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It was a big day in gaming history when Nintendo finally released its Switch sequel. But the Nintendo Switch 2 lacked many options for microSD Express cards. Samsung helped change that this fall, with the release of its P9 Express series of microSD Express cards, and now one of them is on sale.

Currently, you can pick up the 256GB Samsung P9 Express microSD Express Card for $33, down from $55. The 40 percent discount brings the microSD down to a new all-time low price. That means your new Nintendo Switch 2 gets a lot more memory with transfer speeds reaching 800MB/s. The specs are on par with some of our other favorite microSD cards for the Nintendo Switch 2. 

Samsung’s new microSD also comes with the company’s Dynamic Thermal Guard, which should keep things from heating up too much during gameplay. It also works with devices other than the Switch 2, including other gaming consoles, computers, Steam Deck, cameras and more. 

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/samsungs-p9-microsd-express-card-for-switch-2-is-40-percent-off-right-now-141947128.html?src=rss 

End-of-year wrap-ups were popularized by Spotify, and these days you can look back on the last 12 months of listening with most of the music streaming apps, as well as your gaming and YouTube viewing habits. The next logical step? A full recap of all of the Uber trips and takeaways you’ve guiltily ordered this year, of course!

Uber is calling its new wrap-up feature, which launches today, “YOUBER”, and it takes into consideration both your Uber and Uber Eats usage. You can see where you went, how often you demanded Uber Comfort, and how frequently you returned to the same pizza place on Uber Eats. If you rank in the top one percent of a specific restaurant’s customers, YOUBER is going to tell you all about it, whether the realization fills you with shame or not.

There are also 14 “Uber Personality Profiles” that you could be assigned, such as “Do-Gooder” for the Uber Electric loyalists, “Rise & Shiner” for the early morning riders, and “Delivery Darling” for those who “live for deliveries of all kinds.” Uber lets you share your results straight from YOUBER using the “Share this Story” button from within the app.

YOUBER is available to Uber and Uber Eats customers in the US from today, and can be accessed from your homescreen or account page.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/even-uber-has-an-end-of-year-wrap-up-now-120035274.html?src=rss 

The holiday season is very much upon us and, whether you’re traveling or need a last-minute present, noise-canceling headphones are a great purchase for this time of year. This is made all the more true when they’re on sale. Take the Bose QuietComfort Headphones, which are down to $170 from $359. The 53 percent discount brings these headphones to a new record-low price — even better than their Black Friday deal. 

Bose released its new QuietComfort Headphones in October and they’re an incredible option, especially for the sale price. It offers ANC with two modes: Quiet and Aware. It also has up to 24 hours of battery life and should give you two and a half hours of juice after just 15 minutes of charging.  

Looking for something a bit more high-tech? The second-generation Bose QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooth Headphones have also been on sale for some time now. An 11 percent discount brings them down to $399, from $449 — an all-time low price since they came out in September. We gave the second-gen Quiet Comfort Ultras a 90 in our review, thanks to incredible active noise cancelation and upgraded sound quality. They also overtook Sony’s WH-1000XM6 headphones (also great and 12 percent off) for the top spot in our best noise-canceling headphones for 2025 list. 

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/boses-new-quietcomfort-headphones-are-53-percent-off-122332817.html?src=rss 

iRobot, which brought robotic vacuum cleaners to the masses with its iconic Roomba models, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Massachusetts-based company plans to sell all assets to its primary supplier, a Chinese company known as Picea Robotics. If approved by a bankruptcy court, the move would allow iRobot to “continue operating in the ordinary course, pursue its product development roadmap, and maintain its global footprint,” iRobot wrote in a press release.

The company expects the deal to close in February 2026, but says it will continue to operate “with no anticipated disruption to its app functionality, customer programs, global partners, supply chain relationships or ongoing product support.” That means your Roomba should continue to clean normally and you’ll be able to get consumables and replacement parts. 

However, investors of common stock “will experience a total loss and not receive recovery on their investment” if the deal is approved, iRobot stated. The company didn’t discuss how the move might affect its employees in the US or elsewhere. 

Bankruptcy seemed a likely outcome for iRobot after Amazon dropped its $1.7 billion acquisition of the company last year following a veto threat by European regulators. The company’s fortunes continued to decline and it issued a statement to investors in March 2025 that it had “substantial doubt about [its] ability to continue.”

It’s a sad turn of events for the company that invented the robotic vacuum niche and launched its first product, the Roomba, back in 2002. It dominated that space for more than a decade, but its market size has steadily shrunk more recently, particularly since Covid, due to competition from rivals like Roborock and Dreame. 

Though iRobot retooled its product lineup earlier this year with new models like the Roomba 105 Vac Robot series and Roomba Plus 505 Combo Robot + AutoWash Dock, but they failed to move the sales needle enough. The company was reportedly hit hard by Trump’s 46 percent tariff in Vietnam where it manufactures products for the US market. 

If the sale is approved, iRobot says it will return in force. “Today’s announcement marks a pivotal milestone in securing iRobot’s long-term future,” said CEO Gary Cohen. “The transaction will strengthen our financial position and will help deliver continuity for our consumers, customers, and partners.”

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/irobot-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-and-may-be-taken-over-by-its-primary-supplier-091602257.html?src=rss 

Google seems to be cracking down on the use of Disney characters in AI-generated videos on YouTube after it was hit with a cease and desist letter. According to reports by Variety and Deadline, the company removed dozens of videos featuring Deadpool, Moana, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars characters and other Disney IP as of Friday, just days after Disney accused it of “infringing Disney’s copyrights on a massive scale.” The letter, seen by both publications earlier this week, called out Google not just for hosting these videos on YouTube, but also for using copyrighted works to train models including Veo and Nano Banana.

Prior to this, Disney has come after Character.AI as well as Hailuo and Midjourney — both of which it’s suing — over AI-related copyright infringement. But, that doesn’t mean it’s shunning AI-generated content altogether. The company on Friday announced a deal with OpenAI that will bring Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT, and bring AI-generated shorts from Sora to Disney+.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-pulls-ai-generated-videos-of-disney-characters-from-youtube-in-response-to-cease-and-desist-220849629.html?src=rss