Skip the subscription: Microsoft Office is now $20 for life

Skip the subscription: Microsoft Office is now $20 for life

TL;DR : Microsoft Office 2019 for Windows is on sale for $19.97 for a limited time (MSRP $229). Instead of subscribing to Microsoft 365 and worrying about renewals, this one-time purchase gives you long-term access to the core Office apps most people actually use. Once it’s installed and activated, it’s yours forever—no recurring costs, no account dashboards, and no surprise charges down the line. Included apps: Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook OneNote Publisher Access The only reason you’d ever have to make another purchase is when you eventually upgrade your device. If you want the classic Microsoft Office experience without being locked into a yearly payment cycle, this is the most straightforward option. Download Microsoft Office for Windows while it’s only $19.97 (MSRP $229). No coupon is needed. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows See Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.

Skip the subscription: Microsoft Office is now $20 for life

Skip the subscription: Microsoft Office is now $20 for life

TL;DR : Microsoft Office 2019 for Windows is on sale for $19.97 for a limited time (MSRP $229). Instead of subscribing to Microsoft 365 and worrying about renewals, this one-time purchase gives you long-term access to the core Office apps most people actually use. Once it’s installed and activated, it’s yours forever—no recurring costs, no account dashboards, and no surprise charges down the line. Included apps: Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook OneNote Publisher Access The only reason you’d ever have to make another purchase is when you eventually upgrade your device. If you want the classic Microsoft Office experience without being locked into a yearly payment cycle, this is the most straightforward option. Download Microsoft Office for Windows while it’s only $19.97 (MSRP $229). No coupon is needed. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows See Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.

Elon Musk says Tesla will stop selling FSD after February 14 and will offer it only as a monthly subscription; FSD is already available for $99 per month (Danny Lee/Bloomberg)

Elon Musk says Tesla will stop selling FSD after February 14 and will offer it only as a monthly subscription; FSD is already available for $99 per month (Danny Lee/Bloomberg)

Danny Lee / Bloomberg : Elon Musk says Tesla will stop selling FSD after February 14 and will offer it only as a monthly subscription; FSD is already available for $99 per month —  Tesla Inc. will stop selling the advanced driver-assistance system it calls Full Self-Driving, and instead switch to an entirely monthly subscription service.

WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

Ryan Lawler / Axios : WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla —  WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with a flat-fee risk management model, raised $42 million in Series B funding …

Apple's Foldable iPhone Rumored to Be Built With Liquid Metal and Improved Titanium

Apple's Foldable iPhone Rumored to Be Built With Liquid Metal and Improved Titanium

Apple is planning to use advanced liquid metal and improved titanium alloys for its first foldable iPhone , according to new supply-chain information. According to the Korean Naver user known as " yeux1122 ," citing a material company source, the hinge used in Apple's first foldable ‌iPhone‌ will be made from liquid metal, an "amorphous" material Apple has been exploring for over 15 years. The main body of the device will apparently use a revised titanium material that improves strength while reducing overall weight when compared with existing titanium ‌iPhone‌ frames, despite having virtually the same surface area. Apple's relationship with liquid metal goes back years, tracing back to a 2010 deal with Liquidmetal Technologies . Apple received a "perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusive license" to commercialize Liquidmetal-related intellectual property in the field of consumer electronic products. Around the same time, Apple started using the material in small ‌iPhone‌ and iPad parts such as the SIM ejector tool. In subsequent years, Apple repeatedly renewed or extended aspects of its arrangement with Liquidmetal Technologies, but the material remained difficult to scale for high-volume structural components and it has never seen significant use. Liquid metal has continued to surface in Apple patent filings and rumors over the years. Liquid metal lacks a crystalline structure, meaning that it offers high strength, resists permanent bending, and holds up well under repeated mechanical stress. Those characteristics have led Apple to repeatedly explore liquid metal in patents covering hinges and other moving parts, especially for foldable devices where the material's fatigue resistance and spring-like behavior are essential to hinge durability. For the body of the device, titanium provides a stronger strength-to-weight ratio than aluminum or stainless steel, but foldable designs add further constraints because of their larger size and the need to manage weight around the hinge. Changes to both the titanium alloy itself and the manufacturing process to increase strength while reducing weight for a given surface area could help remedy this. The foldable ‌iPhone‌ is likely to be Apple's fourth attempt at a titanium ‌iPhone‌, so it has had several generations to iterate on the alloy's composition to optimize particular properties. Apple's first foldable ‌iPhone‌ is expected to debut in the fall of this year alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro Max. It is rumored to feature a wide, book-style folding design with a 7.8-inch inner display and a 5.5-inch outer display, a crease-free display, the A20 chip and Apple's C2 modem, two rear cameras, Touch ID , and more. Tags: Foldable iPhone , Liquidmetal Technologies , Naver This article, " Apple's Foldable iPhone Rumored to Be Built With Liquid Metal and Improved Titanium " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

