https://technews.tunlz.dev Top tech news from Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Verge, and more en-us Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:07:45 GMT https://www.theinformation.com/articles/spacexs-ai-unit-turned-ai-cloud-firm 2026-10-01T13:01:14Z &lt;p&gt;SpaceX’s AI unit held talks over the summer about leasing computing capacity to Microsoft, say people familiar with the matter, a sign of how fully Elon Musk has embraced the neocloud business after his initial reluctance.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selling computing power has quickly become one o The Information https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-has-100-services-running-you-can-safely-disable-many/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:21 GMT Less background activity directly translates into faster performance XDA Developers https://www.makeuseof.com/i-collected-95gb-of-cloud-storage-for-0-and-you-can-too/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:15 GMT What happens when free cloud accounts stop competing and combine. MakeUseOf https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/audibles-new-features-let-you-explore-book-worlds-and-even-talk-to-characters/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Audible is rolling out new features that help listeners keep track of characters, explore places and imagery mentioned in books, and even interact with characters using generative AI. TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/the-new-kindle-ditches-the-bezel-in-a-push-toward-a-smaller-lighter-e-reader/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 The new Kindle lineup features its lightest and thinnest designs yet, with a sleek, front-flush display that eliminates bezels for good. TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/amazon-introduces-kindle-click-a-35-remote-for-hands-free-reading/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 The compact Bluetooth remote is designed to let readers turn pages without touching their Kindle. TechCrunch https://www.engadget.com/2274300/amazon-launches-new-kindle-paperwhite-colorsoft-models-late-2026/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Amazon's new Kindle e-readers come with flat-surface displays and new colors. Engadget https://www.engadget.com/2273550/hps-omnibook-5-features-an-oled-screen-and-costs-dollar699/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 It also lasts up to 42 hours on a single charge. Engadget https://www.engadget.com/2271652/neurable-one-eeg-headphones/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Neurable is launching a new pair of EEG-equipped headphones to keep an eye on your brainwaves while you work, rest and play. Engadget https://www.engadget.com/2274088/amazon-latest-kindle-accessories-bring-physical-buttons-to-ereaders/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 BookTok will probably rejoice. Engadget https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/gears-of-war-e-day-is-an-uncharacteristically-cpu-heavy-unreal-engine-5-game-benchmarking-25-cpus-from-intel-and-amd-and-investigating-low-core-mode Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gears of War E-Day is a surprisingly heavy Unreal Engine 5 game on the CPU. We benchmarked the game with 25 processors, as well as investigated what the “low core mode” actually does. ]]> Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/hp-boards-the-macbook-neo-competitor-train-omnibook-5-comes-in-four-colors-with-wildcat-lake-and-starts-at-usd699-99 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The new HP OmniBook 5 (14-inch) uses Wildcat Lake and a variety of colors to compete with the MacBook Neo. ]]> Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/gears-of-war-e-day-pc-graphics-performance-tested-43-gpus-take-us-back-to-the-start-of-an-iconic-saga Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gears of War: E-Day is the first game to implement Unreal Engine's MegaLights technology, allowing for hundreds of dynamic ray-traced light sources in a scene. We put it to the test on 43 graphics cards to see what this next-gen feature demands across three generations of GPUs from Nvidia, Tom's Hardware https://www.techradar.com/how-to-watch/tv-shows/how-to-watch-war-online Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sienna Miller and Dominic West star in this scandalous divorce-room drama, here's how to watch War online and from anywhere. ]]> TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/tablets/ereaders/amazon-new-kindles-for-2026 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Amazon has a whole new line of Kindles with better materials, subtle redesigns, a moved power button — and some very unusual accessories. ]]> TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/home/coffee-machines/keurigs-biggest-upgrade-in-years-swaps-plastic-k-cups-for-eco-friendly-compressed-coffee-tablets-that-brew-espresso-lattes-and-more Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ AltaRounds are fully compostable, and are a big change from plastic and foil K-Cups when it comes to single-serve coffee. ]]> TechRadar https://www.theverge.com/games/1002768/gears-of-war-eday-review-xbox 2026-10-01T09:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[There are few blockbuster games that are as confident as Gears of War: E-Day. A prequel to one of Xbox's most transformative titles, E-Day knows exactly what it wants to be: a brutal, tense, and self-aware action game, one that is stronger because it doesn't deviate from that premise. Twent The Verge https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002811/amazon-kindle-paperwhite-colorsoft-accessory-refresh 2026-10-01T09:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Kindles don't usually change much with each new version, but Amazon is launching next-generation models today that look and feel a whole lot nicer. The base Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft are a millimeter thinner and 30 percent faster at opening books, and their power butto The Verge https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1002835/carrie-review-amazon-prime-video 2026-10-01T09:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[Do we really need a new version of Carrie? That's the question that plagues any attempt to reimagine the classic horror tale. Stephen King's 1974 novel remains one of his most iconic, and the film version from Brian De Palma and Sissy Spacek two years later remains unsurpassed, despite a ha The Verge https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1003107/hp-omnibook-5-14-intel-wildcat-lake-8gb-macbook-neo-price-specs 2026-10-01T09:00:00-04:00 <![CDATA[HP is announcing a new laptop that's squarely aimed at Apple's MacBook Neo. The 2026 HP OmniBook 5 14 starts at $699.99 with an Intel Core 5 315 "Wildcat Lake" processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Much of that sounds pretty familiar, being in lockstep with both Apple's Neo and its recent The Verge https://thenextweb.com/news/andrew-bailey-ai-market-shocks-bank-of-england Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:58:29 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/10/andrew-bailey-bank-of-england-governor-official-portrait.