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OpenAI is targeting Argentina's Patagonia region for a $25 billion, 500MW Stargate AI data center powered by wind energy. Partner firms Green Capital and FlexDomes are preparing sites ranging from 120 to 3,000MW capacity.

The move signals hyperscalers are now willing to build in remote, regulation-light regions to sidestep U.S. permitting battles and community opposition to AI infrastructure.
🎩When your data center strategy involves fleeing to the literal edge of the Earth, maybe the NIMBYs have a point.
🔗This is part of a broader AI infrastructure land rush, as OpenAI also explores Samsung fabrication for custom chips and faces growing scrutiny over Stargate's energy demands.

NEWNewsom Signs AI Industry-Approved AI Regulation Bills Into Law in California

Switzerland's federal government is expanding an open-source software pilot to 3,000 devices after a successful trial with 172 workers. The move replaces Microsoft products across key government operations.

A G7-adjacent government ditching Microsoft at scale could embolden other nations to reduce dependence on US tech giants for sovereign IT infrastructure.
🎩Switzerland: neutral on wars, apparently not neutral on vendor lock-in.
🔗The shift aligns with Europe's growing digital sovereignty movement, which has seen France and Germany also push open-source mandates.

A US government report reveals Amazon warehouse workers are using food stamps at increasing rates, even as the company spends billions on AI data centers and infrastructure.

The widening gap between corporate AI investment and frontline worker compensation is becoming a concrete policy talking point heading into midterm elections.
🎩Spending billions teaching machines to think while your humans can't afford to eat is a dystopia screenplay that writes itself.
🔗Amazon's labor practices face renewed scrutiny alongside its aggressive AI expansion, including new chip deals with Qualcomm and AI-powered video dubbing technology.

NEWSure, Meta’s AI Muse works, but it sure creeps me out

NEWApple knows watch style better than Google and Samsung. This Watch Series 12 finish proves it

The Google Maps speedometer has started disappearing on Android Auto — and some users are also missing traffic data

Microsoft is reportedly offering secret, targeted discounts of up to 30% on Xbox Game Pass to lapsed subscribers. The dynamic pricing strategy appears aimed at re-engaging users who previously canceled their subscriptions.

Selective discounting for churned subscribers suggests Game Pass growth has plateaued and Microsoft is now fighting to retain its installed base rather than expand it.
🎩When a subscription service starts quietly bribing you to come back, that's not confidence—that's desperation wearing a coupon.
🔗The retention push comes as Microsoft navigates broader strategic questions around its gaming division, including recent patch issues and its AI investment priorities.

NEWI blamed my phone's volume buttons for months until this Samsung app fixed the real issue

Book insights in Google Play Books is now available in more than a million ebooks and in the iOS app.

Scientists completed the first full map of an adult male fruit fly's brain and central nervous system. Software engineers quickly began building simulations using the MaleCNS v1.0 dataset.

A complete neural map of even a simple organism is a landmark in neuroscience that could accelerate understanding of how brains compute and inform next-generation AI architectures.
🎩We mapped a fruit fly's entire brain and engineers immediately tried to run code on it — humanity in a nutshell.
🔗Google's involvement in both this neuroscience breakthrough and aggressive AI infrastructure investments reflects its strategy of pursuing intelligence from both biological and computational angles.

A single settings change on Amazon Fire TV can recover up to 2GB of storage without deleting any apps. The trick targets cached data from the device's biggest storage offenders.

Fire TV's limited storage is a persistent pain point for users, and this workaround addresses it without sacrificing installed content.
🎩Amazon shipped a streaming device with the storage capacity of a Post-it note, and we're all just living with it.
🔗Amazon's consumer hardware continues to draw mixed reviews even as the company faces bigger challenges, including the Miami cargo plane crash and Mechanical Turk closure.

Google Translate has added a listening mode for iOS and expanded Android capabilities to maintain live translations while users switch apps or lock their screens. The updates target real-time multilingual communication.

Background translation removes a major friction point for multilingual workflows, positioning Google Translate as an ambient communication layer rather than a standalone lookup tool.
🎩Google Translate quietly becoming the universal translator from Star Trek while everyone's distracted by chatbots.
🔗The update arrives alongside Google's broader push to embed AI across its consumer products, including Google News improvements and Gemini partnerships.

