Microsoft's new tech cuts Forza Horizon 6's shader loading time from 90 seconds to four seconds
Advanced Shader Delivery moves compilation to the cloud, Nvidia RTX support coming later this year
Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to AI jobs while laying off thousands more
At Meta, employees are either losing jobs to AI or being reassigned to build it
The Best Mouse: Our Favorite Mice for Work and Play
The best mice for work, gaming, and everything in between – tested and ranked across every category, from budget picks to flagship wireless.
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.
Elon Musk loses OpenAI trial after jury says he waited too long to sue
Musk says the ruling was a "calendar technicality" and plans to appeal
The quiet reinvention of search in the age of AI
How APIs and developer tools are quietly reshaping the way search works
Amazon's Alexa can now generate podcasts on whatever topic you want. But, will anyone listen?
Two AI "co-hosts" cover news, sports, and more, pulling from outlets like the AP, Reuters, and Washington Post
TP-Link's tiny 5-port Gigabit switch drops to just $9
The TP-Link LiteWave LS1005G is a simple a 5-port Gigabit switch, currently available for just $9. That's 50% off its usual Amazon price. The unmanaged switch offers plug-and-play setup, fanless operation, and Gigabit speeds across all five ports.
ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers with AI slop
LLM or not, paper authors will be responsible for whatever they post to the archive
Terraria celebrates 15 years of crafting, mining, and survival
A deceptively simple sandbox that's sold 70 million copies
Researchers unveil NAND-DRAM hybrid that could outperform traditional memory
3D CCD recycles decades-old technology to address the AI memory crunch
One company now controls more than 4% of all Bitcoin
Strategy is closing in on one million Bitcoin after spending another $2 billion
Dell makes its strongest case yet for keeping AI out of the cloud
Dell counts 5,000 enterprise customers for its AI Factory, moving from pitch to proof
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT deal drops to $629 as GPU prices slowly cool off
Gigabyte's Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC is down to $629 on Amazon as a Lightning Deal, marking one of the lower prices we've seen for the card these days. It features 16GB GDDR6 memory, triple-fan cooling, factory overclocking, and enough horsepower for high-refresh 1440p gaming with capable 4K performance in most modern titles.
A Windows 11 speed boost is coming as soon as next month, along with a taskbar you can finally move
The Low Latency Profile feature promises snappier app launches and shell responsiveness
Discord improves Linux support with Steam Deck and distro-friendly upgrades
Discord is now more Linux friendly than ever before, having rolled out major improvements for the OS, including official packages for Fedora and Arch distros. A new self-updater brings Linux closer to the Windows experience, and better support for the Steam Deck. The update also adds hardware video acceleration for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia GPUs.
Forget Raspberry Pi: this computer is the literally the size of a credit card
A Redditor's 1mm-thick build includes Wi-Fi, NFC, an e-paper display, and its own battery
The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have?
One button, two buttons... three?
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 brings broader Linux support and quality-of-life upgrades
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 adds broader Linux support, full 64-bit Windows components, and direct connections to remote ESXi Arm hosts. The update also introduces several quality-of-life fixes requested since Broadcom made Workstation free. For developers, tinkerers, and anyone juggling Linux distros or Windows test environments, Workstation Pro remains one of the easiest ways to run reliable virtual machines on a PC.
Japan is using $4,000 animatronic wolves to scare off bears, and can't make them fast enough
Japan's answer to record bear attacks is a nightmare-inducing robotic Monster Wolves
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SECURITY
Researcher claims Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker
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THE ANTI-FLAGSHIP
Sony Xperia 1 VIII: headphone jack, microSD, and thick bezels in 2026
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VIRTUAL MACHINE
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 brings quality-of-life upgrades
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NO POWER FOR YOU
Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers
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UPSCALING
FSR 4 is finally coming to older AMD Radeon GPUs
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TECH SOVEREIGNTY
Europe could block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government data
Samsung avoids worst-case strike scenario as court restricts union action
The ruling limits disruption at Samsung's chip plants as 45,000 workers prepare for a walkout
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's AI-heavy graduation speech goes badly as graduates drown him out with boos
Schmidt's attempt to sell students on AI followed another boo-filled commencement speech days earlier
Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat
University of Tokyo's antiferromagnetic spintronic switch operates at picosecond speeds
AI could steal fingerprints from high-resolution selfies, experts warn
Hackers only need photos from within 5 feet
Forza Horizon 6 Benchmark: 47 GPUs Tested
1080p, 1440p, 4K Tested Forza Horizon 6 is one of the best-looking racing games yet, but max settings and RT can crush modern GPUs. We tested 47 graphics cards to see what it really takes to run well.
European Court of Justice rules Meta must compensate Italian publishers for content use
Newspapers have the right to "fair compensation" from US Big Tech, the EU said
Google trials 5GB storage cap for new Gmail sign-ups without phone numbers
A new security feature or a ploy for more private info?
Android Studio Panda 4 adds smarter AI planning and predictive coding tools
Android Studio is Google's official IDE for Android development, designed for creating apps across phones, tablets, TVs, and Wear OS devices. The new Panda 4 release introduces AI upgrades like Planning Mode, which lets Gemini generate and review implementation plans before writing code, alongside a new Gemini API starter template.
Doom's original soundtrack is now preserved by the Library of Congress
Bobby Prince's 1993 MIDI metal score joins the National Recording Registry, putting Doom alongside Mario and Minecraft
Sounding off: Video game music has spent decades shaping popular culture, but only a handful of game soundtracks have been formally recognized as part of America's recorded history. Doom's induction into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry is another sign that the sounds of early PC gaming are no longer being treated as disposable background noise, but as cultural artifacts worth preserving.
Dell Alienware's new $1,300 gaming laptop cuts corners by using cheap plastic and older-gen gaming hardware
The Alienware 15 is affordable by Alienware standards, launches with a Ryzen 5 220 and RTX 4050
Modder creates a fully working 16GB RTX 3070 using VRAM from a dead AMD GPU
The graphics card can switch between 8GB and 16GB modes, and the extra VRAM doubled performance in Spider-Man 2
This robot changes tires faster than any mechanic, without even removing the wheel
AI is now coming after blue-collar jobs with robots that can change tires in minutes
AMD keeps gaining on Intel in servers, but desktop PCs tell a different story
What just happened? AMD has hit another x86 CPU milestone, with Mercury Research figures showing the company now holds 38.1% of overall market revenue. That sounds like another win for Team Red, especially given its huge gains in servers, but there is a surprising caveat: AMD actually lost ground in desktop PCs during the first quarter.
FluentCleaner brings back the classic PC cleaner idea, without the bloat
Inspired by the early days of CCleaner, FluentCleaner is a cleanup utility that focuses on removing temporary files, browser cache, logs, and leftover clutter without aggressive registry cleaning or scareware tactics. The app also supports community-maintained cleaning databases and optional extensions.
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