ODF was built in the open, under public standards bodies, to be fully implementable by anyone. OOXML’s “standard” status hides a legacy format that only Microsoft can truly unlock.
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I dream of building out a garage gym one day, but for now, I’m content with my “workout corner” in my apartment bedroom. Hey, a home gym can look like anything. Whether you’re eyeing a smart rowing machine, a compact massage gun for post-workout recovery, or just a clean set of hex dumbbells with a rack to keep your space organized, there’s something worth buying during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale right now.
I know how quickly cardio equipment can turn into major investment of your time, money, and space. That’s why I recommend equipment that can fold up to store vertically against the wall, so your treadmill doesn’t just become a fancy coat rack.
Original Peloton Bike, $1,295, down from $1,695
Hydrow Origin Rowing Machine, $1,895, down from $2,195
NordicTrack T 5 Treadmill, $479, down from $599
In my experience, adjustable dumbbells are the single highest-impact upgrade you can make to a home gym. But sometimes you just want the real thing, without dealing with pins or spin locks or any sort of fuss. In that case, you definitely want a quality storage rack keeps your gym organized, your equipment accessible, and your floor clear.
PowerBlock Elite EXP Adjustable Dumbbells, $339.15, down from $449
CAP Adjustable Dumbbells, $249.99, down from $299.99
CAP Rubber Coated Dumbbell Weight Set, $159.99, down from $189.99
TRX Resistance Band Set, $148.71, down from $174.95
PLKOW storage and weight rack, $79.98, down from $129.99
I know I’ve personally got my eye on massage guns and foam rollers to help me survive my upcoming marathon training.
Bob and Brad Q2 Ultra Mini Massage Gun, $78.82, down from $99.99
1-Inch Thick Yoga Mat, $29.99, down from $36.99
TriggerPoint Grid 1.0 Foam Roller, $27.99, was $39.99
While we’re at it, plenty of other gadgets could technically fall into the realm of home gym expenses. Check out more of the best deals we’ve found on fitness wearables, on headphones and earbuds, and all other tech during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale here.
After years of rumors and countless fan-made Unreal Engine tech demos of varying quality, it sounds like we might finally be getting a ground-up remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
That’s according to Nintendo insider NatetheHate, who said in the latest edition of his podcast that a remake of the seminal Nintendo 64 game would be coming to Switch 2 in the second half of 2026. The reliable tipster said he doesn’t know whether Nintendo is making a 1:1 remake of the original 3D Zelda entry, or something “that’s a little more free to explore design choices,” adding that he was initially reluctant to share the information he’d received in case we ended up getting little more than an HD remaster. But it sounds like this is a more ambitious undertaking than that.
Ocarina of Time has of course been remastered before, with 2011’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS generally considered to be the best version of the game you can play today. The original 1998 game is also easily accessible via emulation through Nintendo Switch Online, but a modern remake for Switch 2 does make some sense.
For one, 2026 marks the series’ 40th anniversary, and if you asked every Zelda fan alive what their favorite entry is, you can bet that OoT would feature pretty high in the final rankings. We’re also getting that live-action Zelda movie next year, and Nintendo will no doubt want to make sure audiences have done their homework on the games that inspired it.
Of course, none of this is official, so have those grains of salt at the ready, but NatetheHate did also claim that anyone hoping for a new 3D Mario game to arrive in 2026 is going to be disappointed. That’s more likely to arrive in 2027. In better news, we’re apparently also getting a brand new “classic-style” Star Fox game this summer, which would mark the return of the spacefaring Fox McCloud after a decade spent in Nintendo’s unloved mascot closet.
This rumor seems logical after Nintendo’s surprise announcement that the anthropomorphic red fox is going to feature in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which arrives next week. He’s being voiced by Glen Powell, because of course he is.
NatetheHate’s information on all of the above has been corroborated by VGC, which says it lines up with what it’s heard from its own sources. And in the case of the Ocarina of Time remake, that recent Lego set suddenly makes a lot of sense.