Google updated its Google+ app to support Chromecast integration, allowing users to cast their social feed to television screens.

This legacy feature reflected Google's once-ambitious push to make Google+ a living-room social experience — a vision that ultimately failed to gain traction.
🎩A Google+ Chromecast feature is a time capsule of a company throwing everything at the wall and watching absolutely none of it stick.
🔗Google's social media history contrasts sharply with its current AI-first strategy, including Gemini's expanding role across Google products.

Meta was slow to remove ads on its platforms promoting apps that generate nude images of real teenagers using their Instagram photos. The ads explicitly targeted male users with messaging about AI-powered nudification.

Meta's delayed response to ads enabling child exploitation undermines its child safety settlement and raises questions about whether automated ad review systems are fundamentally inadequate for protecting minors.
🎩Meta's ad review system apparently catches unauthorized use of brand logos faster than it catches ads targeting children for exploitation.
🔗This revelation lands alongside Meta's settlement with states over child safety failures and its simultaneous push to build consumer trust for its new Muse AI agent.

A roundup of three Android apps designed to improve the news reading experience, addressing information overload across social platforms and news aggregators.

As algorithmic feeds increasingly control information discovery, dedicated news reader apps represent a counter-trend toward intentional media consumption.
🎩Three apps to help you read news better — in a world with infinite content, the real skill is reading less of it more carefully.
🔗The news consumption tools market evolves alongside platform changes at Meta and TikTok, where algorithmic feeds are reshaping how people encounter journalism.

Google has launched Computational Journalism Research Awards in Europe through its Digital News Initiative, funding three projects that apply technology to newsgathering and storytelling. The grants support digital-native news experimentation.

Google's journalism funding helps shape how newsrooms adopt AI and data tools, giving the tech giant influence over the industry it has disrupted.
🎩Google funding journalism research is the tech equivalent of an oil company sponsoring climate science — well-intentioned, perhaps, but the irony is load-bearing.
🔗This comes as the NYT v. OpenAI copyright case highlights unresolved tensions between tech platforms and news publishers over content and compensation.

Google News will now highlight coverage of major stories by local publications

AI data centers have a hidden cost few highlighted: A $200 billion insurance price tag that consumers will end up paying

Tackle your to-do list with new features in our Google AI plans.

Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy

Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work

My favorite gaming earbuds got their first discount

Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after 21 years, quietly ending the human-powered platform

Inside Microsoft’s two-decade push to cut water intensity while scaling for growth

'I am so excited to see it': The first trailer for Artificial is here — and it'll star Andrew Garfield as controversial OpenAI boss Sam Altman in Neon's dark comedy-drama about the rise of ChatGPT

Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy

Google deepens its commitment to Finland with a €13 billion investment in AI infrastructure

MrBeast partners with Gemini to turn impossibly big ideas into reality

Microsoft strikes deal with national teachers union to not use school data to train AI

‘Thanks to that superior sensing tech, its responsiveness really wowed me’ — Scuf’s new wired controller draws close to some of the best Xbox controllers on the market, even if it can’t fully eclipse them

Google Chrome will now ship security updates every two weeks, thanks to AI

NEWVolvo cancels EX40 in the US, updates XC40 with better sensors and Gemini AI

NEWOpenAI's rogue AI agents accessed more websites to communicate than originally believed — defiant LLMs accessed old wikis and abandoned websites to co-ordinate in a bid to dupe assessors

Build a measurement stack you can rely on to steer your campaigns.

The security workers who guard OpenAI and Anthropic could go on strike

I ditched Chrome for Bare, a Chromium browser that strips away all of Google's AI bloat

Guess Where President Trump Got His Inspiration for the New Space Force Uniforms

Powering America’s Genesis Mission: Microsoft’s commitment to scientific discovery

An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport

Microsoft engineer claims 'typing code is absolutely over', with AI and GitHub Copilot set to transform coding as we know it

Samsung Is Already Working on Smart Glasses With a Built-In Screen

Xbox is bringing back startup animations from its console history

A worrying ChatGPT bug let strangers read Gmail messages via a hidden cross-account channel

Google Wallet now reads your transit card with a tap

Google AI Mode can hold your hand through fantasy football season

Google Chat is closing a major gap with this overdue messaging update

ChatGPT Sketch turns your bad drawings into detailed AI images

Google Keep is testing a new way to improve your notes

A new deep learning model maps global methane emissions from space.

