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Jack Reacher is the action hero that I never expected to fall in love with — but if you've been a long-time fan, you probably knew that would be the case long before I did.

As of writing, Reacher season 4 is dominating the Prime Video charts, and for good reason. Without giving anything away, the action has ramped up in a way that the Amazon TV adaptation has never seen before, and with a fifth season having already been renewed, things aren't about to slow down any time soon.

But things didn't start with a TV show a few years ago, did they? The character of Jack Reacher has been around for much longer, and has quite literally taken on a variety of different faces.

Here's where the challenge comes in. Whether you're a Reacher newbie or seasoned veteran (military pun intentional), just how much do you know about the man behind the action legend? Take the quiz below to find out:

As a side note, you'll need to have seen Reacher seasons 1-3 to get as many questions as possible correct, alongside having at least a baseline understanding of season 4.

While there's some crossover with the book series, questions are primarily based on the Prime Video series — I am a streaming writer, after all.

Even so, I haven't gone easy on you... I'd bet any imaginary money that you won't score about 70%. Prove me wrong, dear reader, prove me wrong.

Air fryers can be useful in all kinds of kitchen setups, but they're especially worth considering if you're moving into student accommodation. An air fryer can almost completely replace an oven and stove, performing of a whole spectrum of frying and baking jobs with ease. They're perfect for cooking small portions quickly, without wasting excess energy too.

Our general best air fryer guide runs down more options in more detail, but below I've rounded up my top recommendations for students in particular. I've focused on affordable options, and included a number of small-footprint fryers for those who find themselves fighting for counter space in a pokey student kitchen. I've also featured the Ninja Crispi, which uses the same glass containers for cooking, serving and storing, making it an extremely low-effort (and low-washing up!) option. Scroll down for my top student air fryer picks, or hop to the bottom for my buying tips to help you choose.

Student suppers

Ninja Crispi Glass Air Fryer

Read our full review

Pros

• Portable
• Four cooking modes
• Glass cooking dishes in multiple sizes
• Cook, serve, and store food in the glass dishes
• Easy to clean

Cons

• Baking mode isn’t great
• Not particularly attractive on the counter

Instant Pot 4QT Vortex Plus 6-In-1 Mini Air Fryer

Instant Pot 4QT Vortex 6-In-1 Mini Air Fryer with window

BELLA Fits-Anywhere Slim 4QT Air Fryer

Chefman Crispinator 6-in-1 Air Fryer, 8QT

Cosori Lite 2.1 QT Small Air Fryer

Ninja 4QT 4-in-1 Air Fryer

Cosori Turboblaze Air Fryer, 9-In-1, 6QT

Ninja Air Fryer Pro, 5QT, 4-in-1

How to choose

At this point, the air fryer market is saturated with options. If you're not quite sure how to choose the right one for you, here are some things to focus on to narrow down your options:

1. Available counter space

Consider the air fryer's shape and footprint — you need something that's not going to take up all your counter space. Remember, too, that you should be leaving some breathing space to the sides and rear of the appliance. If you're short on space, look for a tall design with edges that go straight up (rather than bowing out).

2. Cooking capacity

For one or two people, 4QTs will be just fine. However, if you want to cook for more people, you'll want something bigger. For more complex meals, consider a dual-zone air fryer with two drawers that can be set to different temperatures.

3. Brand reliability

There are some really cheap, no-brand air fryers on Amazon, but if you want an appliance that'll last then I'd stick to a brand that's established in the kitchen appliance arena. Ninja is often touted as the leader in this market, and it makes some excellent air fryers, but we've also been impressed by options from the likes of Instant Pot and Cosori.

4. Function options

A lot of air fryers will be advertised as being able to deliver multiple functions in one, and will offer functions like baking, roasting and crisping alongside air frying. I feel these are an unnecessary gimmick — with my own air fryer, I never use anything but the air fry function (and if I'm quite honest, I struggle to see how the process of baking will be different to that of roasting; it's all just heat being circulated in the cavity at a specific temperature). I wouldn't factor it too heavily into your choice-making.

• Alibaba Cloud's Lingjun Zhenwu M890 supernode instance is now on commercial sale
• It offers rentable 64-card computing units built entirely on in-house silicon
• It marks the first time Alibaba has directly sold supernode compute through the public cloud, however availability is limited to the Ulanqab region in Inner Mongolia

Alibaba Cloud has begun commercial sales of its Lingjun Zhenwu M890 supernode instance, letting customers rent a 64-card, high-speed interconnected computing unit without building their own data center.

The launch makes it the only Chinese-origin supernode that users can effectively use online without entering a purchase agreement or using a preconfigured AI model instance, an impressive enterprise-centric addition.

There is a caveat for enthusiasts looking to test it outside China: it is currently limited to users in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region only.

What is Alibaba offering to enterprise consumers?

A supernode is a set of accelerators wired together tightly enough that software treats them as one very large chip rather than a network of separate ones. This approach is often necessary; a model too big to fit on a single card would otherwise have to shovel data across comparatively slow networking, and that overhead can determine whether trillion-parameter models are practical to serve.

One of the best examples is Nvidia's GB200 NVL72, which leverages 72 of its Blackwell GPUs in a single configuration, or AMD's 72-GPU Helios configuration, which offers its own Instinct MI455X GPUs with more memory per GPU in tow.

Alibaba's offering is not faster than either example, and both are among the fastest options available to consumers worldwide, but it offers a mix of advantages to domestic Chinese consumers that would not otherwise be in play: Chinese Silicon, a Chinese cloud, and lower latency.

A domestic supernode built around a mixture of state restrictions and sanctions

As Beijing restricts Chinese cloud providers from accessing the latest Nvidia and AMD chips they can buy in a tit-for-tat move for the White House's increasing heavy-handedness, the best options for enterprise customers and AI startups have become increasingly domestic, and Alibaba Cloud's homegrown silicon is a key example of how that policy has shaped its offerings.

The underlying Zhenwu M890 processor debuted at the Alibaba Cloud Summit in May 2026, where the company also disclosed a detailed chip roadmap through 2028. comes from T-Head, the group's chip design unit, and carries 144GB of HBM memory with inter-chip bandwidth up to 800 GB/s. The interconnect fabric uses an in-house ICNSwitch 1.0 chip, which lifts the scale-up domain from 16 cards on the previous-generation Zhenwu 810E to 64, with bandwidth up from 700 GB/s.

The company says that the configuration is, on paper, capable of handling a Mixture of Experts (MoE) AI configuration of up to 10 trillion parameters, while emphasizing that this is the first supernode-form architecture in China to successfully run large language models exceeding 2 trillion parameters; Alibaba says the current instance is already powering commercial services for Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8-Max.

Alibaba's roadmap continues past the M890. T-Head has said the Zhenwu V900 arrives in the third quarter of 2027 with three times the M890's performance, 216GB of memory, and 1,200 GB/s of inter-chip bandwidth, followed by the Zhenwu J900 in the third quarter of 2028.

