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OnePlus Open Matthew Miller/ZDNETPresidents’ Day may have come and gone, but the discounts continue during this post-holiday period. OnePlus More

Marc Piasecki/Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI, the startup that owns the X (formerly Twitter) social media platform and builds AI models, unveiled its latest innovation, Grok 3, on Monday. This AI model challenges the best from OpenAI in reasoning and other tasks.  The unveiling follows Musk’s hostile bid for OpenAI, Inc., the non-profit that controls […] More

Getty Images / NurPhoto / Contributor Elon Musk was an investor in OpenAI when it was founded in 2015. Since then, he’s completely severed his ties with the startup, alleging the company has departed from its original non-profit mission. He created his own AI company, xAI, and with it, a large language model (LLM) called […] More

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETWhat’s the deal?Dell’s Inspiron 16 Plus (7640) More

JBL/ZDNETIf you’ve been looking to upgrade your home audio this winter, this soundbar from JBL has excellent audio quality for music and movies and is on sale. Also: The best Presidents’ Day deals still availableYou can still get the JBL Bar 700 More

Allison Murray/ZDNETWhat’s the deal? The Samsung Freestyle 2 More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETGoogle is set to release the Pixel 9a, and WinFuture has released a fairly detailed look at this new device. The Pixel 9a will measure 6.09 x 2.89 x .35 inches, sport a 6.3-inch display with a resolution of 2424 x 1080 and a 120 Hz refresh rate and a 5100 mAh battery, and weigh 188g (which is less than the Pixel 8a), according to the leak. Also: The iPhone SE 4 this week isn’t what you’re expecting – and we can thank Apple Intelligence for thatThe handset runs on a Google Tensor G4 CPU, has 8GB of RAM, and either 128GB or 256GB of storage. The Pixel 9a also includes wireless charging capability, NFC, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 6, satellite support, and biometrics (finger and face). As for cameras, you’ll get a 48MP main with a 13MP ultrawide capable of 120-degree field of view, and a 13MP front-facing camera.Let’s compare that to my Pixel 9 Pro:Specifications More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways Lenovo’s sixth-generation ThinkPad T14s is available now, starting at $1,598. It’s is a powerful workhorse thanks to the new AMD Ryzen AI chipset and support for the speedy Wi-Fi 7 standard. Its display, on the other hand, isn’t all that impressive considering its price tag. more buying choices Whenever Lenovo isn’t […] More