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My Windows install is ten years old, and a handful of maintenance habits are why it still runs like new
Essential maintenance keeps my old Windows 11 system running smoothly.
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Penguin Colony Rips Lovecraft’s Horror From His Racist Hands
Penguin Colony reclaims H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror and weaponizes it against the writer’s own beliefs in a vital piece of apocalypse art.
Hardware
NVIDIA Expands Advanced Technology Access for Europe’s Scientific Community Through Open Learning Resources, Collaborations and Compute
Much of today’s scientific progress begins with computation. But turning accelerated computing’s potential into scientific progress — modeling climate systems, designing molecules, simulating materials and more — depends on more than breakthrough technology.
Mobile
Why my favorite 2026 smartwatch isn’t a Pixel Watch or Galaxy Watch
Instead, it’s the Amazfit Balance Ultra.
Cybersecurity
Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware
The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.
Artificial Intelligence
‘The EU’s next chapter in AI is agentic’: New OpenAI report claims agent use is on the rise across Europe — but it still has some way to catch up to other markets
While European SMBs are starting to adopt agentic AI at a meaningful level, growth still falls short of other global regions.
Artificial Intelligence
Unsupervised AI agent deletes TV show’s entire edit weeks before release; program can’t air
The Challenge Sweden’s season 2 edit was deleted by an AI agent put on the production server. The program director blames “the human factor” instead of AI.
Software
Grafana Tempo 3.1 Adds Query-Based Trace Redaction and Sampling-Aware TraceQL Metrics
Grafana Labs has released Tempo 3.1, the first minor update to the 3.0 architecture.
General Tech
Japanese consortium bets on building bobbing bit barns
Four firms believe server farms on barges in ports will help solve the problem of finding suitable sites
Mobile
‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads
Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.
General Tech
CenterPoint Energy Data Breach Impacts 1 Million Texans
Personal information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers was compromised.
Mobile
Motorola Signature 27’s seven-year update promise comes with a pretty big asterisk
The Signature 27 sounds like Motorola’s software comeback until you read the fine print.
Startups
Glean CEO Arvind Jain says he wants Glean to be easy to replace
Glean has no plans to raise more money and no concrete plans to go public, founder and chief executive Arvind Jain told TNW. The enterprise AI company could list if it wanted to, he said, and it is getting its internal processes ready.
Gaming
Ubisoft reportedly look to cut 100 more jobs by proposing voluntary redundancies at studios including lead Anno devs Ubisoft Mainz
Ubisoft have initiated talks over voluntary redundancies at three German studios under their banner, reportedly seeking to cut around 100 workers via the move.
Mobile
Galaxy Watch 8, Watch Ultra get another One UI 9 beta to chew on while waiting for a stable release
Galaxy Watch 7 gets a slice of the pie too.
Gaming
The Xbox Nano Controller is a compact, ‘entry-level, rechargeable controller’ launching next month — here’s where to pre-order yours
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Nano Controller, an affordable, rechargeable compact gamepad launching on November 4.
Gaming
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave DLC Officially Fixes Its Most Controversial Change
New weapons, allies, outfits, and routes await players of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave.
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General Tech
The Best Permanent Outdoor Lights (2026): Govee, Eufy, Cync
Permanent eave lights that attach to the exterior of your home are becoming more popular. But are they worth the effort and cost?
Hardware
Two killed, one seriously hurt in explosion at Intel’s chip plant in Israel
Two workers have died in an explosion at Intel’s Kiryat Gat chip plant; police suspect a gas cylinder malfunction.
Artificial Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is finally coming to China, but without Siri AI
Apple Intelligence was first announced in 2024 with iOS 18, but Apple struggled to make it available in two regions – the EU and China. Bloomberg reports that Cupertino will finally check the latter off the list with an upcoming update.
Mobile
I switched from Android to the iPhone 18 Pro Max for 3 weeks — my 5 biggest takeaways
There’s a lot to like in the iPhone 18 Pro Max if you’re an Android fan.
Software
Survey shows that most of us aren’t adventurous when it comes to weather apps
Less than half of respondents venture into the wide world of available apps.
Hardware
TSMC is open to working on Musk’s Terafab but says it must run the fab
TSMC is willing to work with Elon Musk’s Terafab chip project, but any fab involved would have to be run by TSMC, chairman and chief executive C.C. Wei said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday. He added that the two sides have not yet reached an agreement.
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