There is no public pricing for the instance, and information on its power consumption is nonexistent; benchmarks comparing it to mainstream options are scant at best. Despite the limited information and geographic limits, the move underscores both China's growing self-reliance in the AI industry and its ambitions, which could see the supernode offered to a wider range of consumers, both domestic and international, in the near future.

• Nvidia's open source NeMo Switchyard 'smartly' routes each agent request to the cheapest model that can handle it
• The approach allows it to claim a 74% cost cut against a frontier-only model in return for a 6% reduction in accuracy
• NeMo Switchyard joins an increasingly well-established territory that already sees players such as RouteLLM, LiteLLM, and OpenRouter, in addition to in-house efforts at OpenAI and AT&T to save costs

Nvidia has released NeMo Switchyard, an open source model router that sits between an application and a pool of language models and decides, per request or per turn, which model should handle a particular task.

The aim is to maximize efficiency by picking the right model for the right task: pushing frontier-level models to do simple tasks that much smaller or cheaper models could handle is not only inefficient, but also costly for enterprise customers.

This comes at a time when enterprise customers are already grappling with rising costs that can quickly spiral out of control as they increasingly adopt AI.

An open-source addition to a growing chorus of AI routers

The problem Nvidia is trying to solve isn't new, and industry giants are already attracting a lot of attention. The emerging field itself is potentially lucrative, even if it focuses on cutting costs, and major players are looking to get in on the action; Stripe's upcoming $7+ billion acquisition of OpenRouter, underscores this.

Switchyard is no different from its peers; it is essentially a proxy that uses a routing algorithm to decide which AI model to send queries to, while delivering an answer in the format that the calling application or user requires.

It accepts OpenAI, Anthropic, and Responses API requests, translates between them, and documents the selected model, decision rationale, token usage, and latency for each call, enabling transparency and letting it tweak or tune its approach over time.

This makes sense compared with a one-size-fits-all approach that would otherwise be prevalent in a world with limited frontier-level AI compute, as LLMs continue to grow larger and more demanding. One example is what Nvidia points to: Nemotron Parse, a one-billion-parameter model primarily designed to extract structure from PDFs.

The question remains, however, whether such an approach is always feasible. Leveraging such a routing tool comes at a cost; LangChain's test of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning found that its judge model, which determines whether the agent is still on track after each turn, consumed up to 21.2% of total cost, second only to what it spent on Claude's Opus 4.8.

Running a more optimized judge model could therefore yield greater savings or lower overhead, but it could also hinder cases where users need a more basic AI model, and the judge model increases costs by reading or checking output at every turn.

A secondary concern would be variance: while costs are noticeably lower than running just Opus 4.8 in testing, it does swing from anywhere between $2.16 and $3.61, a mammoth 67% movement essentially guided by when it escalated queries to a bigger or smarter model. This tradeoff makes cost hard to predict: while routing lowers average spend, it widens the distribution around it.

LangChain also says users should not use Switchyard if their workloads are short or latency-sensitive; it estimates it adds about 700ms of latency because the judge model has to read all output.

Nvidia's take here is simple: it is pushing a packaged, open-source solution that offers a broad set of integrations in what is essentially a relatively fragmented space. Routing work to smaller open-weight models pushes inference toward hardware enterprises own, which Nvidia sells.

At the same time, cheaper inference per task has historically meant more inference, not less, which is the outcome a company selling accelerators would choose to woo enterprises, many of which are still on the fence when it comes to directly investing in the hardware that powers it all.

• Ukrainian civilians and bereaved families sued Ubiquiti in Manhattan federal court
• Lawsuit alleges the communications backbone offered by Ubiquiti's long-range wireless bridges was a key part of Russia's drone campaign against civilians
• Ubiquiti has not responded directly or commented on the matter to date and remains uncharged by any US or EU authority at the moment

Ukrainian civilians and relatives of people killed in Russian drone attacks have sued American networking manufacturer Ubiquiti Inc. in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The lawsuit alleges that the company's long-range wireless equipment became the backbone of the command network behind Russia's drone campaign against civilians in occupied and front-line Ukraine.

Ubiquiti has not filed a response or commented publicly; it has also not been charged by any US or EU authority with a sanctions or export-control violation related to Ukraine at the time of writing.

Shifting the onus of vetting customers to a US company?

The Russia-Ukraine war has lasted over four years, and it has reshaped the modern battlefield through asymmetric approaches from both sides. Militaries worldwide are watching as they learn what modern warfare could look like in the near future between two neighboring countries.

Drones, however, are a key part of the battlefield, and while both sides employ jammers and countermeasures to said jammers, including fiber-optic drones, they remain among the most destructive devices in the conflict.

Wireless drones, however, still rule the roost, especially for deeper strikes behind enemy lines, which is why an NYSE-listed company (ticker UI) now finds itself mired in an unexpected lawsuit over its radio bridge antennas, which are also subject to US export restrictions on Russia.

Ubiquiti makes long-range wireless bridges: paired antennas that carry a network link between two distant points, widely used to deliver internet access where cable does not reach.

The complainants allege that devices circumventing export controls managed to keep reaching Russian forces through intermediary supply chains, and that they now link reconnaissance units, drone operators, strike units, and commanders across roughly 100 kilometers of battlefield network.

They also alleged Ubiquiti could have cut the pipeline off through geofencing, by terminating distributors tied to sanctions-evasion routes, or by building a remote-disable feature into its firmware, and that it chose not to take any of these initiatives.

Scott Gilmore, partner at DiCello Levitt and lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said in the firm's announcement of the filing, "This case is about corporate accountability for enabling crimes against humanity."

This is despite Ubiquiti conceding that it doesn't have "any visibility on the location or extent of purchases" made by individual network operators and service providers from its own distributors.

The approach that the lawsuit hints at is not unlike how SpaceX handled its Starlink terminals once Russian forces started using them after it initially denied they were being used systematically. Government-level intervention eventually forced SpaceX to require users to register their units on an official government-approved whitelist to restore connectivity.

If the motion passes, it would considerably change how supply-chain accountability litigation is handled in the future for a company that did not directly sell them to a sanctioned entity, especially as the White House is in an uproar over bleeding-edge Nvidia AI chips making it to China despite export restrictions. Ubiquiti, on the other hand, could argue that it has no duty to police where its products are re-exported and that no duty runs from a networking manufacturer to civilians in a war zone thousands of miles from the point of sale.

• Ukraine's new drone reportedly combines 2,000 kilometres of range with 24-hour endurance
• Dovbush T40 extends Ukraine's growing domestic long-range strike capabilities
• The aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, fire correction, and precision strike

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has officially codified the Dovbush T40, a strategic-level unmanned aerial system built entirely by a Ukrainian manufacturer.

The aircraft can travel more than 2,000 kilometers and remain airborne for over 24 hours continuously.

That combination of range and endurance gives Ukrainian forces the theoretical ability to strike deep into Russian territory, including the Urals and western Siberia.

A longer reach than its predecessor

The T40 was developed by the same company behind the Dovbush T20 and the Kotyhoroshko systems, both already active on the battlefield since 2022.

According to the ministry, those earlier platforms proved highly effective in combat conditions across multiple operational settings.

