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    Gadget Hacks

  • What's Behind the Google Messages Crash Wave (And How to Fix It)
    Reviewed by Julianne Ngirngir If you're dealing with Google Messages suddenly turning into a digital brick every time you try to send a text, you're definitely not alone. Multiple users across Reddit and Google's support forums are reporting the same frustrating issue, with the app refusing to stay open for... Read more »
  • Light Phone III Third-Party Apps Explained: Rules and Risks
    Light has announced a developer program that will let people create tools for the Light Phone III, bringing curated third-party app support to its deliberately stripped-down device. Light and Engadget describe a target timeline: Light says developer access begins in May 2026, Engadget reports the SDK should be ready in... Read more »
  • AirPods 4 vs Pro 3: Which Apple Earbuds to Buy in 2025?
    With the holidays approaching, choosing between Apple's AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro becomes more critical than ever. Apple now offers two distinct versions of the AirPods 4—a standard model at $129 and an enhanced version with Active Noise Cancellation at $179, according to 9to5Mac. Meanwhile, the latest AirPods Pro 3... Read more »
  • Google Assistant Dies: Gemini Takeover Starts Now
    Reviewed by: Jame Jimenez If you've lived with Google Assistant for the past decade, brace for a big switch. The trusty voice helper is getting the boot, and its replacement aims higher. Google has officially confirmed the shift, calling it "Gemini for Home," a new assistant experience and platform upgrade... Read more »
  • Adobe Premiere Pro iPhone App Launches Free - Here's The Catch
    Reviewed by Jame Jimenez There's never been a better time to be a content creator. Adobe just dropped its full Premiere video editing app for iPhone, and it's now available for download on the App Store. After weeks of anticipation since pre-orders started back in September this year, Adobe has... Read more »
  • Apple Fights AI Lawsuit Over Delayed Siri Features
    Apple finds itself in hot water over delayed AI features, but the company isn't backing down. Apple filed a motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit targeting its Apple Intelligence rollout delays on Thursday. The company says two missing Siri features do not justify sweeping legal claims. The twist, and... Read more »
  • iOS 26 Visual Intelligence Transforms Screenshots
    Apple's Visual Intelligence just got a major upgrade in iOS 26, and honestly, it's about time. The original feature launched in iOS 18.2 as a Camera Control button that could describe your surroundings and translate text. Now Apple has extended Visual Intelligence in iOS 26 to work with content that's... Read more »
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    Video Cardz

  • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Review Roundup
    AMD has lifted the review embargo for the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, and the first independent tests are now available.... Read more »
  • AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Review Roundup
    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 tested AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is a new top-end AM5 desktop processor built around a dual 3D V-Cache design. It features 16 Zen 5 cores, 32 threads, up to 5.6 GHz boost, a 200W TDP, and 208MB of total cache, split between 192MB of L3 and... Read more »
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Review Roundup
    Snapdragon X2, second time the charm? Unfortunately, review coverage once again appears limited to the largest media outlets, so there is little point looking for smaller channels or niche sites covering this launch right now. In fact, it took longer than expected to put this roundup together simply because the... Read more »
  • Intel canceled Core Ultra 9 290K Plus still showing up in benchmarks
    Unreleased Core Ultra 9 290K Plus shows up again Was it a good decision to cancel 290K Plus from the Arrow Lake Refresh lineup set to launch in two days? Perhaps, the tests have shown that the 270K Plus can outclass the 285K non-Plus already, so was there any room... Read more »
  • Xbox Full Screen Experience begins rebrand to “Xbox mode”
    Xbox mode branding appears in the Xbox app on Windows ASUS ROG Ally Life reports that Microsoft has started replacing the old “Xbox Full Screen Experience” label with “Xbox mode” inside the Xbox app. Microsoft announced this change at GDC 2026. The comapny mentioned it would start rolling out to... Read more »
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Ultra 5 250K Plus “Arrow Lake Refresh” Review Roundup
    Intel refreshes Arrow Lake Intel’s Core Ultra 200K Plus series is a late Arrow Lake desktop refresh aimed at the unlocked LGA1851 segment. The new chips keep the same platform support for Intel 800-series motherboards, while adding more E-cores than the original 245K and 265K parts, raising official DDR5 support... Read more »
  • GeForce RTX 5050 9GB G7 variant reportedly has the same 130W TDP as 8GB G6 model
    NVIDIA RTX 5050 9GB spotted in shipping manifest NVIDIA’s rumored GeForce RTX 5050 9GB variant has now appeared again, this time with more detailed specifications from kopite7kimi. The leaker lists PG152-SKU40, GB206-150-Kx-A1, 2560 FP32 cores, a 96-bit memory bus, 9GB of GDDR7 memory, and a 130W board power target. That... Read more »
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    Slashdot

