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Storage unit auction winner finds retro Pentium 4 PC with a see-through, UV-reactive PSU — Y2K time capsule discovered among 100 laptops and hundreds of RAM sticks

This vintage PC build looks like it came straight out of the 90s with a bold, in-your-face look that make sure you can't mistake it for anything but a…

This startup is training an AI model on skin that stays alive for a month

Outer Biosciences has come out of stealth after four years, keeping surgically discarded human skin alive for up to a month and feeding the results in…

Walmart will finally accept Apple Pay and Google Pay starting August 24

Walmart has finally ended its years-long battle against contactless payments from tech giants like Apple and Google. The company recently announced th…

AI data centres are taking the capacitors carmakers need

Chinese carmakers say printed circuit boards and multilayer ceramic capacitors are 20% to 30% short globally, with prices more than tripling over the …

Gamer uncovers factory plastic left on RTX 3070 VRM pads after five years, causing overheating — claims removal and repasting dropped GPU hotspot temperatures by 30°C

A Gigabyte RTX 3070 owner discovered protective films covering its VRM thermal pads, after nearly five years of use potentially causing excessive temp…

Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses

Hibernation cuts down on synapses, but mice seem to retain memories anyway. Our leading hypothesis for how our memories are stored is that when you le…

Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback. Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, …

ASRock Steel Legend SL-1200P power supply review: Combines genuine Platinum efficiency with a winning stand-out design

The ASRock Steel Legend SL-1200P is a visually distinct, technically capable 1200W unit with genuine Platinum efficiency, dual 12V-2x6 outputs, and a …

The 4 Best Monitor Arms to Clear Up Your Desk Space (2026)

Your desk setup needs a monitor arm, and I’ve been testing every one I can get my hands on to find the best.

The Pixel 11 Pro is setting a dangerous precedent for Android upgrades

Old Pixels are going to pay the price. The Pixel 11 Pro announcement was frustrating for many reasons. I hated that Google raised the price of its fla…

Set Up a Separate Work Profile on Your Android Phone

It is possible to achieve your desired work-life balance on your smartphone. Just set up separate accounts using this built-in Android feature.

I'm a pro photographer, and the best photo I took this month was shot on my Google Pixel 8 Pro, using a feature iPhone owners would give their right arm for

Long exposure is a popular technique among keen photographers, and Google Pixel offers a simplified mode in its camera app that creates the same effec…

Nottm Forest vs Leeds Live Streams: How to watch Premier League 2026/27 from anywhere in the world

All the ways to watch Nottm Forest vs Leeds live streams online, as Oliver Glasner takes charge of the Tricky Trees in the Premier League for the firs…

GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game

Letara raises ¥2.6bn (roughly $16mn) for hybrid rocket engines the law does not call explosive

Letara, a Hokkaido University spinout, has raised about ¥2.6bn, roughly $16mn, for hybrid rocket engines that use plastic as fuel and are not legally …

Researchers found 768 leaked AWS keys that still work, and the containment policy leaves plenty possible

Truffle Security found 768 leaked AWS keys granting full control of corporate accounts, including 526 root keys, with 88% of tested credentials still …

The Best Mattress Toppers I've Tried (2026): Supportive, Plush, Memory Foam

These toppers will transform your mattress into exactly what you need, whether that’s a super-plush pillow top, memory foam, or targeted back support.

I found a free, open-source Android app that replaced 8 other apps I used to rely on

Why use multiple apps when one can do it all? One of my favorite things about using an Android phone is that I can find apps for pretty much anything,…

Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyber and drone attacks, and more.

Spending on physical games falls to lowest on record since 1995 — US console sales plunge 39% in July as memory costs push average price to $542

U.S. console hardware sales fell 39% by unit volume in July against a year earlier, while the average price paid for a new system rose 16% to $542. Sp…

TikTok will pay $400mn over children’s privacy, a number Europe reached in 2023

TikTok and ByteDance have agreed to pay $400mn to settle a US Justice Department case alleging they let millions of under-13s use the platform and col…

Anthropic could raise $100bn, ten times Europe’s largest listing in decades

Anthropic could raise around $100bn in a listing as early as October, exceeding SpaceX’s record, with backers modelling a valuation of at least $2tn. …

Whatever you do, don’t buy a Pixel 11 right now if you already have a Pixel 10

The Pixel 11 series looks great, but the Pixel 10 hasn't aged much in just a year.   The Pixel 11 series is official, and with it comes the Tensor G6 …

ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from the major GTA 6 leaks to Meta's $1.4 trillion lawsuit

The week's biggest tech news stories from Google, Meta, Rockstar and more for August 22, 2026. This week, the GTA 6 leak rocked the internet, and Meta…

Back-to-back Amazon CPU scam delivers empty Ryzen 5 9600X boxes in 72 hours — $ 10,000-a-month business customer captures fraud on camera

A PC shop that spends over $10,000 a month on Amazon hardware says two AMD Ryzen 5 9600X orders arrived with the CPUs missing. A New York-based comput…