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BigTech Companies
Google confirms end of Nest Mini and Nest Audio
Google has discontinued both the Nest Mini and Nest Audio smart speakers, leaving only one smart speaker in its lineup.…
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Gadgets
Android 17 update breaks 5G for some Pixel users
Android 17's stable update has caused significant connectivity issues for Pixel users, including disabled 5G connectivity, vanished eSIM profiles, and…
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AI & Tech
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Explains Unreal Engine 4 Decision
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi chose Unreal Engine 4 over Unreal Engine 5 to avoid significantly extending the…
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Digital Publishing
Early Prime Day gaming deals: Asus laptop, Logitech mouse, Samsung monitor
Amazon launched Prime Day 2026 early, with official dates from June 23-26, but great gaming deals are already available before…
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Entertainment
No Law Pursues ‘Quality Over Quantity’ in Cyberpunk Open World on Xbox
No Law prioritizes "density over scale," focusing on a meticulously crafted, lived-in city called Port Desire where every corner and…
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AI & Tech
Qualcomm Copies Samsung’s Exynos Heat Path For Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, But Botches It
Samsung's Exynos 2600 introduced the innovative Heat Path Block (HPB) thermal technology, which Qualcomm is now copying for its Snapdragon…
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AI & Tech
I Tested the New Siri AI for a Week – It’s Excellent
After years of delays, the new Siri AI in iOS 27 is now genuinely effective, with journalist Joanna Stern calling…
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Business
Icarus Hackers Claim Klue OAuth Breach, Victim List Grows
Klue confirmed a security breach where attackers stole OAuth tokens from client Salesforce integrations after gaining access through a compromised…
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Culture
Hainbach on ‘Breath of the Wild’ & Swiss Army Knives
Hainbach is a German experimental composer and YouTuber known for making music with laboratory equipment and scientific instruments, releasing six…
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AI & Tech
Take-Two’s ex-AI chief warns generative AI hype could kill traditional AI
A former Take-Two executive warns that the hype around generative AI is damaging more proven, traditional AI techniques in game…
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BigTech Companies
Sony’s ‘Destiny 2’ Obliteration Sets a Rare Industry Precedent
Destiny 2 has officially reached end of service with no further updates or support, leaving the development team idle and…
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BigTech Companies
watchOS 27 drops support for 5 Apple Watch models: why
watchOS 27 drops support for Apple Watch Series 6, 7, 8, SE 2nd generation, and original Ultra, supporting only Series…
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BigTech Companies
Moon Studios Boss: Game Pass Would’ve Worked If Xbox Had Bigger Hits
Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler argues that Xbox Game Pass could have succeeded with stronger blockbuster exclusives, but the service's…
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Business
Texas data breach leaks 3M+ driver’s licenses
A data breach at a third-party vendor for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department exposed the personal data of over…
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AI & Tech
Google Health 5.02 restores popular Fitbit features users requested
The Google Health 5.02 update, rolling out on Android and iOS, restores key Fitbit features including customizable drag-and-drop metrics on…
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AI & Tech
Harvard Business Review: AI ‘workslop’ is rotting companies from within
Companies aggressively using generative AI are experiencing "knowledge decay," where low-quality AI output accumulates across teams, eroding organizational knowledge and…
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AI & Tech
Unpatchable ‘usbliter8’ Exploit Bypasses Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM
Security researchers released usbliter8, a working exploit achieving arbitrary code execution in the SecureROM of Apple's A12 and A13 chips…
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BigTech Companies
Google Downplays Surge in Deindexing Reports
Since late April 2026, SEO professionals have reported Google removing pages from its index without explanation, with many pages showing…
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AI & Tech
Epic Games Launcher getting ground-up rebuild for 5x faster performance
Epic Games is developing a complete ground-up rebuild of its launcher, called Epic Games Launcher V2, which promises a 5x…
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Artificial Intelligence
Wharton Researchers Coin ‘Cognitive Surrender’ as AI Takes Over Thinking
A Wharton School study coined "cognitive surrender" to describe how people defer to AI even when it's wrong, with participants…
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