Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to end trial over Instagram, Facebook child addiction claims
Two-hour daily caps, forced "pauses," and a midnight lockout are coming to teen accounts. Skeptics say it doesn't go far enough
Perplexity and Nvidia launch "Portable Computer," a local AI agent for Nvidia GPUs
Local AI skips the cloud, and the token costs that come with it
Star Wars Zero Company reviewed: XCOM-style tactics are a strong fit for Star Wars
Star Wars Zero Company is earning strong reviews for bringing XCOM-style turn-based tactics to the Star Wars universe. Critics are praising its cinematic presentation, characters, and grittier story, while pointing to some occasional performance issues.
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
ProtonVPN's free tier is promoting unlimited data with no ads
ProtonVPN is a privacy-focused service with a strong free option that includes unlimited data, no ads or artificial speed limits, and a strict no-logs policy. Its open-source apps are available across major desktop and mobile platforms, with free users able to connect one device at a time.
Raspberry Pi now has an official guide for building your own cyberdeck
Few can escape cyberdeck mania
Xbox unveils disc-to-digital feature designed to digitize existing physical games
Leverage the benefits of digital
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.
Apple Maps is getting ads, and there's no way to turn them off
Apple Maps loses one of its ad-free advantages over Google Maps as sponsored listings arrive
Microsoft partners with Razer, 8BitDo, and Backbone on Xbox 25th anniversary collection
Translucent green accessories from top brands
Asus customer says $10,000 ROG anniversary bundle order was canceled, forcing them to pay $500 more
Cancelled tracking, missing updates, and a mysterious return created a month-long support nightmare
Florida police used a fake Flock camera in a sting, then charged a man with three felonies for destroying it
The mayor said she was unaware of the operation and admitted the charges are controversial
SpaceX will build a $100 billion Starbase in Louisiana, a 195-square-mile spaceport designed for thousands of annual launches
The self-sustaining complex will feature 10 launch pads, fuel production, power generation, and an airport
Gamescom 2026 brings new Rainbow Six, Metro, Witcher 3 and Heroes of Might & Magic reveals
Check out all the best reveals from the night
NASA's Gateway could become the Moon's first airport – here's how traffic will work
Spacecraft could queue in a string-of-pearls formation while waiting to dock
Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Is Better Almost Everywhere
DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction delivers sharper upscaling, cleaner ray-traced effects, and far fewer artifacts, all while maintaining virtually the same performance across every RTX generation.
The Witcher 3 is getting a major free remaster in September, new expansion arrives in 2027
Songs of the Past takes Geralt to a new region before The Witcher 4 targets 2028
Something to look forward to: CD Projekt Red had already promised plenty of Witcher news at Gamescom, and it delivered more than expected. The studio has announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, a substantial overhaul launching September 29 as a free upgrade for existing owners. It also provided the first proper look at Songs of the Past, a new paid expansion arriving in 2027.
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
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TECH CULTURE
"We've all been too ambitious": Sam Altman says our old habits are delaying the great AI transition
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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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SECURITY
AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint your device
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HARDWARE
Intel re-enters Amazon's top-10 best-selling CPUs after over a year
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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
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.
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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