Yes, you read that correctly. Right now, the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 is $ 400 off at Best Buy. It’s pretty hard to believe, so we’ll forgive you if you thought it might be an error — we considered the same thing. Among other amazing Surface Pro deals available right now, you can score a […]
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The XPS 13 is so cheap at Dell today it could be a mistake
At a time when working from home and attending online classes has become the norm, it’s important to own a laptop that’s able to keep up with your daily tasks. If you need an upgrade, there are many laptop deals available online across a range off retailers, including Dell XPS deals for machines that are […]
This Dell Gaming laptop is so cheap today it must be a mistake
While there’s never a shortage of laptop deals from retailers, if you’re a gamer, you shouldn’t settle for anything less than gaming laptop deals. Their specifications and features will meet your favorite games’ requirements and improve your overall gaming experience. A gaming laptop that’s currently on sale is the Dell G5 15, which you can […]
These unbelievable Beats headphone deals have to be a mistake
Amazon has discounted the Beats Studio3 and the Beats Solo3 so low, it could have very well been an accident. That’s why we suggest grabbing a pair before this sale comes to an end. The Beats Studio3 wireless headphones drop from $ 350 to $ 289, saving you $ 61, and the Beats Solo3 wireless […]
Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO
Enlarge Gab.com Over the weekend, word emerged that a hacker breached far-right social media website Gab and downloaded 70 gigabytes of data by exploiting a garden-variety security flaw known as an SQL injection. A quick review of Gab’s open source code shows that the critical vulnerability—or at least one very much like it—was introduced by […]
The Macbook Air is so cheap for Black Friday it could be a mistake
Black Friday deals arrived early this year and there are a lot of great tech discounts to be found. As part of Amazon’s Black Friday deals, the 13-inch MacBook Air is currently on sale for just $ 850 — down $ 250 from the usual $ 1000 — after an automatic discount at checkout. This […]
Microsoft’s decision to shutter its retail stores is a mistake
With the news of Microsoft permanently closing its retail stores, maybe the writing was on the wall. COVID-19 has rocked retail. Just think of the names either in trouble or going out of business that we’ve seen as the pandemic unfolded: Pier 1 Imports, J. Crew, even Neiman Marcus. But honestly, the last retailer I […]
A mistake at Facebook broke Spotify, Venmo, TikTok, and other iPhone apps
Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook’s F8 summit in 2018. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images Users of numerous popular iPhone apps such as Spotify, Venmo, Tinder, TikTok, DoorDash, and Pinterest experienced persistent app crashes as a result of a bug in Facebook’s SDK this week. The crash reports began coming in around 6:30pm Eastern […]
Bill Gates calls failure to fight Android his “greatest mistake”
Enlarge / Bill Gates speaks to Village Global. Village Global Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently gave a wide-ranging interview to VC firm Village Global, and at one point, the topic of mobile came up. Gates revealed his biggest regret while at Microsoft was a failure to lead Microsoft into a solid position in the smartphone […]
Apex Legends needs to avoid Overwatch’s mistake and be careful with new characters
Apex Legends is gaming’s new hotness. And it should be. Respawn’s free-to-play battle royale shooter is great! It came out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on February 4 and already has over 25 million players. It seems the momentum is unstoppable. But do you remember Overwatch? Blizzard’s team-based shooter was the belle at […]
Huawei punishes two employees for an iPhone Twitter mistake
Huawei has reportedly punished two employees for an infamous tweet posted on its official New Year’s Twitter account, which was apparently posted from an iPhone. The now deleted tweet, a fairly straightforward “Happy #2019” message, was followed with the tell-tale “Twitter for iPhone” signature that follows all tweets sent from Apple devices. Twitter users quickly […]
'Ugly' mistake sends Google data to China
Google data for search and cloud services went astray for more than an hour on Monday thanks to an “ugly” mistake by an African ISP. The data was sent the wrong way when MainOne Cable, in Nigeria, updated address books for key network hardware. The update saw it claim to be the best way to […]