Tech Culture Electronics Most Americans want digital shelf labels and surveillance pricing banned Consumers fear retailers will use the technology to raise prices faster and more often By Rob Thubron, May 27, 2026, 7:56 AM 28 comments
Electronics Amazon blocks sales of e-bikes that exceed legal speed limits The move follows an investigation into listings for models capable of topping 40 mph By Rob Thubron, May 12, 2026, 8:13 AM 11 comments
Hardware Mobile Snapdragon X2 laptops launch with up to 18 cores, 5.0GHz clocks, and 80 TOPS NPU New laptops ditch conservative RAM and storage choices in favor of configurations built for heavier workloads By Skye Jacobs, April 8, 2026, 3:17 PM 16 comments
AI The Web Target puts customers on the hook for AI shopping assistant errors Terms say AI-made purchases are considered authorized by the user By Rob Thubron, April 6, 2026, 9:43 AM 29 comments
Electronics The Web Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts for smart features Account not required for basic TV functionality By Daniel Sims, March 27, 2026, 8:53 AM 10 comments
The Web Industry Amazon adds 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options, but convenience comes at a premium New paid delivery tiers are rolling out to more than 2,000 US cities and towns By Rob Thubron, March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM
Hardware The Web Amazon sold 60% fewer CPUs than a year ago, pointing to a stalled PC refresh cycle "Obsolete" CPUs like the Ryzen 5800X and Ryzen 3600 are up YoY By Daniel Sims, February 14, 2026, 12:15 PM 32 comments
Apple Hardware Apple redesigns its Mac buying experience with a new build-to-order configurator Taking a page out of Dell's playbook? By Skye Jacobs, February 1, 2026, 2:08 PM
Hardware Nvidia may have ended its Open Price Program that incentivized MSRP, "massive" GPU price increases expected From bad to even worse By Rob Thubron, January 23, 2026, 10:22 AM 20 comments
Gaming The Web GameStop fixes "infinite money" glitch in Switch 2 trade-in program Gaming GameStop By Alfonso Maruccia, January 22, 2026, 1:50 PM
Gaming GameStop is closing hundreds of stores as the physical game era fades Is GameStop on track to become the next Blockbuster? By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2026, 3:27 PM 11 comments
Hardware The Web AMD dominates Amazon's best-selling CPU chart, taking 19 of the top 20 spots All 14 of Amazon's best-selling processors come from Team Red By Rob Thubron, December 22, 2025, 5:16 AM 22 comments
Hardware Industry Global DRAM shortage squeezes OEMs, but PC retail prices remain stable for now Acer and Asus warn that higher costs will eventually reach consumers By Skye Jacobs, December 18, 2025, 12:05 PM
The Web AI Online shoppers in New York are seeing a new warning: "This price was set by an algorithm" New York now requires retailers to admit when prices come from your personal data By Skye Jacobs, December 2, 2025, 11:01 AM 12 comments
The Web Mobile A retailer sold iPad Airs for $17, now it wants them back Would you return it? By Rob Thubron, November 25, 2025, 10:34 AM 27 comments
Gaming Industry Switch 2 sales outpace original by 75%, driving record July hardware growth Nintendo's fastest-selling console, topping 2 million US sales By Daniel Sims, August 28, 2025, 12:34 AM 14 comments
Gaming Hardware Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 prices finally edging toward MSRP across US retailers Promising listings have appeared for the RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti as well By Daniel Sims, August 22, 2025, 10:32 AM 11 comments
The Web Tech Culture Ebuyer could be next major UK PC parts retailer to shut down Another one bites the dust By Kishalaya Kundu, August 7, 2025, 5:13 PM 16 comments
The Web Industry Online spending hits $7.9 billion at start of Amazon Prime Day, up nearly 10% year over year Shoppers respond despite economic and tariff concerns By Rob Thubron, July 10, 2025, 8:59 AM 7 comments
Hardware Gaming Despite lukewarm reviews, Nvidia's RTX 5070 is Amazon's best-selling GPU A flawed market makes the RTX 5070 the least painful buy By Daniel Sims, July 8, 2025, 6:15 AM 9 comments
Hardware Industry Most graphics cards still priced way above MSRP, led by Nvidia's RTX 5080 and 5090 8GB models come closest to launch pricing, but nobody wants them By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2025, 8:31 AM 19 comments
Hardware Gaming Mindfactory customers are overwhelmingly choosing 16GB Nvidia and AMD cards over their 8GB versions For AMD, 16GB models are outselling their 8GB counterparts by as much as 30 to 1 By Rob Thubron, July 2, 2025, 9:03 AM 13 comments
Hardware Tech Culture Goodwill shopper discovers $30 PC hiding an RTX 3080 Ti and Ryzen 7 There are still some bargains out there By Rob Thubron, June 27, 2025, 6:15 AM 11 comments
Hardware The Web AMD Ryzen CPUs continue to crush Intel processors on Amazon best-seller list Only three Core Ultra 200 CPUs occupy the top 100 list By Daniel Sims, June 26, 2025, 9:30 AM 61 comments
Hardware Security Ultra-cheap $28 external 500GB HDD from Amazon tested: works, but with caveats Hidden dangers lurk in low-cost storage devices sold online By Skye Jacobs, June 26, 2025, 8:47 AM