From The Verge: Brave’s privacy-centric browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers’ computers without their consent. Noted by Ghacks, starting in 2022, downloading Brave to a Windows PC meant you were also downloading the company’s VPN service, regardless of whether you wanted it...

From PC World: Google has announced a torrent of new features for its popular video streaming platform. According to Google, YouTube will receive “three dozen new functions and design updates,” but not all of them are noteworthy. These are the most exciting new features coming to YouTube:

“Stable...

From CNET: The flip phone playing field is set to get more crowded.

Huawei is tipped to launch an entry-level flip phone within the first half of next year, according to a Thursday post by a tipster Revegnus on X. The clamshell-style phone could start for as low as $735, the leaker says, and is...

From The Verge: WhatsApp is beta testing the ability to send voice messages that can only be listened to once by their intended recipient, WABetaInfo reports.

The feature, which is currently only available to a limited number of Android and iOS users running the beta version of the app, is...

From PC World: AMD’s powerhouse Threadripper chips are back for desktop PCs! Despite declaring the end of consumer Threadripper chips last generation, AMD announced three new Ryzen Threadripper 7000-series chips on Thursday, with up to 64 cores and 128 threads — and the option of installing a “Pro”...

From CNET: If you're the friend who always says, "Drive safe!" or the parent asking your kids to text you when they arrive somewhere, this iOS 17 feature is for you. The newest software update gives iPhone users the ability to send and receive check-in notifications.

The new iOS 17, launched...

From The Verge: YouTube is giving creators better tools to show certain product ads exactly when they want to in their videos. According to an announcement on Wednesday, YouTube creators will be able to add timestamps to products they tag in their videos so that a shopping button appears at an...

From PC World: Players in online shooters like Counter-Strike 2 and Apex Legends got a nasty shock last weekend, finding their game accounts banned for hacking that they hadn’t actually done. The actual culprit was found to be AMD’s new Radeon Anti-Lag+ feature, an integrated part of its Adrenalin...

From CNET: If you've ever been to Italy's leaning Tower of Pisa, or similar tourist attractions, you've probably attempted to take that quintessential holding-up-the-tower photo. It's a tricky shot to nail because you have to position yourself at just the right angle and just the right distance. And...

From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is excited to announce the launch of a new Trident Z5 RGB DDR5 memory kit specification at DDR5-8400 CL40-52-52-134 48GB (2x24GB), aimed at the latest 14th Gen Intel Core desktop processor & Intel Z790 chipset platform.

Extreme...