Netflix launches Playground, a kid-friendly gaming app with no ads or extra fees

Windows is finally killing off the Control Panel

Google adds search to Play Store reviews to improve app discovery

Amazon and USPS reach new shipping deal that keeps most package volume intact

Java 26 arrives with performance gains, security upgrades

Apple's foldable iPhone might be delayed, or almost ready

H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing terms

13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center

Intel joins Nvidia in pushing neural texture compression, can shrink game assets by up to 18x

81-year-old Dodgers fan shut out by smartphone-only season tickets

A hot potato: It might be difficult for some people to believe, but not everyone owns a smartphone. Those who can't or won't use a handset often find today's digital society difficult to navigate. Just ask the 81-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers fan who can't get a season ticket because the team no longer prints paper versions.

Intel isn't done with Raptor Lake, will keep 14th-gen chips in production

AI is now taking over game servers, and Stormgate is the first casualty

Facepalm: Multiplayer servers for the real-time strategy game Stormgate will go offline at the end of the month after the infrastructure provider that hosts them was acquired by an AI company and began winding down its gaming services. The shutdown shows how AI infrastructure expansion is now affecting not just PC hardware supply, but also the backend services that many modern games rely on.

Russia's attempt to block VPNs is causing widespread banking outages

Microsoft now has 80 different "Copilot" products, and counting

The big picture: Thanks to Microsoft's massive promotional campaigns around everything Copilot, most people are now aware that the product is integrated into Windows, Office, and virtually everywhere else. However, many are probably unaware of the full extent of that integration.

Windows 11 will be force-updated to version 25H2 using machine learning

Netflix's Void AI can remove objects from video and show how scenes evolve without them

World's largest battery maker is taking EV tech to the seas

Samsung may add a "Pro" model to Galaxy S lineup, matching Apple's strategy

Target puts customers on the hook for AI shopping assistant errors

New 3D-printed microrobot mimics worm-like motion at microscopic scale

And Yet It Moves: Designing microrobots that combine complex motion with practical size has long forced a tradeoff: devices tend to be either small and rigid or large and flexible. Researchers at Leiden University are now exploring a different path, proposing a nature-inspired design that begins to blur that boundary.

Florida school to deploy security drones designed to stop school shooters mid-attack

Forward-looking: When classes resume this fall at Deltona High School in Florida, students might find an unusual addition to their campus security system: ceiling-mounted drones designed to respond to active shooter threats. The machines – called Black Arrows and built by Austin-based startup Mithril Defense – can race through school corridors at speeds up to 100 miles per hour, emit piercing alarms, flash strobes, and even spray pepper gel at an attacker.

Samsung Messages is officially on the way out, pushing users to Google Messages

Japan's Rapidus ramps up 2nm chip plans while eyeing factories on the Moon