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Intel promises to keep updating its game-boosting software despite recent delays — APO will only focus on current and upcoming Intel CPUs
An Intel engineer has reiterated the company's commitment to APO on a Reddit thread, promising new features.
2 hours ago
Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature
Starlink now charges $5 a month to pause its high-speed, low-latency internet service, a feature that used to be available for free. It affects Roam, Residential, and Priority subscribers in the US, most of Europe, and Canada with lots of exceptions. SpaceX hilariously calls it an upgrade, but I call it a bait and switch […]
3 hours ago
India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato
Rapido's beta food delivery service has popped up in three key localities in Bengaluru before a broader rollout.
3 hours ago
Battlefield 6 open beta won't run if you have Valorant installed, thanks to Riot's anti-cheat — uninstall if you plan to joint the second open beta this weekend
Battlefield 6 will refuse to load if you have Valorant installed on your computer because its anti-cheat software, Riot Vanguard, conflicts with Battlefield's own. The issue boils down to kernel-level anti-cheat software looking for control over the computer to prevent exploits on the deepest possible level, maybe a little too deep.
3 hours ago
Intel releases new software for GPU-powered Project Battlematrix workstations — Arc Pro B-series GPUs get LLM Scaler 1.0 software to optimize performance in AI workloads
Intel announces its first container for its upcoming software that will power Project Battlematrix workstations. Intel has released its first version of its LLM Scaler on GitHub, which features early enablement support and optimizations for several AI model types for Arc Pro B-series GPUs.
3 hours ago
New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the banks behind Zelle over claims that their payment platform enabled “massive amounts of fraud” that caused customers to lose more than $1 billion between 2017 and 2023. In the lawsuit, James alleges Zelle was rushed to market, resulting in a design that made the platform “an […]
3 hours ago
Insta360’s next ultra-compact action camera is getting a redesign
It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but leaked pics and specs have revealed the new design and capabilities of Insta360’s next ultra-compact action camera. The most notable update, thanks to product shots shared by reliable leaker Roland Quandt, is a new square design for the camera, which has previously been pill-shaped. It will also supposedly […]
3 hours ago
The Xbox app for Windows on Arm will soon let you download games
Microsoft is adding the ability to download ARM64 compatible games to its Xbox app for Windows on Arm. Windows Insiders can now test a new update to the Xbox app that lets them install games locally, instead of having to rely on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Currently, the Xbox app on devices like the Qualcomm-powered Surface […]
3 hours ago
Instagram is developing a feature that helps users find shared interests
People select their favorite movies, books, TV shows, games, and music, or their "Picks." Instagram then finds overlaps with friends who chose the same things.
3 hours ago
Monarch Tractors won’t be built by Foxconn after Ohio factory sale
Monarch's tractors were the only vehicles being built by Foxconn in Ohio after Lordstown Motors, Fisker Inc., and IndiEV went bankrupt.
3 hours ago
NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars
SpaceX, Blue Origin and Rocket Lab are competing to become the de-facto comms provider for Mars.
3 hours ago
World's first 'thermodynamic computing chip' reaches tape out — Normal Computing's physics-based ASIC changes lanes to train more AI
Normal Computing announces successful tape-out of the world's first thermodynamic computing chip for AI training.
3 hours ago
White House confirms it's still figuring out the legality of the revenue-sharing Nvidia and AMD deal for China GPU sales — 'The legality of it, the mechanics of it, is still being ironed out'
Trump's 15% deal with Nvidia and AMD needs to go through some legal hoops.
3 hours ago
Pocket FM gives its writers an AI tool to transform narratives, write cliffhangers, and more
Pocket FM is building LLM to help users write faster and in turn, produce more audio shows.
4 hours ago
I use one simple tool to update my Linux OS and all of its software in minutes — Topgrade auto-detects and updates all of of my system via one command
Topgrade is one command that updates everything on your Linux, Windows and macOS machine.
4 hours ago
Pebble’s smartwatch is back: Pebble Time 2 specs revealed
The Pebble Time 2's final smartwatch specs are revealed. (And yes, you can call it a "Pebble" again!)
4 hours ago
Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for enterprise AI talent heats up
While an Anthropic spokesperson confirmed that the AI firm did not acquire Humanloop or its IP, that’s a moot point in an industry where IP lives in the brain. And what Humanloop’s team is bringing to Anthropic is experience developing the tools that help enterprises run safe, reliable AI at scale.
4 hours ago
AMD's beastly Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip to power 14-inch OLED gaming 2-in-1 — One-Netbook claims it delivers RTX 4060 Ti-level performance
A portable gaming PC with a 14-inch OLED display and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor is being teased by One-Netbook.
5 hours ago
Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically
Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall your “key details and preferences” and use them to personalize its output. This expands upon an update that Google introduced last year, which lets you […]
5 hours ago
LinkedIn’s Mini Sudoku is a clever twist on the classic puzzle
I love sudoku, so I just couldn't resist checking out LinkedIn's new Mini Sudoku game that it launched this week. Two puzzles in, I can already tell you that I like it a lot. The rules in Mini Sudoku are quite similar to regular sudoku: you need to fill in all of the blank spots […]
5 hours ago
French 12-color 3D printer claims to be 'the fastest multi-color 3D printer in the galaxy' — Kickstarter pricing starts at $195 and stretches to $775
A new Kickstarter 3D printer boasts 12 color prints and massive speed.
5 hours ago
ChatGPT users revolt over GPT-5 release — OpenAI battles claims that the new model's accuracy and abilities fall short
OpenAI is facing backlash over its introduction of the new GPT-5 model, while removing older options. Users claim it's significantly worse, despite it achieving greater scores on a range of benchmarks.
5 hours ago
Major UK PC retailer, Ebuyer, bought out of administration by notorious backer — PC component listings mostly nuked in favor of furniture, garish iPhone cases, and air fryers as Frasers Group takes the helm
Long-time PC and component retail website, Ebuyer, has been bought out by Frasers Group, which owns House of Fraser, Game, and Jack Wills, among other companies.
5 hours ago
Tony Robbins’ and Peter Diamandis’ longevity company Fountain Life raises $18M
The first principal of longevity is, “Don't die of anything stupid,” CEO Dr. William Kapp says. New funding will support mulit-state expansion.
6 hours ago
Tensor wants to be the first company to sell you a ‘robocar’ — but who are they?
A new company is launching today that claims to have developed “the first volume-produced, consumer-ready autonomous vehicle — designed from the ground up for private ownership at scale.” The company is called Tensor, and it describes itself as a “leading AI agentic company” that’s based in San Jose, California — but little information exists online […]
6 hours ago
Some doctors got worse at detecting cancer after relying on AI
We’ve heard about upskilling and re-skilling due to AI — but how about de-skilling? A new study published this week found that doctors who frequently use AI to detect cancer in one medical procedure got significantly worse at doing so. The researchers set out to discover whether continuous exposure to AI impacted doctors’ behavior when […]
6 hours ago
Twelve South’s 120W charger with Apple Find My support is nearly half off
It’s not every day you come across a wall charger that can both power and help you keep track of your devices, but that’s the beauty of Twelve South’s 120W PlugBug. The slim wall charger with four USB-C ports can double as a location tracker when needed, and it’s currently on sale at Amazon for […]
6 hours ago
Amazon rolls out same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 1,000 US cities
Shoppers can now order fresh grocery items, including produce, dairy, meat, seafood, baked goods, and more, alongside everyday household products, electronics, and other items available for same-day delivery.
6 hours ago
A veteran toy racing company is trading slots for smartphone-controlled RC cars
Carrera, a German company that has been making slot car toys since the ‘60s, has announced a new scaled racing experience that does away with the slots altogether. Carrera Hybrid still has you racing 1:50-scale cars around a reconfigurable track, but you control them using an app on a mobile device and you’re now free […]
6 hours ago
How we found TeaOnHer spilling users’ driver’s licenses in less than 10 minutes
Exclusive: A dating gossip app for men exposed thousands of users' personal data, including scans of driver's licenses. The app's developer, Xavier Lampkin, won't say if he plans to notify affected users about the app's security lapse.
7 hours ago
Hidden Door is an AI storytelling game that actually makes sense
Years before ChatGPT jump-started the generative AI wave, OpenAI technology powered a game called AI Dungeon 2 that essentially let you improvise an open-ended, anything-goes story with an AI narrator. Hidden Door, a new platform that's now in early access, also lets you cowrite a choose-your-own-adventure-style story with AI. But this narrator won't let you […]
7 hours ago
AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX can run 400 copies of Doom or eight instances of Crysis simultaneously — CPU is so powerful that tester left 100 copies of the classic game running accidentally without realizing
PC enthusiast channel Level1Techs has shown off a new AMD Threadripper system running 400 copies of Doom simultaneously,
7 hours ago
Apple dismisses Elon Musk’s claims that App Store favors OpenAI over other AI apps
The response comes after Musk threatened to sue Apple via xAI, claiming the iPhone maker was “behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store.”
8 hours ago
Samsung’s 500Hz QHD OLED monitor, the first of its kind, is now available in the U.S. for $999 — two new curved monitors under the Odyssey G7 lineup also go on sale
Samsung's ultra-fast 500 Hz refresh rate OLED gaming monitor is finally available for purchase.
8 hours ago
I'm building a media server out of leftover PC parts and a 3D printed case
Why buy a PC server when you can build one using spare parts and a 3D printer?
8 hours ago
Here’s a look at the final Pebble Time 2 design
Now that Pebble is Pebble again, we’re getting an official look at the new Pebble Time 2 that’ll ship to customers later this year. (We got a sneak peak back in March, but those were preliminary designs.) The designs were posted today by Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky on his blog and YouTube. The Time […]
8 hours ago
The new War of the Worlds movie is even more terrible than you’ve heard but also hilarious
There's a micro-genre of film called "screenlife movies," where all of the action takes place on a desktop computer. In 2014, Unfriended made a horror movie out of video chat and text messages, and it was successful enough to inspire a sequel. The more thoughtful Searching from 2018, in which a father attempts to find […]
8 hours ago
Hisense’s 116-inch RGB MiniLED TV is now available for $30,000
Following Samsung’s announcement of the company’s first Micro RGB TV yesterday, Hisense has finally revealed the price tag for its 4K TriChroma TV that uses similar technology and was first revealed at CES 2025. The 116-inch Hisense 116UX is available now from “select national retailers and authorized resellers” including Best Buy for $29,999, while a […]
8 hours ago
U.S. authorities allegedly placed secret tracking devices in AI chip shipments to China — report claims targeted shipments from Dell and Super Micro containing Nvidia and AMD chips had trackers in packaging and servers themselves
Several anonymous sources claim that U.S. authorities sometimes implant trackers on AI servers that are bound for export to see where they end up.
8 hours ago
Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets
On Monday, xAI's Grok chatbot suffered a mysterious suspension from X, and faced with questions from curious users, it happily explained why. "My account was suspended after I stated that Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza," it told one user. "It was flagged as hate speech via reports," it told another, "but […]
8 hours ago
Students 3D print drone that can swim underwater and fly through the air — 'variable-pitch propeller system' paves way for amphibious breakthrough
Students from Aalborg University in Denmark have 3D printed a custom drone that is able to operate underwater and can seamlessly jump between flight and submerged travel.
8 hours ago
Why I finally left Spotify
Spotify's dependence on algorithmic recommendations has gotten too suffocating.
9 hours ago
NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers
To fund its vision of building more energy efficient server CPUs. NeoLogic recently raised a $10 million Series A round led by KOMPAS VC with participation from M Ventures, Maniv Mobility and lool Ventures.
9 hours ago
Drag x Drive is more drag than drive
When Nintendo announced Drag x Drive, a Joy-Con mouse-controlled wheelchair sports game, for the Switch 2 I was tentatively excited. I have a lot of time for developers trying new things, and sports video games are hardly replete with disability representation. Having been hands-on with the game, however, Drag x Drive has left me baffled […]
9 hours ago
Sam Altman’s new startup wants to merge machines and humans
If you’ve enjoyed Elon Musk’s ongoing beef with Sam Altman and OpenAI, get ready for a whole new chapter: soon they’ll be rivals not just in AI, but in brain-computer interfaces too. The Financial Times reports that Altman and OpenAI are backing a new company called Merge Labs developing brain implants, making it a pretty […]
10 hours ago
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has become a lightning rod of controversy in the semiconductor space amid US and China geopolitical tensions — here's why
The CEO of Intel, Lip-Bu Tan, is under serious pressure from government administrators and watchdogs over alleged ties to Chinese technology firms, and his recent leadership of a US company that was fined for selling chip design software to firms linked to the Chinese military.
11 hours ago
Huawei releases new tool to get Chinese firms around crushing HBM export blacklist — new UCM software claims up to 22x throughput gain and 90% latency reduction for traditional cache hierarchies in AI workloads
Huawei's newest software tool, called the Unified Cache Manager, seeks to optimize utilization across the traditional cache hierarchy for AI inference, allowing China's AI firms to be more competitive without the need for exotic HBM memory that is near-impossible to obtain in the country.
11 hours ago
German tech firm sues Nvidia for patent infringement, seeks to block Nvidia across 18 European countries — ParTec lawsuit alleges DGX AI supercomputer design theft
ParTec AG has filed its third patent infringement lawsuit against Nvidia at the Unified Patent Court, targeting the company's DGX AI supercomputers. The case centers on ParTec’s patented dynamic Modular System Architecture (dMSA), crucial for CPU-GPU coordination in AI workloads, seeking a Europe-wide sales injunction and damages.
11 hours ago
Crew of Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker charged with intentionally sabotaging undersea cables — Finnish authorities claim ship dragged its anchor 56 miles along the sea floor, causing $70 million in damage to five cables
Crew members of the Eagle S oil tanker have been charged with 'aggravated sabotage and aggravated interference with telecommunications' by Finnish authorities.
11 hours ago
Intel's fabled Itanium refuses to die, but the end is probably near — deprecation of IA-64 support is back on the chopping block in GCC version 16
Maintainers are discussing whether or not to remove IA-64 support from the GCC compiler once again. If their plans go through, IA-64 support could be dropped for GCC 16.
12 hours ago
Zammad 6.5.1
Important security updates are included in this release. All self-hosted instances must be updated immediately. Please read on for details:
13 hours ago
ChatGPT won’t remove old models without warning after GPT-5 backlash
After the backlash to replacing its 4o model with GPT-5, OpenAI will no longer get rid of old models without a heads up. "In retrospect, not continuing to offer 4o, at least in the interim, was a miss," Nick Turley, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT, said on Tuesday. In an interview with The Verge, he said […]
13 hours ago
ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated
GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that's not how it's panned out.
17 hours ago
Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink
Neuralink has been making serious progress. Soon Sam Altman and OpenAI could be backing a challenger.
20 hours ago
Russia might be responsible for the PACER hack
Just a few days after administrators announced that the “federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks,” the New York Times reports investigators have found evidence Russia is “at least partially responsible” for a recent hack. Politico reported on the breach last week, saying […]
12/08/2025
Google posts an official look at the Pixel 10 Pro Fold
Google’s next Pixel launch event doesn’t happen until next week, but the company has already announced the Pixel 10 Pro Fold with a brief video teaser published on Tuesday. Based on the video, the new Fold will closely resemble the Pixel 9 Pro Fold — though that’s not a huge surprise, based on what’s already […]
12/08/2025
StubHub is once again working on its IPO that could raise $1B
On Monday, StubHub filed an updated S-1. This indicates its delayed IPO is back on.
12/08/2025
Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: report
Officials are reportedly blaming a recent breach of the U.S. federal court's filing system on Russia, whose hackers used the access to snoop on midlevel criminal cases in the New York City area and other jurisdictions.
12/08/2025
League of Legends is testing a new WASD control scheme, 16 years in
Riot Games is going to slowly introduce a WASD-based control scheme to League of Legends, which previously relied on point and click controls. “We believe that offering WASD controls will provide a fresh yet familiar way to play for both new players and veterans of the Rift without changing what makes League, League,” Riot says. […]
12/08/2025
.NET 10 Preview 7 is now available!
Find out about the new features in .NET 10 Preview 7 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, .NET MAUI, and more! The post .NET 10 Preview 7 is now available! appeared first on .NET Blog.
12/08/2025
Krafton claims former Subnautica 2 devs ‘lost interest’ in developing game
Krafton has fired another shot in its legal battle with former executives of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds, who filed a lawsuit last month, claiming the South Korean publisher undermined the game’s release to avoid paying them a bonus. In its response, Krafton claims that the three plaintiffs, Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire, […]
12/08/2025
UK government suggests deleting files to save water
Can deleting old emails and photos help the UK tackle ongoing drought this year? That’s the hope, according to recommendations for the public included in a press release today from the National Drought Group. There are far bigger steps companies and policymakers can take to conserve water of course, but drought has gotten bad enough […]
12/08/2025
Indian fintech Paytm wins a major regulatory battle days after key investor exit
Paytm has received approval from India’s central bank to resume onboarding new online merchants and offer its digital payment services.
12/08/2025
Match to pay $14M to the FTC due to false advertising and other deceptive practices
Match Group agrees to pay the FTC $14 million after it was sued for deceiving users into buying subscriptions.
12/08/2025
Anthropic just made its latest move in the AI coding wars
The AI coding wars are heating up. One of the main battlegrounds? "Context windows," or an AI model's working memory - the amount of text it can take into account when it's coming up with an answer. On that front, Anthropic just gained some ground. Today, the AI startup announced a 5x increase in its […]
12/08/2025
AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025
The number of AI companion apps has grown more than 60% since 2024.
12/08/2025
Hackers breach and expose a major North Korean spying operation
Two hackers broke into the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents, offering a rare glimpse inside the secretive nation's spying operations.
12/08/2025
Ultimate Ears’ Wonderboom 4 speaker is cheaper than ever at 40 percent off
If you’re hosting a small get-together or hangout at the park, a small speaker like the UE Wonderboom 4 can provide the soundtrack. It’s the kind of gadget that fades into the background yet remains as important as the food and drink. And right now, it’s down to just $59.99 ($40 off) at Amazon, Best […]
12/08/2025
Nvidia RTX 5090D V2 limits AI performance even more with 25% less VRAM and bandwidth — downgraded gaming flagship keeps same $2299 MSRP in China
Nvidia has officially released the GeForce RTX 5090D V2 gaming graphics card for the Chinese market, priced at $2,300 MSRP.
12/08/2025
Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats
David Petrou, founding member of Google Goggles and Google Glass, wants to enhance group chats with AI.
12/08/2025
Perplexity offers to buy Chrome for billions more than it’s raised
Perplexity has offered to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion cash in an unsolicited offer.
12/08/2025
Quick fixes: bring back Google Photos classic search instead of ‘Ask Photos’ Gemini AI
Issue You just want to search your archived photos, instead of interacting with an AI assistant. Quick fix Inside the app, tap the Google account button at top-right, then go to Photos settings > Preferences > Gemini features in Photos, and turn off either "Search with Ask Photos" or "Use Gemini in Photos". The full […]
12/08/2025
Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion
Perplexity has just offered to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion — a bid that’s far more than the AI search startup itself is valued at, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. The startup sent the unsolicited bid on Tuesday, just months after Perplexity said it would buy Chrome if the […]
12/08/2025
UK government inexplicably tells citizens to delete old emails and pictures to save water during national drought — 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'
The UK government says that a nationally significant drought is so bad that citizens should delete old emails and images to reduce water usage in data centers.
12/08/2025
Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users
X, meanwhile, has north of 600 million monthly active users, according to previous statements made by its former CEO, Linda Yaccarino.
12/08/2025
Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event
Dive into what we can expect from the Made by Google 2025 event, where the tech giant will debut its Pixel 10 lineup.
12/08/2025
AI companies are chasing government users with steep discounts
Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, AI companies have been racing to gain a foothold in government in more ways than one. Most recently, that's meant luring government users with attractive low prices for their products. Within the last week, both OpenAI and Anthropic have introduced special prices for government versions of their generative AI […]
12/08/2025
Modder builds gaming handheld powered by an RTX 4090 laptop GPU and Intel i9-14900HX — system sports 12.5-inch 4K display, 175W mobile GPU
A China-based computing enthusiast and modder has created a gaming handheld that pushes the envelope for the form factor.
12/08/2025
Anthropic’s Claude AI model can now handle longer prompts
Anthropic's popular coding model just became a little more enticing for developers with a million token context window.
12/08/2025
Apple Cinemas responds to Apple lawsuit
Apple Cinemas, a theater chain not affiliated with Apple, has responded to Apple’s recent lawsuit over alleged trademark infringement, as reported by MacRumors. In its lawsuit, Apple alleged that Apple Cinemas and owner Sand Media have tried to “capitalize on the highly-regarded Apple brand” in connection with an “aggressive nationwide expansion.” “We are committed to […]
12/08/2025
A guide to using Edits, Meta’s CapCut rival for short-form video editing
Meta shared that it was working on Edits in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores.
12/08/2025
In a world of vibe coding startups, Uno Platform is targeting enterprise developers
And its finding customers and investors, including $2.54 million in seed funding.
12/08/2025
Blackwater’s founder would like to sell you a privacy phone made in the USA
Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its "privacy-first" UP Phone that will be made in the US - at some point. The original UP Phone was described by the company as "the ultimate privacy-focused […]
12/08/2025
Terraform co-founder Do Kwon pleads guilty over $40 billion crypto collapse
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud three years after his collapsed cryptocurrency firm wiped out $40 billion in funds, according to a report from Bloomberg. Kwon entered his plea in a New York court on Tuesday as part of a deal reached with prosecutors that reduced his charges. […]
12/08/2025
I created a Time Machine volume for Macs with a TP-Link router to simplify my backup tasks, and it was surprisingly easy — one central backup point can back up all the Apple devices on your network
Wireless Time Machine access is an easy way to keep your MacBook data backed up.
12/08/2025
AMD's new RX 9060 ripped out of OEM PC and benchmarked — beats the RTX 5050 by 20 percent, basically ties the RTX 5060 in gaming and productivity
AMD’s new RX 9060 8GB non-XT delivers a 19.8% performance lead over Nvidia’s RTX 5050 and comes within 2% of the RTX 5060 in 1080p gaming. In 3DMark, it scores 38% and 25% higher than the RTX 5050 in Time Spy and Fire Strike.
12/08/2025
Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1
Anthropic’s escalation – a response to OpenAI’s attempt to undercut the competition – is a strategic play meant to broaden the company’s foothold in federal AI usage.
12/08/2025
Cassette’s new app turns your videos into retro, VHS-like home movies
Cassette's new iOS app turns your saved videos into retro, VHS-style home movies.
12/08/2025
AI's soaring energy consumption is causing skyrocketing power bills for households across the US — States reporting spikes in energy costs of up to 36%
Americans are footing the bill for the sheer amount of electricity required to operate the data centers responsible for providing access to AI tools and services.
12/08/2025
Anduril opens solid rocket motor factory amidst ongoing chemical chokepoint
As more solid rocket motor suppliers are coming online, a supply chain chokepoint looms.
12/08/2025
Google will now let you pick your top sources for search results
Google will let you define the top sources to get more stories from those sites.
12/08/2025
Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron leaves to join self-driving startup Waabi as COO
Self-driving truck maker Waabi has hired autonomous vehicle industry veteran and Uber Freight CEO, Lior Ron, to step in as chief operating officer, as the startup looks to scale its commercial operations ahead of its planned launch of driverless trucks on public highways later this year.
12/08/2025
Pebblebee’s AirTag alternative can now share your real-time location in an emergency
In July, Pebblebee announced a new safety feature for its Clip location tracker. Called Alert, it turns the Apple AirTag alternative into a panic alarm. Rapidly pressing the Clip’s button activates a flashing light and loud 97-decibel siren while also triggering Pebblebee’s mobile app to send a browser link of your current location to a […]
12/08/2025
Google is adding a new way to personalize the news you see
Google is making it easier to see news from your favorite outlets. A new feature, called “preferred sources,” will let you choose the outlets you want to see featured the most in Search’s “top stories” section. Google’s top stories hub appears when you search for something related to a current event, and displays a bunch […]
12/08/2025
Apple’s latest MacBook Pro with M4 is down to its lowest price to date
The MacBook Pro 14 with M4 is one of our top laptop recommendations for students, and it’s currently $1,299 ($300 off), an all-time low price at Amazon and Best Buy. In our tests, Apple’s entry-level pro laptop was powerful enough to process high-resolution raw files in Adobe’s Lightroom Classic without slowing down. It also easily […]
12/08/2025
Samsung has launched its first Micro RGB TV with improved color accuracy
First teased at CES 2025, Samsung has finally launched a TV featuring the company’s new Micro RGB backlight technology. The 115-inch TV is first launching in South Korea for over $32,000, according to SamMobile, but Samsung says it’s coming to the US next, followed by a wider global rollout with more size options. Samsung’s Micro […]
12/08/2025
Trump screwed over Nvidia’s Chinese sales, then let them happen
Hello there, world! Welcome to the first issue of Regulator, a newsletter about the collision between Big Tech and Washington. If you enjoy this, consider subscribing to get this newsletter weekly and everything The Verge has to offer. For anyone who subscribed via our Instagram announcement: I am so, so sorry that I didn't use […]
12/08/2025
Asus ROG Strix XG32UCWMG 4K OLED gaming monitor review: Premium high-speed gaming and stunning imagery
Asus adds another display to its ROG Strix line with the XG32UCWMG. This 32-inch 4K OLED delivers 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR and wide gamut color. It also sports smooth video processing, premium build quality and a stunning picture.
12/08/2025
Sling TV’s $5 pass buys you one day of cable TV
Sling TV has launched a new option that lets you watch live content without signing up for a streaming or cable subscription. Now, you can pay $4.99 for a “day pass,” offering 24 hours of live and on-demand access to several channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, TNT, A&E, Disney Channel, CNN, and others. Sling TV […]
12/08/2025
Korean Starbucks bans desktop PCs, printers, and office partitions — power strips also forbidden in crackdown on industrious customers
Starbucks Korea has issued a ban on a series of office items in its stores.
12/08/2025
Alien: Earth is a brilliant and terrifying expansion of the franchise
While the monsters in each of the nine Alien movies have been a little bit different, the nefarious corporate forces have remained the same. Ridley Scott's original Alien didn't need to mention Weyland-Yutani by name for it to be clear that a singular mega-company had cornered the market on space exploration. But subsequent Alien films […]
12/08/2025
Why I still use a Lenovo Thinkpad that debuted in 2011 — the X220 helps me stay focused on my most important tasks
I’ve got a love for old Thinkpads and my greatest obsession is the X220.
12/08/2025
Australian court finds Apple, Google abused app store market power
Epic Games has just secured a win in its crusade against Apple and Google's app store policies: The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ruled that Apple and Google's engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it came to their respective app stores, ABC News reported.
12/08/2025
How to save a smart home company
The smart home can be scary. It seems like every other month, we hear about another smart home company going out of business, leaving you scrambling for a new way to turn on your lights. Why is it so hard for smart home manufacturers to keep the lights on? And what can they do to […]
12/08/2025
This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it's powered by a Raspberry Pi 5
Maker Sector 07 has created a 3D-printed cyberdeck that features two screens that can swivel between portrait and landscape mode.
12/08/2025
Stablecoins gain critical mass after GENIUS Act cements rules — banks and companies rush to register new coins
US banks and financial institutions are keen to take advantage of the stablecoin provisions put into US law by the GENIUS Act, though regulation remains murky.
12/08/2025
Sam Altman is right and wrong about the future of photos
I'm annoyed, not for the first time, by something Sam Altman has said. But this time it's because I'm annoyed at how much I agree with what he's saying - even though I think his statement is kind of bullshit. In a recent interview, journalist Cleo Abram asked Altman how people will be able to […]
12/08/2025
How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company
Nvidia's research lab developed the technology that took the company from a video game GPU startup to a $4 trillion-dollar company.
12/08/2025
The beige GPU of your dreams is here, and it's pricey — Asus unveils Noctua Edition RTX 5080 fitted with 3x NF-A12x25 G2 fans and custom vapor chamber to achieve 'state-of-the-art quiet cooling efficiency'
Asusa nd Noctua’s RTX 5080 Noctua Edition features a triple 120mm fan setup with next-gen NF-A12x25 G2 fans and an upgraded heatsink for improved cooling and low noise. At 385mm and nearly four slots wide, it targets silent high-end gaming but demands ample case space. Availability and pricing are pending, but we expect it to cost over $1,500.
12/08/2025
I expanded my Wi-Fi 7 network by adding a TP-Link Deco BE25-Outdoor satellite, quadrupling performance for long-distance connections in my backyard
For less than $150, I was able to boost my backyard wireless performance effortlessly.
12/08/2025
Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings
Elon Musk says that his artificial intelligence company xAI “will take immediate legal action” against Apple for allegedly manipulating its App Store rankings to the advantage of rival AI apps. In a series of X posts on Monday night, Musk suggested that Apple was “playing politics” by not placing either X or xAI’s Grok chatbot […]
12/08/2025
Microsoft releases lightweight Office taskbar apps for Windows 11
Microsoft is starting to roll out lightweight taskbar apps for Microsoft 365 users on Windows 11. These taskbar apps will automatically launch at startup and provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar straight from the Windows taskbar. The Microsoft 365 companion apps, as Microsoft calls them, are starting to roll out to business […]
12/08/2025
Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti bought from Amazon had the box contents swapped for bag of suspicious white powder — PC hardware enthusiast bamboozled by Amazon just days after ordering a 5090 with no GPU core, finds salt instead
A PC hardware enthusiast in Taiwan video recorded their Amazon-sourced RTX 5070 Ti unboxing only to discover the box contained a bag of salt instead of a graphics card.
12/08/2025
Nvidia responds to claim China is urging local companies to avoid Nvidia H20 — report claims authorities have sent notices discouraging use, especially for government-related purposes
A new report claims that China is urging local companies to avoid using Nvidia's H20 chip.
12/08/2025
Taylor Swift’s 12th announced at 12:12 on the 12th
Taylor Swift leaned into her love for symbolism with the announcement of her dozenth album, titled The Life of a Showgirl. TS12 was introduced in a teaser — already viewed over 65 million times — for the next episode of the New Heights podcast airing Wednesday, hosted by boyfriend Travis Kelce and his big brother Jason. Tay extracted the $29.99 […]
12/08/2025
Ford is doubling down on EVs — the timing is awful
On Monday, Ford introduced an innovative new manufacturing process that it says will help make its EVs more sustainable, more desirable, and more importantly, more affordable. The timing couldn't have been worse. EV tax credits were set to expire at the end of September. President Trump's trade war was tilting the balance in favor of […]
12/08/2025
GTA V now has DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation support
Rockstar Games is adding Nvidia’s DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation support to Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced today. Nvidia is also releasing a new Game Ready driver today that will improve Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced performance, as well as support the enhanced version of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II that’s available today. The DLSS 4 […]
12/08/2025
Ford is doubling down on EVs — the timing is awful
On Monday, Ford introduced an innovative new manufacturing process that it says will help make its EVs more sustainable, more desirable, and more importantly, more affordable. The timing couldn't have been worse. EV tax credits were set to expire at the end of September. President Trump's trade war was tilting the balance in favor of […]
12/08/2025
Epic says Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Australia
Epic Games has announced that it’s bringing Fortnite back to iOS in Australia, after the country’s federal court ruled that Apple and Google’s app marketplaces are anticompetitive. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said on X that Fortnite will be made available on iPhones via the Epic Games Store “at a date to be determined,” while the […]
12/08/2025
TDK backs Ultraviolette with $21M to take India-made electric motorcycles global
Ultraviolette aims to expand its electric motorcycles to 40 European countries, as well as Latin America and Southeast Asia.
12/08/2025
Pronto’s 10-minute house help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days
Pronto has raised $11 million in an all-equity Series A round co-led by General Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital at a post-money valuation of $45 million.
12/08/2025
Trump says Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and his Cabinet to discuss company's future this week, make proposals next week
President Donald Trump met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan at the White House, days after calling for his resignation over alleged China-linked conflicts of interest, to discuss the company’s future amid its technology struggles.
12/08/2025
Seoul-based Datumo raises $15.5M to take on Scale AI, backed by Salesforce
Datumo began as an AI data labeling company and now wants to help businesses build safer AI with tools and data that enable testing, monitoring, and improving their models — without requiring technical expertise.
