Technology
- Marshall Stanmore IV vs. Sonos Era 300: I tested both to find the ultimate home speaker August 4, 2026Both Marshall and Sonos speakers play to their strengths, but the right one for you depends on more than their price tags.
- 15+ gadgets that can upgrade your dorm room from basic to better August 4, 2026We rounded up all the best tech essentials for a college dorm you may need this back-to-school season, from smart speakers to wireless chargers.
- The Ninja Slushi makes vacation-worthy frozen drinks, and I highly recommend it (especially on sale) August 4, 2026The popular Ninja Slushi is on sale for under $300 once again. Here's where to find the deal.
- Sennheiser Momentum 5 vs. Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3: I tested both, and one wins nearly every metric August 4, 2026The Momentum 5 and the Px7 S3 have similar spec sheets, but their real-life use cases set them apart.
- This Android launcher made my home screen fun again – and I'm using the free version August 4, 2026If you're in the mood for some whimsy, Mango Launcher is what you want.
- I bought cheap smoke detectors and soon regretted it – here's what I recommend now August 4, 2026The X-Sense smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are easy to install and offer good value for money.
- I switched to this SSD enclosure – and immediately saw faster rendering speeds August 4, 2026TerraMaster's D1 SSD Pro keeps your drives cool enough to perform at their peak.
- 3 overlooked CarPlay features you'll wish you tried sooner – and why August 4, 2026You can get more from CarPlay – beyond Maps and Music – with these free features.
- Home batteries cost thousands. So why would 91% of owners buy one again? August 4, 2026Up-front cost is a big barrier for those considering battery systems, but homeowner experience shows why the value overshadows the sticker shock almost every time.
- Got an Intel Mac? 6 ways you can repurpose it after support ends August 4, 2026Tahoe is the last update for your Intel Mac, but you can still find creative uses for it when support ends.
- Hatch's new clock skips the sleep score and tracks you at night instead – here's how August 4, 2026Hatch's latest clock doubles as a sleep tracker that provides you with actual ways to get a better night's sleep, not just more data.
- Microsoft finally realized Windows 11 is too annoying. Can it be fixed? August 4, 2026Microsoft's latest progress report details much-needed Windows 11 improvements in reliability, performance, stability, and usability. But pressure to monetize key features remains.
- The best anti-AI smartphones in 2026: Expert tested and recommended August 4, 2026Sick to death of unwanted AI features getting stuffed into your smartphone? We tested the best models from Apple, Samsung, and more that forego AI in favor of features you actually need.
- The best Garmin watches of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed August 4, 2026I tested the best Garmin watches to help you decide which smartwatch is the right option for you as we enter marathon season.
- The best Hisense TVs of 2026: Expert tested for streaming, gaming, and more August 4, 2026Hisense has quickly become one of the more trusted names in mid-range TVs, and has recently started to offer truly premium-grade screens for high-end home theaters with new technology like RGB Mini LED panels and AI integration.
- AI is finding bugs faster than humans can fix them: How enterprise security teams must adapt August 4, 2026It's far easier to find security holes than to fix them, and leaving it to AI can introduce 9 times as many new vulnerabilities as developers do.
- The Ember Smart Mug 2 will keep your coffee warm for hours – and it's on sale August 3, 2026Keep your coffee, tea, or hot chocolate at the perfect temperature with the Ember self-heating mug.
- T-Mobile will give you the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip for practically nothing if you preorder now August 3, 2026New and existing T-Mobile customers can save up to $1,100 on Samsung's latest flip phone now (including the pink color). Here's how.
- I tried buying a MacBook Air from Apple today – shipping was delayed by over a month August 3, 2026Apple is starting to feel the global memory shortage, with MacBook Air shipments delayed by a month or more.
- AI is both a cyber weapon and a massive target, CrowdStrike warns August 3, 2026The same AI tools triggering suspicious alerts are being attacked by cybercriminals in droves.
Technology
- A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform (Blake Brittain/Reuters) August 4, 2026Blake Brittain / Reuters: A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its AI-powered agentic shopping tools on Amazon's (AMZN.O) platform.
- AMD reports Q2 revenue up 50% YoY to $11.5B, vs. $11.3B est., Data Center revenue up 107%, forecasts Q3 revenue below some estimates; AMD drops 7%+ after hours (Ian King/Bloomberg) August 4, 2026Ian King / Bloomberg: AMD reports Q2 revenue up 50% YoY to $11.5B, vs. $11.3B est., Data Center revenue up 107%, forecasts Q3 revenue below some estimates; AMD drops 7%+ after hours — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. disappointed investors with its latest sales outlook, a sign shareholders expected more of a return from the global […]
- EA says its $55B acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners has closed, taking the company private; the deal includes $20B in debt financing (Jay Peters/The Verge) August 4, 2026Jay Peters / The Verge: EA says its $55B acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners has closed, taking the company private; the deal includes $20B in debt financing — The massive deal has closed. The massive deal has closed. … Electronic Arts has officially become a private company.
