Records show police justified Flock license plate searches with answers like "LMAO" and "idk"
The database allows warrantless searches, unlike requests for cell phone location data
Roblox's top creators are making $65 million a year, while most took home about $1,500
Roblox will soon let creators turn their titles into standalone games for PC, consoles, and mobile, and even join games via Chrome links
Underwater solar power sounds impossible, these new perovskite cells make it work anyway
Tested up to 10 meters deep, the cells convert 35% of dim light to power, beating land-based silicon panels
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 85% off the regular price.
Trump calls AI safety concerns a "hoax," says a "high IQ" president is the only guardrail needed
Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei have all called for more AI regulation
Switch emulation now goes both ways: PC games on Switch and Switch games on PC
Nintendo killed one emulator, and its replacement's replacement is already here
Apple's 2027 roadmap includes iPhone 18, iPhone Air 2, and iPhone 18e, all reportedly using the A20 chip
Apple isn't done for 2026, Gurman says a dozen more products are coming before mid-2027
The European Union wants to ban chatbots and online games for kids under 15, not just social media
Fines could reach 6% of global revenue, with app stores and AI companions also in scope
Apple AirPods 5 first reviews are in: stronger ANC and swipe volume controls
The new AirPods 5 refine the company's less expensive earbuds. ANC now comes standard, while the $149 version adds a wireless charging case, swipe volume controls, and longer battery life. Reviewers praise their surprisingly effective noise cancellation for an open-ear design.
Microsoft issues emergency Windows 11 patch to fix Remote Desktop and audio, but not AMD GPU crashes
Windows is getting patched faster than ever, but users are paying for it
Winners & losers: Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to repair the damage from September's Patch Tuesday. That release fixed nearly 1,000 vulnerabilities across Microsoft's products and broke a number of things along the way. The emergency patch fixes Remote Desktop failures, a virtualization bug, and part of an audio problem. Several of the most disruptive complaints remain unresolved, including AMD Radeon crashes and Explorer failing to load.
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Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 18" Laptop Review: A True Desktop Replacement
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Dell Alienware AW3926QW Review: The 39-Inch OLED to Buy
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GeForce RTX 5070 vs. Radeon RX 9070 XT: 2026 Update
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Testing DLSS 5's Real Performance (No 6X Frame Gen)
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I Vibecoded to Run Morrowind, Duke Nukem, and Serious Sam in My iPhone
Steam Frame reviews: Great VR hardware at a tough price
Valve's Steam Frame is earning praise for its comfortable design, standalone gaming, and excellent wireless PC streaming. Reviewers like its versatility and overall experience, but the high price, short battery life, and software issues make cheaper competing VR headsets hard to ignore.
Lockheed Martin reveals more about Vectis, its autonomous fighter jet designed to fly alongside the F-35
Five aircraft are now planned, with the first prototype expected to fly by the end of 2027
Unlucky PC user finds AMD's cheaper 8-pin GPU connectors can melt, too
Even a power monitor couldn't fully protect a Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Sega and Netflix team up for Crazy Taxi movie, new Sonic series, and more
The Crazy Taxi movie comes from the writers behind 2025's The Naked Gun reboot
A hidden feature suggests Apple might let you replace Siri with Claude or ChatGPT in iPhone and macOS
A reverse engineer's demo shows Claude completing tasks Siri still can't handle, like creating CSV files
Cost Per Frame: Nvidia Stops Offering Good Value GPUs to Gamers
GPU prices are climbing again, but not equally. Across 10 countries, Radeon now delivers far better value than GeForce in most price tiers, while Nvidia's lineup struggles to stay competitive.
Valve's Steam Frame launches at $1,059, and Half-Life: Alyx comes free
That's twice as much as the Quest 3
Photon Studio is a free Photoshop alternative with native PSD support
Photon Studio is a desktop image editor with layers, masks, adjustment tools, smart objects, retouching and native PSD support. Features such as subject selection and background removal run locally, with no subscription or paid feature tier. It's available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Redditor finds RTX 3070 graphics cards worth $5,000 in abandoned crypto mining rigs
The rigs were last used during the Covid era for Ethereum mining
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Sanders bill would ban superintelligent AI, threaten 20-year prison terms
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FUTUROLOGY
Anthropic CEO warns AI botnet swarms could take over the internet, meanwhile Musk and Altman back slowdown
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SECURITY
Fake CAPTCHAs are tricking people into hacking their own PCs
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Blizzard announces Diablo V,
this time Diablo actually won -
COMING 2030
StarCraft is coming back as an open-world shooter
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MOBILE
The iPhone Duo's best feature isn't the fold, it's the software built around it
OpenRGB 1.0 brings a major update to universal RGB control
Managing RGB hardware from different brands often means installing several separate utilities, which is exactly what OpenRGB aims to avoid by controlling compatible lighting from one application. Version 1.0 marks a major step forward with support for more devices, a redesigned profile system, background service operation, including PawnIO and Qt6.
Fake CAPTCHAs are tricking people into hacking their own computers, and it's working
"ClickFix" social engineering meets gullible users
Thief designer says the graphics arms race should have stopped at Alan Wake... in 2010
Did game graphics really peak with Remedy's atmospheric thriller?
Graphics Matter: One of the original designers of Thief has some rather peculiar ideas about graphics in games. Randy Smith thinks the industry should have stopped advancing graphics around 2010 rather than spending massive amounts of money to relentlessly push photorealism in major AAA projects.
Apple's secret iPhone game controllers could launch under the Beats brand
Apple wants in on the lucrative game controller market
Sony says gamers don't own their digital purchases, but 44 examples of its own wording suggest otherwise
A consumer rights wiki has collected Sony's ownership claims from support pages, store listings, and official blog posts
Micron offered its Taiwan workers up to 68 months' pay. They turned it down within hours
The largest reward package in company history still doesn't answer the question its unions are actually asking
Anthropic CEO warns AI botnet swarms could soon take over the internet as Musk and Altman back slowdown
The theoretical botnet could cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage
Blizzard just announced Diablo V, and this time Diablo actually won
The new Diablo is set 100 years after Diablo IV, arrives in 2029 with three launch classes
World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4 with a new race, over 1,000 new quests, and 9 dungeons
Blizzard is launching a whole new WoW two weeks before GTA 6, beta drops this week
StarCraft is coming back as an open-world shooter, but you'll have to wait until 2030
The cinematic reveal shows a recruit meeting a particularly gruesome end
New Bernie Sanders bill would ban superintelligent AI and threaten developers with 20 years in prison
The proposed prison term is similar to penalties for unlawfully developing nuclear weapons
The iPhone Duo's best feature isn't the fold, it's the software built around it
Apple's first foldable arrives four years late, and it might be worth the wait
Streaming prices have surged nearly 70% in four years, and they're still going up
Major services are raising prices as they push ads, bundles, and more profitable plans
Microsoft warns that killing VBScript could break Windows activation for businesses
VBScript is being phased out in stages after nearly 30 years as part of Windows
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