From Tom's Hardware: U.S Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has confirmed in an interview that the White House is in talks with Intel to acquire a 10% stake in the company. Lutnick confirmed this in a live interview with CNBC, saying that the government wants the grants given to the company under the...

From PC Mag: The PlayStation 5 is going to cost more from August 21 for everyone in the United States. All versions of the PS5 are set to see price increases of $50, so you’ll want to act quickly if you’ve been eyeing one of Sony's latest consoles.

It means the standard PS5 will now cost $549.99...

From ExtremeTech: Germany’s Federal Supreme Court has reopened a copyright case that could have major consequences for ad blockers and other browser extensions. Spurred by media company Axel Springer against Eyeo, the maker of Adblock Plus, the lawsuit argues that ad blockers interfere with how...

From PC Mag: The UK government has dropped its mandate requiring Apple to provide backdoor access to the iCloud data of Americans.

In January, the UK reportedly asked Apple to lift end-to-end encryption for iCloud and create a secret "back door" for it to view user data. While the order was made...

From ComputerWorld: A new Copilot feature has been added to Excel for Windows and Mac, specifically the generative AI (genAI feature has been integrated into the engine used for calculations, according to the Microsoft 365 Insider blog. (The feature is not yet generally available — it’s rolling out...

From CNET: Apple is manufacturing all four of its iPhone 17 models in India ahead of next month's launch, according to Bloomberg. That marks a first for the company, as it tries to mitigate the effects of President Trump's tariffs on products produced in China.

The production is taking place at...

From PC World: Graphics card prices are dropping. Wow, that’s something I haven’t been able to say in a long time. Unfortunately, it’s only for those of you in Europe, as Nvidia makes a slight cut to some of the latest RTX 50-series desktop graphics cards in the region. Notably, prices in the US...

From PC Mag: The Microsoft Store previously allowed you to indefinitely pause app updates until you were ready to download changes yourself, but that has changed in the last few days.

As spotted by German website Deskmodder, and reported by Neowin, the changes reduce your options when delaying...

From PC World: This weekend, a friend of mine showed off their RetroPi setup along with their mad skills in Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts and Yoshi’s Cookie. I wonder how well they’d do if they had to switch from a full TV to a tiny screen that would make a modern smartphone blush? I mean, $40 is all it...

From CNET: September is gearing up to be one of the most exciting months of the year for new technology launches, with Meta reportedly set to unveil its next-generation smart glasses. Codenamed Hypernova, according to Bloomberg, the glasses are set to start around $800 for the basic model -- that's...