From PC World: Microsoft announced in a blog post that its Edge browser is now significantly faster than before.

“Through a concerted effort over the past few months, we’ve reached an important milestone: achieving a global First Contentful Paint (FCP) of under 300 milliseconds,” the company writes...

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 7.70 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 7.70 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for...

From PC World: A new version of Notepad for Windows 11 was released with support for Markdown, the popular markup language for all kinds of text. The update adds support for subheadings, italics and bold text, strikethrough text, and links.

Not all users are happy about Microsoft adding new...

From TechCrunch: TikTok is developing a new version of its app for U.S. users ahead of an expected sale of the app to a group of investors, according to a report from The Information.

The company reportedly plans to launch the new app on September 5, while the existing app will stop working in...

From Tom's Hardware: Intel's next-generation Xeon processor, codenamed Diamond Rapids, will reportedly utilize a new platform with a 9324-pin LGA socket, indicating a revised memory subsystem and PCIe lane configuration. But a leaked slide published on Sunday by X86 is dead&back reveals that the new...

From TechCrunch: Instagram Threads is close to catching up to top competitor X in terms of mobile app users, according to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb. In June 2025, Threads’ mobile app for iOS and Android saw 115.1 million daily active users, representing 127.8% year-over...

From ComputerWorld: Even though threats of additional fines mean it has been forced to make so many changes to bring its business into compliance with Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple has always said it would appeal Europe’s $570 million fine for violating the DMA. Today, it did just that...

From ExtremeTech: Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel, which has updates for early testers. But one of the biggest and most noticeable changes is the removal of Windows PowerShell 2.0. Microsoft says this version, which has been deprecated for years...

From PC Mag: After teasing a Gemini-Wear OS integration for months, Google's AI appears ready to launch on Android smartwatches.

A new promo image for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, leaked by Roland Quandt, shows the words “Ask Google Gemini” on its screen alongside the AI's logo. As 9to5Google notes...