11/08/2025
Slow Ventures cuts first check from $60M creator fund into woodworking founder
This marks the first investment for Slow’s $60 million Creator Fund since its launch in February. The fund looks to help creators launch businesses, under the belief that what made them successful influencers is what can also make them a good founder.
11/08/2025
Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now remember your past conversations
On Monday, Anthropic released a hotly anticipated memory function for its Claude chatbot. In a YouTube video, the company demonstrated a user asking what they had been chatting about with Claude before their vacation. Claude searches past chats to read and summarize them for the user, then asks if they’d like to move on and […]
11/08/2025
The pains of Intel: From CPU design and process technology challenges to internal clashes and political pressure
As Intel battles technology delays, mixed-bag products, stalled foundry growth, and internal boardroom rifts, there are now political calls for CEO Lip-Bu Tan's resignation over alleged ties to Chinese investments.
11/08/2025
I created a PC repair kit that I can take on the road — here are the tools that come in handy when you're in a pinch
A good PC toolkit that has everything that you need to get work done, and it fits into a tin? It can’t be done, right? Wrong!
11/08/2025
iOS 26 beta 6 adds new ringtones, snappy app launches, and more
The new developer beta release, iOS 26 beta 6, adds new ringtones, faster app launches, and fixes the Camera swipe direction issues.
11/08/2025
Trump may allow Nvidia to ship hobbled current-gen Blackwell AI GPUs to China — U.S. gov't would get 15% of related revenue, China firms would get access to far faster GPUs
Trump signaled he may allow Nvidia to sell heavily downgraded Blackwell AI processors to China in exchange for 15% of related sales revenue to the U.S. government, a move that could give Chinese firms far faster hardware than current H20-based offerings.
11/08/2025
Even the lowly canister vacuum now wants access to your Wi-Fi network
Despite the convenience of cordless stick vacs, canister vacuums are still very much a thing for those with battery anxiety or those who want a lighter cleaner. Miele still offers over 20 different models of canister vacs in the US, but its latest is the company’s first to introduce smart functionality making it yet another […]
11/08/2025
Zotac RTX 5090 catchges fire during Battlefield 6 session
A Zotac RTX 5090 caught fire during a gaming session, damaging not only the GPU, but also the motherboard, SSD, and cooler. Likely caused by a MOSFET or VRM phase failure on the memory power rail, this marks yet another 5090 going down in flames in the long list of 40 and 50-series GPUs from the Fire Nation.
11/08/2025
Undervolted Zotac RTX 5090 reportedly catches fire during Battlefield 6 session
A Zotac RTX 5090 seems to have caught fire during a gaming session, damaging not only the GPU, but also the motherboard, SSD, and cooler. Likely caused by a MOSFET or VRM phase failure on the memory power rail, this marks yet another 5090 going down in flames in the long list of 40 and 50-series GPUs.
11/08/2025
My PC won't shut off this ugly red RGB light — my motherboard has become my biggest aesthetic annoyance
My Asus Prime X370 Pro refuses to listen to my demand to turn off the lights when I turn off the system. I've resigned myself to it.
11/08/2025
Poshmark CEO and founder to step down
After nearly 15 years, Manish Chandra will transition to being a member of the board of directors. Namsun Kim, who has served as executive chairman since April, has been appointed as his successor.
11/08/2025
This see-thru Game Boy is a work of art — because she designed a transparent circuit board
Have you heard of Natalie the Nerd? She’s a pillar of the Nintendo Game Boy modding scene who taught herself to reverse engineer and design Game Boy circuit boards. Now, she’s put her skills to work in probably the most beautiful build I’ve ever seen: a working see-through Game Boy Color where even the circuit […]
11/08/2025
Revel shutters rideshare business, pivots to EV charging
Revel is shutting down its ridehail business, citing heightened competition from rideshare leaders like Uber and Lyft. The company, which began as an electric moped business before shifting to rideshare, plans to pivot to electric vehicle charging. “At the end of the day, rideshare is a very competitive market and asset-heavy,” Revel CEO Frank Reig […]
11/08/2025
US government seized $1 million from Russian ransomware gang
A global law enforcement coalition targeted the infrastructure of the group behind the Royal and BlackSuit ransomware strains, allegedly responsible for extorting victims out of $370 million since 2022.
11/08/2025
You can save $30 on the OnePlus Watch 3, a great Galaxy Watch 8 alternative
OnePlus has kicked off its back-to-school sale, and the deals are pretty solid. There are discounts on the company’s impressive tablets, but the highlights are the new low prices on its smartwatches. Right now, you can buy the 43mm OnePlus Watch 3 for $269.99 ($30 off), while the 46mm is $319.99 ($30 off). Even the […]
11/08/2025
How founders are ditching VC norms and finding capital on their own terms at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Founders today have more capital paths than ever. But how do you navigate them — and know which one actually supports your growth?
11/08/2025
What is email encryption and why should your business prioritize it?
Defend against email fraud and phishing. Make encryption an essential part of your cybersecurity strategy with Proton Mail today.
11/08/2025
These are my favorite Switch 2 accessories
The Switch 2 can be enjoyed right out of the box, but it’s even better with the right accessories. Some of these add-ons are more crucial than others, especially if you’re deciding what to buy early on. For example, a case and a screen protector can keep your console safe from scuffs, scratches, and drops, […]
11/08/2025
GitHub folds into Microsoft following CEO resignation — once independent programming site now part of 'CoreAI' team
GitHub, one of the most used code repositories in the world, is being folded into Microsoft following the departure of longtime CEO Thomas Dohmke. GitHub was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 but remained largely independent until today.
11/08/2025
Former Intel CEO lays out radical plan to rescue the company — Suggests outing Lip-Bu Tan and asks for $40 billion investment from Nvidia, Apple, and others
Ex-Intel chief Craig Barrett warns the US could lose its only advanced chip foundry without urgent $40B funding from major customers like Apple and Nvidia, pushing for High-NA EUV, 14A development, and tariffs on imports.
11/08/2025
SK hynix wants you to buy s’more HBM4 to satisfy your high-tech cravings — company's X account compares cutting-edge stacked memory to summer treat
SK hynix has taken to Twitter/X to compare its delicately stacked HBM4 to some deliciously layered s’mores.
11/08/2025
The viral video of a ‘deactivated’ Tesla Cybertruck is most likely fake
Did Tesla remotely deactivate a Cybertruck in the middle of a highway because the owner featured it in an unauthorized music video? It’s highly unlikely. On Sunday, Instagram user @bighuey313 posted a video of his supposed deactivated Cybertruck, complete with a flashing red warning message on the truck’s main touchscreen. “Dog wtf my cybertruck just […]
11/08/2025
iRobot’s future isn’t looking up
iRobot, maker of the iconic Roomba robot vacuum, announced its second-quarter earnings late last week, and the numbers keep going down. Despite launching an entirely new product line, its revenue declined 23 percent to $127.6 million from the previous quarter, with the lucrative US and European markets being hit hardest. The company has struggled in […]
11/08/2025
Ocean’s new app brings inbox triage, tasks and invites to Gmail users
Ocean debuts an email app for Gmail users with triage tools, a task manager and more.
11/08/2025
Quad-core Arrow Lake CPU listed for $150 overseas — Core Ultra 3 205 may not be directly available in retail, though
French retailers have started to list Intel's unannounced Core Ultra 3 205, a quad-core Arrow Lake processor.
11/08/2025
Ryzen 7 5700X3D reportedly reaches 'end-of-life' — AMD's last eight-core Zen 3 3D V-Cache CPU ends production
AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X3D has finally reached end-of-life status. Various retailers have allegedly confirmed that AMD is no longer selling the 5700X3D.
11/08/2025
Made by Google 2025: How to watch Google debut the Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, and more
Google is hosting its Pixel 10 event next week. Learn how to watch the tech giant reveal its new mobile devices and what else you can expect.
11/08/2025
Trump admin stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court
The money is on the table again, but with fewer requirements for proving out safety, environmental impacts, and inclusion of minority- and women-owned businesses.
11/08/2025
Trump administration stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court
The money is on the table again, but with fewer requirements for proving out safety, environmental impacts, and inclusion of minority- and women-owned businesses.
11/08/2025
Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbuck, who filed a lawsuit claiming Meta AI wrongly stated he was involved […]
11/08/2025
Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Reddit says that it has caught AI companies scraping its data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, so it’s going to start blocking the Internet Archive from indexing the vast majority of Reddit. The Wayback Machine will no longer be able to crawl post detail pages, comments, or profiles; instead, it will only be able […]
11/08/2025
GitHub CEO to step down
The move comes as GitHub is facing growing competition from companies like Google and Cursor over AI tools for programmers.
11/08/2025
iPhone 17, the ‘thinnest iPhone ever,’ and everything else we’re expecting out of Apple’s hardware event
From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here's what to expect from this year's Apple event.
11/08/2025
Ford is betting the future on smaller EV batteries
Ford just announced its new universal EV platform that is expected to rein in costs for the company's money losing EV business. Chief among those cost savings will be a much, much smaller battery. Ford said the new battery will be 15 percent smaller than that of a BYD Atto electric crossover. BYD uses the […]
11/08/2025
TechCrunch Mobility: The triple punch headed for automakers
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
11/08/2025
Electronic Arts blocks more than 300,000 attempts to cheat after launching Battlefield 6 beta
Soon after the launch of first-person shooter Battlefield 6, cheaters flooded the games, forcing Electronic Arts to respond.
11/08/2025
ESPN will offer a $39.99 bundle with Fox’s live sports streaming service
ESPN and Fox both launch their live sports streaming services later this month, and now the two companies have announced that you can bundle them at a discount. Starting October 2nd, you can purchase a subscription to ESPN’s standalone streaming service and Fox One for $39.99 per month, offering savings of about $10. Fox One, […]
11/08/2025
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
Microsoft is moving GitHub into its CoreAI team, following the resignation of GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke today. After nearly four years as CEO, Dohmke is leaving GitHub to “become a startup founder again,” and pursue opportunities outside of Microsoft and GitHub. GitHub has operated as a separate company ever since Microsoft acquired it in 2018 […]
11/08/2025
SK hynix projects HBM market to be worth tens of billions of dollars by 2030 — says AI memory industry will expand 30% annually over five years
SK Hynix sees the AI-focused High Bandwidth Memory market growing about 30% each year to 2030, approaching $98B. Holding 70% share, it’s banking on custom designs, HBM4, and U.S. expansion to keep its edge—despite looming oversupply, rising competition, and the uncertainty of trade politics.
11/08/2025
Revel shuts down its ride-hail business to focus on EV charging
Revel has abandoned its small Uber and Lyft competitor four years after it started, and is looking to sell or return its bright-blue Tesla and Kia EVs.
11/08/2025
This magnetic charger brings the conveniences of wireless charging to the iPad
Apple still hasn’t brought wireless charging to the iPad, but Kuxiu’s new charger brings similar functionality and convenience to the iPad Pro and iPad Air. Like wireless chargers for the iPhone, the M30 magnetically attaches to the back of supported iPad models, but instead of transferring power through wire coils and induction, it uses the […]
11/08/2025
This 16-inch Razer Blade look-a-like laptop is $1,300 at Best Buy
Let’s be honest, Gigabyte. Your marketing for the Aero X16 is giving Razer Blade, from the colors and font of the spec slides to the thin design of the space gray laptop itself. While we haven’t tested out this model to see how it stacks up to Razer’s gaming machine, its price is certainly a […]
11/08/2025
Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter "reasoning" vision language model for physical AI applications and robots.
11/08/2025
Nvidia unveils 2U RTX Pro 6000 servers at SIGGRAPH — double shot of Blackwell power comes to smaller rackmount form factors
Nvidia has announced 2U server form factor compatibility with its latest RTX 6000 Pro Server Edition GPU, providing enterprise customers with the most compact method of deploying Blackwell AI GPUs yet.
11/08/2025
Nvidia introduces compact Blackwell professional graphics cards — RTX Pro 4000 SFF and Pro 2000 GPUs arrive at SIGGRAPH 2025
Nvidia just released more affordable variants of Blackwell AI GPUs.
11/08/2025
US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China
The Trump administration has ordered Nvidia and AMD to pay the federal government a 15 percent cut of their AI chip sales revenue to China, according to reports from The New York Times and The Financial Times. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly reached an agreement with President Donald Trump just days before the Commerce Department […]
11/08/2025
Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’
“Once it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some tough personnel choices, as Dojo 2 was now an evolutionary dead end,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns, on Sunday.
11/08/2025
Ninja’s latest ice cream maker has never been cheaper
Ninja’s Swirl ups the ante for ice cream machines by also allowing you to make soft serve or frozen yogurt at home. It normally costs $349.99, but now you can pick one up for $299.99 at Amazon, its lowest price to date. It’s the first time the ice cream maker has gone on sale since […]
11/08/2025
Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence with a calendar invite — 'promptware' targets LLM interface to trigger malicious activity
Google's AI could be tricked into enabling spam, revealing a user's location, and leaking private correspondence, among other things, with just a calendar invite.
11/08/2025
Ford throws out Henry Ford’s assembly line to make low-cost EVs in America
The automaker is investing $2 billion into the Louisville Assembly Plant with a $30,000 EV pickup slated for 2027.
11/08/2025
Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs
Ford says its finally cracked the code on cheap EVs. The automaker announced plans to build “a family” of low-cost electric vehicles at its Kentucky assembly planrt, starting with a four-door, midsized $30,000 pickup truck in 2027. Ford touted the announcement as its “Model T moment” that will be more streamlined to help bring down […]
11/08/2025
This collaborative doodling website is like Google Maps plus MS Paint
A new website that lets you paint over a world map with other users in real-time has taken the digital illustration community by storm. Wplace is a collaborative pixel art platform that serves as a spiritual successor to Reddit’s r/Place April Fools’ Day experiments, placing time restrictions on drawing tools that motivate users to team […]
11/08/2025
Notion CEO Ivan Zhao wants you to demand better from your tools
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. This is the second episode of my productivity-focused Decoder series that I’m doing while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, I’m talking with Notion cofounder and CEO Ivan Zhao. I’ve followed Notion for […]
11/08/2025
Nvidia and AMD reportedly sharing 15% of their China GPU revenue in exchange for export licenses — 'unprecedented' export revenue sharing deal may have been struck
Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of China-sourced revenues to unlock export licenses for previously restricted chips.
11/08/2025
How to use an authenticator app for workplace security
Learn how to use an authenticator app to protect your workplace accounts with two-factor authentication (2FA).
11/08/2025
Paramount Plus will soon become the exclusive home to the UFC
Paramount has just snapped up the rights to the UFC, joining an industry-wide race to buy up remaining sports streaming rights. The $7.7 billion deal will bring 30 of the UFC’s “Fight Nights” and 13 marquee events to Paramount Plus subscribers for seven years starting in 2026 — no pay-per-view required. Paramount, which merged with […]
11/08/2025
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan expected to visit Trump to address China links — duo tipped to have 'wide-ranging' conversation to address national security concerns
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, facing pressure from Trump over China ties, will reportedly meet the president to clarify his background and stress Intel’s national security role. Tan, who led Cadence Design, aims to secure support for Intel’s U.S. manufacturing amid strategic board tensions and slowed plant progress.
11/08/2025
Fairphone’s new cables and chargers are both faster and tougher
Repairable phone manufacturer Fairphone has announced a new range of USB cables and chargers. While they’re not user-repairable, the company says that they’re more durable and sustainably manufactured than its previous peripherals. And even for people without a Fairphone device, they should make for a more affordable entry point to its more ethical take on […]
11/08/2025
A modder created the iPadBook that Apple won’t
Apple has little interest in merging iPadOS and macOS, or bringing its desktop operating system to its touchscreen tablet. So a Chinese modder took it upon themselves to create a hybrid laptop they’re calling the iPadBook featuring both operating systems in a single device that lets you switch from macOS to iPadOS by simply detaching […]
11/08/2025
Nvidia, AMD may sell high-end AI chips to China if they pay US a cut
The global AI chip race narrative used to be about U.S. national security, but apparently now it's about tariffs: Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they make from sales of high-end AI chips to China in exchange for licenses to sell to those chips in the country, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources.
11/08/2025
Scientists 3D print titanium fuel tank for space travel — world's first to pass critical durability test
A joint team has successfully 3D printed a titanium fuel tank that was able to pass a durability test for space travel.
11/08/2025
Matter’s latest update doubles down on stability and pushes the platforms to play better together
For Matter, this year was never going to be about flashy new features. Other than support for security cameras, which I hear should finally arrive this fall, 2025 is all about fixing problems. And with Matter 1.4.2, announced today, the smart home standard is taking an encouraging step forward. Back in January, Tobin Richardson, president […]
11/08/2025
Hyundai wants Ioniq 5 owners to pay to fix a keyless entry security hole
Hyundai is now offering an “optional” security upgrade for the Ioniq 5 in the UK that prevents the car being stolen with a Game Boy-like device. Hyundai wants some Ioniq 5 owners to pay a £49 ($65) to upgrade hardware and software components to prevent thieves using handheld devices to unlock and start cars without […]
11/08/2025
Apple’s new Siri may allow users to operate apps just using voice
Apple is testing a version of Siri that will be able to take actions on your behalf across various apps by following voice commands. The company plans to release a new version of App Intents, its framework gives developers the ability to allow users access to parts of their app via different systems, like search and Shortcuts.
11/08/2025
Rumored $599-$699 MacBook could be in the works — 12.9-inch model with iPhone 16 Pro SoC tipped for Q3 2025 production
Apple’s manufacturing partners in Taiwan are reportedly preparing a MacBook deluge with a new level of affordability, according to industry sources.
11/08/2025
Adaptec announces new RAID card that supports up to 32 NVMe PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 SSDs — offers up to 291GB/s read speeds at full capacity
Adaptec has introduced a new enterprise RAID card that uses software-defined storage to support up to 32 PCIe 5.0 SSDs with speeds of up to 291 GB/s.
11/08/2025
CT scan peels back the layers of time to reveal the engineering within Intel’s iconic 386 CPU — exposing intricate pin mapping, hidden power planes, and more
A high-resolution CT scan of Intel’s legendary 386 processor reveals its hidden inner world without breaking it open. See the complete 3D map of gold bond wires, detailed pin connections, and the layered power planes that powered one of computing’s most influential CPUs.
11/08/2025
AOL is finally shutting down dial-up
AOL dial-up is ending on September 30th according to a statement posted on the company’s website. It marks the end of the service that was synonymous with the internet for many since its launch in 1991. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet,” reads the statement by the Yahoo-owned company. […]
11/08/2025
Nigerian profitable food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M from Novastar, Y Combinator
Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana. The equity round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, AAIC Investment, […]
11/08/2025
Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere
Security researcher Eaton Zveare told TechCrunch that the flaws he discovered in the carmaker's centralized dealer portal exposed vast access to customer and vehicle data. With this access, Zveare said he could remotely take over a customer's account and unlock their cars, and more.
11/08/2025
Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s generic drug strategy
Truemeds has taken a different route from other Indian online pharmacies — and it has helped the startup double its revenue.
10/08/2025
The hidden cost of living amid Mark Zuckerberg’s $110M compound
Mark Zuckerberg has spent 14 years gobbling up his leafy Palo Alto neighborhood, according to a New York Times report detailing how the Meta CEO has purchased 11 properties for over $110 million to create his own personal fiefdom in Crescent Park. The piecemeal compound features a main residence, guest homes, manicured gardens, and a […]
10/08/2025
The computer science dream has become a nightmare
Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. A crushing New York Times piece highlights what’s happening on the ground. The […]
10/08/2025
Stanford sticks with legacy admissions
Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent pipelines. Stanford is also ending its test-optional policy, requiring SAT or ACT scores for the first time since 2021. According to the Stanford Daily, the university […]
10/08/2025
New local AI integration into Firefox spurs complaints of ‘CPU going nuts’ — chip and power spikes plague new version 141.x
Firefox rolled out update 141 last month with AI enhanced tab groups, but an issue simmering under the hood has only now come to a head.
10/08/2025
Dead RTX 4090 gets cooked beyond salvation — VRAM swap and multiple signal patch jobs fail as buried PCB traces give up for good in unsuccessful repair attempt
A lifeless RTX 4090 with 48GB of VRAM landed on a repair bench, showing no display output. What followed was a deep dive into diagnostics, power rail checks, and trace hunting—only to reveal hidden PCB damage so severe that even expert fixes couldn’t bring the GPU back from the dead.
10/08/2025
Microsoft brings AI-powered assistance to gaming — Copilot Gaming (beta) and Copilot 3D creative features went live this week
Microsoft is putting Copilot Gaming (Beta) on the Game Bar for Xbox Insiders, while giving every creator access to its new AI-driven 2D to 3D feature (as long as you have a Microsoft Account).
10/08/2025
7 password managers to help keep your apps safe
Passwords still seem to be the most popular method of ensuring that the right person is using the right app or service, despite the slow adoption of passkeys, which are considered more secure. And because we should be using different ones for each device and/or app, the best way to track all of them is […]
10/08/2025
We found stuff AI is pretty good at
Tech companies keep telling everyone that this or that AI feature is going to change everything. But when you press them for examples, real, concrete examples of how those AI tools should be used, the answers tend to be lackluster. Sometimes AI tools feel so open-ended, it's hard to know where to start or what […]
10/08/2025
How big trucks and SUVs gobbled up the entire auto industry
How it started When I was growing up in the Midwest, everyone I knew drove small cars. My dad had a light pink Volvo 240, my mom drove a Dodge Dart, and my grandmother had a 1988 Honda Accord - which would eventually become my first car. We lived in the suburbs, so almost no […]
10/08/2025
China state media says Nvidia H20 GPUs are unsafe and outdated, urges Chinese companies to avoid them — says chip is ‘neither environmentally friendly, nor advanced, nor safe’
A social media account linked to China state media says that users should avoid Nvidia chips.
10/08/2025
Inside the automated warehouse where robots are packing your groceries
It's the lack of noise you notice first. There's no clatter of equipment, rumble of engines, or chatter of coworkers. Only the low hum of electronics. For an industrial space, this is eerily quiet, but it makes sense in a building where robots might outnumber people. I'm at a warehouse - or customer fulfilment center […]
10/08/2025
Linus Torvalds calls RISC-V code from Google engineer 'garbage' and that it 'makes the world actively a worse place to live' — Linux honcho puts dev on notice for late submissions, too
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.'
10/08/2025
Self-taught modder builds completely transparent Game Boy Color circuit board that actually works — PCB looks stunning when matched with fully transparent shell
Natalie built the schematics and circuit herself, but ordered the clear PCB from a third-party supplier.
10/08/2025
Ditching my phone for an LTE smartwatch was a humbling experience
Leaving the house without my phone is the stuff of nightmares. Leaving the house without my phone on purpose? Are you kidding? What if I need to take a picture of something? What will I look at if I need to wait in line? What if disaster strikes or a War of the Worlds happens? […]
10/08/2025
Intel's Nova Lake mobile specs leaks out, top end HX variant to feature 28 CPU cores and 4 Xe cores — Entire lineup is reportedly limited to a single compute tile
Core configs for Intel's Nova Lake mobile lineup has reportedly leaked, with the top HX variant featuring up to 28 CPU cores and 4 GPU cores. Nova Lake-H and Nova Lake-U families also detailed.
10/08/2025
Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes
In the fascinating new reality of the internet, teen girls can't learn about periods on Reddit and indie artists can't sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month. Early Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI launched a new image and […]
10/08/2025
Newly discovered WinRAR exploit linked to Russian hacking group, can plant backdoor malware — zero day hack requires manual update to fix
WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 was serious but has been fixed in version 7.13.
10/08/2025
Major Intel Linux driver projects are dying due to Intel layoffs and corporate restructuring — compatibility and reliability issues could increase over time
Intel is continuing to drop more Linux maintainers and Linux drivers due to corporate restructuring within the company.
10/08/2025
AWS user’s data returned ‘because one human being inside AWS decided to give a damn’
A software engineer, who previously accused AWS of 'digital execution,' has shared the good news that his data has now been restored.
10/08/2025
The next big AI model is here
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 93, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I'm sad the sun is setting sooner, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I'm reading about the rise of GEO, laughing at Kirby's […]
10/08/2025
After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake
Security researchers are now sounding the alarm on a new SMS text message fraud operation, which is surging in popularity — and its ability to steal people's credit cards — since the demise of its predecessor.
10/08/2025
Battlefield 6 reaches record half a million+ concurrent players on Steam, an all-time high for the franchise — 520K+ open beta surpasses every Call of Duty ever in player count
If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever.
09/08/2025
Seagate's monstrous BarraCuda 24TB hard drive on sale for only one cent per gigabyte — drops back to Prime Day pricing at $250
Newegg is offering Seagate's legendary BarraCuda hard drive in its 24TB variant for only $250 right now, that amounts to a cent per gigabyte. These are great savings for a NAS-ready, 7200 RPM hard drive that use the fat better CMR tech instead of the archaic SMR method.
09/08/2025
AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day
But there remain a few options to plug in your 56K (or slower) screeching modem into.
09/08/2025
Blizzard's ex-CEO says Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" Call of Duty this year because the franchise has "gone downhill" — calls it a victory for players as COD "won't be lazy" anymore
Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.
09/08/2025
California man sues Microsoft for discontinuing Windows 10 — says company is doing this to “monopolize the generative AI market”
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 by October 2025, but someone is suing the company to stop it from doing so.
09/08/2025
Retailer ships RTX 5090 with missing GPU and memory chips to customer — defaced GPU took over a year to ship
Another victim has been scammed out of an RTX 5090 from Amazon's French location. Despite buying an RTX 5090 from an Amazon-hosted listing, the buyer received a card with a missing GPU core and missing memory modules.
09/08/2025
Fully working PC fished out from a dumpster and rehabbed — trash-binned system can still run Linux and light games
The PC, which was rescued from a dumpster, has an Intel Core i5-6600 CPU and an AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU.
09/08/2025
Battlefield 6 keeps crashing on Intel Arc GPUs — here are some workarounds until Intel releases a fix
Battlefield 6’s open beta is crashing on Intel Arc A-series GPUs, with issues tied to the game’s default Borderless mode. Intel is working on a driver fix, but players can avoid crashes by switching to Full Screen/Windowed or using a risky legacy control panel tweak.
09/08/2025
Enthusiast builds 'AMD gaming PC' entirely made of cardboard — specs include unreleased AMD 5800GT CPU, DDR8 RAM, PCIe 6.0 SSD, and 2,400W power supply
A Redditor built several PC components out of cardboard with intricate detail to build a cardboard PC that spins and lights up. It's not a real computer, though.
09/08/2025
$3 keychain lets you carry a functioning keyboard switch and keycap with you wherever you go — fidget toy is compatible with Cherry MX switches and keycaps
A Japanese company has started selling the My Key Keychain that accepts Cherry MX-compatible switches and keycaps, allowing you to bring your favorite keyboard feel wherever you go.
09/08/2025
RFK Jr. wants a wearable on every American — that future’s not as healthy as he thinks
I keep hearing the same sentence repeating in my head. "My vision is that every American is wearing a wearable within four years." RFK Jr., our current secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said this at a congressional hearing at the end of June. Wearables, he said, are key to the MAHA […]
09/08/2025
Aura’s Aspen impressive digital frame is the most affordable it’s been
Returning to work or school from summer vacation is never easy, but the Aura Aspen could help you hold onto your favorite memories by putting them front and center. And right now, you can pick up the digital photo frame for around $199 ($30 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Aura, which is a new […]
09/08/2025
3D-printed PCB made with PVA and liquid metal is fully recyclable — dissolves and separates when immersed in water, allowing for later re-use
Researchers have developed a fully recyclable 3D-printed PCB that utilizes PVA and liquid metal.
09/08/2025
Is This Seat Taken? makes seating fussy people fun
Creating seating arrangements can be pretty stressful; the empath part of me strives to find the perfect seat for every person even if it's a nearly impossible task. If it's for a big, meaningful event, I get even more anxious. When you find the right place for everyone, though, it's even more satisfying than a […]
09/08/2025
I went camping in a heat dome, and these five gadgets saved my vacation
I recently returned from a family camping trip to Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I live in South Carolina, so in mid-July, a trip to the mountains is usually an excellent way to seek out cooler temperatures. Not this year. Thanks to this summer's heat dome, I was facing a week […]
09/08/2025
Why Donald Trump’s environmental data purge is so much worse this time
Now that we're about halfway into the first year of President Donald Trump's second term, we can take stock of his administration's destruction of online environmental resources. It's worse than last time. It's also, seemingly, just the beginning - paving the way forward for the president's polluting agenda. A watchdog group that monitors publicly-available environmental […]
09/08/2025
What’s a smut peddler to do these days?
In the aftermath of itch.io pulling the sale of over 20,000 pages of adult content, the creators of that work are left feeling betrayed, exhausted, and fearful. The number of platforms that permit the sale of adult material is shrinking, and there's no guarantee the ones that remain will still permit it in the future. […]
09/08/2025
AMD quietly launches Radeon RX 7400 8GB budget gaming GPU — RDNA 3 goes another rung lower on the ladder
AMD has launched the Radeon RX 7400 for budget gamers and the Radeon Pro W7400 for workstation users.
09/08/2025
Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach
Hi, thanks as always for reading TechCrunch. We want to talk with you quickly about something important. We’ve discovered that scammers are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads and reaching out to companies, pretending to be our staff when they absolutely are not. These bad actors are using our name and reputation to try to […]
09/08/2025
Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’
The Reddit AMA got spicy as users peppered OpenAI with the questions, and some asked the company to bring back its previous model.
08/08/2025
RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI
Microsoft is killing Lens, a handy mobile scanning app with over 90 million downloads.
08/08/2025
ChatGPT is bringing back 4o as an option because people missed it
OpenAI is bringing back GPT-4o in ChatGPT just one day after replacing it with GPT-5. In a post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that the company will let paid users switch to GPT-4o after ChatGPT users mourned its replacement. “We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o,” Altman says. “We […]
08/08/2025
Former Googlers’ AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in just one click
OpenArt launched a new feature to help creators make AI-generated brain rot videos.
08/08/2025
Thermal Grizzly and der8auer launch the "der8enchtable" — enthusiast test bench boasts an open design, integrated PCB for storage and cooling
Thermal Grizzly’s der8enchtable, co-developed with der8auer and ElmorLabs, brings an integrated PCB, centralized power delivery, and built-in I/O to the open test bench market, slashing setup times for overclockers, reviewers, and serious PC enthusiasts.
08/08/2025
Intel's chairman reportedly tried to broker a deal to sell fabs to TSMC, CEO Lip-Bu Tan opposed
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan's push to retain in-house chip manufacturing has put him at odds with chairman Frank Yeary and other directors who explored spinning off or selling Intel Foundry to TSMC.
08/08/2025
A decade later, Windows is still bringing Control Panel features to the Settings app
I kid you not, we wrote these words in 2014: Microsoft has tried to dumb down its Control Panel with a simple UI over the years, rather than a list of options, but there’s still a number of settings that don’t exist in the new PC Settings app. “Why do I have to go the […]
08/08/2025
How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content
With the rise of AI writing tools, Wikipedia editors have had to deal with an onslaught of AI-generated content filled with false information and phony citations. Already, the community of Wikipedia volunteers has mobilized to fight back against AI slop, something Wikimedia Foundation product director Marshall Miller likens to a sort of "immune system" response. […]
08/08/2025
Don’t let your competitor steal the brand spotlight — secure your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
For 20 years, startups have come to TechCrunch Disrupt to meet their first investors, land their biggest partnerships, and spark the idea that takes them to the next level.
08/08/2025
Is Dashlane free? Not anymore, but here’s a free alternative
Dashlane is axing its free password management plan as of September 2025. Here's what to know — and where you can find a free password manager alternative ASAP.
08/08/2025
TSMC’s 2nm leak is considered ‘not critical’ — senior gov’t official says company secrets are compartmentalized and unusable in parts
The Taiwanese government wants to get to the bottom of this industrial espionage case.
08/08/2025
NASA and Google are building an AI medical assistant to keep Mars-bound astronauts healthy
The multi-modal tool, which includes speech, text and images, runs inside Google Cloud’s Vertex AI environment.
