From PC Mag: This year has been a rough one for electric cars, mostly with the federal tax credit going away soon, but the announcement of two major battery plants from Panasonic and General Motors are bright spots that bode well for the future of the industry.

Panasonic, a major Tesla supplier...

From PC World: Whether it’s tariffs or some other reason, CPU makers seem to be pushing downward into cheaper alternatives, expanding their available market. The most recent example is AMD’s latest addition: the Ryzen AI 5 330, its most entry-level option in the Ryzen AI 300 family designed for...

From CNET: It's a non-negotiable right now that every phone-maker out there must have a plan for integrating AI into its devices. OnePlus is a little late to the party, but it's arrived nonetheless. Back in May, the company announced plans for bringing its own vision of personalized AI to OnePlus...

From PC Mag: Rivian is plugging Google Maps into its navigation system, replacing its previous Mapbox-based software. The Irvine, Calif., EV maker announced today that Rivian drivers should soon start seeing this update roll out to their vehicles and to the company’s mobile app via software updates...

From PC World: As mentioned in the recent Windows Insider blog post, the latest preview version of Windows 11 for Insiders on the Dev Channel includes a new feature called “Administrator Protection,” which “aims to protect free floating admin rights for administrator users allowing them to still...

From CNET: In a move that could make life easier for folks using devices based on its operating systems, Google is working toward unifying Android and ChromeOS, according to a high-ranking Google executive.

Merging the systems could have positive outcomes for customers using, say, a Chromebook and...

From PC World: Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50 series has been shining with cutting-edge technology since January 2025, but Nvidia is now following suit for the RTX 40 series with some upgrades.

The GeForce 590.26 preview driver, which is available on Nvidia’s developer website, allows owners of Ada...

From PC Mag: T-Mobile now has government approval for its planned purchase of the regional carrier UScellular’s wireless operations and 30% of its spectrum. The Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission didn’t require T-Mobile to make any binding promises about coverage or rate...

From The Verge: Microsoft has quietly revealed that it will stop adding new features to Office apps (Microsoft 365) for Windows 10 users in August 2026. While security updates will remain in place for Office apps running on Windows 10 until October 2028, Microsoft will cut off new feature support...