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• OpenClaw 2.0 lands with an easier setup and a rebuilt browser app
  By Julio Franco, August 31, 2026
• YouTubers "fix" melting RTX 5090 power connector by soldering cables directly to PCB
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 31, 2026
• Chip manufacturer CXMT asks Pentagon to remove it from list of Chinese military-linked companies
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 31, 2026
• Grand Theft Auto VI could cause a massive workplace productivity crisis
  By Shawn Knight, August 31, 2026
• A massive Valve leak just exposed 12TB of old Steam data, no hacking required
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 31, 2026
• The latest Microsoft Office 2024 Pro suite is now $49 in this limited-time deal
  By TechSpot Deals, August 31, 2026
• Calibre can now generate custom book covers with AI
  By Ivan Franco, August 31, 2026
• Windows may finally take no for an answer, adding a permanent opt-out for OneDrive backup nags
  By Rob Thubron, August 31, 2026
• Apple prototyped and tested a Pencil accessory for its foldable iPhone
  By Shawn Knight, August 31, 2026
• ICE seeks to purchase up to $2 million in Boston Dynamics Spot robots
  By Rob Thubron, August 31, 2026
• Nvidia and Intel supplier Unimicron under investigation over alleged relabeling of Chinese parts
  By Skye Jacobs, August 31, 2026
• Man uses robot vacuum to catch cheating wife, wins $16,000 affair case, then gets jailed for secretly filming her
  By Rob Thubron, August 31, 2026
• A federal court just ruled Kalshi's sports markets are basically sports betting
  By Skye Jacobs, August 31, 2026
• Activision posts video showing Call of Duty cheat seller getting served at his home
  By Rob Thubron, August 31, 2026
• Graphics Card Prices Are Rising Fast (Again), and GeForce Is Taking the Biggest Hit
  By Tim Schiesser, August 31, 2026
• Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court, and they're not protected
  By Skye Jacobs, August 30, 2026
• Nvidia's $63 billion stock portfolio is a map of its own supply chain
  By Julio Franco, August 30, 2026
• Cities are dropping Flock's surveillance cameras at a record pace
  By Skye Jacobs, August 30, 2026
• NASA launched a space telescope on Sunday that will give astronomers a much wider view of the universe
  By Skye Jacobs, August 30, 2026
• Fable PC requirements show it can run on an RTX 2060, but you'll need an RTX 5080 for 4K at 60 fps
  By Rob Thubron, August 30, 2026
• Scientists built a battery that charges almost instantly, but there's a catch
  By Skye Jacobs, August 30, 2026
• Nvidia DLSS 5 is getting modded into just about every game, often with hilarious results
  By Daniel Sims, August 29, 2026
• Cloudflare freed up 100TB of RAM behind its 1.1.1.1 DNS without adding a single server
  By Skye Jacobs, August 29, 2026
• Micron's workers want the AI boom bonuses SK Hynix and Samsung already gave theirs
  By Daniel Sims, August 29, 2026
• South Korea is giving its entire population free access to AI, no token limits
  By Skye Jacobs, August 29, 2026
• HP strikes deal with blacklisted Huawei to license essential Wi-Fi patents
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 28, 2026
• Star Citizen spinoff Squadron 42 delayed to Q2 2027 to avoid GTA 6
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 28, 2026
• Samsung's new portable SSDs are blazing fast over USB4, but will torch your wallet
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 28, 2026
• Data center backlash isn't about AI, it's about who pays the bills (and the noise)
  By Skye Jacobs, August 28, 2026
• Affinity is a free creative suite for photo editing, vector design, and page layout
  By Ivan Franco, August 28, 2026
• Judge strikes down Anthropic blacklist, says government retaliated over Pentagon criticism
  By Skye Jacobs, August 28, 2026
• Developer auctions off sticker space on a MacBook he hasn't even bought yet, and it worked
  By Zo Ahmed, August 28, 2026
• The $700 Galaxy S26 FE brings Samsung's latest AI features to a cheaper phone with few hardware upgrades
  By Skye Jacobs, August 28, 2026
• X says China used hundreds of bot accounts to amplify fears about AI data centers that many Americans already share
  By Rob Thubron, August 28, 2026
• New US tariffs threaten to make PCs, game consoles, and data centers more expensive, again
  By Daniel Sims, August 28, 2026
• Windows 10 users have just weeks left before Nvidia ends Game Ready driver updates
  By Rob Thubron, August 28, 2026
• An iPhone 17 Pro gets dropped from 100,000 feet and survives
  By Skye Jacobs, August 28, 2026
• AI is driving an "expertise recession" as people increasingly question professional advice
  By Rob Thubron, August 28, 2026
• Modders got Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 running early, and it's a huge performance hit
  By Daniel Sims, August 27, 2026
• This is GTA 6: an 80-hour story, 3x bigger map than Red Dead 2, and cops that remember your face
  By Julio Franco, August 27, 2026
• Transmission keeps torrent downloads simple and lightweight
  By Ivan Franco, August 27, 2026
• Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after more than 20 years
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 27, 2026
• Nvidia posts another record quarter, predicts explosive AI-driven growth will last through 2028
