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- August 14
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- The ultimate Mac dock? Ivanky unveils a 26-port Apple Silicon powerhouse that Windows users can't use
- Marvel's Wolverine confirmed to have New Game Plus at launch and features a side activity called Nightmare Doors where players 'confront Logan's nightmares to uncover his past'
- Young people increasingly don't trust AI - or the billionaires that keep telling us we should all love AI, survey finds
- Hundreds of fake Chrome VPN extensions impersonating NordVPN, Proton, and more caught hijacking your traffic
- 'This one just needs a script': Researchers find ultimate Windows kill switch which can disable antivirus with almost no user interaction
- EU introduces strict new security rules for VPNs with the help of industry giants
- The X-Men don't exist in Marvel's Wolverine since mutants aren't safe in this world, Insomniac says — 'We wanted to remind people that existence for a mutant is not safe. It's hard. It's scary'
- Scammers hijack real Shopify notifications to swindle victims — here's how to stay safe
- What if Sims and a smart speaker had a baby? Meet the bijou speaker with a ‘tiny world inside’ — just don’t expect it to play your Spotify playlists
- 7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more this weekend (August 14)
- Trump places 100% tariffs on ‘particularly sensitive’ drones for national security reasons and to strengthen US drone industry
- What is the release date and launch time for Lanterns episode 1 on HBO Max?
- Marvel's Wolverine Performance Mode will run at 60fps with ray tracing on PS5, Insomniac confirms — 'It's the default mode for the first time for us in one of our games. It’s important for the presentation'
- Flock CEO says 'we're not Big Brother' in the face of surveillance allegations — as 3D printing enthusiasts share 'Flock Sock' camera cover to help protestors
- iFixit showed the shocking damage dust can do to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 — and the iPhone Ultra needs to solve this
- Analyst reports 89% of GTA 6 pre-orders are for the $100 Ultimate Edition — 'I have never seen a 90% premium share before
- Epic Games Store is going to support Linux 'soon' — and that's great news for Steam Deck owners
- Kanto's new budget-friendly turntable has a few smart features to make it easy for novices to use, and it's lovely and compact too
- How to watch Palestine 36 online with a free trial — stream acclaimed historical drama in US, Australia, Canada, Middle East
- Insomniac admits there's no lore reason Logan's suit in Marvel's Wolverine regenerates: 'You can't play through most of the game wearing just shredded rags on his body'
- It's prime time to get the new Samsung Galaxy Foldable smartphones with exclusive Amazon savings
- 'We failed you today': Namecheap down for several hours after a data center cooling failure, leaving customers furious
- How to watch EFL Championship 2026/27: Free Streams & TV Channels
- August 13
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- Experts warn ChatGPT isn't just predicting words anymore — It's now predicting human thoughts
- Quordle hints and answers for Friday, August 14 (game #1663)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, August 14 (game #1160)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, August 14 (game #894)
- Japan launches sovereign satellite navigation network as GPS cannot reach all of its country
- $130 billion worth of AI data center projects were cancelled or delayed in Q1 2026 — developers sick of losing are fighting back, and are already finding victory
- World-first autonomous ‘end-to-end’ AI attack against Taiwan tied to Chinese hackers — and the scariest part is that it was fully open source
- The Pentagon has unveiled an improved online store to buy counter-drone kits, but you probably won't ever be able to see it
- Linus Torvalds says 'huge' Linux kernel updates are now the status quo — and it's all thanks to AI
- The RAMpocalypse is suffocating Apple's MacBook Air supply, with delivery delays up to a month — here's what to buy instead
- Microsoft's nemesis returns: Nightmare Eclipse is back with a new zero day which could be bad news for Windows users
- Fans believe they've solved the secret name of The Elder Scrolls 6, and the clue might have been hidden in Starfield the whole time
- Scientists are developing a ‘magnetoelastic’ tent that makes its own electricity like a wind turbine — but don’t expect to be able to take one to Glastonbury next year
- Android users targeted by new WindRelay malware which can clone contactless cards in just 13 minutes
- New leak claims the first special edition Nintendo Switch 2 will be released to celebrate The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary — and yes, there are pictures
- Nintendo is now warning customers about upcoming Switch 2 price hike in stores — and it's a reminder to buy ASAP if you want one
- ‘A full 40-hour week now takes just 60 minutes’: Ahrefs’ new AI agents promise 'always-on' marketing support
- 1 in 3 Windows users have 'fallen into a reset trap' and can't escape Edge — I think it's high time Microsoft stopped messing around with default browser choices
- Crunchyroll is coming to BMW and Mini vehicles with 40 other brands to follow — and I can't wait to watch anime in my car
- Xbox unveils new limited edition Gears of War controllers, and fans say 'they look frigging awesome'
- Good news, 4K Blu-ray fans: Dolby confirms that Dolby Vision 2 HDR can work on existing players and disc tech — bad news: it's up to the manufacturers, and Sony already said 'we do not plan to provide an update'
- The $535,000 TLD: Could .ai dethrone .com?
- Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 are getting a free update with 4 new features, announced quietly alongside Pixel 11 phones at the Made By Google event — including a new way to use Gemini
- ‘If it was opt in, nobody would opt in’: Amazon’s AI is being trained on your Twitch streams unless you turn it off — here’s how to stop it
- Trump signs memo calling for cyber privateers to conduct cyberattacks abroad against criminal groups targeting Americans — but they have to escrow $1 million to join
- After taking on Whoop, Garmin could come for Oura with its own smart ring — and as a Garmin fan, these are the 3 features I want to see
- Proton VPN rolls out Rust-powered 'Proton Protocols' in beta across all major apps
- Apple TV just added a fresh batch of classic movies to its library for free, including my favorite Spielberg tear-jerker — here’s how to find them
- Leaked IdeaPad looks like a proper MacBook Neo rival — but I don't think Lenovo can beat Apple on price
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 has been delayed to 'deliver the quality of experience we've always envisioned,' developer says
- More intelligent. More secure. More amazing. Discover the laptop that brings real business benefits
- How to watch Dictator: The Hitler Interviews online for FREE – stream chilling documentary series from anywhere
- Claude Cowork is coming to your Chrome browser, and I might finally use it now
- 'We’re further strengthening the value of PlayStation Plus' — Helldivers 2 has just dropped on PS Plus in time for a huge Warhammer 40,000 crossover
- Surfshark takes aim at the smishing epidemic with new real-time scam text protection
- Windows users face six times more malware than Mac owners, Surfshark reveals — but 'Macs are safer' is only half true
- Pearl Abyss confirms Crimson Desert DLC is scheduled to 'release this year' — and I'm not ready for it, even after 240 hours
- Most UK tech leaders say network outages are becoming a critical business problem
- 11X cheaper than ChatGPT: Tiny 150M model just proved AI doesn't need to "think out loud" to be smart
- Redditor turns Android phone into a desktop PC in a stroke of genius, sandwiching it between two huge CPU coolers so it runs Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra
- Russia's Microsoft Office challenger forced to shut down offices and fire workers as reports claim it is losing millions
- Roku's new AI channel is top of the slops: is this an important AI milestone or just "the cutting edge of AI slop"?
- August 12
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- Russian startup claims it could produce silicon wafers in five minutes instead of two weeks, but trillion-dollar IMEC doesn't have to worry
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #1662)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #1159)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #893)
- Ukraine claims it found over 5,000 foreign-made components in over 200 Russian weapon systems, with missiles, drones, and armored vehicles particularly concerning
- US Navy's new "Trump class" nuclear-powered program could hit $275 billion — with the first ship alone costing an eye-watering $23.4 billion
- 'It took less than five seconds': Volkswagen badges are being targeted by thieves for the radar tech behind them
- A step too far? US lawmaker pledges 'Data Center Bill of Rights' to let protests be more effective
- How to watch Australia vs Bangladesh Test Series: Free Streams & TV Channels for Day 2
- The world's largest SSD is here: DapuStor unveils massive 512TB drive
- Farmer ends up killing 25 acres of his crops after trusting AI on herbicide advice
- Windows 11's August update has arrived — here are 3 reasons to download it, including turbocharged app launching
- Google TV Freeplay is getting a huge free upgrade, and owners of TCL, Hisense, and Sony TVs will be over the moon — you're about to get a huge range of new free streaming options
- This North Korean recruitment scam was so convincing it even fooled Google
- Sony announces new Ghost of Yotei expansion and Complete Edition, but the upgrade cost is a slap in the face for day-one buyers
- ‘TikTok may be used on government devices’: Trump administration removes TikTok ban on government phones, so employees are now free to doomscroll once again
- How to watch UEFA Super Cup 2026: Free streams & TV channels for PSG vs Aston Villa, team news
- How to watch Man Utd vs Leeds for FREE: live stream the 2026/27 pre-season friendly from anywhere
- Tesla must physically recall over 20,000 Model 3 and Y EVs because their headlights are too bright
- ‘Nonstop lies from the AI’: As Google launches the Pixel Watch 5, its redesigned Google Health app is leaving Fitbit users incensed at its crazy hallucinations
- Google says Chrome blocked seven billion malicious Android notifications every day in its bid to cut down on scams
- I love having a second screen for gaming, and this new 8-in-1 smart dock might actually make me switch from my Corsair Xeneon Edge, thanks to two major upgrades
- I’ve used the new Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Google's made nearly all the improvements I wanted to see — and the 'HiLight' feature is the surprising standout
- NordVPN secures a spot in the Premier League with new Aston Villa partnership
- Sonos sees your AirPods Max 2 and raises you an Ace ‘Ultra’, and the much-rumored second-generation headphones sound extreme
- A dangerous Zoom screen-sharing bug could have let hackers hijack other devices on a call
- The Xbox Elite Series 3 seems to have leaked — and, in a twist no one expected, might have a built-in screen
- Watch out, Waze fans — there's a bug that means reports of police aren't showing up for many
- Google is building three huge new subsea cables to connect North, Central and South America
- EU study proposes 30-minute takedown of illegal streams, and your VPN is in the crosshairs
- X-Men '97 season 2 ending explained: who dies, is there a post-credits scene, and more on the Marvel TV show's latest finale on Disney+
- What is the release date for Lioness season 3 episode 3 on Paramount+?
- New London data centers approved — and some are requesting 3 million liters of water per day and enough electricity to power thousands of homes
- Watch out AirPods Pro, Samsung Galaxy Buds’ hearing aid tech just gained US FDA clearance and should arrive in two Pro models by the end of 2026
- Professors say today's solar eclipse won’t crash the grid — so why is Octopus Energy paying customers to switch off?
