Software

Microsoft's blobby AI companion has begun his ascent to the heavens to join Clippy and Cortana. Okay, he's being booted to another platform

Twitch under fire for new gen AI training system that harvests streamer data for Amazon, says it's on by default because 'if it was opt-in, nobody would opt in'

Nvidia reckons new $500 billion investment should allay fears AI companies are just funded by the same pot of cash moving around in one big circle. Reassured yet?

Welcome to the internet in 2026, where AI agents are both victim and attacker in malware wars

Saber Interactive denies replacing writer with ChatGPT on its new driving game, but says it will use AI for dialog 'as the number of passengers in the game is infinite'

Mark Zuckerberg's rambling AI manifesto is 6,434 words of high-handed platitudes and dubious conclusions

Keychron is experimenting with a mic-equipped mini keeb that lets you chat to your AI agent while it vibe codes, and I have my head in my hands

ChatTJB is a fake chatbot where a guy called Tucker Bryant answers queries himself: 'I tend to overcommit to bits'

'They call us old stupid farmers, you know, but we’re not': Family declines $26 million offer to convert their farmland into an AI data center

Firefox stunts on Edge as Microsoft gears up to neuter adblockers: 'uBlock Origin isn't going anywhere'

Google is raising an army of 32 million mosquitoes like some kind of Metal Gear Solid villain

Chrome is installing a 4 GB local AI model on some of your PCs without asking for permission and will just download it again if you delete it

'Defenders finally have a chance to win, decisively': Firefox CTO raves about Claude Mythos' bug hunting capabilities after it finds 271 vulnerabilities

Mozilla says 'Microsoft goes too far' with Copilot, right before reassuring that you can turn off Firefox's 'AI enhancements'

'I have crawled through depths of hell': One coder's suffering is a potential joy to every web user, as their project could make sluggish browsers a thing of the past

Firefox is finally ending support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and urges users to upgrade or switch to Linux

'This marks a significant step towards addressing anticompetitive behaviors': Following a complaint from Opera, antitrust regulator launches an investigation into Microsoft Edge

'We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI' says Mozilla, as it introduces an AI blocking menu to upcoming Firefox builds

It looks like Windows updates might actually be speeding up the OS now

As if PCs weren't expensive enough already, Microsoft is reportedly now charging OEMs more for Windows licenses

Microsoft reportedly using TPM chips to weed out Windows piracy

GOG Galaxy for Linux is officially in the works

I think the latest record-breaking Windows 11 update messed up my monitor

The team behind Windows NT sent 'black cardboard coffins' and fake dog poop to their rivals back in the 90s, because nerds

Turns out Microsoft's Secure Boot was little better than a busted lock for about a decade

Latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates stamp out a record 622 security vulnerabilities, as the company's AI-enhanced bug hunt looks to bear fruit

New changes to Windows 11 Start menu and search look genuinely exciting and thank the heavens that we'll be able to disable web results

US Senate launches investigation into Roblox: 'Children on your platform are hurting. Congress will not look the other way'

2 Star Ocean games go DRM-free on GOG as the storefront promises it's working on embracing the Linux faithful

Valve puts some elbow grease into Steam Remote Play—maybe one day you won't have to install additional tools to get the best in-home game streaming experience

Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?

'Valve isn't interested in a nuanced conversation' says indie dev suffering from Steam censorship

The Rolling Stones are in Roblox, because I guess that's what rock and roll is now

Roblox promo codes for August 2025: Get free stuff with the latest active codes

Social media is awful but the UK under-16 ban won't solve anything: 'Instead of punishing children, the government needs to target the source'

Microsoft doesn't know what to do about the memory pricing crisis Microsoft is causing

It's time to update Asus Armoury Crate and several other Asus software tools again, as another high severity security vulnerability has been discovered

Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report—although half of those often negotiate the payment down first

A hacker has reportedly wiped out parts of the land registry database of Romania, bringing its real-estate market to a shuddering halt

It's probably time to update 7-Zip as the app has just been patched to fix a pretty big vulnerability

Meet GigaWiper, a tricksy new malware that can wipe your PC's storage drives squeaky clean and spy on your desktop all at once

Microsoft says 'cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected' as it bumps its QSP timeline to 2029

A malware dev has committed a magnificent self-own after an AI-coded malicious package leaked its own GitHub private token

Web infrastructure company Cloudflare says Claude Mythos reasoning 'looks like the work of a senior researcher'

Interpol's 'Operation Ramz' has arrested over 200 people for phishing scams, malware threats, and security breaches