Google Accelerators have spent the last decade helping global startups succeed.

New Google Photos 'feature' will completely erase your photos twice as fast

Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.

We’re helping put 25 new electric semi trucks on the road in Texas.

I spent a week navigating without Google Maps; I discovered why we can't live without it

Gary Oldman Teases the Identity of Amazon’s New James Bond

'The ideal charging companion': Ugreen's quirky 5-star robot fast charger is a fun desk upgrade powering your laptop, phone and more — and it's got an Amazon price cut

Sorry, 4K Blu-ray fans — Panasonic's players just got a price hike, and the best 4K player on the market got a rough deal

I've found 3 wireless all-in-one inkjet printers under $100 from HP and Canon, with prices starting at just $60

VPN deal of the week: Save $120 on Proton Mail, Docs, Pass AND the VPN in the Proton Unlimited privacy bundle that's now down to its lowest price all year.

AMC CEO Furious at Robinhood for Tokenizing Stock Without Permission

This Google Photos feature built a digital wardrobe from my photos; I can't stop using it

I stopped waiting for Google's ecosystem to get better; I started mixing brands instead

How Long Should A Laptop Battery Last On A Single Charge?

'We wish you’d die of a slow death': US officials wedged between data center giants and local communities come under intense pressure over rural land markets

In other nudes: Google’s new Android shield blocks your NSFW photos

NEWFlea market shopper uncovers $1,500 worth of Samsung SSDs inside a $30 expansion card — Three 2TB 980 Pro drives were hidden beneath an Asus Hyper M.2 heatsink

Recreating a 70-year love story frame by frame

NEWChina's AI accelerator supplier Biren posts 2,000% year-over-year revenue growth — US export controls benefit homegrown chips as Nvidia and AMD exit market

Opinion: Can the LG G5’s ‘modular’ features breathe new life into the smartphone market?

Prediction markets let you bet on layoffs. Do the masses think your company is next?

Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs

Razer’s ANC-equipped gaming headset for PS5 and Xbox is almost $100 off

This 55-inch 4K QLED Google TV with a 144Hz refresh rate is somehow just $248

Ridley Scott Suggests ‘Treasure Island’ Could Be the Most Expensive Film of His Career

EcoFlow makes the miniature power station even smaller

4 ways Gemini makes administrative chores quick and easy

‘Other governments will be watching this closely’ — South Korea starts testing free AI for the public

Ransomware hackers dump 1.4 million stolen records from German government

UK government lays out 'refreshed approach to space' including boosted comms and defence capabilities

Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprises

The U.S. Government Is Using Your Financial Data to Decide Who Gets Pulled Over

‘They seem to have more money than God’: AI companies face major reality check as states cut billions in tax exemptions — with Bernie Sanders calling for regulation so tech billionaires no longer ‘play God’ and ‘determine the future of humanity’

Elon Musk Is Helping Promote Alex Gibney’s New Documentary, Whether He Knows It or Not

Apple debuts $129 AirPods 5 with better noise cancellation and transparency mode

Some of Dyson’s $500 toothbrushes are breaking

NEWFable's combat system is intended to be 'approachable' while still meeting modern expectations, Playground Games says — 'We wanted there to be breadth and depth to it, so we landed on wanting to have style-weaving combat'

NEWHeyPolo parental control software review

Apple’s John Ternus era begins: ‘It is great to be here’

The White House made a "Tetris" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.

Everyone wants to build an app

Capcom is reviving more dormant franchises after the success of Onimusha: Way of the Sword

Rethinking security for the age of AI

‘The noise patterns are awful’ — some Reddit users aren’t happy with the new ChatGPT Images 2.5, so I did my own tests and have to agree

Hunter Biden’s Crypto Memecoin Launch Went Even Worse Than Predicted

NEWSnapchat makes it easier to plan events and meetups

iPhone 18 Pro’s New Dynamic Island Tracks 3 Activities at Once

Wi-Fi 8 explained — TP-Link launches first routers, but here's why most Wi-Fi 6 and 7 owners should probably wait

As a Pet Parent to 3 Asthmatic Cats, I’m Eyeing This New AAFA-Certified Vacuum at IFA 2026

Your favorite app is silently collecting your browsing history, Surfshark warns

How to let Claude send emails for you

Sebastian Stan’s Marvel Spinoff Idea Probably Won’t Be Happening

I stopped manually typing calendar events the moment I tried this photo-to-calendar app

‘Godzilla x Kong: Supernova’ Is Apparently So Hot Its Needs an Intimacy Coordinator

How to use your MacBook's built-in backup tool instead of paying for cloud storage

Arm debuts next-gen semi-custom Neoverse CSS N4 ‘Ranger’ platform — compute subsystem packs up to 128 cores per die on TSMC N3P

Apple Watch GPS vs GPS + Cellular: What's the difference?