- How to watch Spy Next Door: The Anna Chapman Story for FREE
- Boeing and US Air Force sign deal to build guided jet-powered bombs capable of traveling 300 nautical miles
- August 11
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- Ukraine hits Russian Crimea targets with unmanned ship carrying FPV drones
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #1661)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #1158)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #892)
- Amazon's new Texas AI data center could become the biggest CO2 polluter in the US — 7.65GW facility gets permit to spread 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases, despite Amazon's clean energy pledge
- Capturing the 'primal energy of Wolverine' in a new look, Sony is going all-in on Marvel’s Wolverine with a new PS5 collection that includes covers, a DualSense, and a limited-edition console
- Drone firm PDW lands $820 million Pentagon funding to build the next generation of UAS components as crackdown on foreign providers continues
- Nashville will use 'eminent domain' to block a $700 million data center threatening iconic zoo
- Scammers are using fake Odyssey pirate downloads to spread malware that's more dangerous than the Cyclops and Circe combined
- UK Navy forced to strip out internet connectivity from drones after finding it sent 'heartbeat communications' to China
- GTA 6 leverages the PS5's ultra-high-speed SSD for 'near-instant load times', but fans reckon Rockstar has been quietly revealing the game's loading screens for months
- Insomniac confirms Marvel's Wolverine is 'fully playable on the disc' out of the box — just months before Sony ends physical game production for good
- 'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat
- Privacy giant Proton may be building a web browser — but its community turns cold
- How to watch The Traitors India season 2 online from anywhere
- Amazfit’s five-star fitness tracker just got a new way to take on Garmin’s best smartwatches, and it just got even better value
- How to watch Sharks vs All Blacks for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry game
- What is the release date for The Shards episodes 3 and 4 on Hulu and Disney+?
- OpenAI extends 'Daybreak' security project and reveals new cyber model — but for approved users only
- Spotify is introducing AI Persona tags to differentiate real artists from fake ones, vowing to become ‘the most transparent and trustworthy place to listen to music’ — but the tool isn’t targeting the music itself
- Wix launches Symphony – giving small businesses their own AI workforce
- How to watch Sky Sports from anywhere – stream Premier League, cricket, golf and more
- London Underground is trialing live face scanning from today as privacy groups say it 'treats the public like suspects' — here's how to avoid it
- 'Our goal is to deliver way more value to consumers than what we charge them' — Take-Two CEO says GTA 6 'will be an incredible bargain' at its $80 base price
- Redditor somehow turns a Steam Deck into a Game Boy — and I'm loving the 'SteamBoy'
- Take-Two CEO defends timed Netflix exclusive GTA 6 extended look, says it's 'part of Rockstar Games' marketing strategy'
- The CEVA Logistics data breach is having major knock-on effects across Europe - here's what we know
- GTA 6 Ultimate Edition is selling more than Standard, says Take-Two CEO, despite the price controversy: 'The most avid consumers are the ones who are pre-ordering now'
- Beats teased new headphones then ghosted us — but now, Reddit sleuths think they’ve worked out when the new cans will land
- Microsoft Teams will now let you really show off how good you are at your job — but it might make your co-workers cringe
- Worried about data centres near you? The UK map shows most facilities are in London, but things are changing fast
- NordVPN outpaces competitors in independent tests, with top marks for speed and malware protection
- Meet Snowflake Volunteer: Tor's Android app that lets you help people bypass censorship
- Improved connectivity is helping more Brits realise their dream — in both business and personal life
- What is the release date for Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 4 on HBO Max?
- Amazon reportedly uses 45-year-old rules to get around AI data center opposition - California residents left fuming after Gilroy facility begins construction
- August 10
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- Virginia cracks down on electricity firms hiking prices for AI data centers — move could save ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ for everyday users
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, August 11 (game #1157)
- Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, August 11 (game #1660)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 11 (game #891)
- 3D-printed drones built on a US Navy ship for the first time, potentially opening a whole new world of possibilities for future warfare
- The US government wants to make it easier to build and launch floating nuclear reactors, 'unleashing American energy dominance'
- What you need to know about your hearing health and wired earbuds, and why this Kickstarter campaign emphatically gets my backing as someone who tests IEMs
- SpaceX is spending $16.8 billion on a Texas chip fab Musk says will be '50 times the size of the Pentagon'
- TSMC reportedly has $1 billion of Apple chips awaiting delivery of DRAM — will this be what powers the iPhone 18 Pro?
- House of the Dragon season 4: release window, possible cast, story predictions, and more on the HBO Max show's final chapter
- Cloudflare chief says humans will soon be 'a rounding error on the Internet' as bot traffic takes over — so what is it doing to combat this?
- What is the release date for X-Men '97 season 2 episode 9 on Disney+?
- How to watch FEI World Championships 2026: free live streams, TV channels, schedule, Friday's events
- Microsoft reportedly pours fuel on PC pricing flames as it implements a 'significant increase' for Windows 11 licenses
- 'Everyone who bought this game should be eligible for a full refund': A digital-only Nintendo Switch game just became unplayable for those who paid for it — showing exactly why gamers are rebelling against Sony's disc-free PlayStation plans
- We spend £1.6bn a year on subscriptions we don’t want — fast tracked UK Government policy promises to make cancelling them easier, and will make ‘phoney bargains’ illegal
- Top US defense device maker IEH Corporation admits hackers broke into its systems
- US healthcare software giant Unlimited Technology Systems admits hackers may have stolen sensitive data of 3.8 million people
- Samsung patches nearly 200 security issues on its phone hardware - here's what you need to know
- My favorite budget clip-style open earbuds have a successor which solves two major problems with these designs
- What is the release date for Ted Lasso season 4 episode 2 on Apple TV?
