Planning to buy a new Windows 11 PC? Microsoft is sweetening the deal with 25 free games for Xbox’s 25th anniversary. Just make sure your new machine can actually run the games you want to play.

Microsoft is rebuilding the Photos experience in Windows 11, bringing together pictures from different devices while introducing smarter search, more powerful editing tools, and noticeable performance improvements.

An AI agent reportedly deleted an entire TV season just weeks before its premiere. Now, the production team must rebuild months of editing work after a failed backup left the finished version out of reach.

Xreal's refreshed AR glasses jump to 1,200 nits of brightness and smoother 3D conversion without raising the One Pro’s price.

Bee’s new wrist-or-clip Frontier and phone-mounted Eclipse summarize your conversations, but more features need a subscription.

MacPaw has launched Eney, an AI assistant that can work across apps, prepare tasks, and offer proactive suggestions on Mac and iPhone.

WhatsApp now lets guests join encrypted calls without an account, with support for up to 32 people and no time limit. Hosts still need accounts, and guests join through a computer browser.

Google AI Plus subscribers are losing manual Pro model selection. A shared email gives a November 13 cutoff, while retaining that choice means moving to a subscription that costs roughly four times as much.

Opera Air’s latest update adds a clutter-free design, new wallpapers, fresh Soundscapes, and guided breathing and neck exercises to help you stay focused.

YouTube Music is rolling out player labels for songs made primarily with generative AI. Listeners can tap for details, while an expansion to the main YouTube app is planned without a confirmed date.

Google hasn’t released its official Chromebook migration tools yet, but one user has already booted Googlebook OS on an ASUS Chromebook Plus and says it can run surprisingly smoothly.

Asus's newest ExpertBook pairs a Zenbook-style OLED screen with business-laptop security, and I’m quite intrigued.

Chrome M155 finally lets Googlebook owners turn any website into an app and pin it to the taskbar. Here’s what’s new and how to set it up.

DigUp uses Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 to find photos, PDFs, recordings and videos through natural-language searches. The free, open-source Mac app processes everything locally.

IdeaLens examines the ideas behind research papers instead of just their words, potentially giving editors a new way to identify AI involvement without mislabeling human-written work.

Anthropic claims that these self-replicating AI swarms will need something with as little computing power as an average Internet-connected device, like a smart oven or an Android TV box.

Gemini 4 Argon is now available globally through Google’s paid API tier, Antigravity, Gemini app, and AI Mode in Search.

NVIDIA says DLSS 5 is twice as fast and uses 20% less VRAM at 4K. Hogwarts Legacy officially gets it November 5, with Where Winds Meet following later this month.

Some HP and Dell Googlebook owners have discovered that HDR video playback isn’t available on their new laptops, but Google says support will expand across the entire lineup.

Apple’s Switch to Safari campaign promises longer streaming and faster loading of your favorite sites compared with Chrome on Mac. Here are the reasons Apple gave to convince you to switch.

YouTube’s conversational search is no longer limited to the web, as Ask YouTube expands to mobile devices and TVs in the U.S.

Meta has just launched its latest frontier AI models in the Muse Wonder series, rubbing shoulders against the likes of Claude Opus 5.5, Google Gemini 4 Argon, and OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra.

From ideation using Claude to building a native macOS or Android app within a few hours, the MacBook Neo is doing a fine job handling my demanding hobby.

A study of 1,222 people found that brief AI use could make independent work feel more difficult once the assistance is gone.

Microsoft is bringing Office editing into Copilot Notebooks, letting preview users revise documents alongside project references. The update also adds collaborative reports, while scheduled tasks are expected in the coming weeks.

Apple could unveil redesigned touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro models, M6-powered Macs and a more expensive OLED iPad mini at an event planned for late October, according to Mark Gurman.

OpenAI says newer ChatGPT models are less likely to reinforce harmful beliefs, with updated safety evaluations designed to improve responses to mental health concerns.

Brandon Thomas used AI to build seven free Adobe alternatives. We examine ArtCraft’s promises, documented limitations, and the business funding development.

Researchers warn that harmful AI health advice can go undetected because chatbot conversations may be inaccessible to doctors, leaving patients’ decisions difficult to investigate afterward.

OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies are preparing for a possible AI cyberattack that could disrupt essential services, damage public trust, and spark a political fight over new rules.

SpaceX has reportedly agreed to pay around $8 billion for cellular spectrum licences, bringing Elon Musk’s company closer to competing with major US mobile carriers.

A new clinical study suggests Google’s AMIE chatbot could support doctors by gathering patient histories and surfacing possible diagnoses before an appointment.

An Iran-based influence campaign used ChatGPT to generate articles, tailor them for specific outlets, and create pitches that helped around 100 pieces reach real publications.

Dell’s first RTX Spark-powered XPS 16 is now available to preorder with a 3.2K Tandem OLED display, 32GB of unified memory, and a hefty $3,799.99 starting price.

Anthropic's updated Usage Policy adds a rule against repeated, purposeless cruelty toward Claude, while clarifying restrictions on election deception, weapons, surveillance, and more.

Apple is reportedly planning another hardware event around October 27, with a touch-screen OLED MacBook Pro, M6 Macs, and a new iPad mini expected.

Anthropic just launched Claude Dashboards and Claude Motion in beta. These tools allows users to build live data visuals and animated explainers from plain language prompts.

Popular AI chatbots struggled to identify validated home blood pressure monitors in a new study, with some tools correct only 63% to 83% of the time, and answers sometimes changed.