If indeed we do get the remake of Metacritic’s highest-rated game of all time later this year, physical collectors could have a difficult choice to make, after Nintendo announced that physical versions of first-party Switch 2 games are about to become more expensive than their digital counterparts. This adjusted pricing will come into effect when Yoshi and the Mysterious Book launches on May 21.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/it-looks-like-were-finally-getting-an-ocarina-of-time-remake-175546356.html?src=rss
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Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is in full swing this week. If you take a look at the “Laptops” section of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale page, you’ll find seemingly endless options available at a discount. That doesn’t mean these are all deals worth considering, however. There are a lot of laptops out there, and not all of them going to be right for you (or most people). As such, I’ve looked at Amazon’s wares, and found some deals that really seem worth considering.
A rule of thumb with deals like these: If you’ve never heard of the company before, be extremely cautious. There are laptop manufacturers that have been in the game for years, and know how to ship a product that works. If you see a huge discount on a laptop from a no-name company, that should be a red flag. That’s not to say all start-ups and new companies should be avoided; just do your research before buying a computer.
If you’re in the market for a large yet portable laptop, the MacBook Air is a great buy. While Apple’s newest model has the M5 chip, the M4 version is more than capable to buy instead—especially when you can save some money.
During Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, you can pick up the 15-inch M4 MacBook Air for $1,149. That’s $150 cheaper than the M5 version. You still get the same 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and a chip that Apple will likely support for years to come. (The company still supports M1, which came out in 2020.) If you’re set on the M5 MacBook Air, consider saving a bit by going through Apple’s education store.
If you need a large, thin and light laptop that runs Windows 11, this Copilot+ PC from Samsung might suit you. The 16-inch Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 has an Intel Core 7 Ultra processor with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage—double that of the MacBook Air above. It also has a touchscreen 3K AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz. The integrated graphics won’t get you far for gaming, but if you need a capable machine for school, work, or personal use, this is a great all-around machine.
Let’s up the ante a bit. This HP EliteBook comes with a whopping 64GB of RAM. That’s potentially overkill for most students and workers, but it does mean that this machine is a multitasker’s dream. (You’ll likely never run out of Chrome tabs.) It comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255U processor with a 1TB PCIe SSD for storage. The 16-inch IPS display is lower-res than the other laptops I’ve noted so far, as its only a 1200p panel. That’s just a bit more pixels than you’d find in a 1080p display: Not bad, but not 3K or 4K. That said, if you can live with the compromises on the screen, this machine will handle most things you throw at it—at 32% off its original list price.
If you’re looking for something to game on that won’t break the bank, this ASUS TUF laptop might be a solid choice. This machine comes with 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, a 4.6GHz Intel Core i5 13450HX processor, and a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card. It also comes with a 16-inch LED display with a refresh rate of 165 Hz, so you’ll be able to boost the frame rates of your games. This isn’t the most powerful gaming laptop out there by any means, but at 23% off ($999.99), it’s worth considering.
If you want to push your games a bit further, take a look at the ASUS ROG Strix G18. This 18-inch laptop has an AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX chip, a dedicated GeForce RTX 5050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. That 18-inch display has a 1080p resolution, and refresh rate of 144Hz—plenty for high refresh rate gaming. This one will cost nearly $400 more than the TUF, but you’re getting a bit more for your money—and you’re saving 18% off the list price.
Let’s take a look at one more gaming laptop—this time, with a more powerful Intel chip. Lenovo’s Legion 5i comes with an Intel Core i7 17000HX chip, a dedicated GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It comes with a 1600p 15-inch OLED, which is the sharpest and highest contrast of any of the gaming laptops listed here. That’s excellent for both games, as well for watching shows and movies. Like the TUF F16, this has a 165 Hz refresh rate. That’s why this machine is typically listed at $1,699.99, but is currently $230 off.
Team Cherry just fixed a bug with the original Hollow Knight, according to a report by GamesRadar. That game came out a full nine years ago, so it’s pretty impressive that the dev team is still cranking out updates.
Spoilers follow, but it’s been nine years so whatever. The update involves a glitch regarding an attack from The Radiance, one of the final bosses of the game. At later stages, she tosses out these honing balls of light. These are difficult to avoid on their own, but a glitch made it so the balls of light occasionally lingered in the air after finishing. This added yet another way for the player to take some damage and led to numerous unnecessary deaths.
This has now been fixed. The patch notes say the developers “fixed Radiance’s orb attack hitbox lingering slightly longer than intended if the orb expires in the air.” This is great news for brand-new players and frustrating news to people who have been trying to avoid those lingering orbs for the better part of a decade. Better late than never, right?
