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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 reaches 5GHz while going big on agentic AI
Posted on Wednesday September 23, 2026
Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 at this year's Snapdragon Summit. The mobile SoCs will power future flagship Android devices from Doubao, Honor, Motorola, Oppo, RedMagic, Stepx, Vivo, and Xiaomi.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft takes down EvilTokens service that used AI to turn stolen inboxes into payment fraud
Posted on Wednesday September 23, 2026
The service, marketed through a Telegram channel, combined device-code phishing with automated analysis of stolen inboxes. Microsoft said it has now disrupted the operation, seizing 50 websites and 150 additional domains through legal action and partner coordination. The Metropolitan Police Service in the United Kingdom also arrested two men on...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
High-end audio brands are ditching CD players because nobody makes disc drives anymore
Posted on Wednesday September 23, 2026
In January 2026, PS Audio sent an email to customers, informing them that the company was ending production of its PMG Signature Audio CD Transport due to the unavailability of optical disc drives used in these devices. The company did not identify the CD drive mechanism or its supplier.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Meta's Muse AI used human contractors for some calls, including one that ended with a racist remark
Posted on Wednesday September 23, 2026
According to Reuters, the experiment was enabled for half of Meta's employees last week, with an opt-out group available. Staff warned that sensitive information could end up with call-center contractors. A Meta executive acknowledged that introducing human operators without clear disclosure was a mistake, and the human concierge feature has...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Researchers found malware that uses four different AI chatbots to run itself
Posted on Wednesday September 23, 2026
The malware, called CLOSEDQUORUM, checks with DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral and Google Gemini before selecting its next action. It can continue operating if one of those services is unavailable because it can query the others. Cisco Talos said the tool has no built-in path for a human operator to issue commands...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This $14,200 RTX 5080 gaming PC has 70 metal cherry blossoms that open when it gets hot
Posted on Wednesday September 23, 2026
Created by Aftershock in partnership with Zotac, the Cherry Bloom PC is described as a world-first. It comes with some impressive specs: an RTX 5080, AMD Ryzen 9800X3D, and 64GB of DDR5-6000 RAM. It also has a 2TB PCIe Gen4 SSD, a 1300W Platinum power supply, and a custom open-loop...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution upscaling now works on Intel Copilot+ PCs, too
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
Microsoft has announced that its Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) technology is expanding to Copilot+ PCs built around Intel silicon. Previously limited to Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors, Auto SR now works on Copilot+ devices powered by Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 chips. Users can expect a genuine bump in gaming...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Xbox lays off 268 more people as Activision takes over Halo and Bethesda absorbs Obsidian
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
Microsoft has cut another 268 jobs across Halo Studios, other first-party developers, and Xbox Game Studios management. The redundancies, announced by Matt Booty, Xbox's Chief Content Officer, are presumably part of the 1,600 set to occur through July 2027.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A KLM flight turned around after a power bank caught fire, and it belonged to the airline's ex-CEO
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
The power bank belonged to Camiel Eurlings, the former chief executive of KLM. The fire started nearly six hours into the flight, while the aircraft was over the Atlantic Ocean. The device left marks on Eurlings' business-class seat and the window blind beside it.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
1Retro adds cloud saves to RetroArch, OpenEmu, and other gaming platforms
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
1Retro automatically backs up and syncs retro game saves across devices and emulators, letting you pick up where you left off without manually moving files. It works across OS with support for RetroArch, MiSTer, OpenEmu, RetroBat, OnionOS, and more.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »