From PC World: I was just speaking with a coworker who asked an AI for help in opening a brokerage account, and he told me how it doled out some general tips before recommending a specific investment firm, praising its easy-to-use website and even serving up a ready-to-click URL.

Wait, my colleague...

From CNET: Eufy is one of my favorite choices for no-subscription home security cameras, so I was interested in what the brand would unveil for Anker Day on Thursday. One announcement caught my eye immediately: Eufy is releasing a new AI agent called EdgeAgent that will exist locally on a new...

From Fractal Design Press Release: Announcing Dynamic 3, the evolution of a fan series engineered to deliver strong cooling performance in a stylish, modern form.

Crafted for PC builders seeking reliable airflow, quieter acoustics, and a refined system aesthetic, Dynamic 3 offers PWM control and a...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR® (Nasdaq: CRSR) today introduced CORSAIR PRO, a new portfolio of AI systems built for organizations deploying and scaling modern AI workloads. Designed to support multiple workloads from model development and fine-tuning to inference and production deployment...

From PC Mag: Meta initiated a fresh round of layoffs on Wednesday. Around 8,000 employees, or about 10% of the company, are impacted.

Multiple employees have posted about the job cuts on social media, while Business Insider obtained a letter Meta shared with its laid-off employees. Those who were...

From PC World: With the big AI providers cracking down on usage limits for their most powerful agentic features, it’s tempting to kiss our ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini subscriptions goodbye and go all-in with local AI–and it’s certainly doable, if you’re willing to pay for it.

AMD is the latest to...

From CNET: If you owned an Android during the last nine years, you could soon see a little extra cash. For years, Google has been accused of harvesting data from Android phones without users' consent. Following a California lawsuit that was settled for $314 million last year, a new settlement could...

From PC Mag: Google's I/O announcements included updates to its monthly storage and AI subscription plans, as well as a new perk: YouTube Premium.

The $19.99-per-month Google AI Pro comes with 5TB of storage, expanded Gemini usage credits, and now, a YouTube Premium Lite subscription. There's also...

From PC World: For a while now, it’s been possible to authenticate your Microsoft account logins by receiving a six-digit code via text message. Windows Latest now reports that SMS verification will be phased out shortly.

It looks like Microsoft wants users who still rely on SMS verification to...

From CNET: Remember those upbeat newscasts in The Hunger Games, filled with big smiles, snazzy music cuts and flamboyant outfits? It's all exciting and opulent for the few -- while the rest of the population faces starvation, uncertainty and fear.

I kept thinking about that pointed contrast during...