Netflix now wants every profile to have its own email address, annoying users
The change also means Netflix can share your email address with its marketing and advertising partners
Sony is deleting 551 movies and TV shows you bought on PlayStation, because you don't really own your digital purchases
John Wick, Paddington, and Terminator 2 are among the titles – no refunds offered
Riot's always-on anti-cheat is finally getting an off switch
Vanguard will no longer run in the background 24/7, but there's a big catch
The latest Microsoft Office 2024 Pro suite is now $55 in this limited-time deal
Unlock your productivity with the latest versions of Word, Excel, and Outlook
Big Tech's $8 trillion AI bet is making consoles, cars, and electricity more expensive for everyone else
The cost of artificial intelligence is now showing up in the inflation data
PlayStation sales just had its worst May in 25 years, and Xbox's was the worst ever
Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch 2 just became the second-fastest-selling console in US history
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 gets staggered release after Trump administration cites national security concerns
GPT-5.6 Terra promises GPT-5.5 performance at half the cost, but access requires government approval
Trump threatens 100% tariffs on any country imposing digital services taxes on US tech firms
France, which already charges a 3% levy on digital ad revenue, is now proposing to double it
The Steam Machine is sold out, overpriced, can't quite do 4K – and now scalpers are asking $3,000 for it
Meanwhile, modding allows the Steam Controller to crawl to its charger on its own
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Every enthusiast has an origin story
European Commission moves to designate Amazon and Microsoft as cloud gatekeepers
Cloudy Europe: After a relatively brief investigation, the European Commission reached a preliminary conclusion regarding Amazon's and Microsoft's cloud businesses. The executive body believes the two US companies should also be designated as "gatekeepers" for their cloud services, though both will have an opportunity to respond before a final decision is made.
Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $29. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 80% off the regular price.
Bungie cuts nearly 300 jobs as Destiny 2 winds down and Marathon takes center stage
The studio is shifting resources toward projects still in early development
HPE is quietly pivoting from servers to networking, and Cisco should be paying attention
HPE focuses on the network side of agentic AI
The third Xbox price hike in 15 months raises all models by at least $100
Xbox Series S rises to $499 and Series X to $799 on August 1
Ford learned the hard way that AI can't replace experienced engineers
Ford's AI rollout backfired, so it hired back 350 engineers to fix it
Polymarket says it will refund users after hackers drained close to $3 million from wallets
A compromised third-party vendor allegedly let attackers inject a malicious frontend script
IBM unveils sub-1-nanometer chip architecture that stacks 100 billion transistors onto a fingernail-sized processor
It's a research milestone for now, but the company expects it to become an industry standard within a decade
Valve quietly changes Steam Machine's 4K/60fps claim after performance criticism
Valve now says the system offers "up to" 4K gaming with FSR 4.1
Windows 10's free security updates now extend to October 2027
Because hundreds of millions of users still won't upgrade
Recap: Windows 10 technically reached end-of-life last October, and analysts say users have been migrating to Windows 11 in large numbers – but potentially millions are stubbornly holding on to the older OS. Microsoft appears to have quietly acknowledged that reality by tacking on another year to Windows 10's critical security support window.
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PC GAMING
Steam Machine launches, now Valve wants to bring SteamOS to all PCs
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BLOCKBUSTER
GTA VI confirmed at $80 for the standard edition
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TECH CULTURE
Europe's digital euro is one step closer
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BAN EXPLAINED
Anthropic's Mythos AI reportedly cracked NSA classified systems in hours
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CAR TECH
Scientists created a paint so black it makes cars look like silhouettes
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TECH DEALS
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Game designer Sandy Petersen recalls how Quake's development "broke" id Software
An intense development cycle led to id's dream team disbanding
Anthropic accuses China's Alibaba of stealing Claude's AI capabilities
The Chinese firm reportedly used a "distillation attack" to steal Claude's coding skills via 25,000 fake accounts
Micron CEO expects memory shortages to stretch beyond 2027 as AI spending surges
AI demand is overwhelming DRAM and NAND supply
Qualcomm unveils sweeping AI infrastructure strategy to take on Nvidia in the data center
Qualcomm's bold AI gamble goes far beyond phones
France's video game union is striking all summer as more than 1,000 workers lose their jobs
"This crisis was avoidable, but our bosses chose to drive blindly towards disaster"
All MacBooks and iPads just got $200 or more expensive – iPhones are the last holdout
Even the MacBook Neo is now $700, joining industry price hikes blamed on AI memory demand
The creators of Tetris and the Rubik's Cube just unveiled a puzzle that combines both
The two legends met for the first time last year
White House warms to Anthropic after replacing "weirdo" Dario Amodei in talks
The CEO reportedly clashed with officials over his communication style, leaving Anthropic to send different people into the room
OpenAI debuts Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip to cut ChatGPT costs and reduce Nvidia dependency
The Broadcom-built ASIC is optimized for AI inference
REI pulls AI-generated bike ad after Meta turns it into a two-handlebar monstrosity
AI-generated ads are getting harder to spot, unless they add handlebars to both ends of a bike
The Halo remake launches July 28 with new missions, four-player co-op, and Unreal Engine 5 visuals
RTX 2060 Super for 1080p 60fps, while native 4K at high settings demands an RTX 3080 Ti or RX 9070
Nvidia's banned AI servers are selling for $1.1 million on China's black market
Washington's AI chip crackdown is squeezing supply, but demand for Nvidia hardware remains intense
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Does the Nvidia App really hurt gaming performance? We benchmarked its background app, overlay, recording, and filters to see what affects frame rates and whether it is worth keeping installed.
The US government wants a working quantum computer by 2028 and quantum-resistant encryption by 2031
Trump just signed two executive orders setting hard deadlines for quantum capabilities
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