From blasting music on a boombox to watching a photo develop in your hands, many people are rediscovering the imperfect charm of older gadgets that smartphones and laptops just can’t replicate. Tech companies are leaning all the way in, blending nostalgic design with modern functionality. Here are some of the coolest retro-inspired devices out there…
Whatever the final outcome for Anthropic from its feud with the Department of Defense, the attention it has generated — coupled with the company’s funny Super Bowl ads taking aim at OpenAI and the surging popularity of Claude Code — has made Anthropic more popular with consumers than ever. An examination of billions of anonymized…
AI’s insatiable demand for power has tech companies hunting for new energy sources — a search that has fueled competition and investment into fusion and fission startups. For many, natural gas is the easy answer for 24/7, baseload power. It’s tested, inexpensive, and widely available. But the war in the Middle East exposed its vulnerable…
Investors have flocked to Y Combinator’s Demo Days for years to get their hands on promising startups building cool tech. After all, the accelerator has produced some of the biggest tech companies in the world, from Airbnb and Reddit to Dropbox, Zapier and Stripe. That’s why we make it a point to keep an eye…
Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google Spring is here, and Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is officially live. We’re seeing discounts of over 60% off across dozens of categories, including outdoor, home, beauty, tech, and more, and competing discounts from other retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and Costco. ZDNET reviews the best gear year-round, and…
Kerry Wan/ZDNET While I was driving home from work today, I thought about two things: Amazon Big Spring Sale, and all the innocent Android users who have yet to discover the glory of wireless Android Auto connectivity. That was me just a few years ago, when I first bought my Mazda CX-5 and realized that,…
WD/ZDNET High SSD prices got you down? Right now at Best Buy, you can save up to $2,800 on the WD Black SN850P storage drive — perhaps in a bid to compete with Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. And while it’s officially licensed for use with PlayStation 5 consoles, it’s easy to reconfigure for use in…
Kerry Wan/ZDNET RayNeo’s Air 4 Pro are the world’s first XR glasses with HDR10 support, with some particularly good clarity and vibrance, as we noted in our recent review. We first saw them at CES 2026, but now their already-accessible price point is reduced on Amazon with a $50 coupon — bringing them down to…
Maria Diaz/ZDNET Kindle readers, rejoice: During Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, you can sign up for Kindle Unlimited for $0.99 for the first three months — down from the usual price of $11.99 a month, a massive discount. Kindle Unlimited gives you access to a library of over 5 million digital books and thousands of audiobooks,…
Amazon/ZDNET It’s never a bad idea to add an additional layer of antivirus protection to your computer, particularly when threats like malware, phishing, ransomware, and more continue to rise and grow more sophisticated. Right now, you can get a year of Norton 360 Premium — one of our favorite, most trusted brands — on sale…