Credit: Xbox Wire The release date of the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X will reportedly be October 16. The date comes from a leak focused on Europe, but other regions may follow suit. Xbox is expected to show off the handhelds and begin pre-sales during its Gamescom showcase on August 20. Xbox’s upcoming handhelds
Read MoreOpenAI is releasing GPT-5, its new flagship model, to all of its ChatGPT users and developers. CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 is a dramatic leap from OpenAI’s previous models. He compares it to “something that I just don’t wanna ever have to go back from,” like the first iPhone with a Retina display. OpenAI says
Read MoreEarlier this year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella moved with haste to get engineers to test and deploy DeepSeek’s R1 model on Azure AI Foundry. It was an unusually quick turnaround for a new model on Azure that also set a new bar for success. A few months later, Nadella then pushed to onboard xAI’s Grok
Read MoreThe Framework easily fits on any desk. Framework has built a name for itself by taking the locked down world of laptops and making them modular, upgradable, and repairable. So it’s surprising – and maybe even controversial – the way that Framework has approached its first desktop: it’s made a PC that’s actually less modular
Read MoreAn EU spokesperson said that the 15pc levy will apply irrespective of any other tariffs imposed. Read more: New US 100pc chip tariff will not apply to EU, WSJ reports
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Another day, another large language model, but news that OpenAI has released its first open-weight models (gpt-oss) with Apache 2.0 licensing is a bigger deal than most. Finally, you can run a version of ChatGPT offline and for free, giving developers and us casual AI enthusiasts another powerful tool
Read MoreThe day after he won an unprecedented $243 million verdict in a wrongful death case against Tesla, attorney Brett Schreiber posted a reel on Instagram celebrating the victory. His song pick: 1992’s “Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gangsta” by the Geto Boys. “This is a verdict that will change the world,” Schreiber wrote
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Last week, OpenAI released what may be the most ambitious (and potentially controversial) update to ChatGPT since its launch: Agent mode. Unlike the standard conversational interface, Agent mode gives ChatGPT control over a virtual machine running Chrome, allowing it to interact with websites like a human would. It can
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Google’s Pixel phones have long been sold as some of the most secure Android devices you can buy, thanks to the inclusion of the Titan M2 chip and regular security patches over several years. There’s a bit of irony to that statement, of course — Google’s entire business model
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A Twitter leaker has posted purported Galaxy S25 series sales data, including figures for the S25 Edge. The figures suggest that the Galaxy S25 Edge sold 650,000 units during its first month of sales. The numbers also point to significant growth for the Galaxy S25 series compared to the
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple has said that Samsung’s US factory will make chips for a number of its products, including iPhones. It’s unclear if Apple is referring to its A series chips that are the heart and soul of iPhones. Samsung has historically produced A series chips for Apple, but it’s been
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: People withAlzheimer’s disease have lower levels of lithium in their brains, and giving lithium to mice with symptoms of the condition reverses cognitive decline. Together, the findings suggest that lithium deficiency could be a driver of Alzheimer’s disease and that low-dose lithium medications could help treat
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung’s new foldable lineup just launched under a couple of weeks ago. It’s a bit too soon for actual discounts, but most devices these days launch with nice pre-order deals. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and Z Flip 7 FE all came with free storage
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung’s new foldable lineup just launched under a couple of weeks ago. It’s a bit too soon for actual discounts, but most devices these days launch with nice pre-order deals. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and Z Flip 7 FE all came with free storage
Read MoreBruce66423 shares a report from the BBC: A man who is bringing a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police after live facial recognition technology wrongly identified him as a suspect has described it as “stop and search on steroids.” Shaun Thompson, 39, was stopped by police in February last year outside London Bridge Tube
Read MoreWithout providing specifics, President Trump said on Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips, but not for companies that are “building in the United States.” CNBC reports: “We’re going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday
Read MoreA new War of the Worlds adaptation starring Ice Cube has achieved a 0% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes after arriving on Prime Video in late July. The science fiction film, produced by Universal Pictures during the 2020 pandemic using actors filming separately through video calls, features alien tripods emerging from meteors to attack Earth.
Read MoreGoogle has made a series of incremental updates to its managed BigQuery data warehouse service to help data practitioners across enterprises further automate data analytics tasks. These updates were made to the data engineering and data science agents in BigQuery that the hyperscaler announced in April during its annual Google Cloud Next event. Data engineering
Read MoreThe National Democratic Training Committee has made the first official playbook for the use of AI by Democratic campaigns ahead of the midterms.
Read MoreDocuments obtained by WIRED show FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism so as to align with “current administration priorities.”
Read MoreJeff Buckley captivated an audience of generations with his transcendent voice and soaring guitar. After his untimely passing in 1997 at age 30, he gained posthumous, cult-like status. Never one for the charts, his album Grace has stood the test of time and is listed on Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. His
Read MoreGoogle is developing a new ‘Action Corners’ feature for Android, which could be similar to ‘Hot Corners’ on macOS. This feature may allow users to trigger actions, like launching Recent apps or opening notifications, by moving the cursor to one of the four corners of the screen. The feature is not yet live but may
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A leaker has claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge will be 5.5mm thin. This means it could be as thick as the rumored iPhone 17 Air and slightly thinner than the Galaxy S25 Edge. The leaker also reiterated that the phone could have a 4,200mAh battery. Numerous leaks
Read MoreDashcams are the type of products you hope you will never need, but they can be lifesavers when they do their job. It’s a solid investment if you want something that can provide solid evidence in the case of an accident, or keep eyes on your vehicle when parked. I mean, it can even be
Read MoreCredit: David Imel / Android Authority The Galaxy S20 Ultra has received a security update, a few months after Samsung officially pulled support for the device. This update only applies to the Verizon model for now, though. Samsung’s 2020 flagship launched with the promise of four major OS upgrades and five years of security updates.
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