Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date of September 4. You heard right, people. This is not a drill. One more time for those in the back, Hollow Knight: Silksong is now scheduled to be available in just a few weeks. The news dropped as part of a "special announcement" YouTube stream, and it'll be playable at Gamescom. For those of you at the event in Cologne, the game will be availabe at both Nintendo and Xbox's booths. Expect very, very long lines.
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In July, Proton, the company behind Proton Mail, released Lumo, a privacy-focused AI chatbot. Now, just under a month later, Proton has begun
Apple is once again raising the price of its streaming service. Apple TV+ is shooting up to $13 per month, from $10 per month. This is effective immediately.
Current subscribers will see the price change 30 days after the next renewal date. There's one spot of good news here. The pricing for the yearly subscription remains unchanged, as does the cost of an Apple One bundle.
Many platforms start cheap before slowly turning the heat up, using
Google’s seemingly unrelenting quest to infuse AI into every aspect of your online life just got a lot more global in scope, with the company expanding its AI Mode in Search to over 180 new countries. AI Mode has previously only been available in the US, India and the UK, and whil
We learned in July that Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl would come to PlayStation later this year. On Thursday, developer GSC Gameworld gave us a specific release date: November 20. That's exactly a year after its
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Hi HN, we’re Ben and Connor, the co-founders of Skope (https://www.useskope.com/), a billing system that supports outcome-based pricing for software—that is, which charges your customers only when your software actually works. We’re an alternative to Stripe Billing, Orb, and Metronome that natively supports this pricing model, because we believe it’s especially needed for the AI products which are flooding the market and that will continue to be built
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AI usage has been deemed by some to be an inevitablity. Many recent headlines and reports quote technology leaders and business executives who say AI will replace jobs or must be used to stay competitive in a variety of industries. There have already been real ramifications for the labor market; some companies have laid off a
Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time.
In previous years, students often weren’t paying attention and wasted class time by repeating questions, the teenager said. Now, teachers can provide “more one-on-one time for
China has been expanding the use of digital currencies as it promotes wider use of its yuan, or renminbi, to reflect its status as the world’s second-largest economy and challenge the overwhelming sway of the U.S. dollar in international trade and finance.
However, restrictions on access to Chinese financial markets and limits on convertibility of the yuan, or “people’s money,” are big obstacles blocking its
Google is launching the Google Verified badge in October 2025, replacing multiple Local Services Ads trust signals with one simplified identity for advertisers.
The post Google Confirms New Google Verified Badge for Local Services Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
User research for the next era of Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/08/21/research-roadmap-update-august-2025/
Keurigs are easy to use but require regular cleaning to keep coffee free of grit, grime and mold. Here's how to clean your single-serve coffee maker like a pro. https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/all-the-places-mold-is-hiding-in-your-keurig-and-how-to-get-rid-of-it/#ftag=CADf328eec
Using acoustic stimulation, the Elemind headband can hack your brain and put it into sleep mode. I tried it and here's what happened. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/i-tested-out-the-349-headband-that-trains-your-brain-for-better-sleep-and-it-actually-works/#ftag=CADf328eec
It's the latest streaming service to implement a price hike in 2025. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-tv-plus-raises-price-on-monthly-plan/#ftag=CADf328eec
Announced in 2019, Team Cherry's follow-up is coming sooner than expected, and it's on Game Pass on Day 1. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/silksong-finally-gets-release-date-september-4/#ftag=CADf328eec
Oracle’s West Texas data center could come online before it gets connected to the grid – needing costly gas generators.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/oracles-next-major-data-center-project-could-be-gas-powered
The Google Pixel Watch 4 comes with emergency satellite connectivity, beating Apple to this new feature –here's how it works in practice.
Fans have got hold of The Pitt season 2's first trailer on social media, and we're missing a major season 1 cliffhanger that's been spoiled.
During Gamescom 2025 JBL unveiled three new models in its Quantum headset series.
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-22-august-2025
Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-22-august-2025
Hybrid cloud is fast becoming AI’s security backbone, the unexpected ways legacy operations are blocking AI adoption and how smarter app delivery strategies are reducing exposure without slowing innovation.
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-22-august-2025
Hate Windows 11? I'm betting you'll have a change of heart about Windows 12 if the OS turns out like this concept.
Romance scams are one of the most visible signs of a deeper issue: digital identity fraud. Marko Maras, CEO of Trustfull, explores how scams are often overlooked by the very platforms that people trust to keep them safe.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/beyond-romance-fraud-the-rising-threat-of-social-media-scams
JetVPN is only the latest shady VPN to rank among the most downloaded apps on official app stores. Windscribe suggests this trend signals wider issues with Google Play.
