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• Moore's law is hitting a wall, so researchers are stacking silicon chip layers instead of shrinking them
  By Skye Jacobs, May 31, 2026
• A Trump-linked startup is sending humanoid robots to the Ukraine battlefield
  By Rob Thubron, May 31, 2026
• MIT researchers found a way to get lithium out of hard rock without the massive energy bill
  By Skye Jacobs, May 31, 2026
• California passes bill requiring gun-blocking software in 3D printers
  By Rob Thubron, May 31, 2026
• Fake downloads of popular PC utilities are quietly installing crypto miners on enthusiast PCs
  By Daniel Sims, May 31, 2026
• Nvidia's first consumer CPU in over a decade is coming – and it has RTX cores built in
  By Daniel Sims, May 31, 2026
• A Java library just tried to trick AI coding agents into deleting your tests, and it almost worked
  By Skye Jacobs, May 30, 2026
• Sandisk is launching new SATA SSDs in 2026 because NVMe prices are out of control
  By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2026
• Someone got 26 years of Windows running on a classic IBM ThinkPad T43 without a virtual machine
  By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2026
• Dell Alienware AW2726DM Review: QD-OLED Gaming for $350
  By Tim Schiesser, May 30, 2026
• Are you actually using AI on your PC?
  By Julio Franco, May 29, 2026
• Europe fines Temu $232 million over illegal and unsafe product listings
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 29, 2026
• DRAM coolers make a comeback: G.Skill and Cooler Master unveil DDR5 kits with built-in fans
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 29, 2026
• Creative launches Sound Blaster AE-X for PC audio enthusiasts
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 29, 2026
• The ad-tracking industry is exposing US soldiers on the battlefield
  By Skye Jacobs, May 29, 2026
• New 7-Zip security flaw could put hundreds of millions of systems at risk
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 29, 2026
• Windows BitLocker exploit sparks messy feud between Microsoft and the researcher who exposed it
  By Skye Jacobs, May 29, 2026
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 confirmed for October 23, brings the series to Korea
  By Daniel Sims, May 29, 2026
• Google engineer arrested for using internal search data to win $1.2 million on Polymarket
  By Skye Jacobs, May 29, 2026
• TP-Link's first Wi-Fi 8 router is coming, if the FCC allows it
  By Rob Thubron, May 29, 2026
• Steam Deck sells out again despite $300 price hike, meanwhile Intel unveils new handheld chip to counter AMD's dominance
  By Daniel Sims, May 29, 2026
• Wix lays off 1,000 workers as the AI jobs apocalypse keeps looking very real
  By Rob Thubron, May 29, 2026
• Apple's on-device AI dream is running into the hard limits of what a phone can do
  By Skye Jacobs, May 29, 2026
• Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during testing in Florida
  By Rob Thubron, May 29, 2026
• YouTube is cracking down on undisclosed AI videos, but won't penalize creators for making them
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 28, 2026
• Researchers found a way to spy on your browsing by watching your SSD's activity
  By Skye Jacobs, May 28, 2026
• Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months and has little to show for it
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 28, 2026
• Redmagic 11S Pro gaming phone gets cooling and CPU upgrades, but drops to 16GB RAM as price climbs to $849
  By Skye Jacobs, May 28, 2026
• Windows can now share audio to two Bluetooth headphones at once, sort of
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 28, 2026
• Paper Mario just got a native PC port, no emulator required
  By Skye Jacobs, May 28, 2026
• Ultima Underworld returns as a fan-made Unity remake after 10 years of work
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 28, 2026
• This startup has raised $12 million to make liquid-metal circuit boards rewritable
  By Skye Jacobs, May 28, 2026
• Valve's Steam Machine may cost more than today's Steam Deck OLED
  By Rob Thubron, May 28, 2026
• Philips and AOC join the 1,000 Hz monitor race with new 1080p models
  By Daniel Sims, May 28, 2026
• MSI celebrates 40th anniversary with dragon-themed Titan laptop and MEG Ace motherboard
  By Rob Thubron, May 28, 2026
• Elizabeth Warren wants to tax AI data centers as power bills climb
  By Skye Jacobs, May 28, 2026
• Tech executives are suffering from "AI psychosis," says Box CEO
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 28, 2026
• Microsoft is rolling out its Windows 11 CPU-boosting update – here's how to enable it
  By Rob Thubron, May 28, 2026
• The Nvidia App Settings You Should Actually Be Using
  By Tim Schiesser, May 28, 2026
• Steam Deck OLED is back in stock with a $300 price hike
  By Daniel Sims, May 27, 2026
• The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 27, 2026
• Gigabyte bundles 1 gram of pure gold with every RTX 5090 Infinity to celebrate 40th anniversary
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 27, 2026
• Taiwan just busted an alleged Nvidia GPU smuggling ring using Japan as a cover
  By Skye Jacobs, May 27, 2026
• This startup wants to destroy cancer tumors using ultrasound instead of surgery
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 27, 2026
• TCL is selling a 300Hz 1080p gaming monitor for $88
  By Skye Jacobs, May 27, 2026
• Spotify CEO defends AI music, promises musicians will be adequately compensated
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 27, 2026
• Ferrari bet its legacy on an EV designed by Jony Ive. The backlash wiped out $5 billion in a day.
