Asus reveals ROG Strix XG129C, a tiny secondary monitor chasing Elgato’s gamer lunch

The ROG Strix XG129C is a 12.3-inch, 24:9 IPS touchscreen that slots under your main monitor, tracking GPU temps, hosting stream controls, and managing chat windows via 10-point touch and a single USB-C cable.

Shikhar Mehrotra     May 9

Intel’s turnaround is one for the ages, without having much to show for it

Intel’s stock has soared on foundry hopes, government backing, and big-name partnerships, but the company still needs to prove its comeback is built on more than investor confidence.

S. Kumar Manglam     May 9

Apple’s Continuity features are so good, they make Windows and Android feel incomplete

Apple's Continuity features are not just convenient, they are habit-forming. Once you start using them, going back to any other platform feels like giving up a superpower.

Rachit Agarwal     May 9

Sci-fi got the gadgets right, but the vibes wrong

Sci-fi promised holograms, floating interfaces, and magic computers. Consumer tech delivered phones, video calls, smart speakers, and the boring version that actually ships.

Paulo Vargas     May 9

Apple could go back to Intel for chips, but not how you would expect (or dread)

Apple and Intel are reportedly exploring a manufacturing partnership that could reshape how future Apple chips are produced. But despite the headline, this does not mean Apple is abandoning Apple Silicon or returning to Intel-powered Macs. According to a new Wall Street Journal report, Apple and Intel have reached a preliminary agreement for Intel to […]

Moinak Pal     May 8

Apple wants you to verify your identity before you get Education discount on products

Apple replaced its US Education Store honor system with mandatory UNiDAYS verification, requiring students and educators to confirm eligibility via academic portal login or valid documents.

Shikhar Mehrotra     May 8

OpenAI’s Codex just moved into Chrome, where the useful work and the risks live

OpenAI’s Codex Chrome extension pushes the coding agent into signed-in browser work, making it more useful for real tasks while raising new questions about access, approvals, and agentic AI risk.

Paulo Vargas     May 8

MacBook Neo was such a smash hit for Apple that it might soon treat you to a price hike

A depleted supply of binned A18 Pro chips and the DRAM price surge mean Apple may increase the MacBook Neo’s $599 price or drop the base configuration entirely.

Shikhar Mehrotra     May 8

Asus’ utterly sleek ExpertBook Ultra lands in the US with an utterly baffling price tag

Asus’ ExpertBook Ultra brings a 14-inch tandem OLED screen, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 power, and enterprise security to the US for an eye-watering $3,599.99 price tag.

Vikhyaat Vivek     May 8

Perplexity’s Personal Computer can work autonomously on your Mac, and it’s now available to all

Perplexity's new Mac app brings Personal Computer to your desktop, letting AI agents work through your local files, native apps, and the web, so you don't have to.

Rachit Agarwal     May 8

I built a Mac app to track my bad posture with AirPods. I didn’t write a line of code.

Thanks to Claude, I built an app without any knowledge of programming. Not too long ago, it would have been a pipe-dream for someone like me to even imagine building my own personal software.

Nadeem Sarwar     May 7

Fitbit is becoming Google Health, and it’s getting a bunch of wellness upgrades

The Fitbit app will automatically update to Google Health, bringing multimodal food logging, medical records integration, and Apple Health compatibility.

Shikhar Mehrotra     May 7

Your coworker’s AI-built app might be leaking company secrets

New investigation has found thousands of AI-built web apps with weak or missing access controls, exposing medical records, company documents, chatbot logs, and financial data.

Vikhyaat Vivek     May 7

A shocking study made me rethink how I use AI, and you should probably do that too

A new study finds that after just ten minutes of AI-assisted problem-solving, people performed worse and gave up more easily once the AI was gone. But the culprit isn't AI itself. It's how most people are using it.

Pranob Mehrotra     May 7

Google pulls the plug on Project Mariner, the AI agent that browsed the web like a human

Google has shut down Project Mariner, the AI browser agent that navigated websites by processing screenshots in real time. Its core features are moving into the Gemini API and Gemini Agent.

Pranob Mehrotra     May 7

Google responds to Chrome’s silent Gemini Nano install, stops short of addressing consent

Google Chrome VP and GM Parisa Tabriz has responded to backlash over Chrome's practice of silently downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano model onto user devices.

Pranob Mehrotra     May 7

Anthropic just taught Claude to dream between tasks, and it makes agents meaningfully smarter

Anthropic launched Dreaming for Claude Managed Agents, a scheduled background process that reviews past sessions, extracts patterns, and refines agent memory between tasks.

Shikhar Mehrotra     May 7

Samsung patent shows a laptop with a clever touch-sensitive palmrest for shortcuts

Samsung’s idea could let one key do two jobs, depending on whether your hand is resting on the laptop or hovering above it.

S. Kumar Manglam     May 6

The Desktop Paradox: I finally understand why gamers hesitate before going OLED

OLED looks perfect, so why isn’t it on your desk? Exploring burn-in fears, MiniLED trade-offs, and why gamers are still torn.