Discover how AI agents, synthetic data, and executive literacy build resilient, future-ready organizations.
The moment has finally arrived! Team Cherry has announced that Hollow Knight: Silksong will officially launch on September 4, 2025.
Apple fixes zero-day flaw being used in highly sophisticated attacks against specific individuals.
Google AI Mode just got a major upgrade, and it can now use an AI agent to find you dinner reservation options.
GitHub Copilot users, at least, the premium ones, will now be able to use Google Gemini 2.5 Pro for all their coding needs. But you can use Google's own tools for free...
Windows 10 new features and changes you missed in updates since version 22H2, including the About page redesign, Taskbar changes, more clutter to the context menu, file transfer feature, and more.
We take our first look at how Microsoft is improving and optimizing Windows 11 for small handheld gaming PCs like the upcoming Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X. There's some interesting stuff here!
A bug in Windows 11 and 10 stops PCs from resetting or recovering. Microsoft has issued an update to fix the problem, but you still need to install it.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman recently raised the importance of building AI for people, not to be a person, suggesting that conscious AI might be coming and society isn't ready.
Square Enix has made a surprising Gamescom 2025 announcement — shadow-dropping Triangle Strategy, the hit Strategy-RPG from 2022, onto Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/triangle-strategy-shadow-drops-on-xbox-for-gamescom-2025
As another year of school kicks off, you may be scrambling for a decent day-to-day laptop for yourself (or your kid) that won’t cost an arm and a leg. Well, here’s an excellent back-to-school deal that you won’t want to pass up: Best Buy is se
Tired of your old, clunky, worn-out power strip? Wish it was faster, sleeker, and able to accommodate many more devices without sacrificing that much more space? If so, you need Anker’s 15-in-1 USB power strip that’s now $22.79 on Amazon with the special on-page coupon. Clip it to get 24% off on this awesome accesso
Problematic August 2025 Windows update KB5063878 is taking on ever greater proportions. Microsoft confirmed (via
There’s a new generation of browsers coming to shake up the market and revolutionize the way we use the web—at least, that’s how new “AI” browsers like Perplexity’s Comet are being pitched to users. But it looks like giving control of your web
For better or worse, the number of ways to watch NFL and college football games has exploded in 2025.
While you once need a bloated pay TV bundle just to stream your local teams, this year brings new standalone options from ESPN and Fox, skinnier channel bundles from pay TV providers, and shorter-term subscription plans from Sling. Slice and dice things the
The USA may be considered the land of the free, but the reality is different when it comes to dealing with border control. Travelers entering the country must expect electronic devices such as laptops and smartphones to be checked, read or even temporarily retained.
The US authorities are authorized to do this and are increasingly making use of it, especial
As one of the most important technology companies in the world, Microsoft employs over 220,000 people. However, this number has shrunk somewhat following layoffs from earlier this year, which resulted in thousands of employees being let go.
Severance, The Studio, Slow Horses, and an upcoming new season of The Morning Show: Yes, Apple TV+ has been on a bit of a hot streak lately. Now get ready for a price hike to match.
Starting on August 21—so, now—the price of Apple TV+ will rise to $12.99 a month, a steep $3 a month higher than the previous $9.99/month rate. That’s a 30-pe
The Blue House is denying that the U.S. government wants to buy a stake in its crown jewel.
Jiushark’s JF15K is an air cooler like none other, with two double-wide heatsink towers and four fans.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/air-cooling/jiushark-jf15k-review
Classic Doom 'works better than expected' on an Anker charger.
There are dozens of VPNs to choose from, but to think they're all created equally would be a mistake. Some are better than others, and NordVPN sits squarely in the better category. Now, you can save up to 77 percent on most of NordVPN's plans. Arguably the best plan for most people is the
Chinese regulators reportedly dissuaded local companies from purchasing NVIDIA's H20 chips, because they found certain statements by US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick "insulting." According to the Financial Times, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) teame
The last thing anyone wants at the end of a long day is to look down at their phone and see its battery almost dead. One way to avoid that is to keep a compact power bank on you at all times, and it's arguably easiest to do that with one like
Chinese action camera (and now drone) company Insta360 has unveiled a premium addition to its lineup of compact cameras. The Insta360 GO Ultra is being billed as a new, more powerful product line in the GO series, instead of a replacement for the
Masimo, the medical technology company whose lawsuit led to the temporary sales pause of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, has sued the US Customs and Border Protection days after Apple released its redes
Sennheiser's most expensive Ambeo soundbar is getting a substantial update. The company announced that the Ambeo Soundbar Max, a $2,000 beast of a living room speaker, will gain two features it calls Customizable Immersion and Voice Enhancement Mode. Plus, the company is adding lossless audio support
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Me and Guy (@guyb3) built ChartDB to generate ER diagrams from your database without a need of any database access (via query/sql/dbml). We started with an open-source version, and after seeing a lot of use we decided to make a cloud version.
