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Apple Tax-Free Shopping Dangles Savings in 8 States
Apple buyers in 8 states can skip sales tax from July 17, but product rules and price caps can wipe out the savings.

Carter Sherman's Ocarina of Time Fear Still Haunts
Carter Sherman's Ocarina of Time memory shows how one terrifying Zelda soundtrack outlived the screen and became emotional residue.

Kimi K3 Forces Anthropic’s AI Price Premium Into Doubt
Moonshot’s Kimi K3 could undercut Anthropic with a huge open-weight model, turning frontier AI into a pricing fight.

$399 reMarkable Paper Pure Locks Out the iPad Noise
The $399 reMarkable Paper Pure wins by doing less, turning distraction-free handwriting into a serious workflow.

Sony Bravia 9 II Corners OLED in the Bright-Room Fight
Sony's Bravia 9 II makes RGB LED feel like a real OLED rival, especially in bright rooms, but the $3,600 price narrows its audience.

Kimi K3 Coding Shock Knocks Bitcoin Into AI Selloff
Bitcoin sold off with AI stocks after Kimi K3 topped a coding benchmark, cracking the scarcity story behind the compute boom.

UFC Crashes the New Paramount+ Shows Weekend Lineup
Paramount+ has three weekend plays: a Drag Race finale, four Ruthless episodes, and a live UFC Fight Night at 8 p.m. ET.

Heavy Smoke Forces Zoox Recall Across 105 Robotaxis
Zoox recalled software on 105 robotaxis after heavy smoke confused one at a fire scene, exposing a fresh AV emergency-response risk.

DOJ Guts TikTok Federal Device Ban After ByteDance Deal
DOJ says the U.S. TikTok app no longer fits the 2022 federal device ban, putting access back in agencies' hands.

Capcom Seizes Switch 2 Momentum Nintendo Needs Badly
Capcom is giving Switch 2 the momentum Nintendo hasn't. That makes the console feel alive, but exposes a first-party hole.

LG Gaming Monitors Trigger Revolt Over PC Adware Scare
LG faces a user revolt after monitors reportedly install unwanted Windows software and TVs shift AI voice consent duties onto owners.

$400 Cut Drops Asus QD-OLED Gaming Monitor to $899
Asus' 32-inch 4K QD-OLED monitor is down $400 to $899.99, making flagship 240Hz OLED gaming hardware a lot less painful.