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You Can Create a Full Smart Home Set-Up on a Budget With These Amazon Big Spring Sales

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Amazon’s Big Spring Sale continues to march on. Within this sale, you can find deals on a range of different tech items, including laptops, power tools, fitness trackers, and even smart home devices. Computerized smart homes went from a science fiction dream in the 1970s to a full-time headache and money pit in the 2000s, but in 2026, we’ve finally hit the sweet spot, where you can fully automate your home without spending your life savings or needing a degree in programming. Thanks to the arrival of Matter-compatible gear and some serious discounts during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, a basic smart home is achievable with a total cost of less than $2,000. So let’s take a walk through what your daily routine looks like when your house starts working for you.

Smart doorbells and floodlights

As we approach the front door, the lights from the Ring Doorbell Plus with Ring Floodlight Cam turn on automatically. For $164.99 (50% off) you’re getting a professional-grade security perimeter and a head-to-toe view of any visitors.

More smart doorbells on sale on Amazon:

Smart locks

Rather than fiddling around with your keys like some kind of caveman, you have three options for unlocking your front door with this SwitchBot Smart Lock Pro ($84.99, 57% off): Use the app, enter the combination, or slide your finger over the biometric sensor. So your “welcome home” sequence goes like this: The lights find you, the camera sees you, and the door unlocks for you, all before you’ve even reached for the handle.

Smart plugs and lighting

Once you step inside, the house begins waking up. Your tasteful mid-century lamps are still in place, but they’re controlled by these Kasa Matter Smart Plugs (on sale for $39.99 for four). Compatible with Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings, these outlets can be programmed to turn on when the door unlocks. So does the Philips Hue Go Smart Portable Table Lamp ($84.99). It’s glowing amber, one of the millions of colors you can choose.

Smart climate control

You settle into your favorite chair. The air is perfectly crisp. Your Google Nest Thermostat ($89.99) checked your schedule and dialed in your preferred temperature before you arrived. Cool, but also efficient: The brain of your HVAC system helps cut your energy costs by never heating or cooling an empty house.

Sensing the rays of the sun outside, the SwitchBot Blind Tilt Motorized Blinds ($48.99) adjust the slats to prevent glare on the TV. The blinds and the thermostat have been working together all day to account for the sun and keep the house at the optimum temperature.

Smart entertainment core

With the temperature and lighting perfect, it’s time to relax. You tap your phone or issue an order, and the Google TV Streamer ($79.99) wakes up your home theater, organizing all your subscriptions into one sleek interface. To your left, the Echo Studio ($189.99) begins to glow, ready to pump out spatial audio that rivals surround sound setups.

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Smart cleaning

Down the hall, the Ecovacs Deebot X8 robot vacuum and mop ($599, $500.99 off) is finishing its evening rounds. It vacuums and mops, then washes its own pads with hot water, either on a schedule or at your command.

More smart vacuums on sale on Amazon:

Smart router and mesh

Keeping all of this gear connected is a TP-Link AXE5400 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router ($112.99, 66% discount) that manages the high-bandwidth streaming, while the eero 6 Mesh System ($139.99) ensures there isn’t a dead zone from the basement to the attic.

Smart command center

If you want to make adjustments to your set-up, you can control everything from a single place, the SwitchBot Hub 3 ($79.99). It’s compatible with 100,000+ infrared appliances, all SwitchBot devices, and third-party Matter-compatible devices.

Smart modules

With the night winding down, you take to your bed and check the Echo Spot ($49.99) on the bedside table. Put one of these anywhere in your house and instantly confirm that the door is locked, the lights are out, and the TV is off. If you forgot anything, no worries, just say, “Hey, Alexa, turn off the TV.”

Smart emergency controls

But then you hear a warning sound! Something is wrong. You briefly remember Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt,” but it’s not a digital lion that turned real; it’s a leak. But the GoveeLife Premium Smart Water Leak Detector 2 ($49.98) you installed caught it instantly and sent the warning to your phone, so you’re able to take care of it. You’ve also installed a GoveeLife Smart Air Quality Monitor ($36.78), so you know the air isn’t full of smoke from burning toast. Drifting back to sleep, you ask Alexa to play a recording of “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale, just for irony’s sake.

