Qualcomm details next-gen Oryon CPU, targets 5GHz with heterogeneous cache design
The chip pairs two 5GHz Prime Cores with six Performance Cores for AI-heavy tasks
Xiaomi takes another shot at Qualcomm and MediaTek with its 3nm flagship Xring O3 chip
The chip just broke 5 million on AnTuTu
Interpol's latest crackdown targeted the global network behind West African cyber-scams
The eight-month operation led to 58 arrests and identified 263 suspects across 22 countries
How to use a vocal remover to strip vocals from any song for free
LALAL.AI turns any track into an instant instrumental in just a few clicks
Apple built its new M6 and M5 Ultra desktops for the people daisy-chaining Macs to run AI
Apple's first 2nm chip and its first quad-die design arrive in a new Mac mini and Mac Studio
The big picture: Apple announced two new chips and two refreshed desktops today. The M6 is Apple's first 2nm chip. The M5 Ultra is its first quad-die design and the most powerful silicon the company has shipped. As for the desktop PCs, there are no significant new features on either machine, but this is a real spec and pricing bump. What's changed in the past couple of years is who these boxes are for, and whether you'll be able to get one.
Intel confirms Crescent Island GPU will pack 32 Xe3P cores and up to 480GB of memory
Designed for agentic AI, Crescent Island uses laptop memory instead of HBM to save costs
Nvidia releases DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, available now in 30 games
Nvidia has released DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, bringing its 2nd-gen Transformer model to all RTX GPUs. The upgrade promises improved lighting, temporal stability, and detail in motion, while reducing artifacts such as ghosting. An early access update to the Nvidia App lets users enable this in 30 supported games, including Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Resident Evil Requiem, with a wider release coming in September.
Microsoft Office is down to $32 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 $32. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 80% off the regular price.
The Witcher 4 targets 2028 as CD Projekt prepares to unveil new Witcher 3 expansion
Five days of Witcher 3 expansion streams planned starting Wednesday
A British gearhead built a road-legal sports car in his shed for $7,000
The Gasolini AR1 uses a Honda CBR500 engine, Ford Ka wheels, and a removable fiberglass body
Business schools are charging $28,000 to teach executives how to be "chief AI officer"
No one seems entirely sure what a chief AI officer actually does though
Tesla just killed Solar Roof after years of complaints and price hikes
The company will now focus on standard solar panels and its Powerwall battery system
AI music can no longer chart in Australia, unless a human actually made it
Fully AI-generated tracks are out, but songs created with AI assistance can still qualify
Sony reminds players they don't actually own the PlayStation games they purchased
"You will own nothing"
Russian tech giant VK wants Apple to pay $696,000 every day until its apps return to the App Store
The daily penalties would add up to around $252 million per year
This 98-qubit quantum computer moves ions around to compute more efficiently
Quantinuum's Helios is the largest trapped-ion quantum computer demonstrated yet
"We've all been too ambitious": Sam Altman says our old habits are delaying the great AI transition
Altman says people prefer familiar tools as the AI industry struggles to win over skeptics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs. 9070 XT: Which Should You Buy?
We compare the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT across 52 games at 1440p and 4K, test how each responds to undervolting, and determine whether the XT model is worth its price premium.
IBM is building a dual-architecture mainframe chip that will run Arm and Z software on the same cores
The chip will use 11 IBM Z cores built on a 2-nanometer process, running above 5.7 GHz
Intel re-enters Amazon's top-10 best-selling CPUs after over a year, but AMD still dominates
High DDR5 prices are driving buyers toward Intel's DDR4-compatible CPUs
The takeaway: AMD's domination in the desktop CPU market has been so remarkable that all 10 top-selling processors on Amazon throughout 2025 were from Team Red. Now, though, two Intel processors have secured a spot on the top-10 list for the first time in over a year.
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TECH TRIVIA
Which company once owned parts of TSMC, ASML, and NXP – and now owns none of them?
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CULTURE
Valve turns 30: it all began with two former Microsoft employees and a risky bet on games
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CHINA'S RAM
CXMT relied on leaked Samsung tech to skip years of R&D, testimony claims
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TRANSPORTATION
Uber hit with near-$1 billion fine after algorithms suspended drivers without human review
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IN LESS THAN A MONTH
LinkedIn's "AI slop" button has been clicked over a million times
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WTF
Millions of cars are under recall for catching fire while parked
Windows NT 4.0 turns 30: when Microsoft brought the Windows 95 look to the enterprise
NT 4.0 included the Start Menu, Taskbar, and Explorer shell. Much of the interface that's basically still with us
Trump says data center protesters are "making a mistake," but his allies disagree
61% of Americans now oppose new data centers in their area, up from 49% in March
A hidden Windows cleanup routine is quietly deleting Asus laptop GPU drivers
The issue traces back to Asus's Eco mode, which disables the dedicated GPU entirely
Which of these companies once owned meaningful chunks of TSMC, ASML, and NXP – and today owns none of them?
Imagine owning stakes in three companies now worth a combined $2.6 trillion... and selling all of them before it mattered.
Happy 35th anniversary to the Super Nintendo, one of gaming's greatest consoles
Nintendo's answer to the Sega Genesis
CPU-Z version 3 adds PC health checks to the classic system information tool
CPU-Z remains a favorite for checking processor, memory, and motherboard details, but version 3.01 makes it more useful for troubleshooting. The new Validator V3 can quickly scan for more than 100 potential issues, including overheating, outdated drivers, hardware problems, and bloatware.
Four former police employees arrested over alleged misuse of Flock license plate cameras
Flock has few supporters, but Darth Vader is apparently one of them
A developer is using AI to bring 26-year-old Voodoo3 cards back to life on Linux
Vibe coding is both a boon and a curse for ancient hardware support
Startup wants to use autonomous drone swarms to clear clouds and boost solar farm output
he company claims the drones could increase annual solar generation by as much as 30%
Valve is 30 years old today, and it all began with two former Microsoft employees and a risky bet on games
Newell and Harrington left Microsoft, put their own money on the line, and helped reshape PC gaming
Uber hit with near-$1 billion fine after algorithms suspended drivers without human review
Regulators say the software cut drivers off from their income without meaningful human oversight
Amazon raises Kindle, eero, Fire TV, and Echo prices by up to 60%
Amazon blames the memory crunch for the price hike
AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device
A Bluetooth glitch exposed AliExpress's hidden audio fingerprinting
A hot potato: As cookies become a less reliable way to track people online, AliExpress may be showing how far companies will go to fill that gap. Researchers found code on the site's homepage that ran silent audio processes in the browser. Tied to Alibaba's security systems, the scripts tap a device's own audio hardware to generate a signal and measure the tiny, device-specific ways it comes back – producing something close to a fingerprint that doesn't need a single cookie to work. It's the kind of tracking a user would likely never notice.
People have clicked the "Seems like AI slop" button on LinkedIn over a million times already
The tool has been active for less than a month, alongside AI-detection classifiers
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