Sony’s gamer-friendly X90L TV is on sale for a new low price
If you’re excited to smash your way through the excellent Donkey Kong Banaza on the Nintendo Switch 2, you should play it on a TV that takes full advantage of the system’s ability to play games in 4K or up to 120 frames per second. Thankfully, Sony’s X90L, which checks both boxes, is currently on sale at Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy in its 65-inch configuration for around $898 ($301 off), an all-time low price. Sony X90L Where to Buy: $1199 $898 at Amazon (65-inch) $1199 $898 at B&H Photo (65-inch) $1199 $899.99 at Best Buy (65-inch) The X90L is a full-array LED TV, which means it has significantly better backlighting and contrast than an edge-lit set. You won’t see as much blooming — aka, unnatural-looking pockets of brightness around a bright object — which can be distracting when you’re watching a movie or playing a game set in a dimly lit area. The TV also runs on Sony’s Cognitive...
If you’re excited to smash your way through the excellent Donkey Kong Banaza on the Nintendo Switch 2, you should play it on a TV that takes full advantage of the system’s ability to play games in 4K or up to 120 frames per second. Thankfully, Sony’s X90L, which checks both boxes, is currently on sale at Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy in its 65-inch configuration for around $898 ($301 off), an all-time low price.
Sony X90L
Where to Buy:
$1199 $898 at Amazon (65-inch)
$1199 $898 at B&H Photo (65-inch)
$1199 $899.99 at Best Buy (65-inch)
The X90L is a full-array LED TV, which means it has significantly better backlighting and contrast than an edge-lit set. You won’t see as much blooming — aka, unnatural-looking pockets of brightness around a bright object — which can be distracting when you’re watching a movie or playing a game set in a dimly lit area. The TV also runs on Sony’s Cognitive Processor XR, which automatically adjusts color and contrast based on whatever it is you’re watching or playing.In terms of specs, two of the TV’s HDMI ports are HDMI 2.1, which means they can accept a 4K video source at up to 120Hz and are well-suited for current-gen consoles. If you connect a PS5, the TV will switch to the “Game” picture mode, enable “Auto HDR Tone Mapping,” and turn on ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) to minimize latency, which matters most if you play fast-paced first-person shooters or platformers.If you’re a cinephile, you’ll enjoy Sony Pictures Core, a streaming service exclusive to Bravia TVs that lets you download and stream 4K movies at near-4K Blu-ray quality. Its library is limited, but Sony includes five credits for movie downloads and a 12-month subscription to stream t**les from the library.
Three more deals worth a look
JBL’sPartyBox 710 is down to around $599.95 ($250 off) — its lowest price of the year — atAmazon and Best Buy. The 800W party speaker features a pair of eight-inch woofers, a pair of tweeters, and a figure-eight-shaped light array that syncs with the beat of your music. You can connect either via Bluetooth or an auxiliary input, and adjust the bass level, EQ, and volume using the control panel located on top. The robust speaker also features an IPX4 rating, meaning it can withstand splashes from the pool or light rain, and you can pair two 710s together to create a larger, louder wireless audio system.
If you’re tired of constantly plugging and unplugging devices from your charger, Ugreen’s Nexode Pro 160W GaN charger is available from Amazon and Ugreen for an all-time low of $94.99 ($25 off). The charger has three USB-C ports, two of which can charge a device at up to 140W, and one USB-A port. At its top speed, it can charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro’s battery from zero to 50 percent in under half an hour. It also supports Samsung’s Super Fast Charging 2.0, and if you plug in multiple devices, it will automatically optimize the power sent to each port to ensure all of them charge quickly. Ugreen is also discounting its braided USB-C cables, which are a nice upgrade if the ones you’re using are becoming frayed.
As laptops continue to get thinner and lighter, they’re losing ports in the process — which is why we recommend picking up a USB-C hub. Fortunately, Anker’s 565 USB-C Hub is available for $53.99 ($20 off) from Amazon and Anker (with code WS242H0XCG). The 11-in-1 hub features one HDMI port, a DisplayPort, SD and microSD card slots, a gigabit ethernet port, a 3.5mm audio jack, two USB-A 2.0 ports, a USB-A 3.2 port, a USB-C 3.2 port, and a USB-C PD port with passthrough charging up to 100W. The hub’s array of inputs lets you connect your Mac or Windows computer to almost any accessory, including two 4K monitors at 60Hz, and keep it charged all using a single USB-C port.