Ring Battery Doorbell Plus with Ring Floodlight Cam Plus, White


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Ring Battery Doorbell Plus with Ring Floodlight Cam Plus, White


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SwitchBot WiFi Smart Lock Pro with Keypad Touch, Fingerprint Keyless Entry Door Lock, Bluetooth Electronic Deadbolt, IP65 Weatherproof, Fits Your Existing Deadbolt, Supports Matter, Alexa and Google


$84.99
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SwitchBot WiFi Smart Lock Pro with Keypad Touch, Fingerprint Keyless Entry Door Lock, Bluetooth Electronic Deadbolt, IP65 Weatherproof, Fits Your Existing Deadbolt, Supports Matter, Alexa and Google


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TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini


$21.99
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TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini


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Philips Hue Go Smart Portable Table Lamp, White – White and Color Ambiance LED Color-Changing Light – 1 Pack – Indoor and Outdoor Use – Control with Hue App or Voice Assistant


$122.75
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$175.99
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Philips Hue Go Smart Portable Table Lamp, White - White and Color Ambiance LED Color-Changing Light - 1 Pack - Indoor and Outdoor Use - Control with Hue App or Voice Assistant


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Nest Thermostat


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Nest Thermostat


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SwitchBot Blind Tilt Motorized Blinds – Smart Electric Blinds with Bluetooth Remote Control, Solar Powered, Light Sensing Control, Add Hub Mini to Make it Compatible with Alexa & Google Home


$48.99
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$69.99
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SwitchBot Blind Tilt Motorized Blinds - Smart Electric Blinds with Bluetooth Remote Control, Solar Powered, Light Sensing Control, Add Hub Mini to Make it Compatible with Alexa & Google Home


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Google TV Streamer 4K – Fast Streaming Entertainment on Your TV with Voice Search Remote – Watch Movies, Shows, Live TV, and Netflix in 4K HDR – Smart Home Control – 32 GB of Storage – Hazel


$79.99
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Google TV Streamer 4K - Fast Streaming Entertainment on Your TV with Voice Search Remote - Watch Movies, Shows, Live TV, and Netflix in 4K HDR - Smart Home Control - 32 GB of Storage - Hazel


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$99.99
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Echo Studio Compact Smart Speaker (Graphite)


$189.99
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$219.99
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Echo Studio Compact Smart Speaker (Graphite)


$189.99
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$219.99
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TP-Link Archer AXE75


$112.99
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$199.99
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TP-Link Archer AXE75


$112.99
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Amazon eero 6 (3-Pack)


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Amazon eero 6 (3-Pack)


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The total smart home cost: $1,852.64

The total cost for building a fully integrated smart home, from top-to-bottom is under $2,000, and you’re saving a total of $1,410.21 over the full retail prices by taking advantage of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. Not too shabby.

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European Commission confirms data breach

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The European Commission has announced that it suffered a cyber attack that affected “cloud infrastructure hosting the Commission’s web presence on the Europea.eu platform.” While the attack has been contained, Bleeping Computer reports that the threat actor claiming to be behind it was able to take over 350GB of data before the Commission addressed the issue.

“Early findings of our ongoing investigation suggest that data have been taken from [Europa] websites,” the European Commission says. “The Commission is duly notifying the Union entities who might have been affected by the incident.”

The Commission’s investigation is ongoing, and it has yet to disclose how its cloud infrastructure was breached. According to Bleeping Computer, the threat actor was able to access the Europa sites and employee data via one of the Commission’s Amazon Web Services accounts. The Commission disclosed a breach that similarly impacted employee data in February.

Both breaches appear to be less severe than the Salt Typhoon hack that impacted US telecommunications companies in 2024. Hackers reportedly gained access to data from the smartphones of members of both the Trump and Harris campaigns, and other government officials. In January 2026, the European Commission introduced a new Cybersecurity Package designed to address similar issues, in part by outlining new ways for EU states to deal with potentially risky companies in their telecom supply chains.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/european-commission-confirms-data-breach-200000982.html?src=rss

Austria Plans Social Media Ban For Under-14s

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Austria plans to restrict under-14s from using social media platforms over concerns about addictive algorithms and harmful content. The government says draft legislation should be ready by the end of June, though details around enforcement and age verification have yet to be finalized. The BBC reports: Announcing the plans, Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler of the Social Democrats said the government could not stand by and watch as social media made children “addicted and also often ill.” He said it was the responsibility of politicians to protect children and argued that the issue should be treated no different to alcohol or tobacco: “There must be clear rules in the digital world too.” In future, said Babler, children under 14 would be protected from algorithms that were addictive. “Other information providers have clear rules to protect young people from harmful content.” These, he said, should now be implemented in the digital space. Yesterday, juries in two separate cases found social media giants liable for harming young people’s mental health. The verdicts are being hailed as social media’s Big Tobacco moment.

