Amazon Alexa Tablets finally get Google Play and I am legit excited
Amazon Alexa Tablets bring Google Play, Alexa+, and new hardware starting at $229.99, alongside Kids Tablets with parental controls.
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PC shipment apocalypse as IDC reports a 20 percent plunge
IDC reports a 20.1 percent drop in Q3 2026 PC shipments as high prices, memory shortages, and excess inventory batter Lenovo, HP, and Dell.
Zynga adds 25,000 words to Words With Friends
Zynga adds over 25,000 playable entries to Words With Friends, including BFF and DRIP, plus updated definitions and a new word-reporting tool.
Microsoft just released a new operating system and it is not Windows
Microsoft LiteBox 0.1.0 is an open-source library OS built in Rust. Learn how it runs Linux applications and what its early release can do.
Samsung Wallet will use Solana to send money overseas
Samsung Wallet will use Solana for overseas USDC transfers starting in late October 2026, with availability across 82 million US Galaxy devices.
Apple teams up with King Charles III to help young people build creative careers
Apple and King Charles III charity The King’s Trust launch Creative Labs to help young adults build creative careers, starting with music workshops.
Google SynthID helps your mom check if that Facebook photo is AI
Google opens SynthID Detector worldwide to check photos, videos, and audio for AI watermarks. Here is what it can tell you and where it falls short.
AI agents helped an attacker take over a server in under 24 hours
ReliaQuest says AI agents helped an attacker take over a server in under 24 hours using an exposed endpoint, stolen credentials, and public tools.
A possible plague case in Russia exposes a frightening weakness in our high-tech AI world
A mysterious death at a Russian anti-plague institute is putting modern disease surveillance in the spotlight. AI, genomic sequencing, wastewater monitoring, and other technologies are incredibly powerful, but they cannot compensate for missing information.
These are the Amazon Prime Day tech deals actually worth buying today
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is packed with discounts, but not every sale is worth your money. Here are the tech deals that actually caught my attention.
UGREEN 11-in-1 USB4 dock offers dual 4K displays for $99 but no charger is included
UGREEN’s $99 USB4 dock packs 11 connections and Parade Technologies controllers into a fanless design, but maximum laptop charging requires a separate adapter.
IBM and Red Hat just fixed 400 open source vulnerabilities before AI agents could exploit them
IBM and Red Hat have used Lightwell to remediate more than 300 previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely deployed open source software, while preparing enterprises for security threats involving autonomous AI agents.