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Tesla’s Cybercab is about to launch — and we don’t get it
Tesla has told employees it is preparing a public launch of the Cybercab in Austin as soon as this month, according to a report from The Information.
It would be the first Tesla vehicle ever built without a steering wheel or pedals — and the least exciting vehicle the company has ever made, because it is virtually worthless without an autonomous driving system Tesla still hasn’t delivered at scale.
Read MoreAnker flat plug 8-outlet Power Strip with USB now down at $24
Anker 8-Outlet Power Strip with USB
Buy for $24 (Reg. $30)
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Anker has been a go-to brand for me when it comes to picking some affordable power strips. And I especially like these models that feature USB ports alongside the ultra flat plug you can sneak behind furniture and the like. This one has 8 outlets and 4 USB ports (2x USB-A, 2x USB-C) for $24 Prime shipped.
Apple official refurb store: Save a ton of cash with our top picks of the week
We are back again with another series of top picks from the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store. An increasingly notable source of savings on iPhone, MacBook, Studio Display, and Apple TV, we aren’t talking about iPhones some guy’s cousin pieced back together to resell here – Apple’s “rigorous refurbishment process” is in fully in place alongside a proper 1-year Apple warranty too.
Hit the jump for a closer look at this week’s top picks we have sitting in our carts – iPhone, MacBook, Studio Displays, and more.
Read MoreMonday’s Apple Books and audiobook deals from $1
Joining the giant Best Buy 60th Anniversary sale and AirPods Pro 3 at 25% off, Monday’s collection of the best Apple Books deals is now ready to go. Highlights include Life on Earth, Push the Wall, Look What You Made Me Do, Gaming the Game: The Story Behind the NBA Betting Scandal, The First Witch of Boston: A Novel (Unabridged), The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case (Unabridged), Arcana Academy (Unabridged), Kissed by the Gods, and more. Just be sure to also scope out AirPods 4 with ANC at the best price in months, AirPods Max 2 down even lower at $120 off, and return all-time lows on Apple’s 2026 AirTag 2.
Read More60th Anniversary Apple deals now live: AirPods Pro 3, Max 2 $120 off, AirTag 2 lows, iPhone Air $350 off, more
Today marks the kick off for Best Buy’s gigantic 60th Anniversary sale, delivering thousands of price drops across a broad range of categories. It is also ushering in some seriously notable Apple deals, from the ongoing AirPods Pro 3 deal at 25% off through to the now even lower AirPods Max 2 at $120 off, we also have the lowest prices in several months on AirPods 4 with ANC. Those discounts also join the return of all-time lows on the latest AirTag 2, MacBook Neo deals, and some increasingly rare iPad Air offers. Scope them all out down below.
Read MoreHere’s what’s new with iOS and macOS 27 beta 6
Apple released iOS 27 beta 6 today, giving developer beta testers the next preview update since iOS 27 debuted at WWDC. Developer beta testers can download the new beta now.
iOS 27 is a major iPhone update centered around Siri AI, Apple Intelligence, Liquid Glass refinements, and a long list of quality-of-life changes. Here’s what we’ve found so far in iOS 27 beta 6.
Read MoremacOS 27 Golden Gate beta 6 features redesigned traffic light window controls
macOS 27 Golden Gate beta 6 introduces redesigned traffic light window controls. The new look resembles older Mac OS X systems with more detail in each button.
Read MoreNevada caps Tesla’s Vegas ‘Robotaxi’ fleet at 10 — it asked for 5,000
Nevada’s Transportation Authority granted Tesla a permit to run driverless vehicles in Las Vegas last month and capped the fleet at 10 cars. Tesla’s application had asked for 5,000.
The permit also confines Tesla to an approved stretch of the Strip, bans pickups at Harry Reid International Airport, and limits the vehicles to 45 mph.
