New York’s latest state budget includes new disclosure requirements for businesses that use personal data to set different prices for different shoppers — for example, charging you more if you have a history of splurging. Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data,” according to The New York Times. It’s not clear how widespread this practice actually is among online retailers. An Uber spokesperson told the NYT that the company is now showing this disclosure to New Yorkers, although they described the law as “poorly drafted…
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The entire gaming industry is merely a farce: a place where people gather not to play games but to hope for new ones. It’s the ultimate assembly of tinfoil hatters, who predict, decrypt, and huff and puff the hopium. And this time, it’s the HL and GoW fans doing it together. After Geoff Keighley, the host of The Game Awards, shared two cryptic images portraying some sort of demonic portal and a desert in the middle of nowhere, fans were quick to conjure up hype. For what? No one seems to know, but some think it’s a new God of…
Black Friday is almost over, but it’s not too late – you still have time to pick up some great deals. Note that we have smartphone deals in a separate post, here we will focus on the best tablet, laptop, smartwatch and other offers for the US market. Here are some shortcuts to jump straight to the section you care about: Tablets The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra uses the same chip, but it’s paired with a larger 14.6” 120Hz OLED display and an 11,600mAh battery. Also note that we’ve linked the Wi-Fi versions below – if you want 5G…
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Black Friday weekend deal alert: Both Amazon and Best Buy made huge cuts to the price of the LG OLED G5 for their Black Friday sales, and the offers are still available, even a day later. I’ve tested tons of OLED TVs at CNET, and this one delivers the brightest picture I’ve ever seen. Right now, you can grab it for 38% off at Amazon and at a $1,400 discount at Best Buy. Best Buy is also throwing in a $100 gift card with your purchase.CNET’s key takeaways The LG G5 series is the best and brightest OLED I’ve ever…
When is Black Friday? Black Friday 2025 falls on November 28, and Cyber Monday (which only became a thing in 2005) follows on December 1. Beat the store chaos and do your shopping from the comfort of your home (or office!).Are gadgets really cheaper during Black Friday? The short answer is yes, gadgets can be significantly cheaper in the run-up to and during Black Friday. It’s a time of year when retailers want to make up for the discounts they offer with a high volume of sales. Yes, price manipulation does happen sometimes, where some brands and retailers increase their…
Refresh 2025-11-28T20:19:54.646Z (Image credit: Firaxis Games) I’m a huge Civ fan, having poured countless hours into playing Civilization VI on the original Nintendo Switch. And so this deal definitely made me sit up and take notice.Civilization VII is a definite departure from some of the series’ classic tropes, forcing your nation to evolve into a new civilization at the end of each age. But these new mechanics are smartly implemented, the graphics are gorgeous and the pacing is less subject to bloating in the later game.And now this Switch 2 edition is available for less, with $17 knocked off the…
Black Friday is here, bringing with it the best phone deals we’re likely to see all year. In fact, I think I’ve spotted the best Black Friday phone deal for most people, as Amazon has the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL for just $699 (was $1,099).• Shop Amazon’s full Black Friday sale The Google Pixel 9 Pro XL is last year’s best Google Pixel phone, and still offers plenty of performance and high-spec hardware compared to this year’s flagships. This Black Friday deal brings this flagship phone down to a much more reasonable priceFor the record, I still think Samsung’s…
Meeshoan Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers and no sales from big names such as SoftBank and Prosus, signalling investor conviction in India’s booming online retail market at a time when tech shareholders globally have been cashing out at listings. The ten-year-old startup plans to price its shares at ₹105–111 each, raising ₹42.50 billion (about $475 million) in fresh capital and a small remainder through secondary sales, giving Meesho a post-issue valuation of roughly ₹501 billion (around $5.60 billion). The startup was…
The Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S are both finally discounted for Black Friday. Best Buy has rewarded our patience. Pick up a Meta Quest 3 ($499.99) and you’ll get a free $75 Best Buy gift card or grab a Meta Quest 3S and you’ll not only save $50-off full-price (now $249.99), you’ll get a free $50 Best Buy gift card too – did I mention you also get a free The Walking Dead game?In the UK the Meta Quest 3S is down to £229 at Currys, while the Meta Quest 3 proper is £444.99 at Argos (a whopping…