The Spurs are in Paris this week for a pair of games against the Indiana Pacers.
January 2025
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich ‘attacking his rehab’ after stroke, remains away from team: ‘His improvement continues’
The Spurs are in Paris this week for a pair of games against the Indiana Pacers.
This Sonos Arc Soundbar Is $250 Off
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The Sonos brand is well known in the smart speaker and surround sound system space. And very much like Apple, people will pay a premium price for their minimalistic, premium quality, and discounts are often hard to come by.
Of course, it’s always better to get a deal, and that’s exactly what you can do today: The Sonos Arc, which was Sono’s flagship soundbar prior to the launch of the Sonos Arc Ultra, is $649, $250 off its usual $899 price. It’s also a new low price for this model, according to price tracking tools.
Maximum Output Power: 110 Watts, Connectivity Technology: Wi-Fi, Audio Output Mode: Surround Mount.
Sonos Arc Soundbar
$649.00
at Amazon
$899.00
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Save $250.00
$649.00
at Amazon
$899.00
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Save $250.00
Maximum Output Power: 110 Watts, Connectivity Technology: Wi-Fi, Audio Output Mode: Surround Mount.
Sonos Arc Soundbar
$649.99
at Best Buy
$899.99
Save $250.00
Save $250.00
$649.99
at Best Buy
$899.99
Save $250.00
Save $250.00
Sonos speakers are not for everyone, if only because you’ll have to justify paying around two grand for a complete surround sound system when you can get a setup like the Samsung Q990C for about half the price. But audiophiles swear they can hear the difference, so the cost might be worth it to you.
If you pick up this soundbar, you’ll want to consider the Sonos 300 rear speakers and the Gen 4 subwoofer to go with it—they’re the latest Sonos has to offer, though you can choose Eras 100 or an older or smaller subwoofer to lower the price tag.
As for the Arc, it offers Dolby Atmos, providing immersive three-dimensional sound with height channels that simulate audio coming from above you (you can read the details in PCMag’s “excellent” review). It offers enough of a low-end kick that you don’t really need a subwoofer if you have a small space. If you already own other Sonos speakers, you can seamlessly connect them through the Sonos app to create a surround sound setup or a multi-room system.
Best Buy is offering $75 in credit if you want them to mount the soundbar in your space, but you’ll have to buy the mounting materials separately.
Aaron Glenn knows the Jets and the franchise’s chaos. He’s ready for it.
Glenn seems to thrive amid uncertainty. And he will build a team that can do the same — which is needed for a franchise that is perpetually mired in it.
Roki Sasaki is down with L.A. New Dodgers pitcher learns city’s fingers sign at Lakers game
The night before Roki Sasaki was to be introduced at Dodger Stadium, the Japanese pitcher met LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and others at his first Lakers game.
Roki Sasaki is down with L.A. New Dodgers pitcher learns city’s fingers sign at Lakers game
The night before Roki Sasaki was to be introduced at Dodger Stadium, the Japanese pitcher met LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and others at his first Lakers game.
Now You Can Control a Chromebook With Just Your Face
Controlling a computer with a mouse might seem like second nature to you, but to people with motor control issues or other disabilities preventing them from keeping a steady hand on a peripheral, it can be a frustrating endeavor. That’s why Google’s giving Chromebook users the ability to control their cursors with their faces.
Initially announced in December, Face Control allows Chromebooks to use your webcam and facial gestures as input. Look down to move your cursor down to your menu, or look up and to the left to hover over the Compose button in Gmail. Move your mouth left or right to left-click or right-click, and open your mouth to start using voice-to-text.
Assuming there are no hiccups, the tool should allow for entirely hands-free control, intended to aid with accessibility. According to Google, this is another AI-powered feature, and “uses a series of machine learning models” to generate a 3D mesh of your face with 478 specific facial points for fine control.
There’s a small catch, in that Google recommends 8GB of RAM for the best performance, but now that the feature’s out of beta, you’re free to try it for yourself and test it out. Google says it’s rolling out to all users now, alongside features to access reading mode in the Chrome browser with more natural voices, plus use a screen reader in “previously inaccessible PDFs.”
On the more fun side of things, Face Control is actually fairly similar to Project Gameface, a similar tool Google developed for Windows and Android that allows gamers to control titles like World of Warcraft by mapping facial gestures to in-game actions.
Unfortunately, while Project Gameface is open-source, allowing developers to tweak the tool and add support for it as they wish, Face Control is limited to ChromeOS for now. To turn it on once it rolls out to you, find it under the Accessibility menu at Settings > Accessibility.
Baseball Hall of Fame: Who fell off the ballot? Who got a boost in support? Which names will we see in 2026 and beyond?
Ten players fell off the ballot for 2026, but three players received significant bumps in support from BBWAA voters.
Baseball Hall of Fame: Who fell off the ballot? Who got a boost in support? Which names will we see in 2026 and beyond?
Ten players fell off the ballot for 2026, but three players received significant bumps in support from BBWAA voters.
Netflix Just Raised Its Prices Again
It’s difficult to keep track of how much Netflix costs these days, since the company keeps raising its damn prices. That goes extra if you want to share your account with others: The company killed free password sharing in the U.S. back in May of 2023. Since then, if you want to lend out your Netflix password to someone else, you’ll need to tack on an extra monthly charge.
But even that monthly charge has increased. During its Q4 2024 earning results call on Tuesday, Netflix announced it would be raising prices for all subscriptions and extra users. Here’s where the company’s various subscription options currently stand, as of January 2025.
Standard with ads ($7.99 per month)
“Standard with ads” is currently Netflix’s cheapest plan. Launched in November of 2022, the plan gives subscribers access to most of Netflix’s library of movies and TV shows, and all of its mobile games. It’s a bit hard to find updated lists of the titles not included with a “Standard with ads” plan (the latest appears to be a 2024 article from Variety) but, in any case, you’ll see a lock icon next to titles your ad-supported plan doesn’t allow.
The plan lets you stream on two supported devices at once in “Full HD.” That means your content will stream in 1080p, and not in 4K HDR. You can also download titles to two devices at a time. In addition, you cannot add other users to your plan. The plan cost $6.99 for quite a while, before Netflix upped it to $7.99 in January.
Standard ($17.99 per month, plus $8.99 for an extra user)
There’s one immediate difference between Standard and Standard with ads: the lack of ads. Standard lets you stream Netflix to your heart’s content—all of Netflix’s content, mind you—without ever serving you a single ad. You know, like Netflix always used to do. You’ll also be able to download those titles to up to two supported devices at a time.
Standard also invites you to add someone outside your household to your account for an extra $8.99 per month. (That’s $1 more than it used to cost.) That raises standard’s monthly price from $17.99 to $26.98. You’ll only be able to add one additional outside user to your account, however, so choose wisely.
While you don’t have to deal with ads, nor do you have limitations on what you can watch, your content will look the same, since the video quality is capped at 1080p. If you want 4K HDR shows and movies, you’ll need to pay even more.
Premium ($24.99 per month, plus $8.99 for each extra user)
A Premium Netflix account is as good as it gets. Here, you have unlimited access to Netflix’s library, including the ability to stream in 4K HDR when available. Netflix lets you stream concurrently on up to four devices at once, and download titles on up to six devices at a time.
This subscription was previously $22.99, but Netflix raised the price to $24.99 this week. You also have the option to add up to two users outside your household to your plan. Of course, that adds up fast: Premium’s $24.99 per month cost goes up to $33.98 when adding one user, and $42.97 when adding two. Imagine telling someone in 2022 watching season four of Stranger Things that you pay more than $40 a month for Netflix.