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>AI could set off shocks in financial markets, and the UK has to be ready for them, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told the BBC on Thursday. He said The Next Web https://www.makeuseof.com/hundreds-of-free-romance-kindle-ebooks-are-your-to-own-but-only-for-48-hours/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:58:24 GMT There's some great options to pick from in here! MakeUseOf https://www.techradar.com/gaming/songs-of-the-past-director-says-it-was-originally-impossible-from-a-technological-standpoint-to-have-geralts-silver-chain-in-the-witcher-3-the-physics-and-animation-technology-had-to-go-a-little-bit-forward-in-time Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:51:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ CD Projekt Red has revealed that modern technology has finally allowed the team to add the silver chain to The Witcher 3's upcoming Songs of the Past expansion. ]]> TechRadar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/micron-projects-tightening-ram-shortages-through-2028-as-it-generates-record-profit-record-86-25-percent-gross-margin-drives-over-usd53-billion-in-quarterly-profit Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:50:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Micron makes big money amid the NAND and DRAM shortage. Company expects supply crunch to continue through 2028. ]]> Tom's Hardware https://thenextweb.com/news/greg-brockman-leading-the-future-super-pac-second-25m Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:47:17 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/Greg-Brockman.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, have pulled out of a second $25m donation to Leading the Future, a super PAC that backs pro-AI candidates for Congress. Theodore Schleifer and Mike The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/texas-politics-delay-chevron-microsoft-data-centre Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:46:09 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/10/chevron-microsoft-data-centre-partnership.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>A final investment decision on Project Kilby, a huge gas-powered data centre in West Texas, could slip from the end of this year to 2027 because of state politics. Tim McD The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-tax-credit-ai-data-centres-experiments-irs-nyt Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:40:35 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/07/Meta-el-paso-data-center.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Meta tells the IRS that its AI data centres are an experiment that could fail, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. That lets Meta claim a research tax credit on the AI chips it buys. The Next Web https://www.techradar.com/pro/most-data-centers-are-still-refusing-to-say-how-much-water-and-electricity-they-use Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:36:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Many data centers won't disclose their energy and water consumption publicly, and the EU makes accessing this data difficult. ]]> TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-xp-pen-artist-pro-16-with-a-game-changing-16k-pressure-stylus-is-one-of-the-best-drawing-tablets-weve-tested-and-its-now-usd230-off-at-newegg Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:35:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ We called XP-Pen's 2.5K drawing tablet "more capable" than previous generations. Now, creatives can save $230 in Newegg's tech sale and get a free $20 gift card. ]]> TechRadar https://thenextweb.com/news/deepseek-huawei-ascend-tilelang-open-source-cuda Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:32:36 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/DeepSeek.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>DeepSeek has open-sourced a set of programming tools for Huawei’s Ascend AI chips. They include a version of TileLang, a programming language DeepSeek offers as a simpler alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA. The The Next Web https://www.xda-developers.com/i-used-android-autos-offline-maps-on-a-road-trip-with-no-signal-and-it-saved-my-drive/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:30:19 GMT Offline maps are the Android Auto feature nobody talks about, but every road tripper needs. XDA Developers https://www.makeuseof.com/this-dolby-codec-coming-for-4k-blu-ray/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:30:18 GMT Dolby is trying to solve streaming's biggest problem. MakeUseOf https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/ps3-emulator-devs-warn-of-fake-blu-ray-drives-on-newegg-and-aliexpress-beware-of-fake-blu-ray-drives-devs-warn-retrogamers-scammers-use-spoofed-firmware-to-disguise-older-mechanisms-in-high-end-shells Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The developers of a leading PlayStation 3 emulator warn of 'a recent influx of fake Blu-ray drives.' ]]> Tom's Hardware https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-control-enterprise-resilience-kill-switch Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:27:32 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/10/unleash-logo.