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Claude's new Reflect feature is Spotify Wrapped for your AI habits

Claude now has its own take on Spotify Wrapped, only instead of exposing your questionable music taste, Reflect shows how you use AI. The beta dashboard summarizes up to 12 months of topics, activity patterns, and common tasks. Check out Reflect using the the Claude desktop app for Windows or macOS.

By Julio Franco, July 13, 2026, 11:40 AM

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PeaZip 11.2.0 brings quality-of-life improvements across the app

PeaZip adds a new F12 function picker, better keyboard shortcuts, smoother drag-and-drop, and improved file manager auto-refresh. The release also expands support to 243 file extensions, including ZIM files used for Wikipedia data dumps.

By Ivan Franco, July 13, 2026, 10:37 AM

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ChatGPT Atlas lasted less than a year, but AI browser alternatives remain

OpenAI will pull the plug on ChatGPT Atlas next month, less than a year after launch. Curious Mac users can still download it for one last look, but for an AI browser with an actual future, try Perplexity's Comet or Opera, both offer tools for summarizing pages, answering questions, and helping you navigate the web.

By Julio Franco, July 13, 2026, 9:48 AM

Software AI

A tiny London startup built a CUDA compiler that reportedly beats AMD's own tools on AMD hardware

The bet is that CUDA, not Nvidia's hardware, is the real key to AI computing dominance

By Skye Jacobs, July 12, 2026, 10:16 AM 10 comments

Gaming Software

EA's College Football 27 is getting review-bombed over hidden single-player microtransactions

Players estimate it would cost around $100 to fully level up a coach without grinding for XP

By Kishalaya Kundu, July 11, 2026, 10:19 AM 7 comments

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WhatsApp desktop turns your PC into a full messaging hub

WhatsApp's desktop app turns your Windows or Mac into a full messaging hub. You can link up to four devices at once, make voice and video calls straight from your webcam, and type on a real keyboard instead of a phone screen. Your phone only needs to reconnect once every 14 days, so it's an easy way to stay on top of conversations while you actually get work done.

By Julio Franco, July 11, 2026, 9:50 AM

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Tiny11 trims Windows 11 down to 8GB, no bloat included

Tiny11 is built from Windows 11 25H2, but strips out Copilot, Teams, OneDrive, and Edge, cutting the install down to about 8GB, while still activating with a normal Windows 10 or 11 key. It's ideal for reviving an older laptop, running in a VM, or setting up a lightweight test machine.

By Julio Franco, July 10, 2026, 10:50 AM

Gaming Industry

Space Marine 2 sold million of copies, and now Saber Interactive has to turn down projects

In the grim darkness of the far future, some studios can thrive rather than fire everyone

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 9, 2026, 7:01 PM 11 comments

Mobile Software

Cash App reaches $45 million settlement over alleged failure to protect users from fraud

Every state is involved except for Hawaii, ⁠Missouri, South Carolina, and Wyoming

By Kishalaya Kundu, July 9, 2026, 1:57 PM

Software Gaming

An indie developer says Steam's refund policy cost his well-reviewed game 55,000 refunds

Paddle Paddle Paddle holds a 90% positive rating on Steam, it's also just $3

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 7, 2026, 9:14 PM 35 comments

Security Software

LG and Alienware monitors caught auto-installing Windows adware

Silently installing bloatware that triggers McAfee ad pop-ups – Yuck!

By Daniel Sims, July 7, 2026, 7:32 PM 24 comments

Software Gaming

The Steam Machine now has official Windows drivers

Valve has done the driver work

By Zo Ahmed, July 7, 2026, 11:26 AM 10 comments

Software Microsoft

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug can steal over 500GB of storage – here's how to check and fix it

The bug causes a hidden Windows system file to keep growing, making some SSDs look mysteriously full

By Rob Thubron, July 7, 2026, 8:51 AM 11 comments

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Microsoft has a hidden Windows 11 edition that supports 6TB of RAM and 256 CPU cores

Windows 11 Pro for Workstations costs $309 and most people have never heard of it

TL;DR: Microsoft released a little-known Windows edition called Windows 11 Pro for Workstations in 2021. It's a client operating system built for high-end PCs and workstations, offering support for more memory and CPU sockets than Windows 11 Pro, along with ReFS storage features, SMB Direct networking, and persistent-memory workloads.

Full story By Kishalaya Kundu, July 6, 2026, 1:32 PM 10 comments

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Nvidia Profile Inspector 3.0 modernizes the popular driver profile editor

Nvidia Profile Inspector lets you view and edit hidden driver profiles and settings. Version 3.0 delivers its biggest update in years with a redesigned interface, faster profile browsing, and support for newer features including DLSS overrides and RTX Dynamic Vibrance.

By Ivan Franco, July 6, 2026, 1:18 PM

Software AI

Meta's Pocket app lets you vibe-code games with zero coding knowledge

A TikTok-style app for AI-generated mini games

By Kishalaya Kundu, July 4, 2026, 9:08 AM

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Microsoft reverses stance and adds Google account sign-in to Edge browser

The feature enables faster sign-ins and data syncing across devices for users of Google's ecosystem

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 3, 2026, 8:44 PM

Gaming Software

Video Game History Foundation founder says piracy remains the only viable game preservation method

The organization representing game publishers helped kill a preservation bill. Now it's being blamed for pushing archivists toward piracy

By Daniel Sims, July 3, 2026, 7:46 AM 8 comments

Software AI

A leaked Microsoft experiment reveals a new OS built entirely around Copilot and AI agents

Project Aion imagines a lightweight, web-based Windows shell where Copilot replaces the Start Menu and Taskbar

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 2, 2026, 8:17 PM 17 comments

Google Industry

Google just lost its final appeal over Android, $4.7 billion EU fine stands

The EU's top court found Google forced phone makers to bundle Search and Chrome to access the Play Store

By Skye Jacobs, July 2, 2026, 10:52 AM 40 comments

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Rufus improves Windows installs, adds RISC-V and UEFI:NTFS fixes

Rufus is a free utility for creating bootable USB drives from ISOs. Version 4.15 brings RISC-V 64 support to UEFI:NTFS, improves unattended Windows installations, and fixes Snapdragon X Arm64 boot crashes, and more.

By Ivan Franco, July 2, 2026, 10:43 AM

Software AI

Former Microsoft dev built a 2.5KB Notepad clone with zero AI features

TinyRetroPad is a super-lean version of Notepad

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 2, 2026, 9:23 AM 10 comments

Security Software

A Microsoft Defender flaw is now being linked to ransomware attacks

A researcher published 'BlueHammer' exploit details before Microsoft had a patch ready

By Skye Jacobs, July 2, 2026, 7:03 AM

Electronics Software

Amazon says restricting Fire TV sideloading is about safety. It's also about piracy

The restriction arrives with Vega OS, Amazon's new Linux-based replacement for Fire OS

By Daniel Sims, July 1, 2026, 6:02 PM 9 comments

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OCCT 17 introduces a redesigned modular Memory Test

Popular PC stress-testing tool OCCT has been updated with a fully redesigned modular Memory Test with 16 configurable testing blocks. The release also improves memory usage and adds built-in memory test presets.

By Ivan Franco, July 1, 2026, 5:35 PM