Man uses robot vacuum to catch cheating wife, wins $16,000 affair case, then gets jailed for secretly filming her
The husband's unusual evidence won the case, but also led to a fine and five months behind bars
A federal court just ruled Kalshi's sports markets are basically sports betting
The decision could strengthen similar challenges across Western states
Activision posts video showing Call of Duty cheat seller getting served at his home
Activision says it has disrupted more than 375 cheat reseller operations and served over 80 legal demands
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 85% off the regular price.
Graphics Card Prices Are Rising Fast (Again), and GeForce Is Taking the Biggest Hit
GPU prices are rising sharply again, with GeForce cards taking the biggest hit. We tracked prices across 10 countries to see which GPUs are getting more expensive and where value remains, if any.
Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court, and they're not protected
Chatbot conversations lack the legal privilege covering communications with lawyers, doctors, and therapists
Nvidia's $63 billion stock portfolio is a map of its own supply chain
The chipmaker's 13F filing shows it now owns big pieces of the companies it sells to, builds with, and depends on
The takeaway: Nvidia's latest 13F reveals a $63.4 billion portfolio of US stocks, and it is very lopsided. Intel and SpaceX account for roughly 80% of it. But the filing's most interesting detail is what didn't happen: seven of the eight positions were untouched last quarter, but the portfolio more than tripled in value anyway.
Cities are dropping Flock's surveillance cameras at a record pace
Flock says new city contracts still outpace cancellations by roughly 10 to one, however
NASA launched a space telescope on Sunday that will give astronomers a much wider view of the universe
Its enormous wide-field surveys will uncover planets, galaxies and cosmic structures
Fable PC requirements show it can run on an RTX 2060, but you'll need an RTX 5080 for 4K at 60 fps
The listed performance targets appear to be native
Scientists built a battery that charges almost instantly, but there's a catch
This new battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second, but don't expect it in your phone soon
Nvidia DLSS 5 is getting modded into just about every game, often with hilarious results
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"
Cloudflare freed up 100TB of RAM behind its 1.1.1.1 DNS without adding a single server
Five Rust code changes cut typical DNS cache entries from 953 bytes to 420 bytes
Micron's workers want the AI boom bonuses SK Hynix and Samsung already gave theirs
SK Hynix paid employees around $477,000 each, with next year's bonus potentially reaching $900,000
Bottom line: The profits of DRAM and NAND manufacturers have skyrocketed since the AI boom drove up demand for memory. After SK Hynix and Samsung awarded their employees generous bonuses from the windfall, union members at Micron are now wondering when they will receive their share.
South Korea is giving its entire population free access to AI, no token limits
About a quarter of South Koreans already pay for AI services, compared to just 2% of Americans
HP strikes deal with blacklisted Huawei to license essential Wi-Fi patents
HP said it was essentially compelled to strike a deal with the Chinese giant
Star Citizen spinoff Squadron 42 delayed to Q2 2027 to avoid GTA 6
Fable, Crimson Desert, and other games have also been pushed back to make room for GTA 6
Samsung's new portable SSDs are blazing fast over USB4, but will torch your wallet
High-quality, fast external storage that will cost you an arm and a leg
Data center backlash isn't about AI, it's about who pays the bills (and the noise)
Water disputes in Georgia and Wyoming have also fueled local opposition
Affinity is a free creative suite for photo editing, vector design, and page layout
Affinity combines professional photo editing, vector graphics, and publishing tools in one free app for Windows and macOS. Owned by Canva, it supports formats such as PSD, AI, PDF, SVG, and IDML, and is also featured in our Essential Apps selection.
Judge strikes down Anthropic blacklist, says government retaliated over Pentagon criticism
The court found no evidence that Anthropic posed a genuine national-security threat
Developer auctions off sticker space on a MacBook he hasn't even bought yet, and it worked
The auction has already attracted more than €7,000 in bids
The $700 Galaxy S26 FE brings Samsung's latest AI features to a cheaper phone with few hardware upgrades
Buyers get Android 17, an Exynos 2500 and seven years of updates
X says China used hundreds of bot accounts to amplify fears about AI data centers that many Americans already share
Does China really need to bother?
New US tariffs threaten to make PCs, game consoles, and data centers more expensive, again
Tech lobbyists worry tariffs could handicap the US in the AI race
Windows 10 users have just weeks left before Nvidia ends Game Ready driver updates
Nvidia will keep issuing critical security fixes, but new features and game-specific optimizations are ending
An iPhone 17 Pro gets dropped from 100,000 feet and survives
The publicity stunt has earned RhinoShield a Guinness world record
AI is driving an "expertise recession" as people increasingly question professional advice
Nearly 50% of respondents say expert credentials matter less now that AI makes claims easier to investigate
Modders got Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 running early, and it's a huge performance hit
Nvidia DLSS 5 DLL leaks via NBA 2K27, it's been modded into Control already
This is GTA 6: an 80-hour story, 3x bigger map than Red Dead 2, and cops that remember your face
Rockstar spent over a decade building this
TL;DR: Rockstar premiered a 26-minute Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay showcase on Netflix, then opened the floodgates on preview coverage from outlets flown to Rockstar North last month. The game is enormous: a map that's three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2's, an 80-hour playthrough, more than 600,000 NPC animations, and gameplay design that aims to shift away from consequence-free sandbox chaos.
Transmission keeps torrent downloads simple and lightweight
Transmission is a free BitTorrent client known for its low resource usage and simple interface. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, it supports the core features expected from a modern torrent client while keeping the application lightweight and straightforward.
Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after more than 20 years
The original crowdsourcing platform will soon be history
Nvidia posts another record quarter, predicts explosive AI-driven growth will last through 2028
Record earnings just eased fears of an AI bubble, for now