  • Google Will 'Degrade' Search In Europe to Avoid EU Fines
    Google says it will overhaul Search in Europe to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, giving more prominence to comparison services like Expedia and Hotels.com while stripping some real-time features from hotel, airline, and restaurant results. "These changes degrade the user experience for Europeans -- boosting online intermediaries at... Read more »
  • Feds Accuse China of 'Systematic' Distillation of US AI Models
    The NSA, CISA, and FBI are accusing (PDF) several Chinese AI companies of carrying out "industrial-scale" distillation campaigns against leading U.S. models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. Since at least 2024, the companies have allegedly routed millions of requests across accounts, APIs, proxies, cloud providers, and third-party aggregators... Read more »
  • Meta Debuts Muse, Its Long-Planned Personal AI Agent
    Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. "The product, long in development, was touted as a key next step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his recent 6,500-word manifesto," reports Axios. From the report: Muse, as the agent is known, exists in a... Read more »
  • Australia To Let Social Media Users 'Opt Out' of Algorithm-Based Feeds
    Australia is proposing the "My Feed, My Way" initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and creators they follow. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $79 million. CNBC reports:... Read more »
  • A Secret New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns Telluride
    An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Telluride just managed one of its best-kept secrets in years, per The Hollywood Reporter. On Sunday night, festival-goers filed into a 650-seat theater with their phones locked away, having no idea what they were about to see, told only that it ran... Read more »
  • LG TVs Caught Spying Even When Offline or On Standby
    A Gamers Nexus investigation found that LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and their homes, even while they are offline or in standby mode. "The company's TV sets scan Wi-Fi networks for nearby devices, record audio logs through their microphones, and use audio and... Read more »
  • Google DeepMind Publishes AI-Powered Predictions For Effect of All 9 Billion Mutations to Human DNA
    Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a free research database containing AI-generated predictions for the effects of all 9 billion possible single-letter mutations in the human genome. Built from its AlphaGenome model, the atlas is designed to help scientists interpret both protein-coding and harder-to-understand regulatory DNA. Fortune reports: AlphaGenome Atlas,... Read more »
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    Computer Hardware Inc - Blog