The T20 was originally built for medium-range reconnaissance, real-time artillery fire adjustment, and precision strikes against nearby objectives.

Engineers used lessons from that program to design the T40 as a considerably longer-range and more powerful strike platform.

The new system is meant for deep reconnaissance, fire correction, and precision strikes against infrastructure, equipment, and personnel far from the front line.

During testing, the drone met the tactical and technical specifications set out by its developers beforehand.

It carries a high-performance engine with electronic fuel injection and maintains notably low radar visibility, according to officials involved in the program.

Built for different strike missions

The T40 can operate in different configurations, functioning either as a strike system or as a platform for releasing munitions.

Ministry officials also noted the drone's resistance to electronic warfare, along with what they described as advanced onboard technological equipment.

Its unveiling comes as Ukraine works to widen its long-range strike capability using weapons built inside the country rather than supplied abroad.

Russian outlet Agentstvo recently reported that Ukraine has sharply increased its use of domestically produced Flamingo cruise missiles against sites inside Russia.

The T40's introduction and the rising Flamingo strike tempo suggest a coordinated push toward self-sufficient, long-distance capability.

Ukrainian officials have not disclosed a production timeline or the number of T40 units currently planned for deployment.

They have also not specified the payload capacity of the aircraft or detailed how its electronic warfare resistance was tested under real combat conditions.

Claims about drone performance, especially electronic warfare resistance and radar visibility, are difficult to confirm outside controlled testing environments.

The stated range figure, if accurate, would represent a significant technical achievement for a domestically produced Ukrainian system.

Still, official announcements from wartime defense ministries typically emphasize capability while omitting operational limitations or failure rates.

Independent assessment of the T40's actual battlefield performance will likely take months to materialize through verified combat reporting.

Via United24media

Many pioneering pieces of fiction in the 21st century have come to accurately define the relationship between humans and AI before the contemporary explosion of modern intelligent systems. These include the film 'Ex-Machina', various episodes of 'Black Mirror' and, of course, 'Her'.

Prescience

Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson as the AI agent Samantha, 'Her' was a fresh and mature approach to the way that humans and AI may coexist in the future.

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Ten years after its release, with ChatGPT gaining popularity and transformer-based AI improving on every level, Altman approached Johansson's agent to ask permission to use her voice for the marketing of GPT-4 on its planned launch in 2024.

Johansson declined, but Altman pushed on with a voice, dubbed 'Sky', that was near-indistinguishable from the actor's, essentially suggesting the technology that OpenAI had created was on a par with the fictional tech in the film. That's why, in a statement, Johansson expressed her anger and intention to get the voice taken down.

Future nostalgia

Johansson considered the offer, with Altman telling her that her voice "could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives". It would also "help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and AI".

She hired legal counsel, and OpenAI agreed, after two letters, to take down the 'Sky' voice. The incident raised deep concerns over the early potential for AI to replace the likeness of actors, which could undermine their careers and livelihoods.

It was also a dark reminder that deepfakes are becoming increasingly easy to create, and that it's not only harmful users, but AI companies and executives that can so brazenly co-opt another person's identity for their own purposes.

• US Marines have been training to handle drone attacks, using rifles, shotguns, and grenade launchers
• The simulated threats used small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), consumer drones typically equipped with explosives, or used for recon
• The exercise aimed to build confidence in US Marines with their standard-issue weapons

When troops are in the field and facing drones without electronic countermeasures, there is only one response possible. To ensure confidence and decisiveness in combat with sUAS attacks (small Unmanned Aerial Systems), US Marines have been training in the skill of taking out a consumer-sized drone with small arms and light weapons.

A three-day event held in Twentynine Palms, California, featured operatives from the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions training in C-sUAS (counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems) tactics, with drones from the US Marine Corps’ Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, 7th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

Kinetic weapons used in dealing with the simulated drone threat included automatic rifles, shotguns, and grenade launchers.

Realistic threat

While electronic countermeasures were available to the assembled Marines, the use of small arms and light weapons has drawn attention. The soldiers were targeted by well-trained drone pilots, presenting a real challenge, rather than a duck shoot.

“The pilots that we had were really good,” said US Marine Corps Capt. Faith Richardson, a platoon commander with TTECG. “Those Marines were a huge contributor. We tried giving the training audience a realistic look at the threat, and having proficient, well-trained pilots was really important.”

Weapons used by the Marines included M27 automatic rifles firing 5.56mm rounds, M1014 combat shotguns using 12-gauge shells, and M32A1 and M320 grenade launchers equipped with 40mm antipersonnel rounds. The sUAS craft were flying at over 90 miles per hour, with attack runs coming as close as 20 meters from the Marines.

Drone threats have increased in prominence over the past decade thanks to the proliferation of off-the-shelf components and consumer drones.

As Richardson adds, “Small unmanned aerial systems have been around for a while, it’s just more prevalent in the battlespace today because it’s more cost-effective.”

Combating a prolific threat

Aiming to build confidence in combating sUAS attacks, the training took place alongside other exercises, including urban combat, with personnel evaluated on how they detected and defeated sUAS.

“Everywhere in the modern world, in all conflicts, the sUAS threat is becoming more prolific on the battlefield," added US Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Jares is an instructor with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group. "We’re figuring out ways, with the squad’s organic weapons, to combat that threat and how to survive in today’s modern battlefield.”

The event seems to have been a success, and the results were deemed good enough for classroom and practical sessions on tactical responses to sUAS and C-sUAS to be included in future Service Level Training Exercises.

• Researchers find a standardized SIM command is exposed on nine of 26 tested devices and used it to achieve code execution on a commercial EV charger
• The exposure is concentrated in machine-to-machine hardware rather than phones, affecting six of eight cellular modules but only three of 18 handsets, with no iPhone or Pixel among them
• Every attack requires the attacker to already control the SIM, and while Qualcomm has produced a hardened configuration disabling the interface by default, no vendor had published a public advisory yet

A malicious SIM card can instruct the device it sits in to run commands of an attacker's choosing, and on the cellular modules embedded in electric vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car telematics units, essentially allowing it to take the entire device over.

Researchers from the University of Birmingham and the German security firm Fuzzware demonstrated this against a commercial Autel EV charger, achieving code execution driven entirely SIM card-issued commands.

One malicious SIM card to rule them all?

The work focuses on a standardized feature called Proactive SIM, which as a feature, is not malicious; it's a standard in a cellular specification that lets a SIM push commands to a device rather than acting as a passive identifier for one's identity on a network.

The problem is one specific command in that set, RUN AT, which asks the modem to execute an AT command, the modem control language dating to the 1981 Hayes Smartmodem that every vendor has since extended with its own additions.

The support extender essentially gives a SIM module its own general-purpose console on devices that lack safeguards to prevent such an attack.

Tomasz Piotr Lisowski and Dr Marius Muench of Birmingham, working with Fuzzware's Kristian Covic, built a toolkit called CATana to find out what a hostile card could do with that console.