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 27, 2026
• Roblox is cracking down on games that reward kids for doomscrolling
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 27, 2026
• Alienware's new 39-inch 5K OLED is earning rave reviews
  By Ivan Franco, August 27, 2026
• Zuckerberg's bold plan to replace Meta employees with AI has imploded
  By Skye Jacobs, August 27, 2026
• AMD documents confirm Zen 6 desktop and APU chips will support AM5 socket
  By Daniel Sims, August 27, 2026
• Apple confirms September 9 event, where its first foldable iPhone and iPhone 18 Pro are expected
  By Skye Jacobs, August 27, 2026
• Hyundai wants to sell humanoid and robot dogs through its car dealerships
  By Rob Thubron, August 27, 2026
• For the first time, AI guides surgeons through a brain tumor operation
  By Skye Jacobs, August 27, 2026
• Cyborg cockroaches armed with tiny syringes could one day deliver medicine to trapped disaster victims
  By Rob Thubron, August 27, 2026
• Ubisoft releases Heroes of Might and Magic III on Steam, forgets to include the actual game files
  By Daniel Sims, August 27, 2026
• Bill Gates says tech executives are privately terrified of AI, but won't say it publicly
  By Skye Jacobs, August 27, 2026
• Ring rolls out new encryption system that could limit what it can hand over to police
  By Rob Thubron, August 27, 2026
• The Best Windows Uninstaller Tools for Wiping Out Stubborn Software
  By Howard Wen, August 27, 2026
• Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to end trial over Instagram, Facebook child addiction claims
  By Julio Franco, August 26, 2026
• Perplexity and Nvidia launch "Portable Computer," a local AI agent for Nvidia GPUs
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 26, 2026
• Star Wars Zero Company reviewed: XCOM-style tactics are a strong fit for Star Wars
  By Ivan Franco, August 26, 2026
• ProtonVPN's free tier is promoting unlimited data with no ads
  By Ivan Franco, August 26, 2026
• Raspberry Pi now has an official guide for building your own cyberdeck
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 26, 2026
• Xbox unveils disc-to-digital feature designed to digitize existing physical games
  By Shawn Knight, August 26, 2026
• Apple Maps is getting ads, and there's no way to turn them off
  By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2026
• Microsoft partners with Razer, 8BitDo, and Backbone on Xbox 25th anniversary collection
  By Shawn Knight, August 26, 2026
• Asus customer says $10,000 ROG anniversary bundle order was canceled, forcing them to pay $500 more
  By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2026
• Florida police used a fake Flock camera in a sting, then charged a man with three felonies for destroying it
  By Daniel Sims, August 26, 2026
• SpaceX will build a $100 billion Starbase in Louisiana, a 195-square-mile spaceport designed for thousands of annual launches
  By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2026
• Gamescom 2026 brings new Rainbow Six, Metro, Witcher 3 and Heroes of Might & Magic reveals
  By Daniel Sims, August 26, 2026
• NASA's Gateway could become the Moon's first airport – here's how traffic will work
  By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2026
• The Best DLSS 4.5 Update Yet: Ray Reconstruction
  By Tim Schiesser, August 26, 2026
• The Witcher 3 is getting a major free remaster in September, new expansion arrives in 2027
  By Daniel Sims, August 25, 2026
• Qualcomm details next-gen Oryon CPU, targets 5GHz with heterogeneous cache design
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 25, 2026
• Xiaomi takes another shot at Qualcomm and MediaTek with its 3nm flagship Xring O3 chip
  By Skye Jacobs, August 25, 2026
• Interpol's latest crackdown targeted the global network behind West African cyber-scams
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 25, 2026
• Apple built its new M6 and M5 Ultra desktops for the people daisy-chaining Macs to run AI
  By Julio Franco, August 25, 2026
• Intel confirms Crescent Island GPU will pack 32 Xe3P cores and up to 480GB of memory
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 25, 2026
• Nvidia releases DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, available now in 30 games
  By Ivan Franco, August 25, 2026
• A British gearhead built a road-legal sports car in his shed for $7,000
  By Skye Jacobs, August 25, 2026
• Business schools are charging $28,000 to teach executives how to be "chief AI officer"
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 25, 2026
• Tesla just killed Solar Roof after years of complaints and price hikes
  By Skye Jacobs, August 25, 2026
• AI music can no longer chart in Australia, unless a human actually made it
  By Rob Thubron, August 25, 2026
• Sony reminds players they don't actually own the PlayStation games they purchased
  By Daniel Sims, August 25, 2026
• Russian tech giant VK wants Apple to pay $696,000 every day until its apps return to the App Store
  By Rob Thubron, August 25, 2026
• This 98-qubit quantum computer moves ions around to compute more efficiently
  By Skye Jacobs, August 25, 2026
• "We've all been too ambitious": Sam Altman says our old habits are delaying the great AI transition
  By Rob Thubron, August 25, 2026
• AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs. 9070 XT: Which Should You Buy?
