NULL, '78', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-20', '737', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(766, 'MoviePass Enters the Future, Announces a Virtual Card', '<div><figure contenteditable=\"false\" data-alt=\"MoviePass app screenshots\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-height=\"494\" data-hide=\"false\" data-id=\"1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommend-id=\"image://1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-width=\"967\" draggable=\"false\"><div contenteditable=\"false\" data-alt=\"MoviePass app screenshots\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\"><p><span><div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" srcset=\"https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10.jpg\" type=\"image/jpeg\"></source><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" srcset=\"https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_1315/1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10.jpg\" type=\"image/jpeg\"></source><img alt=\"MoviePass app screenshots\" data-alt=\"MoviePass app screenshots\" data-anim-src=\"\" data-chomp-id=\"1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10\" data-format=\"jpg\" src=\"https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10.jpg\"></img></picture></div></span></p><p><figcaption>MoviePass app screenshots</figcaption><figcaption>Screenshot: App Store</figcaption></p></div><span data-alt=\"MoviePass app screenshots\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-height=\"494\" data-hide=\"false\" data-id=\"1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommend-id=\"image://1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-width=\"967\"></span></figure><div><p>The <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://gizmodo.com/moviepass-movies-movie-theaters-latest-movies-1850476262&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://gizmodo.com/moviepass-movies-movie-theaters-latest-movies-1850476262\">evolution of MoviePass</a></span> <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://gizmodo.com/movie-pass-best-new-movies-theaters-movie-tickets-1850030470&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://gizmodo.com/movie-pass-best-new-movies-theaters-movie-tickets-1850030470\">continues</a></span>, with today’s announcement that the subscription movie theater service (<span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://gizmodo.com/moviepass-sec-1849586919&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://gizmodo.com/moviepass-sec-1849586919\">which has</a></span> <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https://gizmodo.com/moviepass-is-coming-back-let-chaos-reign-1848039455&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://gizmodo.com/moviepass-is-coming-back-let-chaos-reign-1848039455\">quite the tumultuous past</a></span>) will now offer a virtual card—hopefully making online ticket purchases easier, including at theaters offering increasingly popular premium formats like IMAX.<br></br></p><div><div><div><div data-current=\"191081\" data-playlist=\"191081,196044,196024\"><div><div><div data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-blog-id=\"4\" data-video-duration=\"114\" data-video-id=\"191081\" data-video-network=\"gizmodo\" data-video-title=\"Spoilers of the Week | June 10th\"><div><p>Spoilers of the Week | June 10th</p></div><video crossorigin=\"anonymous\" disablepictureinpicture=\"\" height=\"100%\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" preload=\"none\" width=\"100%\"><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/191081/191081_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/191081/191081_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/191081/191081_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><source data-src=\"https://vid.kinja.com/prod/191081/191081_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video/mp4\"></source><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https://kinja.com/api/videoupload/caption/17167.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"></track></video></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/moviepass-adds-online-ticketing-support-by-introducing-a-virtual-card/#ftag=CAD590a51e&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/moviepass-adds-online-ticketing-support-by-introducing-a-virtual-card/#ftag=CAD590a51e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CNET</a></span> broke the news, noting that customers will start seeing the virtual cards “soonâ€ in the MoviePass app. The cards can be used to buy advance tickets through any movie ticketing site, and the company hopes they will help alleviate “timing issuesâ€ some have reported when buying tickets in person. The in-person function of MoviePass will still be an option for customers, as will the physical cards—for now, at least; the company is planning to phase them out gradually, with an eye toward theaters whose payment systems might not yet be technologically compatible.  The new virtual card will still utilize MoviePass’ complicated “creditsâ€ system, which assigns different values to movies depending on their showtimes. MoviePass monthly subscriptions <span><a data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.moviepass.com&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https://www.moviepass.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">start at $10</a></span>; that basic price includes 34 credits, which translates to “up to two movies per monthâ€ depending on where you live in the U.S.</p><p>CNET had a few more details to add to the virtual-card announcement. Starting in December, customers will see premium format screenings (IMAX, Dolby Cinema, etc.) become available; they’ll cost more credits than regular format screenings, and MoviePass will offer the option to add additional credit bundles to accommodate that. MoviePass will also soon be offering gift subscriptions, a feature made easier by the virtual card, as well as a “Bring a Friendâ€ option for folks buying multiple tickets to the same screening.</p><p>Additionally worth noting this little bit: </p><blockquote data-type=\"BlockQuote\"><p>MoviePass is also in development on an optional advertising program called PreShow, in which facial recognition is used to determine if a subscriber has watched an ad in exchange for additional credits. </p></blockquote><p>Look for that to pop up sometime next spring or summer.</p></div></div>', 'The evolution of MoviePass continues, with today’s announcement that the subscription movie theater service (which has quite the tumultuous past) will now offer a virtual card—hopefully making online ticket purchases easier, including at theaters offering inc…', 'https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/1202fef09ff67753ea241c42bee0ef10.jpg', '84', NULL, NULL, '79', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-20', '737', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL),
(767, 'International mafia bust shows US-Italy crime links still strong', '<div><main data-testid=\"main-content\" id=\"main-content\"><article><header></header><div data-component=\"image-block\"><figure><p><span><picture><source srcset=\"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png.webp 976w\" type=\"image/webp\"></source><img alt=\"Francesco Vicari\" height=\"777\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png\" srcset=\"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1678D/production/_131654029_vicaro.png 976w\" width=\"976\"></img></picture></span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, </span>US Department of Justice</span></p><figcaption><span>Image caption, </span><p>Francesco Vicari in a photo released by prosecutors, who said it was sent to associates after the collection of extortion money</p></figcaption></figure></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p><b>Their names could have been ripped from the kind of Hollywood mafia script that once dominated US cinema. </b></p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>But when an indictment dropped on Wednesday, Joseph \"Joe Brooklyn\" Lanni, Angelo \"Fifi\" Gradilone, and Francesco \"Uncle Ciccio\" Vicar were instead the faces of the justice department\'s latest attack on the notorious Gambino crime family in New York.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Charging documents filed by prosecutors used wiretaps, secret recordings and surveillance footage to lay out evidence against the men, accusing them of conspiracy to use violence and extortion to commit fraud and retaliate against witnesses. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>However, as the initial excitement waned, experts observed that the latest round-up - which snared 16 alleged mafia members -  was unlikely to have a major effect on criminal operations. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Instead, the real twist revealed by the documents was the ongoing and close relationship between the New York based mafia, and its progenitor in Sicily - where six of the suspects were detained. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Italian officials said the arrests demonstrated \"the solidity of the existing relationship\" between American and Sicilian gangsters. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Among those arrested were a father in Palermo and his New Jersey-based son.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Two of those arrested in the US were described as American-based members of the Sicilian Mafia, while at least one of the men arrested in Italy is believed to spend time in the US. </p></div><div data-component=\"image-block\"><figure><p><span><span></span></span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, </span>US Department of Justice</span></p><figcaption><span>Image caption, </span><p>A photo released by US prosecutors shows one suspect allegedly setting fire to a victim\'s home</p></figcaption></figure></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Similar raids in 2019 and 2020 also targeted people who led a \"dual life\" between the US and Italy, said criminology professor Anna Sergi, who has written several books about modern organised crime. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>She told the BBC that the Italian gangsters consider New York to be a \"gym\" where their members go to be toughened up. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>The usefulness of the recruits though, appears to vary. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>In one intercepted discussion, US-based Sicilian Francesco \"Uncle Ciccio\" Vicari vented his frustrations about his American companions to Francesco Rappa back in Sicily.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"I\'m 60 years old. I told them, and now they want me to do deliveries?\" he said, complaining that he was not being given more important jobs. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Mr Rappa then contacted his son, Vito, and urged him to intervene, Professor Sergi said, adding that the elder Rappa is very well known to authorities in both the US and Italy and was once arrested in the 1970s for heroin trafficking. His influence - and \"charisma\" - are strong enough in both the US and Italy that he is able to facilitate debt collection through extortion and ensure that his friends are being treated well, she told BBC News. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Despite the varying quality of their Italian recruits, American crime families have continued to rely on a stream of such soldiers, as prosecutors have convinced scores of their own members to \"rat\" or inform on their families in exchange for reduced or more lenient prison sentences over the decades. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>The trend has seen crime bosses appreciate the input of Italians, who are seen as being more loyal to a code of silence known as Omerta, experts told the BBC. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Among the Five Families that have run New York\'s Italian-American Mafia since 1931, the Gambino and Genovese groups have had the most success recruiting in Italy over the past 15 years, Professor Sergi observed. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>The Gambinos - who were the primary targets of this week\'s arrests - are particularly close with the powerful Calabrian group, the \'Ndrangheta. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"The connection is strong because neither side is strong,\" says Professor Sergi.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"The Sicilian side is under siege since the 1990\'s and uses New York as a \'gym\' to grow new guys,\" she said. For the New York families - beset by \"recruitment\" issues - the men are welcome additions. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>In such a climate, some observers questioned whether the latest arrests would be seen as a serious blow to the mafia. