February 9, 2026

Emily Rampling

Tech & AI

The Best Vacuum for Pet Hair—We Tested Many to Find Which Ones Work Best (2026)

Compare Our Picks Others Tested Photograph: Molly Higgins Tineco Go Pet Cordless Vacuum for $176: As when I tested the Tineco Go Mini

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How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors

At TechCrunch Disrupt, three investors took the stage to dissect what makes — and breaks — a pitch deck. Jyoti Bansal, a founder-turned-investor;

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Aflac Data Breach Exposes 22M People in Major Cyber Breach

Aflac confirmed a 2025 data breach impacting 22 million people after an advanced cyberattack exposed sensitive personal and medical data in the US.

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This new AI tool shows you how to get AI to do what you want

TL;DR: PromptBuilder is an AI tool that creates, refines, and organizes prompts for all sorts of AI tools, and a lifetime subscription is now

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iMP Tech Mini Arcade Pro Review: A Nintendo Switch Arcade Cabinet

There is what looks like another maddening design fail, with the Switch’s left shoulder buttons, L and ZL, positioned on the right of

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Plaud Note Pro is an excellent AI-powered recorder that I carry everywhere

There has been a flurry of AI voice recording gadgets like Omi, Bee, and Friend that want to capture your voice and let

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Get a Lifetime of 1TB Cloud Storage for Only $50 with FolderFort

Fast, affordable cloud storage isn’t always easy to find for businesses, but now you can have a massive amount with maximum security. The

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Make 2026 the year your kid gets off their phone

Among the most difficult parenting tasks, there are few as dreaded as asking a child to put down the device that’s just absorbed

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The New Surveillance State Is You

Privacy isn’t dead. Just ask Kristi Noem. The Department of Homeland Security secretary has spent 2025 trying to convince the American public that

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Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos

When Kevin Hartz’s security system failed to alert him as an intruder rang his doorbell and tried to enter his San Francisco home

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