08/08/2025
Samsung's revived Z-NAND targets 15x performance increase over traditional NAND — once a competitor to Intel's Optane, Z-NAND makes a play for AI datacenters
Samsung is reviving its Z-NAND memory technology with a next-generation version that could be up to 15x faster than today's PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSDs, aimed at AI applications.
08/08/2025
Mini Ikea stores will be opening inside select Best Buy locations this year
Ikea has announced that it’s opening mini retail experiences in a handful of Best Buy stores in the southern US later this year. It’s the first time Ikea’s products and services will be available through another US retailer, saving shoppers from having to visit and navigate the chain’s warehouse-sized stores which aren’t as plentiful in […]
08/08/2025
How to use Instagram Map and protect your privacy
Following concerns about safety, Instagram head Adam Mosseri reassured users that the feature is opt-in, and noted that some people are “confused” about how the feature works.
08/08/2025
Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready talks about the agentic web and where the social network will fit in the AI era.
08/08/2025
Instagram’s Map is here, and this is how you can turn it off
It’s only been a couple of days since the Instagram Map launched, and from the looks of our social feeds, people are not happy about it. Responses have ranged from being mildly annoyed that Instagram is ripping off Snapchat’s Snap Maps instead of offering a default feed that only contains your friends’ posts, to high […]
08/08/2025
OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war
Developers who have had early access are touting GPT-5's pricing as much better than competing models.
08/08/2025
SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn’s Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project
Foxconn spent years promising electric vehicles would be built at the former Chevy Cruze factory. Now it will make AI servers.
08/08/2025
Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration will use GPT-5 starting with iOS 26
OpenAI just announced its GPT-5 AI model on Thursday, but you won’t be able to use it with Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration until iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26, Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac. Apple Intelligence can rely on ChatGPT for things like helping answer certain Siri queries or alongside Apple’s Google Lens-like Visual […]
08/08/2025
LG unveils world's first 540 Hz OLED monitor with 720p dual mode that can boost up to 720 Hz — Features a 27-inch 4th Gen Tandem OLED panel with QHD resolution and up to 1,500 nits of peak brightness
LG has just launched its 540 Hz OLED gaming monitor featuring 4th Gen Tandem OLED technology that results in a brighter picture. As such, this monitor has a peak brightness of 1,500 nits, along with 99.5% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. And did we mention it can actually go up to 720 Hz if ran at 720p?
08/08/2025
AMD FSR 3.1.4 update lays a Redstone foundation — new version improves image quality, eases future developer integrations
AMD’s FSR 3.1.4 update sharpens image quality, streamlines future upgrades, and adds the hooks for its upcoming Redstone suite. Launching later this year, Redstone will bring ML-powered upscaling, ray tracing, and frame generation to RDNA 4 GPUs, targeting parity with Nvidia’s DLSS 4.
08/08/2025
This three-pack of fast Wi-Fi 7 routers is under $200 for the first time
Having a solid set of Wi-Fi routers is essential, whether you’re working from home, playing online games , or streaming a movie. I’ve used this three-pack of TP-Link’s Deco BE26 Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Routers for months without any issues, and I’m eager to recommend them, especially since it’s currently on sale for $188.89 ($90 off) […]
08/08/2025
8BitDo’s Pro 3 is a super customizable controller that’s too limited on Switch 2
As far as I'm concerned, 8BitDo's Pro 3 is the ultimate controller. You may already know that it makes a model literally called the Ultimate controller, but it plays second fiddle to the new Pro 3 in some key ways. It's highly customizable, allowing you to change the face buttons, joystick caps, and more. Let […]
08/08/2025
Nintendo’s new Hello, Mario! mobile app lets kids play with Mario’s face
Nintendo has announced a new free mobile app coming to iOS, Android and the Switch. It’s called Hello, Mario! and was revealed alongside a new collection of Mario-themed products designed for kids and toddlers launching in Japan later this month. All of Nintendo’s mobile apps have been free to download so far, but while some […]
08/08/2025
Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer is DOA — now what?
On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ordered its Dojo supercomputer project to be disbanded after the project's leader and most of its employees left to join another AI project. The news marked a major setback to the automaker's efforts to develop its own in-house developed supercomputer to train AI models for […]
08/08/2025
Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30
Microsoft really wants you to sign up for an account.
08/08/2025
What founders need to know before choosing their exit — straight from Jai Das and Roseanne Wincek — at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Startups face more exit options — and more uncertainty — than ever before. That’s why we’re bringing this essential conversation to the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West. Whether you’re already eyeing a liquidity event or just starting to scale, this is your chance to hear […]
08/08/2025
Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms
WaveForms, founded just eight months ago, last raised $40 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that valued the company at $160 million pre-money, per PitchBook data.
08/08/2025
The Google Finance page is getting an AI makeover
Google’s apparent quest to bring AI features across all of its apps has just extended to one of its most mundane: Google Finance. The company announced on Friday that it’s testing a “new, AI-powered Google Finance,” chatbot included. The revamp, which will roll out in the US in the coming weeks, will let you ask […]
08/08/2025
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan responds to Trump allegations in letter: 'I have always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards'
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan defended his record and pledged cooperation with the U.S. government in a letter to employees after President Trump called for his resignation citing conflict of interests.
08/08/2025
Turn your AirPods Max into a masterpiece with Casetify’s new headphone wrap
Released as part of a new collection of smartphone, tablet, and earbud cases celebrating the Mauritshuis museum collection in The Hague, Netherlands, Casetify’s new AirPods Max accessory can turn you into a 360-year-old work of art. Made from a “silk-like textile,” according to Designboom, the headphone cover’s fabric has been finished with a pleated design […]
08/08/2025
What is Laura Loomer?
For the uninitiated, watching a Jeffrey Epstein truther such as Laura Loomer have such influence over the White House's decisions is nothing short of baffling. ABC News attributes "the ouster of at least 15 individuals from Trump's second administration" to Loomer's influence - partially, at least. For Washington veterans who grew up in quote-unquote normal […]
08/08/2025
Google tests revamped Google Finance with AI upgrades, live news feed
Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news.
08/08/2025
Tesla shuts down the team behind its Dojo supercomputer
Tesla is dissolving the team that was developing its Dojo supercomputer, according to Bloomberg. The change, which reportedly includes the departure of Dojo head Peter Bannon, marks a notable shift away from using in-house technology to train the AI models powering Tesla’s self-driving features and its Optimus humanoid robot. Tesla CEO Elon Musk first introduced […]
08/08/2025
Why I love my Soviet Labubu
Marina Galperina is a senior tech editor at The Verge who works with staff writers and freelancers on reports and theme weeks. She recently started a new newsletter called The Stepback, which breaks down one essential story from a writer of the week every Sunday. (From Marina: “Please subscribe!”) During a recent discussion of Labubus […]
08/08/2025
GPT-5’s big new feature: less lying?
Here's the tricky part about assessing an AI system's deception rate: if the system is really good at deceiving you, you might not notice. This week on The Vergecast, Adi Robertson and Alex Heath join me to discuss the launch of GPT-5 and GPT-OSS… and the strange charts we saw along the way. GPT-5 is […]
08/08/2025
Openvibe combines news and social media in one app
Openvibe, an app for tracking the open social web in one place, now supports RSS.
08/08/2025
Google to kill Steam for Chromebook beta in 2026 — Installed games will 'no longer be available to play'
Google is discontinuing Steam on Chromebook by 2026, with devices losing installed games.
08/08/2025
Silicon Motion announces new devices at Future of Memory and Storage summit 2025: PCIe 6.0 SSDs, 256 / 512 TB drives, and next-gen 16K LDPC
At FMS 2025, Silicon Motion unveiled PCIe 6.0 SSD controllers, including the 512 TB MonTitan SM8466 with a new 16 KiB CoCo LDPC for reliability. Silicon Motion also previewed its PCIe 6.0 Neptune SSD controller for client PCs, and added 256 TB support to the SM8366.
08/08/2025
Tesla scraps custom Dojo wafer-level processor initiative, dismantles team — Musk to lean on Nvidia and AMD more
Tesla is shutting down its Dojo supercomputer program, reassigning staff and leaning more on AMD and Nvidia. Tesla's eventual designs expected to rely on a unified architecture spanning from edge devices to data centers.
08/08/2025
Microsoft’s new Copilot 3D feature is great for Ikea, bad for my dog
While Microsoft was busy updating Copilot yesterday with OpenAI's new GPT-5 model, it also quietly launched Copilot 3D. It's a free-to-use feature that can transform a regular 2D image into a 3D model that can then be used in game creation, animation, 3D printing, VR / AR, and much more. Copilot 3D just needs a […]
08/08/2025
Asus's new ROG Strix 32-inch dual-mode WOLED monitor adapts to fit your gaming needs – 240Hz at 4K or 480Hz at 1080p
Asus’ new 32-inch ROG OLED monitors feature ultra-fast refresh rates, anti-glare glossy panels, and burn-in prevention features.
08/08/2025
Sony insists Xperia phones are ‘very important’ to it
CFO Lin Tao mentioned Sony’s beleaguered phone brand at the company’s recent financial results presentation, calling it “a very important business for us,” according to CNET Japan. You could have fooled me. Sony’s last two Xperia 1 flagships have skipped the US market entirely, and it appears to be pulling back in Europe too. It […]
08/08/2025
Trump's 100% chip tariffs will likely hurt smaller manufacturers, as major companies court exemptions
The proposed 100% semiconductor tariff sounds devastating to chipmakers. But many major players remain unaffected, leaving smaller manufacturers vulnerable to the steep proposal.
08/08/2025
M.2 SSD cooler displays your SSD's performance and vitals in real time — Thermalright HR-10 2280 Pro Digital features an ARGB display for colorful readouts
Thermalright has launched the company's new HR-10 2280 Pro Digital M.2 SSD cooler in both white and black colors.
08/08/2025
Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline
We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming to iOS, but recently published guidelines related to Japan’s Smartphone Act could change […]
08/08/2025
xAI’s legal chief steps down after whirlwind year
Robert Keele said this week that he has stepped down as xAI’s head of legal after just over a year, saying he wants to spend more time with his children. In his announcement, Keele also acknowledged “daylight between our worldviews” with boss Elon Musk, who hasn’t commented on Keele’s exit. “I love my two toddlers […]
08/08/2025
OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus
The day before the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman surprised employees with a message in the company's Slack. "As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we have been looking at comp for our technical teams given the movement in the market," wrote Altman, according to a copy of the message that was shared […]
08/08/2025
Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving
The disbanding of Tesla’s Dojo efforts follows the departure of around 20 workers, who left the automaker to start their own AI company dubbed DensityAI focused on data center services for industries.
07/08/2025
OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing
During its big GPT-5 livestream on Thursday, OpenAI showed off a few charts that made the model seem quite impressive — but if you look closely, some graphs were a little bit off. In one, ironically showing how well GPT-5 does in “deception evals across models,” the scale is all over the place. For “coding […]
07/08/2025
The Browser Company’s AI browser now has a $20 subscription
The Browser Company — the makers of the Arc browser — just launched a $20 per month subscription to its new AI-powered web browser, Dia, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new Dia Pro subscription comes with unlimited access to the browser’s chat feature, which lets you ask questions about the content in your tabs. […]
07/08/2025
Rocket Lab eyes big defense opportunities with new acquisition
Rocket Lab is taking the concept of an 'end-to-end' space company to new heights with a forthcoming acquisition.
07/08/2025
The high costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups
Coding assistant startups are highly unprofitable, says a source familiar with Windsurf financials.
07/08/2025
The latest iPad Air is cheaper than ever
Laptops are great, but sometimes it’s simply just more convenient to use a tablet like the iPad Air. The Air’s easier to carry, after all, and still powerful enough to handle everything from streaming to taking notes and reading. And right now, the latest version of the Air is down to a new low price. […]
07/08/2025
How to use Instagram Map and set your location-sharing preferences
Following concerns about safety, Instagram head Adam Mosseri reassured users that the feature is opt-in, and noted that some people are “confused” about how the feature works.
07/08/2025
The 6 biggest changes coming to ChatGPT
GPT-5 has finally arrived. Along with the announcement of the highly anticipated AI model, OpenAI also previewed several updates coming to ChatGPT, ranging from visual changes to improvements to the chatbot’s performance. Here’s a rundown of all of the changes you can expect to see in ChatGPT. Say goodbye to the model picker With the […]
07/08/2025
Friendslop is coming for the Switch 2
During today's Nintendo Indie World showcase, I had two epiphanies. The first was the realization that friendslop games are about to hit the Switch 2 like a falling piano in a Road Runner cartoon. The second was that I love that for me, because that means I can finally play them. My friends love "friendslop," […]
07/08/2025
Paramount is now a Skydance Corporation
It’s official: Skydance Media’s deal to purchase CBS parent company Paramount Global for $8 billion is complete, and incoming chairman / CEO David Ellison’s first order of business is a massive restructuring. In an open letter about his plans for Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (the merged companies’ new name), Ellison announced that, going forward, the […]
07/08/2025
IPO hopeful Brex scored major win to sell in the EU, plans UK expansion
The EU has authorized Brex to sell its spend management products directly in all 30 countries "no workarounds required," Pedro Franceschi said.
07/08/2025
Samsung’s inexpensive Galaxy Buds FE are even more affordable at over 50 percent off
Samsung’s latest Unpacked event came and went with no major announcements related to the company’s Galaxy Buds lineup. However, if you don’t want to wait for what’s next, you can currently save on the Samsung Galaxy Buds FE, which are down to $46.99 ($53 off) at Woot. That’s their best price yet and a deal […]
07/08/2025
Meta’s prototype headsets show off the future of mixed reality
Meta’s consumer VR headsets are already among the best you can get for their price points, but at a conference next week, the company is showing off some impressive-sounding research prototypes that could be a peek at what its headsets might be capable of in the future. One headset, called “Tiramisu,” brings a “new milestone […]
07/08/2025
Weapons turns our deepest anxieties into a potent horror masterpiece
Zach Cregger's first major film Barbarian was tense and frightening, but it was also infused with a healthy dose of absurdity. The movie's twisted sense of humor made it easier to stomach its grotesque violence and a bit more difficult to anticipate how its unhinged story would unfold. But Barbarian also worked surprisingly well as […]
07/08/2025
SpaceX is building a water pipeline to Starbase – but access comes with some conditions
The newest piece of infrastructure coming to Starbase, Texas isn’t a launch mount or a booster. It’s a water pipeline, and who can hook up a tap (and on what terms) will shape the definition of “company town.” The new line, which will stretch from Brownsville to the newly incorporated City of Starbase, will replace […]
07/08/2025
How Instagram’s new ‘Friend Map’ feature puts your privacy at risk – and how to turn it off
The new 'Friend Map' feature on Instagram might be sharing your precise location with your knowledge. Here's how to turn it off — and why you might want to.
07/08/2025
OpenAI intros two lightweight open-model language models that can run on consumer GPUs — optimized to run on devices with just 16GB of memory.
gpt-oss-120b and 20b are the first open-model LMs since GPT-3
07/08/2025
Microsoft brings GPT-5 to Copilot with new smart mode
OpenAI officially launched its new GPT-5 models today, and Microsoft is now bringing GPT-5 to Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, GitHub Copilot, and more. It’s part of a big simultaneous release of GPT-5 that will show up in Copilot as the new smart mode that I detailed in Notepad last month. The new […]
07/08/2025
US military finds a good use for Tesla Cybertruck: missile target practice
Elon Musk has long bragged that the Tesla Cybertruck is a uniquely impervious vehicle thanks to its stainless steel body and “bulletproof” windows, calling it “an armored personnel carrier from the future.” Now that claim will be put to the test by none other than the US Air Force, which aims to use the Cybertruck […]
07/08/2025
GPT-5 is being released to all ChatGPT users
OpenAI is releasing GPT-5, its new flagship model, to all of its ChatGPT users and developers. CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 is a dramatic leap from OpenAI's previous models. He compares it to "something that I just don't wanna ever have to go back from," like the first iPhone with a Retina display. OpenAI says […]
07/08/2025
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is here
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 is the "best model in the world," and aims to make ChatGPT more intuitive to use.
07/08/2025
Senators are trying to force ISPs to block all foreign pirate sites
Lawmakers have introduced a new bill aimed at countering “foreign piracy sites,” as reported earlier by TorrentFreak. The bill, called the Block Bad Electronic Art and Recording Distributors (Block BEARD) Act, would allow copyright holders to ask a federal court to block piracy websites. The bipartisan legislation, led by Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons […]
07/08/2025
Inventor caffeinates liquid cooling with coffee-cooled Coffeematic PC — computer built on old 1980s appliance runs completely fine despite the hot drink running through its radiators
Doug MacDowell built a PC that's cooled by hot coffee.
07/08/2025
Microsoft is cautiously onboarding Grok 4 following Hitler concerns
Earlier this year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella moved with haste to get engineers to test and deploy DeepSeek's R1 model on Azure AI Foundry. It was an unusually quick turnaround for a new model on Azure that also set a new bar for success. A few months later, Nadella then pushed to onboard xAI's Grok […]
07/08/2025
AI agents aren’t the ‘new Google,’ says Airbnb CEO
"I think we're still kind of feeling out the space," CEO Brian Chesky told investors on the Q2 earnings call.
07/08/2025
The backlash against Duolingo going ‘AI-first’ didn’t even matter
Duolingo faced significant backlash for announcing that it would become an "AI-first" company -- and yet, the app posted strong financials this quarter.
07/08/2025
Google TV’s uncertain future
Last year, Google surprised online video publishers with some stunning news: the company, which now generates over a quarter trillion dollars with advertising every year, effectively admitted that it isn't very good at selling ads for its own smart TV platform, Google TV. The issue at heart: Google has long required publishers to share a […]
07/08/2025
Peloton pivots to wellness alongside another layoff
Peloton has pivoted many times over the past few years in its quest to return to profitability. The latest, as announced in its Q4 2025 earnings call, is leaning into health and wellness instead of “just” cardio fitness. “With each passing year, we are coming to understand better the importance of strength, stress management, sleep, […]
07/08/2025
The Framework Desktop made me fall for small form factor PCs
Framework has built a name for itself by taking the locked down world of laptops and making them modular, upgradable, and repairable. So it's surprising - and maybe even controversial - the way that Framework has approached its first desktop: it's made a PC that's actually less modular than most. Don't worry; this isn't a […]
07/08/2025
Framework Desktop review: AMD's Strix Halo in a petite, powerful, pricey PC
The Framework Desktop is 4.5 liters of charm with a powerful AMD Strix Halo APU, but it's pricey compared to other systems.'
07/08/2025
Silicon Motion gives a glimpse of its PCIe 6.0 controller for client SSDs — 25+ GB/s sequential reads, 3.5 million random IOPS, coming 2028-2029
Silicon Motion previews its next-gen Neptune SSD controller for client PCs, featuring a PCIe 6.0 x4 interface and over 25 GB/s read speeds, but mass production is only set for 2028.
07/08/2025
Trump’s endless new tariffs are threatening businesses — and you
Stop me if you've heard this one before: a new wave of tariffs are taking effect today. Announced on July 31st, the latest set of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on foreign imports - possibly illegally - will set a floor of 15 percent for around 40 countries with a trade deficit with the […]
07/08/2025
Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok’s responses
The move would help power X's struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino.
07/08/2025
DJI’s first robovac features drone tech and a transparent design
Following the reveal of its first 360-degree action camera a week ago, DJI has announced its first robot vacuum cleaner. The DJI Romo is available in three versions that are mostly differentiated by their appearance — two use transparent shells to reveal their inner workings — but they all borrow technology from the company’s drones […]
07/08/2025
HBO Max is going to get even more annoying about password sharing
HBO Max’s password-sharing crackdown is about to get stricter. During an earnings call on Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery streaming head JB Perette said prompts surrounding account sharing will become more persistent starting next month, pushing people toward paying an extra $7.99 per month to add an extra member to their account. “In September, you’ll actually […]
07/08/2025
Intel will retire rarely-used 16x MSAA support on Xe3 GPUs — AI upscalers like XeSS, FSR, and DLSS provide better, more efficient results
Intel is retiring 16x MSAA support in its Xe3 GPUs, citing limited vendor adoption and the rise of more efficient upscaling methods like XeSS, FSR, and DLSS. The change begins with Mesa 25.3 and aligns with Xe3’s launch in upcoming Panther Lake SoCs.
07/08/2025
Trump demands CEO of Intel resign over ties to China
President Donald Trump has called for Lip-Bu Tan to immediately resign as Intel’s CEO over his reported ties to Chinese tech firms. The demand follows Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton questioning Intel’s board chairman whether Tan’s alleged connections to China would conflict with security regulations. “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” […]
07/08/2025
Truth Social’s AI search is powered by Perplexity, but the platform can set limits on sources
The search engine, dubbed Truth Search AI, is already available on the web version of Truth Social, with public Beta testing on the iOS and Android apps planned for “the near future.”
07/08/2025
Truth Social’s new AI search engine basically just pushes Fox News
Donald Trump’s Truth Social has launched a new AI search feature that consistently pushes conservative media sources. The feature, Truth Search AI, is powered by the AI startup Perlexity and is now available on the web version of Trump’s social media platform, with public testing coming to the iOS and Android apps “in the near […]
07/08/2025
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Copilot, vibe coding, and AI’s next chapter
Welcome to Decoder! This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. It’s AI coding week at Decoder. You just heard Casey Newton’s interview with the CEO behind Cursor, Michael Truell. Now, I have a conversation with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. In many ways, GitHub Copilot set off the […]
07/08/2025
Digital Foundry, the most trusted name in game console analysis, is going independent
Over the past decade and a half, Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has become the most knowledgeable and trustworthy place to find out just how powerful a new video game console might be, where the hottest new games run the best, and why they sometimes don't! Even Sony and Microsoft often favor DF for exclusive access to […]
07/08/2025
Elad Gil — one of tech’s sharpest minds — on early bets, breakout growth, and what’s coming next at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Elad Gil isn’t just ahead of the curve — he practically lives there. Before most of the world had even asked ChatGPT its first question, Gil was writing early checks into companies like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. And that’s just a slice of the story. His track record includes seed or Series A investments in […]
07/08/2025
Data breach at French telecom giant Bouygues affects millions of customers
This is the latest cyberattack to hit a French cellular carrier in recent weeks, following an attack on Orange Telecom in July.
07/08/2025
Trump calls for Intel CEO to resign — claims Lip-Bu Tan is 'conflicted'
President Donald Trump called for Intel's CEO to resign in a Truth Social post, claiming that Lip-Bu Tan is .conflicted.
07/08/2025
Trump says Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan must ‘resign immediately’
Trump's post comes after Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday wrote to Intel's board of directors, asking about Tan's ties to China, his investments in the country, and raised concerns about his time leading Cadence Design Systems, which had a Chinese military university as a customer.
07/08/2025
This smart lock lets me see through my door
Eufy's FamiLock S3 Max ($399) is a multitasking workhorse. Launched earlier this year, it combines a smart lock and video doorbell in one, and it's one of the first locks with a digital peephole and a wave-to-unlock function. It also has a keyway, keypad, and Matter support, so it works with all the major smart […]
07/08/2025
40 years later, Brazil is as prescient as ever
Brazil opens with a bureaucratic error. A fly gets stuck in a typewriter, changing the surname of Archibald Tuttle to Archibald Buttle, a misprint on a form that dictates the government forcibly detain a suspected terrorist (Tuttle) but instead leads to the arrest of an entirely innocent man (Buttle). If the inciting events of our […]
07/08/2025
Library of Congress explains how parts of US Constitution vanished from its website
The U.S. congressional agency confirmed to TechCrunch that the removal of key sections of the Constitution from its website were removed in error. The full text has now been reinstated.
07/08/2025
SanDisk and SK hynix join forces to standardize High Bandwidth Flash memory, a NAND-based alternative to HBM for AI GPUs — Move could enable 8-16x higher capacity compared to DRAM
SanDisk and SK hynix have announced they're collaborating on High Bandwidth Flash (HBF)—a potential alternative to traditional, DRAM-based HBM for AI GPUs. Instead of only relying on DRAM, HBF adds NAND to the memory stack, allowing for non-volatility that can cut energy (and thermal) costs, along with upping the storage capacity.
07/08/2025
All the news from Nintendo’s August Indie World showcase
Nintendo’s latest livestreamed event is highlighting the smattering of indie games coming to the Switch consoles later this year, and the Indie World Showcase is scheduled to start on Thursday, August 7th, at 9 AM ET. Hades 2 might make an appearance, and there’s a slim chance the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong might show up […]
07/08/2025
Trump announces 100% semiconductor tariffs — 'There's no charge' for chips built in the U.S
President Donald Trump says that he will apply a 100% tariff on chip imports, but exempts companies that build in the U.S.
07/08/2025
Meta illegally collected Flo users’ menstrual data, jury rules
A California jury has found that Meta illegally collected user health data from the Flo period-tracking app, violating the state’s wiretap law. The verdict concludes a lawsuit filed against Flo, Google, Meta, and app analytics company Flurry in 2021, in which Flo app users accused the companies of collecting their private menstrual health data without […]
07/08/2025
The lawyer who beat Tesla is ready for ‘round two’
The day after he won an unprecedented $243 million verdict in a wrongful death case against Tesla, attorney Brett Schreiber posted a reel on Instagram celebrating the victory. His song pick: 1992's "Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gangsta" by the Geto Boys. "This is a verdict that will change the world," Schreiber wrote […]
07/08/2025
Hubble Network plans massive satellite upgrade to create global Bluetooth layer
Hubble Network's satellite-enabled Bluetooth network is getting a boost from Muon's new XL satellite bus.
07/08/2025
Apple’s mysterious chip tech will help Samsung make iPhone image sensors in Texas
Apple is teaming up with Samsung to produce digital image sensors for future iPhone models, according to The Financial Times. This is tied to Apple’s Wednesday announcement that it is working with Samsung’s semiconductor facility in Austin, Texas, to launch “an innovative new technology for making chips, which has never been used before anywhere in […]
07/08/2025
OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub
GitHub has accidentally announced OpenAI’s new range of GPT-5 models. A now-deleted GitHub blog post reveals that GPT-5, which will be available in four different versions, offers “major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience.” Reddit posters noticed a new GitHub blog post announcing that GPT-5 is generally available in GitHub models, before the […]
07/08/2025
The Browser Company launches a $20 monthly subscription for its AI-powered browser
The Browser Company has its first paid plan in form of $20 per month Dia Pro.
07/08/2025
Two teens charged in attack on former DOGE official Edward “Big Balls” Coristine
Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking after allegedly attacking Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, the teenage software engineer and former Neuralink intern who became a prominent figure in the Trump administration's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
07/08/2025
Sonos confirms tariffs will increase its prices this year
Tom Conrad took over as CEO of Sonos in January as it continues to recover from last year’s disastrous mobile app update, and now the company has issued its first quarterly earnings report after he dropped the interim tag from his title. Beyond the numbers, with $344.8 million in revenue and a net loss of […]
06/08/2025
Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on computer chips with a gigantic loophole
In the very first week of his presidency, Donald Trump vowed to force silicon manufacturing back to the United States by making processors more expensive, a threat he’s repeated since. Is he finally going through with that plan? Trump just announced he’ll putting a 100 percent tariff on chips and semiconductors — unless your company […]
06/08/2025
Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump
At a White House press conference to discuss Apple’s new US manufacturing plans, CEO Tim Cook presented a gift to President Donald Trump: a “unique” piece of glass from iPhone glass manufacturer Corning that’s set in a 24-karat gold base. The piece of glass is a large disc with the Apple logo cut into it. […]
06/08/2025
Google would like you to study with Gemini instead of cheat with it
Google’s Gemini AI now has a “guided learning” mode that tries to help you actually understand the problems you’re trying to learn about instead of just giving you the answer. Guided learning “acts as a learning companion” that guides you with “questions and step-by-step support,” CEO Sundar Pichai says in a blog post. Answers from […]
06/08/2025
Apple announces $100 billion US manufacturing plan after pressure from Donald Trump
Apple is putting another $100 billion toward expanding manufacturing in the US as the company responds to pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture more of its products in the US. The move builds upon the company’s initial plan to invest $500 billion in the US over the next four years, and includes a new […]
06/08/2025
WB Games’ best PC titles are in this $12 Humble bundle
The future of Warner Bros. Games is unclear, as it shut down several studios and canceled anticipated games earlier this year. But there’s no arguing that the company’s back catalog of titles is full of gems, many of which are in Humble’s great $12 bundle. Through August 27th, you can jump on this unbeatable deal […]
06/08/2025
Upwork is buying its way into corporate staffing beyond freelancers
The company will merge Bubty and Ascen with its existing enterprise business to form a separate entity later this year.
06/08/2025
TSMC employees reportedly stole 2nm trade secrets to share with Rapidus — accused are said to have shared 'hundreds of process integration technical photos'
TSMC is probing an alleged leak of 2nm process integration images to Japan's Rapidus, though the data's content, impact, and Rapidus's involvement remain uncertain.
06/08/2025
Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic
Google denies AI is impacting search across the web, saying only "some" sites have suffered.
06/08/2025
A rival Tea app for men is leaking its users’ personal data and driver’s licenses
The newly launched app, now trending on Apple's App Store, contains at least one major security flaw that exposes the private information of its users, including their uploaded selfies and government-issued IDs.
06/08/2025
Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell laptop GPU beats previous gen by 14% in OpenCL benchmark — professional mobile chip performs like a laptop RTX 5090
Someone has benchmarked Nvidia's RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell Laptop GPU with Geekbench 6.
06/08/2025
Federal regulators give Zoox an exemption for its custom-built robotaxis
NHTSA is also closing an investigation into the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company
06/08/2025
How to actually raise a seed round: Actionable advice from top investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
This isn’t your typical venture panel. Expect sharp insights on how to cut through the noise, structure your raise, and build relationships that last beyond a term sheet. Whether you're gearing up for your first round or advising a founder who is, this is the TC Disrupt session you don’t want to miss.
06/08/2025
First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant
To find out whether Alexa is still the best smart assistant for my family, I'm going to test Amazon's AI-powered devices, experiment with AI queries, and write out my thoughts in a multi-part series.
06/08/2025
'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' will require TPM 2.0, Windows Secure Boot for Black Ops 7 — Activision testing Ricochet anti-cheat update in upcoming season
Activision will require 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' players to use TPM 2.0 and enable Windows Secure Boot as part of its anti-cheat initiative.
06/08/2025
Google takes on ChatGPT’s Study Mode with new ‘Guided Learning’ tool in Gemini
Google is also offering students in the U.S., Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and Brazil a free one-year subscription to its AI Pro plan.
06/08/2025
Ebuyer reportedly closing its doors — staff at UK’s second biggest PC retailer sent home early, company sued for liquidation
Ebuyer, the U.K.'s second biggest PC retailer, is facing a compulsory liquidation case as it allegedly cannot pay its lessor.
06/08/2025
The Jurassic Park islands and dinos are coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Jurassic World: Archipelago is a new expansion pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 that lets aspiring pilots explore the five islands of the fictional Cinco Muertes Archipelago featured in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. Created by Australian developer Orbx that’s known for its flight sim add-ons, the expansion lets you visit many locations […]
06/08/2025
OpenAI teases GPT-5 launch event this Thursday
OpenAI is teasing a big announcement on Thursday, and based on a not-so-subtle clue, it seems like the news will be the reveal of its long-awaited GPT-5 AI model. In a post on X, OpenAI announced a “LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT” — notice that the “s” in the word livestream is swapped for a “5.” […]
06/08/2025
OpenAI teases GPT-5 launch event this Thursday
OpenAI is teasing a big announcement on Thursday, and based on a not-so-subtle clue, it seems like the news will be the reveal of its long-awaited GPT-5 AI model. In a post on X, OpenAI announced a “LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT” — notice that the “s” in the word livestream is swapped for a “5.” […]
06/08/2025
I tested Grok’s Valentine sex chatbot and it (mostly) behaved
It's Tuesday, August 5th, and I have awoken to the news that Valentine, Grok's latest spicy AI companion, has been released! As an OnlyFans content creator and someone who spends a lot of time being paid to sext humans, the idea of flipping the script and interacting with a brooding sex bot as the person […]
06/08/2025
Google swears it isn’t destroying the web with AI search
Google says its AI search features aren’t tanking website traffic despite recent reports suggesting otherwise. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Google Search head Liz Reid says click volume from the search engine has remained “relatively stable” when compared to the same time last year — though some types of websites are getting more […]
06/08/2025
OpenAI is practically giving ChatGPT to the government for free
GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum in a statement encouraged “other American AI technology companies to follow OpenAI’s lead and work with us.”