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into enterprise infrastructure, bringing a broader risk horizon with it. As AI progresses from generating text in isolated environments toward initiating trans The Next Web https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/cuba-belarus-myanmar-and-more-private-internet-access-adds-15-new-vpn-server-locations Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:26:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Private Internet Access has added 13 new countries and territories, plus city-level servers in Naples and Tottenham. Here's what's new and how its network compares with rivals. ]]> TechRadar https://thenextweb.com/news/glm-5-3-cyber-exploits-mythos-anthropic-safeguards Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:19:22 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/07/claude-cowork-sandbox-escape-mac-files-sharedroot.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>GLM-5.3, an open-weight model from the Chinese lab Zhipu AI, can build working cyber exploits on its own almost as well as Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic said on The Next Web https://www.makeuseof.com/text-doordash-what-you-want-without-opening-app/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:06:29 GMT A text-first AI reshapes takeout routines by remembering favorites, suggesting carts, and completing checkout. MakeUseOf https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/laliga-demands-major-vpns-be-placed-on-the-eus-piracy-watch-list Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:04:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ LaLiga is taking its war on streaming piracy to the EU, requesting that NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark, and Proton VPN be added to an official piracy watch list. Here's what this means for your privacy. ]]> TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-celebrity-traitors-home-office-collection-12-gloriously-treacherous-desk-accessories-for-faithfuls-traitors-and-suspicious-co-workers-everywhere Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Are you a Faithful or a Traitor? As a Traitors superfan, I've found 12 desk accessories perfect for plotting against suspicious colleagues. Trust me... ]]> TechRadar https://thenextweb.com/news/use-ai-1-million-monthly-active-users Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:26 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/10/use-ai-ihor-herasymov-white-shirt-three-monitors.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Every new AI model creates another reason to switch. For users who have already built up months or years of conversations, preferences, files and personal context i The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/maximor-rebrands-hyphenate-86x-growth-autonomous-finance Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:20 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/10/hyphenate-team-times-square-nasdaq-tower-billboard.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Maximor, the autonomous finance company, has rebranded as Hyphenate. The new name reflects the company’s expansion across the office of the CFO and follows 86x re The Next Web https://www.xda-developers.com/your-nas-is-probably-using-the-wrong-hard-drives/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:18 GMT Product segmentation works in odd ways sometimes XDA Developers https://www.makeuseof.com/use-android-private-dns-with-public-wi-fi/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:15 GMT It's takes less than a minute. MakeUseOf https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/satlyt-founded-by-a-former-google-and-spacex-product-manager-raises-8m-to-run-ai-on-satellites/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach. TechCrunch https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-actors-linked-to-moonshot-ai-spearheaded-a-campaign-to-extract-its-models-hidden-reasoning-logged-attempts-peaked-at-16-000-users-over-two-days Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ OpenAI says operators copied its models’ encrypted reasoning and asked a model in a separate conversation to decrypt it. ]]> Tom's Hardware https://www.techradar.com/cameras/compact-cameras/om-system-pen-vs-panasonic-lumix-l10-i-compared-these-two-classy-micro-four-thirds-cameras-and-i-was-surprised-by-which-model-became-my-favorite Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:46:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ The new OM System PEN bears a striking resemblance to the Lumix L1- premium compact camera, so which rangefinder-style Micro Four Thirds camera is the better of the two? ]]> TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/home/energy-saving/octopus-energy-says-its-plug-in-solar-kits-have-sold-out-again-but-more-are-on-the-way-to-save-you-up-to-gbp150-a-year-on-bills Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:45:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Octopus Energy says its plug-in solar kits have sold out again for the second time in under a month, as buyers seek refuge from another energy crisis. ]]> TechRadar https://thenextweb.com/news/jay-clayton-ai-czar-trump-axios-cnbc Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:40:59 +0000 <img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/10/jay-clayton-official-portrait-odni-seal-us-flag.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>President Donald Trump has said that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton would make a good AI czar, Axios reported on Tuesday. Trump has said he wants to n The Next Web https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/grab-a-huge-usd520-saving-on-this-rtx-5090-gaming-laptop-from-msi-with-64gb-ddr5-and-a-2tb-ssd-stealth-a18-ai-rig-ships-with-12-core-amd-ryzen-ai-9-cpu-along-with-an-18-inch-uhd-display-with-a-120hz-refresh-rate Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:40:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pick up a $720 saving on this RTX 5090 MSI gaming laptop, featuring 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, and an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, now just $3,779. ]]> Tom's Hardware https://www.techradar.com/tech/its-your-last-chance-to-grab-these-12-lego-sets-including-an-iconic-spooky-season-kit-i-cant-believe-is-getting-the-chop Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:39:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Plus a world of pure imagination and a London landmark packed with delightful details. ]]> TechRadar