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Samsung's Q2 Earnings Guidance Points to a Chip Recovery That Is Actually Happening
Samsung has dropped its Q2 2026 earnings guidance, and it confirms that the memory chip recovery being driven by AI infrastructure demand is real and continuing
ReviewsSamsung's July 22 Unpacked event: what's actually landing
Samsung confirmed its next Galaxy Unpacked for 22 July 2026, expected to bring the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultra and Z Flip 8, plus new Galaxy Watches running One UI 9 Watch.
NewsHow AR Glasses Like the Xreal R1 Fake a 171-Inch Screen Without a Headset
How do AR glasses work? Xreal's R1 projects a 171-inch virtual display at 240Hz from lenses the size of normal spectacles. Here's the optics behind it.
AIAI Schools for Rich Kids: Inside the Tutoring Trend Splitting Education
Wealthy American families are turning to AI tutoring platforms like Alpha Forge Prep, paying hundreds to thousands of dollars monthly for personalised education
AIAmazon Is Closing Mechanical Turk to New Users — and It's About AI
Amazon has stopped accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk, the crowdsourced labour platform that quietly powered AI training for two decades. The reason is
NewsAstronomers Found a Third Galaxy With Almost No Dark Matter
A third galaxy with little to no dark matter has been confirmed with the Keck Observatory, sitting in a strange linear chain that standard models struggle to explain.
EVsGoogle's Fitbit Air Is a Screenless, 12-Gram Band With a Week of Battery
Google's Fitbit Air ditches the screen for a 12-gram band with about a week of battery life.
NewsGTA VI Pre-Orders Are Live and the Hype Machine Is in Full Effect
Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders have gone live, confirming multiple editions for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S with PC still unconfirmed, which is classic Rockstar. Th
NewsHow AR Glasses Like the Xreal R1 Fake a 171-Inch Screen Without a Headset
How do AR glasses work? Xreal's R1 projects a 171-inch virtual display at 240Hz from lenses the size of normal spectacles. Here's the optics behind it.
NewsTrump Memecoin Investors Lost 3.8 Billion Dollars. Here's the Full Picture.
A new on-chain analysis found that Trump memecoin investors collectively lost 3.8 billion dollars, with retail buyers absorbing the bulk of losses after early i
AIClaude Sonnet 5 Is Now the Default Model for Every Free and Pro User
Claude Sonnet 5 became Anthropic's default model for Free and Pro users on July 1, running agentic tasks near Opus 4.8 at a lower price.
SecurityAlibaba Has Banned Employees From Using Claude Code, and the Timing Tells a Story
Alibaba has reportedly banned its employees from using Claude Code, Anthropic's highly regarded AI coding assistant. The company will cite security reasons, and
AIClaude Sonnet 5 Is Now the Default Model for Every Free and Pro User
Claude Sonnet 5 became Anthropic's default model for Free and Pro users on July 1, running agentic tasks near Opus 4.8 at a lower price.
AIGoogle Made a Fourth of July Ad About AI Helping Write the Declaration of Independence
Google released a Fourth of July ad imagining AI helping write the Declaration of Independence, and the internet had significant feelings about it. The creative
AIGoogle's AI Buildout Drove a 37 Percent Jump in Its Electricity Use Last Year
Google's electricity consumption jumped 37 percent in 2025, driven almost entirely by data centre expansion for AI workloads. That puts the company's annual pow
AIMidjourney Is Asking Hollywood to Come Clean About How It Uses AI
Midjourney is calling on Hollywood studios to publicly disclose how and where they are using AI in their productions, from visual effects to actor likeness recr
SpaceNASA Launched an Emergency Mission to Save the Swift Observatory From Crashing to Earth
NASA just pulled off an emergency reboost of the Swift Observatory, a 22-year-old gamma-ray telescope that was slowly falling out of orbit. Working with satelli
PolicyThe White House Quietly Deleted Thousands of Energy Conservation Pages During a Heatwave
As a heatwave hit parts of the United States, the White House removed thousands of energy conservation and heat safety web pages from federal government website
SoftwareNvidia's Rubin Platform Just Moved AI From Software Into Hardware
Nvidia's Rubin platform claims a 10x cut in cost per AI token. Here's what the six new chips actually do and why three rivals moved the same week.
ReviewsBest budget 4K monitors in 2026: the ones actually worth buying
The best budget 4K monitors in 2026, tested and compared. Real prices, real specs, and which panel wins for work, gaming, PS5, and Mac.
SecurityA Linux Kernel Bug Called Bad Epoll Lets Any User Become Root
CVE-2026-46242, nicknamed Bad Epoll, lets an unprivileged Linux user jump straight to root. No malicious click needed. Here is what to patch.
ReviewsThe Best Budget 4K Monitors in 2026
The best cheap 4K monitors in 2026, from a 250 pound 144Hz value pick to a big 32 inch curved screen. Honest picks for every desk.
NewsThe Largest Gravitational Wave Catalog Ever Just Added 161 Black Hole Collisions
Astronomers released the biggest gravitational wave catalogue yet on 1 July, adding 161 black hole collisions and reviving the primordial black hole debate.
ReviewsNAS vs Cloud Storage in 2026: What Changes When You Own the Box
NAS gives you speed and control, cloud gives you convenience. Here is the real 2026 tradeoff and the setup most privacy conscious people land on.
SoftwareNvidia's Rubin Platform Just Moved AI From Software Into Hardware
Nvidia's Rubin platform claims a 10x cut in cost per AI token. Here's what the six new chips actually do and why three rivals moved the same week.