06/08/2025
5 Copilot Chat Prompts .NET Devs Should Steal Today
Discover 5 practical GitHub Copilot Chat prompts to boost .NET development productivity, from code optimization to security reviews. The post 5 Copilot Chat Prompts .NET Devs Should Steal Today appeared first on .NET Blog.
06/08/2025
Bose’s stylish SoundLink Home speaker is cheaper for the first time in months
Audio quality is always going to be a speaker’s most important feature, but it doesn’t hurt if it looks nice too. In our tests, Bose’s SoundLink Home is a solid sounding, aesthetically pleasing portable Bluetooth speaker that you can currently pick up for $199.99 ($20 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Bose. The SoundLink Home’s […]
06/08/2025
Call of Duty’s PC anti-cheat will require Secure Boot on Windows
To better protect against cheaters, Activision says that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players on PC will need to use hardware with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and have Windows’ Secure Boot feature turned on when the game is available later this year. Ahead of that, Activision is doing a “phased rollout” of the […]
06/08/2025
Hardware hacker tries to run NVMe SSD on the Switch 2 but fails — adapter doesn't light up NVMe SSD controller but could work in the future with microSD Express emulation
YouTuber Better Gaming tested a MicroSD Express adapter to see if they could expand the Switch 2's storage with a 1TB NVMe SSD. The test failed, but further development of the adapter suggests this method of storage expansion will work in the future.
06/08/2025
Google’s AI coding agent Jules is now out of beta
Google today launched its AI coding agent, Jules, out of beta — just over two months after its public preview debut in May.
06/08/2025
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Copilot to the Windows Game Bar
Microsoft started testing its Xbox Copilot on iOS and Android earlier this year, and now it’s bringing the chatbot to the Game Bar feature on Windows 11. Xbox Insiders can start testing a preview of the Gaming Copilot integration in the Game Bar today, and Microsoft is planning “further optimizations” for this new feature on […]
06/08/2025
Introducing Regulator and The Stepback, our new subscriber-exclusive newsletters
Today, I'm excited to announce three newsletter offerings, exclusive to Verge subscribers, that will continue to deliver must-read stories about tech and beyond. First, we're introducing Regulator by Tina Nguyen. Regulator is focused on the battles between Big Tech and Big Government - from the juicy palace intrigue to the devastating consequences of their political […]
06/08/2025
Welcome to Regulator
You'll often see tech policy reporting described as the intersection of technology and politics, and for years, that was a pretty accurate description: Silicon Valley existed independent of Washington politics, and every so often, they'd cross paths, discuss some regulatory concern, write a check, shake hands, and then go their separate ways. This is no […]
06/08/2025
Welcome to The Stepback, a weekly breakdown of one essential story from across the tech world
I'm excited to announce The Stepback, a weekly subscriber-only newsletter that I'll be editing for The Verge. We'll be bringing you a new story each Sunday from a rotating cast of writers from every corner of the Verge extended universe. If you're a regular reader, you know we cover a broad range of topics across […]
06/08/2025
Payment platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital wallets for the ‘agent-native economy’
Lava is a digital wallet that lets merchants use credits to facilitate transactions.
06/08/2025
Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government’s website
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful detention.
06/08/2025
Apple reportedly set to invest $100 billion into the production of 'critical components' in the U.S. to avoid tariffs on iPhones — domestic commitments reach $600 billion
Apple will reportedly invest an extra $100 billion in U.S. manufacturing —raising its total domestic commitment to $600 billion — in an effort to avoid steep iPhone tariffs.
06/08/2025
Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web
The one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners.
06/08/2025
U.S. Senator probes Intel board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan's former China links —raises national security concerns amid Cadence scandal
Senator Tom Cotton is pressing Intel’s board over CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s past China investments and whether he knew about subpoenas tied to Cadence, his former company, which recently pleaded guilty to selling chip design tools to a Chinese military university during his tenure.
06/08/2025
Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent
Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the "dramatic descent into authoritarianism," but one that the cyber community can help to defend against.
06/08/2025
Apple to announce $100B further commitment for U.S. manufacturing
This is on top of Apple's previously announced plan to invest $500 billion into the U.S. over the next four years.
06/08/2025
The Switch OLED went up in price, but you can still save $110
Nintendo recently made the unexpected decision to increase the prices of its last-gen Switch hardware due to “market conditions,” adding $30 to the cost of the $199.99 Switch Lite, $40 to the standard $299.99 Switch, and $50 to the $349.99 Switch OLED. The price difference between the Switch OLED and the standalone Switch 2 now […]
06/08/2025
A ‘unified’ Disney Plus could be the end of Hulu’s app
Disney is planning to fully integrate Hulu with Disney Plus, creating a “unified” app experience that will launch next year, the company announced as part of its earnings results on Wednesday. The new app will put all of Hulu’s content into Disney Plus, calling the future of Hulu’s standalone app into question. With Disney’s deal […]
06/08/2025
Sonos’ smart assistant is expanding from music to home control
Since its launch in 2022, the capabilities of Sonos Voice Control have expanded to include setting timers and checking the weather. But by the end of this year, the smart assistant will introduce compatibility with the Philips Hue smart home platform allowing it to also control lights through voice commands, according to Hueblog. In late […]
06/08/2025
Instagram adds a reposts feed and rips off Snap Maps
Instagram is getting several new features that pull from competitors, and it’s updating a controversial feature that it added earlier this year. Starting today, users will have the ability to repost public Reels and grid posts from other accounts. And similar to TikTok, reposts will be collected in a designated tab on your profile, as […]
06/08/2025
Instagram takes on Snapchat with new ‘Instagram Map’
Instagram notes that location sharing is off by default on Instagram Map, and a user's location only updates when they open the app, meaning it doesn't provide real-time location updates.
06/08/2025
China semiconductor 'megamerger' strategy reportedly stalling — new report says high-level merger plans to strengthen domestic chip industry face multiple headwinds
Despite China’s push to consolidate its semiconductor sector into a few strong players, efforts have largely stalled due to valuation conflicts, political obstacles, and technological gaps.
06/08/2025
Tinder explores a redesign, dating ‘modes,’ and college-specific features to boost engagement
Tinder will redesign and debut college specific features, like searching for people within the college, to appeal to younger users.
06/08/2025
Cohere’s new AI agent platform, North, promises to keep enterprise data secure
Canadian AI firm Cohere is taking aim at alleviating data privacy concerns with its new AI agent platform, North, which can be deployed privately so that enterprises and governments can keep their, and customers', data safe behind their own firewalls.
06/08/2025
AI could turn your town nuclear
These days, Paducah, Kentucky - population 27,000 and home to the National Quilt Museum - prides itself as "Quilt City." But decades ago, it was also called the "Atomic City" - a moniker it could soon regain as AI's energy needs bring Paducah's nuclear past back to life. The Department of Energy (DOE) operated a […]
06/08/2025
DDR4 production expected to continue until 2026 — Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron will continue serving industry clients for longer
Major DRAM makers are phasing out DDR4 production from late 2025, as they shift to DDR5, but supply will remain available for niche applications for years to come.
06/08/2025
Two arrested for smuggling AI chips to China; Nvidia says no to kill switches
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegally shipping "tens of millions of dollars" worth of high-performance AI chips to China.
06/08/2025
Nvidia defiant over backdoors and kill switches in GPUs as U.S. mulls tracking requirements — calls them 'permanent flaws' that are 'a gift to hackers'
Nvidia has denied backdoors or kill switches in its GPUs amid U.S. proposals for location tracking to enforce export controls. The company calls such features a security risk and “permanent flaw,” warning they could undermine trust. Nvidia lost $8B in sales from recent export restrictions.
06/08/2025
Jeff Buckley died young but is immortalized in a new documentary
Jeff Buckley captivated an audience of generations with his transcendent voice and soaring guitar. After his untimely passing in 1997 at age 30, he gained posthumous, cult-like status. Never one for the charts, his album Grace has stood the test of time and is listed on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. His […]
06/08/2025
Photo-sharing app Locket is banking on a new celebrity-focused feature to fuel its growth
Celebrity Lockets is a new feature where celebrities can engage with their most loyal followers on their home screens.
06/08/2025
Final call: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticket savings end tonight
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of shaping the startup world — and tonight’s your last chance to save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27–29, Disrupt returns to Moscone West in San Francisco. Join 10,000+ tech innovators, founders, VCs, and ecosystem builders for three days of high-impact programming, networking, and startup energy. […]
06/08/2025
Why parts of Tom’s Hardware now have a paywall
Wondering why parts of Tom's Hardware now have a paywall? You can find all your questions answered right here.
06/08/2025
Introducing the Tom’s Hardware Premium Beta: Exclusive content for members
Tom's Hardware is changing, and we want you along for the ride.
06/08/2025
Now that Wi-Fi 7 has been around for a while, is it worth upgrading?
Wi-Fi 7 brings some noticeable performance and reliability benefits over preceding standards, but not everyone should upgrade.
06/08/2025
HBM roadmaps for Micron, Samsung, and SK hynix: To HBM4 and beyond
We've compiled a full roadmap of HBM memory for SK hynix, Micron, and Samsung, including HBM3, HBM3E, HBM4, and HBM4E.
06/08/2025
Nvidia enterprise GPU and CPU roadmaps: Rubin, Rubin Ultra, Feynman, and silicon photonics
Nvidia’s 2025–2028 roadmap introduces next-gen GPUs, CPUs, and photonic networking to massively scale AI performance, culminating in the 576-GPU chiplet NVL576 Kyber system, delivering 14 times the performance of currently leading-edge NVL72 platforms.
06/08/2025
Inside the future of 3D NAND: The roadmap to 500 layers
The 3D NAND industry is rapidly advancing toward 500-layer stacks and 4800 MT/s interfaces by 2027, enabling denser, faster, and more efficient storage.
06/08/2025
What sort of power supply do you actually need for an RTX 5090?
Here are the fundamental requirements for powering the Nvidia RTX 5090, a notoriously difficult card to satisfy.
06/08/2025
50 years after its inception, desktop PCs are less popular than ever — a rise in PC gaming interest means it's in no danger of disappearing
Is the desktop PC dying? In 2025, things might seem worse than before. But hope yet remains.
06/08/2025
How ARM is working its way into PCs and data centers — inside the products and trends behind the hype
Arm is already the king of smarphones, but if it wants to conquer the PC and data center, it needs to stick the landing.
06/08/2025
40 years of Windows: How XP changed everything
Windows XP was a significant moment in the operating system's history. While it suffered from security problems, it also brought forth a slew of new features.
06/08/2025
The U.S. and China are engaged in a race over chip development — both countries are racing to build infrastructure
Both superpowers are building up chip development capabilities while trying to reduce dependencies upon one another.
06/08/2025
Trump promises new semiconductor tariffs — “We want them made in the United States,” says U.S. President
Trump says that he will announce new tariffs on imported semiconductors by next week.
06/08/2025
Microsoft brings OpenAI’s smallest open model to Windows users
Microsoft will bring OpenAI's new free and open GPT model, gpt-oss-20b, to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry, its platform that lets users tap AI features, APIs, and popular open-source models on their computers.
06/08/2025
Disney will stop reporting its streaming subscriber numbers
Disney announced that it will no longer report on subscriber numbers for its streaming services in its quarterly financial reports, following in the footsteps of Netflix. The decision comes after a quarter in which it reported 2.6 million new Disney Plus and Hulu subscribers, bringing it to 183 million in total. The decision was announced […]
06/08/2025
ESPN’s live sports streaming service arrives this month
The launch of ESPN’s long-awaited standalone streaming service is just weeks away. Alongside its earnings results on Wednesday, Disney revealed that ESPN’s streaming service and its “enhanced” app will arrive on August 21st for $29.99 per month. ESPN’s new streaming service, which remains separate from ESPN Plus, will offer access to the network’s linear channels, […]
06/08/2025
Google says hackers stole its customers’ data in a breach of its Salesforce database
Google confirmed that one of its cloud-stored Salesforce databases was breached, exposing its customer data. Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for breaking into Salesforce databases.
06/08/2025
Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech
European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, that aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
06/08/2025
Apple I replica can run ChatGPT — Macintosh Founding Father uses Wi-Fi module to turn relic into AI assistant
Original Apple employee, Daniel Kottke, was spotted at a recent Computer History Museum event where he was demoing a unique project: An original Apple 1 replica with a modern Wi-Fi module, running a version of ChatGPT.
06/08/2025
Nvidia rejects US demand for backdoors in AI chips
Nvidia’s chief security officer has published a blog post insisting that its GPUs “do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors.” It comes amid pressure from both sides of the Pacific, with some US lawmakers pushing Nvidia to grant the government backdoors to AI chips, while Chinese officials have alleged that they already […]
06/08/2025
What is EXIF data — and why it matters when sharing photos
EXIF data in your photos can reveal more than you think, including your location. Learn how to protect your privacy before sharing online.
06/08/2025
Microsoft makes OpenAI’s new open model available on Windows
OpenAI released a new free and open GPT model yesterday that can run on a PC, and now Microsoft is making that easy to do for Windows users. The lightweight gpt-oss-20b model is now available on Windows AI Foundry, and will be coming soon to macOS, too. You’ll need a PC or laptop with at […]
06/08/2025
Microsoft’s plan to fix the web with AI has already hit an embarrassing security flaw
Researchers have already found a critical vulnerability in the new NLWeb protocol Microsoft made a big deal about just just a few months ago at Build. It’s a protocol that’s supposed to be “HTML for the Agentic Web,” offering ChatGPT-like search to any website or app. Discovery of the embarrassing security flaw comes in the […]
06/08/2025
Two Chinese nationals arrested in the U.S. over GPU smuggling worth 'tens of millions of dollars' — over 20 shipments of AI chips and numerous illicit payments tracked
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in the U.S. over allegations they shipped tens of millions of dollars' worth of AI GPUs to China in exchange for cash.
06/08/2025
AMD posts record $7.685 billion revenue despite massive inventory charge — $800 million MI308 write-off not enough to stop biggest ever quarter
AMD posted record Q2 2025 revenue of $7.685 billion, driven by strong client and data center processor sales, though profitability was partially offset by an $800 million charge related to Instinct MI308 GPU export restrictions to China.
06/08/2025
PCI-SIG announces PCIe 8.0 spec with twice the bandwidth — 1TB/s of peak bandwidth, 256 GT/s per lane, and a possible new connector
PCI-SIG has officially begun developing PCIe 8.0, doubling bandwidth to 256 GT/s while tackling signal integrity limits over copper with protocol upgrades.
06/08/2025
Google is rolling out a fix for Pixel back button issues
Google’s August Pixel update includes a fix for Android’s three-button navigation and gesture navigation systems becoming unresponsive. The issues appear to have started popping up shortly after the official release of Android 16 in June. Ever since that update, the user said that navigation has been “a complete mess” and that they ran into issues […]
05/08/2025
.NET and .NET Framework August 2025 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2025. The post .NET and .NET Framework August 2025 servicing releases updates appeared first on .NET Blog.
05/08/2025
Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation
The AI sales automation startup raised fresh funds, led by CapitalG, just months after its last round.
05/08/2025
The best iPad deals you can get in August
If you know where to look, it’s surprisingly easy to save on an iPad — even outside of major sales events like Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday. Here’s an insider tip: skip the Apple Store, where discounts are almost nonexistent. Instead, your best bet is to check third-party retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best […]
05/08/2025
Apple is suing Apple Cinemas
Apple is suing the owner of the Apple Cinemas theater chain, Sand Media, over alleged trademark infringement, as reported by Reuters. In the lawsuit, Apple alleges that Apple Cinemas and Sand Media have made efforts to “capitalize on the highly-regarded Apple brand in connection with the aggressive nationwide expansion” and that they have “refused to […]
05/08/2025
TP-Link’s new travel router delivers Wi-Fi 7 speeds
Connecting to free airport or hotel Wi-Fi can often be a time-consuming and frustrating task that doesn’t seem worth the effort for a bag full of wireless devices. TP-Link has announced its first Wi-Fi 7 travel router, providing up to a total of 3.6 Gbps of bandwidth while also making it easier to get multiple […]
05/08/2025
The best laptop deals you can get right now
If you want a great laptop, you’re going to have to fork over a ton of money, right? Not necessarily. There are dozens of good laptops on the market at various price points. However, it can feel overwhelming to find the right one for your needs (some are better suited for, say, college students, whereas […]
05/08/2025
For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS
This is a juicy competitive move for both companies after AWS faced an onslaught of criticism over its progress with AI.
05/08/2025
Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X
Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino lands at health tech startup eMed.
05/08/2025
Google Gemini can now create AI-generated bedtime stories
Google rolled out a new tool within its Gemini AI chatbot that lets you create an illustrated story by simply describing it. The feature, called “Storybook,” generates 10-page stories, each with a short paragraph of text that Gemini can read aloud, along with an accompanying illustration. You can customize your story by asking Gemini to […]
05/08/2025
Huawei is making its Ascend AI GPU software toolkit open-source to better compete against CUDA
Huawei is planning to open-source its Ascend AI GPU toolkit in efforts to accelerate development and compete with Nvidia's CUDA software ecosystem.
05/08/2025
Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release
While the ActivityPub integration is a main selling point for Ghost 6, this major release includes a number of other changes and new additions.
05/08/2025
Exploring new Agent Quality and NLP evaluators for .NET AI applications
Introducing Agent Quality and NLP evaluators in the Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation libraries. The post Exploring new Agent Quality and NLP evaluators for .NET AI applications appeared first on .NET Blog.
05/08/2025
OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run right on your laptop
OpenAI is releasing a new open-weight model dubbed GPT-OSS that can be downloaded for free, be customized, and even run on a laptop. The model comes in two variants: 120-billion-parameter and 20-billion-parameter versions. The bigger version can run on a single Nvidia GPU and performs similarly to OpenAI's existing o4-mini model, while the smaller version […]
05/08/2025
Sony’s noise-canceling WH-1000XM6 are discounted to their Prime Day low
With back-to-school season in full swing, it feels like we’re stumbling on great deals for students every day. From Kindles to MacBooks, many of our favorite gadgets are currently receiving a discount — including Sony’s latest noise-canceling headphones, the WH-1000XM6. Right now, you can pick them up at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target for around […]
05/08/2025
OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models
For the first time in more than five years, OpenAI is launching a new open language model that appears to be state-of-the-art.
05/08/2025
14 ex-Huawei employees handed down prison sentences in China — accused face up to six years for taking 'chip-related business secrets' with them to form startup Zunpai
China’s courts take tech secret pilfering seriously, if one of its homegrown companies appears to be the victim.
05/08/2025
This retro camcorder upgrades Super 8 film cameras with modern conveniences
Camp Snap, a brand known for its budget-friendly screen-free digital cameras, has announced its first video camera. The new Camp Snap CS-8’s design was inspired by the Super 8mm film cameras released by companies like Kodak and Canon in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Its functionality is similarly limited and streamlined to make the CS-8 user-friendly, […]
05/08/2025
Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it
In a debate likely to get louder as AI agent usage grows, some people say Perplexity crawling blocked websites isn't a simple matter.
05/08/2025
The EU AI Act aims to create a level playing field for AI innovation. Here’s what it is.
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, known as the EU AI Act, has been described as “the world's first comprehensive AI law” by the European Commission.
05/08/2025
Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes
The "spicy' mode for Grok's new generative AI video tool feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen. While other video generators like Google's Veo and OpenAI's Sora have safeguards in place to prevent users from creating NSFW content and celebrity deepfakes, Grok Imagine is happy to do both simultaneously. In fact, it didn't hesitate to […]
05/08/2025
Google’s Pixel 9A is cheaper than ever
The Google Pixel 9A is a midrange phone done right, offering a great balance of hardware, features, and value. Normally it costs $499, but now you can scoop up the 128GB model for an all-time low of $399 ($100 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store. The Pixel A-series has long been our […]
05/08/2025
Snag up to 40% off with these excellent portable monitor deals, just in time for the back-to-school season
There are excellent back to school deals to be had on portable monitors from Arzopa and Feelworld
05/08/2025
Google’s NotebookLM is now available to younger users as competition in the AI education space intensifies
The removal of age restrictions is intended to provide younger students with access to the AI research tool, allowing them to better understand their class materials.
05/08/2025
WhatsApp will show a ‘safety overview’ before you join unknown group chats
WhatsApp is adding another feature designed to protect you from group chat scams. Now, when someone you might not know invites you to a group chat, the app will display a new “safety overview” that appears before you can even see the messages. The overview will include information about the group, including when it was […]
05/08/2025
WhatsApp adds new features to protect against scams
The company announced that it took down over 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts linked to criminal scam centers targeting people around the world.
05/08/2025
.NET Conf 2025 – Announcing the Call for Content
The .NET Conf 2025 Call for Content is now open! Join us November 11-13 for the premier .NET virtual event celebrating .NET 10. Submit your session proposal by August 31st and share your .NET expertise with developers worldwide. The post .NET Conf 2025 – Announcing the Call for Content appeared first on .NET Blog.
05/08/2025
Legendary GPU architect Raja Koduri's new startup leverages RISC-V and targets CUDA workloads — Oxmiq Labs supports running Python-based CUDA applications unmodified on non-Nvidia hardware
Raja Koduri's Oxmiq Labs develops RISC-V–based GPU IP and a hardware-agnostic software stack.
05/08/2025
Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door
Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.
05/08/2025
Roku is launching a cheap, ad-free subscription service of its own
Today, Roku announced the forthcoming arrival of Howdy, a new monthly subscription service that will give its users access to a massive catalog of on-demand films and series. Like other streamers, Howdy will feature a selection of programming licensed from other studios including Lionsgate and Warner Bros., as well its own original productions like Weird: […]
05/08/2025
Fox One will cost $19.99 per month when it arrives before NFL kickoff
Fox has finally revealed more information about its new streaming service that will offer access to news and sports across the media company’s channels. The service, called Fox One, will cost $19.99 per month or $199.99 per year when it launches on August 21st — just weeks before the start of the 2025 NFL season […]
05/08/2025
White House considering chip tracking to curb AI hardware smuggling to China amid enforcement gaps — software or hardware tracking could be next step in U.S. export controls over leading-edge AI silicon
U.S. officials are weighing chip-level location tracking to curb AI hardware smuggling to China, according to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. But the plan faces technical hurdles, industry pushback, and geopolitical risks.
05/08/2025
ElevenLabs launches an AI music generator, which it claims is cleared for commercial use
The AI audio-generation unicorn ElevenLabs announced the launch of a new model that allows users to generate music that's cleared for commercial use.
05/08/2025
Trump says he’ll announce semiconductor and chip tariffs
This announcement comes as the Trump administration is also mulling over its approach to AI chip export restrictions.
05/08/2025
3D printing and AI used to slash nuclear reactor component construction time ‘from weeks to days’ — pioneers hail 'new era of nuclear construction'
3D printing is tipped to have a pivotal part to play in 'a new era of nuclear construction.'
05/08/2025
Democrats ask how Trump’s government will regulate Trump Mobile
When a Trump-branded phone on a Trump-branded mobile network launches sometime this year (if all goes according to plan), US regulators will face what's become a recurring conundrum in Donald Trump's presidency: how to regulate a product with ties to the head of state. Six Democratic lawmakers are confronting key federal agencies with that very […]
05/08/2025
Hacker used a voice phishing attack to steal Cisco customers’ personal information
Cisco disclosed a data breach including customer names, organization names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of Cisco.com users.
05/08/2025
Crack the code to startup traction with insights from Chef Robotics, NEA, and ICONIQ at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Finding product-market fit isn’t a milestone — it’s a messy, make-or-break journey. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, a founder who’s been through the fire and two investors who’ve helped startups hit escape velocity will break down how to do it right. On the Builders Stage, Rajat Bhageria (Founder & CEO, Chef Robotics), Ann Bordetsky (Partner, […]
05/08/2025
Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service
The service features a library of nearly 10,000 hours of content from Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FilmRise, alongside select Roku Original titles.
05/08/2025
DeepMind reveals Genie 3, a world model that could be the key to reaching AGI
Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that the AI lab says presents a crucial stepping stone on the path to artificial general intelligence, or human-like intelligence.
05/08/2025
DeepMind thinks its new Genie 3 world model presents a stepping stone toward AGI
Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that the AI lab says presents a crucial stepping stone on the path to artificial general intelligence, or human-like intelligence.
05/08/2025
Only 2 days left to save $675 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticket
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of driving the startup world forward — and you’ve got just two days left to join the movement and save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27–29, Moscone West becomes the home base for over 10,000 movers and makers in the tech world. Join us in San […]
05/08/2025
Spotify expands audiobooks access to family plan members in the US for the first time
Though Spotify launched its audiobooks service in the U.S. back in 2022, household members on Duo and Family plans have long been left out. Spotify says that will now change.
05/08/2025
Chevy Silverado EV smashes world record for longest drive on a single charge
General Motors claimed a new world record for EV driving on a single charge, after a Chevy Silverado EV traveled 1,059.2 miles without recharging its battery. The potentially record-breaking run took place over seven days at GM’s Milford Proving Ground and Detroit’s Belle Isle “using smart driving techniques” that included limiting the speed to 20-25 […]
05/08/2025
Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time
Google DeepMind is releasing a new version of its AI “world” model, called Genie 3, capable of generating 3D environments that users and AI agents can interact with in real time. The company is also promising that users will be able to interact with the worlds for much longer than before and that the model […]
05/08/2025
SonicWall urges customers to disable SSLVPN amid reports of ransomware attacks
Security researchers say they have evidence that ransomware gangs are hacking into large companies that rely on fully-patched SonicWall firewalls. The researchers say it's likely the flaw is a "zero-day" bug currently unknown to SonicWall.
05/08/2025
US adds OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to list of approved AI vendors for federal agencies
The companies will see their AI tools offered via a new federal contracting platform, the Multiple Awards Schedule (MSA), which would let government agencies access AI tool sellers with pre-negotiated contracts, rather than negotiating with vendors individually.
05/08/2025
Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold might not go on sale until October
Google is set to take the wraps off the latest additions to the Pixel lineup in just a couple of weeks, but some devices might not be available at launch. A new report from WinFuture suggests that Google is having “supply chain problems” that could push back the release of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, […]
05/08/2025
Acer Predator SpatialLabs View 27 PSV27-2 3D gaming monitor review: Bleeding edge tech with solid performance
Acer’s Predator SpatialLabs View 27 PSV27-2 delivers glasses-free 3D. It’s a 27-inch 4K gaming monitor with 160 Hz, Adaptive Sync and wide gamut color. It provides an incredible experience for both gamers and creatives.
05/08/2025
Online shopping is full of copycats
Let’s be real: the internet is full of a lot of the same stuff. From derivative content on social media to websites that all look the same, what was once a portal to new worlds and experiences has been feeling a bit dry recently, like I’ve seen all this stuff before. And now, even the […]
05/08/2025
Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke
Microsoft isn't done celebrating its 50th anniversary just yet. Multiple employees tell me that Microsoft has created limited edition Windows XP-themed Crocs. They even come with a Clippy shoe charm if the Bliss wallpaper on your feet wasn't enough 50-year nostalgia. The anniversary edition Crocs are currently available for preorder for Microsoft employees, who "get […]
05/08/2025
The massive Ugreen Nexode 25,000mAh power bank is at an all-time low Amazon pricing — power all the things, including your laptop and Switch 2
Dropping to just £67.99, Ugreen's 25,000mAh power bank is the perfect travel companion for keeping your devices charged.
05/08/2025
Sandisk unveils colossal new 256TB SSD with new UltraQLC flash memory — enterprise-grade SSDs for high density storage also come in 128TB
Sandisk introduces its UltraQLC 256TB NVMe SSDs with direct QLC NAND writes for hyperscale AI and cloud workloads.
05/08/2025
Amazon is bringing its Starlink alternative to Australia next year
Amazon’s unproven Project Kuiper satellites will be put to work next year, supplying internet access to rural Australians. The retail giant announced an agreement with Australia’s state-owned National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) on Tuesday to provide satellite internet to more than 300,000 eligible customers across the country by mid-2026. “Australia’s vast geography presents unique […]
05/08/2025
Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data
The class-action suit was brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users' consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes.
05/08/2025
We need to relearn how to use AI when it’s on our bodies
Gemini has arrived on the wrist. It's now in the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series, the Pixel Watch, and rolling out to a handful of other smartwatches. This is big. Huge, even. AI is out here disrupting life as we know it. Now, it's making the leap from phones and laptops and onto the […]
05/08/2025
TSMC employees arrested, could face up to 12 years in jail, $3 million fine over alleged attempt to leak 2nm chip details — first case under Taiwan's amended National Security Act cites 'serious suspicions of violating national security laws'
Two employees of major semiconductor manufacturer and design company TSMC have been arrested over claims they stole proprietary technology.
05/08/2025
Enthusiast spends 6 years building 'world's most impractical display' — 1,000-pixel wood panel uses a hacked-apart CNC machine to change a single pixel just 10 times a minute
An engineer spent six years crafting 'the world's most impractical 1,000-pixel display' using wooden pixels.
05/08/2025
xAI’s new Grok image and video generator has a ‘spicy’ mode
xAI’s new Grok Imagine tool is an AI image and video generator that encourages users to make NSFW content. In contrast to rival generative AI video tools like Google’s Veo and OpenAI’s Sora, which try to block users from generating anything seedy, the Grok chatbot’s Imagine feature provides a “Spicy” generation mode that actively directs […]
05/08/2025
Authentication vs. authorization: What’s the difference?
Learn more about the difference between authentication and authorization, key examples, and how they can protect your business.
05/08/2025
US tech rules the European market
Over 74% of European businesses rely on US tech. This is an unsustainable situation, an obstacle for European innovation, and a threat to European sovereignty.
05/08/2025
AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle East. This forced Duraisamy to cover significant travel expenses out of pocket and file endless expense reports. “It was a constant pain,” Duraisamy explained on […]
05/08/2025
Uzbekistan’s first unicorn, Uzum, leaps to a $1.5B valuation
Uzbekistan's Uzum has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China's Tencent and the New York- and London-based VR Capital, with participation from U.S.-based FinSight Capital.
05/08/2025
Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India
Indian startup Jeh Aerospace has secured $11 million in a new funding round to help ease global supply chain bottlenecks.
05/08/2025
IGN hit by layoffs as parent company Ziff Davis cuts costs
Ziff Davis-owned IGN Entertainment has laid off staff, including eight members of the IGN Creators Guild. Those cuts represent 12 percent of the bargaining unit. The layoffs are the latest shift in the turbulent gaming media landscape. Earlier this year, Verge parent company Vox Media sold Polygon to GameRant owner Valnet, Giant Bomb went independent, […]
04/08/2025
A top designer was banned from Dribbble. Now he’s building his own competitor.
Dribbble is enforcing its terms of service that lets it take a cut of designers' work, and kicking out those who don't comply. One top designer has had enough, and is building his own startup instead.
04/08/2025
Amazon pulls the plug on Sengled’s Alexa skill after months of outages
After repeatedly leaving customers without smart control of their lights, Sengled has been booted from Amazon's Works With Alexa program. As first reported by TechHive, beginning August 1st, Sengled's Alexa skill for controlling its line of LED lights, plugs, switches, and sensors with your voice and routines is no longer available. In a statement to […]
04/08/2025
Valve founder Gabe Newell just purchased a superyacht company
Valve founder Gabe Newell is setting out on a new adventure — and it doesn’t involve Half-Life 3. Instead, Newell is acquiring Oceanco, the yacht-building company that’s creating his $400 million super ship, as reported earlier by Boat International. In a post about the change, Oceanco says Newell’s interest in the brand comes from a […]
04/08/2025
Amazon’s best Kindles are cheaper than ever at Best Buy
A Kindle lets you carry an entire bookshelf while on the go, which is why almost every year we recommend the e-reader in our guides to the best back to school essentials. With a new semester just around the corner, it’s no surprise Best Buy is currently offering the latest versions of some of our […]
04/08/2025
ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions
OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve ChatGPT’s response in these situations, allowing it to present “evidence-based […]
04/08/2025
Google says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities
The discoveries by an AI-based bug hunter are significant, as it shows these tools are starting to get real results, even if they still need a human.
