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New study finds HGST, WD hard drives fail less often than Seagate and Toshiba

Gamer drops laptop temperatures by up to 15°C by switching from a wooden desk to a metal table

Windows 11's new CPU-boosting speed trick is rolling out to all apps

Nvidia raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell price to a staggering $16,000

Disgruntled security researcher just dropped another Windows zero-day, right on schedule

Google is quietly testing out new ways to crush the human spirit

Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

Farmer trusted AI after it gave good advice, then it helped wipe out 25 acres of his crops

Lenovo Project Swan leaks with horizontally expanding rollable ThinkBook display

A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras

This wearable patch could get you into REM sleep 43 minutes faster

Amazon data center plant in Texas could become America’s biggest polluter

Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic

Google's AI somehow knew a game secret that existed only in a private Google Doc

Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.

NASA puts astronauts’ lives in the hands of Tesla’s flaky Cybertruck

Microsoft warns hackers are targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks: What to know, how to protect yourself

der8auer tests PC chimney effect, dropping CPU temps by 19°C with a 110cm 3D-printed tower

AI is finding so many Chrome security flaws that Google may start updating it twice a week

Dust off those Nintendo 64 cartridges: M64 brings classic games back to your TV

Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font

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This smart ring can measure your blood sugar using sweat, no needles required

Microsoft laptop with Nvidia RTX Spark leaked and benchmarked before launch

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Microsoft is using TPM chips to crack down on pirated Windows activations

Microsoft’s new TPM‑bound KMS feature sparks debate over whether it curbs all pirated Windows or only enterprise servers

This $299 flip phone is the anti-smartphone, promises to save you from doomscrolling hell

Xbox Is Asking Customers to Volunteer to Test Ad-Supported Game Streaming

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Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows

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Researchers create a drone that becomes almost invisible by spinning 25 times per second

Sales of Valve's Steam Deck crater after recent price hike

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Two thirds of remaining Doom (2016) devs laid off during latest round of Xbox cuts

Recent reports reveal that two thirds of the developers who worked on Doom (2016) have been laid off in the latest round of Xbox cuts.

Windows 11 bloat proves too much for Microsoft's new 8GB Surface Laptop

Microsoft deleted a hacked user's 25-year-old Xbox account, along with his OneDrive baby photos

Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has challenged critics of artificial intelligence to fork the software project or leave the development community.

The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld

PS6 rumors suggest it may be a handheld console

Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now

Research has revealed that decade-old Microsoft-signed UEFI shims can be used to bypass Secure Boot protections.

Mozilla Firefox to follow Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge with new release cadence

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New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices and force companies to offer easy cancellation

Brazilian Courts Force Xbox To Restore Hacked Account

A Brazilian gamer successfully sued Microsoft to regain access to a hijacked Xbox account, sparking discussions on digital preservation.

This MIT robot flies through the air then dives underwater using the same wings

FCC approves giant mirror satellite designed to beam sunlight to Earth after dark

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XBOX Game Pass User Count Hasn’t Grown In Years

Microsoft admits a Windows 11 bug is eating up to 500GB of storage, verify if you are affected

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The US now has three microreactors running

A new attack uses a BioShock-style puzzle to convince AI browsers they're not in the real world

Steam Machine Crippled by Single-Channel RAM

US bill requiring paid games to be playable after they shut down has failed to pass a Senate vote

A California bill aimed at ensuring paid online games remain playable after server shutdowns has failed to pass a Senate committee vote.

RAM prices expected to rise another 40-50% in Q3 2026, and then 30% more in Q4 as AI demand outpaces supply

NVIDIA App has no measurable FPS impact, but filters can reduce performance by up to 10%

PlayStation sales just had its worst May in 25 years, and Xbox's was the worst ever

Big Tech's $8 trillion AI bet is making consoles, cars, and electricity more expensive for everyone else

Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address

Netflix is updating its account structure by requiring every user profile to be linked to a unique email address.

Tech deals on Prime Day 2026: Our picks for PC hardware, laptops, gadgets, and more

Major tech and home cinema discounts are surfacing as Amazon Prime Day 2026 begins.

Ultima's creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

Anthropic's Mythos AI reportedly cracked NSA classified systems in hours, that would explain the ban