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You can grab a Sonos Era 100 for $85 off thanks to Sonos’ latest refurb sale

The new Sonos Era 100 SL keeps costs down by dropping the mics, but if you’d rather keep hands-free voice controls, picking up a refurbished, non-SL model is the way to go. Thankfully, Sonos is taking up to 25 percent off a range of refurbished gear through April 24th, dropping the price of the Sonos […]

Filing in California's antitrust lawsuit: CA accuses Amazon of price-fixing by pressuring brands to ask competing retailers to increase prices on some products (David McCabe/New York Times)

David McCabe / New York Times:
Filing in California's antitrust lawsuit: CA accuses Amazon of price-fixing by pressuring brands to ask competing retailers to increase prices on some products  —  The state claimed the e-commerce giant pressured brands like Levi's and Hanes to ask competing retailers to raise prices on certain products.

Deezer says AI song uploads have nearly overtaken human music

Deezer says it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated song submissions to its music streaming platform each day, accounting for about 44 percent of all daily uploads, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Despite the increase in "fraudulent" uploads, Deezer says the consumption of AI songs makes up around 1 to 3 percent of total streams, as the […]

Stranger Things: Tales from '85 found the perfect place for a Stranger Things spinoff

Stranger Things: Tales from '85, the new animated Stranger Things show, could only take place at one point in the timeline. We explain when — and why.

Fortnite star D4vd charged with first-degree murder

A few days after the arrest of David Burke, and months after the discovery of Celeste Rivas' body, the LA District Attorney's office has an update