Anthropic is paying $1.5 billion over pirated books, but it can still legally cut up purchased ones AI & Bots
After users ‘violate’ Google’s policies with misinformation, it pulls AI image generation from Google Earth ‘while we work on implementing stronger guardrails’ Laptops
‘A lot of things are just dirty and need to be cleaned deeply’: I spent a day at a volunteer tech repair group learning how to fix tech from the experts, and found that some gadget repairs are easier than we think — maybe it’s time to breathe life into your old hi-fi or headphones Audio & Video
Sunscreen, beach towel… security camera? Smart home expert Chris Price builds the ultimate tech setup to protect your property while you’re on vacation Smart Home
I swapped my regular coffee maker for the fun-size Ninja Luxe Café Mini, which brews tasty espresso and drip coffee in even the most bijou of kitchens Gaming
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says each character in the RPG only has 4 jobs because making games is so much harder now Gaming
I enjoyed this video of Oblivion Remastered actor Wes Johnson goofing around in a sound booth dressed as Sheogorath, but a patch for the PC version would be nice too, Bethesda Gaming
Space Marine 2’s latest updates add Terminator Sorcerers and Steam Workshop support, so you can now play co-op with 9 other players if you want Gaming
Xbox hardware price hikes revealed – and they’re absolutely incredible (for all the wrong reasons) Gaming
Silent Hill: Townfall’s dev team wrecked old TVs with magnets to make its in-game gadget feel real Gaming
Prolific Team Fortress 2 collector is selling his in-game case arsenal for an estimated $100,000 — 1.7 million items collected over 10 years are enough to fund a house purchase Gaming
RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance Gaming
SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant AI & Bots
First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850 Computers & IT
Your Samsung phone already has something better than Android 17 App Bubbles — here’s how to use it Phones