The team tested 26 devices, 18 smartphones and eight cellular modules, and found the SIM AT interface exposed on nine of them. The exposure is overwhelmingly concentrated in machine-to-machine hardware: six of the eight modules accepted the command, compared with just three of the 18 phones: the Oppo Find X5, the Oppo Reno 14 F 5G, and the Asus Zenfone 9. This makes it not exactly a Simjacker-esque exploit but still one that needs to be taken seriously.

All nine devices that accepted the command run a Qualcomm chip or modem, but five others that do were not vulnerable to the attack. The researchers first shared the reports with Google, Oppo, Quectel, Semtech, and Qualcomm in March 2026, and with the GSMA in May. Qualcomm has since built a hardened configuration that switches the interface off by default, which the researchers say will be the default on future devices.

The attack vector, however, is limited because, to leverage it, the attacker must already control the SIM itself. Knowing a victim's contact number is not enough; the attacker needs physical access to the SIM slot. The exploit is real and concerning, but it has limited utility compared to a remote one for smartphones.

The IoT side is more concerning, however: unattended equipment with an accessible SIM tray can now potentially be exploited, and physical swaps might be easier than with something more personal, like one's personal phone. The card essentially talks to the equivalent of a Linux computer, one that the paper calls a rich attack surface for hostile SIM cards.

For now, the irony is that while modern smartphones have largely retired the surface this attack vector exploits, the machine-to-machine world has not, and the equipment least likely to receive a firmware update is the equipment most exposed currently.

After a youth spent awkwardly toting my possessions about in handbags, I have turned into a backpack convert. I now love nothing more than a well-designed rucksack; one that's comfortable to wear, well-built and has spaces to keep everything organized. Oh, and obviously it needs to look good too. And so while I've now accumulated plenty of backpacks for every occasion, I have found my head turned by the North Face sale running at Amazon right now.

There are massive discounts of a huge range of everyday options in all kinds of colors. Almost all have a padded laptop sleeve in the back as well as a selection of useful pockets for things like water bottles, pens, notebooks, keys and phones. Impressively, they all come with the stamp of approval from the American Chiropractic Association, thanks to their ergonomic designs. I think they'd make the perfect packs for students heading off to university, but they'd also made a great choice for commuting adults.

I've rounded up the best discounts below, starting with the unisex options, and moving on to women's designs for those with a smaller frame.

Pack it up

The North Face Surge Commuter Laptop Backpack, Black

The North Face Vault Everyday Laptop Backpack, Shady Blue

The North Face Jester Everyday Laptop Backpack, Black

The North Face Jester Everyday Laptop Backpack, Sumac

The North Face Vault Everyday Laptop Backpack, Anthracite Grey

The North Face Vault Everyday Laptop Backpack, Khaki Stone

The North Face Vault Everyday Laptop Backpack, Nori

The North Face Jester Everyday Laptop Backpack, Leather Brown

The North Face Jester Everyday Laptop Backpack, Camo

Women's options

The North Face Women's Borealis Backpack, Black

The North Face Women's Borealis Backpack, White

The North Face Women's Borealis Backpack, Pink

The North Face Women's Borealis Commuter Laptop Backpack, Canyon Dust

The North Face Women's Jester Everyday Backpack, Heather

The North Face Women's Jester Everyday Backpack, White

The North Face Women's Jester Everyday Backpack, Sage

The North Face Women's Jester Everyday Backpack, Gravel

The North Face Women's Jester Everyday Laptop Backpack, Purple

The North Face Women's Recon Everyday Backpack, White

The North Face Women's Recon Everyday Backpack, Sage

The North Face Women's Recon Everyday Backpack, White

• Ordinary Wi-Fi networks can reportedly identify people without cameras or consent
• KASTEL researchers achieved nearly 100% identification accuracy across 197 volunteers tested
• Wi-Fi signals can reportedly reveal people from different viewing angles

A new study suggests that ordinary Wi-Fi networks could be repurposed to identify individuals without cameras, sensors, or their knowledge or consent.

Researchers from KASTEL, the Institute of Information Security and Dependability at KIT, tested the approach on 197 volunteers in controlled conditions.

Their system reportedly achieved nearly 100% identification accuracy regardless of a person's viewing angle or the way that person walked.

A method that needs no extra hardware

The technique relies on beamforming feedback information, a type of signal that connected devices routinely send back to a router.

This information is transmitted without any encryption, meaning anyone within range of the network could potentially intercept and read it.

By analyzing these radio signals over time, the system reportedly builds images of people from multiple viewpoints inside a space.

Earlier wireless sensing methods often required specialized equipment, such as LIDAR sensors or detailed measurements of channel state information from a network.

By contrast, the researchers say a standard, unmodified Wi-Fi device is entirely sufficient to carry out this new identification process.

"By observing the propagation of radio waves, we can create an image of the surroundings and of persons who are present," said Thorsten Strufe, a professor at KASTEL, KIT's Institute of Information Security and Dependability.

"This works similar to a normal camera, the difference being that in our case, radio waves instead of light waves are used for the recognition.

A user does not need to carry a phone, smartwatch, or other Wi-Fi-enabled device for the system to work.

Turning off one's own device would reportedly not prevent identification, since other active Wi-Fi devices nearby could still be used.

Privacy concerns extend beyond conventional surveillance

The researchers argue that widespread wireless networks could create privacy concerns because they operate throughout homes, offices, restaurants, cafés, and other public environments.

Felix Morsbach noted that intelligence agencies and cybercriminals already have simpler methods, including compromising CCTV systems and connected video doorbells.

“The omnipresent wireless networks might become a nearly comprehensive surveillance infrastructure with one concerning property: they are invisible and raise no suspicion,” Morsbach added.

Compared with existing surveillance options, such as CCTV footage or connected video doorbells, wireless signals leave no visible trace behind.

Professor Strufe cautioned that this same invisibility could make the technology particularly attractive within certain authoritarian political systems around the world.

"The technology is powerful, but at the same time entails risks to our fundamental rights, especially to privacy," said Strufe.

Ordinary routers could potentially enable people to be recognized without their knowledge during routine movements, and this could be dangerous in the wrong hands.

Therefore, widespread deployment could make individual encounters difficult to distinguish from ordinary wireless activity.

The researchers argue that privacy safeguards should be incorporated into Wi-Fi technology before such capabilities become widely and easily exploited.

Specifically, they are calling for protections to be written into the forthcoming IEEE 802.11bf wireless standard currently under active development.

Via ScienceDaily

In June, Apple unfortunately had to raise prices on its MacBook and iPad lineups due to surging RAM and component costs. Ever since the price hike, discounts have been rare, which is why today's deal on Apple's 11-inch iPad Air is a welcome surprise.

The retailer has the 2026 iPad Air M4 on sale for $649 (originally $749), which is the lowest price we've seen since Apple's price increase. So while we've seen the iPad drop to $519.99 before, the base price is now $749, which is a whopping $150 more than its starting cost of $599.