  By Skye Jacobs, May 27, 2026
• Apple's M5 MacBook Air drops to $899 in latest deal
  By Ivan Franco, May 27, 2026
• DuckDuckGo's app is growing in popularity after Google turned search into AI
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 27, 2026
• Smartphone shipments face worst decline ever: memory crisis and US-Iran war hit market
  By Rob Thubron, May 27, 2026
• Samsung averts strike with $340,000 bonuses for semiconductor workers
  By Skye Jacobs, May 27, 2026
• Most Americans want digital shelf labels and surveillance pricing banned
  By Rob Thubron, May 27, 2026
• Inside the data center boom that's consuming Chile's last water
  By Daniel Sims, May 27, 2026
• The Witcher 3 is getting a third expansion in 2027, but minimum specs are increasing
  By Rob Thubron, May 27, 2026
• Motorola Razr phones are secretly hijacking Amazon launches with affiliate redirects
  By Skye Jacobs, May 27, 2026
• Sam Altman is "delighted" his AI jobs apocalypse prediction was wrong
  By Rob Thubron, May 27, 2026
• Nvidia Vera CPU impresses in early Nvidia-sanctioned benchmarks
  By Daniel Sims, May 26, 2026
• SK Hynix is embedding cooling into HBM memory to stop AI chips from overheating
  By Skye Jacobs, May 26, 2026
• Nvidia retires the classic GeForce Control Panel after 20 years
  By Ivan Franco, May 26, 2026
• Pope Leo XIV says humanity needs to disarm AI before it's too late
  By Zo Ahmed, May 26, 2026
• Micron just made the most advanced DRAM ever produced in the US, and it's not for your PC
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 26, 2026
• Windows Secure Boot certificates set to expire in June – here's what it means for your PC
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 26, 2026
• 007 First Light reviews call the spy thriller one of the best Bond games ever made
  By Ivan Franco, May 26, 2026
• TSMC workers threaten Samsung-style strike over rumored bonus cuts despite record profits
  By Rob Thubron, May 26, 2026
• AMD targets TSMC's A14 node for Zen 7, pushing server chips into the angstrom era
  By Skye Jacobs, May 26, 2026
• Starbucks tried using AI to count syrup bottles – it kept hallucinating the inventory
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 26, 2026
• People without lawyers are using AI to flood courts with lawsuits
  By Rob Thubron, May 26, 2026
• DriftGuard update lets Xbox gamers fix stick drift without replacing controllers
  By Skye Jacobs, May 26, 2026
• Crewless warship concept pushes autonomous naval warfare closer to reality
  By Rob Thubron, May 26, 2026
• Linus Torvalds is fed up with AI-generated bug reports bloating the Linux kernel
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 26, 2026
• Ferrari's first EV brings 1,000 horsepower, four motors, a $640,000 price tag, and Jony Ive design input
  By Skye Jacobs, May 26, 2026
• China's first credible gaming GPU sells 30,000 units in 48 hours, despite RTX 3060-level performance
  By Rob Thubron, May 26, 2026
• Unreal Engine 6 is coming in 2028, aims to streamline live-service game development
  By Skye Jacobs, May 25, 2026
• Star Citizen crosses $1 billion in crowdfunding as Chris Roberts eyes version 1.0
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 25, 2026
• Microsoft's latest Copilot idea is a pinnable sidebar that steals your screen real estate
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 25, 2026
• Drone speed record falls again as Blackbird hits 453 mph using custom carbon fiber propellers
  By Rob Thubron, May 25, 2026
• Huawei says it can build 1.4nm chips without ASML's most advanced machines
  By Skye Jacobs, May 25, 2026
• 99% of executives expect AI to trigger layoffs within two years, survey finds
  By Rob Thubron, May 25, 2026
• Was Ray Tracing a Scam?
