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The best budget wireless earbuds for 2025
Here are the best budget wireless earbuds you can get right now, each of which comes in at $100 or less.
The 6 best Mint alternatives to replace the budgeting app that shut down
Intuit has shut down the popular budgeting app Mint. Engadget tested a bunch of popular alternatives. Here are our favorites.
Skullcandy’s new Method 360 ANC earbuds have been tuned by Bose
Skullcandy just announced the Method 360 ANC earbuds, which have been tuned by Bose. The earbuds also include eartips that are similar in design to Bose’s QuietComfort brand.
NVIDIA says the US has put export restrictions on H20 AI chips
According to an SEC filing from NVIDIA, the US government will require a license to allow the export of its H20 integrated circuits.
Google is retiring country-specific domains for search
Google announced today that it will no longer be using country code top level domains for searches.
Mark Zuckerberg predicted Meta's antitrust trial in a 2018 email
'There is a non-trivial chance that we will be forced to spin out Instagram and perhaps WhatsApp,' the Meta CEO wrote.
Someone hacked Silicon Valley crosswalks to spoof Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk
'Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand," Mark Twain wrote in The Mysterious Stranger.
Comcast rolls out a five-year price guarantee for new internet customers
It follows a three-year price lock Verizon rolled out a day after Trump's tariff announcement.
Notion Mail is a powerful but lightweight email client for busy people
Notion Mail makes use of AI in smart ways and is available to try starting today.
The second-gen Kindle Scribe is back on sale for a record-low price
Amazon's latest writing tablet is back on sale for its lowest price to date. You can snap up the Kindle Scribe for $325.
4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack
4chan is inaccessible following an apparent hack.
The 15-inch M3 MacBook Air is $250 off right now
You can snag one right now for $1,049.
Japan clamps down on Google's Android app pre-install deals
The company allegedly tells phone makers to preinstall Google Search and Chrome, among other perks.
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 GPU starts at $299, RTX 5060 Ti at $379
At long last, NVIDIA has announced its budget GeForce RTX 50-series, but don't expect any major discounts over the previous models.
Chipolo's Pop Bluetooth tracker works with both Apple's and Google's Find My networks
The Chipolo Pop comes in the same form factor and colors as the Chipolo One, which is one of Engadget's best Bluetooth trackers for 2025.
The Morning After: Electronics got a temporary US tariff exemption
The biggest news stories this morning: The Espresso 15 Pro is a pricey, good portable monitor, Samsung made new ruggged gadgets, The Last of Us season 2 premiere review.
The best Chromebook you can buy in 2025
Here's the list of the best Chromebooks you can buy right now, as reviewed by the experts at Engadget.
The best smart plugs in 2025
To find out which smart plug you should invite into your connected home, we tested ten, using Alexa, Siri and the Google Assistant.
Espresso 15 Pro review: Just a really nice (though pricey) portable monitor
Today, one of the best makers of portable monitors is adding a very premium and even more compact addition to its lineup with the fantastic Espresso 15 Pro.
NVIDIA is going to make AI chips and supercomputers in the US
NVIDIA is going to start making Blackwell chips and its AI supercomputers in Arizona and Texas, respectively.

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