I connected a local LLM to a $30 ESP32 display, and it designs a new screen for every question I ask
Most smart displays come with a fixed set of screens, and you get whatever the team behind the firmware happened to think of. Usually that's a clock, the weather, a calendar, and after that you're stuck with it. I've used a few of these over the years and the pattern's...
Most smart displays come with a fixed set of screens, and you get whatever the team behind the firmware happened to think of. Usually that's a clock, the weather, a calendar, and after that you're stuck with it. I've used a few of these over the years and the pattern's always the same; they're mostly cookie-cutter devices, nothing more and nothing less.
Johan Madsen Denmark
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I don’t pay for Perplexity or ChatGPT after combining my local LLMs with Perplexica and SearXNG
When it comes to simple inference tasks, my locally-hosted large language models are reliable enough to deliver accurate results. But everything falls apart as soon as I start prompting my LLMs about complex errors, new topics, or frequently updated information. By default, the models I run on llama.cpp can only...
When it comes to simple inference tasks, my locally-hosted large language models are reliable enough to deliver accurate results. But everything falls apart as soon as I start prompting my LLMs about complex errors, new topics, or frequently updated information. By default, the models I run on llama.cpp can only access their training data, meaning they’re completely isolated from real-time information from the Internet.
Daniel Martinez Dallas
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Someone wired up seven ESP32s to create a ~0.4B LLM, and so can you
We're getting to the point with LLMs where we can squeeze them onto an ESP32. Granted, it's not going to take down the bigger, stronger LLM models running on powerful hardware anytime soon, but as a fun thing you can make at home to handle simple queries, they can be...
We're getting to the point with LLMs where we can squeeze them onto an ESP32. Granted, it's not going to take down the bigger, stronger LLM models running on powerful hardware anytime soon, but as a fun thing you can make at home to handle simple queries, they can be a lot of fun. You can even hook up an external LLM to one, too; our own Adam Conway connected a local LLM to a $30 ESP32 display, and it designs a new screen for every question he asks.
Michael Johnson Chicago
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The tiny free PDF editor that changed how I edit files on Windows, Mac, and Linux
PDF editors are often too basic to be useful or overloaded with features, pop-ups, and subscription prompts. I wanted something lightweight that could handle the everyday jobs I actually care about, whether I was on a Windows desktop, MacBook Pro, or tinkering with a Linux machine in my home lab.
PDF editors are often too basic to be useful or overloaded with features, pop-ups, and subscription prompts. I wanted something lightweight that could handle the everyday jobs I actually care about, whether I was on a Windows desktop, MacBook Pro, or tinkering with a Linux machine in my home lab.
Emily Brown Houston
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I replaced Google Photos with Immich, and my entire photo library finally stays under my control
There's a simple question you might've asked before heading into this article. "What's actually wrong with Google Photos?" For many years, it was the storage limits that kept getting tighter, the shrinking free tiers, and the added monthly cost of paying for one subscription after another. Today, there's an even...
There's a simple question you might've asked before heading into this article. "What's actually wrong with Google Photos?" For many years, it was the storage limits that kept getting tighter, the shrinking free tiers, and the added monthly cost of paying for one subscription after another. Today, there's an even more compelling reason to leave the ad giant's ecosystem.
John Doe New York
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Your games still stutter at 100 FPS because average frame rate hides the real problem
When I first got into PC gaming, the only performance metric I really cared about was average FPS. As someone who switched from a PS3 back then, I just wanted AAA titles to average around 50FPS on my GTX 680 at 1080p. I never even knew what 1% lows or...
