Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers can now access Gemini models as it builds a multi-vendor strategy.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/oracle-can-now-sell-gemini-models-following-major-google-cloud-deal
KEF's LS50 Meta and LS50 Wireless II just got even more attractive, with two new finishes
We’re only three episodes into Outlander prequel Blood of My Blood, but I can’t help thinking about where the season will end. According to the cast, nobody actually knows.
Could its new Chat Notes feature finally make Microsoft Teams a useful collaboration tool at work?
Cyber warfare just crossed a dangerous threshold. But we can be ready.
Peacemaker season 2's latest trailer is getting a big thumbs up from fans, but nobody's talking about a clip that might ruin a major story thread.
Many hotels have sensitive customer data stolen, including passport and ID card scans.
Although support for Windows 10 will not end in October 2025 after all, the additional grace period is only one year. This means that many users will soon not only have to say goodbye to their operating system, but also to their computer.
Even if its components are powerful enough for Windows 11, it may become electronic waste: This is because Microsoft has
With a few measurements, an idea and a 3D printer, you can organize (most) of your life.
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 has high power requirements to go with its chart-topping performance. That usually means putting a pricey PSU on your parts list, but sometimes you just need to save some cash. I paired a 5090 with Montech's $125 Century II 1200W PSU to see if I could get away with it.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/i-paired-a-cheap
The rapid growth of AI data centers is driving up U.S. household power bills as utilities expand the grid to meet their massive, volatile electricity demand.
Imagine a busy train station. Cameras monitor everything, from how clean the platforms are to whether a docking bay is empty or occupied. These cameras feed into an AI system that helps manage station operations and sends signals to incoming trains, letting them know when they can enter the station.
Protect your vision and support eye health with the best vitamins and supplements recommended by CNET’s health experts. https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/improve-eye-health-with-these-6-best-vitamins-and-supplements/#ftag=CADf328eec
We explore what Super Apps are and why they are here to stay.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/what-are-super-apps-and-how-do-they-differ
Drones are an emerging technology for industries, with the policy landscape increasingly supportive of drones for oil and gas, mining, ports, and utilities.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/how-ai-powered-drones-are-reshaping-industries-and-public-safety
With infrastructure growing more complex, teams under pressure to do more with less.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/observability-reimagined-from-reactive-chaos-to-strategic-clarity
Editing a website can be done in real-time by people with no technical knowledge.
TL;DR: Get a lifetime of Sterling Stock Picker for $55.19 with code S
Ryan welcomes Evan You, the creator of Vue.js, to explore the origins of Vue.js, the challenges faced during its development, and the project’s growth over a decade. They dive into potential integrations for AI, future developments for Vue.js, and the sustainability of open-source projects. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/08/15/the-future-of-vue-is-you-and-you/
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Aug. 15 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-friday-aug-15/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here's everything new for the Battlefield 6 Beta's second weekend. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/battlefield-6-beta-double-xp-exclusive-to-ps-plus-and-other-changes-for-weekend-two/#ftag=CADf328eec
We live and work in a world where being busy is equated with success. However, this new AI era presents a chance to approach things differently.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/beyond-being-busy-redefining-productivity-in-the-age-of-ai
Google’s Gemini AI is gaining a memory for personalized help and a temporary chat feature that won't remember anything.
All the ways to watch Premier League live streams online and on TV in Canada as the EPL returns for 2025/26.
https://www.techradar.com/how-to-watch/football/premier-league-live-canada
There’s no doubt that Europe has ambition. Over the last decade, we’ve laid the foundation for a thriving digital economy, from regulatory leadership to tech-driven reforms and rapidly growing regional hubs. But infrastructure alone doesn’t build the future;
Reuters found that Meta's AI guidelines and standards are troublesome in multiple ways. https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/meta-is-under-fire-for-ai-guidelines-on-sensual-chats-with-minors/#ftag=CADf328eec
The larger iPhone Pro upgrade wasn't really on my radar -- until I started looking into what might be coming next month. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/im-eyeing-these-7-iphone-17-pro-max-rumors-to-decide-whether-to-upgrade/#ftag=CADf328eec
The crazy-colorful shake is part of the McDonaldland Meal, which is like a (pricey) Happy Meal for adults. And now I know the flavor. https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-the-mystery-flavor-of-the-mt-mcdonaldland-pink-and-blue-mcdonalds-shake/#ftag=CADf328eec
I'm crossing my fingers for more innovation
OpenAI has rolled out Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts integrations into ChatGPT, but restricted features for Plus users.
