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Microsoft is "taking a fresh look" at Xbox investments as major cuts loom

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:50:01 +0000

As reports of a huge wave of job cuts hitting Xbox studios keep expanding, Microsoft has confirmed it is changing its priorities. Read more...

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5 with improved agentic capabilities

Ivan Jenic — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:40:01 +0000

Anthropic just released Claude Sonnet 5, its best mid-range model yet. Here's how it stacks up against Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.8. Read more...

Get AMD's 9060 XT 16GB for just $400 with this special discount coupon

Sayan Sen — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:40:01 +0000

You can now grab the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT desktop GPU for as low as $400 thanks to this special discount coupon code. Read more...

Oukitel WP500 Ultra rugged phone review tested and benchmarked

Steven Parker — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:26:01 +0000

Oukitel is well known for its rugged devices, and it has a new one coming to market that we're taking a look at today. Read more...

Anthropic launches Claude Science, a dedicated app for scientists

Ivan Jenic — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:10:01 +0000

Anthropic just launched Claude Science, a dedicated science desktop app that helps researchers do their work. Read more...

AceMagic K1 AMD Mini PC receives up to 25% discount putting it under $300

Steven Parker — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000

If you are looking for a simple mini PC to browse the web and do light office work, then AceMagic has you covered from $269.31, which is a 21% discount on the cheapest model. Read more...

Google announces Nano Banana 2 Lite image generation model targeting high-volume workflows

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:16:01 +0000

From lightning-fast image rendering for high-volume workflows to generative video editing through natural language, Google's new AI models have you covered. Read more...

You can still save 44% on Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus 2024

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Amazon backs South Africa land restoration project with 1.95 million carbon credits

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:16:01 +0000

Amazon has agreed to buy 1.95 million tonnes of carbon removal credits from a spekboom restoration project in South Africa. Read more...

Proton introduces Lumo 2.0 with memory, image generation and more

David Uzondu — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:38:02 +0000

Proton has released Lumo 2.0, bringing major upgrades to its AI assistant with a new architecture and several new capabilities. Read more...

Can anybody message you on WhatsApp if they know your username?

Ivan Jenic — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:16:01 +0000

Have you reserved your WhatsApp username already? If you have, you might be wondering how safe you are from unwanted senders now. Find out in this article. Read more...

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iPhone 18 Pro drop-test video and photos leak on the dark web following a data breach

Hamid Ganji — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:04:01 +0000

The ransomware group World Leaks has leaked the iPhone 18 Pro supplier list, component details, and photos on the dark web following last week's Tata Electronics data breach. Read more...

OpenClaw now has native mobile apps on iOS and Android

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:16:01 +0000

OpenClaw now has official mobile apps on Apple's App Store and Google Play, letting users pair phones with a self-hosted Gateway for chat, voice, approvals, and device-aware automation. Read more...

Google pitches Spanner as one database for all AI agents with these new featues

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:00:03 +0000

Google Cloud is positioning Spanner as a multi-model database for companies building AI agents, combining relational, graph, vector, full-text search, key-value, and analytics capabilities. Read more...

Dbrand thought they could get away with this Steam Machine case, Valve disagreed

David Uzondu — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:50:01 +0000

Last Monday, dbrand began taking pre-orders for a Steam Machine skin it had been working on for several months, without Valve's permission. Valve has now forced the company to shut the project down. Read more...

TCL's Bang & Olufsen soundbar is 40% off on Amazon

Ivan Jenic — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:30:01 +0000

If you're looking for a decent soundbar to pair with your TV, this TCL Design Series A65K is tuned by Band & Olufsen. So, you're getting both quality and the brand name for a reasonable price. Read more...

JetBrains' new AI-first 'IDE' JetBrains Air is now on Windows

David Uzondu — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:14:02 +0000

JetBrains has brought JetBrains Air to Windows, several months after launching it in public preview for macOS. Read more...

Apple releases iOS 26.5.2 with dozens of security fixes for iPhone

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:58:01 +0000

Apple has released iOS 26.5.2 and iPadOS 26.5.2, bringing a batch of security fixes to iPhone and iPad users. Read more...

Fitbit Charge 6 fitness tracker with Google apps is now at its lowest price with 47% off

Fiza Ali — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:42:01 +0000

Fitbit Charge 6 fitness tracker with Google apps, health and fitness sensors, and 3-month Google Health Premium membership is selling at a 47% discount. Read more...

