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• This sleek Japanese power strip finally fixes your office desk's ugliest pain point [6d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, July 15 (game #1633) [6d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 15 (game #1130) [6d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 15 (game #864) [6d]
• Inside Samsung Display's secret labs, where it builds and stress-tests next-gen displays — and says it's ready for Apple to launch a foldable: 'We mean it, we love other companies to join this market' [6d]
• Samsung has a 16TB PCIe 6.0 SSD coming soon with read/write speeds of 28.4GBps and 21.9GBps respectively — but you won't be able to use it anyway [6d]
• Quote of the day by Linux creator Linus Torvalds: 'Nvidia has been the single worst company we've ever dealt with' — airing frustrations at walled gardens [6d]
• Don't forget, you can save 50% on Criterion 4K Blu-rays at Amazon and Barnes & Noble right now — the sale is for a limited time, so don't miss it if you're looking to add to your collection [6d]
• Germany confirms drone-destroying laser weapon for German Navy by 2029 — 100Kw version will zap 1000+ mph supersonic missiles for $1 a shot [6d]
• 245.76TB Micron 6600 Ion SSD has a staggering 16GB RAM with a $100,000+ price tag, and is 'the one to beat in its class', reviewer says [6d]
• How to watch MLB All-Star Game 2026 — watch baseball online from anywhere [6d]
• RayNeo X3 Pro review: These AI+AR Smart Glasses are technically impressive, but far from easy to use [6d]
• Bosgame’s P6 Ryzen 9 mini PC deal undercuts 8-core rivals as a powerful $520 desktop replacement [6d]
• Meta says it will spend an extra $40 billion on its nearly 4,000-acre data center campus in Louisiana in its quest for more compute power [6d]
• CEO of big memory chip maker says 2027 could be the 'worst year in the industry's history' — and other RAM crisis rumblings back up that dire prediction [6d]
• 'I've been waiting for this for ages!': The Sonos app's new navigation, volume controls and speaker ordering are finally rolling out — though you might not get them right away [6d]
• Bambu Lab A2L review: This 3D printer makes large-format printing look easy [6d]
• NymVPN has released a huge iOS update adding Mixnet Tuning, Server Families, and app icon disguises — but some questions remain around the scale of some improvements [7d]
• Experts get Google, Microsoft to pull trusted ModHeader with 1.6 million installs after finding it could harvest all kinds of data [7d]
• 8BitDo’s Nintendo-themed desk gear is the ultimate retro home office upgrade [7d]
• 'God of War Laufey will be available on disc' — Sony Santa Monica may have hinted at the game's release window with physical announcement [7d]
• No, it's not age verification — privacy is the top reason UK children use a VPN [7d]
• IPVanish just made OpenVPN almost three times faster on Windows — but there's a catch [7d]
• The new De'Longhi Rivelia Start is a super-compact coffee maker with a 10-drink menu — including the cold brew we desperately need for sweltering summer days [7d]
• How to watch The Great British Sewing Bee season 12 online for FREE – stream cosy competition from anywhere [7d]
• 'A single entry point can rapidly expand to greater enterprise impacts': Microsoft introduces changes to tackle ShinyHunters [7d]
• How to watch France vs Spain: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for FIFA World Cup semi-final 2026 [7d]
• The 'absolutely superb' Bambu Lab P2S we tested in our workshop just dropped in price [7d]
• Is the Nintendo Switch 2 a hit or a flop? Despite high sales, the console's been relatively contentious — and I have a feeling I know why [7d]
• ‘All the analog features you could wish for’: this is one of the most adjustable analog keyboards I’ve come across — but there’s one area where its rivals win out [7d]
• Techland cancels PS4 and Xbox One versions of Dying Light: The Beast — 'It became clear that bringing the game to those platforms would require compromises that would prevent us from delivering the experience we set out to create' [7d]
• LAPD hits pause on Flock surveillance cameras due to 'serious concerns around civil liberties and privacy' — as the backlash continues to grow [7d]
• WD-Black's SN8100 2TB Gen 5 SSD hits a blazing-fast 14,900MB/s read speeds — and it's down to $400 [7d]
• US and security allies warn Russian attacks on critical infrastructure are ramping up against 'poorly configured and vulnerable networking devices worldwide' [7d]
• The Dreame Z30 Pro Aqua cordless stick vac-and-mop is a versatile floor cleaning combo for both vacuuming and light mopping duties [7d]
• Which Ninja air fryer should I buy? Here are our personal favorites — plus top tips on how to choose [7d]
• AI does not solve poor finance infrastructure: it weakens it [7d]
• Autonomous AI worms mark a new era of adaptive cyberattacks [7d]