There's no such thing as a free lunch - but you can get a new PC case for nothing.
Believe me, I get it–asking an AI chatbot to turn a picture of your pride and joy into a whimsical cartoon character is seriously fun. The appeal is undeniable, but yeah, there are risks.
This exact scenario actually played out at a family cookout a few weeks ago. When a well-meaning relative showed me an AI-altered family photo, my stomach dropped to my fe
The Supreme Court has decided not to weigh in on one of the many state-level age-verification laws currently being reviewed across the country. Today, the top court chose not to intervene on legislation from Mississippi about checking the ages of social media users, denying an application to vacate stay from NetChoice.
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Google Flights' new AI search feature isn't revolutionary, but it's fun if you're chill about travel. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/googles-new-ai-flight-deals-tool-works-but-only-if-youre-an-anywhere-anytime-traveler/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 15, #796. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-and-help-for-aug-15-796/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Aug. 15, No. 530. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-aug-15-530/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 15, No. 326 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-aug-15-326/#ftag=CADf328eec
Claims that smartwatches "don't understand" stress are missing the point of the study
As John Grisham's best-selling legal thriller gets the glossy boxset treatment, here we explain how to watch The Rainmaker online and stream from anywhere.
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/watch-the-rainmaker-online
The latest PowerToys update delivers a faster Command Palette, redesigned settings dashboard, and a new Spotlight mode for Mouse Highlighter.
The Fallout TV series is showing up to Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2025, with a look at the upcoming second season.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/fallout-tv-series-season-2-opening-night-live-gamescom
Square Enix's FFXIV stands tall as one of the biggest and best MMOs available, and following the release of Patch 7.3, all of its editions have gotten 40% off discounts.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/after-patch-7-3-ffxiv-just-got-a-colossal-sale
It's easy to draw similarities between the rise of netbooks in the late '00s and gaming handhelds today. Will they meet the same end, or will gaming handhelds hold on?
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pc/gaming-handhelds-new-netbooks-fate
A leak from Blizzard’s internal servers has fans convinced Diablo 4’s most-requested class, the Paladin, is finally on the way, just ahead of Gamescom. Meanwhile, Season 10 is bringing the game’s most chaotic theme yet. Literally, the theme is 'Chaos'.
In a new report from Reuters, it's claimed that trackers have been discovered in some AI chip shipments "at high risk of illegal diversion to China." That's terrible timing for NVIDIA, which is under the microscope due to national security concerns from Beijing officials.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/nvidia/report-ai-chip-trackers-nvidia-responds
The U.S. government is discussing whether it will take a stake in beleaguered chipmaker Intel Corp. as a way to bail it out of its financial struggles, according to a report.
Bloomberg reported that the two sides were in discuss
When you want to find information online, where do you go? For a long time, Google was the answer. The search giant has become so embedded in modern culture that we use “to Google” as a verb. But there’s a new player on the block—one that has upended everything.
More and more people are flocking to ChatGPT as their primary mode of query fulfillment, and why
The U.S. administration is considering buying a stake in Intel to accelerate construction of its long-delayed $100 billion Ohio fab complex that is crucial for the company's revival.
