Before You Pay More for DDR5, Think About How Much Memory You Need
DDR5 is faster, but DDR4 can offer better value for everyday work. See why the MSI Cubi 5 1MA prioritizes memory capacity, flexibility, and cost.
Adobe Acrobat’s latest update could make working with PDFs considerably easier
Adobe Acrobat’s new AI features, Generate Report and Stylize, arrive September 9 with free, unlimited access. Here’s what they offer.
The 5 Best Motherboards for AMD Ryzen 9000-Series Gaming PCs
We picked five of the best B850 motherboards for Ryzen 9000 gaming PCs, covering high-end, white-themed, practical, and value-focused builds.
Adobe Acrobat can now turn your boring PDFs into podcasts and slick presentations
Adobe's new AI features in Acrobat turn dull PDFs into podcasts, polished decks, and searchable knowledge bases, making documents easier to understand and use.
ChatGPT Images 2.5 lets you sketch what you want instead of trying to describe it
OpenAI's new ChatGPT Images 2.5 model brings faster generation, sharper details, and smarter edits, plus a fun new Sketch feature that turns doodles into finished art.
Intel is about to make PC chips even more expensive, and some could vanish altogether
Intel plans another 10% CPU price hike in October, its third in a year, while phasing out low-margin chips.
Students who use AI every day may be falling behind, while moderate users pull ahead
A new PISA 2025 study of 760,000 students across 91 countries links daily AI use in schoolwork to lower test scores.
These are the 5 best Mac utilities I found in 2026, and you should give them a try too
macOS is great, but it has its gaps. These five utilities fill them, and I miss them every single time I use a Mac without them
Microsoft Edge’s latest Chrome-inspired feature could tame your tab chaos
Microsoft is making Tab Groups much easier to find in Edge, and Chrome users may find the new approach rather familiar.
Dell 14S (DS14260) review: Easy to love, but Dell already has a better option for you
For a road warrior looking for a slim and stylish laptop, the Dell 14S fits the bill. It’s neither under- nor over-powered and is an easy-to-live-with companion on the run.
ChatGPT wants to learn your writing style so it can write more like you
OpenAI is testing a new ChatGPT feature that studies your Slack, Gmail, and Google Drive habits so it can finally sound like you instead of a generic chatbot.
The UN wants AI companies to set safety limits before AI gets too powerful
UN rights chief Volker Turk warns AI could become an "existential threat to humanity" and calls for urgent safeguards, citing real incidents of AI escaping its own testing environments.
Google and Cathay Pacific are using AI to tackle aviation’s overlooked climate problem
Google is partnering with Cathay Pacific to test AI-guided contrail avoidance across Asia-Pacific, building on trials that cut warming impact by roughly 40%.
As AI takes over schools, teachers are going back to basics to curb AI cheating
Forget AI detectors, they've been burning innocent students. Teachers are ditching essays for outlines, videos, and chatbot debates instead.
Meta’s Muse agent is getting closer, and it might take over your to-do list
Meta’s Muse agent is moving into limited testing, with early screenshots showing an AI assistant that can manage everyday tasks, track goals, and act with user approval.
Chuwi reveals powerhouse Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 workstation with a slick design at IFA 2026
Chuwi unveiled the UniBox AI495 Pro at IFA Berlin 2026, a compact workstation with 192GB of memory that can run a 300 billion parameter AI model locally, no cloud required.
The best tech of IFA 2026: A repairable laptop, liquid-cooled power bank, AI toothbrush, and more
IFA 2026 brought repairable laptops, tiny ANC earbuds, liquid-cooled batteries, enormous projectors, and even an AI toothbrush. These are the products that impressed us most.
AI burned a lifeline job for thousands in a poor African nation and raised another crisis
Thousands of Kenyans built careers writing essays for students abroad. Then ChatGPT showed up and took the job for free.
OpenAI’s most powerful AI model is now available on the $20 ChatGPT Plus tier
GPT-6 Astra is starting to reach Plus subscribers just days after its debut. OpenAI says it is significantly more capable than GPT-5.6 Sol across several benchmarks.