Further reading: California Bill Would Require Parent Bloggers To Delete Content of Minors On Social Media


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Hegseth, Trump had no authority to order Anthropic to be blacklisted, judge says

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“Classic First Amendment retaliation.” That’s how US District Judge Rita Lin described the Department of War’s effort to blacklist Anthropic and designate it a supply-chain risk.

By all appearances, “these measures appear designed to punish Anthropic,” Lin wrote in an order granting Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction.

Officials seemingly had no authority to take such extreme actions without considering less restrictive alternatives or offering any evidence that Anthropic posed an urgent risk to national security, Lin said. Instead, “the Department of War’s records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its ‘hostile manner through the press.'”

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The Best Tech Deals Under $25 During Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

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Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is on its third day, and there are tons of big-ticket items still on sale. But if you’re looking to score a bargain on a budget, I’ve used all my resources to find the best tech deals under $25.

The Roku Streaming Stick HD is $18

The Roku Streaming Stick HD is the most basic Roku Stick you can buy, and it’s 40% off right now, making it a great time to upgrade your TV’s OS to my favorite one. You can get it for $17.99 (originally $29.99).

Fire TV Sticks are now $25

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is one of Amazon’s most popular Fire TV Stick options. It’s powerful enough for 4K entertainment, and it’s just $25 for the Amazon Big Spring Sale (down from $49.99) after a 50% discount. The Fire TV Stick Plus sits above the base Fire TV Stick HD (also discounted right now), and offers a quad-core 1.7 GHz processor coupled with 2GB RAM for fast app launches and smooth navigation.

Anker wired earbuds are $20

If you are looking for earbuds but don’t want to pay too much for something you might end up losing, the Soundcore by Anker P20i are a solid pair with some impressive features for their $19.99 price (marked down from $39.99). You get Bluetooth 5.3, 30 hours of battery, water resistance, and a full EQ with its companion app.

This Iniu portable phone charger is $21

I recently lost my Iniu portable charger on a weekend road trip. Fortunately, it was at the end of my trip, and it had served its purpose well, saving my phone’s battery (and therefore my life) multiple times. You can get one now for $20.99 (originally $29.99).

A heart rate monitor you can trust for just a little over $25

Okay, yes, I cheated a bit. This one is $27, but trust me when I say those extra $2 will be well spent. The CooSpo chest strap is a specialist. It has one job, which is to measure your heart rate, and it does it so well, Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor Beth Skwarecki uses it to get a baseline when she tests other fitness gadgets. If monitoring your heart is a priority, don’t sleep on this chest strap.

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Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director’s Personal Email

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers and the bureau said on Friday. On their website, the hacker group Handala Hack Team said Patel “will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims.” The hackers published a series of personal photographs of Patel sniffing and smoking cigars, riding in an antique convertible, and making a face while taking a picture of himself in the mirror with a large bottle of rum.

The FBI confirmed that Patel’s emails had been targeted. In a statement, bureau spokesman Ben Williamson said, “we have taken all necessary steps to mitigate potential risks associated with this activity” and that the data involved was “historical in nature and involves no government information.” Handala, which presents itself as a group of pro-Palestinian vigilante hackers, is considered by Western researchers to be one of several personas used by Iranian government cyberintelligence units. […] Alongside the photographs of Patel, the hackers published a sample of more than 300 emails, which appear to show a mix of personal and work correspondence dating between 2010 and 2019.


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MacBook Neo With Liquid Cooling Mod Sees Massive Temp Drop And Huge FPS Boost

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Apple’s A18 Pro powered MacBook Neo couples a budget price tag with relatively impressive performance. Benchmarks have shown it to offer better single-core performance than most x86 processors and it can even provide a decent gaming experience. Although a modder wanted to find out if Apple was leaving performance on the table due to the machine’s

Crunchyroll is now available as a channel in the Apple TV app

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If you’re still using Crunchyroll after its AI subtitle fiasco and subsequent price increase, there’s a new way to watch. The anime streaming service is now available as a channel in the Apple TV app.

That means you can subscribe and stream your favorite anime titles, all within Apple’s video app. No need for the Crunchyroll app or a separate login. (Your Apple account handles your subscription using this method.) 9to5Mac notes that this is the first significant new channel added to the TV app in some time.