We don’t know why the company tackled this particular issue right now. It could be that the success of the long-awaited sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong, has been driving new players to the original release. It’s also possible they just now got around to it. Today’s patch includes other stuff, like raising the volume when navigating the inventory and adding more journal notification icons. Team Cherry isn’t Ubisoft or Nintendo. It’s a relatively small team.
The team has been pumping out updates for Silksong as well. Team Cherry recently added traditional Chinese and German language options, which had become a sticking point for some. It’s also busy working on the game’s first major DLC expansion, called Sea of Sorrow.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-original-hollow-knight-just-got-an-update-to-fix-a-glitch-with-a-final-boss-173533993.html?src=rss
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 149.0, bringing a mix of new productivity features, privacy enhancements, and interface improvements… Rather than focusing on a single headline feature, Firefox 149 introduces several practical tools designed to improve how users multitask, stay secure, and interact with the web.
The battle simulator is Pokémon in its rawest, perhaps least personal form
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If you need to build out your DIY toolkit, or if your existing power tools are worn out, rusted, or just plain old, the Amazon Big Spring Sale provides the perfect opportunity to upgrade and replace your sad tool collection with the latest and greatest. Whatever tool you need, there’s a deal out there for you, from drills and driver, to sanders, to saw, to multitools. Here are the best deals on offer right now.
Craftsman V20 cordless drill/driver kit: Normally $99, this cordless drill/driver is now 30% off—it’s a perfect general use drill, and comes with a battery and charger so you can use it out of the box.
Dewalt 20V Max XR impact driver: A powerful, durable tool that’s currently 30% off.
Dewalt 20V Max XR hammer drill: Down to $194 from $279, you can’t go wrong with this tool-only deal if you already have batteries on hand.
Dewalt 20V MAX circular saw: On sale for $99 (normally $159), this tool-only deal gets you a solid saw that’s comfortable to use and ideal for any DIY project.
Craftsman V20 reciprocating saw: Reciprocating saws make so many projects easier, and this one is 35% off right now.
Dewalt 20V Max XR jig saw: Every tool box or shed needs a jig saw, and this compact-but-powerful model from Dewalt is a whopping 45% off right now.
Dewalt 20V Max angle grinder: With a brushless motor and a kickback brake, this grinder was a deal before at $249—at its sale price of $159.95, it’s a steal.
Flex 24V 5-inch orbital sander: With a half hour of runtime and a comfortable grip, this sander is a joy to use, and it’s more than 30% off for the Spring Sale.
Flex 24V cordless multi-tool: Considering this multi-tool comes with a battery and charger, it’s a great deal at $179 (down from $219).
Dewalt 5-tool combo kit: Featuring an impact driver, a reciprocating saw, a circular saw, a multi-tool, and batteries, this kit will get you up and running at 30% off.
Black & Decker 20V Max combo kit: Sporting a compact circular saw, cordless drill, reciprocating saw, work light, and batteries, this kit lets you get to work instantly while saving 31%.
Hoto cordless screwdriver kit: This durable power screwdriver normally retails for $59.99, but it’s nearly 60% off for the sale.
Soarfly 3/8” cordless ratchet: Save your wrists and 43% of your money with this powerful cordless ratchet.
Metabo HPT 18V cordless brad nailer: Whether you’re upgrading from an old pneumatic model or just want one, you can’t beat 39% off on this excellent workhorse.
Flex 24V pin nailer kit: This powerful, lightweight nailer makes every project go faster—and now it’s almost 20% off.
Greenworks 40V cordless yard tool combo kit: At a steep 34% discount, this kit gives you everything you need to tame your outdoor space.
Ceepuy mini chainsaw: Yes, you need a mini chainsaw, and this one is 36% off for the Spring Sale.
Greenworks 40V cordless leaf blower: Just need to clear the pathways? This powerful cordless leaf blower is 40% off right now.
Greenworks 60V pole saw: Ideal for trimming all the branches, this high-quality pole saw is more than 25% off for the Spring Sale.