• Real Housewives of London season 2 release date confirmed as Hayu promises 'most personal season yet' — I just hope it doesn't repeat the same annoying mistake [7d]
• Why is a Kodak point-and-shoot with worse picture quality than your phone the best-selling camera year after year? The answer is surprising, but also kind of obvious [7d]
• Mini PC deals for video editing and gaming: I found the best space-saving desktop gear from GMKtec, Geekom, Minisforum, and Corsair [7d]
• Exclusive: Listen to one of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy's 'most epic tracks' first here [7d]
• This new macOS infostealer poses as an Apple crash reporting tool to try and steal all your valuable data [7d]
• "It mirrors real life better than most gym exercises" A celebrity PT recommends this simple move as the best strength exercise most over 50s aren't doing [7d]
• VPN firms and digital rights groups join forces to urge the UK government to leave VPNs alone [7d]
• I’m a computer expert, and I recommend jumping on this nearly half-price 1TB WD_BLACK SN7100 NVMe SSD while it's still under $190 [7d]
• HP's LaserJet Pro 4000 Series is 'one of the fastest laser printers' in its class with blistering 42ppm speeds — and it just got a major price cut [7d]
• Thought smart glasses were creepy? These bone conduction headphones have a tiny 4K camera — but luckily they're aimed at cyclists [7d]
• 'Removing discs doesn’t represent progress – it simply removes choice' — The Entertainment Retailers Association denounces Sony's decision to kill physical discs [7d]
• Black Ops 7 Season 5 has been fully revealed, with the next Call of Duty update bringing a raft of fresh content [7d]
• Unlucky Redditor orders Corsair DDR5 RAM from Amazon and gets sent dummy light sticks instead — but one trick saves their skin [7d]
• Former Rockstar producer jokes he's 'pretty happy' he's not working on GTA 6 because of how 'monstrous' it seems — 'Every single time they do a GTA, it's like ludicrously bigger than before' [7d]
• How to watch 2026 FIFA World Cup in Singapore: free live streams [7d]
• 'We love this... except gradual rollouts': Windows 11 search is being improved in a big way, with users impatient to get these changes — and I don't blame them [7d]
• Is this the ultimate 'back to school' laptop? Students can get a brand new 2026 Dell XPS 13 for just $599 [7d]
• I've been hunting for the best travel charging gadgets to avoid low-battery stress on vacation — here are my top recommendations [7d]
• Marvel is said to be making a Nova movie instead of a Disney+ TV show — and a divisive MCU writer is reportedly leading development on it [7d]
• The 4.5-star-rated Shokz OpenRun Pro drop to a record-low price on Amazon [7d]
• Three 'massive' Future Games digital showcases will air next month during Gamescom 2026, offering viewers world premieres and exclusive trailers from 'some of the industry’s most creative studios' [7d]
• 'You essentially pay for intelligence twice, once with money, and again with something even more valuable': Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns AI users not to give away too much [7d]
• ‘Those non-pro colors are incredible:’ the Google Pixel 11 series has leaked on Amazon, and the colors are going down better than the specs [7d]
• Inference needs memory: how context is becoming AI infrastructure [7d]
• The AI job apocalypse is a myth. We need more human talent than ever before [7d]
• Five reasons switching from IP VPN to SD WAN will help you build an AI-ready network [7d]
• 'It's exploding now?' — Reddit user's Zotac RTX 5090 'explodes' while playing Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, and I'm starting to get worried that high-powered GPUs aren't safe [7d]
• Britain's AI push is exposing a memory crisis inside business [7d]
• 'AI writing is now a problem everywhere on social media': Study finds nearly half of all LinkedIn long posts are AI-generated, and that's only the start [7d]
• Marvel has reportedly cast a former Star Wars actor as Magneto in its new X-Men movie — and they nearly played The Fantastic Four's Reed Richards in the MCU [7d]
• No, NordVPN does not drain your phone battery [7d]
• Co-existing with AI: why replacement narratives are holding the public sector back [7d]
• Japan's largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu hit by cyberattack which forces systems to be shut down [7d]
• The new rules of software supply chain security: visibility, vigilance, validation [7d]
• How to watch England vs India 2026 ODI series: cricket live streams, schedule, preview [7d]
• Xiaomi unveils its first range-extender SUV and it looks like a private jet on wheels [7d]
• The American Dream is killing me — until I see Billie Joe Armstrong's new Marshall guitar amp (and then I'm as consumerist as they come) [7d]
• Risk of darkness looms across Europe and America as power-hungry AI data centers and electric cars drain the grid, decimate factory capacity, and engineer a four-year wait for transformers [7d]