Crunchyroll starts at $10 per month, after the platform raised all of its monthly subscription prices by $2 earlier this year. That may be a hard sell for fans frustrated by the platform’s direction.

Last year, months after the company president enthused about the potential for AI subtitles, fans noticed something fishy. The German subtitles for Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show included one that began with “ChatGPT said…” Crunchyroll pinned the blame on a third-party vendor and promised it would work to “rectify the error.”

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/crunchyroll-is-now-available-as-a-channel-in-the-apple-tv-app-182500579.html?src=rss

Samsung’s New QuantumBlack QD-OLED Tech Aims To Fix Glare And Boost Black Levels

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Samsung's New QuantumBlack QD-OLED Tech Aims To Fix Glare And Boost Black Levels
Samsung Display recently introduced a new feature to its QD-OLEDs dubbed QuantumBlack, which is designed to mitigate reflections in brightly-lit rooms. Another component of QuantumBlack is that surface hardness is improved from 2H to 3H, which should also make the panels more durable overall. While a hard push or drop will still spell disaster,

If you live in Georgia, there’s a new exhibit you can visit celebrating Apple’s 50th anniversary

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The Mimms Museum of Technology and Art in Roswell, Georgia is debuting a new exhibit celebrating Apple’s 50th anniversary. The exhibit, iNSPIRE: 50 Years of Innovation from Apple, is set to open on April 1, the date the company was founded, and includes “more than 2,000 artifacts across 20,000 square feet, making it the largest public display of Apple products in the world.”

iNSPIRE is supposed to offer “a unique look” into Apple, by “highlighting early computers, rare prototypes, original documentation and immersive installations inspired by Apple’s most iconic products and campaigns.” Based on photos shared from the exhibit’s launch event, that includes displays of every model of key products like the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and an interactive installation that inserts you in the company’s iconic iPod ads.

If you’re based on the west coast of the US, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California is also displaying its own “Apple@50″ exhibit, and running what it calls “Mactivations,” scheduled demos where you can interact with a reproduction of an original Macintosh.

Apple’s own celebrations have included a published letter from CEO Tim Cook ruminating on the company’s mission, and live music events at the company’s stores, offices and select landmarks around the world.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/if-you-live-in-georgia-theres-a-new-exhibit-you-can-visit-celebrating-apples-50th-anniversary-180940846.html?src=rss

OnePlus Pad Go 2 Review: Solid Execution With Uninspiring Performance

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OnePlus Pad Go 2: Currently $349 @ OnePlus.com Intel’s mid-model Arrow Lake refresh improves upon the original Core Ultra 200S processors in a number of meaningful ways to boost performance and value significantly.   Vibrant, Quality Display Decent Speakers Stylo Pen Works Well Good Battery Life Middling Specs Lackluster Performance Lackluster…

The Best Books, Movies, Video Games, and Podcasts to Check Out After Watching ‘The Pitt’

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The Pitt is a classic case of taking an old premise and making it feel brand new. Dramas that pivot off the life and death stakes of a hospital or emergency room have been around for decades, but The Pitt—initially conceived as a direct sequel to one of the greatest medical dramas of all time, E/R—has perfected the mix of realism, real-time pacing, and great character work. It’s justifiably been a sensation since its debut in 2025.

If your whole week revolves around new episodes of the series, that leaves you with a lot of time on your hands in-between—and, soon, a long wait until the third season. To fill some of that void, you can peruse this list of other TV shows you should check out. And if you want to expand beyond TV, here are the books, movies, games, and podcasts that can deliver similar themes and vibes.

The best books like The Pitt

With its unusually long season (compared to most other modern series), focus on character, and slow-burn themes, The Pitt is pretty novelistic. Here are some of the best books that will give you the same feel.

This Is Going to Hurt, by Adam Kay

Based on Adam Kay’s personal experience working on the obstetrics and gynecology ward for the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), the adaptation of This is Going to Hurt starring Ben Whislaw is on our list of shows like The Pitt. It’s great, but it’s also different from the source in many ways. Kay’s book is less bitter and more urgent, taken directly from his diary entries and featuring more of his sardonic voice. If you want a more unvarnished, absorbing, and powerful look at the challenges that doctors and nurses face every day of their careers, give it a read.