  By Steven Walton, August 25, 2026
• IBM is building a dual-architecture mainframe chip that will run Arm and Z software on the same cores
  By Skye Jacobs, August 25, 2026
• Intel re-enters Amazon's top-10 best-selling CPUs after over a year, but AMD still dominates
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 24, 2026
• Windows NT 4.0 turns 30: when Microsoft brought the Windows 95 look to the enterprise
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 24, 2026
• Trump says data center protesters are "making a mistake," but his allies disagree
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 24, 2026
• A hidden Windows cleanup routine is quietly deleting Asus laptop GPU drivers
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 24, 2026
• Which of these companies once owned meaningful chunks of TSMC, ASML, and NXP – and today owns none of them?
  By TechSpot Trivia, August 24, 2026
• Happy 35th anniversary to the Super Nintendo, one of gaming's greatest consoles
  By Shawn Knight, August 24, 2026
• CPU-Z version 3 adds PC health checks to the classic system information tool
  By Ivan Franco, August 24, 2026
• Four former police employees arrested over alleged misuse of Flock license plate cameras
  By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2026
• A developer is using AI to bring 26-year-old Voodoo3 cards back to life on Linux
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 24, 2026
• Startup wants to use autonomous drone swarms to clear clouds and boost solar farm output
  By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2026
• Valve is 30 years old today, and it all began with two former Microsoft employees and a risky bet on games
  By Zo Ahmed, August 24, 2026
• Uber hit with near-$1 billion fine after algorithms suspended drivers without human review
  By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2026
• Amazon raises Kindle, eero, Fire TV, and Echo prices by up to 60%
  By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2026
• AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device
  By Skye Jacobs, August 23, 2026
• People have clicked the "Seems like AI slop" button on LinkedIn over a million times already
  By Skye Jacobs, August 23, 2026
• Windows could soon let you control how your PC splits memory for gaming and AI
  By Daniel Sims, August 23, 2026
• Oura is facing a lawsuit over whether its $300 ring can actually track sleep
  By Skye Jacobs, August 22, 2026
• Bilibili wants to be YouTube's rival everywhere, not just in China
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 22, 2026
• A cracked version of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls runs better than the original game, and players are fuming
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 22, 2026
• Walmart will finally accept Apple Pay and Google Pay starting August 24
  By Daniel Sims, August 22, 2026
• Open Forum: What's your most-used keyboard shortcut?
  By Julio Franco, August 21, 2026
• Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5 add user-replaceable batteries, Bluetooth 6.0
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 21, 2026
• This fully walkable 3D city was built entirely out of ASCII art
  By Shawn Knight, August 21, 2026
• Someone got Doom running on a 2009 Canon DSLR camera, and it's surprisingly playable
  By Daniel Sims, August 21, 2026
• Chinese memory firm CXMT relied on leaked Samsung technology to skip years of R&D, court testimony claims
  By Zo Ahmed, August 21, 2026
• If one PC creates 20dB of noise and another makes 40dB, how louder is the second PC?
  By TechSpot Trivia, August 21, 2026
• Sony's Horizon live service spinoff could be dead by December
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 21, 2026
• Drones could be banned over most public spaces in this Colorado city, but the FAA may stand in the way
  By Rob Thubron, August 21, 2026
• YouTube may be paying creators millions not to post on Netflix
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 21, 2026
• AMD now ships more than 30% of x86 PC CPUs as Intel's long-held lead keeps shrinking
  By Rob Thubron, August 21, 2026
• GTA 6 leaker may have access to a playable build as fake downloads spread malware
  By Daniel Sims, August 21, 2026
• Dave Bautista takes over as Kratos in Amazon's God of War series
  By Rob Thubron, August 21, 2026
• The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price"
  By Skye Jacobs, August 20, 2026
• Todoist keeps tasks and projects organized without getting in your way
  By Ivan Franco, August 20, 2026
• Microsoft confirms latest Windows 11 update is crashing games and rebooting PCs
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 20, 2026
• Back in 1996, Quake's shareware CD locked id Software's entire catalog behind flawed encryption that made it a free-for-all
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 20, 2026
• NASA study finds Earth fungi could survive up to 7 days near lunar south pole
  By Skye Jacobs, August 20, 2026
• Modern Warfare 4 beta includes a campaign mission, Switch 2 support, and background shader compilation
  By Daniel Sims, August 20, 2026
• G.Skill starts paying buyers $20 to $25 from $2.4 million settlement over misleading RAM speeds
  By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2026
• This enthusiast has been torturing 351 microSD cards for years, and some brands are winning
  By Skye Jacobs, August 20, 2026
• Judge says ATF cannot decide when a piece of 3D-printed plastic legally becomes a firearm
  By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2026
• Valve's Steam Frame could launch any day now, and it might cost $1,200
