https://www.techspot.com/news/113079-ransomware-negotiator-paid-fight-hackers-secretly-working-them.html TechSpot en 2026-07-11T11:58:18-05:00 This ransomware negotiator was paid to fight hackers, he was secretly working with them instead internet, technology, security, privacy, hacking, crime, insurance, fraud, ransomware, culture, wtf https://www.techspot.com/news/113075-ea-college-football-27-getting-review-bombed-over.html TechSpot en 2026-07-11T10:19:00-05:00 EA's College Football 27 is getting review-bombed over hidden single-player microtransactions video games, gaming, pc gaming, software, computer software, computing, steam, with video, ea sports, fail, microtransactions, football, review bombing, college football https://www.techspot.com/news/113073-whatsapp-desktop-turns-pc-full-messaging-hub.html TechSpot en 2026-07-11T09:50:00-05:00 WhatsApp desktop turns your PC into a full messaging hub computing, software, downloads, software, computer software, computing, messaging, whatsapp, meta https://www.techspot.com/news/113077-mit-robot-flies-through-air-dives-underwater-using.html TechSpot en 2026-07-11T07:18:00-05:00 This MIT robot flies through the air then dives underwater using the same wings personal technology, computing, hardware, science, mit, with video, research, robots https://www.techspot.com/news/113078-apple-suing-openai-alleging-former-employees-stole-trade.html TechSpot en 2026-07-11T00:08:00-05:00 Apple is suing OpenAI, alleging former employees stole trade secrets to build AI hardware apple, lawsuit, trade secrets, openai https://www.techspot.com/news/113061-steam-rise-puts-playstation-under-pressure-gamers-rethink.html TechSpot en 2026-07-10T13:46:00-05:00 Steam now has 50% more users than PlayStation, and Sony's own decisions might be pushing more players there video games, gaming, pc gaming, technology, computing, sony, valve, playstation, steam, market share, pc gaming, user base https://www.techspot.com/news/113067-federal-reserve-taps-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-lead.html TechSpot en 2026-07-10T13:04:00-05:00 Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead jobs task force days after Microsoft laid off 3,200 people technology, computing, xbox, government, layoffs, ai, asha sharma https://www.techspot.com/news/113071-nvidia-rumored-geforce-rtx-5090-se-promises-flagship.html TechSpot en 2026-07-10T11:52:00-05:00 Nvidia's rumored GeForce RTX 5090 SE promises flagship power for $500 less, if you can find one personal technology, computing, hardware, video games, gaming, pc gaming, rumor, nvidia, gpu, graphics card https://www.techspot.com/news/113072-sk-hynix-raises-265-billion-massive-us-share.html TechSpot en 2026-07-10T11:11:12-05:00 SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in massive US share offering technology, computing, nasdaq, memory, sk hynix, stock market https://www.techspot.com/news/113070-tiny11-trims-windows-11-down-8gb-no-bloat.html TechSpot en 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https://www.techspot.com/news/113040-starlink-doubles-prices-jet-owners-hikes-hardware-costs.html TechSpot en 2026-07-08T09:33:00-05:00 Starlink just doubled its prices for private jets, and hardware now costs $200,000 internet, technology, mobile, mobile computing, broadband, airplane, spacex, satellite internet, starlink