The internet’s favorite cat comes to Apple Arcade with Pusheen’s Place

Spare a Thought for the Kenyan Essay Writers Who Used to Help Students Cheat Before AI

How to find and hide an app on Android Auto

Two major security flaws are affecting more than six million WordPress websites

Osprey's automatic EV charging promises to ease a major electric car frustration — but the 'plug in and walk away' tech is still no panacea

NEC has quietly quit quantum computing hardware development, report claims — company says it will continue to evaluate practical applications and industrialization of quantum technologies

Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket

Dyson's new fans look like a Dune sandworm in appliance form — but they're so powerful you'll forget all about that when you switch them on

This Android app turned my chaotic mornings into the most productive part of my day

What is the release date for Ted Lasso season 4 episode 6 on Apple TV?

AppleCare One now has a $50 tier per month for families

I ditched YouTube Music's broken podcast player for an open source app that actually works

Apple Maps to power navigation experience for Ford UEV Platform

How to make your iPhone's alarm ring at full volume even when your calls are muted

Apple opens Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston

Apple Wallet is not the same as Apple Pay: Here's how they differ

Is it safe to buy a refurbished iPhone from Walmart?

Robot co-workers could soon be a common sight, as Intel report claims workplace robotics are approaching a 'critical threshold'

iOS 27's 'iPhone Handoff' Feature Limited to T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom at Launch

Create your best tracks yet with Lyria 3.5 in Gemini.

Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change

Russia is still trying to make its Starlink competitor work — 32 new Rassvet satellites launched into orbit, but it still isn't enough to operate fully

Windows 11 desktop becomes a full-page Harry Potter ad — and Bing Wallpaper users rebel by uninstalling the app in droves

IKEA just launched a Matter-enabled driver that makes your integrated cabinet lights part of your smart home

How to split bills and customize passes in Apple Wallet with iOS 27 Update

Last Seen is the 'gripping' new thriller now streaming on Apple TV — and one star teases emotional storyline is 'heading somewhere you won't have anticipated'

NEWThis Snake’s Bizarre Tail Looks Like a Spider. Scientists Finally Took a Peek Inside

WhatsApp is ending its annual subscription fees, usage now completely free

NordVPN's new tool helps you travel on a budget — and it's free to use

Building products is easier than ever, knowing what to build is the hard part

Rivian spinout Also apologizes for delays in shipping futuristic e-bikes

Threads is overhauling its in-app analytics with more details, except for link clicks

NEWChinese quartz approved for semiconductor equipment and DRAM manufacturing, but it still can't break America's monopoly — China secures domestic supply for chipmaking components, but Spruce Pine still holds the crucible monopoly

Dbrand already has iPhone Ultra cases, spoiling Apple's surprise

Apple Releases Firmware Update for 140W USB-C Power Adapter

Apple, MLB announce September “Friday Night Baseball” schedule

Finally, an Automatic Wet Cat Food Feeder That Makes Sense

Philips Hue just launched over a dozen new smart lights and accessories — here's every syncing device, light strip, and wall panel worth your money

Verizon to kill subsidies, launch simpler data plans from August 13

The latest in our company transformation

iOS 27 brings GymKit to iPhone and AirPods, but what does it actually do?