New AMD graphics driver fixes install issues and FSR 4.1 crashes on RX 7000 GPUs

Taras Buria — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:46:01 +0000

AMD is rolling out a new graphics driver with two important fixes for Windows 10 and RX 7000 Series owners. Read more...

Amazon may use OpenAI and Nova models after Anthropic reportedly raises costs

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:32:01 +0000

Amazon is reportedly considering greater use of OpenAI models and its own Nova family after Anthropic raised the cost of using its models in Amazon products. Read more...

Samsung introduces new AI classroom tools and interactive displays at ISTELive 2026

Fiza Ali — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:30:01 +0000

Samsung has introduced a wave of new education updates at ISTELive 2026. From AI to classroom tech, there's plenty for schools to explore. Read more...

Microsoft brings Claude to its own Azure infrastructure, powered by Nvidia GB300 Blackwell

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:16:01 +0000

Claude models in Microsoft Foundry are now generally available on Azure, running on Nvidia GB300 Blackwell Ultra systems. Read more...

WhatsApp is getting usernames, and you can reserve your preferred one now

Fiza Ali — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:02:01 +0000

An important change is coming to WhatsApp that is aimed at reshaping how people connect on the app, and you may want to act early. Read more...

Google Meet brings Gemini note-taking to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:46:01 +0000

Google is expanding its Gemini-powered note-taking feature called "Take notes for me" in Meet to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Read more...

Microsoft finally launches WSL Containers in public preview

David Uzondu — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:32:02 +0000

Microsoft is bringing WSL containers to public preview, letting devs run Linux containers natively on Windows without Docker Desktop. Read more...

Google reportedly limited Meta's Gemini access over limited AI compute

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:16:01 +0000

Google has reportedly placed limits on Meta's use of its Gemini AI models after Meta tried to buy more computing capacity than Google could supply. Read more...

Apple's newest AirTag 2 gets first big discount

Taras Buria — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:02:01 +0000

Apple's new AirTag 2 trackers are down to the lowest price, thanks to the first big discount since the announcement. Read more...

Microsoft Teams gets smarter at spotting sneaky meeting bots

Usama Jawad — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:46:02 +0000

Microsoft is changing how bots join Teams meetings, adding new protections that could prevent unwanted AI assistants from slipping in. Read more...

Bypassed Windows 11 shows surprising stability on ancient, completely unsupported hardware

Sayan Sen — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:30:02 +0000

A bypassed Windows 11 install exceeded expectations by maintaining impressive stability and performance on an ancient PC with completely unsupported hardware specs. Read more...

Meta is reusing old DDR4 RAM in its servers instead of buying new hardware

Ivan Jenic — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:16:01 +0000

Meta has found a way to save money on buying new hardware, by using old DDR4 RAM in new servers that run on DDR5 memory. Read more...

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Samsung, Amazon extend 990 PRO 2TB NVMe SSD deal beyond Prime Day 2026

Sayan Sen — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:42:01 +0000

Samsung's popular 990 PRO 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD continues at its lowest level of pricing in the last six months as Amazon extends the sale. Read more...

Tidal won't monetize AI slop music, company says

David Uzondu — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:28:01 +0000

AI music has flooded streaming platforms and become so advanced that it's hard to tell it apart from human-made music. Tidal is finally doing something about it with a new AI policy. Read more...

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Google's new hand-wave reCAPTCHA can be bypassed with a stock photo

Ivan Jenic — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:16:01 +0000

Google introduced the new hand-wave reCAPTCHA because AI bots can solve regular puzzles. Turns out, this one can be bypassed with a simple stock image. Read more...

Microsoft Edge gets tons of security features, including AI model that can see your screen

Usama Jawad — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:18:01 +0000

Edge for Business is getting smarter enterprise protections, but one new AI-powered security feature may have some IT admins pondering over its enforcement too. Read more...

Linux 7.2's first release candidate gets off to a good start

Paul Hill — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:34:01 +0000

Linux 7.2-rc1 is now available. It will be the first of seven or eight release candidates before the final release in a few months. Here's what Linus Torvalds had to say this week. Read more...

This Dell 27 inch 4K 120Hz IPS monitor is really cheap after a very long time

Sayan Sen — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:08:01 +0000

Late Amazon Prime Day 2026 sale sees this Dell 4K 120Hz 27 inch monitor at its lowest price in a very long time. Read more...