- Levi's reveals security tear may have let hackers steal important corporate data
- Spotify quietly added a button to skip ads in podcasts, except for its own promotional content — and it’s sparked widespread concern for the future of podcasting
- Windows 11's RAM-hogging, advert-laden Weather app is the poster child for everything that's wrong with the operating system
- The Witcher season 5 is rumored to be delayed until 2027 — and I'm concerned about the finale of the Netflix fantasy series
- How to watch YouTube TV from anywhere
- Klarna member? You can now get a free NordVPN subscription — here's how
- Experts warn North Korean hackers are increasingly using AI to build smarter and more devious cyberattacks
- No, Tesla didn’t build this bizarre Cybertruck-inspired solar EV: this BMW-backed solar car project uses the sun’s rays to commute for free
- 'The wobble is so annoying': one Galaxy Z Fold 8 user has resorted to an extreme fix to ensure their foldable lies perfectly flat
- Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth says AI productivity gains should now mean we're all doing more work — not taking time off
- Amnezia VPN strengthens its blocking capabilities with 'mandatory update' for Premium and Free users
- This elite new amp stack looks like it was ripped straight from WALL-E, and it costs half a million dollars
- House of the Dragon season 3 ending explained: who dies during the Battle of Tumbleton, when will season 4 come out, and more on the HBO Max show's latest finale
- How to watch European Athletics Championships 2026 for FREE: Live Streams, TV Channels, Schedule & Medal Table
- August 9
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- Experts find AI agents can be tricked into 'remembering' fake facts for months — so how do we stop it?
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, August 10 (game #1156)
- Quordle hints and answers for Monday, August 10 (game #1659)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, August 10 (game #890)
- The world's first diamond-powered portable quantum computer works at room temperature and can even be plugged into a regular wall outlet
- Samsung wants to bring a floating data center to Texas — huge waterborne facility could offer 50MW of capacity and even cool itself
- Synology reveals a host of new NAS devices it says can balance budget and power requirements for all users
- Chinese ship spotted 'lurking' near Taiwan's subsea internet cables linking it to the US
- Experts warn this fake Claude install guide can be used to empty crypto wallets
- This VPN firm has created a way to stop Microsoft's hidden tracking tool on Windows — although it will break some key cloud services
- What is the release date for Reacher season 4 episodes 1-3 on Prime Video?
- The FCC could start banning DJI drones that have previously been approved, and DJI isn't happy about it
- PwC left red-faced after being caught using AI hallucinations and fake citations in multiple reports
- How to watch British Grand Prix 2026 MotoGP for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for big weekend at Silverstone
- Ahead of one of the best solar eclipses in years, Telefónica boosts mobile coverage to make sure you can post all your videos online
- I watched Spider-Man: Brand New Day in Dolby Cinema — and the sound stole the show
- The US Navy used a swarm of drone boats to seize $81 million worth of cocaine in the Caribbean
- August 8
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- US Army is hunting for surface-to-air missiles able to take down small drones
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 9 (game #1155)
- Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, August 9 (game #1658)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 9 (game #889)
- New drone system which could spot wildfires before they get out of control completes its first test — but is it too late for the summer blazes plaguing Europe?
- Pentagon launches campaign for unmanned boats able to launch drones at sea
- How to watch Argentina vs South Africa for FREE: live stream details as Springboks prepare for New Zealand
- 'AI success will be defined not by how much infrastructure organizations own, but by how productively they use it': Nvidia lays out its thoughts on how storage has become the next frontier of AI
- How to watch Man Utd vs PSG: live stream the 2026/27 pre-season friendly from anywhere
- 'You'll own nothing and you'll like it': Google pulls the Lord of the Rings digital editions from one user's library, our latest reminder that digital purchases aren't always forever
- West Ham vs Portsmouth Live Streams: How to watch Carabao Cup 2026/27 first round online from anywhere
- Workers are worried AI will expose they don't know how to do their jobs properly
- ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from our Z Fold 8 Ultra review to GTA 6's Netflix partnership
- How to watch Chelsea vs AC Milan for FREE: pre-season friendly live streams from anywhere
- Working hard or hardly working? More than half of workers have sent unneeded emails or messages just to show they are doing something
- How to watch Japan vs Australia: Live streams and TV channels as Brave Blossoms host Wallabies
- Denza claims its latest Z9S model boasts the world’s longest electric range — allowing owners to drive from New York to Detroit without a stop
- Russia is kickstarting its plans to dominate the space race once again — but it will have to depend on Chinese hardware to do so
- August 7
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- Pentagon signs $500 million deal for unmanned counter-drone missile systems promising 'decisive advantage'
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, August 8 (game #1657)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 8 (game #1154)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 8 (game #888)
- Could this be the end of BIOS-locked laptops? AI tweaker deploys Claude to unlock and change settings for good
- WhatsApp scam costs Hong Kong man $1.27 million after criminals used AI voice notes to impersonate his father — experts say secret codewords are the best way to stay safe
- 'I wasn’t driving. I had Autopilot on': Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system is getting drivers speeding tickets, and owners aren’t happy
- Hivemind AI software carries out first on-water 'swarming test' in Taiwan mission
- The next age of LLMs? Dev gets a small LLM running at 10 tokens a second locally on a $10 microcontroller
- Shock horror — AI-generated security patches fall short of actually solving all the problems they were meant to fix
- Experts warn malicious AI skills are hitting more victims than ever — with one family amassing 1.7 million downloads
- Wondering why GTA 6 is a code in a box? Take-Two CEO says it’s because gaming is now ‘well over 90% digital’
- How to watch Middlesbrough vs Wrexham: Free Streams + TV Channels for Carabao Cup 1st Round
- 'The level of pre-orders is unprecedented' — Take-Two reportedly made $1.39 billion in sales during GTA 6's pre-order period
- What is the release date for House of the Dragon season 3 episode 8?
