Google has tightened the screws on phone thieves with Android 17. The latest version doesn't just add flashy tools. It makes cracking a Pixel far tougher than before. And the...
Razer finally stepped into the Linux arena this month. The company sent its flagship Blade 18 to Phoronix for testing under Ubuntu certification. The laptop carries an Intel ...
Mesa developers wrapped up feature additions for the next quarterly update. The project tagged version 26.2.0-rc1 on July 15. This marks the branch point before the stable re...
Pat Gelsinger returned to Intel in 2021 with a clear mission. Fix the process woes. Rebuild manufacturing leadership. Turn the chipmaker back into a technology powerhouse. Fo...
Sam Altman stepped out of his San Francisco home one morning in April. A man waited nearby. He carried a gun and a Molotov cocktail. The device bounced harmlessly off the res...
Google just pushed Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 to testers. The build arrives as CP31.260623.005. It carries the July 2026 security patch. And it targets three Quick Settings probl...
OpenAI just handed ChatGPT a new trick. The chatbot can now hunt through your old conversations, uploaded files, saved images and memories in one unified search. No more endl...
Researchers at a California-based robotics lab have achieved a significant advance in robotic dexterity by developing a pair of hands capable of performing everyday manual tasks...
Elon Musk never shies from scale. His latest vision for SpaceX pushes beyond rockets and broadband. The company now eyes data centers in orbit. Those facilities would harness...
Merck just cleared a major regulatory hurdle. The FDA approved its once-daily pill Lipfendra on July 16, 2026. This marks the first oral drug in the PCSK9 inhibitor class. Pa...
Google has flipped a switch. Its conversational search tool, known as AI Mode, no longer stops at clever replies. It now links directly to services like Instacart, Canva and ...
LM Studio just released a new application called Bionic. The tool moves beyond simple chat interfaces. It lets users direct open-source language models to handle concrete tas...
Google stands on the verge of a significant upgrade to how its Gemini AI sounds. Code hidden inside the latest beta of the Google app points to sliders that will let users ad...
Ubuntu users eyeing the latest kernel update got an unwelcome surprise this week. The forthcoming 7.0.0-28.28 package carries a serious performance hit for systems running AM...
Simon Ser announced the stable release of Wayland 1.26 on July 16, 2026. The update arrives at a moment when major desktop environments push harder toward default Wayland ses...
FreeBSD has long stood as a favorite among developers who prize stability and a clean codebase. Yet when it comes to high-performance GPU computing, the operating system has ...
KDE developers just merged a subtle but noticeable change into KWin. Windows that once looked out of place on Plasma desktops will soon cast proper shadows. The update arrive...
Geir Isene had enough with the bloat. The Norwegian developer stared at the X11 codebase. Four million lines of code. Few understood it all. So he did what seemed reasonable ...
LM Studio built its name on simple, effective tools for running large language models directly on personal hardware. Yesterday the company took a sharp turn. It released Bion...
SHANGHAI — Twenty-nine countries put pen to paper here on July 16. They formed the World AI Cooperation Organization. China drove the effort from the start.Foreign M...
Keith Thomas lay in a hospital bed in 2020, his body immobile from the chest down after a diving accident shattered his neck. The next day, he could not move. Doctors deliver...
PayPal shares jumped 17% after reports surfaced that Stripe and Advent International offered $60.50 a share to buy the payments giant. The deal would value the company at mor...
London-based robotics company Humanoid has joined the exclusive club of unicorns. The two-year-old startup reached a $1.2 billion valuation after raising the first tranche of...
Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a nearby star. The finding marks a first. It challenges long-held assumptions about ...