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Kali Linux 2026.1, the first release of the year, is now available for download, featuring 8 new tools, a theme refresh, and a new BackTrack mode for Kali-Undercover. [...]

I'll just clear up that up, shall I? Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared another nugget of Windows lore – what Windows 95 did when installers stomped on its system files.…

A family in Northern Kentucky received a $26 million offer for half their land — a price that's worth more than 7 times the going rate for the area. But despite the massive price, they still refused, saying that they "fed a nation off of it."

The massive 2026 Amazon Big Spring Sale is now officially underway with loads of the best deals of the year on Apple gear as well as thousands of price drops across just about every product category. From discounts on the brand new M5 MacBook Air and M4 iPad Air, we also the return of holiday pri...

Insiders say single-bidder process left little room for negotiation The UK's tax collection agency has awarded Amazon Web Services – the only remaining bidder – a contract worth nearly £500 million to migrate services from three Fujitsu-run datacenters and host them for up to a decade.…

Hearing aid company Sonova has put its Sennheiser consumer audio division on the auction block less than five years after acquiring it, the company announced on Reddit. "Today Sonova announced they intend to divest the business and will focus on Hearing Care," Sonova wrote, adding it intends to f...

A VPN company has put together AI chatbot privacy ratings based on the data collection practices of the ten most popular AI chatbots in the App Store. The iPhone chatbots are ranked worst to best, and there are no prizes for guessing which of the competing apps collects the most personal data … m...

Late last year, Samsung launched its newest generation of affordable A-series phones, starting with the entry-level A17. Following the arrival of the flagship Galaxy S26 line, the company has returned to flesh out the rest of its midrange portfolio. The more affordable Galaxy A37 and Galaxy A57 s...

Gigabyte leverages Tandem OLED tech to bring a huge color gamut to its MO27Q28G. It’s a 27-inch QHD panel with 280 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR500 and enough speed to satisfy hardcore eSports competitors.

The Galaxy A37 and Galaxy A57 aren’t drastically different from their predecessors, but the $50 price bump is indicative of the economic climate.

Apple has introduced more than just new features, like an AI playlist generator, with iOS 26.4 in the UK. The company now requires users in the region to verify their ages and to prove they’re 18 years old or above before they can access “certain services or features, or take certain actions on t...

A half-price discount is up for grabs on this TP-Link 5-port unmanaged Ethernet switch, down to only $8.98 in this limited-time Amazon deal, unlocking five extra ports for your network at a very low price.

Imagine telling a digital agent, “Use my points and book a family trip to Italy. Keep it within budget, pick hotels we’ve liked before, and handle the details.” Instead of returning a list of links, the agent assembles an itinerary and executes the purchase. That shift, from assistance to executi...

One of the co-founders of American server company Super Micro has been arrested and charged with smuggling AI chips to China in deals worth several billions of dollars. Several managers and contractors are also implicated, and one remains a fugitive at the time of writing.

Flagship phone scores 5/10 from iFixit as the parts that break most often remain firmly out of reach Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra has once again scored a middling 5/10 from iFixit, suggesting that while the company knows how to build a repairable phone, it still won't quite follow through.…

Anthropic has launched an "auto mode" for Claude Code, a new tool that lets AI make permissions-level decisions on users' behalf. The company says the feature offers vibe coders a safer alternative between constant handholding or giving the model dangerous levels of autonomy. Claude Code is cap...

I was convinced these devices were just tabletop clutter. I was proven wrong.

Apple execs reportedly once expected the iPhone to be replaced by smart glasses by 2029, with Eddy Cue later updating this prediction to 2035. However, one high-profile former ardent supporter of this idea has now changed his mind completely, and now believes that we will still be using smartphon...

TP-Link has patched several vulnerabilities in its Archer NX router series, including a critical-severity flaw that may allow attackers to bypass authentication and upload new firmware. [...]

A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code Opinion  Time and again, I see people begging for companies with deep pockets to fund open source projects. I mean, after all, they've made billions from this code. You'd think they could support the code's creators and ma...