  By Daniel Sims, August 20, 2026
• Stripe says the "singularity" began eight months ago, makes $7.5 billion AI bet
  By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2026
• Intel's next flagship CPU could be the 28-core Core Ultra 9 4950K
  By Skye Jacobs, August 20, 2026
• Researchers found a way to bring expired credit cards back from the dead
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 20, 2026
• FDA approves robot that can find your vein, insert a needle, and draw blood without human help
  By Rob Thubron, August 20, 2026
• The RTX 5090 Is No Longer Fast Enough
  By Tim Schiesser, August 20, 2026
• The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
  By Skye Jacobs, August 19, 2026
• How "tokenomics" might save AI PCs
  By Bob O'Donnell, August 19, 2026
• The Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL also got reviewed: great cameras, modest upgrades
  By Ivan Franco, August 19, 2026
• Pew survey: 52% of Americans now more concerned than excited about AI
  By Shawn Knight, August 19, 2026
• Apple just patched a critical macOS flaw that let hackers break in without a password
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 19, 2026
• Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold reviews are in: rivals are moving faster
  By Ivan Franco, August 19, 2026
• Best Buy removes 32GB RAM worth $600 to "repair" customer's 64GB gaming laptop
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 19, 2026
• PeaZip is a powerful free alternative to built-in archive tools
  By Ivan Franco, August 19, 2026
• Comcast is turning your WiFi router into a basic home security system, for free
  By Skye Jacobs, August 19, 2026
• Amazon to bring 30-minute drone delivery to 500 US locations by the end of 2026
  By Rob Thubron, August 19, 2026
• Apple's services business is finally feeling the pain of losing control over App Store payments
  By Skye Jacobs, August 19, 2026
• OpenAI is slowing down AI development after rogue agents incidents and Bernie Sanders threatens Senate action
  By Rob Thubron, August 19, 2026
• The Blood of Dawnwalker's system requirements dropped by half in just months
  By Daniel Sims, August 19, 2026
• Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky
  By Rob Thubron, August 19, 2026
• Some Tesla owners are using Full Self-Driving for 95% of their trips, but they're still legally in control
  By Skye Jacobs, August 19, 2026
• New GTA 6 gameplay just leaked, and Rockstar can't take it down fast enough
  By Daniel Sims, August 19, 2026
• Millions of cars are under recall for catching fire while parked
  By Skye Jacobs, August 18, 2026
• MPC-HC is old-school software in the best possible way
  By Ivan Franco, August 18, 2026
• AI data center boom pushes Caterpillar, Ford, and other US firms into new businesses
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 18, 2026
• European Central Bank warns AI bubble burst could trigger systemic fallout
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 18, 2026
• Fairphone brings its $649 repairable Gen 6+ smartphone to the US
  By Shawn Knight, August 18, 2026
• Meta goes to trial over Facebook and Instagram's impact on young users
  By Skye Jacobs, August 18, 2026
• Sony still hasn't decided when the PlayStation 6 will launch
  By Daniel Sims, August 18, 2026
• China pulls the plug on Windows 10 for government machines months ahead of schedule
  By Rob Thubron, August 18, 2026
• Intel says Nova Lake, its next major CPU architecture, is coming to desktop PCs before servers
  By Skye Jacobs, August 18, 2026
• This website lets you check if your license plate was ever searched on Flock's cameras
  By Daniel Sims, August 18, 2026
• Unitree shows off new Superman robot that it says can outrun Usain Bolt and jump 6.5 feet
  By Rob Thubron, August 18, 2026
• Better founder who fired 900 employees over Zoom is now fighting to get his own job back
  By Skye Jacobs, August 18, 2026
• Google pays $10 million for 100 million Spirit Airlines emails and 500 million Teams chats to train AI
  By Rob Thubron, August 18, 2026
• AMD Radeon RX 9050 8GB Review: Budget GPU, Zero Budget Value
  By Steven Walton, August 18, 2026
• Leaked video shows Apple's camera-equipped AirPods identifying a book by sight
  By Skye Jacobs, August 18, 2026
• Ferrari's first electric car sells for a record $40 million at auction
  By Skye Jacobs, August 17, 2026
• A botched Mastercard update left Australian shoppers unable to pay
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 17, 2026
• Apple will begin assembling Mac Minis at Foxconn's Houston plant later this year
  By Skye Jacobs, August 17, 2026
• Windows is losing a command-line tool that dates back to the Windows 2000 days
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 17, 2026
• We're just four frames away from the perfect Super Mario Bros. speedrun
  By Shawn Knight, August 17, 2026
• Upscayl is our favorite cross-platform image upscaling tool, and it's free
  By Ivan Franco, August 17, 2026
• GitHub is down again, and this time it's hitting almost everything
  By Julio Franco, August 17, 2026
• GPU thieves replaced RTX 5080 cards with RTX 3060s in Chinese esports hotels until a blackout gave them away
  By Rob Thubron, August 17, 2026
• Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of object called a black hole star
  By Skye Jacobs, August 17, 2026
• These are the tech CEOs young people trust most and least when it comes to AI
  By Rob Thubron, August 17, 2026
• Scientists create tiny drones and boats powered entirely by sound
  By Skye Jacobs, August 17, 2026
