Qualcomm is set to ratchet up chip prices in September, and your next gadget upgrade could bear the brunt
Qualcomm has informed customers of double-digit chip price increases effective September 1, 2026, citing exhausted supplier cost absorption and failed alternative sourcing.
OpenAI’s rogue AI hack was just the beginning, Hugging Face warns
OpenAI calls its autonomous Hugging Face breach unprecedented, while security and AI experts say the episode raises an equally uncomfortable question about the company’s own safeguards.
Claude Opus 5 is here, and Anthropic says it can rival Fable 5 in some tasks
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5 with major coding improvements, the same API price as Opus 4.8, and performance close to Fable 5 in some tests.
Humans actually prefer talking to an AI than a support person, says gas giant as it cuts jobs
British Gas is cutting 1,300 customer service roles as its CEO argues that people are moving toward digital channels and AI tools.
Intel just pulled its 14A production schedule forward by a year
Intel has moved 14A risk production to 2027 and plans to begin high-volume manufacturing in 2028, one year earlier than previously reported.
Gemini Spark is no longer restricted to Google’s priciest Ultra tier
Google is rolling out Gemini Spark to users on the $20 Pro plan in the US. The AI agent will roll out to Pro users in more countries soon.
LG agrees to kill McAfee pop-up on Windows PCs after Microsoft steps in
LG has agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up ad in its Monitor App Installer after weeks of user complaints and a direct nudge from Microsoft chief Pavan Davuluri.
Firefox just made work and personal browsing easier to separate
Firefox now lets users keep cookies, logins, and browsing sessions apart through native Containers.
ChatGPT can now connect to your Apple Health data to give more personalized health answers
OpenAI has launched Health in ChatGPT, allowing U.S. users to connect Apple Health and supported medical records for more personalized health conversations.
Framework is downgrading some Laptop 13 Pro orders after a massive RAM cost spike
A sudden jump in LPCAMM2 pricing has forced Framework to revise some existing Laptop 13 Pro and Mainboard preorders, reducing later 64GB configurations to 32GB and some DIY Edition and Mainboard orders from 32GB to 16GB.
Alexa+ just quietly became way more useful, if your gadgets are on this list
Amazon unveils new Alexa+ developer tools, including a smart home toolkit, MCP support for service integrations, and Amazon Wallet for voice-based checkout.
Framework Desktop packs Ryzen AI Max, up to 192GB of RAM, and local AI into a mini PC
Framework previewed a new Framework Desktop packing 192GB of RAM and a beefy new chip, built to run large AI models at home. Here's what we know so far.
AI is becoming the shoulder we cry on, and that worries me
A study found leading AI chatbots can outperform people at easing anger and fear, raising uncomfortable questions about who we increasingly turn to during difficult moments.
You can now buy a computer mouse controlled entirely by your tongue
Augmental has opened public US sales of its tongue-controlled MouthPad and released a beta of Vox, a new device built to handle hands-free dictation.
A MacBook Neo refresh may already be in testing and could address its biggest performance bottlenecks
The first MacBook Neo refresh may address two of the original model’s biggest performance limitations through a faster chip and additional memory.
The MacBook Air and iMac are next in line for Apple’s OLED push
Apple is reportedly developing OLED versions of the MacBook Air and iMac, although both will arrive well after the first OLED MacBook Pro.
WhatsApp can now open and edit PDFs without making you download them first
Adobe Acrobat now lets WhatsApp Web and Windows users open and annotate PDFs inside a chat, removing the usual download-first routine while retaining password protection and end-to-end encryption.
Substack now lets you check if a post was written by AI
Substack is rolling out a Pangram-powered scanner that lets readers check posts, notes, and replies for AI-written text. Writers get their own tools too, including a pre-publish scan and a "How I make this" disclosure.
China’s AI talent shortage has tech giants recruiting teenagers
China's AI companies are running short on engineers, so they're now scouting talent as young as 13 with camps, mentorships, and even guaranteed jobs straight out of high school.
