Bosworth gave his Victorian workhouse-style opinion on what employees should do with their free time from AI-related productivity gains at a July Q&A, reports Business Insider. Read Entire Article
Flock wanted to put license plate cameras on 350,000 Uber and Lyft dashcams
A presentation from Flock, obtained by 404 Media, describes abandoned plans to install the company's automatic license plate readers on 350,000 vehicles operated by Uber, Lyft, and other delivery companies in Georgia. The plan could have significantly expanded the surveillance capabilities of the already controversial AI-powered cameras. Read Entire Article
Apple’s rumored “Ultra” lineup would include a foldable iPhone, camera AirPods, and a touchscreen MacBook
The foldable phone, likely to be called the iPhone Ultra, would be Apple's most expensive iPhone to date. Reports put its US starting price between $1,999 and $2,499. Apple is expected to introduce it alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. Read Entire Article
SK Hynix is spending $38 billion to build two new chip fabs
SK Hynix just announced a massive new investment to strengthen its manufacturing capacity for both DRAM and NAND flash products. The South Korean corporation, one of the world's three largest memory manufacturers alongside Samsung and Micron, is going to spend 54 trillion won ($38 billion) to build the new "Y2"......
Cloudflare says humans could become a “rounding error” as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic
CDN and cybersecurity giant Cloudflare held its Q2 earnings call on Thursday, during which chief financial officer Thomas Seifert gave a concerning prediction about what the web will look like in the future. Read Entire Article
Windows 11 26H2 is a small update with big quality-of-life improvements, expected around October 2026
Many of the features aimed at power users and IT teams, like Point-in-Time Restore and Cloud Rebuild, have already started rolling out through cumulative updates rather than waiting for 26H2's official release. What 26H2 does is pull those pieces together, alongside a more flexible taskbar and Start menu, a more......
Take-Two’s CEO predicts streaming will 10x gaming’s install base within three years
During Take-Two's first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick put a number on it: he expects cloud gaming to reach commercial, low-latency viability within three years, potentially multiplying the effective installed base tenfold. He made the comments while addressing the rising cost of gaming hardware. Read Entire Article
Asus’ new monitor software lets you control brightness with your voice, or just let AI do it
Asus has announced a new update for its DisplayWidget Center software, adding agentic AI and other AI-based features. The tool, which is designed to manage and customize Asus monitors from within the traditional desktop environment, can now enable natural language interactions between users, IT administrators, and "compatible" AI agents for......
Flock’s biggest investor also backs a company that can rewrite camera footage
Andreessen Horowitz, which led Flock's $275 million funding round in March 2025, has also backed Toka, an Israeli cyber-intelligence company that has reportedly developed tools capable of breaking into connected cameras and manipulating their footage. Read Entire Article
Netflix brings 4K streaming to Chrome, but you probably don’t qualify
Netflix's support for 4K streaming through Chrome on Windows was spotted last month. Now, the media giant has updated its documentation to explain exactly how subscribers can unlock the higher-quality option. However, the move will still leave many users behind, despite bringing 4K playback to the most popular web browser......