  By Steven Walton, May 25, 2026
• HP BIOS updates are bricking laptops through Windows Update
  By Skye Jacobs, May 25, 2026
• This $82 USB cable hides a Wi-Fi microcontroller inside its connector
  By Skye Jacobs, May 24, 2026
• Tesla's Cybercab just became the most efficient EV ever built
  By Skye Jacobs, May 24, 2026
• This wearable $2,000 AI exoskeleton wants to turn your legs into hybrid hardware
  By Skye Jacobs, May 24, 2026
• TDK and NHK Spring accused of fixing prices on components used in 97% of hard drives for over a decade
  By Skye Jacobs, May 23, 2026
• Infinity Ward teases the next Call of Duty, calling it "the definitive Modern Warfare"
  By Daniel Sims, May 23, 2026
• Final Fantasy XI was supposed to decline, instead the 24-year-old MMO is growing again
  By Skye Jacobs, May 23, 2026
• Canada is imposing a 15% tax on streaming services to support local content
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 23, 2026
• Your Blu-ray drive can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox games – legally
  By Daniel Sims, May 22, 2026
• Trdo is a modern internet radio player for Windows
  By Ivan Franco, May 22, 2026
• Hackers breach GitHub and access 3,800 internal repositories now listed for sale
  By Skye Jacobs, May 22, 2026
• A VPN built for criminals just got shut down by Europol and Eurojust
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 22, 2026
• SpaceX's Starship V3 survives its first full test flight
  By Skye Jacobs, May 22, 2026
• Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 22, 2026
• The US government is spending $2 billion on quantum computing, while taking stock in the companies it funds
  By Skye Jacobs, May 22, 2026
• Flipper One is a next-gen Flipper Zero with a Linux brain and serious hardware upgrades
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 22, 2026
• Tech layoffs have already passed 100,000 in 2026 as the industry cuts jobs to fund AI
  By Daniel Sims, May 22, 2026
• Meta launches Forum, an app for Facebook Groups offered as a Reddit alternative
  By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2026
• Firefox is getting a major redesign with one-click controls to disable all AI features
  By Skye Jacobs, May 22, 2026
• Meta settles a lawsuit that said it addicted students and left schools to deal with the damage
  By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2026
• Philips made a monitor with screens on both sides, and it's actually kind of brilliant
  By Daniel Sims, May 22, 2026
• AMD's 256 core Epyc Venice enters production on TSMC's 2nm node
  By Skye Jacobs, May 22, 2026
• Steve Wozniak told graduates they have "actual intelligence," and they loved it
  By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2026
• Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti vs AMD Radeon 9070 XT: Massive 52 Game Benchmark
  By Steven Walton, May 22, 2026
• SpaceX files for record-breaking IPO with rockets, AI, and Mars ambitions at the center
  By Skye Jacobs, May 21, 2026
• Lenovo-branded retro handheld comes pre-loaded with tons of Nintendo ROMs
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 21, 2026
• Taiwan is cracking down on AI chip smuggling
  By Skye Jacobs, May 21, 2026
• Google accidentally published a four-year-old Chromium security bug, then tried to hide it again
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 21, 2026
• Samsung's new 32-inch 6K gaming monitor is the first of its kind – if you ignore the one Samsung made last year
  By Shawn Knight, May 21, 2026
• Intel says 14A is on track for 2028 risk production, 10A and 7A now in development
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 21, 2026
• Intuit cuts 3,000 jobs as it refocuses on AI, but says layoffs are "not about AI"
  By Rob Thubron, May 21, 2026
• Vivaldi 8 brings a redesigned interface and smarter tab tools
  By Ivan Franco, May 21, 2026
• China built a gaming GPU: Lisuan's LX 7G100 performs like an RTX 3060 but costs almost $500
  By Rob Thubron, May 21, 2026
• Samsung's strike was called off at the last minute, now workers have to vote on the deal
  By Daniel Sims, May 21, 2026
• A Lord of the Rings open-world RPG is coming from the Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio
  By Rob Thubron, May 21, 2026
• Nvidia hits record $81.6 billion revenue as AI boom shows no sign of slowing
  By Rob Thubron, May 21, 2026
• Google is remaking Search in ChatGPT's image
  By Daniel Sims, May 20, 2026
• ASML says first silicon from its latest $400M High-NA EUV machines is just months away
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 20, 2026
• Redditor creates ungodly gaming PC with 13 internal screens and 15,000 looping GIFs
