From PC World: Up until now, Google’s Android operating system has been limited to smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and smartwatches/wearables (as Wear OS). There’s also Android Auto, which is used in car infotainment systems. Android hasn’t yet been used to power laptops or desktop PCs… but that’s...

From ExtremeTech: Qualcomm debuted its next-generation Snapdragon X2 System on Chip (SoC) design on Wednesday, with up to 18 CPU cores, higher clock speeds, more cache, a next-generation GPU with support for higher resolutions and refresh rates, and support for some of the latest memory and...

From TechCrunch: Meta announced on Thursday that its Teen Accounts are now being expanded to teens on Facebook and Messenger globally, after initially only being available to users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada. The accounts, which feature built-in protections and parental controls for...

From The Verge: Microsoft is blocking the Israeli military’s access to cloud and AI services that have been used in the mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith announced the decision in an internal memo to employees on Thursday, after The Guardian...

From PC World: AI company Perplexity, best known for its free AI-powered answer engine, is now launching another AI-powered tool called Perplexity Email Assistant. This AI assistant integrates directly into your email inbox and can help you maintain better control over your email.

Email Assistant...

From TechCrunch: YouTube will allow creators whose accounts were terminated for repeated violations of COVID-19 and election integrity policies to rejoin the platform, according to a letter that YouTube parent company Alphabet sent to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Tuesday.

“Reflecting the Company’s...

From The Verge: Microsoft is bringing Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 AI models to its Microsoft 365 Copilot today. It’s a big move that expands model choice beyond just OpenAI’s range of models in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and it will allow Microsoft’s customers to access Anthropic...

From InfoWorld: A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes.

QR codes are ubiquitous these days, as they are an easy way to deliver marketing content or direct users to...

From PC World: Google has released one final update for Chrome 140 before it gets replaced by Chrome 141. Google plans to release Chrome 141 at the beginning of October.

The developers have fixed several vulnerabilities in Chrome versions 140.0.7339.207/208 for Windows and macOS and 140.0.7339.207...

From The Verge: YouTube will finally let you dismiss the pop-ups that fill your screen with recommendations at the end of a video. Now, when you come across an end screen, you can select a new “hide” button in the top-right corner of the video so you can finish what you’re watching without...