ChatGPT has a new $100 per month Pro subscription
OpenAI has announced a new version of its ChatGPT Pro subscription that costs $100 per month. The new Pro tier offers "5x more" usage of its Codex coding tool than the $20 per month Plus subscription and "is best for longer, high-effort Codex sessions," OpenAI says.
The company is introducing the new tier as it tries to win over users from Anthropic and its popular Claude Code tool. ChatGPT's $100 per month option will directly compete with Anthropic's "Max" tier for Claude, which costs the same price. It also offers a middle ground between the $20 per month Plus tier and the $200 version of the Pro tier.
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Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now
In September, Apple launched its latest batch of smartwatches, including the Apple Watch Series 11, the SE 3, and the Ultra 3. Each has its own pros and cons, but the introduction of Apple’s newest wearables also means there are now more Apple Watch models on the market than ever before — and a lot more deals to be had.
But with all of those options, which one should you pick? Generally speaking, you want to buy the newest watch you can afford so that it continues to receive software updates from Apple. The latest update, watchOS 26, launched in September on the Series 6 and newer models, leaving those with a Series 5 and older devices in the proverbial dust. Fortunately, picking up a watch from the latest (or a recent) generation ensures you’re getting a futureproof smartwatch with an updated design, a robust feature set, and plenty of sensors.
Now, let’s get to the deals.
Apple Watch Series 11 deals
Apple Watch Series 11 (42mm, GPS)
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Apple Watch Series 11 (46mm, GPS)
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The Apple Watch Series 11 is a fairly iterative update of the Series 10, meaning those who already own Apple’s last-gen flagship may not necessarily feel compelled to upgrade. That being said, the newest model does tout a more power-efficient 5G modem and a more scratch-resistant display, as well as an additional 6 hours of battery life over the Series 10. It’s also the slimmest Apple Watch to date and the first to offer FDA-cleared hypertension notifications out of the gate, which you can also now leverage on both the Series 9 and Ultra 2.
If you are looking to upgrade, however, you can pick up the Apple Watch Series 11 in the 42mm / GPS configuration at Amazon and Walmart starting at $329 ($70 off), which remains the second-best price we’ve seen for the base model. If you prefer the larger 46mm / GPS model, it’s also available at Amazon and Walmart for around $329 ($100 off), matching its lowest price to date.
Read our full Apple Watch Series 11 review.
Apple Watch SE 3 deals
While the Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3 introduce a handful of iterative updates, the new Apple Watch SE 3 represents a significant upgrade over its 2022 predecessor. The entry-level watch features the same speedy S10 chip found in Apple’s flagship models, for one, letting you take advantage of Apple’s double tap feature, wrist flick gestures, and on-device Siri. The SE 3 also (finally) adds an always-on display, 5G connectivity, support for fast-charging, and audio playback so you can listen to music or podcasts directly from your wrist.
On the health front, the SE 3 introduces a wrist-temperature sensor for retrospective ovulation tracking, along with breathing disturbance alerts, sleep apnea notifications, and a new Sleep Score that breaks down time spent in each stage. What you won’t find are the Series 11’s EKG functionality, blood oxygen monitoring, or hypertension notifications — those are exclusive to the Series and Ultra models.
In terms of deals, the Apple Watch SE 3 is currently available on Amazon in its 40mm base configuration with GPS for $239, a mere $10 discount and about $40 shy of its lowest price to date. You can also pick up the larger 44mm model on Amazon starting at $269, which, again, is $10 less than the MSRP.
Read our full Apple Watch SE 3 review.
Apple Watch Ultra 3 deals
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Unsurprisingly, the Apple Watch Ultra 3 offers the most features, sensors, and ruggedness of any Apple Watch available thus far. It features a larger, wide-angle OLED display with a 1Hz refresh rate and thinner bezels, as well as both satellite and 5G connectivity. Better yet, battery life has been extended from 36 hours to 42 hours — a marginal improvement, but one that allows you to squeeze out a bit more life when necessary.
