Tech Rookies Staff

Sony is reportedly putting ‘important notice’ labels on PS5 consoles — warning buyers that disc production ends in 2028

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Sony has reportedly started putting labels on PS5 boxes, informing buyers of its plan to end physical disc production The label allegedly features an “important notice” for consumers Sony’s plan comes into effect in January 2028 Sony is reportedly notifying consumers of its decision to end physical disc production in less than two years, with … Read more

Garmin Cirqa review: sorry Fitbit, but this is 2026’s best screenless smart band

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Garmin Cirqa: One minute review (Image credit: Future) I’ve spent a week with the Garmin Cirqa screenless fitness tracker, wearing it constantly during sleep, exercise and rest to determine how comfortable it is in everyday life, and measuring it against an electrical heart rate monitor and other wearables to determine accuracy. After all my testing, … Read more

‘A spectacular spectacle in the mobile workstation world’: We gave the Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 five stars in our review, and it’s a massive $2530 off right now

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The ThinkPad P16 is one of our favorite mobile workstations, and our top pick for engineering students and professionals running graphics-heavy workloads. And the current deal here is unmissable, with the Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 now $4649 (was $7179) at Lenovo. That’s a massive $2530 discount on a workstation for engineers, architects, designers, developers, … Read more

Suno is now letting users press their AI music slop to vinyl, thus alienating streaming services, artists and audiophiles

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AI audio giant Suno has launched a vinyl pressing service Yes, it is seemingly just for AI tracks generated on its site It’s eco-friendly, apparently Among many audiophiles, vinyl records are considered sacred; I concur, which is why my turntable was the first thing I set up when I recently moved home. But that’s clearly … Read more

New ChainDrop worm poisons over 1,300 npm packages, Keyv and Cacheable among those hit

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Aikido researchers uncovers ChainDrop, a Shai‑Hulud variant infecting 1,300+ npm packages with an infostealer Attackers compromised GitHub accounts tied to popular libraries (Keyv, Cacheable, flat‑cache, file‑entry‑cache) and pushed tainted releases with 2B monthly downloads Malware exfiltrates developer/cloud credentials and secrets to a public GitHub repo; admins should treat affected systems as compromised even after removal … Read more

Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here’s what you need to do next

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We’re saying goodbye to Google Assistant on more devices September 4 is the cut-off point for Android and Wear OS The process of switching over to Gemini is pretty seamless Google Assistant had a good run — it made its debut in May 2016 as part of the Allo app (remember that?) — but Gemini … Read more