Apple’s cheapest laptop is also its most repairable. iFixit gave the new MacBook Neo a 6/10 repairability score. Although that number would only be mediocre for, say, a game review or final exam grade, it’s the MacBook line’s highest iFixit score in about 14 years.

As always, iFixit goes into great detail about the product’s repairability, but a few points stand out. First, the MacBook Neo’s battery is screwed down rather than glued — moving it from “this might burn the house down” to “routine repair” territory. The laptop also has a flat disassembly tree. That means its battery, speakers, ports and trackpad are all immediately accessible after opening the back case.

In other areas, a simplified antenna assembly helps the screen come away cleanly. Keyboard repair is still a bit tedious (41 screws and tape), but at least it isn’t riveted to the top case like on other models. (The screwed-not-glued battery helps here, too.) Apple’s decision to forego a Force Touch trackpad and return to a mechanical style improves repairability as well. And in a nice touch, all the machine’s Torx Plus screw sizes are clearly labeled inside the case.

Several other encouraging signs carry over from recent MacBooks. iFixit found that Apple’s Repair Assistant accepted all replacement parts it tried without a fuss. And its USB-C ports and headphone jack are modular, so replacing either doesn’t “turn into logic board work.”

Not everything is peachy. As expected, the Neo still has soldered RAM and storage, so there’s no upgrade path there. iFixit describes Apple’s pentalobe screws on the bottom case as an “annoying” choice. And while the device’s speakers are easy to remove, they, well, just aren’t very good. (Had to cut that cost somewhere.)

While iFixit describes the Neo’s repairability as “a real comeback,” it’s premature to assume higher-end MacBooks will follow suit. After all, with this $599 device ($499 for schools), Apple is targeting the educational sector, where repairability could mean more bulk orders. Until Apple is convinced that the MacBook Air or Pro would sell better with similar serviceability, this kind of score may be limited to the budget model.

Chirp reinvented the wheel—or at least one type, the yoga wheel. Chirp Wheels are effective in relieving upper and lower back pain, sciatica, and tension headaches. WIRED contributor Hannah Singleton has said the Chirp Wheel XR-3 Pack has even helped undo her tech neck and alleviate her brain fog.

Recently, the wellness brand has expanded beyond its flagship wheels into recovery gear. The lineup now includes powered rolling massagers (which I’ve been using a lot lately for back pain relief), TENS units, and even a full massage table (Chirp Contour) that I’m currently testing (stay tuned for the full review). Where Chirp stands out from heavyweights like Hyperice and Therabody is in its simplicity and value. The products tend to focus on doing one thing well rather than piling on features you may never use. Chirp promos and discounts run frequently on the Chirp website, and we have Chirp discount codes, so you can get an even better deal on recovery gear that’s already reasonably priced.

Save up to 67% on Chirp Products With Daily Deals

I like checking Chirp’s Daily Deals page because the exclusive offers rotate frequently, and you can save as much as 67%. I’ve spotted the Chirp Wheel XR 3-Pack on there, but you’ll also find different versions of the wheel, along with storage accessories. Some wheels skip the pressure-point nodes, which can feel better if you’re focusing on improving spinal mobility and flexibility rather than digging into stubborn knots. If the Chirp RPM Mini pops up at a special discount, it’s worth considering for your first purchase. It’s essentially an electric roller that kneads muscles more gently than most percussive massage guns; it also comes with a carrying case, so you can toss it in a bag and take it with you.

Get up to 50% Off Refurbished Chirp Products

If you’re looking to save money, check out Chirp’s refurbished collection. These open-box units may show minor cosmetic wear from previous use, but they’re still fully functional. Inventory changes frequently, and the best deals tend to sell out fast, so it’s worth snagging as soon as it’s available. Keep in mind that refurbished items can’t be returned. Any other order you place sitewide is covered by a 30-day return policy.

Get a Free Chirp Wheel+ Deep Tissue 2-Pack When You Spend $99 or More

Spend $99 or more, and Chirp will throw in a complimentary Chirp Wheel+ Deep Tissue 2-Pack, which retails for $75. The bundle includes two wheels: a 6-inch Deep Tissue Wheel designed for larger muscle groups and a 4-inch Focus Wheel meant to target trigger points in the neck and other small areas. You’ll need to sign up for the email newsletter to claim the freebie before adding it to your order.

Get Free Shipping on Chirp Orders Over $75

Chirp customers receive free shipping on U.S. orders over $75, and the perk stacks with the brand’s daily deals and most codes. If you time it right, you can shave a decent chunk off the final price. No promo code at checkout required.

