The Witcher 3 is getting a major free remaster in September, new expansion arrives in 2027
Songs of the Past takes Geralt to a new region before The Witcher 4 targets 2028
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Apple built its new M6 and M5 Ultra desktops for the people daisy-chaining Macs to run AI
Apple's first 2nm chip and its first quad-die design arrive in a new Mac mini and Mac Studio
The big picture: Apple announced two new chips and two refreshed desktops today. The M6 is Apple's first 2nm chip. The M5 Ultra is its first quad-die design and the most powerful silicon the company has shipped. As for the desktop PCs, there are no significant new features on either machine, but this is a real spec and pricing bump. What's changed in the past couple of years is who these boxes are for, and whether you'll be able to get one.
A British gearhead built a road-legal sports car in his shed for $7,000
The Gasolini AR1 uses a Honda CBR500 engine, Ford Ka wheels, and a removable fiberglass body
AI music can no longer chart in Australia, unless a human actually made it
Fully AI-generated tracks are out, but songs created with AI assistance can still qualify
"We've all been too ambitious": Sam Altman says our old habits are delaying the great AI transition
Altman says people prefer familiar tools as the AI industry struggles to win over skeptics
Windows NT 4.0 turns 30: when Microsoft brought the Windows 95 look to the enterprise
NT 4.0 included the Start Menu, Taskbar, and Explorer shell. Much of the interface that's basically still with us
Happy 35th anniversary to the Super Nintendo, one of gaming's greatest consoles
Nintendo's answer to the Sega Genesis
Four former police employees arrested over alleged misuse of Flock license plate cameras
Flock has few supporters, but Darth Vader is apparently one of them
A developer is using AI to bring 26-year-old Voodoo3 cards back to life on Linux
Vibe coding is both a boon and a curse for ancient hardware support
AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device
A Bluetooth glitch exposed AliExpress's hidden audio fingerprinting
A hot potato: As cookies become a less reliable way to track people online, AliExpress may be showing how far companies will go to fill that gap. Researchers found code on the site's homepage that ran silent audio processes in the browser. Tied to Alibaba's security systems, the scripts tap a device's own audio hardware to generate a signal and measure the tiny, device-specific ways it comes back – producing something close to a fingerprint that doesn't need a single cookie to work. It's the kind of tracking a user would likely never notice.
People have clicked the "Seems like AI slop" button on LinkedIn over a million times already
The tool has been active for less than a month, alongside AI-detection classifiers
A cracked version of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls runs better than the original game, and players are fuming
Undisclosed Theia DRM is apparently harder on performance than Denuvo
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 5 add user-replaceable batteries, Bluetooth 6.0
Earbuds that cost a bunch, but should last much longer than usual
Someone got Doom running on a 2009 Canon DSLR camera, and it's surprisingly playable
Open-source port supports multiple mods and level packs
Sony's Horizon live service spinoff could be dead by December
Is the industry finally rejecting the overinflated live service business model?
Modern Warfare 4 beta includes a campaign mission, Switch 2 support, and background shader compilation
Next Call of Duty will run on graphics cards as old as the GTX 970 and Radeon RX 470
Valve's Steam Frame could launch any day now, and it might cost $1,200
The standalone headset features 2,160 x 2,160 LCD lenses and a 144Hz refresh rate
Researchers found a way to bring expired credit cards back from the dead
"Zombie card" exploit uses two smartphones to rewrite credit card expiration data
WTF?! Credit cards aren't meant to last forever, but a team of researchers just found a way to keep expired ones alive for a little longer than intended, and not for the cardholder's benefit. Not every card is affected, but the flaw sits deep enough in how contactless payments are verified that exploitation isn't just theoretical.
FDA approves robot that can find your vein, insert a needle, and draw blood without human help
The FDA says automated blood draws could help address the shortage of trained phlebotomists
The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart Aerospace's 30-seat electric plane takes flight for the first time
Amazon to bring 30-minute drone delivery to 500 US locations by the end of 2026
Prime Air is finally scaling up after 13 years of false starts, crashes, and FAA investigations
Looking ahead: Of the many sci-fi tropes we've seen over the years, few are as close to becoming real as skies full of delivery drones, and Amazon is leading the way. The retail giant has announced that it plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery service to 500 cities and towns in the United States by the end of 2026, bringing under-30-minute deliveries to tens of millions of people in the country.
The Blood of Dawnwalker's system requirements dropped by half in just months
This Witcher-like RPG no longer needs a $5,000 GPU to run well
Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky
Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras
Fairphone brings its $649 repairable Gen 6+ smartphone to the US
The phone earned a perfect 10/10 repairability score from iFixit