The PS5 God of War: Ragnarok Bundle Is Over $50 Off Right Now

Deal of the day: Snag the PlayStation 5 console and one of its best games for just $10 more than the console alone.

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Sony PS5 God of War: Ragnarok bundle: $509

Jump into next-gen gaming with over $50 off the PS5 God of War: Ragnarok bundle at Amazon and other retailers. No reservations, no waiting lists — just instant savings. This deal won’t last for long, though.

$509 at Amazon

$509 at Walmart

$510 at Best Buy

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Attention gamers: You can score an epic PS5 deal right now with the God of War: Ragnarok bundle discounted by over $50 at Amazon, dropping it down to $509. That price is also being offered at Walmart, Best Buy and Target as well as directly at Sony’s webstore. The discount means that you’re paying just $10 more to get the console with the critically acclaimed game versus the buying the console alone. Since it’s a title that you’ll definitely want to pick it up at some point, this bundle a no-brainer for new PS5 buyers.

After years of careful PS5 stock tracking, the flagship console from Sony is now much more readily available to buy at Amazon and other retailers. This bundle includes the disc edition of the PS5 console, as well as a DualSense wireless controller with haptic feedback to immerse you in gameplay, and of course, a God of War: Ragnarok full game voucher. The console itself has 4K and HDR visuals, ray tracing, and a Blu-ray drive, and it delivers up to 120 frames per second and supports up to 120Hz output. God of War: Ragnarok tops our list of the 15 best PS5 games to play right now and ended up being one of the most satisfying games released last year. Note that this title is rated Mature for players aged 17 and up.

This PS5 bundle deal is slated to run through April 15 at Sony’s site, so we expect the third-party retailers will adhere to the same timeframe. That being said, supplies could sell out before that date so you don’t want to delay placing you’re order if you’ve been holding out for some PS5 savings.

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Technologies

Google Rolls Out New Travel Features, Just in Time for Summer

Gemini can call around to find that one travel essential you forgot about.

It doesn’t matter that it’s late April. To me, it’s officially summer. With the days getting longer and warmer, and school wrapping up soon, a lot of us are dreaming of summer vacations.

Google launched some new travel features just in time to start planning those trips.

You might already be familiar with Google Flights and AI Mode, but Google’s two latest travel tools can help you round out the experience even more.

New Google travel features

On Friday, Google announced a new feature to track hotel prices and another that can help you in a packing mishap.

Track hotel prices with Google Search

Similar to how you can currently track flight prices, you can now toggle on price tracking for specific hotels on the Google Search results page or via google.com/hotels.

Last year, Google launched a feature that lets you track hotel prices for a specific city, but that only tracks one hotel you prefer.

On desktop, you can open Search, look up a hotel, then toggle on the new price tracking. On mobile, you find the price tracking option under the Prices tab. Once you toggle on price tracking, you’ll get email alerts when rates drop during your set dates, so you never miss a deal.

AI Mode will find products you forgot to pack

Picture this: You land in your dream tropical destination, open your suitcase and realize you forgot to pack sunglasses. A new feature in AI Mode will let you find products in stock nearby. Google’s agentic AI will call local stores for you to see if it has the products you’re looking for and any relevant deals.

To get started, you will just need to briefly describe your need, like «I forgot to pack polarized sunglasses. Where can I get some nearby?» From there, Gemini will call local stores and then send you results on where you can shop.

This tool launched directly on Search in November and is now rolling out over the coming weeks in AI Mode in the US.

For more travel advice, here’s the best time to shop for airline tickets and how to find cheap flights.

Technologies

Are You a Verified Human? Yes? That’s Exactly What AI Would Say!

World ID, an identity system designed to prove you’re human, is expanding to Tinder and concert ticket sales.

It’s hard out here for a human as artificial intelligence bots and agents increasingly take over the web, social media and even Hollywood. How does one prove that they are not a digital creation generated from large language models when engaging in, say, work meetings, online dating or buying concert tickets?

World ID is a platform designed to address this problem, with a familiar name behind it. It was founded in 2019 by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, along with Alex Blania and Max Novendstern, and has evolved from focusing on cryptocurrency into identity verification.

World announced it’s partnering with companies like Zoom to verify humans on calls and with dating service Tinder for online profile verification.

Zoom says it will integrate World ID Deep Face, «enabling real-time verification that meeting participants are human to strengthen trust in live communications.»

For Tinder, Match Group is trying out World ID for age verification on the dating app, starting in Japan. The site will add a verification marker to profiles for those who pass the human test.

World ID has also developed a tool called Concert Kit, a way for artists to sell event tickets with human verification to prevent sales to ticket bots.

It’s also working with companies such as Razer, DocuSign, Shopify and Coinbase for its World ID humanity verification.

It also offers a device for preorder, about the size of a soccer ball, called the Orb. (You can put a $100 deposit down if a futuristic-looking identity camera is on your wishlist.) The website says the Orb is an «open source device that verifies you are a unique human without knowing anything else about you.»