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In our iPad Air M4 review, we called the tablet the iPad most people should buy, thanks to its performance and price. Released in March, it packs a powerful M4 processor that Apple claims is 30% faster than its predecessor, delivering laptop-like performance and powering Apple Intelligence. The tablet also features an 11-inch LED display, Wi-Fi 7 support, LTE or 5G connectivity, and now includes 12GB of RAM. You also get 12MP front and rear cameras, Touch ID, and all-day battery life.

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The 2026 iPad Air M4 is now on sale at Amazon for $649 - that's the lowest price we've seen since Apple's price hikes in June. The 11-inch iPad Air delivers laptop-like speed and power thanks to Apple's M4 processor, plus you're getting 12GB of RAM, Bluetooth 6 support, and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.View Deal

Keep in mind that today's discount is the lowest price we've seen for the iPad Air M4 since the July price hikes. Below are more of today's best Apple deals from Amazon, including impressive discounts on AirPods, the Apple Watch, and the MacBook Neo.

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The AirPods 4 are Apple's cheapest AirPods, and you can find them on sale for $99, which is the lowest price we've seen this year and $30 shy of the record-low. The AirPods 4 feature a new design for all-day comfort and feature Apple's H2 chip, which supports personalized spatial audio and voice isolation. You also get a redesigned case with 30 hours of battery life and support for wireless charging via USB-C.

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Amazon has the AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation on sale for $148.99, which is the best deal you can find right now. The AirPods 4 feature a new comfortable design, handy controls, and Apple's H2 chip, which supports personalized spatial audio and voice isolation.

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This is another fantastic Apple deal, just in time for the new school season. Amazon has the Apple Watch Series 11 on sale for $299, just $20 more than the record-low price. The thinnest Apple Watch yet, with a wraparound LTPO3 OLED display, it looks great and packs Apple Intelligence-powered smarts and a boosted battery, clocking in at 24 hours of average use.

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iPad 11-inch (A16, 2025): was $449 now $399.99
Apple's latest base iPad is $50 off at Amazon, bringing the price to $ 399.99. The biggest upgrade over the previous generation is the newer A16 chip for faster performance, and you'll also get double the standard storage (128GB instead of 64GB). Other features include a sharp 11-inch Liquid Retina display and solid 12MP front- and rear-facing cameras, making this iPad the best for casual streamers and scrollers.

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The MacBook Neo is in stock in all colors at Amazon, with a small $10 price cut. While we've seen the budget MacBook drop to $589.99, this is the best deal we've seen since the price hike in July. It's also an incredible price for a feature-packed MacBook with an A18 Pro chip, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage.

Read our full MacBook Neo review

• The Cherokee Nation has placed a moratorium on new data centers on tribal lands
• Citizens say they are concerned about the impact of new projects on the local areas
• Data centers projects on non-tribal land will not be granted support by the Cherokee Nation unless they are given early consultation

Hyperscale data center development has been banned on tribal lands owned by the Cherokee Nation following a poll of its citizens.

The poll was run by a task force headed by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., and found that 64% of the 1,593 respondents were opposed to the construction of data center campuses within Cherokee Nations lands, which cover about 6,963 square miles across 14 counties in Oklahoma.

Citizens' concerns returned in a 37-page report focused heavily on water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection.

Cherokee Nation data centers require early consultation

The report also stated that data centers seeking approval to be built on non-tribal land within the reservation will require an early consultation with the Cherokee Nation, and will not be supported unless this early consultation takes place.

"Our primary responsibility is to protect our citizens and tribal communities from these threats, so we will not support any hyperscale data centers on our reservation without proper consultation," Hoskin said.

As there are no Oklahoma state rules requiring data centers to register, the number of planned and operational data centers is unknown. But estimates vary. CleanView places the number of planned and operational sites at 41, while the US Data Center Map says there could be as many as 51.

What we do know is that every hyperscale project within the state is on non-tribal land. Google’s Pryor campus has operated since 2011, but is undergoing expansion as part of a $2 billion investment in the Stillwater and Pryor campuses.

The citizens of the Cherokee Nation seem to share the same concerns as many other Americans, with fears of job replacement, environmental damage, and rising energy bills also being prevalent as reasons for AI data center opposition.

Other tribes, such as the Seminole Nation and Kickapoo Tribe, have already passed their own bans on data center projects within their territory.

Via Tom's Hardware

ChatGPT has a new interactive quiz feature, designed to make testing yourself a more active part of using the chatbot.

Instead of asking ChatGPT to explain something and then nodding along because everything looks familiar, you can have it put you on the spot. It's part of OpenAI's steadily expanding learning toolkit, building on Study Mode and other features.

I picked five subjects where I felt reasonably confident, but it turned out to be a very efficient way to locate the holes in my knowledge.

How to use the quiz feature

The quiz feature is available to anyone. You just need to prompt ChatGPT by asking for it. I decided to start with a quiz about AI itself, specifically its history. But I didn't want to just have very basic questions, so I made sure to ask for the quiz to be at a certain level. And while you can ask for a short essay answer format, I opted for the classic multiple-choice style, and for help with where I went wrong.

My exact prompt asked ChatGPT to: “Quiz me on the history of AI at a college level with 10 multiple-choice questions. Don’t show me the answer until I respond. Explain anything I get wrong and give me my score at the end.”

The one-question-at-a-time format made a bigger difference than I expected. A conventional online quiz often gives you a page full of questions, followed by a score and perhaps a few explanations once you are finished. Here, ChatGPT reacted after every answer, briefly explained the result, and moved on.

I'll admit I was surprised at how difficult it became, but despite some errors, I did reasonably well, and actually learned some new facts.

(Image credit: ChatGPT)

I decided astronomy should be next. I have spent plenty of time reading about space, looking through telescopes, and collecting facts about stars, planets, and black holes, so I felt pretty safe. Unfortunately it felt like the AI took me telling it that ordinary solar system trivia was too easy after a few questions as some kind of personal insult.

“Make the remaining questions harder,” I told it, and ChatGPT took this to heart, with me facing questions on orbital mechanics and astronomical measurements that I barely got half right. Still, it's good to know that you can adjust the difficulty level on the fly.

That flexibility is something a fixed quiz cannot really offer. I could even tell ChatGPT exactly what was making things too easy, such as obvious wrong answers, and ask it to make all four choices plausible.

I decided I deserved something easier after that and chose 1990s pop culture. I grew up in the decade and figured it would be a breeze even if I asked for a high level of difficulty. I asked it to mix television, movies, music, video games, and technology questions, but to make it a little harder by "including questions that require more than just remembering titles. I managed a perfect score, despite not remembering exactly the composition of certain boy bands of the late 1990s and having to guess the right answer.

AI study buddy

I went for a more highbrow form of entertainment next with a quiz about Shakespeare, specifically asking ChatGPT to "avoid extremely famous quotes and obvious questions about plays like identifying the leads of Romeo and Juliet."

The questions about secondary characters and plot details made me glad it was multiple choice. If I were taking a real class on Shakespeare, I'd tell ChatGPT to note where I was failing and come back for further questions on it. I could even upload my notes to make sure I was being tested on what the class is covering.

