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• 'Orwellian Notion': Federal workers can access Claude AI again after judge ditches Trump's Anthropic ban [12d]
• How to watch Aintree Races for free — live stream Grand National 2026 from anywhere [12d]
• 'Almost 100 TOPS': GMKTec debuts powerful AI Mini PC that supports three 8K screens and costs less than you think [12d]
• 'Remember BlackBerry?': Iconic phone maker’s patents used to hit Brother in a massive lawsuit that could threaten the entire printer industry [12d]
• Hydrogen isn’t dead — BMW teases iX5 with space-saving fuel cell system that offers emissions-free motoring for up to 385 miles [12d]
• 'I'm going to play this with my granddaughter' — Mark Hamill on Lego Smart Play and nearly 50 years of Star Wars [12d]
• Breach exposes sensitive LAPD files stored in city attorney system [12d]
• ‘FlamingChina’ hacker claims to have stolen over 10 petabytes of advanced military data from China’s National Supercomputing Center in possibly the biggest hack of all time [12d]
• What is the release date for Marshals: A Yellowstone Story episode 7 on CBS and Paramount+? [12d]
• Mac users beware — experts say this attack 'stood out immediately' by making a major change to try spread malware [12d]
• Today I learned what a social media bot farm looks like — and it made me delete my Reddit account [12d]
• Amazon bricking classic Kindles is a sign it learned nothing from Sonos' biggest mistake [12d]
• Could AMD's former foundry be quietly building up to become a major Arm — and AMD — rival? [12d]
• Russian censors target Google in VPN takedown push [12d]
• Meta's smart glasses are getting a major AI boost, but it doesn't address its biggest problem [12d]
• VPN deal of the week: Protect your WhatsApp messages beyond the username with this $40 lifetime VPN deal [12d]
• Did your Xbox controller recently ship without a battery included? Microsoft has finally acknowledged the issue and is compensating players with a 'one-time offer' — here's how you can claim yours [12d]
• 'These new numbers are extremely concerning and I will say they’re unsustainable': Texas faces questions over giving data centers over $1 billion in tax breaks [12d]
• Nvidia RTX 5090 owner practices soldering skills on a $5,000 GPU — and the result is predictably disastrous [12d]
• Home Depot's Spring Black Friday sale is better than I expected — here are the best deals on appliances, patio furniture, tools, and more [12d]
• I'm glad I had this powerful and silent fan ready to go for this week's unnaturally hot weather [12d]
• Microsoft's baffling account ban blocks security patches for Windscribe, WireGuard VPN, VeraCrypt [12d]
• Now that's different - hackers use miniature SVG images to try and hide credit card stealer [12d]
• "A future-proof powerhouse for demanding tasks": MSI's RTX5090 creative laptop gets a $300 price cut — Stealth A16 packs workstation-level power [12d]
• Huge changes are coming to Xbox Achievements, including new visuals, 'more control over how your accomplishments are presented', and the ability to highlight your 100% completed games [12d]
• IKEA just launched a tiny motion-sensitive light that you can stick anywhere — and you can get two for $5 right now [12d]
• Undertone's director Ian Tuason reveals why the horror movie's set felt haunted: 'There was a lot of unexpected things happening' [12d]
• Some TV fans aren’t happy about Samsung dropping QD-OLED from its mid-range OLED TVs — but our early measurements of the LG C6 show why it probably makes sense [12d]
• Even with the RAM crisis, there are still great value gaming laptop deals — these 5 hand-picked options are up to $400 off [12d]
• Closing the implementation gap in America's cyber strategy [12d]
• UK NHS chief champions Palantir’s 'outstanding results’ in England, pushes for deeper rollout despite growing staff concerns [12d]
• 'Go from prototype to launch in days rather than months': Anthropic reveals Claude Managed Agents, promises to make agent building '10x faster' [12d]
• Samsung has rolled out the One UI 8.5 beta to more phones — complete with a sharing feature we've been waiting for [12d]
• ‘Just flat-out fun’ — I was a Nothing-design skeptic, but 3 things I found when reviewing the Phone (4a) Pro turned me into a believer [12d]
• Crimson Desert is finally playable on Intel Arc GPUs after driver update — but there's still plenty of work to be done [12d]
• Netflix reveals first-look images of The Incredibles director's new movie Ray Gunn — and its starry cast and plot details have instantly caught my eye [12d]
• There's a huge Brooks running shoe sale at Amazon — I found the 12 best deals that I'd buy with up to 30% off [12d]
• There's a sneaky way to watch the Masters 2026 for *FREE* [12d]