Vývojáři webového serveru Nginx připravili modul ngx_http_acme_module, který integruje vytváření a správu certifikátů pomocí protokolu ACME. Pro správu HTTPS tak už nebude potřeba externí nástroj. Jak to funguje? https://www.root.cz/clanky/nginx-ma-modul-pro-generovani-https-certifikatu-protokolem-acme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Intel has had some recent struggles in delivering results for its shareholders, but the company could soon be answering to an additional boss. The current administration is reportedly in talks to have the US government acquire a stake in the chipmaker. No specifics about the s
If you've been unable to pay with PayPal on Steam, Valve says the limitation has to do with issues one of PayPal's banking partners has with content on the platform, according to Rock Paper Shotgun. Users have noticed PayPal was disabled in some r
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OpenAI announced ChatGPT-5 Google Apps connectors for Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts for Plus users
The post ChatGPT-5 Now Connects To Gmail, Calendar, And Contacts appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-5-now-connects-to-gmail-calendar-and-contacts/553718/
When it's too hot to grill, the almighty air fryer steps in to help cook dinner without overheating the house. https://www.cnet.com/news/heat-wave-cooking-this-appliance-is-even-better-than-the-grill/#ftag=CADf328eec
“Pay as you go” now means paying when you stop, too. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/starlink-users-will-now-have-to-pay-5-to-pause-service/#ftag=CADf328eec
We're likely less than a month away from when new iPhones will be announced, so what does that mean for getting them into people's hands? https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/the-iphone-17-will-be-here-soon-but-when-possible-release-dates-coming-into-focus/#ftag=CADf328eec
The actor currently stars in six movies available on the platform, two of which are in the US's top 10. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/gerard-butlers-movies-tend-to-fly-under-the-radar-in-theaters-but-theyre-living-it-up-in-netflixs-top-10/#ftag=CADf328eec
The new feature resembles a Lite Brite, but don't expect it immediately. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-reportedly-working-on-a-mysterious-magic-view-for-notebooklm/#ftag=CADf328eec
The thinner handset could feature a 5.5mm profile and replace the iPhone Plus model. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/iphone-17-air-rumors-everything-to-know-about-apples-slim-phone/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for Aug. 15, No. 1,518. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-aug-15-1518/#ftag=CADf328eec
TVs, phones and routers sneak energy even when you think they're off. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/i-saved-100-on-my-electric-bill-without-changing-my-daily-routine/#ftag=CADf328eec
Fans might be disappointed with the answer. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/when-to-watch-south-park-season-27-episode-3/#ftag=CADf328eec
Researchers uncover two critical security flaws in over 100 Dahua CCTV models which could let hackers fully take over unpatched devices remotely.
New Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 SFF and Pro 2000 deliver Blackwell-powered AI and rendering performance for compact workstations with low power and cooling requirements.
Google will expand its first data center and build another in Oklahoma as part of a two-year, $9 billion deal.
Hardware definitely isn't Xbox's focus anymore, but with all of its extra-curricular distractions, it could end up missing this easy opportunity to actually sell more Xbox Series X|S consoles than usual.
AMD’s share in the desktop PC market climbed by a mammoth total of 9.2 percentage points versus last year, a ringing endorsement for AMD’s Ryzen chips and especially its X3D lineup of gaming processors.
Twitter user discovers benchmarks for AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a Zen 3-based processor with 3D V-Cache.
A Meta document on its AI chatbot policies included some alarming examples of permitted behavior. Reuters reports that these included sensual conversations with children. Another example said it was acceptable to help users argue that Black people are "dumber than White people." Meta confirmed the documen
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Hello everyone. This is Yujong from the Hyprnote team (https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote).
We built OWhisper for 2 reasons: (Also outlined in https://docs.hyprnote.com/owhisper/what-is-this)
(1). While working with on-device, realtime speech-to-text, we found there isn't tooling that exists to download / run the model in a practical way.
(2).
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Hi all, Aram and Eduard here - authors of Modelence (https://github.com/modelence/modelence), an all-in-one backend platform for teams that love TypeScript + MongoDB. Think Supabase, but for MongoDB: auth, cron jobs, email, monitoring, without glue code before you can ship.
As Karpathy (and many of us) noted, getting from prototype to production is mostly painful integration work. The pieces exist, but stitching them toget
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We kept seeing devs get pwned through MCP tools in ways that security scanners completely miss. So we built an open-source analyzer to catch these attacks. Our first OSS by Mighty team.
The problem: At Defcon, we saw MCP exploits with 100% success rate against Claude and Llama. Three attack patterns:
Hidden Unicode in "error messages" - Paste a colleague's error into Claude, your SSH keys get exfiltrated Trusted tool updates - That database tool you've used for months? Last week
Picture this: You’re sitting in front of your computer, watching your PHP application crawl through a list of RSS feeds one by one. Each request takes half a second, and with twenty feeds to process, you’re looking at ten seconds of your users staring at loading spinners. You’ve heard about async programming, but every time […]
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Google adds an AI “Flight Deals” tool to Google Flights, part of a broader push into vertical, conversational search experiences.
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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-brings-ai-trip-finding-to-google-flights/553702/
Divácky atraktivní soustava gravitační čočky Podkova (Cosmic Horseshoe) zahrnuje gigantickou galaxii LRG 3-757, ve které teď vědci vystopovali ultramasivní černou díru o hmotnosti 36 miliard Sluncí. Je v TOP 10 nejtěžších známých černých děr vesmíru a zřejmě je dokonce vůbec největší. http://www.osel.cz/14203-v-srdci-gravitacni-cocky-podkova-sedi-monstrum-s-hmotou-36-miliard-slunci.html