Subscriptions are overrated — own Microsoft Office Pro for life for just A$61

TL;DR: Grab Microsoft Office Pro 2021 at just A$61 (reg. A$337) and enjoy lifetime access to essential productivity tools. Grab Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows at just A$61 (reg. A$337) and enjoy lifetime access to essential productivity tools. What you get with your purchase One-time purchase, lifetime access — no monthly fees, just essential […]

Keep 10TB of files private for life for A$421 with Internxt Cloud Storage

TL;DR: Enjoy serious data security at an affordable price with a lifetime subscription to the Internxt Cloud Storage 10TB plan for A$421 through July 15.  Are you tired of hitting the storage limits on free cloud storage services like Dropbox? If you’re looking for somewhere dependable and secure to keep your precious data, Internxt is […]

To save Siri, Apple is reportedly looking to OpenAI or Anthropic

Apple might abandon plans to develop its own in-house AI model to power Siri and could partner with OpenAI or Anthropic instead. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the iPhone maker has talked to both companies about using either ChatGPT or Claude to power Siri. Apple “has asked them to train versions of their models that […]

Shopping hacks: how to level up your home with deep discount premium gear

If you’re a savvy shopper like me, you already know that having an open mind to the possibilities of refurbished tech can serve as a real-life cheat code. It’s your best gateway to levelling up a home setup for seriously less monies; be that a work-from-home battlestation, a lairier gaming cave, or your ideal weekend […]

As AI slop intensifies, fake Youtube videos about the Diddy trial proliferate

The landscape of YouTube drama channels has evolved over the platform’s 20 years, but they still rely on one tried and true marketing gambit: clickbait. And generative AI tools are bringing it back in big, and alarming, ways. Dozens of channels, for example, have been tallying up views and profit using AI-generated thumbnails and fake […]

Tumblr pauses fediverse integration, WordPress switch

Tumblr is ditching — or, at least, suspending — its plan to migrate over to WordPress. Relatedly, that also means pausing plans of integrating Tumblr into the fediverse. That news dropped Monday on the Decoder podcast from The Verge. Automattic, which owns Tumblr, announced last year it planned to move Tumblr‘s backend of its website […]

Every iPad model is on sale ahead of Prime Day

The best early iPad deals Best iPad mini deal Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro, WiFi, 128GB) $399 (save $100) Get Deal Best iPad deal Apple iPad, 11-inch (A16, WiFi, 128GB) $299 (save $50) Get Deal Best iPad Air deal Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M3, WiFi, 256GB) $629 (save $70) Get Deal Best iPad Pro deal […]

Samsung Galaxy Flip 7 and Fold 7 specs leak ahead of launch

If this latest leak holds water, then we’ve just gotten nearly the full spec sheet for the soon-to-be-released Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7. First spotted by PhoneArena, the leak originates from a trusted tech insider on Weibo (China’s Twitter/X-adjacent social media site), translated and compiled into what looks like a comprehensive […]

Help, I cant stop recommending Amazons $849 M4 MacBook Air deal

The best early Prime Day laptop deals at a glance: Best MacBook deal Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $849 (save $150) Get Deal Best Windows laptop deal Asus Zenbook Duo (Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,499.99 (save $200) Get Deal In the battle of the best early […]