(Image credit: ChatGPT)

My final category was world geography. At the suggestion of ChatGPT, I adjusted my prompt to make the quiz more dynamic in difficulty. I told the AI to "increase the difficulty of the questions every time I get three answers in a row correct."

If I was worried about getting cocky, that addition kept me very humble. The first six questions I breezed through, but enhancing the difficulty twice left me lost hunting for obscure mountains and the location of deep-sea trenches.

After I finished, I asked ChatGPT to analyze my answers, and the AI claimed it could distinguish between a silly mistake and a repeated gap in my knowledge. If I repeatedly struggled with a particular period, concept or kind of question, it offered to do a new round of questions focusing on that.

One crucial fact to remember is that ChatGPT can still get things wrong and hallucinate answers even in a quiz. If an answer seems off, you should check it independently. For more casual learning, the AI did quite well. You still have to do the studying yourself, but if you run out of practice questions, ChatGPT can help you keep studying ahead of any classroom quiz.

• MGI Engineering unveils cruise missile-like drone system, capable of speeds of 466 MPH and designed to operate autonomously in GPS blocked environments
• The TigerShark can carry a 300 kg payload, with a range of 900 km
• Parent company MGI Engineering has worked with Formula 1 teams, Formula E cars, and developed a car that won at the Dakar Rally

A British engineering company usually associated with Formula 1 and other motorsports has built an affordable “one-way effector” (meaning single-use) strike drone, essentially an intermediate-range cruise missile. MGI Engineering’s TigerShark is deployed from a ground-based vehicle with a rocket-assisted launch, whereby its onboard propulsion takes over and the rocket is detached.

Capable of delivering a 300-kilogram payload, the TigerShark uses GPS for navigation but is also designed to reach its target in terrain where GPS is unavailable or jammed.

The TigerShark is intended to be launched in multiples, with a swarm of the drones intended to attack targets, aiming to overwhelm air defense systems.

Complementary technologies

Based in Witney in Oxfordshire, MGI Defence — part of MGI Engineering — first unveiled the TigerShark at the DSEI exhibition in 2025. It now aims to bring the TigerShark to market within months, aiming to sell it to Britain’s strategic allies as a drone-based alternative to traditional cruise missiles.

Designed for faster assembly and delivery, the TigerShark can solve the problem of shrinking defense budgets, too, costing far less than Storm Shadow or Tomahawk cruise missiles.

As a one-way effector, the single-use drone is designed with a rocket-assisted propulsion for launch while twin turbojet engines drive the 661-pound payload to its target up to 900 kilometers (559 miles) away. Reaching speeds of up to 750 km/h (466 mph), the TigerShark can operate despite GPS jamming, thanks to inertial navigation.

This is one aspect of a pair of technologies used in conjunction to assure GPS-free targeting. While inertial navigation tracks position based on motion and speed from the launch point, a terrain-mapping system ensures what the TigerShark sees below matches its intended route, and makes adjustments. So, even if GPS is jammed, the TigerShark should reach its target.

Land-based salvo

MGI has announced that the drone is available from October 2026, and will be manufactured in the UK with export licenses to friendly countries.

The company states that “TigerShark enables defence forces to engage defended or distant targets with speed, precision, and autonomy, without relying on satellite navigation or real-time control. Its guidance suite combines inertial navigation with GPS-free terrain mapping for reliable operation in GPS-denied and spoofed environments.”

“Built for coordinated launch and rapid deployment, TigerShark can be fired as a salvo from a land-based vehicle launcher to overwhelm or degrade enemy defences. Its modular payload bay supports a wide range of mission types, from warhead delivery to electronic disruption.”

The TigerShark will enter increased production in late 2026, with MGI Defence aiming to sell to allies needing a more affordable and faster acquisition alternative to traditional intermediate-range cruise missiles.

• The final Star Wars Zero Company trailer has been released
• The trailer has confirmed the return of Captain Rex, and fans are hyped
• Star Wars Zero Company launches on August 27

Bit Reactor has released the final trailer for Star Wars Zero Company, which confirms the return of another fan-favorite Star Wars character.

Last month, the studio revealed the Zero Company cast and confirmed that Anakin Skywalker will be in the game, voiced by The Clone Wars actor Matt Lanter (I've played as him in my preview, and he's awesome).

Now, fans can also look forward to seeing the return of yet another fan-favorite character, Captain Rex, leader of the Grand Army of the Republic's 501st Legion, as revealed in the game's final trailer.

Rex appears for a split second, gearing up for a fight, suggesting he could arrive during a story-central battle.

Bit Reactor hasn't confirmed if the Clone Trooper will be playable, but I certainly hope so. Fans are also sharing their excitement, since it's been far too long since Rex has been involved in any Star Wars stories.

"You're as beautiful as the day i lost you," one fan wrote on X, as another replied to the trailer, "OUR BOYYYY IS BACK. CAPTAIN REX IS ACTUALLY BACK."

"REX LETS FREAKING GOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" someone else wrote.

It won't be long before fans get to meet Captain Rex again, because Star Wars Zero Company launches on August 27 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Series S.

Bit Reactor has confirmed that the game will take up to 40 hours to finish, but it won't have a New Game Plus mode.

I've played more than 15 hours of Star Wars Zero Company, and I'm hugely impressed with the story so far, the isometric turn-based tactics combat, and customization.

"Some Star Wars fans who have never played a TBT game might feel put off from trying out Zero Company, so the question is: Can fans unfamiliar with the TBT genre still enjoy this game? I would say absolutely!" I wrote.

"As a massive Star Wars fan and someone who enjoys TBT but has never played XCOM, Zero Company easily made me familiar with the mechanics and, so far, offers a cohesive experience that combines the joy of Star Wars storytelling with compelling tactical gameplay."

Secretlab's running a big back-to-school sale right now, with discounts on furniture like the Magnus Pro standing desk and the excellent Titan Evo - the most comfortable gaming chair we've ever tested.

But if you're looking for a true office chair, I strongly recommend the Secretlab Atlas, which starts at $519. That's $10 cheaper than the sale price for the base Titan Evo. In the UK, the Atlas is priced from £429 right now.

Confusingly, it's not part of the back-to-school sale, but in my experience it's a more refined seating experience for work. And it absolutely saved my wife's back pain thanks to its supportive design.

The Secretlab Atlas is one of those office chairs that genuinely impresses me every time I use it. I actually look forward to sitting in it. It's not some ultra-padded and cushioned gaming chair designed for reclining during long play session like the Titan Evo is, and I reckon it's all the stronger for it.

In the UK: now £429View Deal

Why we recommend it

There are several reasons why I think Secretlab nailed it with the company's first true office chair.

The main reason is that my wife has been suffering back pains during pregnancy (if you know, you know).

Of all the chairs I have around my house - armchairs, office chairs, everything - the Secretlab Atlas was the only one that brought her any relief while working from home.

There's a big reason for that.

This chair is surprisingly firm and surprisingly comfortable. That's absolutely critical for sitting with the proper posture for an eight-hour work day where you need true back support.

Sinking into an ultra-padded office chair tends to feel comfortable at first. But because it doesn't offer full support where it's needed most, after a short amount of time it becomes a nightmare especially if, like my wife, you're trying to relieve back pain.