Five Days at Memorial, by Sheri Fink

If your favorite parts of The Pitt are the big moments like season one’s mass shooting event, you’ll find Five Days at Memorial the perfect read (its adaptation is also on our list of TV shows for Pitt fans). When Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in 2005, the hospitals there faced a challenge beyond anything imaginable. Fink’s book dives into the experienced of people working at Memorial Medical Center, who struggled with a deluge of desperate patients, shrinking supplies, and impossible medical decisions made under the worst possible conditions.

The Emergency, by Thomas Fisher

Fisher’s memoir describes his experiences as an attending physician in the University of Chicago Medical Center, beginning in 2006. If you love the individual stories that The Pitt serves up with each episode, this is for you—Fisher details some of the cases he dealt with at, delving into fascinating maladies and how he approached diagnosing and treating them. He also makes it clear what’s wrong with our modern approach to medicine, and how it often fails the people who need it most.

The House of God, by Samuel Shem

A bit dated these days, but Shem’s 1978 semi-autobiographical novel captures the sense of competitive camaraderie among medical interns and residents, as well as the psychological damage the pressures of their training can cause. It’s a sharp and funny indictment of how residents were trained, and may have influenced reforms that have taken place since.

The Shift, by Theresa Brown, RN

The Pitt knows that the most important people in an emergency department are often not the doctors, but the nurses. In The Shift, Brown uses the same conceit as The Pitt, recounting a single 12-hour shift so you can be there at every step of a patient’s care from her perspective. The result is everything you could want in a read-a-like: A fast-paced story of professionals making life-and-death decisions under pressure, and the people whose lives depend on them.

The best movies like The Pitt

If your one complaint about The Pitt is that the episodes aren’t long enough, check out these movies that have similar themes and storylines.

Code Black (2013)

In a lot of ways, Code Black is a real-life The Pitt. Filmed in 2013 at one of the country’s busiest emergency departments (the Los Angeles General Medical Center), this documentary follows a team of young doctors as they deal with a seemingly endless stream of injured and sick people in desperate need of care. The physicians struggle with everything you see on The Pitt, from personal relationships to the scourge of charting and insurance paperwork—but everything you see really happened. Rent Code Black from Prime Video.

M*A*S*H (1970)

It might seem like an odd pairing, since M*A*S*H is set during the Korean War, but what Robert Altman’s classic film captures is the pressure-cooker environment of emergency medicine and the inventiveness of physicians struggling under less-than-ideal conditions. The characters’ disdain for their commanding officers and the bureaucracy that makes their jobs harder is clearly echoed in Dr. Robby’s attitude more than 50 years later. Rent M*A*S*H from Prime Video.

Contagion (2011)

Although Contagion is global in scope and focused on a fictional pandemic and the race to find a treatment before it’s too late, its tone of steady emergency and the capable, broken people who stand up to deal with it will resonate with fans of The Pitt. If the medical mysteries the show offers up are what keep you coming back, this movie’s horror-ish vibe is like a super-sized version of that. Rent Contagion from Prime Video.

Hospital (1970)

Without narration or any talking head interviews, Frederick Wieman’s 1970 documentary remains highly-regarded for its immersion and powerful portrayal of a broken healthcare system. In fact, you’ll be amazed at how much hasn’t changed in the 56 years since this film was produced. Sure, the technology and protocols are different, but the doctors, nurses, and patients observed here are dealing with many of the same fears and frustrations as Dr. Robby and his staff. Stream Hospital on Kanopy.

Code 3 (2025)

If you want a lighter Pitt-adjacent viewing experience, this dark comedy starring Rainn Wilson, Lil Rel Howery, and Aimee Carrero is just the ticket. Following a burned-out paramedic on what he thinks is his last shift, the film follows a similar structure to The Pitt, sticking with its characters over a single shift as they deal with a range of cases and characters. It’s funny, but there’s a deep vein of pathos in there, too. Stream Code 3 on Hulu.

The best video games like ‘The Pitt’

No, there’s no first-person walking simulator where you play as Dr. Robby, but there are some games that offer similar vibes to The Pitt if you want a more active alternative.

Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues

If you want to know the stress and pressure of trying to diagnose, treat, and comfort patients quickly and efficiently, Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues will get you there. You play as a paramedic in training, and the gameplay involves successfully treating the patients you’re called to see. Since you’re not playing as a doctor in the ER, there’s a limited number of procedures you can use, but the game does a good job of goosing your adrenaline in ways we think the Pitt doctors would understand.