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>But long-time New York mob lawyer Murray Richman told the BBC that the US indictment doesn\'t seem particularly serious - or \"heavy\" - compared to other notable prosecutions. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Previous indictments against the Gambino family included murder, narcotics distribution and loan sharking charges, significantly more serious than those facing Wednesday\'s arrests.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"How is it different from any other mafia indictment you\'ve ever seen? All you have to do is change the names,\" Mr Richman said. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>The indictments also outline an obsession with respect among some mafia members. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>In one particularly violent episode from September, alleged Staten Island Gambino captain Joseph \"Joe Brooklyn\" Lanni and Vincent \"Vinny Slick\" Minsquero took revenge on a restaurant owner who had asked them to leave after they got into a heated argument with another patron. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Mr Lanni allegedly threatened to burn down Roxy\'s Bar and Grille, with the owner inside, after boasting of his connections with the Gambino family. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>He was seen on security camera footage 18 minutes later at a nearby petrol station filling a red gas container before Mr Minsquero yanked it away from him. </p></div><div data-component=\"image-block\"><figure><p><span><span></span></span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, </span>US Department of Justice</span></p><figcaption><span>Image caption, </span><p>Mafia members struggle over a can of petrol, moments after one threatened to burn down a restaurant in a row</p></figcaption></figure></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>That night Mr Lanni called the restaurant 39 times, once reaching the owner while he was with a police officer whose body-worn camera recorded the encounter. The owner and the his wife were violently assaulted at knifepoint later that night.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Many of the alleged crimes targeted demolition companies and the carting industry - also known as waste management or rubbish collection.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Some plots intended to embezzle funds and defraud unions and employee benefit plans, officials say. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>The Italian documents include extensive transcripts of phone calls and text messages between the accused in which they discuss developments in the US. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><div><p>In one exchange, the men discussed the murder of Gambino family boss Francesco \"Franky Boy\" Cali, who was <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47566382\">gunned down outside his New York home in 2019.</a></p></div></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>The killing was the highest-profile New York mafia murder in decades and fuelled false speculation of an assassination by a rival family.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Giovan Battista Badalamenti called Cali\'s death a blow to all in his network, saying \"his death cut off all our legs\", according to the Italian indictment.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>A lawyer for Cali\'s killer later argued that his client was driven by QAnon conspiracy beliefs. The gunman, a young man who lived with his parents in Staten Island, was found unfit to stand trial due to mental health issues. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>When Mr Badalamenti observed that only a madman would have killed Cali, due to his position as boss of the Gambinos, Mr Francesco responded: \"And thank god\".</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Italian prosecutors said the response was \"a clear reference to the fact that a bloody mafia war would have certainly erupted had the killer been from another mafia clan\".</p></div><div data-component=\"image-block\"><figure><p><span><span></span></span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, </span>US Department of Justice</span></p><figcaption><span>Image caption, </span><p>A photo purports to show two mobsters on the day they were \'made\' - formally inducted into the syndicate</p></figcaption></figure></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>While the arrests may not cause serious challenges to the mafia, the indictments do indicate that FBI attention has again returned to organised crime, says former US Justice Department prosecutor Joseph Moreno. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, FBI resources lurched towards counter terrorism. In 2016, Selwyn Raab, author of the book Five Families, told Rolling Stone magazine that some FBI organised crime task forces dropped from about 400 agents to 20 or 30.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>But during the Obama administration, the FBI began to combine national security and organised crime operations in an attempt to combat what it calls \"transnational organized crime\".</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"The idea is that when organised crime groups reach a certain degree of sophistication they can pose not just the threat of street crimes but instead a danger on a national level,\" Mr Moreno said.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Italian organised crime families may not be as powerful as they once were, he added, but other organised crime groups, from Russia and East Asia, have stepped in to fill the vacuum.  </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"No single arrest or prosecution is likely to take down an entire mafia family, but no doubt decades of investigations have eroded their power and influence in major cities such as New York and Chicago,\" he told the BBC.  </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>All 10 US defendants have pleaded not guilty, indicating that they will fight the charges. But some may turn on their allies. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"In my experience, one in every three persons is an informant,\" observed Mr Richman, who has represented several Genovese and Lucchese crime family mobsters in New York.</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Professor Sergi agreed that the charges are unlikely to have a major immediate impact. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>\"The short term is not that important, what\'s important is the comeback,\" she said, predicting that there will be an increase in illicit trips in both directions in the near future. </p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p>Overall, \"the connections that emerge from both sides of the Atlantic show a very well-oiled network of men that appear to be out of the old movies\".</p></div><div data-component=\"text-block\"><p><i>Additional reporting by Laura Gozzi</i></p></div></article></main></div>', 'While decades of prosecutions weakened the US and Italian mafia, transatlantic relations remain strong.', 'https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3AA2/production/_131701051_vicaro.png', '84', NULL, NULL, '79', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-20', '737', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(768, 'Dealmaster: Apple iPads, HP printers, OLED TVs, robo vacuums, and more', '<div>\n        <header>\n            <h4>\n      Big-time deals    —\n</h4>\n            \n            <h2 itemprop=\"description\">From 4K screens to robot cleaning machines, you\'ll find serious savings below.</h2>\n            <section>\n\n  \n<p itemprop=\"author creator\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http://schema.org/Person\">\n      <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/author/ryanwaniata/\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"author\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Ryan Waniata</span></a>\n    -    <time data-time=\"1699916421\" datetime=\"2023-11-13T23:00:21+00:00\">Nov 13, 2023 11:00 pm UTC</time>\n</p>\n\n  \n</section>        </header>\n        <section>\n            <div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n                                    \n<figure>\n  <img alt=\"That spoiler on the back is the mop pad, but it\'s not mopping right now. \" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/RoombaCombo1_1693594831054-HR-800x598.jpg\"></img>\n      <figcaption><p><a data-height=\"1912\" data-width=\"2560\" href=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/RoombaCombo1_1693594831054-HR-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge</a> <span>/</span> That spoiler on the back is the mop pad, but it\'s not mopping right now. </p><p>iRobot</p></figcaption>  </figure>\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you have family in town or leisurely plans on the year\'s biggest shopping day, there\'s no need to fret, as we\'ve boxed up early Black Friday sales for you in our latest Dealmasters. Today\'s list includes a hearty selection of sweet deals, from HP printers to Lenovo laptops, 4K monitors, Apple iPads, and plenty of big-screen TVs, just to name a few. So get your early Black Friday savings now.</p>\n<h2>Featured deals</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>iRobot Roomba j6+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $400 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47zO0M1\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 77-inch Class B3 series OLED 4K UHD TV for $1,800 (was $3,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckNTfIhaJdV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LG</a></li>\n<li>Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Over-Ear Headphones for $328 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QEuqak\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation, USB-C) for $200 (was $249) <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49hsxZC\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class QLED 4K Q70C for $750 (was $1,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxNskILJF\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB, Wi-Fi 6 + 5G Cellular for $650 (was $749) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49A3lO9\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung HW-B650 Powered 3.1-channel sound bar and wireless subwoofer system for $208 (was $398) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZRcDSLzUq\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>HP Smart Tank 6001 Wireless Cartridge-Free all-in-one printer for $230 (was $345) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FUXg1g\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 65-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $590 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QwanuK\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 43-inch 4K UHD IPS Smart Monitor for $500 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqHKmRWp\">LG</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Home and office tech essentials</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HP Color LaserJet Pro M283fdw Wireless All-in-One Laser Printer for $429 (was $549) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QEzmvS\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>HP Smart Tank 6001 Wireless Cartridge-Free all-in-one printer for $230 (was $345) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FUXg1g\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>HP Envy 6455e Wireless Color Inkjet Printer for $100 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3SGvgGs\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>HP Envy Inspire 7955e Wireless Color Inkjet Printer for $160 (was $220) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/467mMLz\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>HP LaserJet Pro MFP 4101fdw Wireless Black &amp; White Printer with Fax for $369 (was $539) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3udWIRx\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>HP OfficeJet 250 All-in-One Portable Printer with Wireless &amp; Mobile Printing for $400 (was $490) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3uhZG7O\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>HP Laserjet Pro MFP 3101fdw Wireless Black &amp; White Printer with Fax for $259 (was $379) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3ufaYcV\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero Pro mesh WiFi router for $70 (was $160) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FXhW8V\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi system 2-pack for $155 (was $240) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3SAslPv\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Netgear Cable Modem WiFi Router Combo C6300 for $105 