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Freshworks Inc beat quarterly revenue estimates and posted its first adjusted operating profit as more businesses sought its lower-priced customer engagement software in a tough economy. Rising interest rates, high inflation and a banking crisis have worsened the global economic outlook in recent months, forcing businesses to slash their technology budgets. Freshworks, whose products compete with Salesforce Inc and Zendesk, told Reuters that the downturn was driving more companies to its more affordable offerings. The…

Samsung is finally offering more than one OLED TV series. The company is expanding its Quantum Dot OLED range to add a more affordable S90C family (pictured above). You'll have to settle for a scaled-back version of object-tracking sound and won't get the S95C's near-flush wall mounting or external connection box. You'll still get a punchy QD-OLED image, AI-based HDR mapping, Dolby Atmos audio and syncing with Samsung soundbars. The S90C starts at $1,899 for a 55-inch model and scales up to $3,599 for a 77-inch version. A…

A couple of years ago we first heard about the Urtopia, a lightweight carbon fiber ebike made by a Hong Kong startup of the same name. Well, the company has just announced its lower-priced Chord ebike, which is less fancy but perhaps better-looking than its predecessor.Now known as the Carbon One, the original Urtopia model boasts a full carbon frame and fork, a smooth belt-drive drivetrain, and a claimed total weight of just 30 lb (although our review model actually tipped the scales at 33 lb/15 kg). Its frame also lacks…

BMW is not well known for having cost-effective vehicles. However, according to the German luxury automaker’s CEO, Oliver Zipse, BMW will not abandon the lower-priced auto segment as it enters a new electric era. Are lower-priced BMW electric vehicles coming? Talking at an event hosted by Bosch, the leading auto parts supplier, BMW’s CEO stated: We are not leaving the lower market segment. Even if you consider yourself a premium manufacturer, it is wrong to leave the lower market segment – that will be the core…

Discord is making it more affordable to pay for perks if a $10 Nitro subscription or Premium Membership is beyond your budget. After testing, the company is launching a $3 per month Nitro Basic plan on October 20th that offers 50MB file uploads and enables custom emoji anywhere. You'll miss out on regular Nitro's 100MB uploads, HD video streaming, custom profiles, server boosts and most Activities (more on those in a moment), but this might be useful if you just want to upload short videos or flaunt emoji from a…

Fractal Design has announced a new case in the Meshify 2 lineup, called the Meshify 2 Lite, as spotted by ComputerBase. The case comes in the same form factor as the standard Meshify 2,  but with less modularity reduce cost. As a result, the case is substantially cheaper in Europe, coming in with a price tag of 127.99 Euros instead of 179.99. US pricing in the states is unknown but we should see a very similar discount once the Lite makes it here.According to ComputerBase, the biggest change to the Meshify 2 Lite is in…