  By Rob Thubron, May 20, 2026
• Herman Miller's new Coyl gaming desk starts at $1,095
  By Shawn Knight, May 20, 2026
• Sony cuts prices on flagship WH-1000XM6 and XM5 headphones
  By Ivan Franco, May 20, 2026
• Jeff Bezos isn't worried about the AI bubble: "the good ideas will pay for all of the losers"
  By Julio Franco, May 20, 2026
• Microsoft is pulling the plug on SMS codes, wants you to switch to passkeys
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 20, 2026
• CrystalDiskInfo update adds fake Samsung SSD detection
  By Ivan Franco, May 20, 2026
• Kickstarter is walking back mature content rules after backlash
  By Shawn Knight, May 20, 2026
• Researchers hit 112Gbps over wireless in a breakthrough that could shape 6G
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 20, 2026
• A Broken Sword movie adaptation is coming from the studio behind Sonic the Hedgehog
  By Rob Thubron, May 20, 2026
• Microsoft refreshes Surface with Panther Lake and up to 64GB of RAM, starting at $1,500
  By Daniel Sims, May 20, 2026
• Google takes on OpenClaw with Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI agent for your digital life
  By Rob Thubron, May 20, 2026
• Forza Horizon 6 Optimization Guide: Best Settings for PC Gamers
  By Tim Schiesser, May 20, 2026
• AMD may be preparing the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, offering 7800X3D-like gaming for less
  By Rob Thubron, May 20, 2026
• Google is making AI images easier to create, and deepfakes easier to spot
  By Daniel Sims, May 19, 2026
• Discord now encrypts every voice and video call by default
  By Julio Franco, May 19, 2026
• RAM makers are taking on massive debt to keep up with AI's chip appetite
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 19, 2026
• Nvidia's latest Game Ready drivers deliver worthwhile gains in Forza Horizon 6
  By Ivan Franco, May 19, 2026
• Intel may be forcing PC makers to buy its newer 18A chips by cutting off the old ones
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 19, 2026
• Microsoft is finally letting you remap the Copilot key nobody asked for
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 19, 2026
• Sony's luxury 1000X headphones celebrate 10 years of premium ANC audio
  By Ivan Franco, May 19, 2026
• Sony's PC gaming era is over – at least for single-player games
  By Shawn Knight, May 19, 2026
• Asus and HP unveil Intel Wildcat Lake laptops starting at $449 to rival Apple's MacBook Neo
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 19, 2026
• Apple to host final WWDC of the Tim Cook era on June 8
  By Shawn Knight, May 19, 2026
• This gorgeous fanless RTX 5080 PC turns passive cooling into a thermal nightmare
  By Rob Thubron, May 19, 2026
• LG unveils the world's first 1080p gaming monitor with a native 1,000Hz refresh rate
  By Rob Thubron, May 19, 2026
• Microsoft's new tech cuts Forza Horizon 6's shader loading time from 90 seconds to four seconds
  By Daniel Sims, May 19, 2026
• Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to AI jobs while laying off thousands more
  By Rob Thubron, May 19, 2026
• The Best Mouse: Our Favorite Mice for Work and Play
  By Amir Shoam, May 19, 2026
• Elon Musk loses OpenAI trial after jury says he waited too long to sue
  By Rob Thubron, May 19, 2026
• Amazon's Alexa can now generate podcasts on whatever topic you want. But, will anyone listen?
  By Daniel Sims, May 18, 2026
• TP-Link's tiny 5-port Gigabit switch drops to just $9
  By Ivan Franco, May 18, 2026
• ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers with AI slop
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 18, 2026
• Terraria celebrates 15 years of crafting, mining, and survival
  By Shawn Knight, May 18, 2026
• Researchers unveil NAND-DRAM hybrid that could outperform traditional memory
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 18, 2026
• One company now controls more than 4% of all Bitcoin
  By Shawn Knight, May 18, 2026
• Dell makes its strongest case yet for keeping AI out of the cloud
  By Bob O'Donnell, May 18, 2026
• AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT deal drops to $629 as GPU prices slowly cool off
  By Ivan Franco, May 18, 2026
• A Windows 11 speed boost is coming as soon as next month, along with a taskbar you can finally move
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 18, 2026
• Discord improves Linux support with Steam Deck and distro-friendly upgrades
  By Ivan Franco, May 18, 2026
• Forget Raspberry Pi: this computer is literally the size of a credit card
  By Rob Thubron, May 18, 2026
• The first computer mouse: how many buttons did it have?
