Causing mayhem is a Grand Theft Auto tradition. But in GTA 6, the game may track exactly how far you take things — until you cross a line where it stops judging your actions altogether. Rockstar will reportedly introduce a “Criminal Profile” that tracks what kind of outlaw you become. It sounds a little like…
In June, the UK government told Big Tech it had three months to make taking, viewing, or sharing images of child nudity on their devices impossible. “I expect tech firms to make that happen,” said then prime minister Keir Starmer. “But if they choose not to, then we will act and change the law.” That…
Apple will host its annual iPhone event on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 AM PDT, and it’s expected to be a big one. All signs point to Apple’s long-awaited entrance into the foldable smartphone market, finally shipping this kind of hardware about seven years after Samsung did. Apple has a YouTube stream prepared for the…
Anthropic’s trip to Wall Street may take a few weeks longer than investors expected. The Claude maker is now expected to publicly file its IPO prospectus in late September rather than as early as this week, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Reuters. Marketing for the offering could begin in mid-October at…
TL;DR: Unveiled at IFA 2026, iRobot introduced its most powerful vacuum-mop combos to date: the Roomba Max 875 Combo ($1,199) and the Roomba Plus 678 Combo ($899). Both feature iRobot’s new “SealForce” technology — a mechanical chassis skirt that seals against carpet fibers to stop airflow leakage — paired with heated mopping and AI obstacle…
For a diehard fan of Donnie Darko, meeting director and screenwriter Richard Kelly is a thrill in itself. But to first encounter him as a silhouette in a darkened movie theater is to feel almost like a character in one of his films—unmoored by indefinite space and physics, questioning your altered perception. It’s a hot…
Silicon Valley is known for embracing the ethos of “move fast and break things.” Poseidon Aerospace’s co-founder and CEO David Zagaynov just wants to move things fast. When he was working on logistics at Amazon in 2024, Zagaynov and his Poseidon co-founder Parker Tenney (who was at Lockheed Martin) found themselves repeatedly talking about the…
Rust held onto its place in the TIOBE Index top 10 in August 2026 after entering the ranking for the first time in July. The systems programming language remained at No. 10, while its rating rose from 1.34% in July to 1.45% in August. Python remained No. 1 at 18.53%, followed by C, C++, Java,…
TL;DR: The Magic: The Gathering The Hobbit Gift Bundle is on sale for $158 at Amazon, down from its $199.99 typical price. Credit: Magic: The Gathering $158 at Amazon $199.99 Save $41.99 The Hobbit’s pricier Gift Bundle has finally taken a big price drop away from its original $200 mark, with Amazon marketplace sellers bringing…
Alexa+ also requires that all voice recordings be sent to Amazon for processing, and Amazon has changed its policy for recordings with regular Alexa, too—those now also go to Amazon. There was previously a “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature that you could select, which would process voice requests locally, but Amazon killed that…
