April, 2022

• 4 April

  Amazon’s First Union Warehouse Signals Growing Worker Demands

  

  What’s happening Two Amazon union elections defied expectations last week, part of increased labor activity across the US. Why it matters The labor organization comes as companies face a difficult recruiting environment because of the Great Resignation, the wave of workers leaving jobs as a result of the pandemic. What’s next Another election in Staten …

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• 4 April

  Sony QD

  

  I’m not ready to declare Sony’s QD-OLED the best TV ever. Not yet, anyway. But based on what I saw during a private demo in New York last month, I can say it’s shaping up to be a strong contender. Sony’s QD-OLED TV, the A95K series, is hands-down the most anticipated television of Sony’s 2022 lineup (which has a lot of new …

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• 4 April

  JBL’s Excellent Clip 4 Mini Bluetooth Speaker is $20 Off at Amazon

  

  During the holidays last year, Amazon had one of my favorite mini Bluetooth speakers, the JBL Clip 4, on sale for $25 off Its list price of $80. It’s not quite discounted that much right now, but it is on sale for $60, or $20 off, which makes it a Bluetooth speaker deal worth highlighting. The previous model, the Clip …

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• 4 April

  Dell Precision 5470: Packing Peak Performance in a Small Laptop

  

  Dell’s Precision 5470, which was unveiled Thursday, is the world’s smallest, thinnest and most powerful 14-inch workstation, according to the PC-maker. Designed for creators, engineers and other specialty professionals, the Precision 5470 is the first to be built around a 12th-gen Intel Core H-series processor. Available in April with pricing coming soon, the 5470 can be configured with up to …

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• 4 April

  Anycubic Photon M3 3D Printer Review: Accessible, Premium Resin Printing

  

  If you’re looking to get into the wonderful world of at-home 3D printing, you must start by making a significant choice: Printing from a plastic spool of material (Fused Deposition Modeling) or building your models from liquid resin (Stereolithography). FDM, the more common type of 3D printer, relies on spools of material extruded through a nozzle to create 3D shapes …

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• 4 April

  Magic Leap 2 Aims to Bring AR to Businesses, With No BS This Time

  

  Not so long ago, Magic Leap was one of the tech industry’s most notorious, secretive and overhyped unicorns, a startup with high-profile backers whose mission to redefine “a person plus computer” earned it a valuation over $1 billion before it had shipped a single product.  After eight years crafting its origin story, and with a few glitzy canned demos teasing …

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• 4 April

  Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter

  

  Elon Musk now owns a sizable chunk of Twitter.  The Tesla chief took a 9.2% stake in the social media site on March 14, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The stock purchase makes Musk the social network’s biggest shareholder, Bloomberg reported Monday. The shares are worth $2.89 billion, based on Twitter’s closing price Friday, according to CNBC. Twitter’s …

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• 4 April

  Samsung OLED TV First Look: Why It Will Probably Beat Samsung’s Own QLED TVs

  

  It took a while but Samsung’s OLED TV is official, and at a press preview in New York I finally got to see it in person. The Korean electronics giant, which has been No. 1 in TV market share worldwide for more than a decade, finally announced the elusive television earlier in March with a name, price and release date.  …

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• 4 April

  Canceling Online Subscriptions Is Confusing, Difficult and Absurd… by Design

  

  Online subscriptions are usually pretty easy to sign up for. But you may have noticed they’re not always so easy to cancel. And the Byzantine unsubscribe processes I’ve had to go through to get out of services I no longer want are often not just poor customer service or an unwieldy user experience. It’s by design. My wife and I …

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• 4 April

  Prevent Damaged Devices With 50% Off Urban Armor Phone, Laptop and Tablet Cases

  

  Between your work and social life, you probably use your phone and laptop more than practically anything else you own. This means it’s probably worth investing in proper protection to help keep them in working order. Urban Armor Gear, or UAG, makes rugged and reliable cases for a variety of devices including Apple and Samsung phones, iPads, MacBooks and more. …

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