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Researchers create a drone that becomes almost invisible by spinning 25 times per second
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
Rather than using camouflage, transparent panels, or Predator-style light-bending materials, Phantom Twist exploits motion blur and the limits of human vision.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
New Ryzen 7 7700X3D drops to $279, just days after launch
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
Newegg is knocking $50 off AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D with promo code PKC337, bringing it down from its $329 to $279. At that price, it becomes a stronger value proposition against the Ryzen 7 7800X3D while gaming performance stays nearly identical. Our full review is coming this week.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
7-Zip patches a flaw that could run malware just from opening a bad file
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
Researchers have uncovered a fresh vulnerability in the open-source file archiver. The bug lies in the decompression routine for XZ data, where a buffer overflow could eventually let attackers run malicious code remotely. A patch is already out, though 7-Zip still has no built-in auto-update mechanism – users have to...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
FluentCleaner ditches the bloat with a new 3.5 MB Classic edition
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
FluentCleaner Classic swaps the WinUI 3 shell for a portable 3.5 MB WinForms build on .NET Framework 4.8, no runtime install needed. Same cleaning engine, just far less overhead than the standard app's 140 MB footprint. The result is a fast, no-frills cleaner that runs on virtually any Windows installation.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Windows 11 bloat proves too much for Microsoft's new 8GB Surface Laptop
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
According to The Verge, 8GB of memory works mostly fine for basic tasks such as web browsing, text editing, and video streaming on YouTube and other streaming platforms. However, the laptop would hang or freeze "for several seconds" whenever someone joined a video call on Microsoft Teams.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 brings architectural upgrades and expanded OS support
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 is the latest version of the go-to desktop hypervisor for developers and power users. Now fully free for commercial and personal use, it runs Windows, Linux, and BSD virtual machines side-by-side on a single PC – no rebooting, no repartitioning.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Marvel drops the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer, set to open against Dune: Part Three this December
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
The trailer is packed with reunions and dramatic entrances. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are back as Professor X and Magneto, James Marsden's Cyclops finally gets to cause some large-scale destruction, and Channing Tatum returns as Gambit. Thor delivers an ominous warning about an enemy unlike anything the heroes have...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A new coding contest challenges developers to fit an entire game onto a 1.44MB floppy disk
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
Korean website 2P Game Arcade recently launched a new "1.44MB Game Dev Contest." The challenge is simple: developers must create an entire game that fits on a single floppy disk. The maximum file size is 1,474,560 bytes, matching the capacity of the 3.5-inch high-density floppy disks commonly used with IBM-compatible...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Rufus improves Windows installs, adds RISC-V and UEFI:NTFS fixes
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
Rufus is a free utility for creating bootable USB drives from ISOs. Version 4.15 brings RISC-V 64 support to UEFI:NTFS, improves unattended Windows installations, and fixes Snapdragon X Arm64 boot crashes, and more.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
CD sales are up 16%, but half the buyers don't even own a CD player
Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
Much of the growth can be attributed to younger buyers, but here's the unexpected part. According to the market research firm, roughly half of Gen Z and Millennial CD buyers don't even own a CD player. So, why are people buying CDs without a way to listen to them?Read Entire Article Continue Reading »