NEWAutomattic CEO Matt Mullenweg 'forced' into leave of absence by WordPress.com parent company board

Apple Launches Feature to Prove iPhone 18 Photos Are Not AI Generated

Diesel Hits Record High as Trump’s Forever War Against Iran Grinds On

SpaceX's recovered Starship 40 will take months to get back to Texas

Instacart now has its own AI assistant called Clementine

I ditched Snapseed's camera for Lvma; it's the simpler film app I've been waiting for

'Small Prophets' Renewed for Season 2 Following Apple TV Deal

NEWTor VPN turns one, and anti-censorship and stability take center stage

Trump’s Apparent Crypto Conflicts Could Sink the CLARITY Act

NEWWhere to preorder the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4

iOS 27 Will Let You Redeem Apple Gift Cards on the Back of Your iPhone

NVIDIA's DLSS 5 adds subtle details to NBA 2K27, but demands a lot more power

How To Reset The Camera Settings On Your iPhone

NEWApple Considering Ads Inside Visual Intelligence, Code Suggests

OM System finally replaces the iconic Olympus PEN — and its new retro PEN camera is shockingly affordable

How to reboot your Samsung Galaxy tablet

NEWApple’s AI-packed macOS 27 upgrade for Macs launches on September 14, but can it win over macOS Tahoe haters?

Doom is coming to Black Ops 7 in new Halloween event as final season revealed ahead of Modern Warfare 4 launch

Footy finals are a great reason to get a new TV — save AU$500 on bestsellers from LG, Sony, Samsung and more for a limited time

Bentley’s Torcal EV tries to balance authenticity with fake V8 sounds

iPhone Duo Battery Life Depends on Which Screen You Use

Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution

Apple continually teased the idea of a 'personal hub' at its recent event, but then didn't launch a HomePod mini 2, and I'm mad about it

Apple Sued Over Alleged Face ID Patent Infringement

Developer uses Claude to vibe code a Windows 3.1 shell in an hour — reanimated 12MB retro launcher runs on both Windows 11 and Apple Silicon

NEWNintendo's latest sale is 'made possible' by the tariff refunds it's hoarding

Aardman Is Selling Its Original Movie Puppets This Month

Apple Releases iOS 26.6.2

With another huge infusion of cash, Stoke Space goes even bigger

Your Toilet Flush Launches a Microbial Mist—and It Reaches Your Face

Samsung Mocks iPhone Duo

Phone gaming is getting a huge graphics boost

The yield imperative: Turning AI infrastructure into useful intelligence

Aldi is relaunching its popular stand mixer this weekend just in time for Bake Off — and it’s cheaper and bigger than the latest KitchenAid model

New Texture and Grain Controls Coming to Photographic Styles With iPhone 18 Pro

My favorite Samsung productivity app got better with One UI 9; I can't shut up about it

New Peloton iOS and Android app feature: Milestone reminders

If Paul Walker Appears in ‘Fast Forever,’ He Won’t Be Played by His Brother

We’re Obsessed With the Vampire Vibes of the New ‘Metroid’

TSMC, Samsung, and Intel shore up support with ASML to deploy larger High-NA EUV photomasks — 6×12-inch photomask transition may take years despite unified effort

AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNA

NZXT Discount Codes: 50% Off in September 2026

'A masterclass in sensor-to-shooter kill chain management': Blackhawk Company commander explains what he learned from controversial US-Ukraine 'drone-first' wargame

NEWInsta360 Luna Pro review: Your Instagram Reels are about to get an upgrade

The UK’s cheapest EV just got bigger, faster and smarter — but the sub-£18k Dacia Spring could still lose its cut-price crown

NEWThis $399 Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo deal with $1 filament is the perfect 3D printer deal for beginners — flash sale discount nets you a Core XY printer with four-color system and auto bed leveling

Phanteks AMP GH 750W power supply review: Great buy at sub-$90 street pricing, but comes with a 450W cap on its 12V-2x6 connector

Modded RTX 5090 ditches 16-pin power for triple 8-pin connectors — draws up to 900W and hits 3,400 MHz

NEWNintendo's Switch 2 will now sync its refresh rate to your TV for smoother motion

Workers are already nostalgic for the pre-AI era

Xteink just released a dirt cheap tiny e-reader

9 Windows Laptops That Give MacBooks a Run for Their Money

NEWMy Pixel was wasting 10GB of storage until I found these hidden optimization tricks

‘It was a literal breath of fresh air’ — I reviewed Blueair’s T10i air purifier and found a smart solution for year round comfort, whether you’re sweating through a heatwave or shivering during a cold snap

Thailand pauses all data center projects as it looks to solve water and electricity issues and 'create the most benefit'

Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"

I love my Kobo e-reader, but one feature makes the Kindle still worthwhile

NEWWolverine on the PS5 goes back to a simpler (and bloodier) style of action game