Chirp Discount Code: Select Customers Can Get 15% Off

Chirp offers a 15% discount to certain groups through an online verification process. That includes: active-duty military personnel, veterans, and their dependents; first responders and law enforcement officers; medical professionals and healthcare workers; and teachers and academic administrators at any grade level.

Vivid Seats has been part of some of the highest of highs and lowest of lows of my concert-going experience. Because of Vivid Seats, I was able to get a last-minute ticket to Chance the Rapper’s sold-out Coloring Book show at the Oracle Arena in Oakland in 2017 (before he fell off; IYKYK). Vivid Seats helped me (and my sister) see our idol, Bad Bunny for the third time last year amidst the terror of trying to secure limited tickets to see a future Super Bowl performer and heartthrob.

While many concerts, sports events, and theater ticket resellers are shady—double-posting limited tickets and gouging prices—Vivid Seats has almost a 4 out of 5 stars on Trustpilot, keeping up with big dog ticket resellers like StubHub and SeatGeek. If you missed out on the initial release of tickets for your favorite artist’s tour, or just want to look for cheap tickets to a Broadway show while in the Big Apple, Vivid Seats has you covered. We have a Vivid Seats promo code and other deals to help you never miss the moment.

Unlock a Free Ticket: Buy 10 Tickets, Get the 11th Free

If you’re an avid concert-goer, signing up for a Vivid Seats Rewards account is a great way to save a whole lot more on tickets you were already planning to buy and events you were already planning on attending. To begin saving, you’ll need to join the Vivid Seats Rewards program (free sign-up) to start earning towards your next event. Plus, with a rewards account, you’ll get perks like a free birthday reward and surprise seat upgrades.

Then, you’ll begin earning rewards for every purchase, eventually earning a reward credit equal to the average price of your 10 previously purchased tickets (excluding taxes and fees). Once you buy 10 tickets, you’ll get the 11th ticket free via Vivid Seats Rewards.

Verified Members Can Get 10% Off at Vivid Seats

Vivid Seats wants to reward the people who need to unwind and let loose with fun events the most, offering 10% off ticket orders of $25 or more for verified students, military, first responders, medical providers, nurses, and teachers. Just make sure to verify your ID and once confirmed, you’ll be able to start raking in Vivid Seats discount codes to sporting events, concerts, theatre, and more. This 10% off deal is good for up to $30 in total savings, meaning that you can get huge discounts on a more expensive major purchase. (Like that time I spent $1,200 on Bad Bunny tickets in an attempt to help cure my Pandemic depression … theoretically.)

Reveal App-Only Deals and Rewards for Maximum Savings

If you want even more Vivid Seats discount codes and promos, make sure you download the Vivid Seats app. There, you’ll be able to access exclusive mobile discounts and manage your rewards progress, like the “Buy 10, Get 11th Free” promo mentioned above. Plus, you’ll also find a Vivid Seats coupon specifically for mobile users, rewarding you with discounts for downloading a free app. Through the app, you can even sign up for push notifications on price drops on events you are tracking.

Grab Last-Minute Ticket Deals This March

One of the best skills I’ve learned living in New York City and attending Broadway shows, concerts, and arts events is how to scour last-minute deals on sought-after shows. Many times, venues will dramatically slash prices for day-of events to get butts in those seats. I recommend you check Vivid Seats (especially the convenient in-phone app) often, as prices most often fluctuate wildly as the event date approaches, dropping nearer the date of the event. Plus, with the Vivid Seats app, you can get your tickets instantly to your phone, and electronic delivery ensures you receive your tickets quickly, even if you buy them hours before the show. Plus, if you apply a Vivid Seats promo code to your first order, you can stack the savings on your initial last-minute purchase.

Max Imagination, a DIY enthusiast, worked really hard to develop the ESP-BLAST from a rather simple concept. This tiny drone weighs only 136 grams (with the battery!) and can reach speeds of up to 108 kilometers per hour during outdoor runs. Here’s the amazing part: Max built this entire thing from scratch, using only common tools and spare components lying around, to show that you can achieve some truly incredible performance from a device that fits perfectly in your palm.

Max took inspiration from the larger high-speed drones being created by teams in South Africa and Australia. He was determined to test whether he could pack that same level of speed into a tiny little bullet that could shoot vertically like a rocket, and it appears that he was successful. The ESP-BLAST’s frame is a sleek bullet shape that was manufactured in durable PETG plastic using an Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus 3D printer. The entire frame weights 40 grams and it features separate nose as well as tail parts, along with small protective cones around each motor to keep things secure.