So, in real-world performance, the Atlas has absolutely delivered.

In his 4-star review, our gaming editor Dash called it "a capable Herman Miller competitor," highlighting the style, reasonable price, support, and premium build.

Having one in our home office, I agree with all of that. It feels a whole lot more premium than the price might lead you to believe - especially when compared to chairs retailing for over $1000, like the Steelcase Leap, another excellent office chair for back pain relief.

The Atlas also has a sleek silhouette that doesn't look out of place in a home office. It simply doesn't dominate the scenery the way bulky gaming chairs do.

It has a range of adjustment mechanisms for better ergonomics, that clunk solidly and pleasantly into place for tailored comfort. The only issue I have, echoed in our review, is that the regular version can feel low. For anyone of average height and above, I'd recommend getting the larger Secretlab Atlas, which is rated for users up to 6'5".

For more options, see my guide to the best office chairs my team and I have tested.

Price context & historical value

The Secretlab Atlas has a retail price starting at $519 / £429 for the fabric cookies and cream variant.

That's been the price since its release. So, there isn't any discount to be had here. However, for work, I'd 100% recommend saving $10 (or, in the UK, spending £10 more) and selecting the Atlas over the Titan Evo.

In any case, I suggest sticking to the fabric coverings for work, as the leatherette ones, which cost more, can get hot over the course of a working day.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the Secretlab Atlas if...

You want a supportive, brilliantly constructed work chair, that blends into the home office, rather than dominates it.

❌ Skip the Secretlab Atlas if...

You need an ultra-soft and cushioned gaming chair that pulls double-duty for work. That's not the pitch for the Atlas, which is specifically built as an office chair.

The Catch: What to know before you buy

First off, this isn't a gaming chair. Sure, you can use it for gaming, but while it might resemble a Titan Evo, it's been specifically designed for offices and home offices. I've previously detailed the core differences in design in this article here.

Secondly, the regular version of the chair does feel low to the ground. As a man of average height, I didn't find this to be an issue when sitting down - in fact, it's very comfortable. But it's also definitely noticeable. Opt for the larger version if you need a little more elevation.

As a task chair, the Secretlab Atlas is also quite firm, which is how a good office chair should be, as it means it's more supportive around the lower back and shoulders. It's one of the main reasons why it soothed my wife's back pain compared to softer chairs. However, I know some people prefer a more cushioned seat.

• Check out the back-to-school sale at Secretlab

Even though it might still feel like summer, football season starts next month, with the NFL kicking off on September 9. That means it's time to upgrade your home cinema setup with a brand-new TV, and I'm here to help you find the best display and, most importantly, save money.

• Shop Best Buy's full anniversary sale

Best Buy has a huge anniversary sale this week, which means incredible deals on top-rated TVs from brands like LG, Samsung, TCL, and Insignia. I've rounded up the 11 best TVS for watching football below, including a wide range of 4K, QLED and OLED displays.

You can find record-low prices on brand-new 2026 models, like LG's 65-inch C6 OLED TV for $1,799.99 (a $900 discount), as well as big-screen budget displays, including TCL's 75-inch S5 4K Fire TV for an unbelievable price of just $399.99. Other highlights that I recommend watching your favorite team on include Samsung's 75-inch R85H Micro RGB for $999.99 and LG's massive 77-inch B5 OLED TV for $1,399.99.

Shop more of Best Buy's top TV deals for watching football below, and keep in mind these are limited-time offers that expire this Sunday at Midnight.

11 TV deals I recommend for watching football

55-inch F50 Series 4K Smart Fire TV: was $349.99 now $199.99
Get the best-selling Insignia 55-inch F50 Series 4K TV for an incredible $199.99. The Insignia F50 Series TV features 4K HD resolution, DTS Studio Sound, smart capabilities with Fire OS, and a voice remote with hands-free Alexa, so you can use your voice to control your TV.View Deal

55-inch F70 Series 4K QLED Mini-LED Fire TV: was $699.99 now $249.99
Insignia's F70 Series QLED TV boasts Mini-LED and Quantum Dot technology, delivering bold, vibrant colors and lifelike images. You also get Dolby Atmos Audio, smart capabilities with the Fire operating system, and a voice remote with hands-free Alexa, so you can use your voice to control your TV.View Deal

QD50 58-inch Hi-QLED 4K TV: was $399.99 now $149.99
A 58-inch QLED TV for $149.99 is an incredible deal, especially since this is a new 2026 model. While the Hisense QD50 isn't a premium display, it offers QLED technology, which delivers superior brightness and more vivid colors. You're also getting Dolby Vision, Game Mode Plus, and Roku's streaming platform.View Deal

65-inch C6 OLED TV: was $2699.99 now $1799.99
The LG C6 is the successor to our best-rated TV, LG's C5 OLED, and it has a whopping $900 discount at Best Buy's sale. The 2026 OLED TV delivers more accurate, brighter colors than the C5 with powerful contrast thanks to its new Alpha 11 AI processor. The C6 also includes impressive gaming features and LG's intuitive smart TV platform.

Read our full LG C6 reviewView Deal

65-inch LS03FA The Frame QLED TV: was $1599.99 now $999.99
If you've been eyeing Samsung's gorgeous The Frame QLED TV, Best Buy has the 65-inch model on sale for its lowest price yet. The 2025 Samsung Frame TV features Pantone art-validated colors that deliver lifelike images. The display now comes with Streams, a complimentary set of artwork streamed from the Samsung Art Store.View Deal

65-inch G6 OLED 4K TV: was $3399.99 now $2999.99
The LG G6 is a pricey TV, but this flagship OLED delivers superb picture quality and unbeatable gaming performance. It uses a new-gen Primary RGB Tandem 2.0 OLED panel and a new Alpha 11 AI Gen 3 processor to deliver a better bright-room viewing experience than the previous model. With four HDMI 2.1 ports supporting a full suite of features, the G6 is also a fantastic gaming display.

Read our full LG G6 reviewView Deal

75-inch S5 4K LED Fire TV: was $649.99 now $399.99
The TCL 75-inch S5 4K LED TV supports Dolby Vision, HDR10 Plus, HDR10, and HLG, while there’s Dolby Atmos sound and a built-in subwoofer. It also has a dedicated Game Mode for lower input lag and latency, and Motion Rate 240 technology for smoother motion. It’s all wrapped up in a highly attractive price tag for a screen of this size.View Deal

Best Buy has an impressive discount on Samsung's 2026 75-inch R85H Micro RGB 4K Smart TV. Perfect for watching football, Samsung's R85H Series delivers brilliant colors that come to life thanks to its Micro RGB technology and AI engine. Today's whopping $800 discount brings the price down to a record low.View Deal

77-inch B5 OLED 4K Smart TV: was $2999.99 now $1399.99
The LG B5 is this year's best budget OLED TV, and Best Buy has a massive 53% discount on the 77-inch model. Released last year, the LG B5 is TechRadar's best budget OLED TV and was awarded four and a half stars in our review. The LG display delivers an exceptional picture with brilliant colors and sharp contrast. You also get excellent gaming features, thanks to the four HDMI 2.1 ports and new AI tools, including AI Search, AI Concierge, and an improved AI Chatbot.

