Gen Z is turning subscriptions into short-term rentals for shows, movies, and games
Streaming loyalty is dead and this age cohort killed it
PCIe has doubled bandwidth every generation for two decades, PCIe 8.0 is on track to do it again at 1TB/s
PCIe is approaching the end of copper connections
Nintendo investors want a hefty Switch 2 price hike as console sells at a loss
A $50 to $100 increase might only make the console "less of a burden"
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.
Image generation is now the feature that moves the needle for AI apps
What gets people to download an AI app in 2026 has less to do with smarter models and more to do with images
Student brought multiple Taiwan high-speed trains to a standstill with handheld radio spoofing attack
Police say the 23-year-old decoded rail radio parameters and used handheld devices to trigger an emergency alarm
Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted
Microsoft is calling it a bug
Hackers used Daemon Tools' own website to silently install backdoors on thousands of PCs for nearly a month
While thousands of users across 100 countries were infected, Kaspersky believes the attack was targeted at specific organizations
Myst and Riven remakes head to PlayStation, Xbox, and Microsoft Store
Two icons are coming to modern platforms
Roku and TCL face lawsuit over software updates that allegedly brick smart TVs
Complaint says repeated firmware pushes caused freezes restart loops and devices that no longer power on
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A Decade of AMD Ryzen: 10 Years of CPUs Tested
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GPU Pricing Remains Broken, Even if It Has Stopped Getting Worse
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The Handheld Gaming "Holy Grail": FSR 4 INT8, XeFG, and XeLL
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Review: Twice the 3D V-Cache
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Flagship Rematch: Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. Core i9-12900K
Game engines were built for video games, but Japan is finding more interesting things to do with them
Companies are using Unreal Engine and Unity to simulate floods, sell virtual kimonos, and redesign cities
Nvidia partners with Corning to build the fiber optic backbone for next-gen AI data centers
Corning's second major AI deal of 2026 – following a $6 billion agreement with Meta in January
The quiet reinvention of search in the age of AI
How APIs and developer tools are quietly reshaping the way search works
A single Micron SSD can now store 245TB and use half the power of hard drives
The future of AI infrastructure can also be measured in rack space and power bills
Apple is paying $250 million after overselling AI features before they actually worked
Eligible iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 buyers could receive up to $95 per device, pending court approval
Scientists create "living plastic" that can self-destruct on command
Dormant bacteria embedded in the material wake up to digest it from the inside
Microsoft Edge stores all your saved passwords unencrypted in memory
The behavior was first documented in 2022 and has persisted for at least four years
AMD warns gaming revenue will plunge over 20% as memory prices drive up PC hardware costs
Higher RAM, SSD, and GDDR prices could make PC upgrades even less appealing in the second half of 2026
A major study claiming ChatGPT improves student learning has been retracted
The most-cited evidence that ChatGPT helps students learn just fell apart
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EARLY ACCESS
This pirate game was quietly killing your SSD without you knowing
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THE WEB
Utah has passed the first US law targeting VPNs for age verification
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ROBOTAXI
California just gave police a way to ticket Waymos
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GAMING
Steam Controller sells out in 30 minutes, scalpers rejoice
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WHAT SONY WON'T
A $7 Raspberry Pi gives the DualSense wireless haptics on PC
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TECH CULTURE
Japan is building military drones out of cardboard, and they're faster and cheaper than you'd expect
Microsoft kills Gaming Copilot for Xbox consoles and mobile
"This is 100% too good to be true"
Frame Generation Doesn't Fix Bad Performance!
Lego Batman is advertising 60 FPS, but it's really 15 FPS. Frame generation is supposed to make good performance better, not hide the fact that a game is running poorly. Lego Batman's spec sheet just crossed that line.
Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking
The browser automatically redownloads Gemini Nano files if users delete them
The Metal Gear Solid 2 leak is massive and perfectly timed – modders are already dreaming big
"Jack, do you remember what day it is tomorrow?"
Apple and Samsung are dominating smartphone sales so thoroughly that only one other company makes the top 10
Apple took the top three spots, Samsung grabbed fourth and fifth, and Xiaomi's $100 Redmi A5 was the only other phone to make the list
Meta is using AI facial analysis to identify underage users on Facebook and Instagram
The company insists this is "not facial recognition"
The FCC wants to ban Chinese labs from certifying electronics, but 75% of devices are tested there now
That could push up prices on phones, laptops, and smart home devices
California just gave police a way to ticket Waymo and other robotaxis
No driver, no problem: when there's nobody to cite, the company pays the price
Gearbox boss posts AI image "for fun," spends hours defending studio's no-AI policy
Someone at Gearbox may want to change Randy Pitchford's X password
Unofficial Notepad++ macOS app forced to rebrand after creator objects
Don Ho says the Mac app is unauthorized and not affiliated as the developer agrees to change its name but keep building the port
Steam Controller sells out in 30 minutes as scalpers push prices to $300
Valve said no kernel drivers means fewer stability risks, but there's also less plug-and-play appeal outside Steam
Winners & losers: The Steam Controller is here! Well, it was here for a whole 30 minutes before it sold out. Predictably, the $99 device has already been grabbed by a slew of scalpers who are charging around $300, and sometimes more, for one on eBay.
PC players must wait for GTA 6 because they aren't the "core" audience and spend less on GTA Online
PC might represent only 3% of GTA Online's weekly revenue
This startup just raised $140 million to build wave-powered AI data centers at sea
It plans to move from prototypes to commercial offshore compute nodes powered by ocean energy
DDR6 development begins as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron target 2028-2029 launch
The new standard promises major speed gains, but the current DRAM crisis could keep prices high
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