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Four small 1104 brushless motors are spinning 2.5-inch tri-blade propellers over here, and eight-amp micro electronic speed controllers ensure that power gets where it needs to go. All wiring is done with very thin 30-gauge silicone cable. Then there’s this custom-built circuit board with the ESP32 microcontroller, an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer, and even a teeny tiny GPS unit for tracking speed, all designed by Max himself in Flux software and built for less than $8.

The device is powered by a 3S 450mAh lithium-polymer battery that slips neatly into the tail part. You can fly at maximum speed for two minutes or slow down for eight minutes. In terms of price, you’re looking at around 155 dollars for the entire package, but that can be reduced to 110 dollars if you skip a few sensors.

Up front, there’s a motorized camera that can automatically tilt its lens when the drone transitions from straight-up launch mode to level forward flight, ensuring you never lose sight of anything. The first-person footage feeds into a tiny 5.8-gigahertz camera, which is connected to a screen that displays live speed, battery voltage, and the number of satellites lined up.

The control signal is transmitted using the ESP32’s built-in wireless signal, which has a range of roughly 200 meters. If you need a greater range, you can easily add a longer-range receiver later on. Max fine-tuned the flight control software in Betaflight version 10.10 until everything was perfect, eliminating any wobbles and ensuring that the drone could withstand a large amount of power without losing its cool. Early tests got it up to about 60 kilometers per hour, but with a little additional tuning, he was able to increase the speed to 108.

First, Max tested the drone indoors to ensure that it could hover steadily. Then it headed out to the wide field for some serious speed runs. The drone requires at least eight GPS satellites before it will allow you to arm it, after which it will just lift off vertically and level out as it moves horizontally. Once it reaches speeds of up to 100 km/h, the bullet shape simply flies through the air with surprising stability. However, if you push it over that point, you will notice some drift, which Max was able to fix with a little adjusting.
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In the mad dash many companies have made to incorporate AI features into their phones, Nothing arrived at one of the better ideas with Essential Space on the Nothing Phone 3a in 2025. The AI-powered app turns screenshots and voice recordings into actionable to-do lists and transcriptions, and now Nothing is rolling out an update to make the app easier to search and capable of recognizing new kinds of content.

As part of the update, Essential Space now recognizes “Events,” displaying them in their own card with fields for the date, time and location. That means, for example, if you add a photo of a flyer for pottery class to the app, Essential Space will be able to pull the details of when and where it’s happening, and track it in much the same way it does tasks or to-dos. Nothing foresees events being such a big part of how people will use Essential Space that it’s also changing the layout of the app’s interface and listing things like Events and Tasks in a new For You page you see when you open the app.

To make everything you’ve stored in Essential Space easier to find, the app now also supports semantic search, surfacing results that don’t just match the text you’ve entered, but try to match the meaning of what you’re looking for. Semantic search should be particularly useful when you’re looking for an image, because you can enter a description of what you’re looking for and Essential Space should still be able to surface it.

Sorting and indexing digital ephemera like voice notes and screenshots with AI is a popular use for the technology. Google offers Pixel Screenshots, and even Apple gave iOS and iPadOS the ability to automatically recognize events in images and add them to your calendar. Essential Space might be less unique now, but the fact that Nothing continues to update it bodes well for its future.

Nothing’s new Essential Space update is available starting today on “all 2025–2026 Nothing and CMF phones that support Essential Key,” the company says. Essential Space should automatically update, but you also manually update the app in the Google Play Store.

TechEx North America will take place on May 18–19, 2026, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, bringing together seven co-located enterprise technology events under one roof to tackle the real questions enterprise leaders are asking right now.

This leading enterprise technology showcase will help CIOs, CTOs, IT Directors, enterprise architects, and IT leaders understand what’s changing, what matters and what to prioritise within the technology ecosystem.

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“This year’s TechEx North America agenda reflects the conversations enterprise leaders urgently need to have. I am particularly excited about our new Physical AI track, which addresses the pivotal moment where AI moves beyond models and dashboards into operational environments”

The new Physical AI track explores how AI integrates with robotics, edge devices, digital twins, industrial systems, and autonomous infrastructure. As AI moves beyond models and dashboards into operational environments, the challenge shifts from experimentation to orchestration.

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Alongside the conference program, the exhibition floor will feature 250+ companies developing technologies used across the enterprise technology spectrum.

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