Author

Sam Rivera

Sam Rivera covers consumer technology, gadgets, and hands-on product analysis for Newzlet. Articles under this byline are produced by Newzlet's AI-assisted editorial process and checked against our published editorial standards; see our AI Disclosure for how the newsroom works.

Areas of focus: Consumer tech, gadgets & reviews, smart home

249 articles  ·  Contact the newsroom

Consumer Tech

Colossal’s Artificial Egg Is a Backdoor to De-Extinction
Colossal’s Artificial Egg Is a Backdoor to De-Extinction

What Actually Happened: Chickens in a Cup At Colossal Biosciences’ Dallas headquarters, something quietly extraordinary happened: chicken chicks…

May 22, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Musk v. OpenAI: What the Case Failed to Settle About AI Law
Musk v. OpenAI: What the Case Failed to Settle About AI Law

The Verdict in Plain English: What Musk Alleged and Why He Lost Elon Musk sued Sam Altman and…

May 22, 2026  ·  8 min read

Consumer Tech

Herman Miller’s Gaming Desk Reveals Who Ergonomics Is For
Herman Miller’s Gaming Desk Reveals Who Ergonomics Is For

Gaming Desks Have Quietly Become a Serious Product Category Gaming peripherals have always been built around one obsession:…

May 21, 2026  ·  9 min read

Startups & Business

ERPNext Cuts the Software Stack Tax Hurting Small Businesses
ERPNext Cuts the Software Stack Tax Hurting Small Businesses

The Hidden Tax on Running a Small Business: Fragmented Software Costs A small business running standard operations today…

May 21, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Memorial Day SSD Deals: How to Spot Real Savings in 2025
Memorial Day SSD Deals: How to Spot Real Savings in 2025

The SSD market right now: why prices are falling and what that means for shoppers SSD prices have…

May 21, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Anthropic’s MCP Plugin Directory: Two Tiers, One Big Caveat
Anthropic’s MCP Plugin Directory: Two Tiers, One Big Caveat

What the Directory Actually Is (And Isn’t) Anthropic’s claude-plugins-official repository splits into two distinct tiers that most coverage…

May 21, 2026  ·  8 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Musk Lost on a Technicality—Not on OpenAI’s Mission
Musk Lost on a Technicality—Not on OpenAI’s Mission

The verdict in plain English: He sued too late, full stop Three weeks of testimony, dozens of hours…

May 21, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Google I/O 2026: Can Google Reclaim the AI Race It Started?
Google I/O 2026: Can Google Reclaim the AI Race It Started?

From Frontrunner to Third Place: How Google Lost Its Own Race Twelve months ago, Google walked into I/O…

May 21, 2026  ·  8 min read

AI & Machine Learning

SANA Makes 4K AI Image Generation Affordable at Scale
SANA Makes 4K AI Image Generation Affordable at Scale

The Problem Nobody Talks About: High-Resolution AI Images Are Computationally Brutal Generating a 4K image with a standard…

May 20, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Corsair’s 20% Discount Beats Waiting for Holiday PC Sales
Corsair’s 20% Discount Beats Waiting for Holiday PC Sales

The Deal Breakdown: What 20% Off Actually Gets You The sources provided are all identical excerpts from a…

May 20, 2026  ·  7 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Academic Research Skills for Claude Keeps You in Control
Academic Research Skills for Claude Keeps You in Control

The Tool Nobody Is Talking About (But Researchers Should Be) Most AI tools pitched at academics arrive wrapped…

May 20, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

NAS Devices Are Back as Cloud Prices and AI Privacy Concerns Grow
NAS Devices Are Back as Cloud Prices and AI Privacy Concerns Grow

The cloud trust gap — why 2026 is a turning point for local storage For years, cloud storage…

May 20, 2026  ·  9 min read