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Apple has quietly discontinued the $599 Mac mini, making the 256GB model no longer available for purchase. Rather than raising its price to reflect rising memory and NAND costs, the company simply pulled it from the lineup, leaving buyers with a steeper entry point than before. Did Apple just raise the Mac mini’s price without calling it a price hike? Since Apple pulled the 256GB model from its website, the cheapest Mac mini you can buy now comes with a $799 price tag, featuring an M4 chip, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. Apple has not made an official…

Apple’s pricing strategy might be about to get… interesting again. Because after surprising everyone with the aggressively priced MacBook Neo, the company could be gearing up to pull a similar move with its next flagship iPhone. And this time, it’s the Pro models in focus. Apple reportedly going aggressive with iPhone 18 Pro pricing? A new report by analyst Jeff Pu suggests Apple is planning “aggressive pricing” for the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, but not in the way most people expect. As reported by 9to5Mac, instead of a blanket price hike, the strategy may be more nuanced. The idea seems…

For years, California’s streets have hosted a quiet double standard: a human driver caught making an illegal U-turn got a ticket, but a driverless car doing the same thing got away with it, with perhaps a call to the manufacturer. That changes now. The California DMV has announced what it calls the most important autonomous vehicle regulations in the United States. For the first time, self-driving cars can now be formally cited for breaking traffic laws (via Futurism).  What exactly can authorities do now? Quite a lot, actually. Under the new rules, authorities can issue a “Notice of AV Noncompliance”…

Microsoft Word is getting an AI legal agent, which sounds helpful until you remember how badly this has gone before. The new Legal Agent can review contracts, suggest edits, compare versions, and flag risky clauses inside Word. On paper, these features sound quite useful and convenient, however, cases of generative AI tools hallucinating and inventing entire cases, citations and quotes from thin air have dragged some real people in real court trouble before. What can Microsoft’s Legal Agent do? Microsoft says Legal Agent is available through Copilot in Word for users in its Frontier program in the U.S. It currently…

I rolled credits on Vampire Crawlers just in time to get my review for it posted this morning, but trust that I still have lots of dungeon crawling in my future. Yes, it offers plenty to do after seeing credits, with lots of unlocks still to go, but even if it didn’t, I’d still be playing. That’s because the core gameplay – building a card deck on the fly while engaging in fast, frenetic, casino-like combat remains a simple but effective blast. With so many crawlers to select, cards to utilize, and other run modifiers, no two dungeon crawls feel…

Amazon’s AI shopping assistant Rufus can now show you a full 365 days of price history for a product. In other words, you now have access to a full year’s worth of pricing data, including when the product was available for a higher or lower price, and when the last price change took place, before buying anything.  Previously, the maximum available price history was 90 days, enough to catch up on a recent sale, but not enough to know whether a limited-time offer is actually the best price a product has been available in the last year.  How do you…

In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, returning guest Brenden Groom (Pass The Controller) joins us to discuss why Poncle’s Vampire Crawlers and Double Fine’s new sculpture battle game, Kiln, are both great. Additionally, we dive into Charles’ review of Tides of Tomorrow, a story-focused adventure game with asynchronous multiplayer elements. It’s a neat concept, but how’s the execution?The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Friday for chats about video game reviews, news, and exclusive reveals alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry. Support the show by…

This post is brought to you in paid partnership with QuickBooks The Intuit Enterprise Suite (IES) interface doesn’t dramatically differ from QuickBooks Online. Core navigation, workflows, and accounting functions remain familiar. The main difference is added functionality for managing multiple entities, user permissions, and consolidated reporting. This means most users can adapt quickly while gaining tools to handle more complex financial operations. Key takeaways IES keeps familiar workflows but adds multi-entity functionality. Navigation remains similar, with additional controls for managing entities. Users adapt quickly by learning reporting and entity-level differences. What is the difference between IES and QuickBooks Online? Intuit…

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ŌURA has announced a major update to its smart ring platform, introducing new features focused on hormonal health. The company is rolling out Hormonal Birth Control support and Menopause Insights globally starting May 6, marking a significant expansion of its women’s health capabilities. A Shift Toward More Personalized Health Tracking The update brings two key additions. First, Hormonal Birth Control support builds on Oura’s existing Cycle Insights feature. It allows users to log different types of contraception, including pills, patches, IUDs, and implants, and track how these methods affect metrics such as body temperature, sleep, and recovery. The goal is…