The Morning After: Peloton’s grim post-pandemic reality

The Morning After: Peloton’s grim post-pandemic reality

Peloton had a great pandemic. It’s a weird thing to say, but the company’s premium exercise equipment (expanding from bikes to treadmills and even weight-training tech) were the hot workout-from-home products. That boom made some people (not normal, sensible people) suggest we were never going back to bricks-and-mortar gyms once the world reopened. But… we … Read more

Two of our top Anker power banks are back on sale at all-time low prices

Two of our top Anker power banks are back on sale at all-time low prices

Some of the best and brightest Anker power banks are on sale via Amazon and directly from the company. These deals include the 20,000mAh Prime portable charge, which is down to $90 from its usual price of $130. That’s a discount of 31 percent and matches a previous record low. Anker Anker products are all … Read more

Amazon CEO’s anti-union comments broke federal laws, labor judge rules

Amazon CEO’s anti-union comments broke federal laws, labor judge rules

Continuing the long American tradition of wealthy corporate overlords making union-busting comments, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy went on a media blitz in 2022 to warn of the workplace-altering terrors of labor unions. (Surely, it’s an unfortunate happenstance that his urgent PSA coincided with an uptick in organizing efforts at Amazon.) Sadly for Mr. Jassy, the … Read more

Bose’s SoundLink Max is its largest portable Bluetooth speaker with 20-hour battery life

Bose’s SoundLink Max is its largest portable Bluetooth speaker with 20-hour battery life

Bose may be best known for its noise-canceling headphones, but the company makes solid portable Bluetooth speakers too. In fact, the company’s SoundLink Flex made our best Bluetooth speakers list as a great option among contenders in its price range. Today, the company is adding to the SoundLink lineup with its largest portable Bluetooth speaker … Read more

Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google AI envy

Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google AI envy

Emails from the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google revealed how Microsoft executives were alarmed by and even envious of Google’s AI lead. In an email thread, CTO Kevin Scott wrote he was “very, very worried” about Google’s rapidly growing AI capabilities. He said he initially dismissed the company’s “game-playing stunts,” likely referring to … Read more

Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google envy

Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google envy

It turns out the lay of today’s AI landscape can be traced back to — what do you know — fear, jealousy and intense capitalist ambition. Emails revealed in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google, first reported by Business Insider, show Microsoft executives expressing alarm and envy over Google’s AI lead. That spurred an … Read more

PS5 update will let you invite people to multiplayer games through your smartphone’s apps

PS5 update will let you invite people to multiplayer games through your smartphone’s apps

Sony coming to the PS5 that should streamline the whole process of wrangling people into a multiplayer game. The new tool will let you invite people into a game even when they aren’t at a console or using the PlayStation app. The system generates a link, via the app, that can be shared anywhere online. … Read more