The AI boom could soon send GPU prices soaring, so now's a good time to buy one

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When someone asks me for gadget buying advice, I normally tell them to stick with their current device. In 2025, most new tech products aren't a worthwhile upgrade over even something that was released a few years ago — and with the price of everything going up, that new iPhone can wait. But things aren't normal right now. 

On December 3, The Wall Street Journal reported memory manufacturer Micron

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White House AI Czar says Trump isn't trying to force data centers on communities that don't want them

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David Sacks
"Preemption would not force communities to host data centers they don't want," White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks wrote on X.

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  • Trump's top AI advisor took to X to clarify the administration's goals with AI preemption.
  • AI Czar David Sacks said that AI preemption won't force data centers onto people.
  • He said the administration was making "an
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I went on a Mediterranean cruise in the winter and was pleasantly surprised. It's the best season for this kind of travel.

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The author and her husband posing together on an excursion from their cruise.
I went on a winter cruise to the Mediterranean and think it's the best season to visit the region.

Rebecca Deurlein

  • In January, my husband and I sailed from Barcelona to Rome on a winter cruise.
  • With fewer crowds, it felt like we had the Mediterranean to ourselves as we toured famous sites.
  • Despite the chilly weather, we had an amazing time, and I'd love to visit during this season again.

When I found

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Spotify finally brings music videos to the US

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Spotify is finally letting the United States join its music video party. Music Videos have started rolling out in beta today to Premium users across the US and Canada, offering not only official artist videos but also new formats like live performances and covers.

Music Videos first arrived last year in 11 countries, but the United States wasn't one of them. The reason for that was simple —

Pornhub’s 2025 trends: the internet’s secret viewing habits explained

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text reading pornhub year in review 2025

Pornhub's annual Year in Review — aka its trends roundup — is here, and it's especially interesting in a year of censorship of both pornographic and LGBTQ content.

LGBTQ content is thriving on Pornhub

"Lesbian" was the most-viewed video category on Pornhub in 2025, which isn't too surprising, as viewers, especially women, often search for lesbian porn. Terms like "lesbian scissoring," "lesbian MILF

Amazon is rolling out new shopping features for Alexa+, because of course it is

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Congrats to any budding Nostradamus out there who peered into the future to boldly predict that Amazon would bring more shopping features to Alexa+ sooner rather than later. A gold star for you. Yes, it hasn't taken too long for Amazon to weave more features into the generative AI-powered version of Alexa that are designed to get you to buy more stuff.

Shopping features were part of the original

Texas authorities have made multiple arrests in an NVIDIA GPU smuggling operation

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The Southern District of Texas announced the seizure of more than $50 million in NVIDIA GPUs bound for China in violation of US export laws. Authorities arrested two businessmen, one of them the owner of a Houston company, accused of smuggling the chips used to train and run AI models.

“Operation Gatekeeper has exposed a sophisticated smuggling network that threatens our Nation’s security by

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