04/08/2025
How Rust powers Proton Authenticator
To build a secure 2FA app for all major devices, Proton turned to Rust. Carlos Quintana explains why we chose Rust and why we'll likely use it more in the future.
04/08/2025
Foxconn sells former GM factory to mystery buyer after failing to make EVs
The company has spent more than three years claiming the factory would become an "important" EV hub. But it has barely produced anything there.
04/08/2025
AMD quietly announces Radeon RX 9060 alongside new Adrenalin driver — new entry-level GPU is for 'select system integrators only'
A new RX 9000-series graphics card for prebuilts, not builders
04/08/2025
CrowdStrike report details scale of North Korea's use of AI in remote work schemes — 320 known cases in the last year, funding nation's weapons programs
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is using generative AI tools to land agents jobs at tech companies to fund its weapons programs.
04/08/2025
Cloudflare says Perplexity’s AI bots are ‘stealth crawling’ blocked sites
The AI search startup Perplexity is allegedly skirting restrictions meant to stop its AI web crawlers from accessing certain websites, according to a report from Cloudflare. In the report, Cloudflare claims that when Perplexity encounters a block, the startup will conceal its crawling identity “in an attempt to circumvent the website’s preferences.” The report only […]
04/08/2025
New Ryzen 9000X3D CPU could deliver EPYC levels of game-boosting L3 cache — rumored chip reportedly sports 16 Zen 5 cores, 192MB L3 cache, 200W TDP
Hardware leaker shares the alleged specifications for new Ryzen 9000X3D processors that may be in the works.
04/08/2025
Lumo privacy and security model
Your AI chats deserve privacy. Learn how Lumo keeps your conversations confidential with zero-access encryption and no logs.
04/08/2025
$3.5 billion Bitcoin hack from 2020 dwarfs Mt. Gox in value, is worth $14.5 billion today — intelligence firm uncovers heist that shuttered 6th-largest bitcoin mining pool
Arkham Intelligence has uncovered the largest Bitcoin heist ever, amounting to $14.5 billion worth today. The heist was conducted in 2020 against the Chinese mining pool LuBian.
04/08/2025
Rivian sues to sell its EVs directly in Ohio
Today, Rivian can sell EVs directly to consumers in 25 states and Washington D.C.
04/08/2025
One of the biggest newsletter platforms now syndicates to Bluesky and Mastodon
Newsletter platform Ghost now lets publishers syndicate their posts across social web platforms like Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon. With Ghost’s free social web syndication feature, which is built on top of the ActivityPub protocol, “just as people can visit your Ghost website in any browser, subscribe with any feed reader, or receive newsletters in any […]
04/08/2025
Amazon denies report it’s shutting down Wondery podcast studio
Despite securing big names in the business, the company is now shifting its strategy in an effort to better compete with rivals like Spotify and YouTube.
04/08/2025
Rivian calls Ohio’s ban on direct car sales ‘irrational in the extreme’ in new lawsuit
Rivian is suing Ohio’s department of motor vehicles over the state’s ban on car companies bypassing dealerships to sell cars directly to consumers. In the federal lawsuit, the electric vehicle company calls the ban “irrational in the extreme,” arguing that it decreases competition and reduces consumer choice. Rivian also notes that Tesla is allowed to […]
04/08/2025
GPU startup's cherry-picked path tracing test shows 13x edge over Nvidia's RTX 5090 — Bolt Graphics' Zeus 4c impresses, but key performance questions remain
Bolt Graphics claims its Zeus GPUs outperform Nvidia's RTX 5090 by up to 13x in internal ray-tracing tests, though real-world gains remain unknown.
04/08/2025
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi Motherboard review: flagship audio meets value
ASRock’s B850 Steel Legend is a well-rounded board featuring a flagship-class audio codec and a unique silver/white appearance, but it doesn’t stand out beyond its value proposition compared to the competition.
04/08/2025
Google dunks on Apple Intelligence in new Pixel 10 ad
Apple sold its iPhone 16 devices last year with a promise that a new AI-powered version of Siri would soon be a lot more personalized thanks to Apple Intelligence. Almost a year later, that Siri upgrade still isn’t here, and Apple was forced to delay its promised improvements and remove an iPhone 16 commercial instead. […]
04/08/2025
E-paper hits 75 Hz to better suit productivity tasks — kits in two screen sizes go up for pre-order, starting at $199
Modos Tech has announced that its fast and responsive e-Paper monitors for productivity users have become available for pre-order.
04/08/2025
Original Amiga prototype spotted at VCF West 2025 vintage computing show — rarely seen forerunner to Amiga 1000 from early 1984
A very early pre-Commodore Amiga computer prototype was on public display at VCF West 2025 this weekend.
04/08/2025
TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla’s ride-hailing gambit
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
04/08/2025
Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping
Internet giant Cloudflare says it detected Perplexity crawling and scraping websites, even after customers had added technical blocks telling Perplexity not to scrape their pages.
04/08/2025
Alienware’s AW2725Q 4K OLED gaming monitor is down to its lowest price ever at Amazon
If you prefer gaming on a PC instead of consoles, you should hook it up to a display that can support playing games at higher frame rates for a smoother experience. Most gaming monitors require you to choose between prioritizing resolution or fidelity, but you get both with Alienware’s AW2725Q. The 26.7-inch 4K OLED display […]
04/08/2025
OpenAI says ChatGPT is on track to reach 700M weekly users
OpenAI's consumer chatbot ChatGPT to hit a new milestone of 700M weekly users.
04/08/2025
Amazon is gutting its Wondery podcast studio
Amazon is splitting up its Wondery podcast studio just four years after acquiring it, as first reported by Bloomberg. As part of the change, the studio will shed around 110 employees, while Wondery CEO Jen Sargent will leave the company. In a statement to The Verge, Amazon spokesperson Alice Zhou confirmed that while Wondery will […]
04/08/2025
Elon Musk says he’s bringing back Vine’s archive
Elon Musk says the company will bring back Vine's archive of videos back online.
04/08/2025
Battlefield 6 has fragmented install feature that allows you to slim a full 80GB installation down to 55GB on PC — feature enables installing campaign and multiplayer separately
Battlefield 6 will allow you to download the campaign and multiplayer separately with the base game coming in at just 55 GB, and the total size approximating to 80 GB. Those are impressive install sizes for a modern AAA game, especially one that competes with the grand daddy of ridiculous downlaods: COD.
04/08/2025
Grok Imagine, xAI’s new AI image and video generator, lets you make NSFW content
Elon Musk continues to position Grok as an unfiltered, boundary-pushing AI.
04/08/2025
The new Dependabot NuGet updater: 65% faster with native .NET
Discover the new Dependabot NuGet updater that improves performance, accuracy, and developer experience by leveraging native .NET tooling. The post The new Dependabot NuGet updater: 65% faster with native .NET appeared first on .NET Blog.
04/08/2025
8BitDo’s first wireless Xbox controller is a surprise Rare collaboration
8BitDo has created its first wireless Xbox controller in partnership with Rare, a game studio acquired by Microsoft. The officially licensed controller features a gold and blue design, with plenty of Easter eggs to celebrate Rare’s 40th anniversary. The $89.99 8BitDo Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox — Rare 40th Anniversary Edition (yes, that’s the product […]
04/08/2025
Lyft and China’s Baidu look to bring robotaxis to Europe next year
The companies want to launch the robotaxi services in Germany and the U.K. first, pending regulatory approval.
04/08/2025
Google removes over 50 DEI groups from a list of groups it helps fund
Google removed the name of 58 DEI groups from its list, including the Latino Leadership Alliance and the ACLU of Illinois.
04/08/2025
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Faceoff
We put the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs the Core Ultra 7 265K through a six-round faceoff to determine the winner.
04/08/2025
Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ll be guest hosting the next few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave, and I’m very excited for what we have planned. If you’ve followed my work at […]
04/08/2025
Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?
Scenario: A radiologist is looking at your brain scan and flags an abnormality in the basal ganglia. It's an area of the brain that helps you with motor control, learning, and emotional processing. The name sounds a bit like another part of the brain, the basilar artery, which supplies blood to your brainstem - but […]
04/08/2025
Spotify raises subscription prices
Spotify is raising prices for users in some international markets after a rough quarterly earnings report.
04/08/2025
Amazon shuts down Wondery podcast studio, cuts 110 jobs
Despite securing big names in the business, the company is now shifting its strategy in an effort to better compete with rivals like Spotify and YouTube.
04/08/2025
North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike
North Korean IT workers are increasingly using generative AI to draft resumes and "deepfake" their appearances to make money for North Korea's sanctioned nuclear weapons program.
04/08/2025
OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of humanoid robots
OpenMind is building humanoid robot operating software designed for robots that interact with people and other robots.
04/08/2025
Character.AI is adding a social feed to its app
The social feed lets users share images, videos as well as their chatbots with other users. Users can also share snippets of their chats with characters, post AI-generated images based on their chats with a character, or even have their characters debate topics on a live stream.
04/08/2025
Tesla proposes giving Elon Musk $29 billion so he stays CEO
Tesla approved a restricted stock award of 96 million shares, worth about $29 billion, to “incentivize” the controversial billionaire to remain at the head of the company during a protracted legal battle over his original pay package. Last year, a Delaware court voided Musk’s pay package, valued at more than $50 billion, arguing that the […]
04/08/2025
Nvidia H20 GPUs reportedly caught up in U.S. Commerce Department's worst export license backlog in 30 years — billions of dollars worth of GPUs and other products in limbo due to staffing cuts, communication issues
The U.S. Commerce Department is so behind on approving export licenses that billions of dollars worth of GPUs and other products are stuck in limbo waiting to be shipped, in the worst case of license stalling in over 30 years.
04/08/2025
Spotify is raising Premium prices outside the US
Spotify is increasing prices in several regions outside of the US, just days after posting disappointing earnings. Spotify announced on Monday that Premium subscribers across Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific will be notified about pricing changes “over the next month,” providing an example email showing a €1 monthly increase […]
04/08/2025
AWS accused of a ‘digital execution’ after it deleted 10 years of users' data without warning — software engineer details “complete digital annihilation” at the hands of AWS admins, claims false excuses given for account deletion
A software engineer has warned against trusting cloud data storage services after suffering a ‘digital execution’ at the hands of AWS
04/08/2025
Joby Aviation to buy Blade Air Mobility’s ride-share business
Joby is buying the Blade brand and the company's passenger business, which includes operations in the United States and Europe, for as much as $125 million.
04/08/2025
Tesla asks shareholders to approve $29B comp package for Elon Musk amid ‘AI talent war’
The plan would be voided if the Delaware Supreme Court overturns the decision to spike Musk's $56B comp plan from 2018. A judge ruled in 2024 that plan was unfairly negotiated.
04/08/2025
Tesla hands $29B comp package to Elon Musk amid ‘AI talent war’
The plan would be voided if the Delaware Supreme Court overturns the decision to spike Musk's $56B comp plan from 2018. A judge ruled in 2024 that plan was unfairly negotiated.
04/08/2025
Thermaltake Toughpower GX3 850W power supply review
Thermaltake's Toughpower GX3 850W is a budget-oriented, non-modular power supply unit that barely meets the mark with concerning compromises in design and thermal performance.
04/08/2025
Bambu Lab introduces Kickstarter-like program for backing elaborate 3D printing projects — crowdfunding features added to the MakerWorld website
Bambu Lab ads Crowdfunding to support Maker World Designers.
04/08/2025
AMD's Z2 Extreme flies past Intel's Lunar Lake in new gaming benchmarks — MSI Claw 8 running at 17W favors the Z2E by roughly 8.5%, lead drops to 6% at 30W
AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme beats Intel’s Lunar Lake in MSI’s Claw A8 vs Claw 8 AI+ showdown. At 17W, AMD leads by 7–8% with stronger 1% lows and smoother gameplay, while still holding a 5–6% edge at 30W. Both cost around $900–$1000, but AMD offers better GPU scaling and a higher 35W TDP ceiling.
04/08/2025
New auto ejection tool for Bambu Lab print farms automatically ejects finished 3D prints from the machine — $129 kit includes auto door opener and special bed surface for frictionless part ejection
3DQue introduces a function to pop prints off the bed without human intervention.
04/08/2025
Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’
Apple is reportedly working to create a lightweight competitor to ChatGPT.
03/08/2025
Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story
Mastercard seemingly denied playing a role in a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, while Valve says the pressure was indirect.
03/08/2025
SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters
SAP has reached an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, with SmartRecruiters' software complementing SAP's existing HR tools.
03/08/2025
Ryzen 7 9800X3D left Core i9-14900K in the dust in Battlefield 6 early streamer tests — both systems included an RTX 5080, but the 3D V-Cache system was roughly 30% faster
Battlefield 6 reportedly has impressive performance on both PC and console. The studio is targetting 60 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S by default while PC gets to enjoy an uncapped frame rate. New reports even suggest 300+ FPS at 1440p, on a 9800X3D paired with an RTX 5080, without upscaling.
03/08/2025
Commodore Corporation BV acquisition completed by fan-led consortium — prepare for new retro futurist products with the deal signed, sealed, and paid for ahead of schedule
Peri Fractic has confirmed that a community-led acquisition of Commodore Corp has been signed, sealed, and paid for.
03/08/2025
Inside OpenAI’s quest to make AI do anything for you
OpenAI developed the first AI reasoning model less than a year ago, but the technology has shifted Silicon Valley's focus to agents.
03/08/2025
Brendan Carr declares victory over the First Amendment
On Monday, the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed a complaint against Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr. The filing, sent to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel at the DC Court of Appeals, alleges that Carr had repeatedly broken basic principles of conduct as a licensed attorney, including by leveraging his power to control media […]
03/08/2025
The Nintendo Switch just got more expensive
Nintendo has just raised the price of the original Switch in the US. The console, which has cost $299.99 since its release in 2017, is now priced at $339.99 on Nintendo’s online store. The price hike will make other first-gen Switch models more expensive, too, with the Switch OLED going from $349.99 to $399.99, and […]
03/08/2025
Modular Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded controller delivers flexibility to fussy PC and console gamers — Turtle Beach lets users reconfigure layouts with swappable components
Turtle Beach’s latest pro-grade controller includes swappable parts, tournament-ready triggers, and support for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC platforms.
03/08/2025
The uproar over Vogue’s AI-generated ad isn’t just about fashion
“Modeling as a profession is already challenging enough without having to compete with now new digital standards of perfection that can be achieved with AI,” Sarah Murray told TechCrunch.
03/08/2025
Lenovo’s rollable laptop is the coolest computer I’ve used all year
Part of me still can't believe it, but Lenovo did the thing: it took a bonkers concept for a laptop with a rollable screen and built the tech into something you can actually own and use like a normal computer. Except, as conventional as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 can be, it's far from a […]
03/08/2025
Botched GPU baking job is fixed by a maestro chef — Northwest Repairs resuscitates a dead graphics card by reballing its core and memory
An RX 7800 XT with a previously-failed reflow attempt came in for repair and was fixed by reballing its core and memory chips. One of the VRAM chips needed to be replaced as well but at the end, the card finally booted, and this customer's Facebook Marketplace find was salvaged.
03/08/2025
DeepCool Assassin VC Elite Review: The best cooler you can’t buy in the USA
Banned from sale in the US, DeepCool’s Assassin VC Elite features an upgraded vapor chamber coldplate. We tested it with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel’s Core i7-14700K CPUs.
03/08/2025
A webcam that’s almost like a real camera
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 92, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I've kept my phone case on all week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I am finally smashing my way through Donkey Kong […]
03/08/2025
Gigabyte quietly disables Gen5 PCIe 5.0 GPU support on B650 motherboards in F35 BIOS update — Stay on F34 if you value the unofficial PCIe 5.0 support
Gigabyte has removed unofficial PCIe 5.0 support from its B650 motherboards in the latest BIOS update, citing stability concerns. While PCIe 4.0 remains sufficient for most GPUs, the move highlights AMD’s strict chipset segmentation and could signal similar changes from other vendors.
03/08/2025
Intel prepares for Nova Lake CPUs with new Linux support — retiring 20-year-old 'Family 6' designation in favor of 'Family 18'
Intel has started upstream Linux patches for Nova Lake, its next-gen CPU family set to replace the 20-year-old Family 6 era. Classified under Family 18, Nova Lake will power desktops, laptops, and possibly handhelds, with early groundwork ensuring Linux readiness well ahead of its 2026 launch.
03/08/2025
Today I’m toying with
The simple joy of gadgets — that’s what “Today I’m Toying With” is all about. It’s our video series where we try to encapsulate that joy of playing with technology, sharing what it’s like to experience gadgets that not all of us get to touch! Like a 3D printer that prints delicious chocolate, or the […]
03/08/2025
Tim Cook reportedly tells employees Apple ‘must’ win in AI
Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI: "Apple must do this. Apple will do this."
02/08/2025
Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny
A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who said the offering demonstrates the value of "letting startups grow into independently successful businesses."
02/08/2025
MSI's RTX 5080 Expert features a dual-fan blower-style cooler inspired by the Nvidia RTX 40-series Founders Edition — GPU retails for $1,399 at the MSI online store
Specs and pricing of MSI's new RTX 5080 Expert have appeared, featuring virtually identical cooling to its predecessor, the RTX 4080 Super Expert.
02/08/2025
Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models
Anthropic has cut off one of its biggest competitors, revoking OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models.
02/08/2025
Rebadged Alder Lake CPU is priced higher than the new Arrow Lake chip in retailer listing — Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F listed for $246 and $216
Bottom Line Telecommunications, Inc. has published listings for the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, including pricing information.
02/08/2025
Cyberpunk 2077 Mac benchmarks show most Apple Silicon can run the game at over 30 FPS on medium settings — results vary from a smooth 130+ FPS to a cinematic 24 FPS
A call for a community benchmark for Cyberpunk 2077 running on macOS revealed a wide range of results.
02/08/2025
AMD CPUs surpass the 40% threshold in latest Steam hardware survey — RTX 5070 emerges as the most preferred GPU within the Blackwell series
Intel’s lead shrinks as gamers increasingly embrace AMD’s 3D V-Cache CPUs
02/08/2025
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 just came out and you can already save $50
If you’re looking to upgrade an older Android smartwatch, or want to give wearables a try for the first time, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is a compelling choice. It has a new design, lets you access Google’s Gemini AI from your wrist, and has a handful of new health and wellness features. It launched on […]
02/08/2025
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval
The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades. Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this week for what a DOJ official would only explain as "insubordination" […]
02/08/2025
AMD Strix Halo-powered gaming handheld reveals desktop-like GPU performance — Ryzen AI Max+ 395 was a hairline from the RTX 4060
Chinese creators have gotten their hands on GPD's latest handhelds and showcased their capabilities.
02/08/2025
The ‘Epstein files’ implosion bleeds into foreign policy
While the summer doldrums have hit Washington, the MAGA influencers can never truly go on vacation, especially if they've spent their careers promising to reveal the truth about Jeffrey Epstein. Although their politicians are now in power, they're getting stonewalled, and in the absence of juicy "Epstein files" to feed to their audiences, a new […]
02/08/2025
Leading phone repair and insurance firm collapses after paying crippling ransomware demand – Cutting 100+ employees to just eight wasn’t enough
A leading mobile device insurance and service network has initiated insolvency proceedings in the wake of a cyberattack. Selling properties and cutting staff numbers wasn't enough to save the business.
02/08/2025
Time Flies is a short meditation on the meaning of life
I didn't expect a brief game about flies to make me emotional. But when I finished Time Flies, I nearly began to cry. Time Flies initially seems very silly. You play as a little buzzing fly that has to try and accomplish a bucket list of tasks before it, well, kicks the bucket, something that […]
02/08/2025
What founders should think about if looking to raise a Series C
And it starts with a reality check, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao.
02/08/2025
Alienware 16 Aurora review: Long on endurance, short on performance
The Alienware 16 Aurora is thin and long-lasting, but it's not a powerful gaming laptop.
02/08/2025
I tried ‘Bricking’ my phone to fix my brain
"We need to talk." Nobody likes to hear those words from their spouse. Especially when it's delivered in a grave tone as you rot on a couch in a grubby blankie, staring like a zombie while doomscrolling. "Wut?" I said, very intelligently. What came next was a compassionate but firm speech about how I was […]
02/08/2025
Battlefield 6's Javelin anti-cheat Secure Boot requirement could kill its Steam Deck support
Battlefield 6 is taking advantage of EA's Javelin anti-cheat system, which enforced Secure Boot and is classified as a kernel-level AC, potentially killing Linux and Steam Deck support before the game launches.
02/08/2025
MSI is adding its proprietary EOTF Boost mode to more MSI QD-OLED models this month
MSI is allegedly rolling out its homemade EOTF Boost feature to more QD-OLED models this month. The new technology improves HDR performance of supported MSI monitors, offering higher average brightness compared to HDR 1000.
02/08/2025
BougeRV’s portable solar fridge is quietly annoying
Keeping humans alive at home in post-agrarian societies requires refrigeration. Meat bags on the move must either load up a cooler with ice for a soggy weekend barbecue or do the evolved thing and use a 12V fridge instead. The $509.99 battery-powered BougeRV CRD2 40 refrigerator and freezer combo I've been testing for the last […]
02/08/2025
Zuckerberg’s ‘personal superintelligence’ plan: fill your free time with more AI
It has been another busy week. GPT-5 appears to be just around the corner… This week, I decode the meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg's "personal superintelligence" manifesto, and what it means for the broader AI race. Keep reading for my chat with a Figma exec on the company's IPO day, a bunch of good links, and […]
02/08/2025
Delta’s dynamic AI pricing plan sounds different now
Delta Air Lines is explaining more about its AI-assisted dynamic pricing model after coming under scrutiny for recent comments about the pricing. In November, Delta president Glen Hauenstein said at an investor day that “we will have a price that’s available on that flight, on that time, to you, the individual.” However, responding to questions […]
01/08/2025
Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’
Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the potential of AI and the company’s approach to developing it in a rare all-hands today that was reported on by Bloomberg. Apple has been slow to roll out some of its AI features and has stumbled with a planned AI-powered upgrade to Siri, which it delayed earlier this […]
01/08/2025
Venture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital to investors
The 55-year-old VC firm announced its twentieth fund.
01/08/2025
Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus
In the week's least surprising news, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the company is exploring ways to bring ads to Alexa Plus, its new generative-AI-powered voice assistant. During a conference call following the company's second-quarter earnings report, Jassy said that "there will be opportunities, as people are engaging in more multiturn conversations [with Alexa […]
01/08/2025
Kleiner Perkins is having a very good week
With two IPOs this week alone, Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid has reason to celebrate.
01/08/2025
Tesla to pay more than $200 million in damages after being found partly liable for fatal Autopilot crash
A federal jury in Florida found Tesla partly liable for a deadly 2019 crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist software, according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. Tesla has been ordered to pay $200 million in punitive damages and about $43 million in compensatory damages, CBS News reports. It’s a rare loss […]
01/08/2025
A backlog at the Commerce Dept. is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses
News of a backlog at the U.S. federal department comes less than a week after national security experts urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision that allows Nvidia to export H20 chips to China.
01/08/2025
A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses
News of a backlog at the U.S. federal department comes less than a week after national security experts urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision that allows Nvidia to export H20 chips to China.
01/08/2025
Fujifilm is raising camera prices by up to $800
Fujifilm has raised prices on cameras and lenses across its lineup, with price hikes reaching into the hundreds of dollars. Among the hikes is an increase to the price of Fuji’s ultra-popular X100VI from $1,599 to $1,799. The capable X-T5 has gone from $1,699 to $1,899. And the already very expensive GFX100 II has gone […]
01/08/2025
SignalRGB takes a swipe at Razer, makes functioning RGB toaster PC — quad-slice toaster case incorporates a Stream Deck, Mini-ITX components
SignalRGB is giving away a toaster PC that houses a full-blown Mini-ITX gaming PC. You could win the toaster PC, along with a Thunderbolt 4 dock.
01/08/2025
Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones are $130 off for back-to-school season
Finding peace among the chaos on campus can be more challenging than a midterm. But a quality pair of over-ear headphones can block out distractions when it’s time to lock in. If that sounds like you, we’ve found a deal on the Bose QuietComfort Headphones, which are currently down to $229 ($130 off) at Amazon, […]
01/08/2025
The biggest fighting game tournament is a little smaller this year — but still exciting
Evo 2025, the biggest fighting game tournament in North America, starts this weekend. If you tune into one of the nine different Evo Twitch channels you'll see some of the top players in the world compete in fighting game staples like Street Fighter and Tekken, and newer games like King of Fighters: City of the […]
01/08/2025
Why Nintendo didn’t raise the price of the Switch 2 (yet)
Just about every piece of hardware that Nintendo sells is getting a little more expensive in the US - with the exception of the Switch 2. That includes all models of the original Switch, a bunch of accessories, and even a motion-activated alarm clock. The changes were made ahead of sweeping Trump administration tariffs that […]
01/08/2025
Google backtracks on plans to deactivate shortened goo.gl links
Google is largely reversing course on its plans to discontinue support for all shortened goo.gl URLs on August 25th. Goo.gl URLS that already show a message saying that they will be deactivated in August will still stop working — the company started showing the deactivation message nine months ago on URLs that “showed no activity […]
01/08/2025
Three senior execs to retire from Intel Foundry, including respected semiconductor veteran Gary Patton
Three senior Intel Foundry executives are retiring as part of a major leadership reshuffle amid restructuring and uncertainty over the 14A process.
01/08/2025
Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M punitive damages
It's one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla.
01/08/2025
Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages
The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot's capabilities.
01/08/2025
Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M in damages
The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot's capabilities.
01/08/2025
Nintendo raises prices on the Switch 1, making last-gen console a hard sell as the Switch 2 is increasingly easy to find in stock
Nintendo said that it needs to increase the prices of the original Switch 1 consoles due to "market conditions."
01/08/2025
Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform
Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming mobile platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers.
01/08/2025
Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its ‘personality’ — and what makes it ‘evil’
On Friday, Anthropic debuted research unpacking how an AI system's "personality" - as in, tone, responses, and overarching motivation - changes and why. Researchers also tracked what makes a model "evil." The Verge spoke with Jack Lindsey, an Anthropic researcher working on interpretability, who has also been tapped to lead the company's fledgling "AI psychiatry" […]
01/08/2025
Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing
Yesterday, when Epic won its Google antitrust lawsuit for a second time, it wasn’t quite clear how soon Google would need to start dismantling its affirmed illegal monopoly. Today, Google admits the answer is: 14 days. Google has just 14 days to enact major changes to its Google Play app store, and the way it […]
01/08/2025
Nintendo raising original Switch console prices due to ‘market conditions’
Nintendo wouldn't say what the "market conditions" were but likely reference President Trump's tariffs, which are increasing costs for U.S. consumers.
01/08/2025
Verizon is upping its fees again
Verizon just announced a three-year price lock in April, but now the company has confirmed that it’s “making some adjustments” that will raise the cost of your phone bill anyway. In a statement to The Verge, Verizon spokesperson Adria Tomaszewski says the “vast majority” of customers will see a price hike of “less than 30 […]
01/08/2025
Reddit pauses its paywall plans
Reddit is pausing its plans to let people make subreddits with content behind a paywall, CEO Steve Huffman said as part of Thursday’s earnings. The company is making the change as part of a shift in how it’s prioritizing its resources. Huffman said last year that the company was looking into a way for users […]
01/08/2025
Microsoft ending Windows 11 SE support October 2026 — Chrome OS competitor also won't get version 25H2 update coming later this year
Meant for budget student laptops, the OS will no longer receive updates or support
01/08/2025
More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal
VCs and founders took much of the $2.4B, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say.
01/08/2025
Apple's Tim Cook 'very open to M&A that accelerates our road map' for AI' — company increasing spending on AI initiatives, reorganizing teams to address expansion
Lagging behind leading tech firms in artificial intelligence, Apple is ramping up internal efforts and actively pursuing acquisitions to accelerate its AI development, but at the same time keeping CapEx modest compared to peers like Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
01/08/2025
Fundamental Research Labs nabs $30M to build AI agents across verticals
Fundamental Research Labs is releasing multiple AI products related to gaming and productivity.
01/08/2025
Fundamental Research Labs nabs $30M+ to build AI agents across verticals
Fundamental Research Labs is releasing multiple AI products related to gaming and productivity.
01/08/2025
Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free
There’s a new turn in the itch.io story. In a forum post, itch.io creator and founder Leaf Corcoran has notified users that the company has begun the process of restoring thousands of NSFW pages that were deindexed — that is, content that has been removed from search results and recommendation lists. The catch is that […]
01/08/2025
SK Hynix dethrones Samsung to become world's top-selling memory maker for the first time — success mostly attributed to its HBM3 dominance for Nvidia's AI GPUs
SK Hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership.
01/08/2025
Sex toy maker Lovense threatens legal action after fixing security flaws that exposed users’ data
The internet-connected sex toy maker said it fixed the vulnerabilities that exposed users' private email addresses and accounts to takeovers, but said it was also planning to take legal action following the disclosure.
01/08/2025
The $299 Halo smart glasses will remember the names of people you meet
Startup Brilliant Labs has announced a successor to its $349 open-source Frame smart glasses, which debuted early last year with features like AI-powered translations and the ability to identify what you were looking at. Its new $299 Halo smart glasses are priced closer to Meta’s entry-level Ray-Ban models and come with upgraded AI capabilities, including […]
01/08/2025
Truecaller’s call recording feature won’t work on iPhones from Sept. 30
The app's call recording feature will no longer be available on iPhones starting September 30. Users with saved call recordings can either download them to their devices, share them via email or messaging apps, or switch their storage preference to iCloud to keep the recordings accessible.
01/08/2025
Truecaller’s call-recording feature won’t work on iPhones from September 30
The app's call recording feature will no longer be available on iPhones starting September 30. Users with saved call recordings can either download them to their devices, share them via email or messaging apps, or switch their storage preference to iCloud to keep the recordings accessible.
01/08/2025
TikTok launches ‘TikTok Pro’ in Europe with built-in charity program
The app features TikTok's new "Sunshine Programme," which allows users to support charitable organizations.
01/08/2025
Term sheets, traction, and truth bombs: inside the Series A mindset at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, we’re getting real about what it takes to land a Series A in today’s market — no smoke, no mirrors, just the unfiltered perspective from the people signing the checks. Series A has changed — here’s how to win in 2026 […]
01/08/2025
3D printing in space passes industry testing milestone for fabrication of spacecraft and associated equipment — promising future for zero gravity 3D printing
Horizon Microtechnologies has passed outgassing standard tests that bring us one step closer to using 3D printing components in space travel.
01/08/2025
Eyes of Wakanda feels like fanfiction turned into Marvel history
Ryan Coogler's first Black Panther feature set itself apart by pushing audiences to think about how comic book heroes and villains would fit into a world shaped by horrors like the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Black Panther and its 2022 sequel, Wakanda Forever, used their characters to comment on our reality's complicated and oftentimes ugly history […]
01/08/2025
OpenAI reportedly raises $8.3B at $300B valuation
The oversubscribed round came months ahead of schedule, and is part of OpenAI's strategy to raise $40 billion.
01/08/2025
Instagram now requires users to have at least 1,000 followers to go live
Until now, Instagram allowed anyone to go live, regardless of their follower count or whether their account was public or private.
01/08/2025
The new face of defense tech — Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries — takes the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Autonomous weapons, decentralized strategy, and startup speed — this isn’t the future of defense, it’s the now. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to talk about how next-gen defense is being built from the ground up with AI at its core. Inside the AI […]
01/08/2025
Nintendo Switch prices are going up after this weekend
Nintendo is raising the price of the original Switch “family of systems and products,” the company announced on Friday. Along with the first-generation Nintendo Switch, the price change also affects the Switch OLED, Switch Lite, and “select” accessories. Nintendo is also raising the price of some Switch 2 accessories, certain amiibo, and the Alarmo. The […]
01/08/2025
This Detroit startup is turning to utilities to make home efficiency upgrades cheaper
Investors have bought into Pearl Edison's idea and recently poured $3 .3 million into the startup.
