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GE’s indoor food smoker is cheaper than ever this Cyber Monday

GE’s Profile smart indoor smoker can help pitmasters stave off the winter cooking blues, and it’s $424.15 ($275 off) at Amazon during Cyber Monday. The countertop appliance uses filtration and gaskets to prevent smoke from escaping (and possibly setting off your fire alarm), while still emitting the welcome smell of what you’re smoking, be it […]

Obojima Tales from the Tall Grass: Cyber Monday sale discounts the D&D campaign by 20%

This lo-fi D&D 5e campaign setting lets you explore a Ghibli-inspired island inhabited by whimsical and mysterious creatures and '80s technology.

An analysis of Crunchbase and PitchBook data: 80+ tech startups passed $1B valuations in 2025 so far, many of them AI-related, save for exceptions like Kalshi (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
An analysis of Crunchbase and PitchBook data: 80+ tech startups passed $1B valuations in 2025 so far, many of them AI-related, save for exceptions like Kalshi  —  With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status.  —  Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook …

Arc Raiders bounty hunting fansite targets streamers and nasty players

If you're wronged in Arc Raiders, submit your foe to Speranza Bounties, a fansite that puts prizes on the heads of players, including streamers

Runway debuts Gen 4.5, a text-to-video AI model that can make HD videos and is good at understanding physics and human motion, topping Video Arena's leaderboard (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Runway debuts Gen 4.5, a text-to-video AI model that can make HD videos and is good at understanding physics and human motion, topping Video Arena's leaderboard  —  Artificial intelligence startup Runway on Monday announced Gen 4.5, a new video model that outperforms similar models from Google and OpenAI in an independent benchmark.