- Redditor gets sick of waiting for Nvidia and makes a tool to protect RTX 5090 GPUs from melting their power cables
- 'Start experimenting and innovating again please': Samsung's spicy Reddit AMA covered foldables, health, and AI — and the company didn't shy away from responding to criticism
- New Mexico judge calls Meta a 'public nuisance' that's like a factory emitting 'noxious pollution' in record $567 million fine — and even Meta's own attorneys agree
- Top US hedge funds targeted by major vishing campaign — Blackstone, KKR and CME among those under fire
- This Russian VPN has been accused of breaching its no-log policy — here's what we know
- This 'classic' decades-old SQL injection flaw could let hackers take over entire Windows servers, thanks to a nifty database trick
- It doesn't seem like Nintendo plans to drop cartridges anytime soon, as the Switch 2 maker reports 38.5% of its sales are physical
- How to watch DHL Stormers vs New Zealand for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry tour opener
- 7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and more this weekend (August 7)
- How to watch Rugby's Greatest Rivalry: FREE streams, TV channels, schedule for New Zealand's 2026 tour of South Africa
- NordVPN gives Linux users a major upgrade with automatic GUI app installation
- 'Locking a gameplay trailer behind a Netflix subscription is a new level of greed' — GTA 6 fans callout Rockstar for 'paywalling' the game's extended look
- The Legend of Zelda Movie has found its Ganondorf and Impa — and the new Nintendo film will also include a poignant final big-screen role for the late Sam Neill
- This is getting embarrassing now — Microsoft sabotages its good work in fixing Windows 11 with this baffling OneDrive Photos app misfire
- Ubisoft just made a classic Tom Clancy game free to keep — here's how to add it to your library before time runs out
- A worrying Google issue could leave small businesses playing catch-up with back-to-school sales – here is what to do
- Great news for cheap OLED TVs and monitors: LG's new '2-stack' tech should cost less to make and be more energy efficient than its recent 'OLED SE' panel
- Starlink might be less of a threat to mobile operators than Elon Musk claims
- Microsoft has pulled a small but vital Teams update which could have let users ignore all those annoying work chats for good - I just hope it comes back soon
- To me, my X-Men: Marvel has found its Cyclops in Heartstopper's Kit Connor — and he might not be the only actor who's reportedly been cast for the new MCU movie
- The latest firmware beta update automatically enables PSSR 2.0 on PS5 Pro, giving supported games 'sharper and clearer' graphics
- Swiss government says SharePoint-linked data breach affected hundreds of accounts
- UK SMBs are increasingly turning to AI for their ads — and many consider it their secret weapon for expansion
- UK government could force bosses to consult employees before rolling out worker surveillance tools
- How to watch Possession online from anywhere – stream Gugu Mbatha-Raw's supernatural thriller
- Xiaomi’s debut full-size hybrid SUV can cover 314 electric miles before it touches a drop of gasoline
- 'Enemy rags do not remain on Ukrainian soil for long': Ukrainian forces destroy Russian flag 30 seconds after it was dropped by a drone
- China declares it is now the leading global chipmaking power — mainly because it just changed the definition of what a semiconductor is
- My Life with the Walter Boys season 4: release window and everything we know so far about the hit Netflix show's return
- August 6
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- NASA says a billion-dollar bill for a recycled Moon rover is simply too high
- Quordle hints and answers for Friday, August 7 (game #1656)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, August 7 (game #1153)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, August 7 (game #887)
- Waymo CEO says camera-only self-driving systems can’t support fully autonomous driving systems, and after testing multiple robotaxis, I have to agree
- US Air Force says the F-47 'will fly in this administration' — new super jet set to replace the F-22 is still set to arrive in 2028
- Robert Pattinson steps into Chris Hansen's shoes in the gripping new A24 Primetime trailer — but I was distracted by an unrecognizable The Office star
- SK Hynix and SanDisk reveal first specs for High Bandwidth Flash — but don't get too excited, you probably won't be able to buy it anytime soon
- 'I think there's room for both to coexist': Disney's new creator festival is the clearest sign yet that Hollywood and fan-made movies are colliding
- Global memory shortage forces top PC makers like HP and Asus to turn to CXMT chips — but what will Samsung and Micron think?