Read MoreMonday’s Android app deals and freebies: Demon Castle, Deus Ex GO, SENTINEL 519, GNOSIA, more
Your Monday afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like Demon Castle Story, Deus Ex GO, Hitman GO, SENTINEL 519: SAGA – GENESIS, Sands of Salzaar, Laser Tanks: Pixel RPG, GNOSIA, FrogBoy, and more. Best Buy’s massive 60th Anniversary Sale is now in full swing with deep deals on TVs, Android phones, and 10x rewards points, as well as 20% off all official new Pixel 11 Pixelsnap cases, a 58-inch Hisense smart TV for $190, and up to $1,350 off 2026 Copilot+ PC and gaming laptops. But for now it’s all about the Google Play deals and they are all waiting below/.
Read MoreiOS 27 beta 6 now available as Apple tests major Siri AI upgrade
Apple has released the sixth iOS 27 beta for developer testing. iOS 27 beta 6 continues Apple’s summer beta cycle ahead of a public release in September. We’ll update our devices and share what we discover.
Read MoreNext PlayStation State of Play goes live today: 20-min deep dive on Phantom Blade Zero
The next PlayStation State of Play is live today. This time around we are getting a dedicated showcase featuring the upcoming Phantom Blade Zero and you can follow along with us down below.
Read MoreLand the most affordable M5 MacBook Pro in brand new condition at $320 off today
While we already featured the gigantic $650 price drop B&H is offering on this high-end M5 Pro MacBook Pro for today only, we also wanted to touch down today to highlight its deal on the entry-level M5 MacBook Pro – you can land the 16GB 14-inch model at $320 off right now.
Read MoreMonday’s Apple TV deals up to 70% off: South Park, Twin Peaks, Frasier complete, Batman, more
Monday’s lineup of the best Apple TV deals is now ready to roll, including titles like Twin Peaks Complete Original Series, Batman Beyond Complete Series, Frasier Complete, Walker Texas Ranger, Complete, Captain Planet, South Park, Seasons 1 – 10, Beverly Hills 90210, and more. The giant Best Buy 60th Anniversary sale is now live and AirPods Pro 3 are still at 25% off, but we now also have AirPods 4 with ANC at the best price in months, and AirPods Max 2 down even lower at $120 off, as well as iPhone Air back at Black Friday pricing (nearly $160 off, open-box up to $350 off). Head below for the Apple TV offers.
Read MoreDeals: Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale, Pixelsnap cases 20% off, Copilot+ PCs up to $1,350 off, Nothing Headphone (a), more
Joining the massive Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale that kicked off today, alongside the ongoing Pixel 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, and 11 Pro Fold pre-order deals, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by a host of new discounts. Not only is Best Buy now offering 20% off all of Google’s new Pixelsnap cases, but it is also now delivering some seriously deep deals on Copilot+ PCs, gaming laptops, and more at up to $1,350 off as well as OLED TVs from $700 and this 58-inch model at just $190. Those offers join a new Amazon all-time low Nothing Headphone (a) at nearly 30% off and even more down below.
Read MoreDeals: AirPods Pro 3 25% off, AirPods Max 2 $120 off, AirTag 2 all-time low, M5 Pro MacBook Pro $650 off, more
With the massive Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale now in full swing, AirPods deals just got even better this week – AirPods Pro 3 are still at one of the best prices to date, but we are also now tracking AirPods Max 2 at $120 off and the lowest price in several months on AirPods 4 with ANC. Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break also features the return of all-time low pricing on the latest AirTag 2 – singles from $24 (or less) and the 4-pack at $89, a massive $650 price drop on this M5 Pro MacBook Pro for today only, Phone Air back at Black Friday pricing (nearly $160 off, or open-box units up to $350 off), as well as some notable MacBook Neo offers. Check it all out down below.
Read MoreBest Buy 60th Anniversary Sale: Score a 58-inch Hisense smart TV for $190, OLED models from $700, more
The giant Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale is now flying – it’s almost like a whole new summer Black Friday event. The weeklong sale, as we detailed this morning is loaded with tech, smart home gear, and much more, alongside 10x rewards bonuses for Plus and Total members. Best Buy is featuring a series of OLED TVs as low as $699.99 and we just spotted a whole 58-inch Class QD50 Hi-QLED Series 4K UHD Smart TV for just $189.99 shipped. Details below.