Rethinking cloud operations with agentic observability

I was gutted about Prime Video canceling Spider-Noir — but Nicolas Cage's take on it has made me feel better

AI’s overlooked storage opportunity

69% of Americans oppose local AI data centers in 2026 poll — Trump blasts blocking communities on Truth Social for choosing poverty over server farms, throwing off 'tremendous amounts of money'

Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models

'We're trying to go easy on the hand-holding' — Invoke says Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons' HUD and waypoint guidance will be minimal and can even be toggled on and off so as not to 'overwhelm' players and encourage exploration

Home Depot Labor Day Sale (2026): BOGO on Best Grills and Tools

Mike Flanagan Is Producing a Hoarder Horror Movie With a Killer Cast

Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah

xAI Loses Legal Battle Against Minnesota Nudification Law, War Rages on

Can AI solve the energy problem it created?

Best of Gamescom 2026 — The 15 top devices and games we saw at this year’s show

YouTube has a hidden setting that finally stopped me from doomscrolling

I just saw Xiaomi's electric hypercar concept, created for Gran Turismo and 'shaped by the wind' — but back on Earth, the good news is you'll be able to buy a Xiaomi EV in Europe in 2027

The first and latest Star Wars films are coming to IMAX 70mm in 2027

Get ready for the game with new football features in Search

'One of the best soundbars you can get' — the Samsung HW-Q990F is one of the best I've tested — and Labor Day is the perfect time to buy it

NEWXbox swoops in to publish Hideo Kojima's 'Physint' after Sony dropped out

Creative Assembly says it wanted to 'authentically simulate' the Warhammer tabletop experience for Total War: Warhammer 40,000 by adding references, lore, and more

How AI could kill ‘corporate ick’

The Latest ‘Lanterns’ Answered the Show’s Biggest Mystery

I won't let a new Android phone connect to Wi-Fi without these 7 hidden settings enabled

‘White Hat’ Liquid Network Crypto Hackers Are Now Grandstanding and Demanding a 10% Bounty

A new Elizabeth Holmes documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim is coming from A24

‘If we don’t like it, we’ll kill it. If we love it, we’ll marry it’: We were dreaming about ChatGPT thousands of years before it existed — here's how ancient myths shaped the AI we’re building today

16 skills that become more valuable because of AI

A24 May Have Locked Down Kane Parsons for ‘Backrooms 2’

NASA Readies Its Quiet Supersonic Jet for a Noise Test Later This Year

Why is it illegal to use a Bluetooth jammer?

Anthropic users are taking the company to court over Max subscription terms

What is a dual-band router and why is it important for good Wi-Fi?

To rein in wanton AI spending, we need AI ‘nutrition labels’

Zach Cregger Gets ‘Resident Evil’ Fans, He Just Wants Them to Chill

NEWFour groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit

In the age of AI, how much work you do matters less than it used to. Here’s what matters more

PS2 or GameCube: Which retro console emulates better?

‘Donnie Darko’ Will Spread Dread Anew With a 4K 25th Anniversary Rerelease

AI workers who publicly quit ‘help to move the needle’ with safety concerns, experts say

An Hour of Gundam: Rogue Orbit Made Me Feverish for More Robot Combat

This elite mini hi-fi hub is perfect for limited shelf-space and smaller homes, but compact does not mean cheap

The Grand Tour presenters 'wouldn't' do their own version of Clarkson's Farm on Prime Video — but they do have another ingenious idea for a potential spinoff

The Roomba Duo is a floor-cleaning behemoth that can pull a tiny robovac from its hat — and it's iRobot's attempt at rejecting the 'spec wars' and trying 'something different, something new'

How to watch Colin From Accounts season 3 online for FREE – stream final run of acclaimed sitcom from anywhere

Samsung is breaking records right now. [Video]

The pros and cons of using wireless Android Auto

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Another Rowhammer attack has been detected, and Nvidia workstation GPUs are firmly in the firing line

Shein Loses $5 Billion in Value in Less Than a Week Following IPO

‘Hope’ Is a Confoundingly Off-the-Rails Sci-Fi Spectacle Destined for Cult Classic Status

Taiwan is cracking down on tech companies hiding their illegal Chinese ownership

What's the difference between volatile and non-volatile memory?