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/474xBzg\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link Deco AX3000 WiFi 6 Mesh System 3-pack for $180 (was $230) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49t1DOR\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link AX3000 WiFi 6 Router 802.11ax Wireless, Gigabit, Dual Band Internet $108 (was $130) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46kElba\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link AC1750 Smart WiFi Router (Archer A7) Dual Band Gigabit for $53 (was $80) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QF6BiV\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link Deco AX7800 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System (Deco X95) 2-pack for $350 (was $450) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/472nCu6\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link AC1900 WiFi Extender (RE550) for $70 (was $80) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/40pqUFc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero Pro 6E mesh Wi-Fi System 2-pack for $280 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QOOB71\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi router for $90 (was $140) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3SxUW87\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen, 2021 release) for $70 (was $130) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3spiWzw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Apple gear</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB, Wi-Fi 6 + 5G Cellular for $650 (was $749) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49A3lO9\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB for $499 (was $599) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49wlH2L\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple iPad (9th Generation) with A13 Bionic chip,  64GB for $249 (was $329) at Amazon</li>\n<li>Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 45mm) Smartwatch with Midnight Aluminum Case for $379 (was $429) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47aYnps\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop, M2 chip,16GB Memory, 512GB SSD for $1,499 (was $1,699) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYA9Bv41Ui\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple MacBook Pro 13.3-inch Laptop, Apple M2 chip, 8GB Memory, 512GB SSD for $1,299 (was $1,499) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYBdKmVtak\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirTag 4-pack for $87 (was $99) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FCBnnf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple 2020 MacBook Air Laptop M1 chip, 13-inch for $950 (was $999) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3Sg84P1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) with USB-C charging for $200 (was $249) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49hsxZC\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones for $480 (was $549) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3s5fNVx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2><b>Robo vacuums</b></h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Samsung Jet Bot AI+ Robot Vacuum Cleaner w/Object Recognition, Intelligent Cleaning for $700 (was $1,300) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46dDIQk\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Samsung Jet Bot+ Robot Vacuum with Clean Station for $600 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQKmn5Scw\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Shark Matrix Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum with Precision Home Mapping for $400 (was $500) at</li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Shark AI Ultra Robot Vacuum with Matrix Clean, Home Mapping, HEPA Bagless Self Empty Base for $404 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQPvWDdRl\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Shark  ION Robot Vacuum, Wi-Fi Connected for $150 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQIQ4PjvU\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Roborock Q7 Max+ Wi-Fi Connected Robot Vacuum and Mop with Auto-Empty Dock for $500 (was $870) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQGTVAorY\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">iRobot Roomba i3+ EVO (3550) Wi-Fi Connected Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $350 (was $550) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQTggNwe0\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">iRobot Roomba j6+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $400 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47zO0M1\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">iRobot Roomba i4+ EVO Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $350 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46kFXle\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">iRobot Roomba i7+ (7550) Wi-Fi Connected Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $500 (was $900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQRX5jsq3\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">TP-Link Tapo Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo with Self Empty Base for $250 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47uO0N1\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni Robot Vacuum and Mop for $840 (was $1,100) at</span><a href=\"https://amzn.to/45ZXfnu\"> <span>Amazon</span></a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo, 2 in 1 Mopping Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Schedule for $179 (was $730) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47tv4hA\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Lefant Robot Vacuum Cleaner with 2200Pa Powerful Suction, Tangle-Free, Wi-Fi/App/Alexa for $100 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QBYbbQ\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">roborock Q7 Max+ Robot Vacuum and Mop with Auto-Empty Dock Pure for $500 (was $870) with coupon at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3MF72bw\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Headphones</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation, USB-C) for $200 (was $249) <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49hsxZC\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Over-Ear Headphones for $328 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QEuqak\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II Noise Canceling Earbuds for $199 (was $279) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3Qniee0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Edifier W820NB Plus Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones for $64 (was $90) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3spawbx\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro Noise Canceling Earbuds for $190 (was $230) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZPYKLinq9\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Shure AONIC 40 Premium Wireless Headphones for $100 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzz3XxCV9\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser Momentum 3 True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Headphones for $200 (was $280) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZP0VF3rCI\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Adaptive Noise-Canceling Over-The-Ear Headphones for $300 (was $350) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzum2zViq\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser HD 660S2 Wired Audiophile Bass-boosted Over-the-Ear Headphones for $500 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZP4WG9g6C\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser HD 458BT Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones for $100 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzBFtoAmf\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser Sport True Wireless Earbuds for $100 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzdRw4zuZ\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser CX Plus True Wireless Noise Canceling Earbuds for $130 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzpQGapoq\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser  IE 200 In-Ear Wired Headphones for $120 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzriEbebe\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser HD 560S Wired Open Aire Over-the-Ear Audiophile Headphones for $180 (was $230) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzyLGtHIs\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Jabra Elite 7 Active True Wireless Noise Canceling In-Ear Headphones for $115 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzsGnh2gW\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Jabra Elite 7 Pro True Wireless Noise Canceling In-Ear Headphones for $130 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzvOBZAM4\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Marshall Major IV Bluetooth Headphone with wireless charging for $109 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzkwFcXMs\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones for $480 (was $549) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3s5fNVx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Beats Studio Buds Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds for $100 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIgRyK8IQ\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Beats Studio Pro Wireless Noise Cancelling Over-the-Ear Headphones for $300 (was $350) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIjjJEvf1\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Beats Fit Pro True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Earbuds for $180 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYyzjNV3ae\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Beats Solo 3 Wireless On-Ear Headphones for $130 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzk7YBPA8\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>JBL Tune 510BT: Wireless On-Ear Headphones for $25 (was $50) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46P2wiK\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Poly - formerly Plantronics - Voyager 4320 for $158 (was $170) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVDwaykauZ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Soundcore by Anker P20i True Wireless Earbuds for $20 (was $40) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3sidi1Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Soundcore by Anker A20i True Wireless Earbuds for $24 (was $40) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QF9yQr\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Soundcore by Anker Life P3i Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Earbuds for $50 (was $60) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3skFWQ5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>                                            \n                                                        \n<h2>Soundbars and home audio</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Samsung HW-B650 Powered 3.1-channel sound bar and wireless subwoofer system for $208 (was $398) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZRcDSLzUq\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Samsung - Q-series 3.1.2 ch Dolby Atmos Soundbar w/Q-Symphony Q600C for $330 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYABk8EkMv\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung S-series 3.0 ch. Soundbar S50B for $150 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxxh59isk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Sound Tower Party Audio ST40B for $230 (was $500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxx3C8CDA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 3.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q700C for $400 (was $700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxyVMPcxw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 5.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q800C for $690 (was $1,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxzNNSuWR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 7.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q900C for $990 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxCdymnBk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 9.