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Cloudflare halts 5.6Tbps DDoS attack against an Eastern Asian ISP.
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Benedict Cumberbatch has seemingly confirmed he won't appear as Doctor Strange in Avengers 5.

Meta is reportedly working on Oakley smart glasses, and plenty others.

Google Gemini is getting new features and the ability to chain actions together.

We've tested the new Samsung Galaxy S25 AI features, here's what we think of them.

The first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked of 2025 will see the launch of the Galaxy S25 range and new AI features.
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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 series of smartphones during the Samsung Unpacked livestream today. The line includes the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra flagship smartphones.
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OpenAI's $500 billion investment in computing infrastructure changes its relationship with Microsoft. The tech giant will no longer be the ChatGPT maker's exclusive cloud partner for its sophisticated AI advances.

iRacing has announced that the ARCA Menards series will be joining the new NASCAR game for the very first time.

Veteran tipster Evan Blass recently revealed some information about the upcoming lineup of Samsung phones, including a new Night mode for videos, Audio Eraser, and revamped Google Gemini.
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The Gigabyte M6880X meets an unexpected demise.

A retailer has claimed that the RTX 5070 Ti will be released on February 20, almost a month after the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 release date.

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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (MCA), a watchdog agency which has repeatedly probed Amazon's business dealings, will now be run by former Amazon executive Doug Gurr. — that makes sense, right? Gurr will serve as interim chair "in a bid to boost growth and support the economy. "The decision comes alongside reports that the UK government ousted former chair, M


Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, has been cooking up a whole new fantasy universe, and the first book set in it is out now. Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, is an anthology that reads like a collection of myths and folklore. The stories are macabre with a touch of whimsy (as in, occasional animal narrators), ranging from a boy’s bizarre adventure after he becomes the unexpected wielder of a powerful dead hand, to the creation of the world and gods

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Rumors suggest that at least some of Apple's next iPhone models could include a camera bar similar to the one on Google's Pixel phones. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/iphone-17-rumors-point-to-a-camera-bar-on-the-rear/#ftag=CADf328eec

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The many charities and reliefs efforts arising to help victims of the Southern California wildfires have become targets for scams. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/scammers-want-to-cash-in-on-wildfire-relief-heres-how-to-avoid-them/#ftag=CADf328eec

A new malicious campaign was recently spotted on Google's ad network targeting Mac users with Amos infostealer.
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Nvidia's RTX 5090 is on the horizon, and its unboxing is one worth paying attention to.

Microsoft has fixed an Outlook issue on Windows Server devices, but now a new issue has emerged.
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Fresh Nvidia next-gen GPU fears emerge: shaky stock, pricing worries, and a claim the RTX 5070 is delayed until March.

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A Meta VP has teased big improvements for the home cinema experience on Quest.

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We'll have the official word from Samsung on Wednesday, but this leak outlines a major focus on AI summaries.

Here's all the news from Samsung's annual Unpacked event as it happens
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OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and President Trump unveil a $500 billion dubbed Stargate project to build massive data centers for AI advances in the United States.

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Members of the Xbox Insider Program can now use hard drives larger than 16GB, giving them vastly more storage space to keep even more games.

Game Bar on Windows 11 now supports a preview of Game Assist. That feature places a browser in the Game Bar, allowing you to read guides and watch videos without having to switch tabs.

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Microsoft releases an update that fixes a few bugs that Windows 11 24H2 introduced.

Nilseuropa has revitalized an old Toshiba T1000 with a Raspberry Pi 4 and packed it full of handy upgrades that lend respect to the original case.

It's a challenging time to be a developer these days, according to GDC's 2025 State of the Game Industry report that surveyed over 3,000 game devs and industry professionals. In one of the worst years ever for game industry job losses, 11 percent of developers said they were let go from their positions in 2024 and 29 percent observed direct colleagues being laid off. All

We finally know when Sonic will grace movie theaters again: Paramount has announced Sonic The Hedgehog 4 will arrive on March 19, 2027, Variety reports. The company confirmed the next installment back in Dece

Plex is kicking off the year with some updates that could make the streaming platform a more social place. Viewers will be able to leave public reviews on titles and to comment on other users' assessments. "To us, discovery isn’t just about finding what to watch, but also about finding more friends and fans like you in the process," the company said in a

Akai and Native Instruments are sort of like the Nintendo and Sega of music production. These long-time rivals offer many similar products, but some musicians get drawn to Akai’s MPC workflow while others choose NI’s Maschine platform. Soon, folks may not have to choose at all. These two icons of the space are teaming up. The MPC platform will soon be home to Native Instruments sound packs.
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Google has been a much larger facilitator of tools to Israel during its war with Hamas than previously disclosed. A new report from The Washington Post found that Google employees have repeatedly worked with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel’s Defense Ministry (IDM) to expand the government's access to AI tools. In 2021, Google entered into a $1

The wait is over: The first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event of the year kicks off at 1PM ET today — and you'll be able to wa

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Google has decided to invest another billion into Anthropic, four sources told the Financial Times, bringing its total sunk cost to more than three billion dollars. Both companies have declined to comment. Google uses Anthropic’s Claude AI models on

Imagine: A switch is flicked and, in a heartbeat, every process spewing deadly pollution into the heavens is replaced with something clean and sustainable. Sadly, even then, the Earth would still tip towards being uninhabitable thanks to all of the carbon we’ve already dumped up there. If we as a species are to survive then all of that junk needs to be pulled back to Earth, and fast. Proponents of Direct Air Capture believe it’s a vital weapon to accomplish that task; its critics say it’s so


As a native Windows user who switched to macOS a few years back, one thing I never got over was the simplicity and usefulness of the old school Notepad app. This app aims to recreate that very same experience, cross-platform and easily installable as a PWA.
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