01/08/2025
IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’
The Trump administration may have just axed the IRS Direct File program. During a summit earlier this week, IRS Commissioner Billy Long said the free tax filing service is “gone,” adding that “big beautiful Billy wiped that out,” as reported earlier by Bloomberg Law. President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill includes a provision to establish […]
01/08/2025
Vast Data in talks with Alphabet’s CapitalG, Nvidia to fund round at up to $30B valuation
The round could make the AI data storage company one of the most valuable in the world.
01/08/2025
XeSS SDK 2.1 release opens up Intel's framegen tech to compatible AMD and Nvidia GPUs — Xe Low Latency also goes cross-platform if framegen is enabled
Intel’s new XeSS 2.1 SDK expands support to Nvidia and AMD GPUs, unlocking frame generation and low-latency rendering across Shader Model 6.4-compatible cards.
01/08/2025
Authorities seize BlackSuit ransomware gang’s servers
German authorities said they have seized the servers used by the long-running ransomware gang, BlackSuit, which is blamed for cyberattacks across Europe and the U.S., including the City of Dallas.
01/08/2025
Klarna might reschedule its IPO for September
Details are slim, though, regarding when Klarna will schedule its debut; no final decisions have been made.
01/08/2025
VC industry has become a better career for women over the past 7 years
All Raise released a report that said 18.6% of the top roles at leading VC firms are held by women, which is double what it was in 2018.
01/08/2025
xTool M1 Ultra Review: Four in One Crafting Machine
The Swiss Army Knife of laser cutters, the xTool M1 Ultra burns, cuts, draws, and prints with ink.
01/08/2025
Microsoft is killing off Windows 11 SE, its Chrome OS competitor
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE next year, five years after it launched the operating system on low-cost laptops that were designed to compete with Google Chromebooks. Windows 11 SE was only available on devices for education customers, such as schools, and it was supposed to convince them not to switch to Chrome […]
01/08/2025
Reddit plans to unify its search interface as it looks to become a search engine
Reddit is working on a new unified interface that will merge its legacy search and AI-powered Q&A features, as well as make its search box more prominently visible in the app.
01/08/2025
Joby Aviation and defense contractor L3Harris to test autonomous hybrid aircraft
Joby's years of R&D with the DoD may be paying off. The company has signed an agreement with defense contractor L3Harris to develop a gas-turbine hybrid VTOL that can fly autonomously — for defense applications.
01/08/2025
Battlefield 6 requirements suggest it'll run on surprisingly modest PCs — EA VP says it still won't work on Steam Deck, though
You can run BF6 on an eight-year-old CPU and six-year-old GPU but Steam Deck is left out of the fight
01/08/2025
MLPerf Client 1.0 AI benchmark released — new testing toolkit sports a GUI, covers more models and tasks, and supports more hardware acceleration paths
MLPerf Client 1.0 has just been released with some big improvements over the prior version 0.6 benchmarking tool.
01/08/2025
Bing made Google dance and then stole some search traffic
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wanted to make Google dance two years ago, with an AI overhaul of Bing that was designed to steal Google's all-important search market share. Now, there are plenty of signs that Microsoft has successfully taken search share off Google, both in the US and worldwide. Earlier this week Microsoft reported that […]
01/08/2025
Samsung TVs are coming back online after apps stopped working
Samsung smart TVs appear to be functioning normally again after experiencing a global outage yesterday. Users across Reddit and Samsung’s community forum started reporting issues with their TVs at around 5PM ET on Thursday, finding themselves unable to open apps like YouTube, Apple TV, Hulu, and Prime Video. While apps were still visible on the […]
01/08/2025
How to tweak your Windows 11 and Windows 10 setup with Winaero Tweaker — easily remove ads, tracking, AI copilot, and more
Grab your toolkit, we’re going under the hood of Microsoft Windows with Winaero Tweaker and tweaking our setup to make it our own.
01/08/2025
Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel
Google released its first publicly available "multi-agent" AI system, which uses more computational resources, but produces better answers.
01/08/2025
Nintendo’s Switch 2 doubles first-month sales of the original
Nintendo’s financial year is off to a bumper start thanks to explosive sales of its Switch 2 console. Following its launch in June, the Switch 2 console has now sold 5.82 million units according to Nintendo’s Q1 earnings report, more than double the 2.7 million unit sales achieved by the original Switch in its first […]
01/08/2025
Handwave lends a hand to retailers with its European alternative to Amazon’s palm payments
Latvian startup Handwave aims to compete with Amazon palm payments by offering an independent alternative.
01/08/2025
The LeapMove is a gamified camera designed to get kids off the couch
LeapFrog has announced a new electronic learning system that swaps controllers for a camera. In fact, the LeapMove looks like an oversized, kid-friendly webcam, but is designed to connect to TVs like a console and get kids off the couch using educational games that require full-body movements to play. It’s reminiscent of the Xbox Kinect […]
01/08/2025
Female-founded semiconductor AI startup SixSense raises $8.5M
SixSense offers an AI-powered platform that helps chip makers prevent defects. It landed backing led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia India & SEA).
01/08/2025
Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations
Amazon is spending a fortune on AI infrastructure and CEO Andy Jassy sees a new way to pay for it with Alexa+.
31/07/2025
Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter
That's an uptick from the $800 million hit last quarter.
31/07/2025
Apple shipped its 3 billionth iPhone
Apple has been the target of a fair amount of criticism over the past year, from its AI missteps to a strong distaste for its new design ethos. But the numbers don’t lie, and if Apple knows how to do anything it’s sell iPhones. Specifically, three billion of them, as CEO Tim Cook announced on […]
31/07/2025
Reddit revenue soars as it bets on AI and advertising
Reddit reported its Q2 earnings, and it’s clear that its focus on AI has ramped up significantly.
31/07/2025
Apple says Trump’s tariffs are adding another $1 billion to its costs
Apple is spending a lot on President Donald Trump’s tariffs. During an earnings call on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the duties could add $1.1 billion to its costs during the September quarter. Cook says Apple has already spent around $800 million during the June quarter, which is less than the $900 million that […]
31/07/2025
Apple has now sold three billion iPhones
The rate of iPhone sales growth has accelerated too.
31/07/2025
Apple plans to ‘significantly’ grow AI investments and is open to M&A
Apple is open to M&A to accelerate its AI strategy, and says it's made seven acquisitions this year so far.
31/07/2025
Apple plans to ‘significantly’ grow AI investments, Cook says
Apple is open to M&A to accelerate its AI strategy, and says it's made seven acquisitions this year so far.
31/07/2025
Tim Cook says Apple is ‘open to’ AI acquisitions
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is “open” to mergers and acquisitions as it “significantly” increases its investment in AI, as reported by CNBC. Cook’s statements were made alongside the release of Apple’s third-quarter earnings results, which revealed that the iPhone-maker raked in $94 billion between April and June, marking a 10 percent increase […]
31/07/2025
Google’s Pixel Tablet is $190 off for a limited time
During the most recent Prime Day, the Google Pixel Tablet with Wi-Fi and 256GB of storage briefly dropped to just $309 ($190 off) — but the deal disappeared in a matter of hours. Fast forward to today, and the deal is back, but this time it’s available at Best Buy. Unfortunately, the discount is for […]
31/07/2025
Reddit wants to be a search engine now
Reddit knows that it has valuable data from actual people — it’s already reached deals with big AI companies like OpenAI and Google to share its data with them. But Reddit is also investing in improving its own search capabilities, and in its latest note to investors, CEO Steve Huffman says that the company is […]
31/07/2025
Iconiq’s Will Griffith explains how his firm celebrated Figma’s IPO and why investors sold shares
Will Griffith is a seed investor in Figma. Investors didn't want to sell millions of shares. He explains why they did it anyway.
31/07/2025
Enterprises prefer Anthropic’s AI models over anyone else’s, including OpenAI
Anthropic holds 32% of enterprise LLM market share by usage. This is sharp reversal from just two years ago when OpenAI held 50%.
31/07/2025
Enterprises prefer Anthropic’s AI models over anyone else’s, including OpenAI’s
Anthropic holds 32% of enterprise LLM market share by usage. This is a sharp reversal from just two years ago when OpenAI held 50%.
31/07/2025
DJI won’t sell you an Osmo 360 in the US — but these retailers will
We knew DJI had a hard time importing its drones into the United States to the point that many shelves have gone bare, but it’s not just drones anymore. Today marks the first time it’s formally skipping the US with a non-drone product, its 8K Osmo 360 camera — and it’s not clear if it […]
31/07/2025
Twitter’s former Trust & Safety head details the challenges facing decentralized social platforms
Yoel Roth shares concerns about the open social web's ability to combat misinformation, spam, and other illegal content.
31/07/2025
Dropbox is shutting down its password manager — here’s what you can do
Dropbox is ending its password manager. Learn how to move your passwords to Proton Pass and explore a privacy-first ecosystem for your data.
31/07/2025
The sequel to ‘The Social Network’ may have just found its lead actors
“The Social Network" sequel is reportedly looking at Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison to play the two leads.
31/07/2025
The Switch 2 is off to a speedy start for big third-party games
With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games. It's a problem that plagued previous Nintendo consoles, which often received games years after other platforms, if at all. While today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase may have lacked the splash of anticipated third-party games like Hades […]
31/07/2025
Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines
Search engines are indexing links to ChatGPT conversations that have been made sharable with a link.
31/07/2025
Microsoft follows Nvidia's lead, surpasses $4 trillion market capitalization on soaring demand for cloud services, multi-front AI endeavors
Microsoft reached a $4 trillion valuation on strong fiscal 2025 results, surging cloud and AI growth, deep ties with OpenAI, its own AI development, and rising demand ahead of Windows 10's end-of-support.
31/07/2025
Intel quietly rolls out 'new' Core 5 CPUs that look suspiciously like 12th Gen chips — Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F enter the budget gaming market with i5-12400 specs and 100 MHz boost
Intel has launched the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, two processors with silicon that seems to belong to the chipmaker's previous Alder / Raptor Lake lineup.
31/07/2025
Epic’s Game Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play
Following an appeals court victory on Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that “the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store.” This is despite Google’s plan to appeal the Ninth Circuit panel’s decision, which declined to overturn a 2023 jury verdict that Google’s app store and payment system had […]
31/07/2025
Figma’s stock soars in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hits $45B
There has been so much demand for this stock that people on X are posting funny pictures of their orders being fulfilled.
31/07/2025
Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network sequel might recast Mark Zuckerberg
Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing a follow-up to The Social Network, and Jeremy Strong is reportedly the lead candidate to play Mark Zuckerberg. “Sources say no formal offer has been presented but that he is the top choice to play the Facebook founder,” according to Deadline. Jesse Eisenberg played the role in the first […]
31/07/2025
Exposing 24 hours of hidden data leaks
The video exposes how your digital devices invade your privacy and harvest your personal data from seemingly innocuous daily interactions.
31/07/2025
Google loses appeal over app store overhaul in Epic Games case
The court rejected Google’s argument that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Games.
31/07/2025
The best dating apps aren’t even dating apps
With dating app fatigue rising, some peopl are finding love in unexpected places – the forums and sites they use to pass idle time online, as opposed to those dedicated to online dating.
31/07/2025
Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps —and AI is partially to blame
Side products can no longer be maintained, even if they have "loads of happy and loyal customers," as the Iconfactory's co-founder, Ged Maheux, says.
31/07/2025
Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel
Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat last month, a video of Tesla’s service in San Francisco shows a vehicle arriving with a human at the wheel, as reported earlier by Business […]
31/07/2025
Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again
Epic has won again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will not overturn the unanimous jury verdict from 2023 that Google’s app store and payments system had become illegal monopolies. Today, that appeals court affirmed the lower court’s decision in Epic v. Google, according to an full opinion you can read below — and Google […]
31/07/2025
Quora’s Poe releases a developer API with access to a bouquet of AI models
Quora's Poe platform is releasing an API to let developers access more than 100 models across text, image, video, and voice.
31/07/2025
The 15 best back-to-school deals for college students
Believe it or not, summer break is winding down and it’s almost time to head back to school. It’s sad, I know, but look at the bright side: retailers like Amazon are using the occasion as an excuse to launch yet another sale. We’re not complaining, mainly because the deals encompass a wide range of […]
31/07/2025
TikTok merges its Core Product and Trust & Safety teams
As part of the changes, TikTok's head of Operations and Trust & Safety Adam Presser will become the General Manager of TikTok USDS, a separate entity of TikTok that's tasked with safeguarding U.S. national security interests, TechCrunch confirmed with TikTok.
31/07/2025
Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 from 2017 — also ditches Apple Silicon for an Intel laptop
Linux creator Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 and an Intel laptop for kernel development, as revealed through a bug report involving DSC on his ASUS 5K monitor. His deliberate use of modest, open-friendly hardware subtly pushes back against AI hype and proprietary bloat.
31/07/2025
Microsoft becomes the second $4 trillion company
Microsoft’s stock price has risen so much today that it has passed a $4 trillion market valuation for the first time in its 50-year history. The software maker is the second company to be valued at $4 trillion, after Nvidia reached a market cap of over $4 trillion earlier this month. Microsoft has reached this […]
31/07/2025
Ford’s planning a ‘Model T moment’ for EVs on August 11th
Ford is preparing a major electric vehicle announcement that CEO Jim Farley calls a “Model T moment,” as reported earlier by InsideEVs. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Farley said the company will reveal plans to design and build a “breakthrough” EV, along with a new platform, at an August 11th event in Kentucky. Even […]
31/07/2025
Thumby Color micro-review: a delightfully tiny GBA clone that doesn’t play Nintendo
It's always a risk betting on new video game hardware from a little-known company: what if game developers never show up? But the $50 Thumby Color, on sale this week, is an easier sell - the two-inch handheld is cute as a button, fits on your keychain, lets aspiring programmers build and publish games right […]
31/07/2025
GuliKit’s new budget-friendly controller can wake the Switch 2
GuliKit is following the release of its $49.99 Elves 2 Pro controller last May with a slightly cheaper alternative that brings a feature that’s still somewhat rare amongst third-party gamepads: remotely waking the Switch 2. The new GuliKit Elves 2 sacrifices some of the Pro’s more premium features like advanced haptics, but for $29.99 — […]
31/07/2025
AOC Q27G40XMN 27-inch Mini LED 180 Hz gaming monitor review: Tremendous color volume and brightness
AOC brings Mini LED tech to the value segment with its Q27G40XMN. It’s a 27-inch VA QHD panel with 180 Hz and Adaptive-Sync. It delivers HDR peaks over 1,000 nits with a huge color gamut and precise video processing for a smooth gaming experience.
31/07/2025
OpenAI to launch AI data center in Norway, its first in Europe
OpenAI said the new Norway-based datacenter comes as the European Union races to achieve AI sovereignty by investing in data center and compute power.
31/07/2025
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve been updating throughout the year.
31/07/2025
A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
31/07/2025
How founders are ditching VC norms and finding capital on their own terms at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, a candid conversation is coming to the Builder Stage — one that unpacks what startup funding looks like beyond the venture capital echo chamber. Funding routes that don’t start in the Valley Founders today have more capital paths than ever. But how […]
31/07/2025
Ford to reveal more about its new low-cost electric vehicles on August 11
Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, has touted this as a "Model T moment" -- but the first of these new EVs won't come out until 2027.
31/07/2025
Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. Today, I’m joined by Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter. We’re talking about the AI talent wars and why some researchers are suddenly getting traded like they’re NBA superstars. If you’ve been paying attention at […]
31/07/2025
Waymo’s Tekedra Mawakana on the truth behind autonomous vehicles at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Autonomous vehicles have long been touted as “just around the corner,” but the reality of what it takes to bring self-driving cars to the streets is anything but simple. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana joins the Disrupt Stage for a wide-ranging conversation on […]
31/07/2025
Prices leak for every Pixel 10 phone
We’ve already seen what every Pixel 10 model looks like, and now we might know the pricing, too. A new leak from Android Headlines suggests the base Pixel 10 with 128GB of storage will have the same $799 starting price as its predecessor, while the rest of the lineup isn’t seeing any major changes, either. […]
31/07/2025
The best CPU for gaming, AMD's 9800X3D, hits an all-time low price of £399 at Amazon — The lowest price in the UK right now
The best price in the UK, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is £399 at Amazon — an all-time low.
31/07/2025
Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.
Google will use machine learning and user data to estimate age of users in the U.S.
31/07/2025
Samsung reportedly slashes HBM3 prices to woo Nvidia — cuts could put the heat on rivals SK hynix and Micron as company attempts to spur AI turnaround
Samsung is reportedly slashing HBM3E costs to win back Nvidia and challenge rivals SK hynix and Micron. A ZDNet Korea report reveals internal pricing changes and packaging tweaks as Samsung aims to make its AI memory more competitive in a high-stakes battle for dominance in the AI hardware space.
31/07/2025
The Verge’s favorite backpacks, totes, and other bags for 2025
About two years ago, we ran an article in which Verge staffers talked about their favorite backpacks and other bags. It’s time for a new one, and so we asked the staff to tell us about their favorite travel packs, day-to-day bags, and other ways to carry stuff around. Here’s what they told us. Backpacks […]
31/07/2025
Nvidia will support GeForce drivers on Windows 10 until October 2026
Nvidia is releasing a new GeForce Game Ready Driver today that expands support for Windows 10 devices, alongside some games and G-Sync displays. Windows 10 Game Ready Driver support will now be available for GeForce RTX GPUs until October 2026, a year beyond when Microsoft is planning to stop supporting the operating system on October […]
31/07/2025
Nvidia confirms end of Game Ready driver support for Maxwell and Pascal GPUs — affected products will get optimized drivers through October 2025
End of the line for a wide range of iconic graphics cards
31/07/2025
China raises security concerns over Nvidia's H20 Chips — hardware may expose user data or hidden tracking functions
China has raised security concerns over Nvidia’s H20 GPU shortly after a U.S. export ban was lifted, signaling potential political pushback against American hardware.
31/07/2025
Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition review: a polarizing choice
It was a sweltering Sunday in Brooklyn. Instead of being wasteful and spending $10 on a five-minute Uber, I decided to walk the 20 minutes to a cutesy Japanese stationery cafe with an even cutesier name. Despite the 85 percent humidity, my vanity demanded I wear a full face of makeup with a snatched nose […]
31/07/2025
All the news from Nintendo’s July 2025 Direct showcase
It’s been a little over a month since the Switch 2 launched and Nintendo’s ready to share more of the games coming to the console. This Nintendo Direct will be a short one, only 25-minutes long, and focused exclusively on third-party games. It’s likely that Hades 2 will make an appearance. The game, out on […]
31/07/2025
DJI’s first 360-degree camera can continuously capture 8K footage for over 100 minutes
DJI has announced the company’s first 360-degree action camera designed to compete with the Insta360 X5 and the aging GoPro Max (which the company is planning to replace soon). The new DJI Osmo 360 slightly edges out the X5’s recording capabilities by capturing 8K videos at 50fps instead of 30fps, and features a design that’s […]
31/07/2025
Introducing Proton Authenticator – secure 2FA, your way
We're launching a secure, independent authenticator app available on desktop and mobile, to help you secure your online accounts.
31/07/2025
Uber Eats is adding AI to menus, food photos, and reviews
The menus on your next Uber Eats order may be embellished using generative AI. The food delivery service is rolling out new features that aim to help businesses advertise and communicate with customers, which include AI additions to menu descriptions, food photos, and review summaries, along with a live chat tool and payments for user-submitted […]
31/07/2025
Uber Eats now lets merchants message customers about their orders
With the new Live order chat feature, merchants can message with customers in real-time to do things like confirm replacements for sold out items, clarify special requests, and check in on dietary or allergy preferences.
31/07/2025
Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
Proton has a free new authenticator apps, which is available cross-platform with end-to-end encryption protection for data.
31/07/2025
Hey Microsoft, is it ‘Xbox PC’ or ‘Xbox on PC’?
Microsoft first started using the "Xbox PC" term in a blog post announcing the Gears of Wars remaster in early May. It was a new branding effort designed to signal that games are available on PC through its own Xbox PC app and store. The Xbox PC branding didn't last long though, as Microsoft has […]
31/07/2025
GitHub Copilot crosses 20 million all-time users
One of the most popular AI coding tools on the market added five million users in the last three months.
31/07/2025
Kleiner Perkins-backed Ambiq pops on IPO debut
The 15-year-old chipmaker saw its shares climb 61% above its IPO price by the close of its first trading day.
31/07/2025
Meta is playing the AI game with house money
Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree is costing a lot of money. His investors don’t care. Meta’s stock price shot up over 10 percent on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings. Revenue generated in the second quarter was $47.5 billion, up 22 percent from a year ago. Daily users across Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp […]
31/07/2025
Aurora’s autonomous trucks are now driving at night. Its next big challenge is rain.
The company has also opened another facility in Phoenix as it scales driverless operations.
30/07/2025
Figma’s IPO price hit a $19.3B valuation out of the gate
In what should be a surprise to no one, Figma priced its IPO shares above its already-increased previously announced range.
30/07/2025
Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future
Mark Zuckerberg really believes AI glasses will be the ideal way to blend the physical and digital worlds together.
30/07/2025
All of your international packages are about to get more expensive
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that will suspend the de minimis exemption — which allows packages with goods valued less than $800 to enter the US duty-free — for all countries. Earlier this year, Trump ended the de minimis exemption for goods from China and Hong Kong. The White House says […]
30/07/2025
SpaceX faces two new lawsuits alleging safety‐related retaliation
The lawsuits offer a closer look at the safety environment at SpaceX.
30/07/2025
Meta to spend up to $72B on AI infrastructure in 2025 as compute arms race escalates
Meta is pouring money into the physical and technical infrastructure needed to scale its AI ambitions. The company said Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings report that it plans to more than double its spend on building AI infrastructure – like data centers and servers. “We currently expect 2025 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to be in the range of $66-72 billion…up approximately $30 billion year-over-year at the midpoint,” Meta said.
30/07/2025
Zuckerberg: AI increased the time spent on Facebook and Instagram in Q2
Overall, Meta estimated that over 3.4 billion people used one of its "family of apps."
30/07/2025
Spotify’s terrible privacy settings just leaked Palmer Luckey’s bops and bangers
Have you ever wondered what bops powerful figures are listening to on Spotify? You'd be amazed what you can get with a profile search - but just in case you want them all in one place, there's the Panama Playlists, a newly published collection of data on the musical listening habits of politicians, journalists, and […]
30/07/2025
Google proposes to open Play Store to more real-money games in India
Google has proposed sweeping changes to its Play Store and advertising policies in India, aiming to allow more real-money gaming apps onto its platforms.
30/07/2025
Big Tech to work with Trump administration to build digital health ecosystem
The efforts will focus on two areas: creating a framework for patients and providers to easily share information, and creating more personal tools so patients can access resources needed to stay informed about their health.
30/07/2025
Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings, with Windows and Xbox up too
Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 24 percent. Like clockwork, cloud services are the strong point of Microsoft’s revenue this quarter. […]
30/07/2025
8BitDo’s wireless Nintendo 64 controller is now available
Analogue’s 4K remake of the Nintendo 64 has been delayed again and again due to the US tariff situation. But at least you can get 8BitDo’s updated take on the N64 controller, which was announced alongside the Analogue 3D, while you wait. You can get one through Amazon in white or black for $39.99 and […]
30/07/2025
Layoffs hit CNET as its parent company goes on a buying spree
Ziff Davis, the media conglomerate that owns outlets like CNET, ZDNET, PCMag, and Mashable is laying off 15 percent of its unionized workforce, for a total of 23 people. The majority of layoffs are coming from CNET, where 19 people will lose their jobs — even as Ziff Davis goes on a shopping spree. The […]
30/07/2025
Dropbox is shutting down its password manager
Dropbox is discontinuing its password manager. The tool, Dropbox Passwords, will be discontinued on October 28th, and the company is recommending that you transfer your passwords to another app like 1Password ahead of that date. The company will shut down Dropbox Passwords in phases. Starting August 28th, Dropbox Passwords will be view-only from both the […]
30/07/2025
Future Games Show announces hosts for Gamescom showcase — 'Metal Gear Solid' and 'Resident Evil' actors to present
The Future Games Show has picked video game actors David Hayter and Maggie Robertson to host its showcase at Gamescom on August 20.
30/07/2025
RDNA 4's Unreal Engine 4 ray-tracing stutters may not be AMD-specific
A YouTuber has discovered that AMD's RDNA 4 ray-tracing stutter problems in Unreal Engine 4 games goes deeper than expected. Intel Arc GPUs also suffer from the same stuttering problems, suggesting it is an engine issue rather than a driver problem.
30/07/2025
Palo Alto Networks agrees to buy CyberArk for $25 billion
The cybersecurity giant is getting into identity security with its acquisition of CyberArk, which is one of the biggest cybersecurity deals of the year so far.
30/07/2025
Researchers find automated financial traders will collude with each other through a combination of 'artificial intelligence' and 'artificial stupidity'
Researchers at Wharton and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have a working paper detailing the ways automated tools that rely on reinforcement learning can end up colluding with each other.
30/07/2025
Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky
Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.
30/07/2025
PUBG’s plan to beat Fortnite, Roblox, and every other game
Roblox and Fortnite are two of the biggest games around, and a huge part of why is because they aren't just one game: instead, they're vast platforms where you can party up with your friends, dress up in ridiculous digital outfits, and quickly jump from one experience to another. Back in the day, Fortnite copied […]
30/07/2025
Meta's Zuckerberg outlines vision for 'personal superintelligence' in a letter — says that, unlike rivals, his approach isn't about automating everything
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlines his vision for “personal superintelligence” just ahead of the company’s Q2 earnings. With billions poured into AI hires and hardware partnerships, Meta's new direction hints at a future shaped by open-source models and personalized AI infrastructure.
30/07/2025
Hackers stole Social Security numbers during Allianz Life cyberattack
The U.S. insurance giant tells state regulators that Social Security numbers were among the personal information stolen in its mid-July cyberattack.
30/07/2025
Zuckerberg signals Meta won’t open source all of its ‘superintelligence’ AI models
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision on Wednesday for “personal superintelligence,” the idea that people should be able to use AI to achieve their personal goals, create, connect, and lead fulfilling lives. Smuggled into the letter is a signal that Meta is shifting how it plans to ensure widespread access to superintelligence, a suggestion that the company’s most advanced AI may remain closed so that Meta can stay in the driver’s seat.
30/07/2025
Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts
Google will soon cast an even wider net with its AI age estimation technology. After announcing plans to find and restrict underage users on YouTube, the company now says it will start detecting whether Google users based in the US are under 18. Age estimation is rolling out over the next few weeks and will […]
30/07/2025
Building a Full-Stack App with React and Aspire: A Step-by-Step Guide
Discover how to build a full-stack application with React and Aspire, integrating a React front-end with an ASP.NET Core Web API and persisting data to a database. The post Building a Full-Stack App with React and Aspire: A Step-by-Step Guide appeared first on .NET Blog.
30/07/2025
Chinese CPUs are closing the gap on AMD — next-gen Zhaoxin chips feature 96 cores, 12-channel DDR5 memory, and 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes
Zhaoxin has announced the new KaiXian KX-7000N and Kaisheng KH-50000 processors at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025.
30/07/2025
Ramp hits $22.5B valuation just 45 days after reaching $16B
In 2025, Ramp keeps raising money at increasing valuations as its CEO pursues an AI-powered future.
30/07/2025
You can hide an AirTag in Skechers’ new kid shoes
If you’re a parent with kids in school or who are independently exploring your neighborhood for the first time, there’s a good chance you’ve considered stashing a tracker somewhere on their person for added peace of mind. Skechers is making that a little easier with a new line of sneakers for kids that feature a […]
30/07/2025
A guide to using Edits, Meta’s CapCut rival for short-form video editing
Meta shared that it was working on Edits in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores.
30/07/2025
How a New Jersey startup found an electrifying way to slash copper costs
Still Bright is now loaded up with $18.7 million in seed money to build out its demonstration unit.
30/07/2025
DJI finally brings its impressive Amflow e-bike to US trails
Starting today, DJI’s Amflow electric mountain bike range is available to buy in the United States. It comes over a year since the showcase for DJI’s very impressive Avinox drive system was launched in Europe, sending shockwaves through the industry and leaving stalwarts like Bosch and Specialized struggling to respond. What’s most impressive about the Avinox system […]
30/07/2025
Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet
On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online Safety Act requires sites hosting porn and other content deemed "harmful" - including Reddit, Discord, Grindr, X, and Bluesky - to verify that users are over the age of 18. The early results have been chaotic. While […]
30/07/2025
Microsoft is getting ready for GPT-5 with a new Copilot smart mode
I reported last week that OpenAI is planning to launch GPT-5 in early August, as part of an effort to simplify and combine its large language models. Just a day after my report, references to GPT-5 were spotted inside Microsoft's Copilot web app, hinting at a new smart mode. Sources familiar with Microsoft's AI plans […]
30/07/2025
PlayerZero raises $15M to prevent AI agents from shipping buggy code
PlayerZero landed angel investors like Databricks' Matei Zaharia, Dropbox's Drew Houston, Figma's Dylan Field, and Vercel's Guillermo Rauch, its founder says.
30/07/2025
Pokémon TCG Pocket will change card art after plagiarism accusations
While you can now start collecting Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Johto-themed Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion, two of the set’s rarest cards are being changed in response to concerns about art theft. Soon after dataminers began posting images of Wisdom of Sea and Sky’s cards on Tuesday, Chinese artist lanjiujiu took to their X account […]
30/07/2025
Minnesota activates National Guard as cyberattack on Saint Paul disrupts public services
Gov. Tim Walz activated the state military's cyber forces to help ensure public services continue to run as the city of Saint Paul battles an ongoing cyberattack.
30/07/2025
Elon Musk’s Boring Company announces plan to tunnel under Nashville
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced plans to dig tunnels under Nashville, creating a loop that will connect the city’s downtown with the Nashville International Airport. The Boring Company says it will begin construction “immediately” following approval and expects the first 10-mile phase to be operational as early as next year, as reported earlier by […]
30/07/2025
Peacock’s adaptation finally feels like Twisted Metal in season 2
The first season of Twisted Metal was almost like a prologue. Peacock's adaptation of the long-dormant PlayStation game series spent 10 episodes setting up its car-focused post-apocalyptic world and most of the major characters, all while rattling off a never-ending barrage of jokes. But it never really felt all that much like the games it […]
30/07/2025
HPE gets approval for $14B acquisition of Juniper, to defend AI networking edge against China's Huawei — White House stepped in after agencies flagged national security concerns
U.S. intelligence reportedly pushed the DOJ to approve HPE’s $14B Juniper acquisition, viewing it as a strategic move against Huawei. Despite internal DOJ tension, the merger seeks to strengthen US networking capabilities amid rising tech competition with China.
30/07/2025
Skechers is making kids’ shoes with a hidden AirTag compartment
Skechers launches kids' shoes with built-in AirTag holder.
30/07/2025
Micron's industry-first PCI 6.0 SSD promises sequential reads up to 28,000 MB/s — 245 TB SSD also coming for those who need capacity more than cutting-edge speed
Micron launched the 9650 SSD with PCIe 6.0 and 5.5M IOPS for AI workloads, and unveiled the 6600 ION series with up to 245TB for high-density, energy-efficient storage.
30/07/2025
How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28 million for their AI marketing automation startup
A marketing automation startup called Conversation has a founding story that sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valley.”
30/07/2025
How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28M for their AI marketing automation startup
A marketing automation startup called Conversation has a founding story that sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valley.”
30/07/2025
The latest MacBook Air with M4 is down to its lowest price ever
If you need a laptop for school or work, our top recommendation is Apple’s 13-Inch MacBook Air with the M4 chip, which is at an all-time low price of $799 ($200 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. The machine is thin and light, yet its M4 chip is powerful enough to handle more intense workloads, […]
30/07/2025
Will online safety laws become the next tariff bargaining chip?