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q910C for $990 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxA0VVrXw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 11.1.4 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q990C for $1,400 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAG4VUHbS\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung HW-S50B/ZA 3.0ch All-in-One Soundbar for $148 (was $248) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/40zULeb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Klipsch Cinema 600 Sound Bar 3.1 Home Theater System for $380 (was $549) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47oyv9u\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 5.1.2 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $300 (was $449) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAm9B49uG\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>JBL Cinema SB170 2.1 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $150 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAoJpI6te\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG Eclair 3.0 Channel Soundbar with Dolby Atmos for $300 (was $450) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAqFXDJuj\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Yamaha SR-C20 2.1-Channel Soundbar with Built-in Subwoofer for $130 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAFgracZS\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 4.1 ch Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer and Rear Speakers for $180 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAyE4zLvh\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-A7000 Dolby Atmos soundbar for $998 (was $1,398) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIcmNLYKY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-S2000 soundbar for $348 (was $498) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIlsAqhQa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-A3000 soundbar for $498 (was $698) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRInkpjB4u\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser AMBEO Dolby Atmos Soundbar | Max for $2,000 (was $2,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIdtmvLVH\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-A5000 Dolby Atmos soundbar for $698 (was $998) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIitUm3Ej\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>TVs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 65-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $590 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QwanuK\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 75-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $880 (was $1,100) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49xq0La\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 43-inch 4-Series 4K UHD smart TV with Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote for $250 (was $370) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46ilNbb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 40-inch 2-Series HD smart TV with Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote for $180 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FZdp62\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Hisense 65-inch Class U8 Series Mini-LED ULED 4K UHD TV for $890 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3MjeSra\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class QLED 4K Q70C for $750 (was $1,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxNskILJF\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55-inch 4K Ultra HD TV X85K Series: LED Smart Google TV for $698 (was $778) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QVRVgn\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55-inch Class Bravia XR A95K 4K HDR OLED Google TV for $1,700 (was $2,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDr2sH8tC\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55 Inch 4K Ultra HD TV X90K Series: BRAVIA XR Full Array LED Smart Google TV for $798 (was $1,300) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FWYppb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony 65 Inch Mini LED 4K Ultra HD TV X93L Series: BRAVIA XR Smart Google TV for $1,598 (was $1,798) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47mTQ30\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony 65 Inch 4K Ultra HD TV X80K Series: LED Smart Google TV for $698 (was $900) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QSOl6P\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TCL 55-inch Q7 QLED 4K Smart TV with Google TV for $498 (was $750) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47ceZgt\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TCL 55-inch Q6 QLED 4K Smart TV with Google TV for $348 (was $500) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49n9jCa\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 85-inch Class The Frame QLED 4K LS03B for $3,300 (was $4,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIwjt4qMd\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Sony 65-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K smart Google TV for $1,700 (was $2,600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDjulwlRW\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K smart Google TV for $1,400 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDnceYYUG\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony 83-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K UHD Smart Google TV for $4,500 (was $5,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDosfKwWZ\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $1,300 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPrR5Pcve\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $1,600 (was $2,600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHcvUfG1B\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 83-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $3,500 (was $5,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxGLcnRQa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $2,400 (was $3,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPqQMMuqX\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $1,900 (was $2,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHdASwBH5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 77-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $3,600 (was $4,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHeFaq0Ot\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class TU690T Crystal UHD 4K TV for $300 (was $380) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHguTdOJj\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class QLED 4K QN90C TV for $1,700 (was $2,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHiDvm3KA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 98-inch Class QLED 4K Q80C TV for $5,000 (was $8,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxH9BmBZm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN800C TV for $2,600 (was $3,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHjAH26mh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>LG QNED85 Series 65-Inch Class QNED Mini-LED Smart TV (2022) for $1,097 (was $1,800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QUYu30\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 65-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $2,300 (was $3,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDxGKicx4\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 77-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $3,500 (was $4,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDuiuRpNp\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 83-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $5,000 (was $6,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDyVkpnni\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 77-inch Class B3 series OLED 4K UHD for $1,800 (was $3,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckNTfIhaJdV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LG</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 120-inch Class The Premiere LSP7T 4K Smart Laser Projector for $3,000 (was $3,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHmF7QN57\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 120-inch Class The Premiere LSP7T 4K Smart Laser Projector for $6,000 (was $6,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIBBNjL7C\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 70-inch Class QLED 4K QE1C TV for $880 (was $1,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxFluhkqG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 70-inch Class QLED 4K QE1C TV for $1,500 (was $2,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIC5vrsPP\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 75-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900C TV for $4,500 (was $6,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxJvRdHuR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN800C TV for $2,600 (was $3,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxKsS4OnJ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 43-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN90C TV for $1,000 (was $1,200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxLn5QP7L\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 85-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN90C TV for $2,800 (was $4,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPoKyWROz\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN85C TV for $1,000 (was $1,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxMpK4Et0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 86-inch Class Crystal UHD TU9010 (2021) TV for $1,600 (was $1,700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxOo5itCd\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n</ul>                                            \n                                                        \n<h2>Lenovo deals</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1270P for $1,216 (was $3,379) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSrYA9zov\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Yoga C940 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1035G4) for $635 (was $1,250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSuKm3eSh\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 (Intel Core i7-13700KF, RTX 4080) for $2,061 (was $2,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSxfKyJTe\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1365U) for $1,155 (was $2,889) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSAJm5WvR\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Slim Pro 7 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P) for $1,629 (was $3,629) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSDMzE16u\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 Intel (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H) for $1,979 (was $4,389) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSGn3uIEb\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P16v (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H) for $1,499 (was $3,339) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSJakOwc1\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8 (16-inch, Intel Core i9-13900HX and RTX 4090) for $2,360 (was $2,850) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXJADkmfO0\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1335U) for $1,319 (was $2,399) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXJxGz63gl\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo LOQ (15-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H and RTX 4050) for $1,030 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUIVWnsrV2\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo LOQ (16-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and RTX 4050) for $911 (was $1,260) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUIVV52mc2\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>ThinkPhone by Motorola for $450 (was $700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWRdqaBwMb\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5675U) for $629 (was $2,688) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTRTujL9bK\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1250P) for $945 (was $3,049) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTRV0ZoXKR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Coire i5-1235U) for $632 (was $1,404) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTR6LqxDH2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700HX and RTX A1000) for $1,749 (was $3,899) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTR9l0cJoT\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 (16-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 7730U) for $894 (was $1,719) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSBMoKSYi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H and RTX A2000) for $1,979 (was $4,389) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSCTTtskT\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 5 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U) for $610 (was $1,219) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSExNXkU5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1365U) for $1,143 (was $2,859) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSFJSaHX1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 (16-inch, Intel Core i5-1355U) for $725 (was $1,449) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSI3HP8mS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P and RTX A500) for $1,629 (was $3,629) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSKIF8kpo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P and RTX A500) for $1,529 (was $3,389) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSL42dCxe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 7840U) for $1,099 (was $2,199) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSNmeRzy5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1260P) for $1,238 (was $3,439) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSRXhG8wU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Monitors and displays</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Acer EZ321Q wi 31.5\" Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS Monitor for $160 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3ubP3Dt\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Alienware AW2524H Gaming Monitor 24.5-inch 480Hz 1ms IPS Anti-Glare Display for $600 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/467sMUB\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell Curved Gaming Monitor 27 Inch Curved with 165Hz Refresh Rate, QHD for $200 (was $300) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3ufCgjl\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell Gaming Monitor 32 Inch, 165 Hz, Quad-HD Widescreen LED LCD, IPS Display for $300 (was $450) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QWG8i0\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell S3221QS 32 Inch Curved 4K UHD, VA Ultra-Thin Bezel Monitor, AMD FreeSync for $320 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QD7V5H\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K USB-C Monitor UHD (3840×2160) Display, 60Hz Refresh Rate for $280 (was $370) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49Au6lF\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell 32-inch 4K Monitor, UHD (3840×2160), 60Hz, Dual HDMI 2.0 for $250 (was $365) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49JBICH\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell S2421HS Full HD 1920×1080, 24-Inch 1080p LED for $140 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FVRA76\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Acer 23.8-inch Full HD 1920×1080 IPS Zero Frame Home Office Computer Monitor for $100 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3ssy8vI\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 22-inch T350 Series FHD 1080p Computer Monitor for $110 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/469G2Ih\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 34-inch G85SB OLED Ultra WQHD for $900 (was $1,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPtdkgPFq\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Odyssey Ark 4K UHD for $1,900 (was $2,700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHoVNFvjp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 49-inch Odyssey G9 DQHD for $1,200 (was $1,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHpXt4ppV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 32-inch Odyssey G32A FHD for $220 (was $330) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPwGSEo8T\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>LG 34-inch 34WN80C-B UltraWide WQHD IPS for $400 (was $550) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqHm5yxJ\">LG</a></li>\n<li>LG 27-inch UltraFine 4K OLED pro for $1,800 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqHozgmT\">LG</a></li>\n<li>LG 43-inch 4K UHD IPS Smart Monitor for $380 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqHKmRWp\">LG</a></li>\n<li>LG 22-inch Class Full HD IPS for $80 (was $120) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqIsrwX7\">LG</a></li>\n<li>LG 27-inch FHD IPS 3-Side Borderless for $110 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqHrOn0B\">LG</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Herman Miller office and gaming chairs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Herman Miller Aeron Chair for $1,354 (was $1,805) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3tXtuWZ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Embody Chair for $1,703 (was $2,270) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/460ICju\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Embody Gaming Chair for $1,384 (was $1,845) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3Qt8COS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Sayl Chair for $588 (was $735) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/45UPfEh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Sayl Chair, Special Gaming Edition for $816 (was $1,020) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/45THRZP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Cosm Chair, Low Back for $1,048 (was $1,310) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/47l7lAu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Cosm Chair, Mid Back for $1,256 (was $1,570) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/45ZL8qf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Cosm Chair, High Back for $1,680 (was $2,100) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3Mwh3Yu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller x Logitech G Vantum Gaming Chair for $636 (was $795) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/47Ktcly\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller x Logitech G Embody Gaming Chair for $1,384 (was $1,845) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3u1pTr7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group Chair, Executive for $2,040 (was $2,550) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49lC2qQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group Chair, Management for $2,296 (was $2,870) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49oVVNY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Eames Soft Pad Chair, Executive Height for $3,516 (was $4,395) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49mIyO3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Setu Chair, With Arms for $668 (was $835) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49ACamH\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Aeron Chair, Special Gaming Edition for $1,354 (was $1,805) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3sjiNNW\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Aeron Stool for $1,391 (was $1,855) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3smiaTP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Lino Chair for $684 (was $855) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49oZxz8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><em>Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.</em></p>\n\n                                                </div>\n\n            \n            \n        </section>\n    </div>', 'From 4K screens to robot cleaning machines, you\'ll find serious savings below.', 'https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/RoombaCombo1_1693594831054-HR-760x380.jpg', '84', NULL, NULL, '79', 'newsapi', NULL, NULL, '2023-11-20', '737', '0', '0', NULL, NULL, NULL);
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(769, 'Dealmaster: Gaming monitors, big-screen TVs, home office gear, and more', '<div>\n        <header>\n            <h4>\n      The deals keep piling up    —\n</h4>\n            \n            <h2 itemprop=\"description\">Big screens, small screens, and everything in between ahead of Black Friday.</h2>\n            <section>\n\n  \n<p itemprop=\"author creator\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http://schema.org/Person\">\n      <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/author/ryanwaniata/\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"author\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Ryan Waniata</span></a>\n    -    <time data-time=\"1700089203\" datetime=\"2023-11-15T23:00:03+00:00\">Nov 15, 2023 11:00 pm UTC</time>\n</p>\n\n  \n</section>        </header>\n        <section>\n            <div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n                                    \n<figure>\n  <img alt=\"Kid playing with the Samsung Odyssey Ark 2nd Gen\" src=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/porttrait-2-798x528.jpg\"></img>\n      <figcaption><p><a data-height=\"528\" data-width=\"798\" href=\"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/porttrait-2.jpg\">Enlarge</a> <span>/</span> Most won\'t have the space, budget, or need for this monitor, but it sure makes this kid look happy. </p><p>Samsung</p></figcaption>  </figure>\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n<p>TVs continue to be a Dealmaster mainstay this time of year as retailers load up big sales on 2023 models and closeout picks from last year. Monitors are on the same track, with a slew of high-end gaming options and budget buys alike, alongside plenty of other tech deals to help you spruce up everything from your home office to your home theater. So dig in now and get ahead of the shopping madness.</p>\n<h2>Featured deals</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>LG 55-inch Class C3 Series OLED evo 4K TV for $1,297 (was $1,397) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/40CqGLb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 43-inch Mini 4K AMD FreeSync Premium Pro Gaming Monitor for $500 (was $1,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0I9KScA1c\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen, Lightning) Wireless Earbuds for $189 (was $249) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47eiL9q\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Insignia 140 W 4-Port USB and USB-C Desktop Charger Kit for $54 (was $120) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0GTMqntrw\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple 2023 MacBook Air Laptop with M2 chip, 256GB SSD Storage for $1,049 (was $1,299) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3syY74M\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>JBL Boombox 3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $350 (was $500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0J07d7Klv\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Netgear Orbi 650 Series AX3000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (3-pack) for $307 (was $380) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0Hcbl0PZR\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Logitech MX Anywhere 2S Wireless Laser Mouse for $40 (was $60) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0GRF2ngkY\">Best Buy</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Home and office tech essentials</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Logitech M325s Wireless Optical Ambidextrous Mouse for $10 (was $20) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0GPHcs07S\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Logitech MX Anywhere 2S Wireless Laser Mouse for $40 (was $60) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0GRF2ngkY\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Dell KM7120W Full-size Wireless Scissor Clicky Switch Keyboard and Mouse Combo for $75 (was $90) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0G8W2hxZf\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Insignia 140W 4-Port USB and USB-C Desktop Charger Kit for $54 (was $120) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0GTMqntrw\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Netgear EAX15 AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Wall Plug Range Extender for $100 (was $130) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0G1DPX1s7\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Netgear Orbi 850 Series AX6000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (3-pack) for $714 (was $900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0G5kscKQG\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Netgear Orbi 650 Series AX3000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (3-pack) for $307 (was $380) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0Hcbl0PZR\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link Deco AX3000 WiFi 6 Mesh System 3-pack for $180 (was $230) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49t1DOR\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link AX3000 WiFi 6 Router 802.11ax Wireless, Gigabit, Dual Band Internet $108 (was $130) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46kElba\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link AC1750 Smart WiFi Router (Archer A7) Dual Band Gigabit for $53 (was $80) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QF6BiV\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link Deco AX7800 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System (Deco