From PC World: Windows Latest reports that Microsoft intends to implement a long-awaited change in an upcoming Windows 11 update. The change will finally allow users to specify which individual apps can have access to the camera and microphone.

When an app attempts to access the microphone or...

From PC Mag: Walmart is finally adding support for tap-to-pay, meaning Apple Pay and Google Pay users will soon be able to make transactions by simply tapping their phones at checkout.

Tap-to-pay support will arrive at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations on Aug. 24. The support will be...

From AVerMedia Press Release: AVerMedia Technologies today announced the GC531 and GC535, two professional-grade HDMI capture devices designed for hardcore streamers, live and video commerce operators, and professional video workflows. Whether paired with a DSLR or mirrorless camera, both devices...

From Sennheiser Press Release: The Sennheiser brand today announces MOMENTUM True Wireless 5, its most advanced true wireless earbuds yet, engineered for an uncompromising listening experience wherever life takes you. Reimagined from the inside-out, they combine intelligent innovation with the...

From PCMag: The group behind the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks has posted more evidence they’ve obtained a copy of at least some portion of the anticipated game.

The group, Cyberleek, has released a new video over its website that seems to prove they have a playable version of GTA 6. The 2-minute clip...

From CNET: Comcast on Monday announced Xfinity Shield, a home-security platform that taps into Xfinity Wi-Fi in new ways. It adds WiFi Motion, which uses compatible Xfinity Wi-Fi routers to detect movement in the home without cameras or dedicated motion sensors. WiFi Motion and other Shield...

From ComputerWorld: AI is known to be confidently wrong, and now it’s influencing humans to be that way, too.

In a new study, researchers tested AI’s influence on humans reviewing innovation proposals, and found that AI recommender tools were persuasive enough to convince the evaluators to reject...

From PC Mag: Consumer Cellular is making its wireless service a little more passport-compatible through a partnership with the eSIM provider Airalo.

The popular reseller of AT&T’s network now presents that prepaid international roaming service as its primary solution for travel outside the US and...

From PC World: Soon, Claude will be watermarking all its text outputs, and those watermarks will be invisible, Anthropic has been telling us. The big question, of course, is whether those watermarks will change the meaning — or lower the quality — of what Claude writes.

Anthropic gave a nuanced...

From CNET: Firefox’s AI-integrated Smart Window is getting a few new features meant to help people pick up their work right where they left off. The features, announced Tuesday, should make it easier to find answers, organize tabs together and see what you were working on earlier.

To make answers...