As far as deals go, the Ultra 3 recently dropped to an all-time low of $699.99 ($100 off), which is the current sale price on Amazon when you pick it up with either an Ocean Band or a Trail Loop strap. You can also grab it from Amazon with an Alpine Loop strap starting at $768 ($32 off), which remains one of the better prices we’ve seen on that particular model in recent weeks.
Read our full Apple Watch Ultra 3 review.
Apple Watch Ultra 2 deals
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If the latest Ultra isn’t what you’re after, you can save some money by opting for an Apple Watch Ultra 2, which isn’t vastly different than Apple’s latest top-of-the-line model. The wearable runs on the older S9 SiP and features Apple’s second-gen ultra wideband chip, but that may not matter to you since it still offers precise GPS tracking, a range of diving-friendly sensors, and long-lasting battery life.
Right now, you can pick up the Apple Watch Ultra 2 at Best Buy with an Alpine Loop, a Trail Loop, or an Ocean Band starting at $574 ($225 off), which is about $125 less than the current price of the Ultra 3.
Read our Apple Watch Ultra 2 review.
Update, April 9th: Updated to reflect current pricing / availability and several new links.
Florida launches investigation into OpenAI
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is launching an investigation into OpenAI over public safety and national security risks, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a statement on Thursday, Uthmeier says there are concerns that OpenAI's data and technology are "falling into the hands of America's enemies, such as the Chinese Communist Party."
Uthmeier also says that OpenAI's ChatGPT has been "linked to criminal behavior" related to child sexual abuse material and the "encouragement" of self-harm. He adds that ChatGPT may have been used to "assist" the person suspected of carrying out a shooting at Florida State University in April 2025. Thi …
The EFF is quitting X
The digital privacy non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation will no longer be posting on X as of Thursday, largely due to a sharp decline in views on the platform over the past several years. In a blog post announcing the departure, EFF's social media and video manager Kenyatta Thomas explained that the non-profit used to get 50 to 100 million impressions per month on X, but that has changed.
"Last year, our 1,500 posts earned roughly 13 million impressions for the entire year. To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
According to Thursday's blog post, a downward tr …
John Deere will pay farmers $99 million over right-to-repair lawsuit
John Deere has agreed to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused the agricultural giant of preventing farmers and mechanics from accessing the materials needed to repair equipment, as reported earlier by Reuters. As part of the proposed settlement, John Deere says it will make repair resources available for a period of 10 years, "on a license or subscription basis."
The company has also agreed to start allowing equipment owners and repair shops to reprogram or perform diagnostics on equipment while in offline mode by the end of 2026. These terms will allow equipment owners to "avoid going to authorized Deere D …
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is easier to recommend now it starts at $260
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is one of the best Android smartwatches you can buy right now, especially if you’re already using a Samsung phone. Right now the 40mm, Bluetooth-enabled version’s on sale for $289.99 ($60 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Samsung, which is its second-best price this year and only $50 shy of its all-time low price. Meanwhile, Woot is offering the 46mm, international version of the Bluetooth-enabled Classic model for even less at $259.99 ($240 off) in black and white, though it’s worth noting that it only comes with a 90-day Woot warranty instead of Samsung’s standard one-year coverage.
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The wearable isn’t a dramatic overhaul from its predecessor, but it’s a solid upgrade if you’re coming from a Galaxy Watch 5 or older. The new “squircle” design is slimmer and more comfortable, and if you opt for the Classic model, you’ll also get a rotating bezel along with the Galaxy Watch Ultra’s customizable Quick Button. Both versions also introduce a few new health-focused tools. Our favorite is the Running Coach feature, which offers a personalized training plan based on your performance during a 12-minute run test. The wearable also offers sensors that attempt to estimate whether you’re getting enough fruits and vegetables in your diet, although in testing we found it can be a bit hit or miss.