Our OSS launch (1y ago) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41339308
Now we’re launching ChartDB Cloud - built for teams:
- Embed ERDs into docs, dev portals, or Miro/Notion etc.
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Ever wonder how much energy it takes when you ask an AI to draft an email, plan a vacation, or role-play as a friend? Google just shed some light: The company calculated the energy, water, and carbon emissions tied to text prompts on its Gemini apps.
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It’s one of the great questions of our modern age: How does Sweetgreen lose money selling $14 (and up!) fast casual salads and bowls? And not just a little money but $442 million in the last three and a half years and more than $908 million since 2014.
Sweetgreen is having a disastrous 2025, with same-store sales down 7.6% in the second quarter after a Q1 drop of 3.1%, and a now aborted rollout of fries (how do you mess up fries?). The stock is down more than 70% th
Should small brands prioritize TikTok or Google? This week's Ask An SEO reframes the question and focuses on what actually moves the needle.
The post Ask An SEO: Should Small Brands Go All In On TikTok For Audience Growth? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Machines reward overlap. Humans reward density. This article explains why balancing both is critical for content optimization in retrieval-augmented AI systems.
The post Semantic Overlap Vs. Density: Finding The Balance That Wins Retrieval appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google adds agentic bookings and personalization to AI Mode and expands access to 180+ countries in English.
The post Google AI Mode Adds Agentic Booking, Expands To More Countries appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ai-mode-adds-agentic-booking-expands-to-more-count
Commentary: Gemini for Home is a huge leap into conversational AI for all Nest users, and we've been waiting for serious improvements. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/google-gemini-is-finally-conquering-nest-devices-will-it-fix-voice-assistant-woes/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here's what you missed at Google's big event that included new phones, watches, earbuds, Gemini AI features and numerous celebrity cameos. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/everything-at-made-by-google-2025-pixel-10-pixel-watch-4-pixel-10-pro-fold-announced/#ftag=CADf328eec
These tools could help teachers win the attention war. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/as-the-new-school-year-begins-this-is-how-i-use-ai-as-a-college-professor/#ftag=CADf328eec
Hundreds of thousands of chats are live on the website of Elon Musk's rival to ChatGPT, including photos and other uploaded documents. https://www.cnet.com/tech/your-chats-with-ai-chatbot-grok-may-be-visible-to-all/#ftag=CADf328eec
Do you have an old camera, security system or smart plug you aren't using? Here's how I recruit mine for new, useful tasks. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/how-to-give-old-home-devices-new-life-as-birdcams-energy-savers-and-more/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here's how to check if your carrier supports the messaging protocol, how to enable it and when Apple could bring end-to-end encryption to the protocol on your iPhone. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/before-ios-26-heres-what-you-should-know-about-rcs-messaging-on-your-iphone/#ftag=CADf328eec
At a preview event, I got an early look at the upcoming dark fantasy game from publisher Bandai Namco. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/blood-of-the-dawnwalker-is-a-vampire-action-rpg-with-breath-of-the-wilds-neatest-feature/#ftag=CADf328eec
Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play Gears of War: Reloaded on Day 1. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/play-herdling-now-gears-of-war-and-dragon-age-soon-on-xbox-game-pass/#ftag=CADf328eec
The camera specs for the Pixel 10 series reveal only a small part of what's new for mobile photographers. I spoke with the head of the Pixel camera team to learn more. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-thinks-ai-can-make-you-a-better-photographer-i-dive-into-the-pixel-10-cameras/#ftag=CADf328eec
Everstone Studio has finally revealed the release date for its highly anticipated open-world action-adventure game, Where Winds Meet.
Crooks are abusing Lovable to generate convincing phishing sites, or deliver dangerous malware.
YouTube is giving free users the option to download videos for offline viewing, but it has quite a few limitations.
This limited edition Hatsune Miku Audio-Technica headset proves that audiophile gear doesn't have to be ugly.
Windows 11's Copilot app is getting a powered-up search function to find the files you need quickly.
Gamescom 2025 is bringing plenty of surprises our way, and one of them is a brand new Tandem OLED monitor from Asus.