When I first got into PC gaming, the only performance metric I really cared about was average FPS. As someone who switched from a PS3 back then, I just wanted AAA titles to average around 50FPS on my GTX 680 at 1080p. I never even knew what 1% lows or frame times were until years later, when I upgraded to the GTX 1070 and started chasing higher frame rates in fast-paced shooters like Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2.
Sophia Wilson Atlanta
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Grand Theft Auto VI exists in its own universe
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on GTA VI and the state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it...
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on GTA VI and the state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.How it startedFour years ago, fans got a long-awaited look at Grand Theft Auto VI with a huge cache of videos that showed off Rockstar's latest open-world epic. There were 90 videos in total, providing a glimpse at the next-generation take on Vice City, introducing the game's new dual protagonists, and generally showing off the crime-fueled mayhem the series is known for. …Read the full story at The Verge.
Justin Giraud France
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I switched from a smart TV to an Android box, and I actually own my entertainment now
Getting the TV I want with the right specs means settling for whatever operating system it runs. However, the OS that ships on smart TVs is typically slower and more limited than any modern streaming device I plug in. TVs come with a locked-down home screen, ads, and a limited...
Getting the TV I want with the right specs means settling for whatever operating system it runs. However, the OS that ships on smart TVs is typically slower and more limited than any modern streaming device I plug in. TVs come with a locked-down home screen, ads, and a limited curated app store from the manufacturer.
Emily Brown Houston
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A supposed GTA 6 build is going around the internet, but don’t be fooled: it’s fake and full of malware
Whenever something gets a lot of attention online, scammers and malware distributors are always quick to capitalise on it. When news broke that a leaker had gotten their hands on a full, working copy of GTA 6, people started to ask questions. For instance, has the leaker uploaded the game...
Whenever something gets a lot of attention online, scammers and malware distributors are always quick to capitalise on it. When news broke that a leaker had gotten their hands on a full, working copy of GTA 6, people started to ask questions. For instance, has the leaker uploaded the game files somewhere that everyone can download?
William Garcia Boston
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The Asus Googlebook is reportedly going to cost ~$1,400, spelling the end for its affordable range
A little while ago, Google confirmed that it was scrapping its affordable range of Chromebook laptops. The goal was to pivot more toward on-board AI processing with a new brand of laptops called the Googlebook. At the time, it sounded like Google no longer wanted to support the budget-friendly range,...
A little while ago, Google confirmed that it was scrapping its affordable range of Chromebook laptops. The goal was to pivot more toward on-board AI processing with a new brand of laptops called the Googlebook. At the time, it sounded like Google no longer wanted to support the budget-friendly range, but we didn't know just how budget-unfriendly the Googlebook would be.
John Doe New York
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I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job I a**umed needed a frontier model, and it finished in 30 minutes
Qwen 3.8 27B was one of the most highly-anticipated open-weights releases that I've seen in a long time, and like many others, I immediately got to work testing it out and playing with it when it dropped. I'm running it on a single Lenovo ThinkStation PGX, the compact workstation built...
Qwen 3.8 27B was one of the most highly-anticipated open-weights releases that I've seen in a long time, and like many others, I immediately got to work testing it out and playing with it when it dropped. I'm running it on a single Lenovo ThinkStation PGX, the compact workstation built on Nvidia's GB10 Grace Blackwell chip, packing 128 GB of unified memory and 273 GB/s of bandwidth. Out of the box, it manages a fairly dull 15 to 30 tokens a second, but with an SGLang, NVFP4, and DFlash2 speculative-decoding setup that's become the standard recipe for this hardware, it can reach around 50 tokens a second on code and reasoning.
John Doe New York
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I ditched my mesh router after discovering the one setting that actually matters
You might think the best option when you hit a Wi-Fi dead zone at home is to invest in an expensive multi-node mesh system to ensure full coverage. However, there are downsides to adding consumer mesh nodes around the house, including wireless backward congestion, doubled latency hops, roaming packet drops,...
You might think the best option when you hit a Wi-Fi dead zone at home is to invest in an expensive multi-node mesh system to ensure full coverage. However, there are downsides to adding consumer mesh nodes around the house, including wireless backward congestion, doubled latency hops, roaming packet drops, and overlapping co-channel interference.
