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Those looking to upgrade from an aging tablet to a new iPad should consider the new iPad A16. Not only do we consider it the best budget iPad, but it’s also on sale for even less right now. A few colorways of the iPad A16 are down to $320, which is $29 off their normal price and a record low. The deal is for the entry-level configuration with 128GB of storage, 6GB of RAM and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity.
The A16 iPad, which Apple released earlier this year, is our pick for the best budget iPad. It’s not as sleek or powerful as the iPad Air, but as things stand it’ll run you $234 less than that tablet. It’s a good device in its own right, as we gave it a score of 84 in our review.

Apple didn’t increase the price of the latest base iPad compared with the previous model, but it added 2GB of RAM, doubled the storage and slotted in a more powerful chipset that’s fast enough for most common tasks, including casual gaming and light photo editing. However, the iPad doesn’t support Apple Intelligence — which is either a positive or negative, depending on your perspective or feelings about generative AI.
The build quality is still solid, while the 11-inch tablet runs for around 10 hours on a single charge, depending on the tasks you carry out with it. On the downside, the accessory situation isn’t ideal. The Apple Pencil doesn’t charge wirelessly when you attach it magnetically to the iPad — you’ll need a USB-C cable and a USB-C to Lightning adapter to juice up the original Pencil’s battery from the tablet. The Magic Keyboard support isn’t great either, as the model that works with the base iPad is tough to stabilize on your lap.
Still, if the accessory fussiness doesn’t bother you, this might be the right iPad for your needs. Sure, the iPad Air and Pro lineups have models with more powerful chipsets, but if all you’re looking for is an iPad to watch some movies on while you’re flying or to read the news on without breaking the bank, this could be the way to go.
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This Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 laptop is only $1,140 at Best Buy right now, an insane discount of $460 off its original price. That’s fantastic news because this thing has a powerful configuration that’s rarely available at a price like this. You could go slightly cheaper with our recommended gaming laptops under $1,000, but if you’re able to front just a little more cash, you can get so much more here.

The Zephyrus G16 is a chunky 16-inch laptop with a gaming-ready 1080p IPS display and a marvelous 165Hz refresh rate, capable of cranking out high frame rates so all those fast-paced action scenes smooth. That’s thanks to the RTX 4070 graphics card, a GPU that’s really hard to find in the one-grand range, especially with all these other specs in tow.

Under the hood, this laptop also features a 13th-gen Intel Core i7 processor and a solid 16GB of RAM, which translates into short loading times, quick swapping between apps, and productive multitasking. This combo can handle any task you need to complete, although the 512GB SSD is smaller than we’d like. (Not terrible, but not great.)

If you’re in the market for a high-end gaming laptop at a mid-range price, and if you want to grab one before tariffs drive prices up to astronomical levels, then take advantage of this deal and snag the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 for $1,140 at Best Buy while you can.

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In a significant development for artificial intelligence accessibility, OpenAI has officially released a lightweight version of its Deep Research tool, making ChatGPT Deep Search free for all users. The announcement marks a major shift in the availability of advanced AI-powered research capabilities, previously exclusive to paying subscribers. OpenAI made the announcement through their official channels
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OpenAI is giving free ChatGPT users limited access to its Deep Research tool without the need to pay for it. In addition, the company has expanded the tool’s limits for all users by rolling out a lightweight version of it powered by its o4-mini model. It says the o4-mini Deep Research feature produces slightly shorter responses, but is “nearly as smart, more cost-efficient and delivers similarly high-quality results” as the original version. OpenAI previously released the tool for use by paying Pro, Plus, Team, Edu and Enterprise subscribers. But even they have a limited number of Deep Research queries per month. 
The lightweight version of deep research is powered by a version of OpenAI o4-mini and is nearly as intelligent as the deep research people already know and love, while being significantly cheaper to serve.Responses will typically be shorter while maintaining the depth and… pic.twitter.com/H2UD5GThVj— OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 24, 2025

Plus users, for instance, only had access to 10 inquiries, whereas Pro subscribers paying $200 monthly had a limit of 125. Now, when users hit their limit on the original version, ChatGPT will switch over to the lightweight one. Plus and Team subscribers are now getting an extra 15 Deep Research inquiries a month on top of their 10, while Pro users are getting an additional 125 tasks powered by the lightweight version of the tool on top of their 125. Enterprise and Edu users are getting access to the lightweight tool next week and will get 15 more inquiries every month. As for free users, they can use the tool powered by o4-mini to get up to five answers monthly. 
Deep Research has the capacity to analyze websites and various sources to create thorough reports with citations. The company says the tool is “fine-tuned on the OpenAI o3 reasoning model,” but the lightweight version is “significantly cheaper to serve.”This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/openais-deep-research-tool-is-coming-to-free-accounts-123031773.html?src=rss