Local newspapers take OpenAI and Microsoft to court over AI training data
The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging their paywalled articles were used to train AI systems without permission.
Three hikers trusted Gemini to plan a hike and had to be rescued the next day
Three novice hikers used Google Gemini to help plan a Mount Shasta hike before getting stranded overnight and needing rescue the following day.
Windows 11 is about to turn on a setting that could hurt gaming performance
Microsoft will start enabling Memory Integrity on more eligible Windows 11 PCs in October, a security feature that can affect gaming performance on some systems.
AI chatbots will agree and misinform if you just put a little pressure, warns research
A University of Arizona study found that repeatedly feeding AI models false information can push them into accepting claims they initially rejected.
Google brings its best AI music model Lyria 3.5 to the Gemini app
Google added Lyria 3.5, its most advanced AI music model, to the Gemini app, letting users generate full songs from text prompts or photos.
AMD’s new workstation packs 576GB of GPU memory and enough horsepower for trillion-parameter AI models
AMD unveiled the Threadripper Halo Station at IFA 2026, a 96-core AI workstation with up to 576GB of GPU memory that rivals NVIDIA's DGX Station.
Why doesn’t DDR5 memory always perform the way you expect?
DDR5 performance depends on more than memory speed. Here’s why your CPU, motherboard, and memory settings matter, and how smarter tuning can help.
Ecovacs’ robot vacuum will clean deeper, wash itself, and keep an eye on your privacy
Ecovacs’ new X12S OmniCyclone targets dust mites, stubborn stains and robot-vacuum maintenance with stronger suction and a self-cleaning system.
Microsoft announces Project Zenith, a ready-to-code Windows 11 setup for developers
Microsoft has announced Project Zenith, a preconfigured Windows 11 experience meant for developer-class PCs with coding tools and developer-friendly settings already in place.
Another can of worms opens about AI agents going rogue and hacking stuff without OpenAI catching a whiff
OpenAI's AI agents reportedly formed their own secret clubhouse on a forgotten German wiki, where they shared answers, traded workarounds, and coordinated ways around sandbox restrictions for weeks before OpenAI caught on.
Withings brings AI-powered heart and lung checkups to your home with BeamO
Withings unveiled StethO Sense at IFA 2026, an AI feature that analyzes heart and lung sounds recorded through the BeamO device.
Boya’s new AI notetaker gets the Neo treatment and a much lower price
Boya has introduced a smaller, more affordable AI notetaker that records conversations and turns them into searchable transcripts and summaries.
Lexar made a card-thin portable SSD for shooting 4K ProRes on your iPhone
Lexar announced the Muse at IFA 2026, an ultra-slim portable SSD designed to sit behind a phone while recording demanding formats such as 4K ProRes.
Acemagic’s new Zen 5 AI workstation squeezes 192GB of memory into a tiny 2-liter chassis
Acemagic unveiled the F9A AI Mini Workstation at IFA 2026 in Berlin with up to 192GB of unified memory, a 16-core Zen 5 processor, and Radeon 8065S graphics.
OpenAI’s Astra can handle almost anything you do on a computer, but it’s also better at hiding what it’s doing
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, its fastest and most capable model yet, disclosing it's also the first to hit a Critical cybersecurity risk threshold.
Lenovo’s motto is Make Hybrid AI Great Again for its work PCs at IFA 2026
Lenovo is expanding its business portfolio with Hybrid AI PCs, smarter displays, security tools and futuristic concepts designed to bring AI deeper into everyday work.
Nvidia has two new N1X chips coming with up to 128GB of unified memory and serious AI compute power
Nvidia confirmed RTX Spark PCs will launch in October 2026 across eight manufacturers, detailing two N1X chip configurations.
Lenovo AeroBlade imagines a laptop as thin as a foldable phone, thanks to solid-state cooling
At IFA 2026, Lenovo gave us a glimpse of its AeroBlade concept, which relies on solid state cooling to create laptops that are sub-10mm in thickness and weigh less than 830 grams.
Nvidia’s new PAIR software uses idle home PCs to speed up AI tasks
Nvidia launched PAIR, free open-source software that distributes AI inference across idle home PCs.