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I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. As Lifehacker's deals writer, I'm always looking for the best bargains on TVs, speakers, laptops, and other tech. Now that it's Friday, I've gathered together this week's sales highlights , all of which I've vetted using my favorite price-tracking tools to make sure they are actually good deals. This week, you can find bargains on many premium headphones, like the AirPods Max 2. There are also deals on the GoPro Max 2, the Hisense CanvasTV, and more. TCL 98 Inch Class QM7K Series $1,897.99 at Amazon ...
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Three Things I Already Love About the New Ultrahuman Ring Pro

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. I’ve been waiting for Ultrahuman’s new Ring Pro , and I’m happy to report I have one in my hands (OK, on one of my hands). This is the ring that was announced back in February , along with a feature-filled charging case. It’s an upgrade from the Ring Air that I previously reviewed, and it retails for $479 including the case. Overall the experience is pretty similar to the Ring Air, but here are a few things I’ve noticed that are worth calling out.  Ultrahuman Ring Pro $479.00 at Untrahuman Shop Now ...
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10 Hacks Every Google Home User Should Know

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Google Home is Google's smart home platform, which integrates everything from Google's smart speakers to the lights, plugs, locks, and other appliances across your house. Whether you use just a voice assistant and a smart bulb or two or have a complex web of devices whose actions you're looking to automate, you'll want to consider these hidden tips and tricks to make your smart home work for you. Enable Night mode to keep your devices from waking people up Google speakers and displays have a Night mode that lowers their volume and dims their display lights during set "downtimes," so you can still use your voice assistant without disturbing the peace or waking kids who are sleeping. In the Google Home app, tap Home > All devices and long-press your device's tile. Tap Settings > Notifications & digital wellbeing > Night mode and turn Enable night mode on. From here, you can choose when downtime begins and ends and select which days of the ...
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How to Use AI Browsers Without Getting Hacked

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For the past few days, I’ve been poking around every AI browser I could get my hands on. So far, I’ve performed general research tasks on Perplexity Comet and used ChatGPT Atlas to successfully navigate an Amazon checkout. I even spent some time familiarizing myself with the new Dia browser from the developers of Arc . As I've explored these browsers, I've been mindful of the many security risks to contend with: Prompt injection, where malicious AI prompts are hidden in a website or browser extension’s HTML source code, is the most obvious threat. But there are also cases of AI agents acting without a user’s permission to access your logged-in accounts. Moreover, AI browsers can leak data between browser tabs and hand over user credentials on clever prompting without even using any malicious code.  But despite the risks, there are legitimate ways to experiment with AI browsers without compromising your privacy. In fact, most of these browsers have optio...
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