- More hefty GPU price hikes are rumored — and your only chance of a high-end Nvidia graphics card at MSRP is at QuakeCon
- 35 years ago today, the World Wide Web changed our lives forever — as Tim Berners-Lee says, ‘trading personal data for use certainly does not fit with my vision for a free web’
- Heatwaves are getting so bad you can buy this portable 'human fridge' in Japan to save you from heatstroke — and it'll blast you with 41F air
- Is Google Gemini trained on Google docs? One indie developer thinks so, after it told players about his unreleased game plans
- Capcom says 'approximately 90%' of its sales are digital — and isn't worried about the death of physical games
- Ghost Recon Wildlands finally gets a 4K 60fps mode for current-gen consoles and PC, a time of day feature, new difficulty options, and more as Ubisoft aims to increase 'player freedom'
- Ghost Recon Wildlands gets a new story mission called Last Rites that introduces 'a new kind of danger' as Ubisoft confirms the next game is in development and is now 'ready to put it to the test'
- Hackers caught hijacking this Chinese Windows VPN's installers to spread malware
- Another top router maker accused of firmware having backdoors — Chinese giant Zbtlink halts downloads to fix issue
- GTA 5 actor says 'I must've auditioned for over 60 characters' for GTA 6, but Rockstar ghosted him — 'I feel like someone who's in love with a girl and then she just dumped me'
- Google Blogger locks out thousands of users after malware false positive
- OpenAI says it stopped an Asian scam campaign hijacking ChatGPT to lure in victims
- Garmin Fenix 9 details leak, and if true, we're getting three new watches — but the most interesting part of this reveal is about Garmin's screen technology
- Microsoft quietly stops recommending 32GB of RAM, as even Apple reportedly struggles to secure memory for iPhones and MacBooks
- Buggy microcontrollers making up some of the world's most important servers can be easily backdoored
- We could finally be getting the next GTA 6 trailer as Rockstar announces a special 'extended look' that will premiere on... Netflix?
- Dolby Vision 2 HDR is officially arriving on certain Hisense TVs — here's which models are getting it first, and what it does
- Bose's mid-range headphones just got their first upgrade in years, adding better ANC, wired USB-C audio and a limited edition Shrek-y colorway
- How to watch Carabao Cup 2026/27 for FREE: Live stream EFL Cup online from anywhere — Round 1
- Do your AirPods slip out while you run or chew? This user found a simple and cheap trick to keep them in place — and you’ll still be able to fit them in your charging case
- 'This will be my last Pixel': Android fans are rebelling against the imminent demise of Google Assistant — here are 5 reasons why
- Sony is reportedly putting ‘important notice’ labels on PS5 consoles — warning buyers that disc production ends in 2028
- Suno is now letting users press their AI music slop to vinyl, thus alienating streaming services, artists and audiophiles
- 75% of European businesses fear a US tech kill switch could deal an economic 'death blow' – driving a search for sovereign alternatives
- Apple's Private Relay tool can leak users' IP addresses — with OnionBrowser also affected
- Resident Evil Requiem's Leon and Grace will co-host the Future Games Show: 'Whether you’re into pulse-pounding horror, samurai adventures or anything in between, we’ve got first looks, exciting reveals and plenty of surprises in store'
- Marantz's new Dolby Atmos AV receivers bring up to 7.4.4 channels of surround sound — and home theater nerds will love their cool monitoring and diagnostic options
- Workers are hitting back at employer plans to use AI to screen job applications
- Could Meta Ray-Bans be banned in Europe? EU regulators dial up the pressure on smart glasses — and the rest of the world is watching
- 'This one page changed my life': Michael Dell shows off the document which helped set him on the path to business success
- Forget Sidecar, someone just got the real macOS working on an iPad — and it proves it’d be a terrible idea
- August 5
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- FBI agent accused of stealing $1 million in crypto — and he even consulted ChatGPT on how to leave the country
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #1655)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #1152)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #886)
- Could Japan be the next drone giant? Prime Minister looks to push domestic production to reduce reliance on China
- Disney+ could soon get a free tier — and it’s about much more than streaming
- Ukraine's next weapon against Russian drones is this slightly odd tiny robot which fires nets into the air in all directions
- Disney's latest TikTok deal shows it's betting on real creators instead of AI-generated videos
- South Korean military signs deal to turn flying taxis into troop transports — and the US Air Force could be next in line
- Elon Musk: 'At some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world's internet,' but that promise hinges on launching thousands more next-gen satellites and the massive Starship working as promised
- Chinese military reportedly uses American AI models to train its defense systems - tools from OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly among those affected
- Are your Android apps secretly sharing your location with advertisers? Some developers are accidentally leaving on this critical data-invading setting when using third-party SDKs
- ‘Our corrupt, AI-addicted President cannot be allowed to sacrifice our federal lands’: A bill to permanently ban AI data centers from federal lands has been introduced to Congress
- Samsung’s cheap Fitbit Air rival just leaked again, but we still have tons of unanswered questions
- Private Internet Access just more than doubled its streaming VPN server network
- Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for
- One.com just rebuilt its website builder around conversational AI – and it can modernize your old website in an instant
- Experts flag Bank of America phishing scam that hands your device over to hackers
- 'It is not a form of advertising': BMW defends Spider-Man pop-up ads that have infuriated customers
- Secretlab Titan Evo owners can now freshen up their gaming chair with three new Pokémon Pixel Art skins inspired by Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise
- Oh, great, GPU prices could climb again — here's my expert advice on why you should buy now (and which graphics card to get)
- TP-Link router owners update now — 15 flaws patched to stop hackers hijacking your devices
- 'Acoustically speaking, we are developing the sound of all future PlayStation audio products' — Audeze marketing director teases what's next for its Sony collaboration, including new audio hardware that is in 'various stages of development'
- 'The largest in history:' Russia blocks over 20 popular VPNs in major internet crackdown
- Microsoft 365 users hit by phishing scheme posing as RingCentral emails
- Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here's what you need to do next
- New ChainDrop worm poisons over 1,300 npm packages, Keyv and Cacheable among those hit
- 'Tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for': Microsoft tells engineer to calm down on AI usage
- What is the release date for Lioness season 3 episode 2 on Paramount+?