Otherwise, it covers the essentials well, with reliable heart rate and blood oxygen tracking, as well as sleep apnea detection and EKGs when paired with a Samsung Galaxy phone. Beyond fitness, both wearables also support Google’s Gemini AI assistant, letting you handle quick tasks from your wrist like asking for nearby cafe recommendations or creating playlists without pulling out your phone.
Read our Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 review.
NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly around the far side of the Moon
Humans haven’t set foot on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Now, the space agency is racing to get back to the lunar surface under the umbrella of its Artemis program — a nod to the Greek goddess and twin sister of Apollo, whose name was given to NASA’s first program to send humans to the Moon.
The program has been plagued by years of delays, development mishaps, and billions of dollars in budget overruns, but the mission is unquestionably ambitious. The goal of Artemis is to create a sustainable presence near the Moon, instead of just sending humans to plant flags and make footprints. The agency also aims to send the first woman to the Moon through the Artemis program.
Artemis I successfully completed its uncrewed mission in 2022. On April 2nd, 2026, Artemis II launched from Kennedy Space Center carrying four astronauts in its Orion capsule to travel around the Moon before returning to Earth in 10 days’ time. They’ll test out the hardware and systems that could soon see humans standing on the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years in the Artemis IV mission scheduled for 2028.
- How can you help NASA astronauts land on the Moon?
- The European Service Module is guiding Artemis II back to Earth.
- That’s no moon.
- OLED black levels from outer space.
- Artemis II crew is ‘homeward bound’ after swinging by the Moon.
- First photos of solar eclipse from Artemis II crew look almost too good to be real
- NASA’s record breaking lunar flyby.
- NASA’s Orion spacecraft has reached its maximum distance from Earth: 252,756 miles.
- Artemis II astronauts break a record, name a crater
- Artemis II crew sets the distance record.
- The Artemis II astronauts will set a new distance record from Earth today
- Today’s Artemis II lunar flyby will be livestreamed on Netflix.
- The far side of the Moon peeks out to say hi.
- You can’t doomscroll 230,000 miles from Earth.
- Artemis II is more than halfway to the Moon.
- Why the Artemis II crew is relying on decade old tech.
- NASA did eventually solve Artemis II’s Outlook glitch
- Hey, that’s Earth!
- “With this burn to the moon, we do not leave Earth, we choose it.”
- Artemis II tech support checking in.
- A stunning look at the Artemis II liftoff.
- NASA launches four astronauts toward the Moon on the Artemis II mission
- The Artemis Moon base project is legally dubious
- The NASA countdown begins.
- NASA’s Moon mission delayed again.
- NASA’s now targeting March 6th as its earliest Artemis II launch attempt.
- Artemis II delayed.
- Cold weather in Florida is pushing back the Artemis II launch
- SpaceX proposes a new plan for NASA’s Artemis III moon landing.
