2025-01-17

Hinge's AI can help make your dating profile shine – and maybe win at the game of love

Hinge launches AI tool for writing dating profiles. [...]

2025-01-17

The best Apple deals of January 2025: iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads, and more

We found the best deals on Apple gadgets available for the new year. Here's our favorites. [...]

2025-01-17

Here's how to pre-order the PS5 Midnight Black accessories

Pre-orders are now open for four new PlayStation 5 accessories in a new colorway: Midnight Black. That's better than other types of black because it stays up past bedtime. The collection includes the DualSense Edge wireless controller, the Portal remote player and the Pulse Explore wireless earbuds — each going for $200 — and the Pulse Elite wireless headset, which is selling for $150. Al [...]

2025-01-17

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Preview: Black Flag-Style Combat on the High Seas

Studio RGG pulls back the curtain on the cutlass-and-rocket launcher fighting in the next Yakuza game. [...]

2025-01-17

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 17, #320

Here are some hints -- and the answers -- for the Jan. 17 Strands puzzle, No. 320. [...]

2025-01-17

A New Mario Kart Is Coming to the Switch 2: Here's What We Know So Far

The only game revealed for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 looks to be the biggest Mario Kart game ever. [...]

2025-01-17

Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators

Job listings posted in China this week indicate that Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is struggling to handle an influx of new users joining the platform from TikTok. [...]

2025-01-17

Verizon Is Raising Prices for Customers With Multiple Lines and Older Plans

A price hike is coming for folks with five or more lines on current plans and those still holding on to venerable plans no longer offered. [...]

2025-01-17

SpaceX's Starship explodes during ascent in its seventh test flight

The Starship's seventh test flight ended in an explosion when the vehicle's upper stage "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn" over the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX chief Elon Musk posted a video of the event, with debris streaking across and lighting up the sky. During the company's webcast, Dan Huot from SpaceX's communications team said they [...]