President Donald Trump and other Republicans have railed for years against foreign regulation of US tech companies, including online safety laws. As the US fights a global tariff war, it may bring those rules under fire - just as some of them are growing teeth. Over the past weeks, Trump has touted a blitz of […]
30/07/2025
Mark Zuckerberg promises you can trust him with superintelligent AI
Hours before Meta’s earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision for the future of AI: personalized super-smart AI for everyone — especially in the form of wearable glasses. He said his vision is for everyone to have an AI tool that “helps you achieve your goals, create what you want to see in the world, […]
30/07/2025
Microsoft breach triggers global alarm
Critical Microsoft SharePoint attack compromises hundreds of government agencies, universities, energy operators, and companies worldwide.
30/07/2025
Gen AI apps doubled their revenue, grew to 1.7B downloads in first half of 2025
People are downloading and spending money on Gen AI apps more than ever.
30/07/2025
Inside the LG G5’s shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout
The 2025 TV Shootout went down over the weekend, and the results are shocking: yes, the Sony Bravia 8 II won the overall competition and my personal award for silliest name, but the LG G5 came in last place by a huge margin. I was one of the judges, and I think I have a […]
30/07/2025
YouTube loosens profanity rules for monetized videos
YouTube is tweaking its profanity-related rules to allow creators to monetize videos with swearing in them, provided the profanity is contained to the first seven seconds of the video.
30/07/2025
TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them
TikTok is officially rolling out Footnotes, a community fact-checking program that’s supposed to add helpful context to videos. With this update, US-based users will start seeing Footnotes on videos in the coming weeks, and will also get the option to rate them. After allowing people to join the Footnotes pilot in April, TikTok says almost […]
30/07/2025
AIR lands $23M to bring its eVTOLs to the US
Israel-based eVTOL startup AIR has raised $23 million to scale production of both its piloted and uncrewed cargo aircraft, and enter the U.S.
30/07/2025
Nintendo’s next Switch 2 Direct is on July 31st
Now that the Switch 2 is out, and the console’s biggest exclusives — Mario Kart World, and Donkey Kong Bananza — are delighting fans, it’s time to see what else this thing can do. Nintendo’s hosting its next Direct presentation on Thursday July 31st bright and early at 9 AM ET. You can watch the […]
30/07/2025
Adobe releases Windows on Arm versions of Premiere Pro and After Effects
Adobe is finally releasing Windows on Arm versions of Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Media Encoder this week. All four apps are available as public beta versions, but they do lack some features or have some known issues compared to the versions available for Intel-powered systems. The native ARM64 version of Premiere Pro won’t […]
30/07/2025
Asus ROG G700 review: Premium performance at a sensible price
The Asus ROG G700 is a solid entry for value-minded gamers, offering excellent performance and well-rounded features.
30/07/2025
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 review: more of a good thing
It's the flip phone paradox: if you want to be more mindful about your mobile device usage, you need more screen, not less. I know. But I swear it's true: with a bigger cover screen, you get more than just a new way to check notifications. You can actually get shit done. Things that are […]
30/07/2025
Observe continues to adapt to the changing world of software observability
Observe just raised a $156 million Series C round as the company looks to offer support for Apache Iceberg by the end of the year.
30/07/2025
Google says it will sign EU’s AI code of practice
Google confirmed it will sign the European Union's general purpose AI code of practice. Meta has already said it will not sign the voluntary framework.
30/07/2025
Nvidia's upcoming ARM-based N1X SoC leaks again, this time on FurMark — modest benchmark score indicates early engineering sample but confirms Windows evaluation
NVIDIA’s N1X SoC has surfaced in FurMark, revealing RTX 2060-tier performance despite packing 6,144 CUDA cores—more than an RTX 5070. Running under Windows 11 with new 590.22 drivers, the chip appears to be in validation.
30/07/2025
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is stuck in a familiar orbit
If last year's Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 was tried and true, this year's Galaxy Watch 8 is a bit more like tried and fine. This isn't overtly bad. Most smartwatch newbies will be delighted by the $349.99 Galaxy Watch 8 - provided they can stomach the new squircle design. It's more that if you've been […]
30/07/2025
Google’s Pixel 10 sure looks like it’ll support magnetic Qi2 charging
Evidence is mounting that Google’s Pixel 10 series will support Qi2 wireless charging, including built-in magnets, finally offering a mainstream Android alternative to Apple’s MagSafe. The latest sign is a leaked image of the Pixel 10 with what appears to be a magnetic wireless charging puck attached to the back. The leaked image comes from […]
30/07/2025
Power usage in Wyoming AI data center could eclipse consumption of the state's human residents by 5x — tenant of colossal investment remains a mystery
Plans are afoot to create a massive new data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with power demands many multiples of the state's population.
30/07/2025
YouTube makes it easy for TV users to skip to the best bits of videos
It seems YouTube is finally giving its TV app the AI feature that lets you skip to the most interesting parts of a video. Android Authority’s Mishaal Rahman reports that the Jump Ahead perk for YouTube Premium subscribers appeared on his Nvidia Shield TV yesterday, a feature that was previously exclusive to YouTube’s web and […]
30/07/2025
Footnotes, TikTok’s crowdsourced fact-checks, launches in the US
All U.S. TikTok users are able to view the notes that have been rated as helpful and submit their own ratings in return.
30/07/2025
TikTok adds new parental controls, tools for creators
The social network is bringing new parental controls to Family Pairing, its feature that allows parents to link their accounts with their teen's account to customize safety settings.
30/07/2025
EU fab tool makers get reprieve in EU-U.S. tariffs deal — ASML and others to be exempted from 15% duty
A new U.S.–EU trade deal exempts semiconductor equipment from tariffs, avoiding steep cost hikes for American chipmakers and protecting the competitiveness of U.S. fabs.
30/07/2025
Nvidia-backed startup invents Ethernet memory pool to help power AI — claims it can add up to 18TB of DDR5 capacity for large-scale inference workloads and reduce per-token generation costs by up to 50%
Enfabrica is piloting its Emfasys Ethernet-connected DDR5 memory pool that adds up to 18TB of CXL-attached memory to any AI server to ease memory bottlenecks in large-scale inference workloads.
30/07/2025
Space Force bets on commercial entrants in $4B satcom contest
The Space Force is leveraging commercial competition for the next phase of its PTS program.
29/07/2025
YouTube tells creators they can drop more F-bombs
YouTube videos with strong profanity in the first seven seconds (words like “fuck”) are now eligible for full monetization, according to a video from Conor Kavanagh, YouTube’s head of monetization policy experience. Previously, these kinds of videos were only eligible for “limited ad revenue.” Changes to YouTube’s inappropriate language policies have long been a sore […]
29/07/2025
Lovense was told its sex toy app leaked users’ emails and didn’t fix it
Lovense, the maker of internet-connected sex toys, left user emails exposed for months — even after it became aware of the vulnerability. In a blog post spotted by TechCrunch and Bleeping Computer, security researcher BobDaHacker found that they could “turn any username into their email address,” which they could then use to take over someone’s […]
29/07/2025
Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation
Should this new fundraising deal close, it will double Groq's valuation in about nine months.
29/07/2025
LG’s StanbyMe 2 is an unquestionably cool TV at a questionably high price
LG’s StanbyMe 2 has all the ingredients of a good follow-up gadget: the 27-inch display is 1440p instead of 1080p, and instead of being trapped on its rollable stand, the screen is detachable for you to use wherever and however you want. It can hang on the wall if you buy a compatible strap, or […]
29/07/2025
Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them
Both Luma and Runway have reportedly held conversations with self-driving car and robotics companies as they look toward the future.
29/07/2025
Opera files complaint against Microsoft’s tricks to make you use Edge
Microsoft has used a variety of tricks to convince people to keep using the defaults of Bing and Microsoft Edge in Windows over the years, including modifying Chrome download sites and using malware-like popups. Now, Opera is fed up of what it calls Microsoft’s “manipulative design tactics” and is filing a competition complaint in Brazil today, alleging that Microsoft […]
29/07/2025
Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data
Google refused to tell a U.S. senator whether the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data, similar to an order served on Apple earlier this year.
29/07/2025
FBI seizes $2.4 million in Bitcoin from member of recently ascendant Chaos ransomware group
The FBI in Dallas, Texas, has seized 20 Bitcoins from a member of the Chaos Ransomware gang, amounting to almost $2.4 million in value.
29/07/2025
Sharge added a rechargeable battery to its sleek retractable charger
Sharge has demonstrated again and again that the chargers and power banks you use to keep your devices running don’t need to look like boring gray bricks. The company has updated its transparent Retractable 65 wall charger, released earlier this year, with a 10,000mAh battery so it’s no longer completely dependent on an outlet. The […]
29/07/2025
ChatGPT’s new AI study mode won’t just give you the answer
OpenAI is adding a new study mode for ChatGPT that “helps you work through problems step by step instead of just getting an answer,” according to an OpenAI blog post. It will be available today for ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users and for ChatGPT Edu users “in the next few weeks.” When you […]
29/07/2025
Sony’s DualSense Edge is $30 off for a limited time
If you spend a lot of time gaming on the PlayStation 5, you may want a controller that can offer more customization than the standard DualSense. The pro-style DualSense Edge is worth considering, especially now since it’s currently down to $170 ($29.99 off) on the PlayStation website with the code EVO2025 through August 4th. The […]
29/07/2025
The chaos and confusion of Itch and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban
Two of the biggest digital games stores have stopped selling thousands of titles following pressure from a coalition of anti-porn advocates and the world's biggest payment processing companies. It's happened before, will likely happen again, and is suppressing art, free expression, and marginalized creators. Last week, the indie gaming storefront itch.io sent out a sudden […]
29/07/2025
Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round
The new round is being led by Iconiq Capital, with the possibility of a co-lead investor joining.
29/07/2025
V-Color announces 2TB RDIMM kits for Threadripper Pro 9000 — 256GB modules promise stability at absurdly high RAM capacities
V-Color has announced its newest line of OC RDIMMs purpose-built for the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Pro line, reaching up to 256GB on a single RDIMM. In some Pro motherboards, these kits are rated for up to 2TB total installed capacity.
29/07/2025
SOSV bets plasma will change everything from semiconductors to spacecraft
SOSV is investing in more than 25 plasma-related startups over the next five years.
29/07/2025
AMD's Zen 5 gets down to business with new Ryzen Pro 9000 CPUs, according to leak — next-gen enterprise chips to predictably feature up to 12 Zen 5 cores, 65W TDPs
A hardware leaker has shared the alleged specifications for AMD's upcoming Ryzen Pro 9000-series processors, designed for business users.
29/07/2025
Aspire 9.4 is here with a CLI and interactive dashboard features
Aspire 9.4 is packed with new features, integrations, and improvements The post Aspire 9.4 is here with a CLI and interactive dashboard features appeared first on .NET Blog.
29/07/2025
YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI
YouTube will soon begin using AI-powered age estimation technology to figure out which users are under the age of 18. Starting August 13th, YouTube will detect underage users in the US based on their activity and the age of their account, allowing the platform to automatically apply restrictions. These accounts will get the same protections […]
29/07/2025
Cash App users can now pool money for group payments — even with non-users
Cash App's new feature lets users pool money with a group to pay for expenses like vacations and gifts.
29/07/2025
Google’s NotebookLM rolls out Video Overviews
With this new capability, NotebookLM is taking a more visual approach to helping users understand different topics and ideas.
29/07/2025
Google won’t say if UK secretly demanded a backdoor for user data
Google said it has "never built a backdoor" for its services, but would not explicitly say if the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access.
29/07/2025
OpenAI launches Study Mode in ChatGPT
OpenAI's Study Mode aims to help students develop their own critical thinking skills, rather than just giving answers.
29/07/2025
Spotify hints at a more chatty voice AI interface in the future
Spotify says AI will allow for "much more interactive" consumer experiences in its app.
29/07/2025
Google’s NotebookLM can now make narrated slideshows with AI
Google’s NotebookLM is getting a new Video Overviews feature that uses AI to create slideshows with narration. The feature is rolling out now in English, and Google says that support for “more languages” is coming soon. “You can think of these as a visual alternative to Audio Overviews: the AI host creates new visuals to […]
29/07/2025
Tea app’s second data breach exposed over a million private messages
Dating safety app Tea experienced a second data breach in as many weeks, exposing over a million sensitive messages between users.
29/07/2025
This vertical mouse includes a volume knob with playback controls
There are plenty of wireless keyboards that incorporate an easy access volume knob, but Seenda’s MOU-302 is one of the first wireless mice to include the convenience. Featuring an ergonomic vertical design with its primary buttons and scroll wheel tilted 57 degrees, the mouse includes dedicated buttons for navigating forwards and back in a browser, […]
29/07/2025
YouTube rolls out age estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections
YouTube is introducing age detection technology to identify teens on the platform in the U.S. and apply prtections.
29/07/2025
Google’s AI Mode gets new ‘Canvas’ feature, real-time help with Search Live, and more
The tech giant is rolling out a new Canvas feature, the ability to get real-time help with Search Live, and the option to search what you see while browsing.
29/07/2025
Google’s AI Mode update adds even more tools for students
Google is bringing a bunch of new features to AI Mode, and is positioning the update as a way to help students study for tests or dig deeper into what they’re learning. Today, the company announced that it will now let users upload images to AI Mode on desktop, allowing them to ask questions about […]
29/07/2025
Telecom giant Orange warns of disruption amid ongoing cyberattack
The telecom giant, one of the largest in the world with customers in Europe and Africa, said customers are experiencing ongoing disruption to its services due to an unspecified hack.
29/07/2025
Yelp is creating its own AI videos about restaurants
Yelp is going to use AI to stitch together user-posted content about restaurants, food, and nightlife businesses to make short videos about those businesses. The company initially started testing the AI-stitched videos last year, but they’re now available nationwide on the iOS app’s TikTok-like vertically scrolling home feed. Business operators can’t currently see the videos […]
29/07/2025
Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Tesla tunnels under Nashville
Construction could start fast -- but that speed has edangered Boring Company workers in the past.
29/07/2025
The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech
Few things scratch my brain like a good beef. Kendrick vs. Drake. Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively. On my beat, it's usually two companies fighting over health tech patents. So-and-so copied a feature from so-and-so. The latest dispute on my radar is all about semantics. More specifically, the exact meaning of wellness. Let me catch […]
29/07/2025
Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app Bitchat now on App Store
Jack Dorsey's Bitchat is now available on the App Store, but security researchers have questioned the app's privacy claims.
29/07/2025
You can get two long-range Tile Pro trackers for the price of one
The Tile Pro is a helpful gadget that lets you more easily find your stuff, whether you’re gearing up for summer vacation or heading back to school. Attach it to anything from dorm keys to luggage, and its 500-feet Bluetooth range (combined with Tile Network and Amazon Sidewalk) boosts your chances of finding things you […]
29/07/2025
Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI’s tech beyond AGI milestone
Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup’s technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would clear a key hurdle in OpenAI’s transition toward becoming a fully commercial enterprise.
29/07/2025
EU plans $30 billion investment in gigawatt AI data centers — multiple sites to host 100,000 AI GPUs each as bloc plays catch-up to US and China
The European Union is launching a $30 billion initiative to build a network of gigawatt-class AI data centers across 16 member states in a bid to catch up with the U.S. and China, though concerns remain over power supply, unclear specifications, and long-term business viability.
29/07/2025
Get inside Disrupt: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
We’re looking for curious, driven volunteers to join our team at Moscone West from October 27–29, and help power one of the most iconic startup events in the world.
29/07/2025
Fed up with brands that use corn syrup and skim milk, this mother developed her own ‘clean’ baby formula
Nara Organics is a new organic, whole milk baby formula brand that's free from palm oil, soy, corn syrup, maltodextrin, and GMOs.
29/07/2025
You can now 3D print your own NAS bay — the N5 Mini supports five drives and even has customizable faceplates
Jack Harvest has designed an NAS enclosure inspired by the Minisforum N5 that you can 3D print at home to create using a mini PC.
29/07/2025
What’s on your desk, Cameron Faulkner?
Cameron Faulkner describes himself as “a New York City transplant who’s lived in Brooklyn since 2012.” He continues, “When I’m not at work, I try to get as far away from my computer as I can (I don’t always succeed), spending time with my wife, 15-month-old son, and two cats. I enjoy walking around, playing […]
29/07/2025
Google Workspace is rolling out a security update to stop token stealing attacks
Google Workspace is launching a new security measure to help prevent the same type of account takeover attack that impacted Linus Tech Tips. The feature, which is rolling out in beta for Chrome users on Windows, is designed to block bad actors from remotely stealing the cookies that keep you logged into your Workspace account. […]
29/07/2025
Golden Dome may not be the golden ticket Silicon Valley is hoping for
Golden Dome, the White House's next-gen missile defense system, is a huge opportunity for startups that can successfully collaborate with incumbents.
29/07/2025
One of Nintendo’s most creative Super Nintendo games is now on the Switch
Last night, Nintendo quietly added Mario Paint to the Nintendo Switch Online’s catalog of Super Nintendo games. Originally released back in 1992, Mario Paint was a unique SNES title, because although it included a handful of mini games, it was first and foremost a creative tool letting players draw, paint, animate, and even compose music […]
29/07/2025
ChatGPT agent casually brushes aside ‘I am not a robot’ captcha — 'so now I’ll click the 'verify you are human' checkbox to complete this verification' it declared without a hint of irony
A Redditor has demonstrated the ability of the recently launched ChatGPT agent to casually swat away a captcha, so that it can complete its assigned task(s).
29/07/2025
Elgato’s new 4K webcam lets you swap lens filters like a pro camera
Elgato is launching its Facecam 4K webcam today, which brings the price of 4K resolution and 60fps recording down to $199.99. While the Facecam 4K is $100 less than the Facecam Pro, it also has support for optional lens filters — a first for a webcam. The Facecam 4K will support any 49mm lens filter, […]
29/07/2025
Cash App now lets you pool money with friends who don’t use the app
Cash App is introducing a new peer-to-peer feature that allows you to pool money together for group payments, even with people who aren’t Cash App users. When a pool is created, the organizer can request contributions with in-app “$Cashtag” invitations, or via texts and shareable links for group members who use Apple Pay and Google […]
29/07/2025
Photoshop just made it shockingly easy to edit objects and people into photos
Adobe is launching some new generative AI features for Photoshop that make it easier than ever to convincingly add or remove people and objects in photographs. An update rolling out today introduces AI image upscaling, improved object removal, and an automatic composition tool that can seamlessly blend new elements into images in just a few […]
29/07/2025
Adobe adds new AI-powered image editing features to Photoshop
Adobe is adding an improved background removal tool to Photoshop using AI, so the app doesn't leave weird artifacts in your images.
29/07/2025
TikTok adds YouTube Music as an option to save songs playing in videos
You can now save tracks playing in TikTok videos directly to a playlist on YouTube Music.
29/07/2025
Ukraine strikes back at Russia — launches cyberattack on forces in Crimea as independent hackers target airline Aeroflot, grounding dozens of planes
Ukraine's intelligence agency conducted a sustained distributed-denial of service attack on Russian forces in Crimea while independent hacking groups targeted the airline.
29/07/2025
Nvidia seeks extra 300,000 H20 GPUs to meet China's surging AI demand — places order with TSMC to meet unexpectedly strong interest
Nvidia has ordered 300,000 H20 GPUs from TSMC as Chinese demand surges, despite political backlash over national security risks. The U.S. still hasn’t approved export licenses, but Nvidia aims to retain its foothold in China’s AI market, where rivals like Huawei are gaining ground.
29/07/2025
Netgear’s new Wi-Fi 7 mesh system is its most affordable yet
Netgear has launched the Orbi 370, the latest and most affordable addition to its Wi-Fi 7 mesh router portfolio. At $349.99 for a three-pack (which includes a router and two satellites), it costs a fraction of the price of Netgear’s other Wi-Fi 7 systems, like the high-end Orbi 870 and 970, or the $999.99 Orbi […]
29/07/2025
Netgear's Orbi 370 offers affordable dual-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh starting at $249.99 — company brings next-gen router pricing more in line with competition from TP-Link and Amazon
The Orbi 370 is available starting at $249.99 for a router and one satellite
29/07/2025
This founder left Silicon Valley to challenge U.S. defense supremacy from Athens, and investors are paying attention
Delian Alliance Industries recently raised $14 million in funding to continue building its defense products, which include surveillance towers, and concealed sea drones.
29/07/2025
Sex toy maker Lovense caught leaking users’ email addresses and exposing accounts to takeovers
A security researcher went public after the sex toy maker asked for more than a year to fix the vulnerabilities, which leak users' private email addresses and allow for accounts to be hijacked.
29/07/2025
Quantum machine learning unlocks new efficient chip design pipeline — encoding data in quantum states then analyzing it with machine learning up to 20% more effective than traditional models
Researchers have discovered a new method of designing semi-conductors by modeling the electrical resistance inside a chip using quantum computing pattern recognition, and then machine learning to analyze the output data.
29/07/2025
Trump’s AI plan is a massive handout to gas and chemical companies
The Trump administration put out its vision for AI infrastructure in the US last week. It's a dream for the fossil fuel and chemical industries - and a nightmare for wind and solar energy and the environment. An "AI Action Plan" and flurry of executive orders Donald Trump signed last week read like manifestos on […]
29/07/2025
Food delivery service Calo scores $39 million in Series B extension as it sets eyes on the UK
Calo acquired two meal kit companies in the UK and integrated their operations without laying off anyone.
29/07/2025
Home Depot now has an app-controlled version of its viral Halloween skeleton
The summer isn’t halfway over, and Home Depot already wants you to start thinking about Halloween. After introducing a limited-edition animated version of its 12-foot-tall skeleton decoration last year, the hardware company is hoping for more viral fame this year with a new Ultra Skelly. At 6.5 feet tall, it’s much smaller than the original […]
29/07/2025
Aeva strikes lidar chip-making deal with LG subsidiary
LG Innotek, the components and materials subsidiary of South Korea’s LG Group, has struck a manufacturing partnership with Aeva Technologies, a developer of 4D LiDAR sensing systems.
29/07/2025
‘World’s smallest Intel Core Ultra-powered Mini PC’ crown claimed by fanless Aaeon PICO-MTU4-SEMI — just 43mm high and 0.44 liters in size
The tiny new Aaeon PICO-MTU4-SEMI is claimed to be the “world’s smallest Intel Core Ultra-powered Mini PC.”
29/07/2025
U.S. semiconductor design company fined $140 million over China dealings — sold software to a military institution thought to be conducting nuclear explosion simulations
Cadence admits to selling EDA tools to sanctioned entities from 2015 to 2020.
29/07/2025
Imagining Lumo, your trustworthy AI companion
Behind the scenes of Lumo’s design journey, from its name and mascot to its immersive universe. See how Proton brought a private AI assistant to life.
29/07/2025
China forms AI alliances to cut U.S. tech reliance — Huawei among companies seeking to create unified tech stack with domestic-powered standardization
Chinese AI hardware and software developers form alliances to develop AI standards to compete against American AI technologies and deploy AI across a broad set of applications.
29/07/2025
Ayaneo crams dedicated GPU-class Strix Halo and battery inside next-gen gaming handheld — second Ryzen AI Max+ 395 handheld boldly features an internal battery
Ayaneo has announced that its upcoming Next 2 handheld gaming PC will be powered by AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, sporting an integrated Radeon 8060S GPU with dedicated GPU-levels of performance.
29/07/2025
AI data analyst startup Julius nabs $10M seed round
The seed round for Julius AI was led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
29/07/2025
Waymo taps Avis to manage robotaxi fleet in Dallas
The robotaxi service is expected to launch in 2026.
28/07/2025
Harmonic, the Robinhood CEO’s AI math startup, launches an AI chatbot app
The chatbot app, which is available in beta on iOS and Android, lets users access its AI model, Aristotle.
28/07/2025
The controversial legal tactic The Trump Organization is using to take down fake merch
Unauthorized merch promoting Donald Trump - from hats and mugs to signs and T-shirts - is everywhere online. Go to a Trump rally or other MAGA political event and you're bound to find people hawking their DIY Trump wares. The Trump Organization apparently isn't too pleased. A lawsuit filed last week claims online sellers on […]
28/07/2025
Samsung’s One UI 8 might shut down bootloader unlocking on Galaxy phones
Samsung’s One UI 8 update seems to prevent users from unlocking their device’s bootloader to load custom ROMs, as spotted earlier by SammyGuru. Over the weekend, users on the XDA Developers forum noticed that Samsung appears to have disabled the option on devices in regions outside the US, where the option had already been locked […]
28/07/2025
Sony calls Tencent game ‘slavish clone’ of Horizon in new lawsuit
Sony is suing Tencent to attempt to stop the release of Light of Motiram, which Sony describes as a “slavish clone” of its Horizon series of games, as reported by Reuters. Light of Motiram was announced last year with a trailer featuring an aesthetic that’s quite similar to the Horizon franchise — including huge robot […]
28/07/2025
Warner Bros. Discovery will be Warner Bros. and Discovery after they break up
This time next year, the corporate entity known as Warner Bros. Discovery will be no more, and the two companies it’s splitting into have some very inspired names. Today, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that “Warner Bros.” and “Discovery Global” are the names of the two new businesses that will exist after it completes its restructuring […]
28/07/2025
Flexport sells former freight unicorn Convoy’s tech two years after buying it
The assets of Convoy are now in the hands of DAT Freight & Analytics.
28/07/2025
Yet another Pixel 6A caught fire
Another user has reported their Pixel 6A catching fire — but this time, it appears to have occurred after applying Google’s recent battery performance update that was intended to prevent overheating issues, as spotted by Android Authority. In a post on Reddit, a Pixel 6A user says they awoke to a “horrible smell and a […]
28/07/2025
Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare
An app designed to help women spot the "red flags" of men they date has incidentally put its users at risk. 404 Media reported that Tea was hacked by 4chan users last week, resulting in the selfies and driver's licenses of its mostly women users being posted to 4chan. An independent researcher for 404 Media […]
28/07/2025
Microsoft Edge is now an AI browser with launch of ‘Copilot Mode’
Microsoft's Edge browser introduces an AI-powered "Copilot Mode" for smarter web browsing.
28/07/2025
Your Whistle pet tracker will stop working next month
Tractive, an Austrian company that makes smart location and activity trackers for dogs and cats, is expanding its presence in the US by acquiring a competitor, Whistle, from Mars Petcare. As a result of the acquisition, the Whistle platform is being shut down and its pet tracking devices will stop working on August 31st, 2025. […]
28/07/2025
Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users
The new rate limits will go into effect August 28 for subscribers to Anthropic's $20-per-month Pro plan, as well as its $100 and $200-per-month Max plans.
28/07/2025
New York state cyber chief calls out Trump for cybersecurity cuts
The top cybersecurity official in New York told TechCrunch in an interview that Trump's budget cuts are going to put the government at risk from cyberattacks, and will put more pressure on states to secure themselves.
28/07/2025
Amazon refutes report that it raised prices of popular items since Trump took office
Amazon published a lengthy rebuttal to a WSJ report that found that Amazon prices had increased since Trump announced tariff plans.
28/07/2025
Amazon disputes report that it raised prices of popular items since Trump took office
Amazon published a lengthy rebuttal to a WSJ report that found that Amazon prices had increased since Trump announced tariff plans.
28/07/2025
Why Dispo’s co-founder made the leap from social media to steelmaking
Daniel Liss, co-founder of the social network Dispo and the dating app Teaser AI, is convinced he’s onto the next big thing: steelmaking. It all started, incongruously, with a few op-eds he wrote for TechCrunch about anti-trust enforcement in social media. The commentaries apparently caught the attention of some folks in Washington D.C., Liss told […]
28/07/2025
Star Trek, superheroes, and lots of Stephen King: the best of SDCC 2025
Another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and while there were no explosive reveals like last year's surprise appearance of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, there were quite a few interesting developments. That includes several Star Trek spinoffs, a new sci-fi show on Apple TV Plus, trailers for everything from Peacemaker to Gen […]
28/07/2025
Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK
Microsoft is starting to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act by prompting Xbox players to verify their age today. The prompts will be shown to Xbox players who indicate they’re over the age of 18 and will be shown when you sign into an Xbox account in the UK. Microsoft says it’s also exploring […]
28/07/2025
The UK is slogging through an online age-gate apocalypse
People across the United Kingdom have been faced with a censored and partially inaccessible online landscape since the country introduced its latest digital safety rules on Friday. The Online Safety Act mandates that web service operators must use "highly effective" age verification measures to stop kids from accessing a wide range of material, on penalty […]
28/07/2025
Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s
A music and science lover has demonstrated the capacity of birds to store and retrieve digital image data.
28/07/2025
Microsoft Edge transforms into an AI browser with new Copilot Mode
Microsoft is starting to test a new experimental Copilot Mode inside its Edge browser today. The AI-powered mode allows Copilot to search across all your open tabs and handle tasks like booking a restaurant, and it brings the Copilot chatbot to your new tab page. Copilot Mode is somewhere between the limited Gemini integration that […]
28/07/2025
Google Chrome adds AI-powered store summaries to help US shoppers
Google Chrome is adding AI-powered store summaries to make online shopping easier.
28/07/2025
Edge browser's new Copilot Mode lets you talk to AI about your tabs if you opt in — but it's only free for 'a limited time'
Microsoft is launching an AI Copilot Mode in the Edge browser, allowing users to talk to the AI about their browser and allow Copilot to see across tabs.
28/07/2025
Positron AI says its Atlas accelerator beats Nvidia H200 on inference in just 33% of the power — delivers 280 tokens per second per user with Llama 3.1 8B in 2000W envelope
Cloudflare is testing Positron AI's Atlas machine based on Archer accelerators, an inference-only solution that claims to outperform Nvidia's H200 DGX using one-third the power.
28/07/2025
Sony details its ‘FlexStrike’ wireless PS5 fight stick
Sony has shared more details about its arcade-style controller for the PlayStation that was first teased during the State of Play event in early June. Originally codenamed Project Defiant, the fight stick is now called the FlexStrike and features a rechargeable battery, mechanical switch buttons, restrictor gates that limit the joystick’s movements, and the ability […]
28/07/2025
TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla vs GM: A tale of two earnings
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
28/07/2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash brings war to Pandora in first trailer
The first trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash is finally here, and it looks like James Cameron might have made another banger. Though Avatar: The Way of Water ended on hopeful note with Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and their family finding a new home with a different group of Na’vi, Fire and […]
28/07/2025
MSI on track to ship 10 million motherboards in 2025 despite a reportedly cautious AI strategy — milestone would be first for the company, matching Gigabyte
MSI is set to ship over 10 million motherboards in 2025, tying with Gigabyte—and without going full-throttle on AI servers. While rivals like ASUS and ASRock push into server gear, MSI is keeping its core consumer boundaries strong and ramping notebook and GPU volumes cautiously.
28/07/2025
Tesla signs $16.5B deal with Samsung to make AI chips
The deal for next-generation chips is a boon for Samsung.
28/07/2025
20 national security experts urge Trump administration to restrict Nvidia H20 sales to China
The letter states that allowing sales of the H20 AI chip to China could hurt the U.S.'s AI "edge" and further chip bottlenecks in the U.S.
28/07/2025
Do startups still need Silicon Valley? Hear from the founders and funders challenging old assumptions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
As the startup world descends on San Francisco for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — happening October 27–29 at Moscone West — one question looms large: does building in Silicon Valley still give founders an edge? With 10,000+ startup and VC leaders gathering for this milestone Disrupt, the conversation around access, geography, and opportunity has never been […]
28/07/2025
Mario Kart World and other Switch 2 games are 10 percent off
I wasn’t expecting to see any deals on Switch 2 games for a while. Even though the console is currently much easier to find in stock, game discounts — especially ones on first-party Nintendo launch games — aren’t the norm. However, you can get 10 percent off on the likes of Mario Kart World, and […]
28/07/2025
ChatGPT can be a disaster for lawyers — Robin AI says it can fix that
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Jon Fortt — CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell: Overtime, and creator of the Fortt Knox streaming series on LinkedIn. This is the last episode I’ll be guest-hosting for Nilay while he’s out on parental leave. We have an exciting crew who will take over for me after that, […]
28/07/2025
Meet the minds shaping AI: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 AI Stage revealed
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the AI Stage comes alive with the voices shaping the future of technology, creativity, and security. Top VCs reveal what it takes to win funding in a rapidly evolving landscape, as they place bets on the next wave of AI founders. Hear groundbreaking insights from leaders at visionary startups like Apptronik, […]
28/07/2025
Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack
Russian prosecutor said it opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack targeting Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia.
