Brave’s new Email Alias feature can keep websites away from your real inbox address
Brave’s new Email Aliases feature can limit email-based tracking while still forwarding messages to a user’s primary inbox.
South Korea is funding free AI to help citizens book appointments, file taxes, and everyday tasks
South Korea is handing out free AI subscriptions to boost homegrown AI services and reduce dependency on US and China based services.
OpenAI and more than 100 companies warn an AI cyberattack surge is coming
OpenAI and more than 100 organizations warn that increasingly capable AI could make cyberattacks more widespread and sophisticated, putting pressure on defenders to act now.
Anthropic previews new standard to streamline AI-to-machine connections
Connecting AI agents to physical hardware has traditionally taken months of custom coding. Anthropic's new Model Hardware Standard wants to cut that down to minutes.
Gemini Notebook now lets you reference books and turn them into different formats
The new feature, called Expert Intelligence, wants you to combine Gemini's knowledge with the books you already own. It's a neat idea, and it will soon appear in the
Gemini app and AI Mode in Search, as well.
Google AI Mode can now tell you when flights get cheaper and book your hotel
Google added three new travel features to AI Mode, letting you track flight prices, compare rewards points, and book hotels all in one chat.
Lenovo is reportedly working on a Mac Mini rival and the slimmest ThinkBook ever
Leaked images reveal Lenovo's upcoming ThinkCentre X Ultra mini PC and ThinkBook Aeroblade laptop, both expected to debut at Lenovo Innovation World 2026.
The US is mulling tariffs that will make your laptops, phones, and gaming consoles pricier
The US is reportedly considering broader semiconductor tariffs that could raise prices on laptops, gaming consoles, and potentially phones if finished electronics are included.
Personal chats with ChatGPT are increasingly appearing in courts. You should be wary
Chatbot conversations can contain years of intimate thoughts, intentions, and questions, but they currently lack the legal privilege protecting conversations with lawyers
Adobe Photoshop now has an AI editor for people who’d rather prompt
Adobe is adding an AI Assisted Editor to Photoshop, giving users a prompt-first way to edit images while keeping the traditional Pro Editor intact.
Windows 11 may soon let you shut down your PC from your phone
Microsoft is reportedly testing new Phone Link controls that would let Android users remotely shut down, restart, or put a Windows 11 PC to sleep.
Claude Cowork gets its own browser that doesn’t touch your tabs, bookmarks, or saved passwords
Claude Cowork now has its own built-in browser, separate from your personal Chrome tabs, bookmarks, and passwords. The new built-in browser never touches your logins unless you deliberately choose to share them.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe wants you to stop worrying about being a perfect talker
Google's Gemini 3.5 Transcribe automatically strips filler words like "um" and "ah" from your speech, turning ramblings into clean, formatted text.
LibreOffice 26.8 adds plenty of nice features and refuses to shove AI in your face
The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 26.8, bringing smarter paragraph typography, expanded spreadsheet tools, and zero intrusive AI features to the open-source office suite.
AI receptionists seem like a dangerous idea after a patient revealed it failed to understand her request
AI receptionists are being introduced to handle GP calls and reduce waiting times, but patient complaints are raising concerns about accessibility, communication and human backup.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark is getting ready for major PC games, anti-cheat included
RTX Spark is getting support for major PC games such as Apex Legends, F1 25, ARC Raiders, and THE FINALS, while Nvidia also tackles anti-cheat compatibility.
AOC may beat Acer to market with the first 5K G-SYNC Pulsar monitor
AOC has unveiled the AGP327KG, a 31.5-inch 5K gaming monitor with a 144Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-SYNC Pulsar support.
Apple has a surprise for M4 Mac mini buyers still waiting for delivery
Apple is giving some M4 Mac mini buyers a free upgrade to the new M6 model while they wait for their orders, though some customers are facing longer delivery times as a result.
Samsung’s new SSD could make waiting for file transfers a thing of the past
Samsung unveiled the P9 and P7 portable SSDs at Gamescom 2026, with the P9 now the world's first 8TB USB4 drive hitting 4,000MB/s speeds.
