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ZDNET’s key takeaways The Soundpeats Air 5+ Pro earbuds are available on Amazon for $103 These earbuds offer audiophile sound on a budget The Air 5+ Pro earbuds deliver tight bass, smooth mids, crystal highs, and a nice wide soundstage. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.Soundpeats.It’s a name you’ve probably never heard of. In a market saturated with earbuds of all price points, features, and quality, it’s easy to understand why you’ve probably never heard of this company.Let me see if I can rectify that.I’ve tested several of Soundpeats’ budget-friendly earbuds, and have always come away impressed. Whether they’re…

After indie narrative horror game Horses was banned from Steam two years ago, it put the studio, Santa Ragione, at risk of closure. Studio cofounder and Horses producer Pietro Righi Riva had to make a difficult phone call to the game’s director, Italian filmmaker Andrea Lucco Borlera. “I was terrified for him,” Riva said in an interview with The Verge. “This was his first game and he put so much work, so much passion, so many years, and it was supposed to be his big breakthrough.”But while this all sounds like a happy ending, Riva isn’t ready to breathe easy…

Unlike ChatGPT, Gemini can be purchased with a gift card (pay for a Gemini Pro subscription with Google Play credit). Gemini is packed with features, including Gemini 3.0 Pro model access, Imagen and Nano Banana image generation, and Veo 3 video generation, plus an expanded 1 million-token context window and deep research capabilities. However, the killer feature is its deep integration with all of Google’s other offerings, including Google Docs, Google Sheets, Gmail, and Calendar.

If you’re looking for a high-end desktop with plenty of power, this Alienware Aurora PC is the best deal you’ll find anywhere right now – and believe me, I’ve checked.The price has dropped to $1,749.99 from $2,479.99, and the $730 saving is even more impressive when you look at the parts inside. The RTX 5080 graphics cards included here usually sells for around $1,200 on its own, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265F is roughly a $250+ processor.When a single component covers most of the cost of the entire machine, you’re getting a level of value that’s almost impossible…

OpenAI’s o3 model won a five-day poker tournament of nine AI chatbotsThe o3 model won by playing the most consistent gameMost top language models handled poker well, but struggled with bluffing, position, and basic mathIn a digital showdown unlike anything ever dealt at the felt, nine of the world’s most powerful large language models spent five days locked in a high-stakes poker match.OpenAI’s o3, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5, X.ai’s Grok, Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro, Meta’s Llama 4, DeepSeek R1, Kimi K2 from Moonshot AI, Magistral from Mistral AI, and Z.AI’s GLM 4.6 played thousands of hands of no-limit Texas hold…

Mounting a TV on your wall requires drilling into a stud: the vertical wooden beam inside your wall that provides the structural support needed to hold heavy weight. Drywall alone can’t handle a TV, even with heavy-duty anchors. Doing so is how you end up with a shattered screen and a hole in your wall.But what if you’re ready to mount your TV and can’t find your stud finder, or don’t want to spend $30+ on a tool you’ll barely use? Fortunately, you don’t actually need one.There are several household tricks that locate studs just as effectively, using items you…

File-sharing apps may host files with malwareBox and WeTransfer offer virus scanning only with paid plansNews comes as the UK seeks to boost proactive scanning of illegal contentHave you been diligently using free versions of Dropbox, Box, or WeTransfer to exchange files about Christmas presents or New Year’s holiday ideas?If so, you might want to think twice before clicking the ‘download’ button next time, as these free services may host files with viruses or malware, making you more likely to download or share harmful content without realising it.The warning comes from Surfshark, one of the best VPNs, which recently carried…

Meta has announced that it is introducing a new tool intended to fix the broken accounts support on both Facebook and Instagram. Earlier, it was no less than a challenge for the users to recover hacked profiles or reach a human when something went wrong. The tech giant adds that the updated system will finally fix the long-standing frustration. Meta, in its latest report, confirms that it has redesigned its support experience to create a single place for users to report issues, find guidance, and search for solutions. The unified hub will appear on both Instagram and Facebook. The system…

And though it only has a one-sided kickstand as opposed to a scooter-style underframe stand, the bike’s aforementioned short wheelbase means it never felt unstable when I hopped off and kicked the stand down. It also comes with a nifty little setting that’ll give you a little extra boost while walking the bike. Again, if you’re pushing a ~50-pound bike uphill, you might need some extra oomph.Other than the ultra-cool, deep-red-logo-on-flat-metallic paint job, the real showstopper on the Mustang is its control system, which features a stunning, full-color LCD display that shows in real time your speed, remaining battery, pedal…

IMAX and animation distributor GKids are bringing more 4K Studio Ghibli restorations to the largest screens in 2026. The announcement follows the IMAX release of Princess Mononoke this year, with the ongoing restorations being directly supervised by Studio Ghibli’s Atsushi Okui, who’s been with the company since 1993.Okui was the Director of Digital Imaging on 2023’s The Boy and the Heron, which was also the first Ghibli picture to get the IMAX treatment. The likes of My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away have also had theatrical re-releases in recent years. GKids heads up distribution in North America for the Japanese…