Sources: Chinese officials told customs agents that Nvidia H200 chips are barred from China and instructed local tech companies not to buy them unless necessary (Reuters)

Sources: Chinese officials told customs agents that Nvidia H200 chips are barred from China and instructed local tech companies not to buy them unless necessary (Reuters)

Reuters : Sources: Chinese officials told customs agents that Nvidia H200 chips are barred from China and instructed local tech companies not to buy them unless necessary —  Chinese customs authorities told customs agents this week that Nvidia's (NVDA.O) H200 artificial intelligence chips are not permitted …

An inside look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500 workers from ~30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it (New York Times)

An inside look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500 workers from ~30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it (New York Times)

New York Times : An inside look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500 workers from ~30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it —  Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions.

The US urged UN members to take a tougher stance against North Korea IT worker scams and crypto thefts; an October 2025 report said 40+ countries were affected (Jonathan Greig/The Record)

The US urged UN members to take a tougher stance against North Korea IT worker scams and crypto thefts; an October 2025 report said 40+ countries were affected (Jonathan Greig/The Record)

Jonathan Greig / The Record : The US urged UN members to take a tougher stance against North Korea IT worker scams and crypto thefts; an October 2025 report said 40+ countries were affected —  The U.S. on Monday urged United Nation member states to take a tougher stance against North Korean efforts to skirt sanctions through …

New Leak Reveals iPhone 18 Pro Display Sizes, Under-Screen Face ID, and More

New Leak Reveals iPhone 18 Pro Display Sizes, Under-Screen Face ID, and More

While the iPhone 18 Pro models are still around nine months away, a leaker has shared some alleged details about the devices. In a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo this week, the account Digital Chat Station said the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will have the same 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch display sizes as the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Consistent with previous rumors, the leaker claimed that both of the models will have a breakthrough new feature: under-screen Face ID. Last month, The Information also reported that the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max would be equipped with under-screen Face ID , and it said the front camera would be moved to the top-left corner of the screen on the devices. As a result, the report said the devices would no longer have a pill-shaped cutout in the screen. If under-screen Face ID does finally materialize this year, it is unclear if the iPhone 18 Pro models would have a Dynamic Island. Even if the TrueDepth sensor cutouts for Face ID are hidden under the screen, perhaps the Dynamic Island would still pop up at least briefly for things such as low battery alerts and Live Activities. As for the standard iPhone 18 and the iPhone Air 2, the leaker expects those devices to have a Dynamic Island, and the same 6.3-inch and 6.5-inch display sizes as the equivalent previous-generation models, respectively. All in all, here is what the leaker expects: iPhone 18: 6.3-inch display (120Hz/LTPO) and Dynamic Island iPhone Air 2: 6.5-inch display (120Hz/LTPO) and Dynamic Island iPhone 18 Pro: 6.3-inch display (120Hz/LTPO) and under-screen Face ID iPhone 18 Pro Max: 6.9-inch display (120Hz/LTPO) and under-screen Face ID The display sizes above are rounded. Apple is expected to release the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in the typical September timeframe this year, but rumors suggest the standard iPhone 18 and the iPhone Air 2 will not launch until around March 2027 . Digital Chat Station has more than three million followers on Weibo, and the account has accurately leaked some Apple information in the past. Of course, rumors do not always pan out, so nothing is official at this point. Related Roundups: iPhone 18 , iPhone Air Tags: Digital Chat Station , Face ID Buyer's Guide: iPhone Air (Buy Now) Related Forum: iPhone This article, " New Leak Reveals iPhone 18 Pro Display Sizes, Under-Screen Face ID, and More " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

Critical Node.js Vulnerability Can Cause Server Crashes via async_hooks Stack Overflow

Critical Node.js Vulnerability Can Cause Server Crashes via async_hooks Stack Overflow

Node.js has released updates to fix what it described as a critical security issue impacting "virtually every production Node.js app" that, if successfully exploited, could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. "Node.js/V8 makes a best-effort attempt to recover from stack space exhaustion with a catchable error, which frameworks have come to rely on for service availability," Node.js's