Read MoreTesla FSD v14 swerved and try to drive me into a ditch for no reason
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving v14.3.6 tried to take a highway exit that my car had already passed, at 110 km/h (68 mph), and it would have taken us straight into the ditch.
I was ready to take control, and I did, but it was scary. My girlfriend, sitting in the passenger seat, screamed in fear.
Read MoreMost affordable M4 iPad Air now $100 off, M3 models now $400 off at Best Buy
Alongside the giant Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale and AirPods Pro 3 still down at one of the lowest prices to date, this morning ushered in even lower prices on AirPods Max 2 at $120 offand we are seeing the best deals since the price increase on the most affordable M4 iPad Air models at nearly $100 off. Best Buy also has M3 iPad Air models at $400 off right now as well.
Read MoreApple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU [U]
App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is an Apple privacy initiative intended to allow iPhone owners greater control over how developers collect and use their data. However, the company was accused of treating its own apps more favourably than third-party ones.
The company has now agreed to apply new rules to how ATT works throughout the EU, following an investigation by the German antitrust regulator. Update: Apple statement added at the end of the piece …
Read MoreAI-generated text should be detectable, but Apple needs to avoid Anthropic’s huge error
As someone who writes for a living, you would correctly guess that I’m wholeheartedly in favour of allowing AI-generated text to be detectable and marked as such. There’s just a ridiculous amount of AI slop out there, and an “AI content” label means I don’t need to waste my time reading any of it.
However, Anthropic has just announced that it’s complying with an EU initiative to have Claude watermark AI-generated text, but doing so in a particularly perverse manner …
Read MoreMonday’s iOS app deals and freebies: She and The Light Bearer, Niffelheim, GNOSIA, more
Today’s lineup of the best iOS game and app deals is now ready, including titles like She and The Light Bearer, Niffelheim, GNOSIA, Hero of the Kingdom II, Pocket Rogues: Ultimate, Hitman GO, and more. Alongside the giant Best Buy 60th Anniversary sale and AirPods Pro 3 at 25% off, we are also now seeing AirPods 4 with ANC at the best price in months, AirPods Max 2 down even lower at $120 off, and return all-time lows on Apple’s 2026 AirTag 2. Be sure to scope out today’s MacBook Neo deals and then head below for the apps.
Read MoreLoads of Switch 1 and 2 games extra 20% off already reduced prices for today only, deals from $20
Woot is out this morning with one of its particularly notable one-day Switch 1 and 2 game sales. You can now use code GAMER20 at checkout to knock an additional 20% off all of the already discounted Switch games in the sale. From the new Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream at $42 and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond from $32 to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch 2 Edition down at $48 from the regular $70, there are some serious discounts to be had here and titles could begin to sell out at anytime.
***Note: All of the prices below will drop an additional 20% at checkout with code GAMER20:
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream $53 (Reg. $60)
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch 2 $60 (Reg. $70)
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch 2 $60 (Reg. $70)
- Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 $53 (Reg. $70)
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond from $40 (Reg. $70)
- Mario & Luigi: Brothership $25 (Reg. $60)
- And much more…
Score a FREE $25 Starbucks gift card with your new MacBook Neo today, or get one at $120 off via Apple
The Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale is now full swing with thousands of price drops, 10x rewards bonuses for Plus/Total members, and more. Alongside some solid price drops on AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max 2, and AirTag 2 landing this week, Best Buy is giving away a FREE $25 Starbucks gift card with MacBook Neo purchases (or you can skip that and grab one at $120 off via the Apple refurb store).
Read MoreBest AirPods deals right now: Save $120 on AirPods Max 2, AirPods Pro 3 for $190, more
The late summer AirPods deals are really flying now, folks. While we might be in for a next-gen and potentially next-gen price come next month, AirPods Pro 3 are sitting at some of the best prices ever, AirPods 4 with ANC just hit the lowest rate in nearly half a year, and the 2026 AirPods Max 2 just dropped even lower at $120 off the list price.
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