28/07/2025
Temu users face a ‘high risk’ of finding illegal products, EU says
Temu users in the European Union are at “high risk” of coming across illegal products while shopping on the platform, as reported earlier by The Financial Times. Preliminary findings from the European Commission’s investigation into the platform uncovered baby toys, small electronics, and other items on Temu considered counterfeit, unsafe, or “non-compliant.” Last year, the […]
28/07/2025
Xbox will let you play Silksong at Gamescom in August
Microsoft will let Gamescom attendees play a demo of the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong on the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. It’s part of more than 20 titles that will be available at the Xbox booth at Gamescom, including a new theater experience to demonstrate The Outer Worlds 2. Silksong will be available to play on the new […]
28/07/2025
Chinese scientists tout infinitely recyclable 3D printer resin — can be broken down at the molecular level using a thermally reversible photo-click reaction
A team of scientists from Zhejiang University has developed 3D printer resin that can be easily recycled over and over again.
28/07/2025
Zalman's jet engine-inspired CPU cooler hits the shelves — striking design lands in Korea for less than $60
Korean cases and cooling specialist Zalman Technologies has released the jet-engine inspired Zet5 CPU cooler to retail.
28/07/2025
Trump freeze on export restrictions to China reportedly in aid of trade talks — White House seeking face-to-face with Xi Jinping as dissenters warn H20 reversal is a dangerous mis-step
The U.S. administration has removed technology-based export restrictions to China in an effort to ease trade negotiations, prompting swift responses from industries announcing a resumption of sales and shipments.
28/07/2025
Samsung inks $16.5 billion Tesla AI chip deal — Elon Musk says Samsung will produce new A16 chips: 'The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate'
Samsung has secured a $16.5 billion deal to produce Tesla's future AI6 self-driving SoC at its Texas fab, a major strategic win for Samsung Foundry.
28/07/2025
How Trump let Boeing off the hook for the 737 MAX crashes
On July 18th, a federal judge in Texas scheduled what will likely be the final hearing in the case of United States v. The Boeing Company. After five years of litigation, the end result can only be described as a victory for Boeing - and a permanent setback for those who hoped that the company […]
28/07/2025
MSI Katana 15 HX review: RTX 5050 gaming for under $1,000
The MSI Katana 15 HX is a gaming laptop with an RTX 5050 and a sub-$1,000 price tag, but the display could use some work.
28/07/2025
Crazed modder discovers RTX 5050 is actually faster than a 1080 Ti — ends up overclocking Nvidia's plucky budget card to 3300MHz, swipes top six scores in 3DMark Time Spy with 28% clock speed increase
Plans to 'overclock a GTX 1080 Ti hard enough to embarrass Nvidia’s new RTX 5050' didn't go quite as expected.
28/07/2025
Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo mode
Enforcement of the UK's new online safety rules started on Friday, forcing a variety of platforms to roll out mandatory age verification tools for Brits. We already know that the age-gating checks are easy to bypass with a VPN, but what we didn't know is that the face scanning tools used by platforms like Reddit […]
28/07/2025
‘Wizard of Oz’ blown up by AI for giant Sphere screen
The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will be screening its first classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” starting on August 28. And as detailed in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, this isn’t just a matter of taking the existing movie and projecting it on Sphere’s 160,000 square foot, wraparound LED screen.
27/07/2025
Itch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games
Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has "deindexed" adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages.
27/07/2025
The Fujifilm X-E5 proves familiar isn’t always a bad thing
The X-E5 is Fujifilm's tiny powerhouse. It's part of a line of cameras that has often been described as similar to the X100, except with an interchangeable lens. But the X-E line has evolved this year and is taking on a new shape. It used to be seen as a budget option, but at $1,699, […]
27/07/2025
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' latest patch accused of faking internal render resolution to boost FPS — game runs at 'Quality' upscaling even when the render scale is set to 100% native
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' latest patch boosts FPS but behind a veil, players aren’t getting true native resolution anymore. Testing by Daniel Owen reveals the game clamps internal resolution to below native, faking performance gains while misleading players about 100% resolution scaling.
27/07/2025
Eco-friendly 3D-printed house uses soil, not cement — building still scores top earthquake resistance rating
Japanese company advances 3D house building materials, relying on soil as its primary constituent.
27/07/2025
DOGE has built an AI tool to slash federal regulations
The Department of Government Efficiency has presented plans to use a new AI tool to eliminate half of the federal government’s regulatory mandates by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s return to office, according to The Washington Post.
27/07/2025
The Verge’s 2025 back-to-school shopping guide
Back-to-school season is closer than you might realize, especially for college students, many of whom are set to return to campus in a matter of a few short weeks. And while school can be a challenging time on many fronts, regardless of the grade, there are tools that can help you better prepare for life […]
27/07/2025
Kioxia and SanDisk start shipping BiCS9 3D NAND samples — hybrid design combining 112-layer BiCS5 with modern CBA and DDR6.0 interface for higher performance and cost efficiency
Kioxia has started shipping samples of its ninth‑generation BiCS FLASH 512 Gb TLC chips built with CBA tech — pairing legacy memory cell layers with modern CMOS controllers. The result: improved performance, efficiency, and lower cost, while paving way for high‑capacity BiCS 10 launches.
27/07/2025
IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack
IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack
27/07/2025
Intel spins off Network and Edge group as standalone business after posting $2.9b loss — seeking investors for NEX division amid massive internal restructuring
Intel will spin off its Network and Edge Group (NEX) into a standalone company, seeking external investors while keeping a minority stake. The move follows Intel’s $2.9B quarterly loss, a 15% workforce cut, and warnings that its 14A node could be canceled without a major external partner.
27/07/2025
Anker's EufyMake retreats from 3D printer market — blames critical component supply chain issues
Anker is stepping back from the 3D printer market due to supply issues and the inability to obtain specific, critical components.
27/07/2025
Apple beta season is here
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 91, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, how is summer more than a month over already, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I'm pondering the leaked Pixel 10 lineup, marveling […]
27/07/2025
Alienware AW3425DW WQHD QD-OLED review: Near-perfect color and premium performance
Alienware delivers on all counts with its AW3425DW. It’s a 34-inch curved ultra-wide QD-OLED panel with WQHD resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10 and wide gamut color. It couples near-perfect color accuracy with premium gaming performance.
27/07/2025
Inside Open Sauce, a science festival for makers, with over 500 projects on display
Open Sauce brings together science, YouTube, and little mayhem.
27/07/2025
U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules
A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday.
26/07/2025
Astronomer winks at viral notoriety with ‘temporary spokesperson’ Gwyneth Paltrow
After spending the past week-plus in the headlines due to a seemingly inescapable social media scandal, data operations startup Astronomer is trying to shift the narrative with a tongue-in-cheek video starring actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow.
26/07/2025
Nvidia N1X SoC leaks with the same number of CUDA cores as an RTX 5070 — N1X specs align with the GB10 Superchip
Nvidia’s N1X SoC, featuring a 20-core CPU and 6,144 CUDA cores, has surfaced on Geekbench, matching the specifications of the GB10 Superchip. While its early performance trails that of the RTX 5070, the chip’s ARM+Blackwell design and 120W TDP hint at a future where integrated graphics can rival mid-tier GPUs.
26/07/2025
Threadripper 9000 CPUs will revive the HEDT market on July 31, starting at $1,499 for 24 cores — the flagship 64-core chip will set you back $4,999
AMD’s Threadripper 9000 CPUs are set to arrive on July 31, offering up to 64 Zen 5 cores, a 350W TDP, and quad-channel DDR5-6400 support. Prices remain unchanged from the previous gen, starting at $1,499. With 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes and boosted clocks up to 5.4 GHz, they aim squarely at creators and professionals.
26/07/2025
Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images
Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images.
26/07/2025
China advances toward tech independence with new homegrown 6nm gaming and AI GPUs — Lisuan 7G106 runs Chinese AAA titles at 4K over 70 FPS and matches RTX 4060 in synthetic benchmarks
Lisuan Technology has unveiled the 7G106 and 7G105, China’s first 6nm gaming and AI GPUs built on the TrueGPU architecture. With up to 24 TFLOPs, 24 GB of GDDR6, and performance rivalling the RTX 4060, these cards ran Black Myth: Wukong at 4K high settings at over 70 FPS. Mass production starts September 2025.
26/07/2025
Veteran reviewer’s RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPU falls victim to 16-pin meltdown — user admits it could have been user error despite having tested GPUs for over 15 years
DSOGaming's EIC suffered a melted power connector on his RTX 5090 out of nowhere. Nevertheless, the GPU continued to function normally for over 20 minutes at full load, despite the issue.
26/07/2025
Apple M1 Pro, once a flagship, now feels more like a $12 hair clip — discarded Apple silicon upcycled into geek-chic hair clip jewelry
A silicon enthusiast is taking their obsession to another level by marketing a new line of CPU jewelry.
26/07/2025
Amazon sells a legacy MSI CPU air cooler for $5,340 — the Core Frozr L launched in 2016 with a $50 MSRP
MSI is selling a nearly 10-year-old air cooler for over 10,000% above MSRP.
26/07/2025
AMD Strix Halo gaming handheld lacks an internal battery — GPD Win 5 requires an external battery or be plugged into the wall
This is the first handheld gaming PC to utilize the renowned AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 3950X and can be configured with up to 128GB of memory.
26/07/2025
The dream of a Raspberry Pi laptop becomes a reality — ArgonOne Up Review
Argon40’s new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5-powered laptop has it all, but the price makes it a considered purchase.
26/07/2025
Here are the laptops I’d tell any parent to consider for their back-to-school student
We’re in the heart of summer fun, but it’s already time for back-to-school planning, especially if that involves buying a new laptop. The dizzying number of different laptops and configurations can feel overwhelming, especially if you want something that doesn’t cost too much but will still last a long time. My general guidelines are to […]
26/07/2025
Tesla vet says that ‘reviewing real products’ — not mockups — is the key to staying innovative
“No slides was our first rule,” McNeil told the audience earlier this month at TC All Stage in Boston. “You have to be reviewing real product.”
26/07/2025
Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack
Exclusive: Allianz Life said the "majority" of its customers and employees had data stolen in the June cyberattack. The insurance giant has more than 125 million customers worldwide.
26/07/2025
Online MAGA cope is now Congressional strategy
When it comes to defending Donald Trump from the worst accusations, the MAGA influencer-industrial complex, whether out of loyalty or self-preservation, often defaults to whataboutism, arguing that the Democrats are just as guilty as Trump, or (ideally) worse. This principle has held true with the current Jeffrey Epstein saga, and as their audience's anger against […]
26/07/2025
BLUR Basecamp 75+ keyboard with potato-mode façade announced — the appeal is literally difficult to see
A retro video game artifact has been brought to life for your desk.
26/07/2025
The Drifter is a good old-fashioned thriller
Point-and-click adventure games often tell silly, lighthearted stories. For me, the mishaps of the pirate Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island series come to mind. The nature of the genre - wandering around, talking to people, and trying to solve puzzles - lends itself well to humor, as every interaction with a person or object […]
26/07/2025
OnePlus Nord 5 review: selfie-centric midranger
The OnePlus Nord 5 does exactly what the company's Nord phones have always done: deliver strong specs at a relatively low price. It's one of the more powerful phones at this price point and should easily outstrip Samsung and Google's more expensive alternatives. This is a function-over-form phone, one where the key selling points are […]
26/07/2025
Zotac launches liquid cooled RTX 5090 with 360 mm radiator and low-profile RTX 5060
Zotac has released two new RTX 50 series graphics cards today, one boasting a 360mm AIO liquid cooler and the other a ultra tiny low-profile cooler for SFF builds.
26/07/2025
Inside the struggle to create a cozy Lord of the Rings game
When new employees start at Weta Workshop, they're herded into a meeting room with a long, unassuming conference table. On the walls, behind panes of glass and in between statues, swords, and masks, are five Oscars. Four of them were awarded to the studio for its efforts on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings […]
26/07/2025
NZXT H9 Flow (2025) Case Review: a spacious mid-tower chassis with support for 420mm AIOs
NZXT’s flagship H9 Flow PC case supports the largest GPUs on the market and dual 420mm AIOs. Check out the full review for more information and thermal analysis.
26/07/2025
MSI 240-watt Core Frozr CPU air cooler marks a bold, breezy return to air cooling after a 10-year hiatus
MSI has silently listed the MAG Core Frozr AA13 CPU air cooler, available in both black and white colors.
26/07/2025
We spoke with Thingiverse about its new AI-driven ghost gun detection that eliminates designs for 3D printing - companies turn to AI to block production of ghost guns
Can AI prevent users from printing firearms?
26/07/2025
Tesla wants to bring its robotaxis to San Francisco. Here is what’s standing in the way.
There will be an employee in the driver's seat -- a big change from how things have been working in Austin.
25/07/2025
GPD’s monster Strix Halo handheld requires a battery ‘backpack’ or a 180W charger
Yesterday, I mentioned how GPD is teasing the most potent handheld yet made — a GPD Win 5 that will house the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, with AMD’s most powerful integrated graphics yet, inside a PlayStation Vita-shaped machine. If you’ve been wondering how that huge chip could even fit, handheld expert Cary “The Phawx” […]
25/07/2025
India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting "obscene" content.
25/07/2025
Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead
Early-stage founders just can’t get away from TAM — the concept of having a total addressable market for their startup to disrupt and conquer. But Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: many startups have emerged from markets that, at the […]
25/07/2025
Intel is spinning off its Network and Edge group
Intel will remain an anchor investor in the standalone company which produced $5.8 billion in revenue in 2024.
25/07/2025
Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta's new AI lab.
25/07/2025
DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
DJI barely sells drones in the United States anymore. The shelves are bare; resellers are jacking up prices. It appears an unofficial ban at US customs is to blame. But on Amazon, you can now buy a drone that's a a dead ringer for the DJI Mini 4 Pro - the SkyRover X1 - for […]
25/07/2025
AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
AI platforms in June 2025 generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, up 357% year-over-year.
25/07/2025
Google gets its swag back
This week, I take a look at the surprisingly strong state of Google, Meta gets a new chief AI researcher, and more. If you haven't already, be sure to check out this week's Decoder episode about deepfakes and where they are headed. Also, do you use an AI coding tool like Cursor or GitHub Copilot? […]
25/07/2025
Comcast’s fix for streaming service overload is in your cable box
Streaming has become a tangled web of subscriptions, and now Comcast says it can help by putting all your services into one hub. Comcast is launching a new hub on its set-top boxes, called the StreamStore, where you can buy and manage subscriptions for more than 450 streaming apps and channels. The StreamStore lives within […]
25/07/2025
Breaking Bad creator’s new sci-fi show hits Apple in November
As promised, Apple has finally revealed Pluribus, a new show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan that’s coming to Apple TV Plus. In addition to a very brief teaser involving some gross donut behavior, the streamer also confirmed that the show will premiere on November 7th. The show has been in the works for a […]
25/07/2025
Hacker plants three strains of malware in a Steam Early Access game called Chemia — security company found crypto-jacking infostealers and a backdoor to install yet more malware in the future
Prodaft said the Steam Early Access game contains the Fickle Stealer, Vidar Stealer, and HijackLoader malware.
25/07/2025
Facebook ranks worst for online harassment, according to a global activist survey
Activists around the world are calling attention to harassment they’ve faced on Meta’s platforms. More than 90 percent of land and environmental defenders surveyed by Global Witness, a nonprofit organization that also tracks the murders of environmental advocates, reported experiencing some kind of online abuse or harassment connected to their work. Facebook was the most-cited […]
25/07/2025
Anker is no longer selling 3D printers
In March, charging giant Anker announced it would spin out its 3D printer business into an "independent sub-brand," stating that the new EufyMake would "continue to provide comprehensive customer service and support" for its original 3D printers the AnkerMake M5 and M5C. Now, the 3D printing community is wondering whether that was all a euphemism […]
25/07/2025
TSMC's second Japanese fab reportedly delayed, mass production pushed to 2029
TSMC may delay construction of its Fab 23 phase 2 in Kumamoto, Japan by up to 18 months due to traffic congestion and inadequate infrastructure near the site, potentially pushing mass production to 2029.
25/07/2025
You can now easily buy a Switch 2 without jumping through hoops
Perhaps we've been thinking the same thing, you and I. That there won't be a long-standing drought of Nintendo Switch 2 availability after all. The console has been easy to buy online from several retailers this week, including Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. Amazon, which didn't sell the Switch 2 at launch, is currently selling […]
25/07/2025
Superman’s Fortress of Solitude is a Silver Age man cave inspired by nature’s beauty
James Gunn knows that most people are familiar with Superman's origin story, which is why DC Studios' new feature about the Man of Steel opens at a point when he has already become a world famous superhero. Instead of rehashing the tragic beats of Krypton's destruction, the movie is punctuated with moments that show you […]
25/07/2025
Sam Altman warns there’s no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist
In response to a question about how AI works with today's legal system, Altman said one of the problems of not yet having a legal or policy framework for AI is that there's no legal confidentiality for users' conversations.
25/07/2025
Want to pay down the national debt? The US government will take Venmo
US national debt currently exceeds $36 trillion, but if you want to toss a few extra dollars of your own money to try and help bring that down, you can now do so from a Venmo account, as spotted by NPR’s Jack Corbett. You can see the Venmo payment option on the Treasury Department’s “Gifts […]
25/07/2025
A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025
From leadership changes at legacy semiconductor companies to wishy washy policy around chip exports, a lot has happened already.
25/07/2025
Pebble is officially Pebble again
Good news for Pebble fans. Not only are the Pebble watches coming back, they’ll also officially be called Pebble watches. “Great news — we’ve been able to recover the trademark for Pebble! Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this to work out so easily,” Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky writes in an update blog. “Core 2 Duo […]
25/07/2025
Netflix’s push into tie-in games now includes two weird Happy Gilmore titles
Netflix seems to have finally settled on something resembling a strategy for its gaming efforts, and one of the key pillars is games tied to its shows and movies. That's how we got the likes of Squid Game: Unleashed and Black Mirror's Thronglets. Now, as Happy Gilmore 2 hits the streaming service, it's accompanied by […]
25/07/2025
Lyft’s self-driving shuttle buses are coming soon
Lyft is partnering with Benteler Mobility to launch a self-driving shuttle service. In late 2026, Lyft plans to deploy the company’s all-electric Holon Urban shuttles in airports and cities around the US, allowing users to book trips from its ride-sharing app. Holon, a subsidiary of Benteler, says its rectangular bus has enough room to fit […]
25/07/2025
Google took a month to shut down Catwatchful, a phone spyware operation hosted on its servers
Google has suspended the Firebase account of Catwatchful following a TechCrunch investigation. The spyware operation was caught using Google's own servers to host and run its surveillance app, which was stealthily monitoring thousands of people's phones.
25/07/2025
Bluetti’s small, camp-friendly generator is over 30 percent off
We’re in the middle of prime camping season, when the days are longer and the temperatures are warmer. While it’s the perfect time to unplug, you don’t have to go completely off the grid, as Bluetti’s AC2P Portable Power Station can power your essential gadgets when no traditional power sources are available. And right now, […]
25/07/2025
Intel Core i5-13600KF drops to $149 – excellent mid-range gaming CPU returns to its lowest-ever price
The Intel Core i5-13600KF, once one of our favorite CPUs, matches the lowest price we've ever seen.
25/07/2025
Lyft to add autonomous shuttles in 2026 as Uber inks more self-driving deals
It's one of just a few similar partnerships Lyft has struck, while rival Uber has an increasingly long list of robotaxi deals.
25/07/2025
Tesla is reportedly bringing a limited version of its robotaxi service to San Francisco
There will be an employee in the driver's seat -- a big change from how things have been working in Austin.
25/07/2025
How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26
Back in 2024, we described how the then-new iOS 18 enabled you to tint your homescreen icons, allowing you to tweak the look of your iPhone's display. Now, with Apple's introduction of its Liquid Glass design for iOS 26, you can make your icons completely clear (assuming you're a fan of the new invisible look). […]
25/07/2025
Elden Ring Nightreign is adding two-player co-op
Elden Ring Nightreign is finally getting a two-player mode. FromSoftware announced on Friday that it’s adding “Duo Expeditions” in a patch coming on July 30th, allowing you to take on enemies across Limveld with one other friend. Since Elden Ring Nightreign’s launch in May, the title has only let you play by yourself or in […]
25/07/2025
Underground China repair shops thrive servicing illicit Nvidia GPUs banned by export restrictions — companies resurrecting banned AI accelerators at a rate of up to '500 per month'
A thriving underground repair industry in China has emerged to service smuggled Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs, driven by limited supply, lack of warranties, and rising profitability of products prone to failure after prolonged use.
25/07/2025
Taste testing battery-flavored tortilla chips
I get a lot of odd pitches in my inbox, but “9V battery-flavored corn chips” still stopped me in my tracks. My mind was ringing with questions (What? Who? Why!?!), but most importantly: What are they going to taste like? This limited edition flavor comes from Rewind, a new brand launching in Europe, starting with […]
25/07/2025
Breaking down Trump’s big gift to the AI industry
President Donald Trump's plan to promote America's AI dominance involves discouraging "woke AI," slashing state and federal regulations, and laying the groundwork to rapidly expand AI development and adoption. Trump's proposal, released on July 23rd, is a sweeping endorsement of the technology, full of guidance that ranges from specific executive actions to directions for future […]
25/07/2025
Asus’ slim ROG G14 gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti is $350 off
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 has long been a Verge-favorite gaming laptop, and we consider it to be the very best one that you can buy. This year, the lineup became even more powerful and spec-packed while still retaining the low-profile and portable 14-inch design that initially drew us to it. If you’re looking to […]
25/07/2025
Microsoft’s AI CEO thinks Copilot will age and ‘have a room that it lives in’
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, has a vision of Copilot that involves it being so highly personalized that “it will age.” Microsoft has been increasingly pushing Copilot to be a personalized AI assistant, with a big redesign last year that included a conversational voice mode. Now, Suleyman’s Microsoft AI team is launching a new Copilot […]
25/07/2025
The UK’s new age-gating rules are easy to bypass
Platforms like Reddit, Bluesky, Discord, and Pornhub have been rolling out mandatory age verification requirements in the UK over the past few weeks to comply with new online safety rules. While the age-gating aims to keep children from accessing pornographic material and other "harmful content" outlined by the UK's communications regulator Ofcom, there's a glaring […]
25/07/2025
RTX 5090s get ready to blow with AI-focused makeovers in China — industrial production lines transplant GPU and memory from gaming cards onto server-ready PCBs with blower-style coolers
A new factory tour video reveals how Chinese firm CT converts retail RTX 5090 gaming GPUs into dual-slot blower-style cards for AI servers. Using full-power chips, industrial reassembly, and 24-hour stress tests, these server-grade 5090s are anything but "modded."
25/07/2025
Apple broadens App Store’s age rating system
Apple has expanded its age rating system to include 13+, 16+, and 18+ ratings, in addition to the existing ratings for younger users.
25/07/2025
Tesla is reportedly behind on its pledge to build 5,000 Optimus bots this year
Tesla is behind on its goal to produce at least 5,000 Optimus humanoid robots by the end of 2025.
25/07/2025
LG 27GX790A 480 Hz OLED review: Bright, colorful, and fast
LG joins the race between fast OLEDs with its 27GX790A. It’s a 27-inch screen with 480 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10 and wide gamut color. It’s blindingly quick, with record-setting low input lag, and excels in color and brightness as well.
25/07/2025
Meta to stop selling political ads in the EU from October
In response to the European Union's incoming regulation of political advertising, Meta said on Friday that it would stop selling and showing political ads in the EU from October 2025.
25/07/2025
SK hynix confirms 3GB GDDR7 memory modules are in the works — higher capacity could pave the way for fabled RTX 50 Series Super cards with 24GB VRAM
While aimed at AI accelerators, new 3GB GDDR7 chips could help deliver 18GB and 24GB VRAM GPUs more efficiently
25/07/2025
I tried Gemini on the Pixel Watch. Here’s what it’s like
I'm just getting acquainted with Gemini on the Pixel Watch I'm wearing when it tells me that there's a kind of pastry called "nun's farts." This relationship is off to a good start. "Nun's farts" was a totally appropriate response, by the way. I'd asked it for a list of pastries with silly names, prompted […]
25/07/2025
Diving into Apple’s Liquid Glass
Apple has had two months to refine Liquid Glass since introducing the design language at WWDC. It's dialed the effect back, then amped it back up. It's addressed some of the biggest complaints - the Control Center, for one - and left us to live with some of the others. So after all the tweaks, […]
25/07/2025
I ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It
If I were to believe the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables. Normally, smartwatches don't make judgments about your nutritional intake. But this year, Samsung introduced a new experimental feature called Antioxidant Index. Using blue, yellow, and infrared LEDs, the watch's sensor can pick up carotenoid levels in your skin. […]
25/07/2025
OpenAI follows Elon Musk’s lead — gas turbines to be deployed at its first Stargate site for additional power
Each gas turbine delivers 34MW, with the 29 units delivering almost 1GW.
25/07/2025
Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature is now blocked by Brave and AdGuard
Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature, that automatically screenshots nearly everything on a Copilot Plus PC, is meeting resistance from app developers. Signal kicked off a trend of blocking Recall earlier this year, with AdGuard and the Brave browser now also blocking the Windows AI feature. AdGuard calls Recall a “privacy concern” in a blog post outlining […]
25/07/2025
Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs could finally answer AMD's V-Cache — Nova Lake could boast massive 144MB L3
Intel is allegedly working on a large L3 cache for Nova Lake, something big enough to compete with AMD's 3D-VCache technology. The new cache pool is expected to offer 144MB of memory capacity.
25/07/2025
Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal
Google is testing a new vibe-coding tool called Opal, available in the U.S. through Google Labs, that lets users quickly spin up web apps with just a few prompts.
25/07/2025
Raja Koduri's mission to deliver high bandwidth memory for GPUs has taken a turn that could enable 4TB of VRAM on AI cards — joins Sandisk to advise on SSD tech that could feed AI accelerators
Raja Koduri continues to push his high bandwidth vision for computing but this time it's flash, namely HBF
25/07/2025
Errors found in US judge’s withdrawn decision stink of AI
A US district court judge has withdrawn his decision in a biopharma securities case after lawyers noted that his opinion referenced fake quotes and other erroneous case information — mistakes mirroring errors in other legal cases that have been attributed to artificial intelligence tools. In a letter sent to New Jersey Judge Julien Xavier Neals, […]
25/07/2025
Syncing desktops and better AI wallpapers are coming to ChromeOS
Google has released a new version of ChromeOS that allows you to sync desktops between devices, ideal for anyone who works across more than one Chromebook. It also significantly improves the AI wallpapers available on Chromebook Plus laptops with a completely freeform prompting field. Desk sync is designed to help you pick up where you […]
25/07/2025
Intel promises sweeping changes to combat stagnation with new foundry strategy, AI focus, and the return of Hyper-Threading — but losses threaten to curtail ambition
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan unveiled sweeping reforms across the company's foundry strategy, x86 roadmap, AI focus, and organizational structure.
25/07/2025
Amid increased momentum for defense, the NATO Innovation Fund refreshes its investment team
The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) is entering a new chapter, marked by the arrival of two new partners and the departure of its penultimate founding team partner.
25/07/2025
Paramount-Skydance merger approved after companies agree to government speech demands
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Skydance’s $8 billion purchase of CBS-owner Paramount after the companies agreed to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs but feature a “diversity of viewpoints from across the political and ideological spectrum.” In light of the Trump administration’s critiques of CBS’s alleged anti-conservative bias — including collecting a […]
24/07/2025
How a Y Combinator food delivery app used TikTok to soar in the App Store
The internet trend is simple: A friend or family member looks into the camera and tells viewers, in a slightly aggressive tone, that they are about to witness a presentation and that they had better be nice. That’s what Kendall, the sister of Lucious McDaniel IV, did, and after she stepped aside, her brother pitched […]
24/07/2025
VC Victor Lazarte is leaving Benchmark to launch his own firm
Lazarte has only been at Benchmark for two years. He backed startups like Mercor, HeyGen, and Decart AI.
24/07/2025
Intel might cancel 14A process node development and the following nodes if it can't win a major external customer — move would cede leading-edge market to TSMC and Samsung
Intel admits that it may halt or cancel development of its 14A (1.4nm-class) process node — its first to use High-NA EUV — if it fails to secure a major external customer or meet key milestones, which would likely mean its exit from the leading-edge semiconductor race.
24/07/2025
Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects
Intel cancelled multiple manufacturing projects in Europe and delayed its Ohio chip plant for the second time this year.
24/07/2025
No, Instagram didn’t suspend Zohran Mamdani’s account for being ‘too socialist’
In a story published earlier this week, a site called “NYC Journals” claimed to have a bombshell: that Instagram had suspended the account of New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for being “too socialist.” The story claimed that Mamdani’s account was down for three hours; it also cited a “leaked memo” from inside Instagram that […]
24/07/2025
Intel reveals it will lose 33,000 employees this year and retreat in Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica
In April, Intel attempted to announce layoffs without announcing layoffs. “We have not set any headcount reduction target,” Intel spokesperson Sophie Metzger told The Verge. But the company has laid off thousands of employees since — and today, in the company’s Q2 2025 earnings, it has revealed that Intel will dramatically shrink as a result of […]
24/07/2025
X to test using Community Notes to find the posts everyone likes
X is piloting a new feature that will help to identify the platform's best posts. The system is similar to how Community Notes fact-checking works.
24/07/2025
Starlink satellite internet service is down everywhere
Since just after 3:30PM ET on Thursday, Starlink users have reported they can’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service. The Starlink website confirmed the issue, with a banner message saying “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating.” On X, Starlink posted a more detailed message at 4:05PM ET, saying “Starlink is […]
24/07/2025
VTuber agency VShojo shuts down after talent exodus
VShojo, the VTuber agency that billed itself as “talent first,” is shutting down. VShojo CEO Justin “Gunrun” Ignacio made the announcement today on X writing, “I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us to this point.” Earlier this week, VShojo came under fire as Ironmouse, the agency’s top performing VTuber, announced she was […]
24/07/2025
Google rethinks search results with its new AI-curated ‘Web Guide’
On Thursday, Google launched Web Guide, a new AI-powered search feature that “groups links in helpful ways” for people who opt in to the test on Labs. Web Guide runs on a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model to process search queries, reorganizing the traditional “10 blue links” by sorting results and finding related […]
24/07/2025
China is developing nation-spanning network to sell surplus data center compute power — latency, disparate hardware are key hurdles
China is building a centralized, state-run cloud platform to connect underused data centers nationwide and resell excess computing power.
24/07/2025
The White House orders tech companies to make AI bigoted again
After delivering a rambling celebration of tariffs and a routine about women's sports, President Donald Trump entertained a crowd, which was there to hear about his new AI Action Plan, with one his favorite topics: "wokeness." Trump complained that AI companies under former President Joe Biden "had to hire all woke people," adding that it […]
24/07/2025
Chime backer Lauren Kolodny bets on AI to revolutionize estate processing
Acrew Capital's Kolodny led a $20 million Series A in Alix, a startup that uses AI to automate estate processing.
24/07/2025
This industrial AI startup is winning over customers by saying it won’t get acquired
In red-hot acquisition market, this CVector founders answer this key question in its first conversation with prospective customers.
24/07/2025
Lisuan G100 GPU shows promise, at least in OpenCL — homegrown Chinese chip outguns Arc A770 and RTX 4060 in new benchmark, 10% slower than RTX 5060
A new variant of Lisuan Technology's G100 graphics card has emerged in the Geekbench database.
24/07/2025
AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it?
As AI companions from companies like Replika, Character AI, and Nomi AI abound, love is no longer strictly human. In this debate, we ask the question of whether it should be, or whether dating an AI could be better than dating a human.
24/07/2025
How to install the iOS 26 public beta
People with Apple developer accounts have had all the fun with the iOS 26 beta so far (and yes, if you missed it, there's a new naming system now), but now that the public betas are out, anyone can try the new features. Setting up the public beta is slightly less involved than setting up […]