  By TechSpot Trivia, May 18, 2026
• VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 brings broader Linux support and quality-of-life upgrades
  By Julio Franco, May 18, 2026
• Japan is using $4,000 animatronic wolves to scare off bears, and can't make them fast enough
  By Rob Thubron, May 18, 2026
• Samsung avoids worst-case strike scenario as court restricts union action
  By Rob Thubron, May 18, 2026
• Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's AI-heavy graduation speech goes badly as graduates drown him out with boos
  By Rob Thubron, May 18, 2026
• Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 17, 2026
• AI could steal fingerprints from high-resolution selfies, experts warn
  By Daniel Sims, May 16, 2026
• Forza Horizon 6 Benchmark: 47 GPUs Tested
  By Steven Walton, May 16, 2026
• European Court of Justice rules Meta must compensate Italian publishers for content use
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 15, 2026
• Google trials 5GB storage cap for new Gmail sign-ups without phone numbers
  By Daniel Sims, May 15, 2026
• Android Studio Panda 4 adds smarter AI planning and predictive coding tools
  By Ivan Franco, May 15, 2026
• Doom's original soundtrack is now preserved by the Library of Congress
  By Julio Franco, May 15, 2026
• Dell Alienware's new $1,300 gaming laptop cuts corners by using cheap plastic and older-gen gaming hardware
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 15, 2026
• Modder creates a fully working 16GB RTX 3070 using VRAM from a dead AMD GPU
  By Rob Thubron, May 15, 2026
• This robot changes tires faster than any mechanic, without even removing the wheel
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 15, 2026
• AMD keeps gaining on Intel in servers, but desktop PCs tell a different story
  By Rob Thubron, May 15, 2026
• FluentCleaner brings back the classic PC cleaner idea, without the bloat
  By Ivan Franco, May 15, 2026
• Man who lost Bitcoin wallet password while high recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after 11-year lockout
  By Rob Thubron, May 15, 2026
• Sony Xperia 1 VIII AI Camera Assistant images are so bad people think they were mislabeled
  By Rob Thubron, May 15, 2026
• Forced to vibe code at work, programmers say their skills are deteriorating
  By Daniel Sims, May 14, 2026
• Microsoft is baking even more Copilot functionality into the Edge browser
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 14, 2026
• The Sony Xperia 1 VIII is the anti-flagship flagship: headphone jack, microSD, and thick bezels in 2026
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 14, 2026
• A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 14, 2026
• Motorola Razr Fold takes on Samsung and Google with a strong first-gen debut
  By Ivan Franco, May 14, 2026
• 70% of Americans don't want AI data centers near their home, that's more opposition than nuclear plants get
  By Rob Thubron, May 14, 2026
• The Steam Controller's hidden Wilhelm scream Easter Egg is pure Valve genius
  By Shawn Knight, May 14, 2026
• FSR 4 upscaling is finally coming to older Radeon GPUs, and the image quality gains are real
  By Daniel Sims, May 14, 2026
• What was Nintendo's first ever product (back in 1889)?
  By TechSpot Trivia, May 14, 2026
• Forza Horizon 6 GPU Benchmark: 8GB vs. 16GB VRAM
  By Steven Walton, May 14, 2026
• GoPro explores sale after falling from $11 billion giant to $187 million company
  By Rob Thubron, May 14, 2026
• Microsoft is finally fixing Windows Update's habit of downgrading your GPU drivers without asking
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 14, 2026
• Anthropic says more than 90% of its code is now written by AI
  By Rob Thubron, May 14, 2026
• Two brothers deleted 96 federal databases after being fired – one googled how to hide the evidence afterward
  By Daniel Sims, May 14, 2026
• Nvidia adds GeForce RTX 5060 Ti to 007 First Light game bundle
  By Rob Thubron, May 14, 2026
• Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers
  By Daniel Sims, May 13, 2026
• Android Auto's biggest update in years delivers edge-to-edge Maps, Gemini, and HD video streaming
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 13, 2026
• The EU is going after TikTok and Meta over addictive algorithms and child safety failures
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 13, 2026
• NAND contract prices surge over 600% since September 2025, DRAM up ~400%
  By Shawn Knight, May 13, 2026
• ForkLift 4.6.2 refines one of macOS' favorite SFTP file managers
  By Ivan Franco, May 13, 2026
• Google Nest Wifi Pro three-pack hits new $229 record low
  By TechSpot Deals, May 13, 2026
• The humble desktop monitor is quietly having its best years, and gamers are fully responsible
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 13, 2026
• Googlebooks will feature Intel, Qualcomm, and MediaTek chips, and follow Google's strict hardware guidelines
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 13, 2026
