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I swapped 5 built-in Windows apps for open-source ones for a month, and only 3 survived

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:31:15 GMT

Open source got five job interviews and Microsoft still won two of them.

Your monitor's most underrated setting is probably wrong in a menu you never open

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:30:18 GMT

The wrong overdrive mode can tarnish your gaming monitor's performance

After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:26:14 +0000

Meta launches Muse Wonder, catching OpenAI and Anthropic at the frontier

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:15:49 +0000

Meta has released a new AI model family called Muse Wonder. The new model leapfrogs Gemini 4, GPT-Astra, and Fable 5 in Artificial Analysis's leaderboard.

This pocket KVM for remote support is down to its lowest price ever

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:26 GMT

Easy and ready to go

This Claude-built game lets you destroy any website, and it's absurdly addictive

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:17 GMT

Breaking the internet has never been this much fun

Google's Dreambeans finds stories on its own, and it's the first AI app I want to keep

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:15 GMT

Dreambeans finds the information I miss.

The Apple Upgrade program is great for consumers and Apple, but bad for carriers like Verizon and AT&T — here's why

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Intel's Crescent Island AI accelerator officially powers new GPU D-Series products

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:48:14 +0000

GTA 6 is sold out on Amazon despite being a digital-only game

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:36:46 +0000

'Grand Theft Auto VI,' a game that does not come on a disc, is partially sold out on Amazon.

I host a real website on a $5 ESP32, and it handles more traffic than I expected

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:30:17 GMT

Worth it for a portfolio, not for an app.

Google Maps remembers more about your life than you probably realize

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:30:14 GMT

Google Maps can be storing years of your data without you even knowing about; here's how to check.

Kelly Clarkson’s Brooklyn shopping complaint has the internet taking sides

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:19:44 +0000

Kelly Clarkson’s dispute with Brooklyn shop Art of Play involves a $15,000 singing bird, competing accounts, and divided reactions online.

Did Ukraine’s strikes on data centers really silence Russian bots?

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:19:15 +0000

Ukraine says Russian bots went quiet after it struck Yandex data centers. Here’s what the traffic data does and doesn’t show.

Adobe software dupe maker takes on Microsoft Office, releasing free versions of Word, Powerpoint, and Excel

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:09:36 +0000

Will these AI vibecoded Adobe and Microsoft clone apps take off?

Meet the crochet artist who made a 10-foot Appa for Avatar Legends in 16 days

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:05:44 +0000

Shayla Palmer makes crochet look cool and achievable, one stitch at a time.

Has OpenAI started the 'mathpocalypse'? Experts say AI's solving of iconic math problems may cause huge issues in the long run

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:05:00 +0000

Bumble in Talks to Go Private With Sequoia Partner Gupta’s New Venture

2026-10-12T19:03:21Z

Dating app company Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private by a holding company founded recently by former Sequoia’s partner Ravi Gupta, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. A deal would value Bumble at roughly $1 billion, a steep premium to its last market ca

I compared a DVD upscaled by my Shield TV against the same film streaming in 4K, and the DVD held up embarrassingly well

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:18 GMT

The quality of an AI-enhanced upscaled DVD compared to 4K streaming is close.

VisionQuest review: Paul Bettany and James Spader delight in Wanda/Vision TV trilogy capper

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Meta says it's caught up to the frontier with its latest Wonder AI models

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:51:52 +0000

The models add "active memory" and "active focus" abilities.

WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights "key uncertainty"

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:46:43 +0000

Trump Administration Plans to Move AI Testing Agency Officials to White House

2026-10-12T18:36:42Z

The small agency within the Commerce Department tasked with testing new AI models appears to be getting a refresh. In September, the Trump administration began the process of restructuring the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence so that t

Norway fined a Microsoft subsidiary $9.6 million for allegedly misusing Grindr user data

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:34:57 +0000

Xandr has three weeks to appeal the record penalty.

How to find your Amazon 'About You' page (and how to edit it)

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

See if Amazon thinks you have "flat buttocks."

AMD puts 32,768 CPU cores in a rack built for AI agents

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:29:03 +0000

AMD has published Helion, an open rack blueprint for running AI agents rather than training models, with a CPU-only version holding up to 32,768 cores. Partner systems are

Trying to change your browser? It might be harder than you think, based on one simple thing

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:25:00 +0000

Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:21:36 +0000

OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs and builds its second applied AI lab

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:07:53 +0000

OpenAI is adding 200 roles in Dublin and building an applied AI lab at its EU headquarters, taking planned Irish hiring to 450. The move lands two days before

Hinge wants to re-educate bad daters instead of banning them

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:05:53 +0000

Hinge is making flagged users complete a quick tutorial on basic chat etiquette before they can send another message.

Google Maps was destroying my battery on long drives until I changed these settings

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:00:18 GMT

You can get hours of extra battery life without giving up on Google Maps

Binge these Amazon Prime shows this week (October 12-18)

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:00:15 GMT

Whatever you're in the mood for, these shows give you loads of options to keep your watchlist interesting

What's the difference between alkaline and lithium-ion batteries?

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Alkaline and lithium-ion batteries serve very different purposes. Here's how they compare on lifespan, cost, rechargeability, and everyday use.

Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:56:56 +0000

Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding.

Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:52:36 +0000

Meta says its new Muse model has reached the AI frontier

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:51:57 +0000

Meta has released Muse Wonder, known internally as Watermelon, and says it matches ChatGPT and Claude on coding and professional work. It has not said whether the weights will be

Why Amazon might pay billions for Decart, a 3-year-old AI startup that hasn’t disclosed its revenue

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:46:44 +0000

The Sihoo B100 is still my favorite cheap office chair — an affordable mesh ergonomic seat that beats most cheap chairs we test with its adaptive lumbar support

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:41:44 +0000

2027 Rivian R2 review: The Goldilocks electric SUV

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:39:22 +0000

It's not too big, it's not too small and it's not too expensive. It's just right.

Meta Unveils New AI Models to Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic

2026-10-12T17:31:53Z

Meta Platforms unveiled two new AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, on Monday as it seeks to strengthen its position in the competitive AI race. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the models on Threads, describing them as significantly larger and more advanced than th

Bambu Lab just entered the 3D scanning scene, and you can sign up to hear more right now

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:30:53 GMT

Windows already has a file sync tool, and it's been hiding in the command line for over 20 years

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:30:17 GMT

I combined a light script with Robocopy, and it now watches essential folders and mirrors changes.

I made one Windows file exist in two folders without creating a second copy

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:30:14 GMT

I deleted the file I’d called original, and every single line survived.

Experts warn cheap Android phones are being shipped with malware built in, so be on your guard

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:25:00 +0000

With 99% DCI-P3 color accuracy, this 27-inch Asus OLED monitor is a $384 steal for creators at its lowest ever price

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:24:58 +0000

WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:19:14 +0000

A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.

The long, messy road to the Googlebook

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:15:55 GMT

Why did it take Google 17 years to launch its first proper Android-powered laptops.

TP-Link's Archer BE670 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router with a 10Gbps port is a future-proof multi-gig upgrade at $250

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:11:45 +0000

Beats is collaborating with Pokémon for a Pikachu-themed Pill speaker

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:11:30 +0000

The collab we've all been waiting for ever since Tim Cook met up with Pikachu.