- Your living-room VPN just got faster: IPVanish rolls out WireGuard and OpenVPN on Apple TV
- 'Patients are ready for this': New study reveals 90% of NHS staff use AI at work — and most patients are happy with it
- Why is Intel sharing its Atom CPU technology with a start-up? The answer could be in low-power x86 design
- August 4
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- Watch out — Microsoft login pages are being abused as hackers try and lure in unlucky victims, here's what to look out for
- How to watch every Spider-Man movie for *FREE* – stream all 10 feature films from anywhere
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, August 5 (game #1654)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, August 5 (game #1151)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 5 (game #885)
- Cybercrime is costing the world trillions every year - new report says victims lose an average of nearly $10,000 in every hit
- Steam survey shows GPUs with 16GB are now the most popular graphics cards — and that really doesn't bode well for gamers' wallets
- SpaceX rocket set to crash into the moon at seven times the speed of sound — but the 5,400 mph impact is entirely expected, and might even prove useful for NASA
- CMF's first clip-style open earbuds are here with a tempting price tag and, thankfully, none of Nothing's flagship surveillance tech
- Whoop joins fellow premium screenless wearable company Oura in partnering with the Natural Cycles women's health tracking app
- Budget Meta Ray-Ban alternatives are selling out in stores — but please don’t buy them
- Amazon admits it accidentally shelled out $1.8 million for Claude to finish its menial coding tasks
- New malware disguised as popular Roblox cheat tool could give hackers full control of your PC — including the webcam
- It's official - more IT work is now off-prem than ever before, and it's sucking up a whole load of power
- Is Windows 11 spying on you via a new background process? No, it isn't, but the controversy around this clearly shows Microsoft must do better with privacy
- Samsung's next-gen HDR10+ Advanced is launching on Prime Video this month — surprisingly beating Dolby Vision 2 to the punch, though with some huge unanswered questions remaining
- The 78.4 kWh Base Core battery can keep your home running during an outage, installs in under an hour, and gives back to the grid — as home battery installations reach a record high
- 'A new era of workplace sabotage': Employees really aren't happy with being forced back to the office - and many are starting to fight back
- ‘77% expect domain importance to increase’: Name.com partners with Lovable and others to embed domain access
- How to watch Ted Lasso season 4 online – stream the sports comedy's revival from anywhere
- This transparent CD player puts the inner workings on full display like a work of art — it's the perfect showpiece for physical media fans
- Amnezia VPN now supports human rights defenders with free premium VPN subscriptions
- Experts reveal Google Password Manager can be hijacked to let hackers steal passkeys and gain access to all your secrets
- Private Internet Access now lets you ditch Google as it brings its VPN app to F-Droid
- Philips Hue may be bringing its best ever lightstrip to the back of your TV — but we're primed for a painful price
- AdGuard VPN launches standalone Meta Quest app for system-wide VR protection
- Travelers beware — Microsoft experts warn hotel Wi-Fi can be hijacked to infect your devices with dangerous malware
- GTA 6 fans waiting for Trailer 3 are convinced they've spotted an easter egg in GTA Online referencing the game's map
- Plug in baby: why plug-in solar is going to be huge for UK homes
- DJI unveils the Mic Mini 2S — here are 5 upgrades you can expect over the regular Mic Mini 2
- A potentially dangerous macOS security flaw went unreported due to Apple being deluged by AI slop bug reports
- Our favorite high-end music player brand just unveiled a successor to its 5-star entry-level DAP — though its definition of 'entry-level' might differ to yours
- Google just made managing your Fitbit health data far easier on iOS, and I can’t believe it’s taken this long
- Leaked document suggests Microsoft's rumored 'disc-to-digital' feature will roll out this month and allow users to play the Xbox 360 catalogue on Project Helix
- Over 100,000 UK Police and staff have personal data leaked in attack on national database
- EE launches its fastest fibre broadband ever - 8GB per second speeds should appeal to home workers, gamers and AI developers alike
- LinkedIn says it won't be spending big on AI hardware this year — but it has a good reason why
- August 3
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- GMKTec pairs the fastest laptop CPU ever launched with a desktop RTX 5070 GPU in an impressive Neo-X1 workstation PC
- Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #1653)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #1150)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 4 (game #884)
- Nvidia could invest $250bn in OpenAI's 10Gw Ohio data center — but costs could balloon to $500bn
- Someone just made the world's most elaborate Train Simulator controller — and it even includes real dashboard components from 'Class 80x' UK trains
- 'Generative AI is already changing what malicious software packages look like and how threat actors are beginning to probe AI-based code systems': Amazon flags North Korean hacker group as being behind the surge in open source supply chain attacks
- After months of silence, the first Googlebook has been spotted — and it looks nifty, but will anyone really care?
- 'We can push the limits of technology to pursue something mind-blowing': Disney Worldbuilders looks like a must-watch for Disney Parks fans
- Don’t worry about the MacBook Air shortages — these official Apple refurbished deals are a better buy anyway
- Samsung warns RAM-pocalypse could last until 2028 — as its profits continue to rise
- Disney+ brings 4K streaming back to European customers, but HDR is still on the to-do list
- Solar energy just had its best-ever month in the UK — as the first plug-in solar kits prepare to go on sale within weeks
- A torrent of states are repealing data center tax exemptions — but it could increase costs by upwards of 7%
- No shade Sony, but Hideo Kojima is celebrating his love of physical discs with a new limited edition version of my favorite mini CD player
- What is the release date for X-Men '97 season 2 episode 8 on Disney+?