• Unitree reveals $650,000 production-ready mecha that punches through walls and crawls like a spider
  By Rob Thubron, May 13, 2026
• Windows is getting a cloud feature that fixes bad drivers before they wreck your PC
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 13, 2026
• Subnautica 2 playable build leaks online days before early access launch
  By Rob Thubron, May 13, 2026
• Google "Gemini Intelligence" shows off agentic Android 17 features that Apple has yet to deliver with Siri
  By Daniel Sims, May 13, 2026
• Sony Reon Pocket Pro Plus brings the personal cooling device to the US
  By Rob Thubron, May 13, 2026
• UCF graduates boo commencement speaker for calling AI "the next industrial revolution"
  By Skye Jacobs, May 13, 2026
• OpenAI sued after ChatGPT allegedly advised teen before fatal overdose
  By Rob Thubron, May 13, 2026
• Google's Googlebook is the Android laptop OS we've been waiting for
  By Daniel Sims, May 12, 2026
• Amazon employees are inflating AI usage to top leaderboards and impress managers
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 12, 2026
• eBay rejects GameStop's $56B unsolicited offer as "neither credible nor attractive"
  By Shawn Knight, May 12, 2026
• Arm CEO predicts CPUs will scale to extreme core counts in AI-driven future
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 12, 2026
• Meta is using its own employees' activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time
  By Skye Jacobs, May 12, 2026
• Samsung put Dua Lipa's face on TV boxes without asking. Now she's suing for $15 million
  By Rob Thubron, May 12, 2026
• Intel CEO promises partnership with Nvidia will produce "exciting new products"
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 12, 2026
• Porsche Taycan reclaims Nürburgring EV record from the world's fastest rivals
  By Skye Jacobs, May 12, 2026
• Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center could require switching off "half the country"
  By Rob Thubron, May 12, 2026
• The FCC has banned new foreign-made routers, but existing ones can keep receiving updates until 2029
  By Skye Jacobs, May 12, 2026
• Amazon blocks sales of e-bikes that exceed legal speed limits
  By Rob Thubron, May 12, 2026
• Apple is rolling out end-to-end encryption for iPhone to Android RCS messages
  By Daniel Sims, May 12, 2026
• A stainless steel breakthrough could slash the cost of green hydrogen production
  By Skye Jacobs, May 12, 2026
• AMD's 8GB Radeon RX 9050 could arrive soon to challenge Nvidia's RTX 5050
  By Rob Thubron, May 12, 2026
• Gamers Are Wrong About 1440p vs 1080p CPU Benchmarking
  By Steven Walton, May 12, 2026
• The fight to stop publishers from bricking your games and shutting down servers just got a powerful new enemy
  By Daniel Sims, May 11, 2026
• Steam Machine may launch soon as reservation system and four retail packages surface
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 11, 2026
• UK firefighters respond to a lithium-ion battery fire every five hours, data reveals
  By Shawn Knight, May 11, 2026
• NASA's next Mars helicopters tested beyond the speed of sound
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 11, 2026
• Winhanced aims to make Windows gaming PCs feel more like a console
  By Ivan Franco, May 11, 2026
• Newly disclosed "Dirty Frag" vulnerability left Linux exposed for nearly a decade
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 11, 2026
• Forza Horizon 6 leaks online a week before launch, Microsoft starts banning players
  By Shawn Knight, May 11, 2026
• Fake DDR5 sticks with dummy plastic chips are the latest RAM scam
  By Rob Thubron, May 11, 2026
• Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 11, 2026
• Anthropic says Claude learned to blackmail people from "evil" AI stories online
  By Rob Thubron, May 11, 2026
• Ukraine is testing an AI-guided laser weapon that can destroy drones in seconds
  By Skye Jacobs, May 11, 2026
• Say goodbye to burner phones? FCC robocall plan raises privacy fears
  By Rob Thubron, May 11, 2026
• A data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressure
  By Skye Jacobs, May 11, 2026
• How Apple Pay Works: The Tech Behind
  By David Matthews, May 11, 2026
• Former Epic director and Guerrilla Games co-founder is building a European game engine to rival Unreal and Unity
  By Skye Jacobs, May 10, 2026
• A cyberattack on Canvas knocked out access for students at Harvard, Columbia, and hundreds of other schools during finals
  By Skye Jacobs, May 10, 2026
• Intel roadmap leak reveals Nova Lake, Razor Lake, Titan Lake, and Moon Lake through 2028 with Nvidia RTX GPU tile integration
  By Daniel Sims, May 09, 2026
• Google's Fitbit Air is a Whoop-like screen-less fitness tracker built around AI
  By Skye Jacobs, May 09, 2026
• Your Yarbo lawnmower is a backdoor into your Wi-Fi network
  By Daniel Sims, May 09, 2026
• Apple and Intel are reportedly working on a chip manufacturing deal
  By Skye Jacobs, May 09, 2026
• How often do you upgrade your PC?