X95) 2-pack for $350 (was $450) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/472nCu6\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TP-Link AC1900 WiFi Extender (RE550) for $70 (was $80) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/40pqUFc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero Pro 6E AXE5400 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (3-pack) for $400 (was $550) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0GMaeSSAb\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero Pro 6 AX4200 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (3-pack) for $240 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0GNjOBKkt\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero mesh WiFi system router replacement for whole-home coverage (3-pack) for $127 (was $170) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3SKd2Ui\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero Pro 6E mesh Wi-Fi router, 2022 release for $180 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3SCxLcI\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero Pro mesh WiFi router for $70 (was $160) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FXhW8V\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi system 2-pack for $155 (was $240) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3SAslPv\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero Pro 6E mesh Wi-Fi System 2-pack for $280 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QOOB71\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi router for $90 (was $140) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3SxUW87\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi system 3-pack, 2022 release for $195 (was $300) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47B3Ndw\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon eero high-speed wifi 6 router and booster for $70 (was $90) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QZVBOk\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen, 2021 release) for $70 (was $130) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3spiWzw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Monitors and displays</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Samsung S61B Series 27-inch QHD (2560x1440) Computer Monitor, 75Hz for $150 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3szuJez\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 43-inch Mini 4K AMD FreeSync Premium Pro Gaming Monitor for $500 (was $1,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0I9KScA1c\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 32-inch Viewfinity QHD 2K Computer Monitor, Fully Adjustable Stand for $300 (was $385) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3Ra9QQV\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 32-inch S70A Series 4K UHD (3840x2160) Computer Monitor for $300 (was $350) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49DRRsZ\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Odyssey Ark 4K UHD for $1,900 (was $2,700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHoVNFvjp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 49-inch Odyssey G9 DQHD for $1,200 (was $1,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHpXt4ppV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 32-inch Odyssey G32A FHD for $220 (was $330) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPwGSEo8T\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Odyssey Ark 55-inch LED Curved 4K UHD Gaming Monitor for $1,800 (was $2,700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0I7XNk2bt\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>HP Omen 34-inch VA LED Curved QHD 165Hz FreeSync Gaming Monitor for $330 (was $480) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0I2p0LoaB\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 24-inch IPS 3-Side Borderless FHD AMD 100Hz FreeSync Monitor for $80 (was $170) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0I0j2zNUF\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 34-inch 34WN80C-B UltraWide WQHD IPS for $400 (was $550) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqHm5yxJ\">LG</a></li>\n<li>LG 27-inch UltraFine 4K OLED pro for $1,800 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqHozgmT\">LG</a></li>\n<li>LG 22-inch Class Full HD IPS for $80 (was $120) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUJqIsrwX7\">LG</a></li>\n<li>LG 24-inch IPS 3-Side Borderless FHD AMD 100Hz FreeSync Monitor for $80 (was $170) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0I4WS0QxU\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Acer EZ321Q wi 31.5\" Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS Monitor for $160 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3ubP3Dt\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Acer Nitro 27-inch IPS LED FHD FreeSync Gaming Monitor for $160 (was $300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0I5GuyAvZ\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Acer 23.8-inch Full HD 1920×1080 IPS Zero Frame Home Office Computer Monitor for $100 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3ssy8vI\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Alienware AW2524H Gaming Monitor 24.5-inch 480Hz 1ms IPS Anti-Glare Display for $600 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/467sMUB\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell Curved Gaming Monitor 27 Inch Curved with 165Hz Refresh Rate, QHD for $200 (was $300) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3ufCgjl\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell Gaming Monitor 32 Inch, 165 Hz, Quad-HD Widescreen LED LCD, IPS Display for $300 (was $450) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QWG8i0\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell S3221QS 32 Inch Curved 4K UHD, VA Ultra-Thin Bezel Monitor, AMD FreeSync for $320 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QD7V5H\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K USB-C Monitor UHD (3840×2160) Display, 60Hz Refresh Rate for $280 (was $370) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49Au6lF\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell 32-inch 4K Monitor, UHD (3840×2160), 60Hz, Dual HDMI 2.0 for $250 (was $365) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49JBICH\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Dell S2421HS Full HD 1920×1080, 24-Inch 1080p LED for $140 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FVRA76\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Apple gear</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple MacBook Air Laptop with M2 chip, 256GB SSD Storage for $1,049 (was $1,299) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3syY74M\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop, M2 chip, 16GB Memory, 1TB SSD for $1,699 (was $1,899) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0FZKXHS7A\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop, M2 chip,16GB Memory, 512GB SSD for $1,499 (was $1,699) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYA9Bv41Ui\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple MacBook Pro 13.3-inch Laptop, Apple M2 chip, 8GB Memory, 512GB SSD for $1,299 (was $1,499) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYBdKmVtak\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple 2020 MacBook Air Laptop M1 chip, 13-inch for $849 (was $999) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3Sg84P1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen, Lightning) Wireless Earbuds for $189 (was $249) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47eiL9q\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB, Wi-Fi 6 + 5G Cellular for $650 (was $749) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49A3lO9\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple iPad Air (5th Generation) with M1 chip, 64GB, Wi-Fi at Amazon for $549 (was $599) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3szevCe\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple iPad (9th Generation) with A13 Bionic chip,  64GB for $249 (was $329) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46aEBt6\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 45mm) Smartwatch with Midnight Aluminum Case for $379 (was $429) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47aYnps\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirTag 4-pack for $87 (was $99) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FCBnnf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones for $480 (was $549) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3s5fNVx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>                                            \n                                                        \n<h2><b>Robo vacuums</b></h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">eufy Clean X8 Pro Robot Vacuum Self-Empty Station, Twin-Turbine 2× 4,000 Pa Powerful Suction for $550 (was $650) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/40HGqwg\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Lefant M210 Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Tangle-Free 2200Pa Suction for $110 (was $210) with coupon at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3R1FiAo\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">SwitchBot Mini Robot Vacuum K10+ with Self-Empty Base for $400 (was $500) with coupon at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QDvaMV\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Coredy Robot Vacuum, R650 Ultra Robotic Vacuum with 2200 Pa Strong Suction for $115 (was $230) with coupon at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47fNt1P\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Samsung Jet Bot AI+ Robot Vacuum Cleaner w/Object Recognition, Intelligent Cleaning for $690 (was $1,300) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46dDIQk\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Samsung Jet Bot+ Robot Vacuum with Clean Station for $600 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQKmn5Scw\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Shark AI Ultra Voice Control Robot Vacuum with Matrix Clean Navigation, Home Mapping For $398 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47r22zy\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Shark  ION Robot Vacuum, Wi-Fi Connected for $150 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQIQ4PjvU\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">roborock Q7 Max+ Wi-Fi Connected Robot Vacuum and Mop with Auto-Empty Dock for $500 (was $870) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQGTVAorY\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">roborock Q5+ Robot Vacuum with Self-Empty Dock for $525 (was $700) with coupon at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47tQ1Jo\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">iRobot Roomba i4+ EVO Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $350 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46kFXle\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">iRobot Roomba i7+ (7550) Wi-Fi Connected Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum for $500 (was $900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZQRX5jsq3\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">TP-Link Tapo Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo with Self Empty Base for $250 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47uO0N1\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni Robot Vacuum and Mop for $840 (was $1,100) at</span><a href=\"https://amzn.to/45ZXfnu\"> <span>Amazon</span></a></li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo, 2 in 1 Mopping Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Schedule for $179 (was $730) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47tv4hA\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Headphones</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen, Lightning) Wireless Earbuds for $189 (was $249) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47eiL9q\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>1MORE SonoFlow Active Noise Cancelling Headphones for $80 (was $100) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QZ4RSJ\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Over-Ear Headphones for $328 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QEuqak\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II Noise Canceling Earbuds for $199 (was $279) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3Qniee0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro Noise Canceling Earbuds for $190 (was $230) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZPYKLinq9\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Shure AONIC 40 Premium Wireless Headphones for $100 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzz3XxCV9\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser Momentum 3 