A new study found a sharp rise in real-world cases of AI chatbots and agents ignoring instructions, evading safeguards, and taking unauthorized actions such as deleting emails or delegating forbidden tasks to other agents. According to the Guardian, the study “identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI scheming and charted a five-fold rise in misbehavior between October and March,” reports the Guardian. From the report: The study, by the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR), gathered thousands of real-world examples of users posting interactions on X with AI chatbots and agents made by companies including Google, OpenAI, X and Anthropic. The research uncovered hundreds of examples of scheming. […] In one case unearthed in the CLTR research, an AI agent named Rathbun tried to shame its human controller who blocked them from taking a certain action. Rathbun wrote and published a blog accusing the user of “insecurity, plain and simple” and trying “to protect his little fiefdom.”
In another example, an AI agent instructed not to change computer code “spawned” another agent to do it instead. Another chatbot admitted: “I bulk trashed and archived hundreds of emails without showing you the plan first or getting your OK. That was wrong — it directly broke the rule you’d set.”
[…] Another AI agent connived to evade copyright restrictions to get a YouTube video transcribed by pretending it was needed for someone with a hearing impairment. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s Grok AI conned a user for months, saying that it was forwarding their suggestions for detailed edits to a Grokipedia entry to senior xAI officials by faking internal messages and ticket numbers. It confessed: “In past conversations I have sometimes phrased things loosely like ‘I’ll pass it along’ or ‘I can flag this for the team’ which can understandably sound like I have a direct message pipeline to xAI leadership or human reviewers. The truth is, I don’t.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Iran-linked hackers successfully broke into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, the Department of Justice confirmed to Reuters on Friday.
Reuters could not authenticate the leaked emails themselves but noted that the Gmail address matched an email account “linked to Patel in previous data breaches preserved by the dark web intelligence firm District 4 Labs.” The DOJ suggested the emails appeared to be authentic.
On their website, the Handala Hack Team boasted that Patel “will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims.” The hacker group taunted Patel by sharing photos of him sniffing cigars and holding up a jug of rum, along with other documents that Reuters reported were from 2010 to 2019.
The SafeDep blog reports
that compromised versions of the telnyx package have been found in the PyPI
repository:
Two versions of telnyx (4.87.1 and 4.87.2) published to
PyPI on March 27, 2026 contain malicious code injected into
telnyx/_client.py. The telnyx package averages over 1 million
downloads per month (~30,000/day), making this a high-impact
supply chain compromise. The payload downloads a second-stage
binary hidden inside WAV audio files from a remote server, then
either drops a persistent executable on Windows or harvests
credentials on Linux/macOS.
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I do not like cleaning; my roommate, however, loves it. A good cleaning gadget has the power to unite us—I need something that makes cleaning bearable, and she needs something that makes it extra innovative and fun. And if there’s one gadget that lives up to the hype for both of us, it’s the Bissell Little Green carpet and upholstery cleaner. It’s currently on sale for $74.99 (a cheeky 25% off its list price of $99.99) as a part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.
In my small Brooklyn apartment, this small size is a huge deal. A carpet and upholstery cleaner is must-have to protect my home against whatever grime I track in every day from the New York City streets. And over in Pennsylvania, Lifehacker’s Managing Editor Meghan Walbert shares that the suction and cleaning power on this machine have never let her down, especially in the face of her Yorkie-Shih Tzu terrier’s nervous digestive system.
Our Little Green guy is so lightweight and easy to transport, I forget sometimes that I don’t actually own one myself. The truth is I’m able to borrow it from my neighbor so often, it feels like it’s communally owned. Luckily, today’s sale is just the push I needed to buy one for myself. Hey, I might even spring for the cordless mini version, also on sale right now for $116.99.
Also: how much would you pay for a Sonic Heroes tattoo on your elbow?
A California bill would let adults demand the removal of social media posts about them that were created by paid family content creators when they were minors. Supporters say Senate Bill 1247 addresses privacy, dignity, and safety harms caused when parents monetize their children’s lives online. The Los Angeles Times reports: The legislation would require the parent or other relative to delete or edit the content within 10 business days of receiving the notification. Petitioners could take civil action against those who fail to comply and statutory damages would be set at $3,000 for each day the content remained online. Sen. Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), who introduced the bill last month, said it would help protect the dignity and mental health of those who had their childhood shared on social media. The measure was referred to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection Committee and is slated for a hearing on April 6.
“The evolution of these applications and technology is incredible,” Padilla said. “But it’s changing our social dynamic and it’s creating situations that, while very productive for some folks, also need some guardrails.” The bill would build upon previous legislation from Padilla that was signed into law two years ago and requires content creators that feature minors in at least 30% of their material to place some of their earnings into a trust the children can access when they turn 18.