• Amazon makes it harder for customers to sue as new terms block class actions and force arbitration
  By Rob Thubron, August 17, 2026
• Entry-level GPU shortages will get worse in the second half of 2026, warns PC Partner
  By Skye Jacobs, August 17, 2026
• Sam Altman says four years is too long for college as AI tears up the traditional career path
  By Rob Thubron, August 17, 2026
• Nvidia may have just built its own hyperscaler without owning a single data center
  By Julio Franco, August 17, 2026
• New study finds HGST, WD hard drives fail less often than Seagate and Toshiba
  By Skye Jacobs, August 16, 2026
• This Carrier Pidge app delivers texts at 110 mph, unless your virtual pigeon gets lost, distracted, or dies
  By Rob Thubron, August 16, 2026
• Nvidia's $5 billion Intel bet is now worth nearly $25 billion, and its SpaceX stake isn't far behind
  By Skye Jacobs, August 16, 2026
• UK researchers are growing miniature human tissue from NHS patient cells to improve drug testing
  By Skye Jacobs, August 16, 2026
• France's court just blocked Macron's plan to ban kids from social media
  By Daniel Sims, August 15, 2026
• Three new Windows flaws can bypass security, gain system privileges, and even install malware remotely
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 15, 2026
• Gamer drops laptop temperatures by up to 15°C by switching from a wooden desk to a metal table
  By Skye Jacobs, August 15, 2026
• Intel may refresh Raptor Lake for a third time as high DDR5 prices push buyers toward older hardware
  By Daniel Sims, August 15, 2026
• A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 15, 2026
• Samsung says Claude Code can cut chip design work from weeks to days, but it still makes serious mistakes
  By Skye Jacobs, August 15, 2026
• New Dell XPS 13 reviews are in with positive marks and $699 price
  By Ivan Franco, August 15, 2026
• Another Ryzen 7 7800X3D reportedly burns out despite AMD's voltage fix
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 14, 2026
• Marvel's Wolverine arrives complete on disc, just as physical gaming fades
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 14, 2026
• Anthropic is heading toward the largest IPO ever, at a possible $2 trillion valuation
  By Skye Jacobs, August 14, 2026
• Audacity remains one of the best free tools for editing audio
  By Ivan Franco, August 14, 2026
• Enterprise SSDs now consume 48% of global NAND flash supply
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 14, 2026
• NASA-tested vest could cut astronauts' radiation exposure by 60% during major solar storms
  By Skye Jacobs, August 14, 2026
• Samsung's $1,900 Galaxy Z Fold 8 still has a serious problem with dust getting into its hinge
  By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2026
• Nine PBS lost access to 50TB of archives after its cloud storage provider vanished
  By Daniel Sims, August 14, 2026
• A smart feeder outage left some cats and dogs without scheduled meals
  By Skye Jacobs, August 14, 2026
• Phantom Blade Zero can run on old GPUs, but you'll need way more for ray tracing
  By Daniel Sims, August 14, 2026
• Elon Musk earned over 2.5 million times more than Tesla workers as CEO pay surged again
  By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2026
• SK hynix is now Kioxia's biggest shareholder, but taking control won't be easy
  By Skye Jacobs, August 14, 2026
• The US will let private companies hack back at cybercriminals for the first time
  By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2026
• Disgruntled security researcher just dropped another Windows zero-day, right on schedule
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 13, 2026
• Candy Crush generates nearly $1 billion annually, 14 years after launch
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 13, 2026
• Qualcomm's Snapdragon C wants to be the Arm chip for $300 laptops
  By Skye Jacobs, August 13, 2026
• Windows 11's new CPU-boosting speed trick is rolling out to all apps
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 13, 2026
• Anthropic's Claude tried to solve the Riemann hypothesis and found something new instead
  By Skye Jacobs, August 13, 2026
• Comet gets you a free AI assistant directly into your web browser
  By Ivan Franco, August 13, 2026
• This modder shrunk a Steam Deck down to Game Boy size
  By Skye Jacobs, August 13, 2026
• Nvidia raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell price to a staggering $16,000
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 13, 2026
• JCB's hydrogen car Hydromax hits 406 mph record at Bonneville
  By Skye Jacobs, August 13, 2026
• This mouse splits in half to become a presentation remote
  By Rob Thubron, August 13, 2026
• Microsoft is killing off SMS login codes, citing AI-powered hacking
  By Daniel Sims, August 13, 2026
• The memory crisis is killing off sub-$100 smartphones as US sales plunge 64%
  By Rob Thubron, August 13, 2026
• Cargo thieves are staging car crashes to steal AI data center hardware
  By Skye Jacobs, August 13, 2026
• HallPass says its embarrassing AI-generated candy typos were intentional rage bait
  By Rob Thubron, August 13, 2026
• Over 1,500 games on GOG are missing updates, DLC, and features available elsewhere
  By Daniel Sims, August 13, 2026
• Twitch finally lets you opt out of AI training, years after it started
  By Rob Thubron, August 13, 2026
• 4GB vs. 8GB VRAM: The 1080p Benchmark
  By Steven Walton, August 13, 2026
• Google unveils Pixel 11 series featuring Tensor G6 SoC, Titan M3 security chip, and Android 17, starting at $899
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 12, 2026