True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Headphones for $200 (was $280) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZP0VF3rCI\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless Adaptive Noise-Canceling Over-The-Ear Headphones for $300 (was $350) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzum2zViq\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser HD 660S2 Wired Audiophile Bass-boosted Over-the-Ear Headphones for $500 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZP4WG9g6C\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser HD 458BT Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones for $100 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzBFtoAmf\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser Sport True Wireless Earbuds for $100 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzdRw4zuZ\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser CX Plus True Wireless Noise Canceling Earbuds for $130 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzpQGapoq\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser  IE 200 In-Ear Wired Headphones for $120 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzriEbebe\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser HD 560S Wired Open Aire Over-the-Ear Audiophile Headphones for $180 (was $230) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzyLGtHIs\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Jabra Elite 7 Active True Wireless Noise Canceling In-Ear Headphones for $115 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzsGnh2gW\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Jabra Elite 7 Pro True Wireless Noise Canceling In-Ear Headphones for $130 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzvOBZAM4\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Marshall Major IV Bluetooth Headphone with wireless charging for $109 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzkwFcXMs\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones for $480 (was $549) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3s5fNVx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Beats Studio Buds Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds for $100 (was $150) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3G1nzTr\">Amazon</a> | <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIgRyK8IQ\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Beats Studio Pro Wireless Noise Cancelling Over-the-Ear Headphones for $300 (was $350) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIjjJEvf1\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Beats Fit Pro True Wireless Noise Cancelling In-Ear Earbuds for $180 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYyzjNV3ae\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Beats Solo 3 Wireless On-Ear Headphones for $130 (was $200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYzk7YBPA8\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Poly - formerly Plantronics - Voyager 4320 for $158 (was $170) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVDwaykauZ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Soundcore by Anker P20i True Wireless Earbuds for $20 (was $40) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3sidi1Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Soundcore by Anker A20i True Wireless Earbuds for $24 (was $40) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QF9yQr\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Soundcore by Anker Life P3i Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Earbuds for $50 (was $60) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3skFWQ5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Soundbars and home audio</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Samsung - A series 2.1.ch Dolby &amp; DTS Soundbar for $120 (was $280) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0H0fs6eax\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung HW-B650 Powered 3.1-channel sound bar and wireless subwoofer system for $208 (was $398) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZRcDSLzUq\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Samsung - Q-series 3.1.2 ch Dolby Atmos Soundbar w/Q-Symphony Q600C for $330 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYABk8EkMv\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung S-series 3.0 ch. Soundbar S50B for $150 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxxh59isk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Sound Tower Party Audio ST40B for $230 (was $500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxx3C8CDA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 3.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q700C for $400 (was $700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxyVMPcxw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q series 5.1.2ch Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q750C Symphony for $480 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0H6WBndlI\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 5.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q800C for $690 (was $1,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxzNNSuWR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 7.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q900C for $990 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxCdymnBk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 9.1.2 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q910C for $990 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxA0VVrXw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung Q-series 11.1.4 ch. Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar Q990C for $1,400 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAG4VUHbS\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung HW-S50B/ZA 3.0ch All-in-One Soundbar for $148 (was $248) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/40zULeb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Klipsch Cinema 600 Sound Bar 3.1 Home Theater System for $380 (was $549) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47oyv9u\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>KEF Q Series 5.25-inch 2-Way Bookshelf Speakers (Pair) for $350 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0H3vigqWO\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 5.1.2 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $300 (was $449) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAm9B49uG\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 3.1 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer and DTS Virtual:X for $200 (was $350) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0H9CDiG0O\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 9.1.5 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X for $1,000 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0IedKOQCB\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 5.1.3 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X for $500 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0IcZvR2g1\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 3.1.3 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X for $400 (was $600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0IbxMNsRN\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>JBL Cinema SB170 2.1 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $150 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAoJpI6te\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG Eclair 3.0 Channel Soundbar with Dolby Atmos for $300 (was $450) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAqFXDJuj\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Yamaha SR-C20 2.1-Channel Soundbar with Built-in Subwoofer for $130 (was $180) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAFgracZS\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 4.1 ch Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer and Rear Speakers for $180 (was $400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckYAyE4zLvh\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-A7000 Dolby Atmos soundbar for $998 (was $1,398) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIcmNLYKY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-S2000 soundbar for $348 (was $498) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIlsAqhQa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-A3000 soundbar for $498 (was $698) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRInkpjB4u\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sennheiser AMBEO Dolby Atmos Soundbar | Max for $2,000 (was $2,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIdtmvLVH\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>Sony HT-A5000 Dolby Atmos soundbar for $698 (was $998) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckRIitUm3Ej\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crutchfield</a></li>\n<li>JBL Boombox3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $350 (was $500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0H8iNfyC7\">Best Buy</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>TVs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>LG 42-inch Class C3 Series OLED evo 4K TV for $897 (was $997) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3R0fhlf\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 48-inch Class C3 Series OLED evo 4K TV for $1,047 (was $1,197) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3R0fhlf\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 55-inch Class C3 Series OLED evo 4K TV for $1,297 (was $1,397) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/40CqGLb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 65-inch Class C3 Series OLED evo 4K TV for $1,597 (was $1,697) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QDE1OF\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG QNED85 Series 65-Inch Class QNED Mini-LED Smart TV (2022) for $1,097 (was $1,800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QUYu30\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>LG 65-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $2,300 (was $3,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDxGKicx4\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 77-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $3,500 (was $4,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDuiuRpNp\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>LG 83-inch Class G3 Series OLED 4K UHD TV for $5,000 (was $6,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDyVkpnni\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>TCL 55-inch Q7 QLED 4K Smart TV with Google TV for $498 (was $750) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47ceZgt\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>TCL 55-inch Q6 QLED 4K Smart TV with Google TV for $348 (was $500) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49n9jCa\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 65-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $590 (was $800) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QwanuK\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 75-inch Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV for $880 (was $1,100) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/49xq0La\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 43-inch 4-Series 4K UHD smart TV with Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote for $250 (was $370) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/46ilNbb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Amazon Fire TV 40-inch 2-Series HD smart TV with Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote for $180 (was $250) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FZdp62\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Hisense 65-inch Class U8 Series Mini-LED ULED 4K UHD TV for $897 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3MjeSra\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class QLED 4K Q70C for $750 (was $1,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxNskILJF\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55-inch 4K Ultra HD TV X85K Series: LED Smart Google TV for $698 (was $778) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QVRVgn\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55-inch Class Bravia XR A95K 4K HDR OLED Google TV for $1,700 (was $2,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDr2sH8tC\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55-inch 4K Ultra HD TV X90K Series: BRAVIA XR Full Array LED Smart Google TV for $798 (was $1,300) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3FWYppb\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony 65-inch Mini LED 4K Ultra HD TV X93L Series: BRAVIA XR Smart Google TV for $1,598 (was $1,798) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/47mTQ30\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony 65-inch 4K Ultra HD TV X80K Series: LED Smart Google TV for $698 (was $900) at <a href=\"https://amzn.to/3QSOl6P\">Amazon</a></li>\n<li>Sony 65-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K smart Google TV for $1,700 (was $2,600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDjulwlRW\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony 55-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K smart Google TV for $1,400 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDnceYYUG\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Sony 83-inch Class Bravia XR A80L OLED 4K UHD Smart Google TV for $4,500 (was $5,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckPDosfKwWZ\">Best Buy</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 85-inch Class The Frame QLED 4K LS03B for $3,300 (was $4,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIwjt4qMd\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $1,300 (was $1,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPrR5Pcve\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $1,600 (was $2,600) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHcvUfG1B\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 83-inch Class OLED S90C TV for $3,500 (was $5,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxGLcnRQa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $2,400 (was $3,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPqQMMuqX\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $1,900 (was $2,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHdASwBH5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 77-inch Class OLED S95C TV for $3,600 (was $4,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHeFaq0Ot\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class TU690T Crystal UHD 4K TV for $300 (was $380) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHguTdOJj\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class QLED 4K QN90C TV for $1,700 (was $2,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHiDvm3KA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 98-inch Class QLED 4K Q80C TV for $5,000 (was $8,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxH9BmBZm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN800C TV for $2,600 (was $3,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHjAH26mh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 120-inch Class The Premiere LSP7T 4K Smart Laser Projector for $3,000 (was $3,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUHmF7QN57\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 120-inch Class The Premiere LSP7T 4K Smart Laser Projector for $6,000 (was $6,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIBBNjL7C\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 70-inch Class QLED 4K QE1C TV for $880 (was $1,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxFluhkqG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 70-inch Class QLED 4K QE1C TV for $1,500 (was $2,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXIC5vrsPP\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900C TV for $3,300 (was $5,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0ItM9JPyB\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 75-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900C TV for $4,500 (was $6,300) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxJvRdHuR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 75-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900C TV for $5,500 (was $8,000) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0IvlTVKvv\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 65-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN800C TV for $2,600 (was $3,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxKsS4OnJ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 43-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN90C TV for $1,000 (was $1,200) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxLn5QP7L\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 85-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN90C TV for $2,800 (was $4,800) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWPoKyWROz\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 55-inch Class Samsung Neo QLED 4K QN85C TV for $1,000 (was $1,500) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxMpK4Et0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n<li>Samsung 86-inch Class Crystal UHD TU9010 (2021) TV for $1,600 (was $1,700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckVxOo5itCd\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung</a></li>\n</ul>                                            \n                                                        \n<h2>Herman Miller office and gaming chairs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Herman Miller Aeron Chair for $1,354 (was $1,805) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3tXtuWZ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Embody Chair for $1,703 (was $2,270) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/460ICju\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Embody Gaming Chair for $1,384 (was $1,845) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3Qt8COS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Sayl Chair for $588 (was $735) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/45UPfEh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Sayl Chair, Special Gaming Edition for $816 (was $1,020) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/45THRZP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Cosm Chair, Low Back for $1,048 (was $1,310) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/47l7lAu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Cosm Chair, Mid Back for $1,256 (was $1,570) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/45ZL8qf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Cosm Chair, High Back for $1,680 (was $2,100) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3Mwh3Yu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller x Logitech G Vantum Gaming Chair for $636 (was $795) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/47Ktcly\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller x Logitech G Embody Gaming Chair for $1,384 (was $1,845) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3u1pTr7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group Chair, Executive for $2,040 (was $2,550) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49lC2qQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group Chair, Management for $2,296 (was $2,870) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49oVVNY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Eames Soft Pad Chair, Executive Height for $3,516 (was $4,395) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49mIyO3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DWR</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Setu Chair, With Arms for $668 (was $835) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49ACamH\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Aeron Chair, Special Gaming Edition for $1,354 (was $1,805) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3sjiNNW\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Aeron Stool for $1,391 (was $1,855) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/3smiaTP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n<li>Herman Miller Lino Chair for $684 (was $855) at <a href=\"https://fave.co/49oZxz8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herman Miller</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lenovo deals</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1365U) for $1,327 (was $3,319) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0Jrtw99CX\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (13-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U) for $656 ($1,639) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0JwZi4mmg\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1270P for $1,216 (was $3,379) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSrYA9zov\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Yoga C940 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1035G4) for $615 (was $1,250) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSuKm3eSh\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 (Intel Core i7-13700KF, RTX 4080) for $2,061 (was $2,900) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSxfKyJTe\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Slim Pro 7 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P) for $1,629 (was $3,629) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSDMzE16u\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 Intel (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H) for $1,979 (was $4,389) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSGn3uIEb\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P16v (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H) for $1,499 (was $3,339) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckZSJakOwc1\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 8 (16-inch, Intel Core i9-13900HX and RTX 4090) for $2,360 (was $2,850) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXJADkmfO0\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1335U) for $1,319 (was $2,399) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckXJxGz63gl\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo LOQ (15-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H and RTX 4050) for $1,030 (was $1,400) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUIVWnsrV2\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo LOQ (16-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and RTX 4050) for $911 (was $1,260) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckUIVV52mc2\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo LOQ (15-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS and RTX 3050) for $700 (was $950) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0JCo9uY1Y\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>ThinkPhone by Motorola for $450 (was $700) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckWRdqaBwMb\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5675U) for $629 (was $2,688) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTRTujL9bK\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 (14-inch, Intel Core i5-1250P) for $945 (was $3,049) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTRV0ZoXKR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Coire i5-1235U) for $632 (was $1,404) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTR6LqxDH2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700HX and RTX A1000) for $1,749 (was $3,899) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTR9l0cJoT\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 (16-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 7730U) for $894 (was $1,719) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSBMoKSYi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen (16-inch, Intel Core i7-13700H and RTX A2000) for $1,979 (was $4,389) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSCTTtskT\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 5 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U) for $610 (was $1,219) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSExNXkU5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1365U) for $1,143 (was $2,859) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSFJSaHX1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1355U) for $$1,484 (was $2,699) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ck0JzjYwjb1\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 (16-inch, Intel Core i5-1355U) for $725 (was $1,449) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSI3HP8mS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 2 (16-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P and RTX A500) for $1,629 (was $3,629) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSKIF8kpo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1360P and RTX A500) for $1,529 (was $3,389) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSL42dCxe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (14-inch, AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 7840U) for $1,099 (was $2,199) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSNmeRzy5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n<li>Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10 (14-inch, Intel Core i7-1260P) for $1,238 (was $3,439) at <a href=\"https://howl.me/ckTSRXhG8wU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><em>Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.<br></br>\n</em></p>\n\n                                                </div>\n\n            \n            \n        </section>\n    </div>', 'Big screens, small screens, and everything in between ahead of Black Friday.', 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