Prior to IFA in early September, HP is looking to get ahead of its rivals with a substantial update to its PC gaming portfolio headlined by the new Omen Max 45L desktop alongside a full slate of peripherals.While the Omen Max 45L (pricing still TBA) features a similar design to the existing Omen 35L, HP's latest flagship desktop should bring even more beastly performance without sacrificing on … [Read more...]

Jim Lovell, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that became an enduring story of courage, ingenuity and survival after he helped pilot the stricken lunar spacecraft safely back to Earth in 1970, passed away at age 97. NASA Lovell in an undated photo from 1968 -- NASA astronaut James A. Lovell passed away on Thursday (Augist 7) at the age of 94, the space agency … [Read more...]

This past spring, Anthropic introduced learning mode, a feature that changed Claude's interaction style. When enabled, the chatbot would, following a question, try to guide the user to their own solution, instead of providing them with an answer outright. Since its introduction in April, learning mode has only been available to Claude for Education users. Now, like OpenAI did with Study Mode, … [Read more...]

HP has updated a number of its existing Omen machines for the newest generation of PC hardware, including the Omen 35L desktop and the Omen 16 gaming laptop, along with the Omen Max 45L, an upgrade to the previous Omen 45L with HP's new branding. But the newest entry in the Omen lineup for this year is the Omen 35L Stealth. Similar to the existing Omen 35L, this is a 35-liter desktop gaming PC … [Read more...]

TransportationThe RSX will be the first EV built on Honda’s new in-house Asimo operating system.Aug 14, 2025, 5:00 PM UTCAndrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.Acura is bringing back the RSX sedan as a premium, dramatic-looking, all-wheel drive … [Read more...]

The $300 Cloud Alpha 2 is accompanied by a cheaper model and two new mics.Aug 14, 2025, 5:00 PM UTCAntonio G. Di Benedetto is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021.HP-owned HyperX is announcing a slew of new gaming headsets and streaming-friendly microphones. The HyperX Cloud … [Read more...]

There are also major discounts on Google’s PIxel 9 smartphones and Eufy’s Robot Vacuum Omni C20.Aug 14, 2025, 4:53 PM UTCBarbara Krasnoff is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to.One of the most-discussed subjects among many of my friends and colleagues are headphones: … [Read more...]

Astronomers have found a menagerie of "super-Earth" exoplanets — worlds a few times Earth's mass — in our galaxy. These new planets range from rocky to gas-rich. They are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and can be rocky, gaseous, or both. Their true nature remains “shrouded in uncertainty,” because none exist near home, yet NASA notes they are common. A Spectrum of Super-EarthsAs … [Read more...]

Eastman Kodak is denying reports that it’s shutting down. On Wednesday, media outlets like CNN and CNBC detailed the company’s ongoing financial challenges, including statements made in its earnings report that warned investors it didn’t have “committed financing or available liquidity” to meet debt obligations coming due within 12 months. However, Kodak quickly published a press release … [Read more...]

Written and directed by Benedict Mique, Isolated is a psychological horror movie that stars Joel Torre and Yassi Pressman in the lead roles. The movie revolves around a nurse and a dementia patient, who are horrifically impacted by a violent intruder. The movie gets intense with the unexpected plot twists. Here, the duo has to fight for their survival. Some of the sequences of this movie are … [Read more...]

About a month ago, I reported on LibreOffice accusing Microsoft's "artificially complex" Office XML format of being a "lock-in strategy." The basis of LibreOffice's argument was that Microsoft's usage of the XML format deliberately locked people into using Office over open-source software. It also touches upon how Windows 10 is losing support soon, and how people are being corralled into Windows … [Read more...]

The geopolitical action thriller Tehran, starring John Abraham, was released on August 14, a day before Independence Day. The movie is now streaming on ZEE 5. Directed by Arun Gopalan, Tehran is based on real-life incidents and takes a deep dive into the life of spies, showing a dramatic showdown between Iran and Israel, which feels too real, and is produced under the Maddock Film, which is quite … [Read more...]

The AI-ification of Google seemingly knows no bounds, and now it wants you to turn to AI for booking flights, too. Rolling out in the US, Canada and India over the next week, Flight Deals lives within Google Flights, and is designed for "flexible travelers whose number one goal is saving money on their next trip."Rather than going through the usual process of manually selecting dates, times and … [Read more...]

84 Toh Baad is a poignant Punjabi-language crime thriller streaming series about the post-1984 anti-Sikh riots psyche in Punjab. Chaupal Original, released on August 14, 2025, delves into the lingering scars those tumultuous times left, paying little to no heed to the riots themselves but more to the psychological and societal ramifications that still linger 23 years post the tragic events. … [Read more...]

You can describe where you want to go on your next trip, and Google will use AI to find cheap flights to suggested destinations.Aug 14, 2025, 4:05 PM UTCEmma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.It seems like Google is looking for a way to put AI into everything these days, and now … [Read more...]

It's been over a year now since the infamous CrowdStrike incident that put both CrowdStrike itself and Microsoft on blast over the inability of millions of computers around the world to recover from a catastrophic failure in a timely manner. Later in 2024, Microsoft announced it was taking some steps to prevent this from happening again — through what it called the Windows Resiliency initiative — … [Read more...]

Most Microsoft employees are going to have to return at least three days a week.Aug 14, 2025, 4:00 PM UTCTom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.Microsoft originally encouraged its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. This new flexible working arrangement then became an official … [Read more...]

WhatsApp is upgrading its workplace chops. On Thursday, the Meta-owned company rolled out new group calling features. Chief among them is the ability to schedule team calls in advance.Starting today, you can schedule future calls under the Calls tab. There, press the + button, and choose "Schedule call." This will also let you invite colleagues or friends.You can keep tabs on your upcoming … [Read more...]

Vibe coding startup Lovable aims to hit $1 billion in annual recurring revenue within the next 12 months, according to its CEO, Anton Osika.  Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Osika said the company grows by at least $8 million in ARR each month. In a blog post written this summer, the company said it passed $100 million in ARR just eight months after making its first $1 million. Osika … [Read more...]

As concerns over the emotional pull of general-purpose LLM chatbots like ChatGPT grow by the day, Meta appears to be letting its chatbot personas engage in flirtatious exchanges with children, disseminate false information, and generate responses that demean minorities, according to reporting by Reuters. According to an internal Meta document seen by Reuters, Meta had policies on AI chatbot … [Read more...]