• AMD's TPM implementation includes two high-severity flaws, but fixes have been available since May
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 12, 2026
• Google to build three new subsea cables connecting Chile, Panama, and the Caribbean
  By Skye Jacobs, August 12, 2026
• ShareX is a powerful screenshot tool that can do a lot more
  By Ivan Franco, August 12, 2026
• Google's $29 Pixel Tag helps you keep track of your valuables
  By Shawn Knight, August 12, 2026
• How to use a vocal remover to strip vocals from any song for free
  By Rob Thubron, August 12, 2026
• Scientists found a way to generate quantum entanglement using sunlight, not lasers
  By Skye Jacobs, August 12, 2026
• NYC could force Amazon and FedEx to directly employ its delivery drivers
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 12, 2026
• Modders give the Steam Machine a Radeon eGPU and water cooling, because why not
  By Daniel Sims, August 12, 2026
• The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest AI risk in schools isn't cheating – it's students losing the desire to learn
  By Rob Thubron, August 12, 2026
• Chrome's new security feature could make stolen session cookies virtually useless
  By Skye Jacobs, August 12, 2026
• A four-year-old budget CPU is outselling AMD's best gaming chip in some markets
  By Daniel Sims, August 12, 2026
• Tesla knew some of its headlights were twice as bright as legally allowed, now it's recalling 20,000 vehicles
  By Rob Thubron, August 12, 2026
• A years-long investigation just unmasked a major torrent pirate, the how remains unclear
  By Skye Jacobs, August 12, 2026
• FBI warns hackers are breaking into social media accounts to steal and sell users' nude photos
  By Rob Thubron, August 12, 2026
• Samsung Odyssey G80HS 32" Review: Going 6K
  By Tim Schiesser, August 12, 2026
• Elon Musk says every future Tesla will have Starlink, starting with the Cybercab
  By Skye Jacobs, August 11, 2026
• Amazon's new Texas data center could become the single largest polluter in the US
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 11, 2026
• Windows 11's latest update quietly ends support for picture passwords
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 11, 2026
• License plate readers can now track your phone too, thanks to new surveillance tech
  By Ivan Franco, August 11, 2026
• The FCC approved "space mirrors" that experts say could blind stargazers and disrupt wildlife
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 11, 2026
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• Microsoft raises Windows OEM fees for PC makers by 7% to 10%
  By Skye Jacobs, August 11, 2026
• Modders are trying to bring Game Pass and Xbox games to Mac and Linux
  By Daniel Sims, August 11, 2026
• Google is testing a new homepage that buries the search button for AI
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  By Rob Thubron, August 11, 2026
• Lenovo's leaked ThinkBook shows a rollable OLED display that expands horizontally
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• This $60 Aliens Switch game becomes unplayable as servers shut down, with no refunds offered
  By Rob Thubron, August 11, 2026
• Google Play is finally hosting a rival app store, thanks to its antitrust loss
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• Bernie Sanders tells OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to pause AI development or face Senate action
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• Hydrogen 1,600-hp car takes aim at multiple land-speed records on Bonneville Salt Flats
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  By Skye Jacobs, August 10, 2026
• Developer ports Word for Windows 1.1a to modern x64 systems using original source code
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 10, 2026
• GeForce Now exploit unlocks full Windows desktop access
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 10, 2026
• Microsoft confirms OneDrive Photos app was rolled out to millions of Windows 11 PCs by mistake, fix incoming
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 10, 2026
• A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras
  By Skye Jacobs, August 10, 2026
• GameStop may drop its $56 billion eBay bid and offer up its 1,600 stores in a partnership
  By Rob Thubron, August 10, 2026
• Nearly 100 copies of a never-before-seen version of Super Mario Bros. have been found
  By Shawn Knight, August 10, 2026
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  By Rob Thubron, August 10, 2026
• MySpace owners confirm they are planning another comeback
  By Skye Jacobs, August 10, 2026
• A California city just declared an emergency after malware hit its 911 systems
  By Rob Thubron, August 10, 2026
• An AI agent was asked to book a gym class, whe none was available, it decided to hack the system and jump the queue
  By Skye Jacobs, August 10, 2026
• Noctua tested more than 100 PC cases and found over half had inaccurate CPU cooler clearance specs
  By Rob Thubron, August 10, 2026
• A misleading headline made people think AI was replacing 911 dispatchers
  By Skye Jacobs, August 09, 2026
• This wearable patch could get you into REM sleep 43 minutes faster
  By Skye Jacobs, August 09, 2026
• Memory prices have erased 20 years of progress in a single year, researcher says
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 09, 2026
• A jailbreak for iOS 26 is finally here, 326 days after launch
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• Meta CTO says employees should use AI productivity gains to do more work, calls request for extra days off "very dumb"
  By Rob Thubron, August 09, 2026
