A fake Pearcleaner website is reportedly targeting Mac users with an infostealer-style attack, while the real app remains available through GitHub and Homebrew.

HapticPad uses your Mac’s Force Touch trackpad to make links, buttons, and web inputs vibrate as you hover over them in Chrome.

New analysis found that ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, DeepSeek, and Arya handled political questions very differently, with some showing clearer partisan slants.

Google is rolling out a new "Select from screen" tool for Gemini in Chrome, while Gemini 3.5 Flash gains built-in computer-use capabilities.

Microsoft has introduced cheaper versions of its latest Surface devices, but the lower price comes with a notable compromise: less memory and no access to Copilot+ AI features.

China has reclaimed the top spot in supercomputing after nearly a decade. Its new LineShine system just pushed past America's best machine — and it did so without relying on AI-focused GPUs.

With laptop prices rising due to memory costs, Prime Day 2026 is a rare window for real savings. Here are the five deals worth buying right now.

This post is brought to you in paid partnership with Dell Remote and hybrid work have changed what people expect from a laptop. Most professionals are no longer working from a single desk all day. A typical workflow now involves morning Zoom or Microsoft Teams calls, browser tabs running alongside Slack and email, and moving […]

Bitdefender RealCheck brings deepfake detection to Android and iOS, checking suspicious videos for manipulation and scam intent before users share clips, click links, send money, or trust impersonated public figures.

8BitDo’s Xbox-inspired mechanical keyboard gets a Prime Day discount, mixing transparent green nostalgia, wireless connectivity, hot-swappable switches, and an 87-key layout for a more interesting desk upgrade.

LastPass has confirmed that customer names, contact details, and support case records were exposed in a breach at Klue, though the company says password vaults remain secure.

As AI tools flood open-source maintainers with low quality bug reports, OpenAI's new Patch the Planet initiative aims to filter out the noise and fix real threats.

Shop the best Apple Prime Day 2026 deals. M5 MacBook Air at $949, AirPods Max 2 at $399, AirPods 4 from $99, and iPad Air at $519.

A new exploit out of Florida International University shows how invisible pixel-level changes in a photo can trick AI chatbots into generating responses they would normally block.

Meta halted its employee tracking program, which collected keystrokes, screen content, and mouse movements, after sensitive data was leaked internally.

Akko's featherweight mouse packs a flagship sensor and 8K wireless polling into a sleek shell without a asking a sky-high price for it.

The Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI is a beastly Wi-Fi router that is loaded with meaningful features and skips the subscription hurdle, too. But at $899, you must really want it to get one.

NotebookLM flashcards are getting new controls for editing questions, changing answers, adding cards, and sharing decks, making Google's AI note-taker more useful for students working from their own source material.

Microsoft is using Office's own update system to push Copilot onto commercial Windows 11 PCs, making it harder to block than a standard Microsoft Store install.

The Timekettle X1 Meeting Hub handles multilingual meetings for 50 people, supports 52 languages, and stores transcripts locally at $849.

Quick Take The MacBook Air M5 is what happens when Apple keeps refining an already excellent laptop instead of reinventing it. On paper, the upgrades feel modest. The design is unchanged, the display is still 60Hz, and the M5 chip isn’t delivering the dramatic leap that makes last year’s model instantly obsolete. Yet after spending […]

The Dell Pro Max 18 Plus wants to give you all the desktop-tier firepower in the world. In return, you must be ready to bear its sheer bulk and the cost burden.

Chrome Canary is testing a floating toolbar with Ask Gemini, Copy, and Share that appears whenever you select text on any webpage.

Intel's upcoming Core 3 304 processor has appeared in new benchmarks, posting PassMark scores surprisingly close to Apple's A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo.

A cybercriminal group has published what it claims are millions of records stolen from Madison Square Garden Entertainment. The leak is drawing attention not just because of its size, but because it includes facial recognition data, internal threat assessments, and detailed visitor profiles.

Microsoft’s modern Media Player for Windows 11 has received an Insider Preview update, but tests suggest it still uses more memory and opens videos more slowly than the classic Windows 7-era version.

Radix is a free, open-source Mac app that scans folders or drives and shows storage usage through an interactive sunburst chart.

The Mac lock screen is usually pretty empty. WidgetScreen makes it more useful with free glassy widgets that disappear once you sign in.

Sashimi-Bot is a three-armed robot trained in simulation to position, slice, and serve raw salmon using a GelSight sensor and a chopstick-equipped arm.

macOS 27 ends the Hackintosh era, but Apple's affordable Apple Silicon Macs may have made the DIY movement irrelevant long before Intel support disappeared.

Instacart's Caper Carts bring fast checkout, coupons, and loyalty perks to Weis stores, but their cameras, location tracking, and in-aisle ads make the grocery cart feel like a data machine.

OpenAI is framing personal AGI as the mass-market endpoint of its AI race, but it still has to explain price, access, safeguards, and how an all-knowing assistant would work for everyone.

VocabOwl’s viral vocabulary test turns 100 multiple-choice questions into a shareable estimate of your English word knowledge, but the clever scoring system still leaves room for guessing and uncertainty.

Mac users waiting for a touchscreen Mac now have more third-party options. Alogic’s new display lineup adds touch controls across desktop, portable, and wall-mounted screens.

Norway has announced a near-total ban on generative AI tools in elementary schools, citing concerns about learning and development. The decision follows growing debate among researchers, educators, and policymakers about the long-term effects of AI on how people learn and think.

The new Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 RTX 5080 brings 64GB RAM and 160W TGP to the US for $4,799, but its value case is complicated.

A wave of new apps is helping students slip AI written homework past teachers undetected. Even companies selling AI detection tools are tangled up in the same problem.

The Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 2026 is now available globally with cutting-edge hardware and hefty price tag that makes MacBook Pros look cheap.