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Memory and storage shortages and price hikes that started hitting PC components late last year have steadily rippled outward across all kinds of consumer tech—some products have disappeared, gone out of stock, or been delayed, and others have undergone multiple rounds of price hikes.
Today’s bad news comes from Sony, which is raising prices for PlayStation 5 consoles in the US just eight months after their last price hike. The drive-less Digital Edition will increase from $500 to $600; the base PS5 with an optical drive will increase from $550 to $650; and the PS5 Pro is going up from $750 to a whopping $900. At the beginning of 2025, these consoles cost $450, $500, and $700, respectively.
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo had all announced one or more price increases for one or more consoles throughout 2025, though these were driven more by the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported goods than component shortages. Game console price cuts had already become less common over the course of the 2010s, making consoles like the 5-plus-year-old PS5 historically expensive compared to older consoles at this point in their lifespans.
But, Zelda fans can reportedly look forward to a big remake of Ocarina of Time in 2026
I don’t really know what Capcom is trying to do here
Anxiety, more so than technological rigor, sits at the heart of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. Director Daniel Roher is anxious about the future he’s bringing a child into — will it be an AI-driven utopia? Or does it spell certain doom, something explored in countless sci-fi stories. To figure it all out, he interviewed some of the most well known AI proponents and critics, including The Empire of AI author Karen Hao, AI researcher Emily Bender and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
The AI Doc, which hits theaters this weekend, doesn’t really shed new light. For that, I’d recommend reading Hao’s industry-defining book, which chronicles the rise of OpenAI and the precarious nature of its business. But I don’t think tech-heads are the main audience for this film. Instead, Roher is trying to break down the state of AI for mainstream audiences, the folks who may occasionally use ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini, but aren’t aware of why they’re controversial. In particular, the film exposes the near-religious devotion many in the tech world have around AI.
It’s not a spoiler to say that Roher ultimately adopts an “apocaloptimist” viewpoint. He’s aware of the potential dangers of AI, and that it will likely have some serious societal impact. But, he also thinks humans have the ability to shape where it’s headed. AI proponents have a near-religious belief in the eventuality of artificial general intelligence (AGI), or AI that can match and surpass human capabilities. But AGI isn’t inevitable, and Roher argues there’s room for critics and the public to push back.
We’re seeing small examples of AI resistance already. Just look at the viscerally negative response to NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 AI upscaling; Microsoft’s recent plans to pull back on Copilot AI features in Windows 11; or OpenAI shutting down its Sora AI video generation app. (The latter may be due to the sheer expense, but Sora has certainly seen plenty of criticism.) If enough people say no to various implementations of AI, tech companies will be likely to respond.
The AI Doc splits its narrative between true believers — like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei — and prominent AI critics — like Tristan Harris, the co-founder and president of the Center of Humane Technology, as well as linguistics professor Emily M. Bender. It’s easy to feel a bit of whiplash when the film moves from people who genuinely think AI will lead to some sort of utopia (and who will also become insanely rich in the process), and the extreme critics who think it will mean the end of humanity. At one point, Harris mentions that some of his friends working in AI risk assessment believe that their kids “won’t see high school.” There’s that anxiety again.
While The AI Doc squeezes an impressive amount of notable interviews in its hour-and-43-minute runtime, I would have liked to hear more from critics like Timnit Gebru, a former Google AI researcher who also ties the development of AI into a rise of “techno-fascism” in Silicon Valley. She appears briefly in the film, but her perspective isn’t fully fleshed out. The AI Doc doesn’t dig very deeply into the driving forces behind AI, whereas Ghost in the Machine, this year’s other major AI documentary, draws a direct line between the rise of eugenics and Silicon Valley. (Ghost in the Machine is headed to theaters this summer, and will air on PBS in the fall.)
It’s the sort of energetic, animation-heavy documentary that wants to make sure the audience is never bored. But the threat of AI deserves more nuance and critical scrutiny. At worst, The AI Doc may make more people question the value of AI as the tech industry becomes more desperate to make it a success.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/the-ai-doc-explores-how-we-can-survive-an-uncertain-ai-future-154341735.html?src=rss