• MSI's RTX3050 AutoCAD-capable laptop gets a huge $200 price cut — 15.6 inch Thin A15 is under $700, but it won't be this price for long [12d]
• “We want Surfshark to be the Revolut of cybersecurity.”: How Surfshark's new CEO is looking to shape accessible privacy [12d]
• Nicole Kidman's most underrated Amazon horror movie is now a sleeper streaming hit on HBO Max — and you need to see it to believe it [12d]
• I tried Meta’s new Muse Spark AI model — and it feels like ChatGPT built for the social internet [12d]
• The Nintendo Switch 2 version of 007 First Light has been delayed until 'later this summer' [12d]
• French email provider accidentally leaked 40 million records — L’Oreal, Renault, French government data exposed [12d]
• 'I think audio is 90% of what scares people in horror movies': Undertone director Ian Tuason on why he chose to focus on sound for his directorial debut [12d]
• What if your computer mouse ate a pair of earbuds? Meet Honor’s MouseBuds Pro with ‘skin-like coating' [12d]
• The new Romo P robovac from drone expert DJI has the most jaw-dropping obstacle avoidance I’ve ever seen [12d]
• ‘It’s almost worthless’: Google Home users slam ‘painfully slow’ Gemini assistant — but it’s getting a global rollout no matter how much you dislike it [12d]
• These tiny and cheap accessories make the Pulse Explore earbuds even more perfect for the PlayStation Portal [12d]
• How to watch The Masters 2026: FREE Streams, TV Info and Tee Times for Round 1 [12d]
• This clever iPadOS 26.4 feature brings it ever closer to the Mac — and that makes me worried [12d]
• 'Now that is immersion': the muzzle flash of Resident Evil 9 Requiem's titular gun is so bright it's apparently causing one player's OLED TV to restart [12d]
• 'The whole world doesn't look like that. You focus on the areas of the trailer' — Former Rockstar environmental artist says what fans see in GTA 6 trailers has been 'madly polished' but 'everything that's not in that view' won't be as refined yet [12d]
• Euphoria season 3 slammed as 'an unhinged disaster' by critics as first reactions to the hit HBO Max show's return flood in [12d]
• John Deere may have to pay out major $99 million settlement in landmark 'right-to-repair' case [12d]
• The Shokz OpenRun Pro are down to their lowest price since Black Friday [12d]
• I took the UK's online safety survey — here are the red flags every privacy advocate should know [12d]
• Tame your AI gremlins before the chaos becomes permanent [12d]
• The AI heat trap: why data centers must rethink thermodynamics [12d]
• 'This is incredible': the first visitors to Europe's biggest Apple museum are stunned by the wall of iMac G3s — and a replica of Steve Jobs' garage [12d]
• Bizarre bug in macOS is a 'ticking time bomb' that takes out networking capabilities if a Mac is left on for too long [12d]
• The foldable iPhone Ultra could cost even more than an M5 MacBook Pro [12d]
• The next phase of LLM development: Why the future of sovereign AI will be multilingual by design [12d]
• Proton VPN expands server network to 145 countries — and is now the top service for global coverage [12d]
• Nearly 80,000 tech workers have already lost their jobs in 2026 — and AI impact means more could be to come [12d]
• RAMageddon: How IT leaders are adapting PC refresh strategy to manage the 2026 memory crunch [12d]
• 'Buyer beware' — Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller shopper reportedly finds old model inside the box in nasty repeat of common RAM scam [12d]
• NHS Scotland domains reportedly found serving adult content and illegal sport streams [12d]
• Forza Horizon 6 might be getting a limited edition Xbox wireless controller and headset, according to reliable leaker [12d]
• AWS upgrades storage for the AI era — says Amazon S3 Files is 'the first and only cloud object store that provides fully-featured, high-performance file system access to your data' [12d]
• 'Shoddy and incorrect': DC Studios co-head James Gunn debunks Man of Tomorrow casting rumors — and says 'every major role' in the DCU movie has already been filled [12d]
• Countries building national LLMs for ‘AI sovereignty’ are ‘doomed,’ analyst says — points to Korea’s voucher program as a better model [12d]
• The post-transformer era has an answer to AI’s energy crisis [12d]
• ‘We've always been about democratizing technology’: NetSuite CEO tells us why even your most crucial business data can benefit from the AI revolution [12d]
• This Philips air fryer is guaranteed to fix an issue in my kitchen — and it’s not the one you think [12d]
• TV makers are fumbling the launch of next-gen RGB LED tech — and they might have missed the chance to dethrone OLED [12d]
• Garmin fans can now ‘unlock fertility insights’ on their wrist thanks to this handy new feature [12d]