This might be the most useful tech gift under $30 this Prime Day

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Claude is winning over paying consumers in a market ChatGPT has owned, credit card data shows

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Consumers who pay for AI chatbots are increasingly choosing Anthropic’s Claude over competitors, according to new data from credit card transaction analysis firm Indagari. Claude’s paying consumer base and revenue have grown roughly 75 percent since January, based on Indagari’s analysis of billions of anonymized transactions from about 28 million US consumers. The trend challenges […]



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In an effort to get off my phone and deal with burnout, I found the perfect low-pressure social activity to do after work

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I realized that attending reading parties is the perfect low-pressure social activity for me after a long day of working.

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  • Most days, I found myself feeling exhausted, burned out, and glued to my phone after work.
  • So, I began attending reading parties, laid-back hangs where people gather to read independently.
  • It's the perfect low-pressure social activity for me to feel refreshed and get
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Lessons learned from visiting an AI-powered store

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A broken mug sits on a desk in the Division of Digital Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Printed across the surviving ceramic shard are the words: "This was made by AI." Our team thinks that the story of this mug neatly captures the hype, hope, and even harm surrounding artificial intelligence. 

At the Division of Digital Psychiatry, we spend our days studying how digital

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20 celebrities who moved to Texas on why it's the best place for them

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Elon Musk, Bella Hadid, and Shaquille O'Neal all have homes in Texas.

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  • Texas has become one of the top destinations for movers in the US.
  • Its business-friendly climate and lower cost of living attract people from all walks of life.
  • Supermodel Bella Hadid and actor Glen Powell are among the celebrities who have moved to Texas.

Texas is popular for many reasons.

The second-largest US state is

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The Galaxy S26 Ultra scores a record-smashing discount during Prime Day — is it finally worth the price now?

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The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is an incredible phone with one very big problem — its price. With a starting retail tag of $1,299.99, the device was simply out of reach for a lot of people at launch, which means many were waiting for Prime Day to see if an Amazon discount could lessen the blow. 

Thankfully, Prime Day didn't disappoint, and the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

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Beat the summer heat: Say goodbye to thermal throttling with these phone coolers

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Your phone overheating is more likely to happen with the unforgiving summer heatwaves happening of late. Overheating not only slows down your phone, causing lags, but it can also potentially cause your phone's lithium ion battery to catch fire or explode in extreme scenarios.

Beat the heat and prevent thermal throttling issues on your smartphone with the right

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