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The $150 waterproof speaker is our pick for the top-sounding mini Bluetooth speaker and it's massively discounted, for now.
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That's where I come in. Today, I present to you this Lenovo LOQ gaming laptop with an Intel Core i5 processor and Nvidia RTX 3050 graphics card for just $641.06 on eBay.
A couple of caveats. First, this is refurbished laptop. But as refurbs go, this is one of the best. It's being sold directly by Lenovo's corporate eBay account, and comes with a two-year warranty (which is better than the warranties on most new laptops).
Second, an RTX 3050 with 6GB of video RAM is definitely on the low end of modern graphics cards. This thing will be fine for League of Legends or Counter-Strike, but you'll have to turn the settings down to hit 60 frames per second in something like Space Marine 2.
The rest of the hardware is solid, especially the 13th-gen 8-core processor and the 15.6-inch IPS screen with 144Hz of refresh rate. The Lenovo LOQ 15 also comes with 16GB of DDR5 RAM and 512GB of SSD storage, both of which can be upgraded with a few inexpensive parts and some elbow grease on your screwdriver.
This laptop is, to use a technical term, a chunky boi. It's meant to sit on your desk most of the time, weighing in at 5.29 pounds (2.4 kilograms) and just a hair under an inch thick, according to Lenovo's spec sheet. And the 60-watt-hour battery isn't going to last long if you're actually using it to play games unplugged, either.
But the trade-off is tons of connection options. On the left you get USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 and a headphone jack, on the right is a standard USB-A port, and around the back you h
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If you booted up Steam in the last 24 hours, then you probably saw the pop up window asking you to agree to a new Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA). Valve laid out the changes in an official blog post on the Steam Community forum, and notably, binding arbitration is no longer part of the SSA.
Binding arbitration is a requirement that disputes be resolved by a legal proceeding that takes place outside of courts. Instead of a judge, these disputes are overseen by an arbitrator, who is paid by the company for their service. You can imagine why there might be some conflict of interest inherent (or why companies love these things). Instead, the new SSA says customers should seek resolutions to any problems by first contacting Steam Support. If a solution can't be reached, disputes will be referred to the court instead of individual arbitration.
Hauling a company into court wouldn't be all that notable on its own, except that in recent years with the rise of Terms of Service agreements, arbitration clauses have become ubiquitous. Next time you download an app, join a website or even sign a contract for a new job, take a look at the contract: more often than not, you just signed away your right to sue.
The new SSA also no longer has a class action waiver, which previously barred groups of similarly situated plaintiffs to sue jointly, which is also a major departure from other Terms of Service agreements.
Valve says these changes will have "limited impact" in some regions including the EU and UK, Australia, New Zealand and Quebec. The arbitration requirement in the SSA did not apply to these regions.
While these are positive developments f
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Right now, Ring's latest Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam is on sale for $50 at Amazon, which is the best price we've seen for it so far. This is the latest in Ring's line of indoor security cameras, introduced earlier this year, and it makes some improvements upon previous models.
The most notable feature is, of course, the 360-degree panning and tilting that lets you angle the camera all around to see any spot of the room it's in. Using Ring's app, you can adjust the angle however you want, wherever you want, whenever you want. The app also makes it easy to see what your camera sees via Live View.
The Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam also has two-way talk capabilities, meaning you can chat with your kids when you check in on them or tell off your pets when they're acting out.
It's super easy to install, too. You just need to place it on a shelf or desk, plug it into an outlet, and go through the steps to connect it to your home Wi-Fi network. When you need privacy, you can use the physical Privacy Cover to block the lens until you need it again.
If you don't have an indoor security camera but have been thinking of getting one, this is your chance. Grab a Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam for $50 at Amazon while this deal lasts!
Get Ring's latest indoor security camera for 38% off
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The US Department of Justice charged three Iranian nationals as part of an effort to hack into the emails and computers used by President Donald Trump's campaign staff and other political connections.
The Washington Post reported that DOJ officials filed charges against Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi in an indictment filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The indictment alleges the three men "prepared for and engaged in a wide-ranging hacking campaign" against current and former US officials, political campaigns and the media.
According to the indictment Jalili, Aghamiri and Balaghi's "activity is part of Iran's continuing efforts to [...] erode confidence in the US electoral process." They also face possible charges such as providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The suspects are accused of running a targeted hacking campaign committed in Iran over a four-year period. Their victims include current and former officials with the US State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the US Ambassador to Israel and an Iranian human rights organization.
Then last May, the three hackers successfully gained access to accounts belonging to Trump campaign officials. (Attempts to breach Biden campaign staff were, apparently, unsuccessful.) President Joe Biden's campaign staffers as well as news outlets like The Washington Post and Politico received unsolicited emails from an AOL account owned by "Robert" that contained materials stolen from the Trump campaign. They included
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