From PC World: Nobody likes watching ads on YouTube, including yours truly, and most people don’t seem ready to fork over $14 per month to disable them. So it’s no surprise that YouTube is often a primary target for ad-blocking tools. DuckDuckGo, positioning itself as the anti-Google, is now proudly...

From CNET: Self-driving company Waymo added four more cities where it will service riders: Denver, San Diego, Las Vegas and Tampa. Waymo's parent company, Alphabet, announced the expansion on Wednesday.

Waymo's robotaxi service is currently available in big US cities such as San Francisco, San...

From PC Mag: Meta plans to roll out an update that disables the camera on its smart glasses if they detect that the capture light has been physically tampered with.

Meta’s AI smart glasses have raised privacy concerns over surreptitious recording. The glasses feature an LED indicator that lights up...

From PC World: Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge have gained a new feature called “Selective format read,” which improves the way these browsers handle content from the clipboard, reports Android Authority.

Previously, browsers would load all the information contained in the clipboard—such as text...

From CNET: DuckDuckGo is going after YouTube ads. The privacy-focused company announced Wednesday that its free DuckDuckGo browser now blocks most video ads, including ads that run before and during YouTube videos. The new YouTube ad-blocking feature is turned on by default for iPhone, Windows and...

From Tom's Hardware: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics, the Chinese parent company of Lexar, announced that it’s expecting a net profit of $1.36 to $1.62 billion (or 9.2 to 11 billion yuan) for the first half of 2026, smashing its year-ago profit of just $2.2 million. This represents an incredible jump...

From TechCrunch: Claude Cowork — Anthropic’s Claude Code-style agent for general knowledge work — is coming to your phone.

Claude Cowork launched as a desktop app in January, but starting Tuesday it is available on web and mobile for Max subscribers. With the update, users can start a task from...

From PC Mag: It’s only been six months since Starlink received US regulatory approval for a gigabit speed upgrade, but SpaceX is already developing a next-generation Starlink constellation meant to be far larger, at 100,000 satellites, and offer even faster speeds.

On Monday, the company filed an...

From TechCrunch: Netflix is again experimenting with new types of content on its streaming service, as the binge model has grown dated. After expanding its service to include live content, video games, and, more recently, video podcasts, the streamer is now adding video content from publishers such...

From CNET: Amazon Leo is ready to begin limited internet service later this year, but it's far behind Starlink -- several thousand satellites behind.

Amazon launched 29 more satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday, bringing its total to 396 and positioning the company to begin offering internet...