Read our full LG B5 reviewView Deal

77-inch Bravia XR8B Smart Google TV: was $2999.99 now $2499.99
If you're looking for a big-screen premium display to watch your favorite team, Sony's 77-inch Bravia XR8B OLED TV is now at a record-low price of $2,499.99. Sony's Bravia 8 features a sleek, slim design, a wide viewing angle, brilliant images with deep contrast, and cinematic sound across the entire screen.View Deal

85-inch QM7L Mini LED TV: was $2499.99 now $1699.99
A massive $800 price cut makes this 85-inch TCL QM7L a great choice if you're looking for a truly big-screen TV for football season. This 2026 model features impressive brightness and plenty of pop thanks to its Mini-LED display, and it also supports Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and two HDMI 2.1 ports for 4K gaming. Of course, the main selling point here is this particular TV's massive 85-inch display, which will make it the centerpiece of any room. View Deal

DDR5 memory is crazily expensive right now, especially compared to this time last year, and big, genuine discounts are hard to find. Case in point, the price of the 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM kit has dropped to $260 (was $285) at Newegg.

A modest saving, but given the outrageous prices we've seen on memory recently, we'll take any discount we can get. Here, you're getting two 8GB DDR5-6000 modules with CL36 latency and 36-44-44 timings. Support for both AMD EXPO and Intel XMP 3.0 also makes it easier to run the memory at its rated performance on compatible AMD and Intel systems.

Each module features a solid aluminum heat spreader and ten individually addressable RGB LEDs. Corsair's iCUE software lets you customize the lighting, monitor frequency and control onboard voltage regulation.

16GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 RAM: was $284.99 now $259.99
Corsair's dual-channel kit includes 16GB (2x8GB) DDR5-6000 memory with CL36 timings, AMD EXPO and Intel XMP 3.0 support, onboard voltage regulation, aluminum heat spreaders and ten-zone RGB lighting.View Deal

Why we recommend it

DDR5-6000 remains a great speed for a general-purpose desktop, and this kit combines it with the convenience of profiles for both AMD and Intel platforms, making it a more flexible option if you're after memory for a new build rather than upgrading an existing machine.

The RGB is also much better than simply adding an illuminated strip. Each module has ten individually addressable LEDs, with Corsair iCUE providing control over the lighting alongside real-time frequency monitoring and voltage regulation.

This is also a dual-channel 2x8GB kit, so you're getting two matched modules rather than a single 16GB stick.

Price context & historical value

Newegg normally lists this 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB kit at $284.99, but the current deal brings it down to $259.99. That's $25 off, or around 9%.

Admittedly, that's not an enormous saving, and it's still well over what you would have paid for the same kit a year ago. The attraction is primarily getting a specific DDR5-6000 RGB kit for a little less.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB kit if...

You need DDR5 memory now and don't want to wait for prices to improve. DDR5-6000 with CL36 timings is a solid fit for a modern PC, and AMD EXPO and Intel XMP 3.0 support gives you broad compatibility with supported platforms.

The RGB lighting is also a draw if the modules will be visible through your case, with ten individually addressable LEDs per stick controlled via Corsair iCUE.

❌ Skip the 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB kit if...

You can wait for DDR5 prices to come down. The current $25 saving is small, although it does come at a time when DDR5 prices are severely high.

You should also consider a 32GB kit if your budget allows. This 2x8GB configuration gives you 16GB total, which is still usable, but 32GB offers far more headroom for creative tasks and heavier multitasking.

The Catch: What to know before you buy

Capacity is the biggest consideration. You get 16GB across two 8GB modules, which is still enough for many desktop workloads, but 32GB provides considerably more headroom for multitasking and content creation.

Using two DIMM slots for 16GB can also affect your future upgrade path. If you expect to need 32GB at some point in the future, buying a 2x16GB kit from the may make more sense than replacing these modules later.

• See all desktop memory at Newegg

If you need a good Windows laptop for work, college or general home use, Dell's 15.6" 2K Touchscreen Laptop is currently $600 (was $1100) at Best Buy.

Designed to comfortably handle everyday tasks, its 13th Gen Intel Core i7-1355U has 10 cores and can boost to 5GHz, backed by 16GB of DDR5-4400 memory and a 512GB PCIe SSD. The 15.6-inch IPS touchscreen gives you a large working area, and a dedicated numeric keypad makes it particularly useful for spreadsheets, accounts and other business or college work involving lots of numbers.

15.6" 2k Touchscreen Laptop - Intel 13th Generation Core I7 1355u 2023 - 16gb Memory - 512 Gb Storage - Carbon Black: was $1099.99 now $599.99
This 15.6-inch touchscreen laptop combines a 10-core Core i7-1355U processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Full HD IPS display, Wi-Fi 6, USB-C and Windows 11 Home.View Deal

Why we recommend it

The combination of a Core i7 processor, 16GB DDR5 memory and a 512GB SSD gives this Dell a well-balanced specification for everyday use.

Alongside Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth, there are USB-C 3.2, USB-A 3.2 and USB-A 2.0 ports, HDMI 1.4, an SD card reader and a headphone jack. The full-size keyboard and numeric keypad also make it a sensible choice for business and college work.

At 4.28 pounds, it's reasonably portable for a full-size 15.6-inch laptop, although this is more of an everyday workhorse than an ultraportable.

Price context & historical value

Best Buy has slashed the price of this Dell laptop from $1,099.99 to $599.99, saving you $500, a substantial cut on a laptop with a Core i7 processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 512GB SSD.

At its $1,099.99 regular price, several of the compromises would be harder to overlook, particularly the basic integrated graphics, 220-nit display and lack of a backlit keyboard. At $599.99, it's a good all-rounder for someone primarily interested in productivity and everyday computing tasks.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the Dell 15.6-inch touchscreen laptop if...

You want a full-size laptop for business, studying, home working or everyday computing. The Core i7 processor provides plenty of performance for office applications, web browsing, video calls and other everyday workloads.

The touchscreen adds another way to navigate Windows, and the separate numeric keypad is useful if you spend much of your day working with spreadsheets or figures. Its 15.6-inch screen also provides considerably more workspace than smaller 13-inch and 14-inch laptops.

❌ Skip the Dell 15.6-inch touchscreen laptop if...

You need serious graphics performance. This model relies on Intel UHD integrated graphics, so it isn't designed for demanding gaming, 3D rendering or GPU-heavy creative workloads.

The Catch: What to know before you buy

The main compromise is that this isn't a laptop for demanding graphics-heavy creative work. Intel UHD integrated graphics are fine for everyday productivity and media, but you'll want a dedicated GPU for more intensive visual workloads.

The 220-nit display is also relatively modest in brightness, particularly if you plan to work outdoors or in brightly lit rooms. There's no backlit keyboard either, which is worth bearing in mind if you regularly work after dark.

• Shop the full 60th anniversary sale at Best Buy