Code spotted on the Xbox website suggests Microsoft is preparing buy now, pay later integrations with Klarna and PayPal, letting users split the cost of games and hardware into installments.

Chrome 150, due June 30, removes the last developer flag keeping Manifest V2 ad blockers like uBlock Origin alive.

Hydration Hostage blocks your Mac screen on a schedule and only unlocks after on-device camera verification confirms you actually drank water.

CATL chairman Robin Zeng says manufacturing challenges will keep solid-state batteries out of mass-market EVs until at least 2030, with early production limited to premium vehicles.

A Molly Rose Foundation study found 34% of UK teens encountered suicide, self-harm, or eating disorder content on social media in a single week, barely unchanged from before the Online Safety Act took effect.

Spotify is embedding editor-led videos inside its New Music Friday playlist for US listeners, giving the weekly discovery experience a more personal feel.

After years of writing off foldables, the Honor Magic V6 made me a convert. The folding screen is outstanding, the battery is remarkable, and the cameras are the best on any large foldable right now. It is not perfect, but it is hard to argue with.

Microsoft is switching Edge to a biweekly update schedule starting with Edge 152 on August 27, matching Chrome's release cadence and delivering smaller but more frequent updates to users on the Stable channel.

Instagram is expanding its AI-powered effects for voice notes to more users, growing the feature from eight effects at its India launch in March to 15, including a new Goal! filter tied to the FIFA World Cup.

Tesla's FSD 14.3.4 update adds a new on-screen dialog that appears as the car approaches its destination and shows the driver how it plans to park.

Engineers at UT Austin have developed a jacket made from a biomass-derived hydrogel fiber that draws moisture from the air and converts it into up to 900 ml of drinkable water per day.

TikTok is testing voice calling in DMs, according to screenshots shared by a user on X. The feature will reportedly require both participants to be friends and offer a "Mute calls" option in DM settings.

Amazon has launched Sleep Studio, a new feature for Echo Kids devices that automates bedtime routines with curated sleep content.

New research from Northeastern University found that TikTok's "Not Interested" button loses effectiveness quickly, with flagged content resurfacing on user feeds within minutes after they stop pressing it.

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have developed an ultrasonic brewing method that makes espresso-strength coffee with room-temperature water, cutting energy consumption by up to 75%, and 100 blind taste-testers couldn't tell it from the real thing.

Penn State researchers have developed a light-adaptive sensor inspired by the human eye that could help self-driving cars and robots maintain visual accuracy in changing lighting conditions.

ChatGPT is surfacing fraudulent clones of defunct retail websites when users ask for product recommendations, according to scam-checking service Ask Silver. The fake storefronts are designed to steal payment information.

TSMC CFO Wendell Huang todl the BBC that inflation is driving up costs and did not rule out price increases, a warning with real implications for the phones, laptops, and AI services that run on the company's chips.

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a recycling process that restores spent lithium-ion batteries to up to 95% of their original capacity while cutting recycling costs by 56%.

Google has upgraded NotebookLM with Gemini 3.5, a cloud-based code execution environment, and expanded file output support.

Two new studies argue smartphone adoption, beginning with the iPhone's 2007 launch, contributed significantly to falling birth rates in the US and globally.

Google is cutting its AI Plus subscription price from $7.99 to $4.99 per month and doubling cloud storage from 200GB to 400GB.

Apple confirmed at WWDC 2026 tyhat watchOS 27 will not support the Apple Watch Series 8, first-generation Apple Watch Ultra, or the Apple Watch SE 2. The update, due this fall, marks the largest single-cycle drop in Apple Watch software support.

Microsoft confirmed 17 games coming to Game Pass on their launch days at Xbox Games Showcase 2026, with releases spanning from this summer through Spring 2027.

Halo Studios has confirmed a July 28 launch for Halo: Campaign Evolved, the full remake of the original 2001 campaign, alongside a three-mission prequel arc called Operation: METEORITE. Pre-orders are live now starting at $49.99.

Ninja Theory revealed Senua at the Xbox Games Showcase, a 2027 action-adventure that trades the Hellblade series' tight linear structure for broader combat and an interconnected world.

New dummy unit photos from leaker Sonny Dickson reveal the iPhone Fold's design ahead of its expected fall 2026 launch.

Gen Z spends more than two hours a day less in person with other people than those the same age did 20 years ago, Hinge CEO Jackie Jantos told the BBC. The app is deploying AI profile coaching and conversation prompts to fill the gap, but researchers say dating apps have already overpromised on what technology can do for loneliness.

Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 8 will reportedly switch to a split-chip strategy, shipping with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in some markets and the Exynos 2600 in others, according to a new leak.

OpenAI is rolling out a rebuilt memory system for ChatGPT that synthesizes information from your chat history in the background and updates it over time, starting with Plus and Pro users in the US.

Brave has launched Origin, a $59.99 browser that strips out several features, but critics argue the features it removes can already be disabled for free.

Nintendo has confirmed it's preparing an EU-specific version of the Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery, driven by a regulation that takes effect in February 2027.

Google Photos on Android is rolling out a dedicated Stickers folder in the Collections tab, automatically saving every custom sticker you create. The update brings the Android app to feature parity with iOS, which received the folder in January.

Leaked wallpapers for the Pixel 11 lineup reveal a more muted color direction for Google's next smartphone lineup, with soft greens, beiges, and pinks replacing the bolder tones of recent years.

Google has announced its integrating Google Play with the Gemini app, enabling app and conten discovery. The company has also revealed Play Shorts, a short-form video feed for browsing apps, and Ask Play, a conversational AI search tool that can help users find the right apps.

Google used I/O 2026 to announce a major overhaul of Search, adding background AI agents that monitor the web for you, a redesigned search box, and agentic coding that can build custom apps and dashboards on demand.

Google has announced an overhaul of its AI subscriptions at I/O 2026, adding a new $100/month AI Ultra tier and cutting the price of its top plan from $250 to $200. The update brings fresh models, a smarter Gmail inbox, YouTube Premium perks, and more across all paid plans.

Google today announced Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most capable Flash-series model to date. The company says it outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic benchmarks and runs at four times the speed of comparable frontier models.