- NASA’s mission to return humans to the Moon has been delayed again until 2026
- NASA wants SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver cargo to the moon
- NASA picks three companies to develop a Moon car for Artemis astronauts
- NASA’s Artemis mission to take humans back to the Moon has been delayed until 2025
- How to watch NASA’s Artemis I SLS megarocket launch
- NASA moves next Artemis I rocket launch attempt to September 3rd
- NASA seeks to put first person of color on the Moon in Artemis mission
- NASA will fly Orion deep-space crew capsule ‘as is,’ despite failed component
- A Canadian astronaut will fly around the Moon on the first crewed mission of NASA’s new rocket
- At his last Space Council meeting, Mike Pence announces new cadre of lunar astronauts
- Component failure in NASA’s deep-space crew capsule could take months to fix
- Senate committee’s budget for lunar landers falls short of NASA request
- NASA administrator says he plans to leave position under Biden administration
- Water ice on the Moon may be easier to reach than we thought, new studies claim
- US and seven other countries sign NASA’s Artemis Accords to set rules for exploring the Moon
- Head of Russian space program calls for more international cooperation in NASA’s Moon plans
- NASA wants to buy Moon rocks from private companies
- House budget bill denies major increases for NASA to fund ambitious Moon program
- NASA wants to hear your ideas for engineering the best toilet to use on the Moon
- NASA announces international Artemis Accords to standardize how to explore the Moon
- NASA picks SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to create landers to take humans to the Moon
- The Trump administration calls for big budget increases for NASA to fund Moon-to-Mars program
- NASA administrator on the year ahead: ‘A lot of things have to go right’
- NASA to help SpaceX, Blue Origin, and more develop technologies for Moon and Mars travel
- This company says it has a lunar space suit that will be ready for NASA’s 2024 Moon mission
- Trump repeatedly asks NASA administrator why we can’t go straight to Mars
- NASA’s daunting to-do list for sending people back to the Moon
- NASA administrator on recent personnel shakeup: ‘There’s no turmoil at all’
- Head of NASA’s human exploration program demoted as agency pushes for Moon return
- NASA is testing how its new deep-space crew capsule handles a rocket emergency
- NASA’s future Moon rocket will probably be delayed and over budget yet again: audit
- NASA administrator says it will cost an extra $20 to $30 billion to send astronauts back to the Moon
- NASA administrator says ‘nothing has changed’ after Trump’s tweet about the Moon and Mars
- Trump tells NASA to stop talking about the Moon return his administration is pushing
- NASA administrator on new Moon plan: ‘We’re doing this in a way that’s never been done before’
- The uphill battle NASA faces to sell its Moon plan to Congress
- NASA’s initiative to put a woman on the Moon is named Artemis, after Apollo’s twin sister
- White House wants $1.6 billion extra for NASA to accelerate astronaut return to the Moon
- NASA’s plan to get to the Moon by 2024 isn’t ready yet
- Lockheed Martin unveils lunar lander design to get humans to the Moon by 2024
- NASA is figuring out how much money it needs to meet a faster lunar return
- Mike Pence tells NASA to accelerate human missions to the Moon ‘by any means necessary’
- NASA’s planning to send people back to the Moon’s surface in about a decade
Instagram now lets you edit your own comments
If you make a mistake in an Instagram comment, you can now finally fix it without having to delete the comment and make it again. On Thursday, Instagram announced that users can now edit their comments within 15 minutes of posting them, which should hopefully give you ample time to clean up any errors.
You can make as many edits as you like while that 15-minute period is in effect, Meta spokesperson Nicole Rechtszaid tells The Verge. If you want to edit one of your comments, just tap the "Edit" text that shows up after you add a comment to a post. (I'm seeing the feature after making a couple test comments on the iOS app.) Any edited commen …
Netflix’s TV games get a big boost with Jackbox collection
Netflix's party-focused lineup of TV games just got three excellent new additions: Jackbox's Drawful 2, Fibbage 4, and Quiplash 3, available as the Jackbox Party Essentials pack on the platform. Subscribers can access Jackbox Party Essentials at no additional cost and use their phones as controllers to play.
The Jackbox bundle seems like a natural fit for the platform; Netflix's other TV games include multiplayer party versions of Boggle and Pictionary, and people who have already played games in Jackbox's other Party Packs will be familiar with using their phone as a controller. If you get some friends together to check out Jackbox Party E …
Framework is teasing a lot of Linux for its April 21st event
Modular PC maker Framework is hosting a "Next Gen" event on April 21st at 1:30PM ET, and it looks like it might have something to do with Linux. Alongside a newsletter announcing the event, Framework posted a video on Thursday titled "Follow the white penguin." It features a few clear references to Linux, including the iconic penguin, the "I use Arch btw" meme, and a shot cycling through several Linux distro logos, including Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, CachyOS, and Bazzite.
It also said its products are available in four new countries (New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and Singapore), although it suggested holding off on orders until people see w …