  • Keep Sensitive Data Private by Disabling AI Training Options
    Most AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini, let you control whether your conversations will be used to train future models. While allowing this could improve the AI, it also means that sensitive business information and intellectual property could become part of the chatbot’s training data. Once data is... Read more »
  • When to Trust AI Tech Answers (And When to Call Us)
    Recently, we’ve fielded a spate of questions from people who have used an AI chatbot to help with a technical issue and then asked us to confirm whether the information was accurate, helpful, or even safe. First off, we’re not offended. If you can work through simple problems on your... Read more »
  • Follow This Advice Before Switching to a New iPhone 17
    Are you considering getting one of the new iPhone 17 models? While it’s always tempting to unbox a new device and dive right in, taking a methodical approach to setup will save you from potential frustrations down the road. When you’re ready to transfer your data—and, for many people, that... Read more »
  • Apple Unveils New iPhone 17 Lineup, Updated Apple Watches, and AirPods Pro 3
    In the tech world, September brings the fruits of Apple’s harvest: new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods. At its recent Awe Dropping event, Apple introduced the new iPhone 17 lineup, the ultra-thin iPhone Air, the Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the AirPods... Read more »
  • Blood Oxygen Monitoring Returns to Recent US Apple Watches with Software Updates
    With the release of iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1, Apple restored blood oxygen monitoring capabilities to US Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2 models that previously had this feature disabled due to a patent infringement suit by medical device maker Masimo. Apple’s redesign processes blood oxygen data... Read more »
  • Pay for Apple TV+ Annually to Avoid the Recent Monthly Price Increase
    Apple has raised the monthly subscription fee for Apple TV+ to $12.99, marking the third price increase since the streaming service launched at $4.99 in 2019. While the monthly cost has increased, Apple kept the annual subscription priced at $99, making it a more economical choice for those who plan... Read more »
  • Working with Time Zones in Apple’s Calendar Apps
    Calendar events are usually straightforward. For instance, if you schedule a meeting for 3 PM on Thursday, an alert will remind you to leave 30 minutes beforehand. However, since we live in an increasingly global world, we occasionally have to consider time zones when scheduling meetings. Business travelers have long... Read more »
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    Hot Hardware

  • Microsoft Exposes Sneaky Unicode Trick Hiding In Millions Of Emails
    Keyword smuggling, which is the practice of obfuscating spam keywords to bypass detection filters, has been common practice for quite some time. Microsoft is warning that this traditional tactic has been enhanced by a new-school method of ASCII smuggling, which was originally used for AI prompt injection attacks. Now, ASCII... Read more »
  • NVIDIA DLSS 5 Mod Uses A Second GPU To Nearly Erase Its Performance Hit
    NVIDIA's DLSS 5 neural rendering offers a stunning upgrade in visual realism but the performance hit is substantial, to the point that some, including this writer, feel it doesn't justify the cost. What if you could slash that performance hit down to almost nothing, though? Well, it turns out that's... Read more »
  • LG Smart TVs Caught Snooping Even When You Think They’re Off
    LG drew the ire of customers when it was discovered that the software designed to accompany its monitors was installing itself and offering unwanted third-party offers on users’ systems. The company is facing a new, more furious round of backlash now that it has been revealed that its televisions are capturing... Read more »
  • Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake: 15 Min Gameplay, Release Date Revealed
    The much-anticipated Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake is now slated for release on November 5th, and a 15-minute segment from the latest Nintendo Direct showcases a sizable amount of gameplay. Below, we've embedded numerous screenshots from that Direct footage, which runs at a scaled 4K and 60 FPS,... Read more »
  • Corsair Launches $199 TC80 Gaming Chair Built To Take A Beating
    Following up on its initial summer teaser, Corsair's new and battle tested TC80 gaming chair is now available to buy. Priced at $199.99, the TC80 sits on the slightly more affordable side of Corsair's gaming chair lineup. It also notably ditches traditional race-bucket styling seen in favor of a wider, flatter... Read more »
  • Legendary Jensen Interceptor Returns As A 960 HP V8 Track-Focused Beast
    Do you remember Jensen? You know, the good folks that made the Interceptor (arguably one of THE coolest car names ever)? Yes, THAT Jenson. Well, the brand continues its resurrection with the Interceptor GTX, a ferocious 960-horsepower track-focused prototype that revives one of Britain’s most legendary automotive nameplates with raw... Read more »
  • Anbernic’s $139 Switch Lite Rival Packs Snapdragon Power
    Anbernic has released the RG 55G1, an Android handheld starting at a stocking-stuffer-friendly $140 introductory price and pairing a sleek Nintendo Switch Lite-esque design with Qualcomm's G1 Gen 2 silicon. The RG 55G1 is strictly a retro gaming (and Android-native titles) type of machine, just so we're square. Powering it... Read more »