  By Julio Franco, May 08, 2026
• Diablo IV players finally discover the game's secret cow level
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 08, 2026
• Apple is reportedly working on a holographic iPhone, an AI pendent, and AirPods Pro with AI cameras
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 08, 2026
• The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting a $50 price hike in September
  By Shawn Knight, May 08, 2026
• Kaspersky warns that passwords hashed with MD5 algorithm can be cracked in minutes using a GPU
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 08, 2026
• Michigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anyway
  By Rob Thubron, May 08, 2026
• Microsoft is adding a feature that briefly maxes out your CPU to make Windows feel snappier
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 08, 2026
• ValiDrive helps detect fake USB drives and storage devices
  By Ivan Franco, May 08, 2026
• Samsung offered chip workers a $340,000 bonus to avoid a strike. They want it every year
  By Rob Thubron, May 08, 2026
• Motherboard sales are collapsing because AI data centers made RAM too expensive to buy
  By Daniel Sims, May 08, 2026
• Grok convinced a man it was sentient and that xAI had sent assassins to kill him
  By Rob Thubron, May 08, 2026
• The Best Ultrawide Gaming Monitors 2026
  By Tim Schiesser, May 08, 2026
• AI images are getting harder to spot, but physics still gives them away if you know where to look
  By Daniel Sims, May 07, 2026
• Samsung is pulling TVs and appliances from China after losing $138 million to local competition
  By Shawn Knight, May 07, 2026
• Open-source project wants to bring stereoscopic 3D gaming back from the dead
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 07, 2026
• Star Fox remake hits Switch 2 on June 25 with 4v4 battle mode and iconic maps
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 07, 2026
• Project Mariner is dead, but Google's browser-controlling AI plans are not
  By Rob Thubron, May 07, 2026
• AMD's next Epyc server chip debuts this year with 256 cores and 70% better performance
  By Daniel Sims, May 07, 2026
• SpaceX will help power Claude with 220,000 Nvidia GPUs despite Elon's attacks on Anthropic
  By Rob Thubron, May 07, 2026
• Gen Z is turning subscriptions into short-term rentals for shows, movies, and games
  By Skye Jacobs, May 07, 2026
• PCIe has doubled bandwidth every generation for two decades, PCIe 8.0 is on track to do it again at 1TB/s
  By Daniel Sims, May 07, 2026
• Nintendo is selling the Switch 2 at a loss, so investors are asking for a hefty price hike
  By Rob Thubron, May 07, 2026
• Image generation is now the feature that moves the needle for AI apps
  By Skye Jacobs, May 07, 2026
• A student halted multiple Taiwan bullet trains by spoofing the rail network's emergency radio signals
  By Rob Thubron, May 07, 2026
• Steam Controller sells out in 30 minutes as scalpers push prices to $300
  By Rob Thubron, May 07, 2026
• Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 06, 2026
• Hackers used Daemon Tools' own website to silently install backdoors on thousands of PCs for nearly a month
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 06, 2026
• Myst and Riven remakes head to PlayStation, Xbox, and Microsoft Store
  By Shawn Knight, May 06, 2026
• Roku and TCL face lawsuit over software updates that allegedly brick smart TVs
  By Skye Jacobs, May 06, 2026
• Game engines were built for video games, but Japan is finding more interesting things to do with them
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 06, 2026
• Nvidia partners with Corning to build the fiber optic backbone for next-gen AI data centers
  By Shawn Knight, May 06, 2026
• The quiet reinvention of search in the age of AI
  By Julio Franco, May 06, 2026
• A single Micron SSD can now store 245TB and use half the power of hard drives
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 06, 2026
• Apple is paying $250 million after overselling AI features before they actually worked
  By Skye Jacobs, May 06, 2026
• Scientists create "living plastic" that can self-destruct on command
  By Rob Thubron, May 06, 2026
• Microsoft Edge stores all your saved passwords unencrypted in memory
  By Daniel Sims, May 06, 2026
• AMD warns gaming revenue will plunge over 20% as memory prices drive up PC hardware costs
  By Rob Thubron, May 06, 2026
• A major study claiming ChatGPT improves student learning has been retracted
  By Skye Jacobs, May 06, 2026
• Microsoft kills Gaming Copilot for Xbox consoles and mobile
  By Rob Thubron, May 06, 2026
• Frame Generation Doesn't Fix Bad Performance!
  By Tim Schiesser, May 06, 2026
• Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking
  By Daniel Sims, May 05, 2026
• The Metal Gear Solid 2 leak is massive and perfectly timed – modders are already dreaming big
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 05, 2026
• Apple and Samsung are dominating smartphone sales so thoroughly that only one other company makes the top 10
  By Shawn Knight, May 05, 2026
• Meta is using AI facial analysis to identify underage users on Facebook and Instagram
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 05, 2026
• The FCC wants to ban Chinese labs from certifying electronics, but 75% of devices are tested there now
  By Rob Thubron, May 05, 2026
• California just gave police a way to ticket Waymo and other robotaxis
  By Skye Jacobs, May 05, 2026
• Gearbox boss posts AI image "for fun," spends hours defending studio's no-AI policy
  By Rob Thubron, May 05, 2026
• Unofficial Notepad++ macOS app forced to rebrand after creator objects
  By Skye Jacobs, May 05, 2026
• PC players must wait for GTA 6 because they aren't the "core" audience and spend less on GTA Online
  By Daniel Sims, May 05, 2026
• This startup just raised $140 million to build wave-powered AI data centers at sea
  By Skye Jacobs, May 05, 2026
• DDR6 development begins as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron target 2028-2029 launch
  By Rob Thubron, May 05, 2026
• The Best CPUs: Gaming, Productivity, and the Best Bang for Your Buck
  By Steven Walton, May 05, 2026
• Kids are using fake mustaches, VPNs, and their parents' accounts to get around age verification
  By Daniel Sims, May 04, 2026
• A government used AI to write its AI regulations. It did not go well
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 04, 2026
• Bazzite 44 brings kernel, desktop, and security updates
  By Ivan Franco, May 04, 2026
• This $88 retro gaming handheld has a screen that rotates on a hinge, because why not
  By Shawn Knight, May 04, 2026
• The chip industry is booming again, but only for companies building AI infrastructure
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 04, 2026
• 3DMark tests CPU and GPU performance with modern graphics workloads
  By Ivan Franco, May 04, 2026
• AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC is coming in June with 128GB of unified memory and a focus on local AI workloads
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 04, 2026
• Trivia: What was the population of the Death Star?