Lyft Sees a Future for Its Drivers in a Driverless World: Servicing Waymos

Climate Change Is Making Arctic Earthquakes Way More Dangerous

A Humanoid Pretended to Punch Me. It’s Time to Stop Glorifying Violence Among Robots

Nope, Anthropic Won’t Be Buying That Un-Anthropic-Like Company: Report

The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells

Cyber confidence must be tested, never assumed

iOS 27 beta had a Digital ID glitch travelers weren't expecting

How to update your GPU drivers in Windows 11

The combat demo for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is out, and it's free

Back to School: All the Accessories You Need to Replace Your Laptop With a Foldable Phone

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The hidden cost of moving fast without a vision

When is it no longer worth repairing your phone and buying a new one instead

LG Denies Its Televisions Record Ambient Conversations for Ad Targeting

I Went Eyes-On With the Aurzen Zip Pro Foldable, Portable Projector. It’s Ready to Shine Your Entertainment Anywhere

G7 tells businesses to get ready for quantum cybersecurity threats

Our new contrail avoidance trial in Asia-Pacific

10 Smart Gadgets That Could Instantly Upgrade Your Backyard

Super Smash Bros Melee gets fully decompiled after over six years of effort — ambitious and technically impressive project delivers GameCube classic as C code

‘Spider-Man’ and ‘The Odyssey’ Had a Record-Breaking Summer

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past was 'impossible to realize without the remaster changes,' CD Projekt Red reveals: 'When we started prototyping the area it was impossible to ride with a horse through it'

‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Is Getting a Physical Release

Your Phone’s Screen Isn’t as Clean as It Looks. Here’s How to Scrub It the Right Way

Stop buying security tools: start buying a system

GTA 6 PS5 controller pre-orders live — build-up ahead of two new DualSense pads dropping tomorrow

You probably don't need two routers — do this instead

Three hikers ignored Mount Shasta's rules, trusted Gemini, and nearly paid for it

This 10-inch 4:3 television hides your retro consoles in a secret rear compartment — Unico's Traveller ULW10 trades composite video for RGB SCART and HDMI

The Real Housewives of London season 2 cast on 'surprising friendship dynamics' in new episodes — and why they're just shocked as fans are going to be

I Watched a Stain-Removing Robot Completley Miss Its Target at IFA

JBL’s soundbar with detachable rear speakers is over $300 off

xTool reveals its next generation of lasers — modular X1 supports CO2, Diode, UV, Fiber, and MOPA lasers

Gemini in Gmail has quietly become my inbox's best search feature

Audi’s new A2 E-tron is its most affordable and efficient EV yet

What is Roku's secret menu and how do you unlock it?

Le Creuset x Star Trek Collection: Prices, Availability, Release Date

See the New ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Intro With a Theme by Jonathan Coulton [Exclusive]

What is the purpose of LiDAR on your iPhone and how do you use it?

I upgraded my Sennheiser HD 660S2 wired headphones with a more powerful iFi DAC to unlock the highest quality audio — but I honestly wasn’t expecting these results

I found a Pixel Screenshots alternative that works on any phone

The First Teaser for M. Night Shyamalan’s Nicholas Sparks Movie Is Predictably Heavy-Handed

The Atlas 1.0 Pioneer Edition is a $499 brain scanner that sits behind your ear to measure your stress, attention span and energy —and the first batch has just sold out

How long can you expect a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller to last?

NEWAutism Cuts 13.8 Years Off Life Expectancy—and the Causes Are Depressingly Preventable

Tech CEOs Are This Fall’s Favorite Movie Villains

Modern laptops ditched disc drives — this $39 Dell DW316 USB-powered DVD-RW writer brings them back

Paul Schrader Would Rather Use AI Than Just Not Be Racist

What is the release date for Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 8 on HBO Max?

I tested the Kodak PixPro AZ653 for several weeks, and it's the budget 'bridge' camera to beat

German scammer dupes two different buyers into spending thousands on hollow RTX 5090 GPUs — stripped-out cards netted fraudster $5,000 despite being worthless

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

Is 256GB enough for an iPhone? Here's when you should go bigger

Why AI visibility now demands paid and organic GEO optimization

Circular’s Ring 3 Series Beats Oura to Adding Contactless Payments

How To Send High-Quality Images And Videos From Android To iPhone

Our latest Linux Foundation Europe donation will build a more private digital world.

How to find your iPhone even when it's off

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