- Samsung previews zHBM, which vertically stacks HBM atop AI accelerators, and zNAND-O, built on V-NAND, and unveils the industry's first V10 BV-NAND architecture (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg) August 4, 2026Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Samsung previews zHBM, which vertically stacks HBM atop AI accelerators, and zNAND-O, built on V-NAND, and unveils the industry's first V10 BV-NAND architecture — Samsung Electronics Co. offered a glimpse of its most advanced memory hardware, touting improved performance and power efficiency …
- SpaceX reports Q2 revenue up 92% YoY to $7.8B, vs. $6.81B est., and AI segment operating loss of $1.26B, vs. $2.39B est.; SPCX drops 5%+ after hours (Bloomberg) August 4, 2026Bloomberg: SpaceX reports Q2 revenue up 92% YoY to $7.8B, vs. $6.81B est., and AI segment operating loss of $1.26B, vs. $2.39B est.; SPCX drops 5%+ after hours — SpaceX's revenue exceeded Wall Street's expectations in the company's first quarterly financial report following its blockbuster initial public offering in June.
- Sources: possible cyberattacks targeting water and wastewater utilities have now been reported in at least 12 US states, and Iran is the prime suspect (ABC News) August 4, 2026ABC News: Sources: possible cyberattacks targeting water and wastewater utilities have now been reported in at least 12 US states, and Iran is the prime suspect — So far, there's been no widespread disruptions to water supplies or treatment. — Luke Barr, Jack Date, Katherine Faulders, Josh Margolin, and Aaron Katersky
- Pavel Durov says an extortionist planted "illegal porn in a public chat" to get the app pulled from the App Store and manipulated Apple into "overreacting" (Emma Roth/The Verge) August 4, 2026Emma Roth / The Verge: Pavel Durov says an extortionist planted “illegal porn in a public chat” to get the app pulled from the App Store and manipulated Apple into “overreacting” — Pavel Durov claims attackers post illegal content and manipulate reports to ‘trigger the removal of legitimate communities.’
- Mistral releases Shieldstral, a 3B multimodal safety classifier that it says matches models up to 7x its size on text safety, available under Apache 2.0 (Mistral AI Blog) August 4, 2026Mistral AI Blog: Mistral releases Shieldstral, a 3B multimodal safety classifier that it says matches models up to 7x its size on text safety, available under Apache 2.0 — Every product that ships a model needs to answer questions like these — but the right answer depends on the product, the audience, and the moment.
- Sources: the White House doesn't plan to publicly release its voluntary AI framework; details will be available to the companies that are part of the process (Maria Curi/Axios) August 4, 2026Maria Curi / Axios: Sources: the White House doesn't plan to publicly release its voluntary AI framework; details will be available to the companies that are part of the process — The White House does not plan to publicly release its new framework for evaluating advanced AI models, three sources familiar with the discussions told […]
- Internal email: Microsoft introduces token budget limits for employees' AI use, saying "tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for" (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media) August 4, 2026Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Internal email: Microsoft introduces token budget limits for employees' AI use, saying “tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for” — Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it still wants to be an ‘AI-first’ company. — Microsoft has introduced …
- Anthropic names Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, an ex-California Supreme Court justice and a special assistant in Obama's WH, as its first global affairs chief (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters) August 4, 2026Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: Anthropic names Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, an ex-California Supreme Court justice and a special assistant in Obama's WH, as its first global affairs chief — Anthropic on Tuesday named Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar its first chief global affairs officer, as the developer …
- Sandisk and SK Hynix announce the High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) open specification that enables up to 512GB memory modules with 0.4 TB/s to 3.0 TB/s bandwidth (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware) August 4, 2026Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: Sandisk and SK Hynix announce the High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) open specification that enables up to 512GB memory modules with 0.4 TB/s to 3.0 TB/s bandwidth — The specification is here, but what about the interest? … The specification was released through the Open Compute Project (OCP) …
- Sources: the US is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon, a material critical to chips, later this month, in a bid to counter China (Reuters) August 4, 2026Reuters: Sources: the US is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon, a material critical to chips, later this month, in a bid to counter China — The Trump administration is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon and related products …
- The DOJ secures a $3.2M settlement from OpenAI to resolve allegations it discriminated against US workers by preferring workers with temporary employment visas (Jimmy Jenkins/Bloomberg) August 4, 2026Jimmy Jenkins / Bloomberg: The DOJ secures a $3.2M settlement from OpenAI to resolve allegations it discriminated against US workers by preferring workers with temporary employment visas — A unit of OpenAI has reached a settlement with the US Justice Department to resolve allegations that the California-based …
- Researchers: ChainDrop, a Shai-Hulud-based worm, has compromised 1,300+ npm packages, like Keyv, Cacheable, and flat-cache, with a combined 2B monthly downloads (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) August 4, 2026Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Researchers: ChainDrop, a Shai-Hulud-based worm, has compromised 1,300+ npm packages, like Keyv, Cacheable, and flat-cache, with a combined 2B monthly downloads — Self-propagating malware named ‘ChainDrop’ has compromised more than 1,300 packages with a combined 2 billion monthly downloads on the Node Package Manager (npm) registry.