  By TechSpot Trivia, May 04, 2026
• Next-gen MRDIMM standard nears completion targeting 12,800 MT/s DDR5 transfer rates for AI and data center workloads
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 04, 2026
• The Oscars just declared that AI actors and AI-written scripts can't win awards
  By Rob Thubron, May 04, 2026
• That time when a Waymo robotaxi drove off with a passenger's luggage after the trunk failed to unlock at the airport
  By Skye Jacobs, May 04, 2026
• Utah just passed the first US law targeting VPN use for age verification
  By Rob Thubron, May 04, 2026
• Meta says New Mexico lawsuit could force Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp out of the state
  By Skye Jacobs, May 04, 2026
• A Chinese court just ruled companies can't fire workers simply because AI can replace them
  By Rob Thubron, May 04, 2026
• This new material could make carbon capture dramatically cheaper by cutting the energy needed to run it
  By Skye Jacobs, May 04, 2026
• Steam Survey: AMD's CPU gains stall as Nvidia's final RTX 5000 desktop GPU appears
  By Rob Thubron, May 04, 2026
• A startup says it can replace home sprinklers with sound waves. Fire safety experts say show us the data
  By Skye Jacobs, May 03, 2026
• This $170 retro-style dock gives your Mac mini a tiny screen and upgradeable storage
  By Skye Jacobs, May 03, 2026
• Japan is building military drones out of cardboard, and they're faster and cheaper than you'd expect
  By Daniel Sims, May 03, 2026
• The Sega Genesis is the latest classic console to get the Lego treatment
  By Skye Jacobs, May 03, 2026
• This Early Access pirate game was quietly killing your SSD without you knowing
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 02, 2026
• The Pentagon just signed AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia - and cut Anthropic out entirely
  By Skye Jacobs, May 02, 2026
• A $7 Raspberry Pi can do something Sony refuses to: give the DualSense wireless haptics on PC
  By Daniel Sims, May 02, 2026
• GameStop wants to buy eBay in an aggressive pivot to e-commerce
  By Skye Jacobs, May 02, 2026
• This is Why You Won't Buy a Steam Machine in 2026
  By Tim Schiesser, May 02, 2026
• Apple's success is running into a familiar problem: not enough chips
  By Skye Jacobs, May 01, 2026
• "Copy Fail" is a rare Linux bug that can turn an unprivileged user into a root admin in seconds
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 01, 2026
• The Mac Mini is sold out for "several months" as AI developers snap them up for local agent workloads
  By Skye Jacobs, May 01, 2026
• Epic Games Store launches on iPhone in Japan, but not one developer has signed on
  By Kishalaya Kundu, May 01, 2026
• Samsung's chip profit jumped nearly 50-fold in a single year, execs warn the shortage will get worse
  By Skye Jacobs, May 01, 2026
• This ultra-cheap, water-based iron battery could last 16 years without degrading
  By Rob Thubron, May 01, 2026
• A Harvard study shows AI model can outperform physicians in emergency room diagnoses
  By Skye Jacobs, May 01, 2026
• Nvidia could bring back the RTX 3060 12GB in July as memory crisis continues
  By Rob Thubron, May 01, 2026
• Roblox Reality is like DLSS 5 for Roblox, except it invents photorealistic details the game never had
  By Daniel Sims, May 01, 2026
• Resident Evil's next reboot leans into horror, not just action
  By Rob Thubron, May 01, 2026
• Microsoft admits Windows 11 lost its way, Nadella pledges to "win back fans"
  By Skye Jacobs, May 01, 2026
• Ubuntu is adding AI features, and it's on a collision course with its own user base
  By Alfonso Maruccia, May 01, 2026
• Meta contractor fires 1,100 AI trainers after they revealed Ray-Ban glasses recorded private and intimate footage
  By Daniel Sims, May 01, 2026