Tech
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NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its control system forced NASA to call off the attempt.
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Gamer uncovers factory plastic left on RTX 3070 VRM pads after five years, causing overheating — claims removal and repasting dropped GPU hotspot temperatures by 30°C
Assembly error causes RTX 3070 to run hot.
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How to watch South Africa vs New Zealand 1st Test for FREE: Live streams & TV channels for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry
Ardie Savea returns for the All Blacks but Springboks captain Siya Kolisi is out
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Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments
Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyber and drone attacks, and more.
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‘Location is the obvious way to connect data’: I spoke to Ordnance Survey CEO Nick Bolton on the challenges of turning a 225-year-old institution into an AI powerhouse
The OS isn’t just paper maps in the AI age
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Creality's beginner-friendly Falcon A1C laser engraver won me over instantly
The Falcon A1C is an ultra-compact, feature-packed desktop laser engraver that’s perfect for beginners, education, and small business use.
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I am 100% ready for autumn to arrive — these are the fleeces I have my eye on when the temperatures finally drop
The cosiest, coolest fleeces from Passenger, The North Face, Rab and more — with up to 51% off
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How to watch Match of the Day online from anywhere — free Premier League highlights for 2026/27
Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan are sharing hosting duties this season
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Google and the UK government are looking to remove aircraft contrails using AI
Operation Blue Skies looks to tidy up the sky
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I tried a portable fitness trainer that uses AI to map your movements, the pocket-sized BodyPark Atom, and color me impressed
It's even magnetic, so you can stick it to a squat rack
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How to watch stream football free on CazeTV — Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A
CazeTV offers free live football in Brazil – and a VPN can help you watch from abroad
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A copper mining giant just swapped 1,700 diesel trucks for electric ones
China unveils a monster 350-ton electric mining truck that charges almost fully in under half an hour
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‘Good, but that took way too long’: Apple Music’s latest move will force artists to label their AI music, but some people think it’s long overdue
Apple Music will require artists to label their AI-generated music so users know what they’re getting.
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Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams | TechCrunch
Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives.
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Has the GPU driver gone missing on your gaming laptop? Windows 11 can reportedly remove it by accident — here's how to avoid that
Windows 11 removed the driver for an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, and you can blame Eco mode.
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Insidious: Out of the Further is the franchise's scariest yet, but it's still disappointing
Insidious: Out of the Further is now playing in theaters worldwide, but it's a disappointing entry into the horror franchise.
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Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf | TechCrunch
Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.
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US startup Vatn lands Taiwan undersea drone partnership
Taiwan turns to a small US defense startup for modular underwater drones amid growing pressure beneath the waves
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This 9-in-1 Blu-ray dock just raised 300x its Kickstarter goal, but tech fans are warning of red flags
The BluHub is a USB hub, card reader and BD/DVD/CD drive in one very portable device — and early birds can get it very cheaply.
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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive | TechCrunch
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body to discover new skincare compounds, and is only now going public about it.
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Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine | TechCrunch
Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.
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GEEKOM crams a 512GB AI brain into four mini PCs linked by USB4 cables
This $16,000 mini PC cluster promises enterprise-grade AI without ever touching a public cloud server
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Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet
A Chinese agency says the two recalls affecting some 3 million vehicles can mostly be fixed by over-the-air updates—but they will also require physical warning stickers and camera-related updates.
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How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours | TechCrunch
Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying.
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The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom
Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data centers.
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Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M | TechCrunch
Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).
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Experts warn expired credit cards can be brought back from the dead to make contactless payments
Back from the dead to pay for someone's grocery run?
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'Rather than offering a plethora of unnecessary features and gimmicks, both headsets focus on the essentials' — Audio specialist beyerdynamic announces two new wireless headsets, the MMX 100 and MMX 130
German audio specialist beyerdynamic has announced two new wireless headsets, the closed-back MMX 100 wireless and the open-back MMX 130 wireless.
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Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats? | TechCrunch
Watch as Equity digs into the DOJ's antitrust probe of Andreessen Horowitz, what happens to AI startups that aren't Anthropic, OpenAI, or Nvidia, and more deals of the week.
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Even dead websites aren't safe — experts warn hackers are spending millions on expired domains to enable malware scams
A security risk that leverages existing domain trust and authority algorithms to exploit users
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Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero | TechCrunch
Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.
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TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit | TechCrunch
Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.
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I've tested more than 100 4K Blu-ray discs, and these are my top 5 "reference quality" recommendations for showing off your TVs bright colors
4K Blu-ray is excellent for showing off a TV's colors, and these are 5 of the best discs I've tested as part of the Blu-ray Bounty.
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'Off the charts' El Niño is already the strongest since records began | New Scientist
Renowned climate scientist James Hansen says the developing super El Niño has already "blown past" previous events with months to go before it peaks
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The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch | TechCrunch
The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.
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The Poco F8 Ultra is a denim-clad iPhone copycat that packs a punch and then some
The Poco F8 Ultra proves that flagship performance no longer demands a huge price tag.
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Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong | TechCrunch
Tesla's solar roof was an experiment that never really caught on for the company. But does that mean the concept of roof-integrated solar is dead?
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No driver, no problem — devs use Claude AI to craft native macOS tool for an 'obscure' Windows-only printer
"Cannot access printer? It's here!"
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Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today | TechCrunch
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!
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Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA's child collision probe | TechCrunch
The responses to NHTSA's questions so far are redacted entirely, citing "confidential business information."
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LG enters chip packaging arena with Laser Direct Imaging machine, as TSMC's CoWoS remains constrained — maskless machine is designed to pattern fine interconnects, trading resolution for higher throughput
LG rolls-out laser direct imaging lithography machine for chip packaging and high-density PCBs.
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Meta’s Big Reckoning Is Here
Meta is in court again over child safety, and this time it’s a landmark case that could force significant changes to core features of Facebook and Instagram.
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New leak claims the green translucent 25th anniversary Xbox Series X will launch in November for a whopping $899.99
The price and release date for Microsoft's 25th anniversary Xbox Series X limited edition console have reportedly leaked.
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6 cheap stick vacuums I'd buy instead of Aldi's new £60 'Dyson rival'
I'm a vacuum reviewer, and I'm here to warn you against wasting your cash on something too cheap.
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I'm here with TechRadar's weekly crossword — try out puzzle #4 for Friday, August 21
This week's TechRadar Crossword puzzle is here, so come test your general tech knowledge and see where you place on the leaderboard.
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Unlock Tom's Hardware Premium's Hot Chips 2026 coverage for free — sign up for an account to read technical breakdowns from the show
All you need to do is sign up and make an account.
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How to watch Premier League 2026-27 for *FREE*
A sub-licensing agreement in Brazil means one Premier League game a week is free to watch
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Security experts targeted by fake crypto conference in scam to hand over details
Huntress discovers a new twist to the ClickFix tale
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Burns improve more rapidly after treatment with fish skin | New Scientist
Severe burns are often treated with synthetic products ahead of skin graft surgery, but there is evidence that a product made from minimally processed cod skin is more effective
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