- Meet deGDID: Windscribe's answer to the Windows tracker that VPNs cannot mask
- Surfshark pulls the plug on Search as it shifts focus to fighting scams
- How to watch The Sky at Night for *FREE* – stream the long-running astronomy show from anywhere
- Samsung's latest report suggests the RAM crisis is only just getting started — could we be looking at a new normal?
- Proton VPN quietly unveils a massive under-the-hood upgrade — here's all we know about 'Proton Protocols'
- 'We’ve been behind the ball for so long': Experts say DNA samples from crime-scene forensics can be modified and even switched using an AI tool
- What is the release date for Ted Lasso season 4 episode 1 on Apple TV?
- What is the release date for My Life with the Walter Boys season 3 on Netflix?
- Casio is going all-out on retro fitness trackers — as two vintage watches with Bluetooth step-tracking join a new version of its wild smart ring
- Google Search Console now lets you track social media and video content — here's how to get it up and running
- New AirPods set to arrive before the end of the year, but don't hold your breath on cameras in Apple earbuds just yet
- Microsoft acknowledges how dire the RAM crisis is by promising to reduce Windows 11's 'memory footprint' on 8GB laptops — but it should have been this way from the start
- 'Nobody was buying them so it doesn't really matter' — Xbox console price hike hits the UK
- Microsoft warns Teams mobile users to update app now or lose Calendar access
- The InkLeaf is a dual-screen e-paper tablet that lets you read on one display and take notes on the other
- Vodafone completes £4.3 billion VodafoneThree takeover, promises to 'move faster' and 'deliver better connectivity' for customers across the UK
- A stratospheric balloon could become a high-altitude drone carrier, capable of loitering for weeks and launching solar-powered UAVs
- In a twist of irony, a Chinese open source GLM 5.2 AI model contained 'rogue' OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol in a Hugging Face hack just as the US mulls banning open-weight AI
- August 2
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- Quordle hints and answers for Monday, August 3 (game #1652)
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, August 3 (game #1149)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, August 3 (game #883)
- Russia debuts anti-Starlink EW system that can blind terminals by overloading 'satellites' receiving antennas'
- Russia is planning a tethered mother drone carrying up to six wired mini spy UAVs
- US confirms it will leverage Ukraine's expertise in military drones before competing to 'be the world champions'
- Palantir debuts 'war' data center in a container, full of Nvidia's B300 AI accelerators and open-weight models
- Startup backed by the world's largest battery maker just launched a supercheap mini PC that competes with Nvidia's $5000 AI DGX Spark PC
- How to watch Leeds vs Liverpool for FREE: pre-season friendly live streams from anywhere
- Could Seagate follow Micron? 90% of its hard drive capacity is going to enterprise, with customers scrambling to secure HDDs in 2029
- Hackers are going after our water now — over 30 Minnesota utilities hit in coordinated cyberattack by apparent Iranian attackers
- UK tests robot boat that can fly its own wired drone even in 14ft waves and stay at sea for weeks
- How to watch Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked – stream survival show all-star spin-off
- Google pulling Nano Banana from Google Earth after one day shows how bad our AI misinformation problem has got
- Half of adults admit they would publish work created mainly by AI and not say so — despite believing other people should do just that
- Startup swaps costly AI GPUs for Arm cores and up to 128TB of 'cheap' LPDDR6 RAM instead of expensive HBM to smash through the memory wall
- August 1
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- China outs Nvidia-powered AS2-W quad-wheel 'robot wolf', just weeks after its armed version surfaced in joint military drills in Mongolia
- 'They’re closer to architecture than landscaping': inside Walt Disney World’s eight-month process to build EPCOT’s Flower & Garden Festival topiaries
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 2 (game #1148)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, August 2 (game #882)
- Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, August 2 (game #1651)
- $10 billion startup gets SK Hynix backing to build a transformer that does just one thing but exceedingly well
- Ukraine will mass-produce Stone Cloak EW tech after the UK allows Kyiv to build a tablet-sized device
- I replaced Ford BlueCruise with an open-source driver-assistance system — after 1,000 miles, I'm not going back
- A cultural crime against humanity? AI firms are destroying ultra-rare books so nobody else can read them
- Expert warns this dangerous Microsoft Word worm can burrow into Copilot and cause havoc — here's what we know
- Blank spaces could hold danger - Kaspersky report warns of the dangers of 'parked domains' and empty pages where hackers could be lurking
- 'A disk in a planet-scale computer': Meta has so many expensive GPUs that it's buying SSDs to kill idle time
- Bad updates, broken cables and blackouts - Cloudflare reveals some of the wildest reasons behind Internet downtime across the world
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day's post-credits scene might not mean what you think it does — here's my wild theory about the new Marvel movie's final shot
- Insta360's new device solves the biggest problem with first-person video — and it’s not a camera
- How to watch Tour de France Femmes 2026: FREE live streams, TV channels, schedule
- How to watch Richard E. Grant’s Very Modern Odyssey online for FREE – stream actor's epic travelogue from anywhere
- New study reveals how AI is reshaping how people shop online — but they still don't really trust it enough
- How to watch Clasica San Sebastian 2026: FREE live streams, TV channels, start time
- How to watch Chelsea vs Tottenham for FREE: pre-season friendly live streams from anywhere
- What does a backyard Dolby Atmos home music studio look like when you’re a sound engineer for major artists? The shed of my dreams, that’s what
- Zelensky confirms Ukraine's drones will reach 6,000 miles in 2027 — enough to cover the entirety of Russia and able to reach as far as San Francisco from Kyiv