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Current price: $200 Original price: $250 The nice thing about buying one of Oura’s earlier model smart rings is you’ll get the same app and software experience — just a different form factor and one less day of battery life. If prospective Oura Ring buyers don’t mind this, they should opt for the Oura Ring 3, which has reduced its price by around 20% since the Oura Ring 4’s debut. The Oura Ring tracks your…

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Oura might be a stellar sleep tracker, but it hasn’t always been a reliable activity tracker. Reddit users under the r/ouraring subreddit regularly lament this situation, saying the Oura Ring miscounts steps during activities and workout sessions. One recent Reddit post called the step tracker “wildly inaccurate.”  Also: I took these sleep trackers to bed to find out which is best Oura has seemingly listened to these complaints. The company has announced it is…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Beats’ latest Pill speaker is available for $150 in five colorways: Statement Red, Matte Black, Champagne Gold, Navy Blue, and Blush Pink. An impressive battery life and a subtle, clean design set the Beats Pill apart from its competitors. However, Beats’ overemphasized, bass-forward sound can mask the other aspects of a song. The Beats Pill (2024) is currently on sale for $100, $50 off its original price. Beats recently released two new…

As a dog owner, I must vacuum twice daily to keep up with the amount of loose pet hair on my floors. I often can’t make time for that, but my floors stay clean, thanks to my favorite life hack: a robot vacuum. My Roborock is reliable, efficient, and doubles as a mop. As someone who tests robot vacuums daily, I can tell you that a robot vacuum and mop can help ease your mind and save time. Roborock…

Schools and colleges will often block websites and online services in the name of safety, but sometimes, these blocks become a frustrating catch-all or accidentally restrict educational resources. A virtual private network (VPN) can help you circumvent these blocks and firewalls by disguising your IP address and rerouting your traffic through a server network, hiding your online activities and preventing you from being monitored by school or college administrators.  Students have enough to manage without…

If you’re looking for an excellent virtual private network (VPN) for your iPad, we’ve got you covered.  VPNs are valuable tools for maintaining online security and privacy. These services layer encryption on top of your web requests and online communication, making it very difficult to track your activities. Furthermore, VPNs can be used to mask your IP address and change what appears to be your location. Also: The best travel VPNs The best VPNs for Apple’s…

oxygen/Getty Images OpenAI is officially getting into the hardware business.  In a video posted to X on Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple designer Jony Ive, who worked on flagship products like the iPhone, revealed a partnership to create the next generation of AI-enabled devices.  Also: I tried Google’s XR glasses and they already beat my Meta Ray-Bans in 3 ways The AI software company announced it is merging with io, an under-the-radar…

Samsung/ZDNET If you’ve been looking for a new digital storage option, Samsung has a deal on the 4TB Samsung T5 Evo portable SSD for just $230, plus get a 256GB Sonic the Hedgehog microSDXC card for free. With that much storage, the device is perfect for large digital game libraries, raw video and photo files, raw and rendered digital art, and other important programs and documents you may need to take on the go. And you…

As of June 1, AWS will no longer allow sub-account transfers or new commitments to be pooled and reallocated across customers. Barrow says the shift is happening because AWS is investing billions in new data centers to meet demand from AI and hyperscale workloads. “That infrastructure requires long-term planning and capital discipline,” he said. Phil Brunkard, executive counselor at Info-Tech Research Group UK, emphasized that AWS isn’t killing RIs or SPs, “it’s just closing a…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Last month, Motorola unveiled three new Razr flip phones, including a first-ever ‘Ultra‘ model that ZDNET’s smartphone expert Kerry Wan says is “feature-packed, fashionably styled, and unsurprisingly expensive.”  The new Razr models, which start at $799, are finally widely available in the US at retailers like Best Buy, Amazon, and Motorola. The devices hit shelves universally unlocked and in T-Mobile and AT&T stores on May 15. But if you’re looking to score on a…