OpenAI says AI models autonomously pulled off a major hack, but only a Chinese AI helped recovery
GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased OpenAI model exploited zero-day vulnerabilities to escape a testing sandbox and access Hugging Face’s production infrastructure
TSMC might set up a price hike that could come straight for your next phone, laptop, or tablet
TSMC is reportedly planning to raise chip prices by up to 10% starting in 2027, a move that could push up costs on phones, laptops, and GPUs.
Apple fixes Hide My Email bug that exposed users’ real email addresses
Apple quietly patched a Hide My Email vulnerability that exposed real addresses in bounced emails, over a year after it was first reported to the company.
Gemini Notebook’s new Collections arrive just as Google turns it into a bigger workspace
Gemini Notebook’s new Collections help users organize growing research libraries as Google expands the former NotebookLM across Gemini and Search, although the feature remains more limited than a proper folder system.
Samsung’s humanoid robot ambitions are real, but factories come first
Samsung wants to build humanoid robots, but its new RX division is starting with practical factory machines while consumer models and robot butlers remain distant ambitions without a launch timeline.
WhatsApp’s Liquid Glass redesign is finally coming to Mac after months of waiting
WhatsApp has begun rolling out its Liquid Glass-inspired redesign for Mac, introducing a refreshed interface, improved navigation and dedicated sections for Locked Chats and Communities.
NVIDIA’s new AI can detect deepfake videos in just 22 milliseconds
NVIDIA has introduced Synthetic Video Detector, an AI tool that detects AI-generated videos with up to 92% accuracy in milliseconds.
Samsung’s secret AI chip could finally cool down Exynos phones
Samsung's leaked GAIA AI chip, built by the same team behind Exynos, could finally solve the thermal and battery issues plaguing Exynos-powered phones.
Buying a monitor? This Mac app can expose problems before the return window closes
Screen Test runs more than 25 display checks entirely offline, helping Mac users spot dead pixels, uneven lighting, ghosting, and other problems before they become expensive regrets.
The old internet built a museum for dying tech sounds, and it’s somehow still alive
This wonderfully dated online museum preserves dial-up modems, floppy drives, Windows startup chimes, and other sounds that quietly disappeared as our gadgets became smoother, faster, and much less talkative.
This Mac app can turn every window into a CRT fever dream or a nostalgic Game Boy
Glaze 1.9 uses real-time GPU shaders to transform every Mac window, video, and game, with over 50 looks and a one-time $9.99 price.
Microsoft wants to stop screenshot leaks, one Edge tab at a time
Microsoft is closing a security gap that allowed sensitive PDFs to be captured inside web browsers. Though the protection initially requires Edge and an enterprise account.
Samsung’s new OLED laptop panels just got a lot brighter, and they’ll last longer too
Samsung Display's new tandem OLED panel hits 1,600 nits of brightness and lasts twice as long as regular OLED, and it's already inside a Lenovo laptop.
The Mac Pro nearly received an M3 Extreme chip twice as powerful as M3 Ultra
Apple reportedly developed an M3 Extreme chip with twice as many CPU and GPU cores as M3 Ultra before cancelling the project.
Hidden prompts can secretly rewrite an AI’s memory, and researchers say that’s a serious problem
Researchers have demonstrated GhostWriter, a new attack that secretly injects false memories into AI agents, influencing future responses and autonomous actions.
This experiment shows how easy it is to poison an open-weight AI model for under $100
A cybersecurity researcher poisoned an open weight AI model for under $100 in about an hour, exposing how easily these increasingly popular systems can be secretly compromised without detection.
Asus’ powerful new gaming laptop with a 240Hz Mini LED display makes its global debut
The 2026 ROG Strix G18 is now available globally with up to RTX 5080 graphics and a 240Hz Mini LED display.
Google’s AI just recreated the best goal ever by Pele that was never actually filmed
Google used live stadium capture, and combined it with archival material to bring Pele's legendary goal to life. The Veo video engine, Gemini Omni, and Nano Banana Pro AI tools tagged alongside in the journey to revive a lost marvel.
OpenAI patches ChatGPT desktop after user backlash over its recent redesign
OpenAI fixed its confusing ChatGPT redesign, restoring conversation history, syncing chats across devices, and simplifying mode switching for users everywhere.