K. Thor Jensen

5 days ago | pcmag.com | K. Thor Jensen

There's no denying the good news: it's the weekend (finally). The Monday-Friday grind is feeling longer than ever these days, so we're elated to celebrate the end of a long week testing all the latest tech with five can't-miss deals on some of our favorites. This roundup always brings you bargains of up to 50% off, and there's some hot stuff on offer right now from big retailers, including surprisingly great mid-priced TVs, AI-powered laptops, speakers and more. Shop in peace, friends.

1 week ago | extremetech.com | Jon Martindale |K. Thor Jensen

Controversial image board 4chan has been hacked, and gigabytes of compressed data have been published online. The hackers claim to have had administrative access to the site's back end, potentially revealing the email addresses and IP addresses of some of its most prominent members, including site moderators and administrators.

1 week ago | extremetech.com | Devesh Beri |Jon Martindale |K. Thor Jensen

Credit: Google Google has announced the launch of Veo 2, Google's text-to-video generator, which is now available to users through Gemini as part of the Google One AI Premium plan. This lets users create eight-second video clips at 720p resolution in a 16:9 format from simple or detailed text prompts. Users can specify details such as cinematic styles, camera angles, and lens effects. Access to Veo 2 is limited to those subscribed to the Google One AI Premium plan, which costs $20 per month.

1 week ago | extremetech.com | Jon Martindale |K. Thor Jensen

Nvidia has officially announced the long-suspected, often-leaked, and rumor-fed RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 graphics cards. Their recommended retail prices are $429 and $379 for the 5060 Ti (16GB and 8GB, respectively) and $299 for the RTX 5060, which will only come with an 8GB version. The RTX 5060 Ti launches today, April 16, while the RTX 5060 will launch sometime in May.

1 week ago | pcmag.com | K. Thor Jensen

How're you holding up? It's been a real roller-coaster of a week here at PCMag, as our livelihood depends on being able to judge the value of consumer electronics based on their prices. In the deals department, we're always calculating whether items on sale are worth what you're paying or artificially inflated to trick you into splurging with a fake sale. That's where the PC Labs come in, with our product experts doing teardowns and benchmark tests to objectively show how new tech lines up.