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• I tested Turtle Beach’s massive mechanical gaming keyboard, and it has the lowest key profile I’ve ever seen — but there’s another feature that steals the show [20d]
• Forget Sidecar, someone just got the real macOS working on an iPad — and it proves it’d be a terrible idea [20d]
• FBI agent accused of stealing $1 million in crypto — and he even consulted ChatGPT on how to leave the country [20d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #1152) [20d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #1655) [20d]
• 'It's not our job to make the audience comfortable': Gugu Mbatha-Raw on why new supernatural Sky TV thriller Possession will make colonial history 'accessible' — not more palatable [20d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 6 (game #886) [20d]
• Could Japan be the next drone giant? Prime Minister looks to push domestic production to reduce reliance on China [20d]
• Disney+ could soon get a free tier — and it’s about much more than streaming [20d]
• Quote of the day by Anduril founder Palmer Lucky: 'There's no moral high ground to making a land mine that can't tell the difference between a school bus full of children and Russian armor' [20d]
• Ukraine's next weapon against Russian drones is this slightly odd tiny robot which fires nets into the air in all directions [20d]
• Disney's latest TikTok deal shows it's betting on real creators instead of AI-generated videos [20d]
• South Korean military signs deal to turn flying taxis into troop transports — and the US Air Force could be next in line [20d]
• Elon Musk: 'At some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world's internet,' but that promise hinges on launching thousands more next-gen satellites and the massive Starship working as promised [20d]
• Chinese military reportedly uses American AI models to train its defense systems - tools from OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly among those affected [20d]
• Are your Android apps secretly sharing your location with advertisers? Some developers are accidentally leaving on this critical data-invading setting when using third-party SDKs [20d]
• ‘Our corrupt, AI-addicted President cannot be allowed to sacrifice our federal lands’: A bill to permanently ban AI data centers from federal lands has been introduced to Congress [20d]
• Samsung’s cheap Fitbit Air rival just leaked again, but we still have tons of unanswered questions [20d]
• ‘Now, almost every image looks flat or cartoonish’: I saw Reddit arguing that Google’s AI image generator had got worse — so I ran my own comparison against ChatGPT [20d]
• Private Internet Access just more than doubled its streaming VPN server network [20d]
• In a rare win for PC builders, Corsair's 32GB Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 memory gets a big discount [20d]
• Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for [20d]
• Save $220 on Dell's 16-inch 2K touchscreen laptop — perfect for business and the back-to-school season [20d]
• One.com just rebuilt its website builder around conversational AI – and it can modernize your old website in an instant [20d]
• Experts flag Bank of America phishing scam that hands your device over to hackers [20d]
• 'It is not a form of advertising': BMW defends Spider-Man pop-up ads that have infuriated customers [20d]
• Secretlab Titan Evo owners can now freshen up their gaming chair with three new Pokémon Pixel Art skins inspired by Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise [20d]
• VPN deal of the week: 97% of TechRadar readers would rather pay a flat fee than face price rises — here's the VPN that does that best [20d]
• Oh, great, GPU prices could climb again — here's my expert advice on why you should buy now (and which graphics card to get) [20d]
• TP-Link router owners update now — 15 flaws patched to stop hackers hijacking your devices [20d]
• Are we vibe coding our way to a new legacy crisis? [20d]
• 15 best back-to-school bargains in the Amazon UK tech sale — up to 60% off laptops, appliances, software, and more [20d]
• 'Acoustically speaking, we are developing the sound of all future PlayStation audio products' — Audeze marketing director teases what's next for its Sony collaboration, including new audio hardware that is in 'various stages of development' [20d]
• 'The largest in history:' Russia blocks over 20 popular VPNs in major internet crackdown [20d]
• Microsoft 365 users hit by phishing scheme posing as RingCentral emails [20d]
• Lavazza's A Modo Mio Jolie Evo is the tiniest coffee machine I've ever tested, and brews a delicious espresso — but there's one sustainability catch you should know about [20d]
• Is the Google Pixel 11 your next phone? Here are all the latest leaks rated, from higher prices to its new HiLight feature [20d]
• Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here's what you need to do next [20d]
• New ChainDrop worm poisons over 1,300 npm packages, Keyv and Cacheable among those hit [20d]
• The cost of being half-hearted in AI and how to avoid the Solow Paradox [20d]
• Rethinking defense in the wake of OpenClaw attacks [20d]
• I’m an Apple expert, and I’ll show you how to buy the best Mac for going back to school [20d]
• 'Tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for': Microsoft tells engineer to calm down on AI usage [20d]
• What is the release date for Lioness season 3 episode 2 on Paramount+? [20d]
• The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is flatter, thinner, and almost creaseless — and, yes, I love it more than the Z Fold 8 [20d]
• The quantum countdown: Are organizations ready to avoid the next Y2K [20d]
• Why AI is making work faster, not better. [20d]
• The measurement challenge behind the shift to GaN in high-frequency semiconductors [20d]
• Why context engineering is AI’s next hiring challenge [20d]
• Ted Lasso season 4 review: a match-winning display from the popular Apple TV show that proves an enforced break can be a good thing, even if it ships the odd own goal [20d]
• We're building the most critical infrastructure of our lifetimes. We're leaving the front door unlocked [20d]
• I spent two months cleaning with the Samsung Jet 95S stick vacuum and I’m shocked at how well it performs — and for a good price too [20d]
• Your living-room VPN just got faster: IPVanish rolls out WireGuard and OpenVPN on Apple TV [20d]
• 'Patients are ready for this': New study reveals 90% of NHS staff use AI at work — and most patients are happy with it [20d]
• Texas has electricity and water bills below the national average — but they’re rising faster than inflation for one key reason that won’t surprise anyone [21d]
• I tried Gemini Spark in Chrome and it's the perfect AI for handling all the boring bits online [21d]
• Why is Intel sharing its Atom CPU technology with a start-up? The answer could be in low-power x86 design [21d]