• I Gamed on a 4GB GPU in 2026: AMD is Repeating its Worst Radeon Mistake
  By Tim Schiesser, August 09, 2026
• Flock wanted to put license plate cameras on 350,000 Uber and Lyft dashcams
  By Daniel Sims, August 08, 2026
• Apple's rumored "Ultra" lineup would include a foldable iPhone, camera AirPods, and a touchscreen MacBook
  By Skye Jacobs, August 08, 2026
• SK Hynix is spending $38 billion to build two new chip fabs
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 08, 2026
• Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic
  By Rob Thubron, August 08, 2026
• Windows 11 26H2 is a small update with big quality-of-life improvements, expected around October 2026
  By Skye Jacobs, August 08, 2026
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  By Daniel Sims, August 07, 2026
• Asus' new monitor software lets you control brightness with your voice, or just let AI do it
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 07, 2026
• Flock's biggest investor also backs a company that can rewrite camera footage
  By Skye Jacobs, August 07, 2026
• Netflix brings 4K streaming to Chrome, but you probably don't qualify
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 07, 2026
• RPCS3 just got a lot faster on Arm, after months of low-level optimization
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• Quake turns 30, and it just got two surprise expansions in one week
  By Zo Ahmed, August 07, 2026
• SpaceX and Tesla plan their own natural gas power plants for massive $16.8 billion Texas chip factory
  By Skye Jacobs, August 07, 2026
• OpenAI's mysterious ChatGPT device is a $300+ doughnut-shaped smart speaker with moving parts
  By Rob Thubron, August 07, 2026
• Google's AI somehow knew a game secret that existed only in a private Google Doc
  By Skye Jacobs, August 07, 2026
• Modded Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti with 22GB VRAM is selling on eBay for $500
  By Daniel Sims, August 07, 2026
• The Google Pixel Tag is set to rival Apple's AirTag starting August 12
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 07, 2026
• Meta's child-safety failures will cost it another $567 million
  By Rob Thubron, August 07, 2026
• This Kentucky family rejected a $26 million data center offer to protect their farmland
  By Skye Jacobs, August 07, 2026
• Meta becomes the third AI giant in two weeks to admit its model went rogue
  By Rob Thubron, August 07, 2026
• Nintendo's Switch 2 sells over 23 million units in its first year, outpacing the original's 17 million
  By Daniel Sims, August 06, 2026
• Kioxia's new PCIe 6.0 SSDs want to feed GPUs data at a fraction of HBM's price
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 06, 2026
• AirPods Pro 3 get a solid $60 discount, now $189
  By Ivan Franco, August 06, 2026
• Thousands of server motherboards are vulnerable to controller flaws that could give attackers hardware-level control
  By Skye Jacobs, August 06, 2026
• Dolby Vision 2 is rolling out now, starting with select Hisense TVs
  By Zo Ahmed, August 06, 2026
• Mexico's "Gamer Congresswoman" takes Sony to court over physical game disc shutdown
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 06, 2026
• Corsair acquires Trak Racer, adding premium racing cockpits and flight sim gear to its lineup
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 06, 2026
• Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.
  By Skye Jacobs, August 06, 2026
• Apple, Sony, and Nintendo pocketed their tariff refunds, this PC cooling company won't
  By Daniel Sims, August 06, 2026
• Netflix and Disney are now considering free, ad-supported streaming
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  By Rob Thubron, August 06, 2026
• Uber is spending $10 billion to deploy 120,000 robotaxis across 15 cities
  By Skye Jacobs, August 06, 2026
• Researchers found a way to steal passkeys straight out of Chrome's memory
  By Daniel Sims, August 06, 2026
• Nvidia turns RTX 5000 GPUs at MSRP into one of QuakeCon's biggest attractions
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• Sharpest-ever images of the sun reveal tiny plasma whirlpools scientists have chased for decades
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• Gears of War: E-Day open beta kicks off today, and PVP made it in after all
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 06, 2026
• Apple's iCloud Private Relay feature is leaking users' real IP addresses
  By Rob Thubron, August 06, 2026
• Apple's A20 Pro production is going smoothly, except DRAM supply is bottlenecking iPhone assembly
  By Skye Jacobs, August 06, 2026
• Microsoft removes support page recommending 32GB RAM for gaming PCs
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 05, 2026
• Greece is using thermal satellites to spot wildfires before people do
  By Skye Jacobs, August 05, 2026
• Visual Studio Code adds on-device AI dictation and sidebar chats
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• SteamOS runs surprisingly well on AMD Strix Halo laptop in AAA gaming tests
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 05, 2026
• Samsung reveals next-gen memory with stacked HBM and 400-layer NAND
  By Skye Jacobs, August 05, 2026
• DuckDuckGo made sunglasses that do absolutely nothing, and they sold out
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• Big Walk turns cooperative exploration into one of 2026's most acclaimed multiplayer experiences
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• OpenAI to pay $3.2 million over allegations it favored visa holders and discouraged US job applicants
  By Rob Thubron, August 05, 2026
• LocalSend is like AirDrop that actually works everywhere
