Logitech appears to be backtracking on the idea of a “forever mouse” that its CEO, Hanneke Faber, spoke about during an interview on the Decoder podcast. The idea is that the company could work toward releasing a mouse that is made to last much longer than mice currently available on the market, and would be continuously supported with software updates customers pay for. The reception to this vision was not good, with many scoffing at the thought of a subscription-based mouse.

Logitech Abandons Awful Forever Mouse Concept With Paid DLC Following Backlash

At PCMag, we know products—our experts review and recommend thousands of them. Our deals team works tirelessly to find the lowest prices on the technology you want most. Today's fantastic tech deals from Amazon run the gamut from fun to work, but they're all going to save you some serious money. For your over-the-ear, audio needs, The Beats Studio Pro headphones are now 46% off, and they even come with a a 2-year AppleCare+ insurance plan! If you're a gamer and you need one of the best gaming mice on the market, the HyperX Pulsefire Haste Wireless Gaming Mouse is currently 20% off, for a seamless gaming experience. And for all the WFH folks with a small office, the HP Smart Tank 7602 All-in-One printer is on sale for 22% off.

Amazon Deals of The Day: Over 45% Off on Beats Studio Pro Headphones

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TCL has just delivered a big present to Roku devices and TCL TVs that use the Roku OS. It's replacing the existing TCL app with a brand-new app called TCLtv Plus that will give you access to more than 350 ad-supported streaming channels.That's a big upgrade for a lot of people: TCL has been collaborating with Roku for over a decade now, so there are millions of TVs out there running the Roku OS.According to Mark Zhang, president of TCL North America, "Our partnership with Roku firmly establishes TCLtv Plus as a powerful force in the streaming ecosystem". So what...

Roku fans just got 350 new, free streaming channels thanks to TCL

 Google has unveiled its latest product for the living room, the . It replaces the Chromecast and is a standalone set-top box as opposed to the dongles we’ve been used to. The tiny wedge-shaped doodad supports all the expected features, including HDR, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and spatial audio. But Google is also making a big deal of the device’s smart home bona fides, with support for Matter and Thread. You’ll get a popover Google Home panel too, letting you tweak your smart home from the comfort of your TV.

The Morning After: Google replaces Chromecast with the TV Streamer

Streaming provider Roku is adding a new free channel for sports content on August 12. The ad-supported Roku Sports Channel will go live with content both owned and licensed by the company. No subscription or sign-up will be required to access the channel. The Roku Sports Channel will offer round-the-clock...

Roku is launching the Roku Sports Channel on August 12

If you’re a Roku user who somehow doesn’t subscribe to anything else and have been sorely missing sports, you’re about to be thrown a bone. The aptly named Roku Sports Channel combines Roku’s free sports content into a single app and will feature all the sports programming that Roku currently licenses.

Roku now has a dedicated free sports channel

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My household has a saying that anytime we leave for the outside world, we should have “keys, wallet, phone.” It helps remind us of the basics that should be in hand before the door gets locked from the outside. If you’re in California, you can look forward to cutting down the list to two simple items: keys and a phone. A leak reveals that official digital California driver’s licenses and identification cards are coming to Apple Wallet.

Californians Are Getting Apple Wallet Driver’s Licenses This Year

In the span of your life, you’ve probably had a dream where you’re flying. But have you ever dreamed about swimming underwater? Off the coast of Australia? And you’re also a sea lion? Just me?. Well, it feels quite like a flying dream, only now you don’t...

Footage From Cameras Strapped to Sea Lions Is As Cool As You’d Expect

If you’ve spent any time on Facebook recently you’ve seen the river of AI slop. There’s the homeless vet with the badly worded sign, cops carrying massive bibles, and—of course—Shrimp Jesus. Why is Facebook full of this stuff? Because there’s money in it, of course.