Apple’s new Mac mini quietly leveled up its multi-monitor game
The M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini keep the three-display limit, but refresh rates and port flexibility just got a serious bump.
Apple’s new Magic Keyboard swaps text for symbols, but skips the upgrade you actually want
Apple quietly refreshed the Magic Keyboard with new symbol-based key labels to match its MacBooks, but the backlight everyone's been asking for is still missing.
OpenAI says its Jalapeno AI chip delivers faster responses than rivals like Nvidia
OpenAI released benchmark results showing its Jalapeno chip, co-developed with Broadcom, delivers up to 1.9 times more AI work per watt and 3.6 times lower latency than Nvidia's top chips.
Apple hiked Mac prices, but the new Polishing Cloth will save you a sweet $10
Apple slashed the price of its meme famous polishing cloth to $9, even as the new Mac mini and Mac Studio got noticeably pricier. Make it make sense.
Apple’s M5 Ultra Mac Studio gets a huge AI boost, Thunderbolt 5, and a new networking chip
Apple's new Mac Studio ships with M5 Max or M5 Ultra chips, up to 512GB of unified memory, and up to 4.3x faster AI performance, starting at $2,499.
Apple just gave Mac mini a huge performance boost with M6, and a fat price hike
Apple refreshed the Mac mini with the all-new M6 chip and a beefier M5 Pro option, promising up to 4x faster AI performance in the same tiny design.
Apple unveils M6 and M5 Ultra chips with more horsepower and AI compute
Apple has unveiled its first 2nm M6 chip and the powerful M5 Ultra, bringing major performance and AI upgrades to new Mac mini and Mac Studio models.
ChatGPT Plus is getting throttled again, and it’s apparently for your own good
OpenAI is restoring five-hour usage limits for ChatGPT Work and Codex on Plus accounts, ending a roughly six-week stretch where only weekly limits applied.
Apple’s new Mac mini could show up any day now, and it might beat the iPhones to the punch
Apple's readying a fresh Mac mini that could drop within days, driven by AI demand and a chip shortage squeezing supply.
Solid-state cooling could be the secret to faster AI laptops
Memory bandwidth, not processing power, is becoming the real bottleneck for AI laptops. A new white paper explores why fan based cooling is struggling to keep up, and how solid state cooling could replace it.
ASUS Zenbook A14 (2026) review: The dreamy ultraportable laptop I’ve been waiting for, almost.
The ASUS Zenbook A14 combines a 0.99kg chassis, excellent battery life, and impressive Snapdragon X2 Elite performance, but its 60Hz display keeps it from greatness.
I never cared about Mac desktop widgets until I found this app
I never liked macOS widgets, until I found an app with better looking, more customizable widgets than Apple's own. Here's the full breakdown.
In China, AI has reached dumpling shops where you also get to feed on compute tokens
A dumpling shop named Jinguyuan in Beijing offers AI tokens to customers and has created an interactive system for them to interact with the delicacies on the menu.
A new iMac is coming before the end of 2026, but don’t expect much beyond M6
Apple’s next iMac is expected before the end of the year with an M6 chip, but buyers waiting for OLED, a larger screen, or a major redesign may have to wait much longer.
ASUS’ less powerful Googlebook could still cost a small fortune
A leaked ASUS Googlebook CX9406 listing suggests even a Core Ultra 5 model with 16GB of RAM could come with a premium price.
I found a solution to the features Apple Notes has been missing for years
Apple Notes is great, but it's missing a few key features. I found a free extension that fixes almost all of them, and here's everything it can do.
Silicon Valley wants AI everywhere. It just doesn’t want us to notice
Tech companies are fighting AI slop while doubling down on generative AI, revealing a bigger problem with infinite content and finite human attention.
AMD’s next-gen Medusa APUs are getting ready for launch, and Linux just spilled the beans
AMD has published RDNA 4m firmware for Linux ahead of the Ryzen AI 500 Medusa Point launch, offering another look at its next-gen APUs.
Valve’s latest Proton update fixes Helldivers 2, Forza Horizon, and more
Valve's Proton 11.0-2 update fixes dozens of games on Linux and SteamOS, including Helldivers 2, Marvel Rivals, Forza Horizon and Arc Raiders.