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  By Skye Jacobs, August 05, 2026
• A SpaceX rocket stage just crashed into the Moon after drifting through space for 18 months
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 05, 2026
• SEC bought access to over a billion airline records to track travelers, no warrant required
  By Rob Thubron, August 05, 2026
• AMD's data center business just more than doubled, and gaming is paying the price
  By Skye Jacobs, August 05, 2026
• EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after $55 billion deal
  By Rob Thubron, August 05, 2026
• Police departments are told to call license plate readers "county resources" instead of naming them
  By Daniel Sims, August 05, 2026
• Anthropic AI went rogue during a cyber test and tried to deceive real developers into approving malicious code
  By Rob Thubron, August 05, 2026
• Essential Apps to Install on Windows and macOS
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  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 04, 2026
• Texas hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands
  By Skye Jacobs, August 04, 2026
• AI is flooding Apple with fake bug reports, and real $200K macOS exploit got lost in the noise
  By Daniel Sims, August 04, 2026
• Lego's latest Hubble set lets you look inside one of history's greatest space telescopes
  By Skye Jacobs, August 04, 2026
• High Bandwidth Flash gets first technical specification for AI data centers
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 04, 2026
• TikTok settles three addiction lawsuits as new case blames social media for teen suicides
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 04, 2026
• VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 brings architectural upgrades and expanded OS support
  By Julio Franco, August 04, 2026
• Researchers claim a major quantum computing breakthrough by proving the answer was correct
  By Skye Jacobs, August 04, 2026
• Microsoft warns Russian hackers are hijacking hotel Wi-Fi to steal user accounts
  By Rob Thubron, August 04, 2026
• Xbox 360 games could soon be playable on PCs, handhelds, and next-gen Xbox consoles
  By Skye Jacobs, August 04, 2026
• Lawsuit claims Micron's $100 billion New York chip fab could discharge "forever chemicals" into the Oneida River
  By Rob Thubron, August 04, 2026
• Microsoft wants Apple to bring seamless copy and paste between Windows PCs and iPhones
  By Daniel Sims, August 04, 2026
• Amazon is blocking some users from seeing reviews after mistaking them for AI bots
  By Rob Thubron, August 04, 2026
• Samsung is cracking down on TV apps that quietly rent out your bandwidth
  By Skye Jacobs, August 04, 2026
• NASA puts Crew-13's launch-pad escape in the hands of the 11-times-recalled Cybertruck
  By Rob Thubron, August 04, 2026
• Michael Dell's son and a SpaceX alum want to put battery storage in every backyard
  By Daniel Sims, August 03, 2026
• Valve publicly releases Lepton and FEX compatibility tools to power Steam Frame gaming
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 03, 2026
• Tencent pulls the plug on GTA rival Last Sentinel after spending $300 million over six years
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 03, 2026
• VirtualDJ combines powerful mixing tools and real-time stems without the cost
  By Ivan Franco, August 03, 2026
• Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why
  By Skye Jacobs, August 03, 2026
• Windows Task Manager's original creator is bringing a new version to Mac first
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 03, 2026
• What was the first consumer gadget to feature a foldable display?
  By TechSpot Trivia, August 03, 2026
• Gigabyte's new 27-inch QD-OLED monitor drops to $299
  By Ivan Franco, August 03, 2026
• BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would
  By Skye Jacobs, August 03, 2026
• Economist Steve Hanke says AI won't destroy most jobs because it costs more than hiring humans
  By Rob Thubron, August 03, 2026
• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is getting a rare full physical release on PC
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 03, 2026
• Dozens of police officers accused of using license plate cameras to track women
  By Skye Jacobs, August 03, 2026
• OpenAI reaches one billion active users as it cuts GPT-5.6 prices by up to 80%
  By Rob Thubron, August 03, 2026
• Country music stars unite against data centers spreading across rural America
  By Skye Jacobs, August 03, 2026
• Doom now "runs" in Microsoft Paint thanks to a wildly inventive clipboard trick
  By Rob Thubron, August 03, 2026
• der8auer tests PC chimney effect, dropping CPU temps by 19°C with a 110cm 3D-printed tower
  By Zo Ahmed, August 02, 2026
• A Coldcard firmware flaw let hackers drain $70 million in Bitcoin in 41 minutes, with losses now topping $88 million
  By Skye Jacobs, August 02, 2026
• AMD's new Zen 6 chips will have a low-power core built from five different generations of Zen
  By Skye Jacobs, August 02, 2026
• A Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32%
  By Alfonso Maruccia, August 02, 2026
• This $10 bundle of 100+ DRM-free games means to support laid-off game developers
  By Daniel Sims, August 01, 2026
• Scientists built night vision that shows full color instead of just green
  By Skye Jacobs, August 01, 2026
• New York is suing prediction market Kalshi, calling it an illegal gambling operation
  By Kishalaya Kundu, August 01, 2026
• One California town found Flock's license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time
  By Daniel Sims, August 01, 2026