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YouTube Premium Is Bringing Peacockās Old-School Content to Its Platform
Subscribers will have to wait a little bit before they start diving into sports and reruns of NBC sitcoms.
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Apple on Verge of Becoming $5 Trillion Company
Apple is on the verge of becoming a $5 trillion company based on market capitalization, which is the total value of all of the company's outstanding sā¦
YouTube Premium is becoming a streaming bundle by adding Peacock
YouTube Premium subscribers in the U.S. will get Peacock Premium included with their subscription starting in early 2027 as part of a new partnership ā¦
Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results
The screwup shows how tricky it can be to stop web crawlers from making ostensibly private conversations with AI chatbots entirely too public.
iOS 26.6, macOS 26.6 and the rest are out, addressing security fixes
Apple's latest software updates are primarily focused on security fixes.
Viagra Could Be a Secret Weapon Against Cancer
Recent research suggests sildenafil might help disturb cancer's ability to spread elsewhere in the body.
Canāt find the Chrome extension you want? I used Claude to make me two personalized ones ā and theyāre working flawlessly
One of the ways you can use your AI chatbot of choice is to customize your web browser to better suit your needs. One of the most notable ways AI is cā¦
Spotify meets Snap Map in Snapchatās latest update
Snapchat has introduced Now Playing for Snap Map, letting users share their Spotify listening activity in real time and discover music through friendsā¦
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six squā¦
Xboxās huge outage even blocked games on disc
An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening hasn't just caused issues for people trying to play digital games - it blocked people from playing tā¦
MSI and Colorful raise Nvidia RTX 50-series prices in China by up to 59% across the entire lineup ā change in distributer pricing suggests GPU price hikes are on the way
GPU prices seem to be on the rise once again with official distributor announcements in China hiking up the entire Blackwell lineup overnight. Compareā¦
AMD says the MI430X is the fastest FP64 GPU ever built, but you can't buy one until 2027
AMD's MI400 launch release contains a single performance number, and it's a double-precision one. AMD's MI400 press release publishes exactly one perfā¦
First look: Per-app zoom controls on Samsungās Galaxy Z Fold 8
Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 8 zoom options are hiding in Labs. TL;DR Last week we spotted Samsung working on new individual zoom controls for apps on ā¦
Microsoft built an agentic security system with red, blue, and green team AI agents. It enters public preview August 3.
Microsoft announced Project Perception on Monday, an agentic security system that coordinates three classes of AI agents in a continuous loop: red teaā¦
How Apple Might Try to Make Its Smart Glasses Less Creepy
Apple's first pair of smart glasses is expected in 2027, giving the company a year to figure out how avoid the social stigma of Meta's glasses. Apple ā¦
Nanoleafās colorful pegboard and shelf kit is half off
Nanoleaf’s Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit is a fun back-to-school buy that can add pops of customizable light and storage to your wall. It combinesā¦
The AI Slop Will Continue Until Republicansā Poll Numbers Improve
65% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy. In the land of slop, he's always winning.
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Ted Lasso season 4: Hereās whoās new and everyone not returning
Ted Lasso season 4 premieres next week (watch here) and centers around a womenās team, hereās a rundown of the new players along with notable cast members who wonāt be returning.
5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech
Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find. Texas cannot enforce a law's requirement that websites block minors ā¦
I transformed Gimp into Adobe Photoshop ā and I might just cancel my Creative Cloud subscription now
Or 'How I learned to stop using Photoshop and love PhotoGimp.' Sometimes it feels like there's no escaping subscriptions. I seem to pay a monthly fee ā¦
Why Restarting a Nuclear Power Plant Can Be Much Harder Than Expected
The first U.S. attempt at reopening a shuttered reactor has been held back by run-down equipment and a lack of planning.
Samsungās Galaxy Ring Gets FDA-Cleared Sleep Apnea Detection This Fall
For now, software updates are taking the place of a proper Galaxy Ring sequel.
OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic absent from Nvidia-led Open Secure AI Alliance ā 30+ companies join security alliance after OpenAI agent breach
Industry leading tech companies have formed an "Open Secure AI Alliance" that will build open-source models, agent harnesses, and cybersecurity tools,ā¦
Amazon asked the FCC to approve 5,105 satellites for a network that sends internet straight to your phone
Amazon has asked the FCC to approve the launch of up to 5,105 internet satellites for a direct-to-device network that would send connectivity straightā¦
The 8 Winners and 4 Losers of San Diego Comic-Con 2026
io9 picks the best and worst from this yearās massive pop culture gathering.
Iāve spent months with the Honor Magic V6, and no other foldable can touch it for durability or battery life
The Honor Magic V6 is a superb foldable phone, with leading durability and battery life. Honor Magic V6 review: Two-minute reviewChinese phone giant Hā¦
I tried to test Chinaās newest ChatGPT rival but couldnāt get in ā and it exposed the next big problem facing the major AI players
I tried to test Chinaās newest ChatGPT rival but I couldnāt get in, and it's proof the AI race is no longer just about better models ā it's about acceā¦
āMichaelā Movie to Stream on Starz. Hereās How to Watch
The biopic film about the King of Pop features his nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the titular role.
MagSafe Monday: ESR FlickLock solved my biggest complaints with the AirPods Pro 3
I drop my AirPods Pro all the time. In fact, I dropped them at the lake yesterday. The worst part is always watching the earbuds bounce across the pavā¦
Update Now: iOS 26.6 and macOS Tahoe 26.6 Patch Hundreds of Security Flaws
Apple today released iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, and macOS Tahoe 26.6, all of which have a long list of security fixes. iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 address alā¦
X Money officially launches in the US with Apple Wallet support after invite-only beta
XĀ has officially launched X Money, which includes Apple Wallet support, moving the service beyond its invite-only beta and beginning a rollout today.
Xbox is down: Major outages stop sign-in, game launches
Xbox is experiencing major outages affecting sign-in, game launches, and the Store, with most user reports centered on game launch issues. Microsoft'sā¦