Vizio

Vizio's 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, priced under $398, is a budget quantum-dot TV with high brightness and accurate color. Despite its smart OS, the TV excels as a 'dumb TV' due to its performance and affordability. Vizio, acquired by Walmart in 2024, has remained largely quiet since the acquisition.

Walmart acquired Vibe.co, a French ad-tech firm, for $1.4 billion to compete with Amazon’s advertising business. The deal aims to expand Walmart’s digital-advertising capabilities, particularly for small and medium advertisers, and follows its 2024 acquisition of connected-TV maker Vizio. Walmart’s CEO John Furner is prioritizing growth in non-retail businesses like advertising to challenge Amazon’s market dominance.

Walmart acquired Vibe.co, a French adtech firm, for $1.4 billion, signaling its intent to compete with Meta, Google, and Amazon in the advertising industry. The deal aims to simplify streaming TV ad buying and expand Walmart's ad ecosystem, following its 2024 acquisition of Vizio.

The refurbished Remarkable Paper Pro bundle, including a Mosaic Weave Book Folio and Marker Plus, is available for $509 at Woot, significantly cheaper than its new price of $629. The bundle offers a 90-day warranty, though Remarkable’s own refurbished devices include a one-year warranty. The Paper Pro’s color E Ink screen and front light contrast with the monochrome, non-illuminated Paper Pure.

The Software Freedom Conservancy has been fighting for eight years to force Vizio to release the complete source code for its Linux-based smart TV operating system. A California jury will decide in August whether Vizio must provide the code to SFC and any Vizio TV owner who wants it. The case centers around users' right to tweak smart TV software.