Facebook’s Twisted Incentives Created Its AI Slop Era

Remote cameras recently captured a rare natural light show in the sky over Puerto Rico. The hauntingly beautiful bursts are called gigantic jets, an uncommon form of lightning that originates in clouds and shoots upwards, high into the atmosphere, rather than down towards the ground. Cameras operated by the Caribbean...

Rare Form of ‘Red Lightning’ Caught on Camera Over Puerto Rico

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TCL just released its answer to one of the most popular TVs on Earth. The NXTFrame 4K smart TV is designed to go head-to-head with the Samsung Frame TV. Just like its rival, when it's not being used, it displays famous works of art. The TVs themselves are even designed to look like a framed masterpieces.Available in four QLED screen sizes -- 55 inches, 65 inches, 75 inches and 85 inches, the TCL NXTFrame 4K TV runs using the Google TV operating system and is designed to be hung on a wall using its flush mount design. Also like, the Frame, TCL's...

TCL's new Samsung Frame TV lookalike has Google TV built in

In a sure sign that a stable hand is at the wheel, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is tweeting out inspirational Bible verses. Intel’s stock plummeted at the end of last week, but it was in good company as the rest of the market raced after it in a chaotic start to trading for the week. Trading platforms added to the chaos after three of them went down during a panicked sell-off during the early hours of trading.

Things Are So Bad at Intel That the Boss Is Posting Bible Verses

What’s going to happen to the world of John Wick after the events of John Wick: Chapter 4? That answers is coming in a brand new TV series called John Wick: Under the High Table, produced by star Keanu Reeves and director Chad Stahelski. Reeves won’t appear in the...

John Wick’s Future Begins With a New TV Series

Brat summer is over. It’s officially the era of subscription fatigue. Disney is raising the price of its multiple streaming services. Starting in the fall, Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ are all going up in price by $1-$2, depending on your tier. On October 17, Disney will increase the price...

Disney+’s Latest Price Hike Is Officially Driving My Subscription Fatigue

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While you can share your account, sometimes it's easier to just log out of your Netflix account on Roku for peace of mind.

How To Sign Out Of Netflix On A Roku Device

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ROKU customers have been warned that they might fall victim to a cheeky remote prank at the hands of their neighbours. It sees the prankster switch off your TV from afar, while you're still watching - even when your Roku TV remote is right next to you. Roku TV remotes...

Roku owners warned of cheeky remote prank that turns people’s TVs off – and users are ‘tempted’ to do it to neighbours

Apple recently approved a new emulator app called UTM SE that enables your iPhone or iPad (or Vision Pro!) to masquerade as PC hardware and run honest-to-goodness computer desktop operating systems. Some of you asked in the comments section of my last story how it runs — a fair question that I couldn’t answer at the time. But now that I’ve tried it a little, I have answers, and I can say this much: it’s better than I expected, but I wouldn’t count on it for too much.

My iPad runs Windows XP now, and it’s all I ever wanted

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A vegetarian Chipotle customer said a worker added meat to her bowl—despite her asking for no protein—and refused to remake the order. Her video sparked outrage in the comments section and amassed over 190,000 views before it was removed from the platform.

‘I don’t eat meat: Woman says Chipotle worker refused to remake her bowl after putting meat in it.

A federal judge declared what many have known for years: Google is a monopoly. Specifically, it has a monopoly over online search and the search text ad market. If you’ve used Google in the past few years, you know that it sucks. It once felt like magic: a search engine that would quickly take you wherever you needed to go online. But in 2024 all that old magic is gone. Relevant search results are buried under ads and worthless AI answers scraped from Reddit.

It’s Official: Google Is a Monopoly

Samsung’s big, expensive sports has a nice battery life, but it could really use the Galaxy Watch Classic’s rotating bezel.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra Is Large and in Charge (of Your Health Data)

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Logitech Insists It’s Not Making a Mouse With a Subscription Fee

Peripheral and video giant Logitech is running back comments about a supposed subscription-based mouse that’s supposed to be “the last mouse you ever buy.” Such a...

Logitech Insists It’s Not Making a Mouse With a Subscription Fee

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