Platforms: Nintendo DS

Project Hospital

Project Hospital is a management sim that tries to replicate the serious business of running a hospital—treating patients and managing resources. It’s got a cartoony look, but don’t let that fool you: It can be as complex as The Pitt when it comes to figuring out how to keep people alive. In fact, one of the “gamefied” aspects of Project Hospital involves finding ways to overbill people’s insurance to maximize profits—which might be a bit too real for some folks.

Platforms: macOS, Linux, GeForce Now, PC, Steam

War Hospital

Set during World War I, War Hospital sees you playing as an administrator trying to keep a field hospital behind the front lines operational under the worst possible conditions. You not only have to manage supplies, construction, and staff morale, you also have to triage the soldiers who pour in, badly wounded and in desperate need. If you miss that hit of stress that watching The Pitt offers, this is a fine way to experience it. A lot of it.

Platforms: PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X/S

911 Operator

If you watch The Pitt and think that charge nurse Dana Evans makes managing the chaos of an emergency department look easy, try your hand at 911 Operator. While not set in an ER, you get the same vibe of trying to put out medical fires with limited resources as you play the role of an Emergency Services Operator, deciding where to send police, firefighters, and/or paramedics as various disasters and emergencies pop up. It’s a surprisingly complex and delightfully stressful challenge that will give you fresh appreciation for what folks like Evans do on The Pitt.

Platforms: PC, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch

The best podcasts like ‘The Pitt’

Just because your eyes are tired doesn’t mean you can’t get more of The Pitt. Whether it’s a deep-dive into the series or a narrative with a similar feel, we got you covered.

The Pitt Podcast

The Pitt Podcast

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The official companion podcast is hosted by Dr. Alok Patel and Hunter Harris, perfectly blending real medical analysis and experience with episode recapping, interviews with actors, crew, and creators, and other insider tidbits. If you’re a Pitt obsessive, this is a must-have in your earbuds.

The Pitt Crew

The Pitt Crew

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If you want a less corporate, more fan-oriented podcast analyzing The Pitt, here you go. The hosts of The Pitt Crew (Camille, Mal, and Robert) bring terrific regular person energy to their discussions, so it’s the next best thing if you lack real people who share your love of The Pitt and resist your desire to talk endlessly about why Joy’s sarcasm and misanthropy is okay but Ogilvie has got to go.

The Nocturnists

The Nocturnists

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One reason The Pitt resonates is the deep research behind its stories—the cases and their resolutions are based on actual medical emergencies treated by real doctors. The Nocturnists is the real version of that: Actual doctors and other healthcare professionals telling stories drawn from their real-life experiences. It’s just as dramatic and fascinating as the show, with the added weight of knowing that it all really happened.

The Mind Doctor

The Mind Doctor

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If you really love when the doctors on The Pitt have to figure out a medical mystery, check out The Mind Doctor. The podcast offers up compelling, twisty medical mystery stories that are based on actual experiences and cases. Basically, if you wish The Pitt would bring Dr. Gregory House on staff, this is the podcast for you (also, Noah Wyle, get on that idea, it’s genius).

Popular LiteLLM PyPI Package Backdoored To Steal Credentials, Auth Tokens

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joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer: The TeamPCP hacking group continues its supply-chain rampage, now compromising the massively popular “LiteLLM” Python package on PyPI and claiming to have stolen data from hundreds of thousands of devices during the attack. LiteLLM is an open-source Python library that serves as a gateway to multiple large language model (LLM) providers via a single API. The package is very popular, with over 3.4 million downloads a day and over 95 million in the past month. According to research by Endor Labs, threat actors compromised the project and published malicious versions of LiteLLM 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 to PyPI today that deploy an infostealer that harvests a wide range of sensitive data.

[…] Both malicious LiteLLM versions have been removed from PyPI, with version 1.82.6 now the latest clean release. […] If compromise is suspected, all credentials on affected systems should be treated as exposed and rotated immediately. […] Organizations that use LiteLLM are strongly advised to immediately:

– Check for installations of versions 1.82.7 or 1.82.8
– Immediately rotate all secrets, tokens, and credentials used on or found within code on impacted devices.
– Search for persistence artifacts such as ‘~/.config/sysmon/sysmon.py’ and related systemd services
– Inspect systems for suspicious files like ‘/tmp/pglog’ and ‘/tmp/.pg_state’
– Review Kubernetes clusters for unauthorized pods in the ‘kube-system’ namespace
– Monitor outbound traffic to known attacker domains


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