Varun Mirchandani     May 6

iOS 27 could treat AI models like default apps, and that may finally get me to use Apple Intelligence

Apple is letting users pick their preferred AI for Writing Tools, Image Playground, and Siri. It's the most coherent AI plan any platform has announced.

Shikhar Mehrotra     May 6

Intel’s future CPU roadmap leaks reveal a company in attack mode

Intel’s upcoming CPU roadmap featuring Nova Lake, Razor Lake, Titan Lake, and Moon Lake is reportedly back on track as the company ramps up efforts against AMD.

Varun Mirchandani     May 6

This compact SSD enclosure has active cooling to sustain 80Gbps speeds for as long as you need

Satechi's DotDisk 80Gbps SSD enclosure uses a built-in microfan and thermal pad to prevent thermal throttling during sustained transfers, keeping speeds consistent where most compact enclosures slow down.

Pranob Mehrotra     May 6

Kids are bypassing online age checks by drawing fake beards on their face

More platforms are pushing age checks on users across apps, games, and social networks, but kids are already finding ridiculous workarounds, from fake birthdays and borrowed logins to simple makeup tricks and video game characters.

S. Kumar Manglam     May 6

Asus Zenbook S16 OLED review: A balanced ultrabook that I think plays it too safe

A lightweight 16-inch OLED laptop with excellent everyday performance and design, but limited by conservative tuning that prioritises thermals and efficiency over peak power.

Moinak Pal     May 6

Google Search updates hope to turn AI answers into a starting point for you, not a dead end

Google is rolling out five updates to AI Mode and AI Overviews in Search designed to surface more links and give users more reasons to click through to the websites behind them.

Pranob Mehrotra     May 6

Google is working on a “24/7 personal agent” that sounds a lot like its answer to OpenClaw

Google is building an AI agent codenamed Remy inside its Gemini app, as the company looks to compete in a fast-moving market already claimed by OpenClaw, Meta, and Anthropic.

Manisha Priyadarshini     May 6

Edge browser has a serious password safety problem, but Microsoft says it’s by design

A security researcher found that Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into unencrypted memory at startup, keeping them exposed for the entire session even when they are not in use.

Manisha Priyadarshini     May 6

Windows 11 File Explorer is getting the fix it should’ve had years ago

Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer fixes go beyond preloading, with work targeting launch order, disk reads, hangs, and visual delays that have made the app feel slower than it should.

Paulo Vargas     May 6

Windows 11’s most important update may be the least exciting

Microsoft’s optional Windows 11 update targets the boring problems that matter most, including memory leaks, startup delays, and File Explorer behavior, with a wider rollout expected through May 2026 Patch Tuesday.

Paulo Vargas     May 6

Google Chrome is installing a 4 GB AI model onto your device. Here’s how you can turn it off

Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model to your device without consent. Here's what it is, where it lives on your computer, and what you can do about it.

Rachit Agarwal     May 6

ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets is now out of beta, and it’s kind of a big deal

ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets is out of beta and now available globally. Build, edit, and ask questions about your spreadsheets using plain language.

Rachit Agarwal     May 6

Microsoft Copilot Cowork goes mobile and it’s ready to take tasks off your plate

Microsoft Copilot Cowork is now on iOS and Android, and it's adding reusable skills and third-party plugin support to help you delegate more work from anywhere.

Rachit Agarwal     May 6

Your ChatGPT history is a personality test you didn’t know you were taking

ETH Zurich researchers collected 62,090 real ChatGPT conversations from 668 users and trained an AI to predict personality traits from them. The results are a privacy wake-up call.

Rachit Agarwal     May 5

ChatGPT’s new default model is half as likely to mislead you on medical and financial questions

OpenAI has replaced GPT-5.3 Instant with GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's default model, promising 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims on medical, legal, and financial questions.

Pranob Mehrotra     May 5

iOS 27 could let users pick an AI model of their choice for text and image tasks

Apple's iOS 27 will reportedly let users swap AI models, including Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude, across Writing Tools, Siri, and Image Playground.

Shikhar Mehrotra     May 5

32GB RAM for Windows 11? Hey Microsoft, that sounds like a you problem!

Microsoft’s 32GB RAM push sparks backlash as users blame Windows 11’s poor optimization, rising memory demands, and growing software bloat instead of real performance improvements.

Varun Mirchandani     May 5

Meta’s AI scans photos for bone structure to catch underage users on Instagram and Facebook

Meta is using AI visual analysis to scan photos and videos for physical indicators like height and bone structure to detect and remove users under 13 from Instagram and Facebook.

Manisha Priyadarshini     May 5

Schools are using VR headsets to relieve student stress and fix attention issues

Schools in London are using VR headsets to help students manage exam stress and ADHD, and 9 out of 10 students report an immediate drop in stress levels.

Rachit Agarwal     May 5