Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers
California residents must compete with data center builders over Nevada power grid
Android Auto's biggest update in years delivers edge-to-edge Maps, Gemini, and HD video streaming
Most of the new features will roll out later this year
The EU is going after TikTok and Meta over addictive algorithms and child safety failures
As always, Brussels is especially thinking about the children
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.
NAND contract prices surge over 600% since September 2025, DRAM up ~400%
Great news for investors, bad news for virtually everyone else
The quiet reinvention of search in the age of AI
How APIs and developer tools are quietly reshaping the way search works
ForkLift 4.6.2 refines one of macOS' favorite SFTP file managers
ForkLift is one our favorite SFTP/SSH file manager for macOS, alongside WinSCP on Windows. ForkLift 4.6.2 improves Finder integration, checksum tool with CSV export support, and fixes for icon preview glitches on macOS Sequoia.
Google Nest Wifi Pro three-pack hits new $229 record low
Google's Nest Wifi Pro three-pack has dropped to a new low of $229 at Woot, undercutting its usual $299 price while still offering one of the easiest mesh setups around. The Wi-Fi 6E system adds access to the cleaner 6 GHz band, recent software updates have improved mesh stability and roaming. It also doubles as a Matter and Thread hub for modern smart home devices.
The humble desktop monitor is quietly having its best years, and gamers are fully responsible
Gaming monitor shipments jumped 50% in 2025, posting 11 consecutive quarters of growth
Googlebooks will feature Intel, Qualcomm, and MediaTek chips, and follow Google's strict hardware guidelines
Acer, Asus, HP, and Dell are all making them
Unitree reveals $650,000 production-ready mecha that punches through walls and crawls like a spider
The robotics firm insists the GD01 is a real product, not a viral prank
Windows is getting a cloud feature that fixes bad drivers before they wreck your PC
Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery rejects buggy drivers and replaces them automatically
Subnautica 2 playable build leaks online days before early access launch
Subnautica 2 is the latest major game to leak early after Forza Horizon 6 and Lego Batman
Google "Gemini Intelligence" shows off agentic Android 17 features that Apple has yet to deliver with Siri
Apple delayed its equivalent Siri upgrade to iOS 27 – due next month
Sony Reon Pocket Pro Plus brings the personal cooling device to the US
Sony's latest neck-mounted cooler promises better performance, smarter sensors, and up to 15 hours of battery life
UCF graduates boo commencement speaker for calling AI "the next industrial revolution"
The speaker tried to steady the room by comparing AI to the early internet, but the boos returned
OpenAI sued after ChatGPT allegedly advised teen before fatal overdose
His parents say the chatbot offered personalized drug-use advice instead of urging him to seek medical help
Google's Googlebook is the Android laptop OS we've been waiting for
Combines Android, ChromeOS, and Gemini. Coming this fall
In brief: Years of leaks and statements from Google have teased the company's plans for ChromeOS to evolve into a more direct competitor to Windows and macOS. Googlebook represents a first major step in that direction. Centered on Gemini, the new OS brings Android's software stack into a full-blown PC environment.
Amazon employees are inflating AI usage to top leaderboards and impress managers
Are employees unknowingly helping prep their replacements?
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B unsolicited offer as "neither credible nor attractive"
GameStop could take its offer directly to eBay's shareholders
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AI images are getting harder to spot, but physics still gives them away
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Forza Horizon 6 leaks ahead of launch, Microsoft starts banning players
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How often do you upgrade your PC?
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Intel Nova Lake, Razor Lake, and beyond, including Nvidia RTX GPU tile
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Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device
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Windows' latest feature briefly maxes out your CPU to make the OS feel snappier
Arm CEO predicts CPUs will scale to extreme core counts in AI-driven future
CPUs are going to have their computing revenge against GPUs, in a sense
Meta is using its own employees' activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time
Employees are calling the changes "incredibly demoralizing"
FluentCleaner brings back the classic PC cleaner idea, without the bloat
Inspired by the early days of CCleaner, FluentCleaner is a cleanup utility that focuses on removing temporary files, browser cache, logs, and leftover clutter without aggressive registry cleaning or scareware tactics. The app also supports community-maintained cleaning databases and optional extensions.
Samsung put Dua Lipa's face on TV boxes without asking. Now she's suing for $15 million
Samsung denies "intentional misuse"
Intel CEO promises partnership with Nvidia will produce "exciting new products"
The chipmakers are developing SoCs with x86 CPUs and RTX GPUs
Porsche Taycan reclaims Nürburgring EV record from the world's fastest rivals
A Manthey Racing package helped the Taycan Turbo GT outrun rivals from Rimac, Xiaomi, and BYD-backed Yangwang
Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center could require switching off "half the country"
Officials say the project's power demands could overwhelm Kenya's national grid
The FCC has banned new foreign-made routers, but existing ones can keep receiving updates until 2029
The agency doesn't want to leave devices vulnerable while its crackdown on foreign-made hardware continues
Amazon blocks sales of e-bikes that exceed legal speed limits
The move follows an investigation into listings for models capable of topping 40 mph
Apple is rolling out end-to-end encryption for iPhone to Android RCS messages
The long, slow death of SMS gets a meaningful milestone
A stainless steel breakthrough could slash the cost of green hydrogen production
Making expensive titanium components obsolete
AMD's 8GB Radeon RX 9050 could arrive soon to challenge Nvidia's RTX 5050
The rumored Navi 44 graphics card reportedly packs 2,048 cores, but lower clocks than the RX 9060 XT
Gamers Are Wrong About 1440p vs 1080p CPU Benchmarking
Here We Go Again, or: Why GPU Bottlenecks Hide True CPU Performance.
Gamers keep demanding 1440p CPU benchmarks, but higher resolutions often hide the very performance differences CPU testing is supposed to reveal. Here's why 1080p still matters most.
The fight to stop publishers from bricking your games and shutting down servers just got a powerful new enemy
Stop Killing Games is winning hearts in Europe – and enemies in Washington
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