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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Back in 1966, a store named Sound of Music first opened its doors. All these years later, that same store—long since renamed "Best Buy"— is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a big sale. And some of the deals can only be found in person. How long will Best Buy's "60th Anniversary Sale" last?Best Buy's 60th Anniversary Sale will run from Monday, Aug. 17 through Sunday, Aug. 23. The sale will be both in-store and online, with fresh deals on the weekend from Aug. 21-23. Do you need to be a member to shop Best Buy's sale?You don't need to be any kind of member to shop Best Buy's 60th Anniversary Sale; however, it is free to sign up fo...

I don't know what the far future of tech looks like, but I know what's in store for the near future: AI. Specifically, AI that responds to natural language prompts. It's already the reality for many platforms, apps, and services: Rather than doing things yourself, you tell the AI what you want done, and it follows suit. Natural language commands are popping up everywhere, from coding platforms to playlist generators. Now, apparently, they're coming to your news app too. Natural language commands are coming to the Google app's Discovery feed Credit: Google Google announced a handful of changes coming to its self-named app on Friday. Perhaps most ...

If you're ever in an emergency situation, your can use your Google Pixel to get more information about what's going on and receive the help you need. While some emergency features are enabled by default, you do have to set most of them up before a crisis actually occurs. It's worth noting that emergency settings aren't consistent across all Android devices. Many of Android's emergency features live within the Personal Safety app, which is automatically installed on all Pixel phones (4a and later). A version of this app is available to other Android users through the Google Play Store, though it may be labeled just "Safety" in your app list once downloaded and have different functionality across non-Pixel devices. Schedule a Safety Check on your Google PixelIf you're ever out alone and want...

Through its focus on local selling, Facebook Marketplace has become the world's biggest digital garage sale, but without tables to browse and friendly small talk. Getting what you want, whether it's finding those low-priced gems or getting a good price for your old blender, comes down to understanding how both the platform and its users work. You can't treat it like an old-school classifieds page and hope for the best; you need tactics. Here are 10 strategic hacks to navigate the chaos, outsmart the feed, and get the best deals on both sides of the transaction.Download Google Lens, the most important app for both buyers and sellersWhether you're a buyer or a seller, you should download and use Google Lens. This scans a photograph, identifies the item pictured, and spits out all kinds of in...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.The Soundcore Rave Neo 2 is down to $84.99 at Woot, while the same speaker is currently around $119 on Amazon. Prime members get free standard shipping, while everyone else pays $6, and the sale is expected to run for the next ten days unless it sells out sooner. Soundcore Rave Neo 2 $84.99 at Woot $129.95 Save $44.96 ...

I often tell people to think of VPNs like kitchen funnels. Instead of pouring your network traffic directly into the web and spilling your metadata everywhere, you push it down a narrow tube of encryption. You point your connection exactly where it needs to go without leaking all over the place. Of course, the assumption in such an arrangement is that you trust your VPN, which controls the flow of traffic from your device to the web. But if the VPN itself is a honeypot for attackers to pry away your data, you’ve just traded several possible security risks for one guaranteed security breach. According to the team at Socket, that’s what’s been happening with over seven hundred fake VPN apps listed on the Chrome Web Store. Many of these extensions are free, some are paid, and some even preten...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Finder is one of the Mac's most underappreciated apps. At first glance, it appears to be a simple app that displays your files, but there's a lot more to Finder than that. This is an app that Apple has refined over decades, with hidden features to explore and third-party apps to install. With these 10 Finder hacks, you'll be able to add many of its most powerful features to your daily workflow. The left pane in the Finder app has quite a few shortcuts. You can think of these as bookmarks that let you access various files and folders. However, you can personalize this list to fit your workflow. To start, drag any item in Finder's sidebar to reorder the list, which includes sections such as "Favorites" or "Locations." Yo...

There's a wave of nostalgia washing over youth culture this week, but it's not the nostalgia you are probably familiar with: Kids aren't pining for goldfish swallowing contests, raccoon coats, and saying "Flibberty-Gibbet." They're nostalgic for terrible Starbucks drinks from 2017, weird Tumbler subcultures from 2010, and forgotten Saturday Night Live sketches from 2018. You know, the good old days. Here's what's up. What is a Unicorn Frappuccino?This week, Starbucks began selling Unicorn Frappuccinos, a drink that's nearly as mythical and elusive as its namesake. The color-changing, crème-based concoction was introduced for a brief period in 2017 and was mainly notable for its absurdity: It's made of cream, mango syrup, sour blue flavoring, and pink powder, so it looks like you put a My ...

Recently, the Amazon-owned Twitch made headlines for announcing that it would allow users to opt out of having their streams, VODs, and chats fed into an AI training machine. This, understandably, made a lot of people upset. But, it turns out, Twitch might be one of the more moderate social media sites on this front. Most social media apps are training some kind of AI on your data, and few make it as easy as a single toggle to opt out at all. Almost every social media site out there makes it extremely hard to know exactly how your data is used these days. Training generative AI models like Google’s Gemini are often lumped in with more mundane (but still machine learning-powered) features like, say, YouTube’s algorithm. Sifting through privacy policies to even find out whether a social app ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The appeal of a 360-degree camera is that you don't have to think as much about framing while you are recording, and the Insta360 X3 is one of the better-known options in the category, earning an “excellent” rating from PCMag. It is currently $229.99, down from $299.99, which price trackers show is its lowest price so far. Its two lenses capture everything around the camera in up to 5.7K resolution, so you can decide later whether you want the final clip to follow a skier, show the road behind a cyclist, or keep the camera pointed at yourself as you walk through a city. That flexibility is especially useful when you are filming alone...