Tech
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Greenland meltwater is intensifying European heatwaves | New Scientist
The cooling of the North Atlantic is creating waviness in the jet stream and high-pressure ridging over Europe, a study finds
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PC Components
PC Component reviews, news, and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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‘I just hope this all gets fixed soon’: Google Home users criticise latest update for papering over the cracks, despite Gemini and Spotify upgrades
Gemini for Home is getting some new upgrades, but users are still waiting for Google to fix the real problems.
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Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy | TechCrunch
The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.
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Tesla recalls 3 million cars as part of China-wide push to stop hidden door handles | TechCrunch
Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels that help occupants identify the often hard-to-find manual door releases.
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Fujifilm just overtook Nikon in a major global camera shakeup — here’s why I’m a little worried as a longtime Nikon fan
Fujifilm took Nikon's #3 spot in camera shipments in 2025. Is the retro trend to thank? What can we expect moving forwards?
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Target may have suffered another damaging data leak as hackers claim 8.6GB haul
Hackers claim to have nabbed Target source code, but some experts are skeptical
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Florida seeks court ruling to officially classify Sam Altman and ChatGPT as a 'public nuisance' — OpenAI fights to keep lawsuit away from a state jury
Trump ally Judge Aileen Cannon has had the remand motion for seven weeks.
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'Lanterns' episode 2 release date and launch time: when does the Green Lantern TV show's next chapter come out on HBO Max?
Lanterns' second episode comes to a streaming platform near you very soon — here's when and where you can watch it.
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Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants | TechCrunch
The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.
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Proton VPN on Linux gets a huge accessibility boost with 20 new languages
The highly requested feature is expected to arrive in mid-August and will automatically detect your OS language without touching a single setting
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Tom’s Hardware Innovation Awards 2026: Progress amid turmoil
Affordable memory and storage are the only missing link.
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Monitors
Monitor reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Can Meta Ray-Bans ever not be creepy? Have you say on if smart glasses should be banned, or if there's a better way forward
There couldn't be a worse time for Meta and Samsung to release new smart glasses, but what could they do instead?
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'We still have a heavy focus on single-player content as well' — With The Duskbloods network tests underway, FromSoftware president suggests a return to single-player games
FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has suggested the studio could return to making single-player games after Elden Ring: Nightreign and The Duskbloods.
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Outer Banks season 5 ending makes way for new Netflix prequel — and it could solve one frustratingly overlooked storyline
Whether you loved or loathed the Outer Banks season 5 ending, don't panic. A prequel is coming at Netflix — and it could finally flesh out one overlooked storyline.
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Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up | TechCrunch
There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.
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World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers’
As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna's Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.
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How to watch Arsenal vs Coventry: Live streams and TV channels for the Premier League 2026/27 game
Away at the champions is as tough as it gets for Coventry on their EPL return
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‘Stellar sound quality, a quirky charging case, and an ultra-comfortable fit’: the JBL Live Beam 4 are an excellent pair of wireless earbuds — but they’re not quite perfect
These JBL earbuds have a touchscreen-fitted charging case, and they might just be my favorite model of 2026 — here’s why.
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Beats 360 over-ear headphones revealed in fresh leak — and there could be a disappointing missing feature
Some early listing pages have told us the name, feature set and design quicks of Beats' upcoming over-ear headphones.
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SanDisk expansion cards for Xbox Series X|S now available on Amazon — alternative storage solution to Seagate, WD arrives on the market five years after the launch of the consoles
Xbox gamers now have an alternative to Seagate if they want to increase the capacity of their Series X|S consoles.
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Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay | TechCrunch
Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots, and machine learning: News, R&D, and more
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This new malware can use Google passkeys even after a victim resets their password
What to do when attackers create passkeys of their own?
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Mullvad VPN is testing smarter multi-hop and a spinnable server globe on Android
The redesigned multi-hop adds a "when needed" mode that switches on double-server routing by itself, and it is rolling out in beta
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Exclusive: US government lab is probing Chinese-made lidar for security vulnerabilities | TechCrunch
The security review is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, and the research is being funded by a company -- or a group of companies -- in the electric and autonomous vehicle industries.
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7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix and more this weekend (August 21) — Outer Banks season 5, Mother Mary, and more
From Outer Banks' final season to Anne Hathaway's recent A24 film, here's what you'll want to be seated for this weekend.
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The Patrick Clancy Conspiracy Theories Are Rooted in the Harsh Realities of Motherhood
Lindsay Clancy’s defense argues she killed her three kids because of postpartum psychosis. But armchair detectives, including many fed-up mothers, are laying blame with her ex-husband.
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Forget Wetherspoons — patchwork bans won't fix the Meta glasses' privacy crisis, so what comes next?
Could the UK actually ban Meta AI 'pervert glasses' for good?
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Slack will now let you code as a team to get those tricky tasks done
Slack Code makes coding multiplayer
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Micron commits $10 billion to new US-based Research Labs — Boise hub to target post-DRAM and NAND technologies and packaging
It is always better to work together.
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The Super El Niño Won’t Fix the West’s Water Crisis
“People have talked about the Colorado River crisis for decades—we’re now in it,” says one expert. “Everyone you talk to is like, ‘Shit, man.’”
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CPU-Z gets biggest update since 2001 with V3 — 100+ health checks, built-in stress testing, and XOC effective clock tracking
The entire validation system has been revamped to better diagnose problems and better detect CPU and GPU frequencies for extreme overlockers.
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Sorry, OpenAI — people are using your god-level AI for these weirdly specific everyday tasks, not to change the world
Here are 5 weirdly specific and clever ways people are actually using AI for everyday tasks.
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'Every single month the update breaks something': Windows 11 users are getting sick of bugs as August patch crashes some games, including Arc Raiders
Microsoft is investigating reports of a nasty bug that breaks some PC games following the latest Windows 11 update.
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Semiconductors
Discover more about Semiconductor with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras — SMS-triggered shell access and passwordless live feeds found in EU-funded rollout
The camera access web interface also has a no-password vulnerability.
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Sandisk's new $2,200 NAS SSD lets you fill the drive every day for five years — 7.68TB M.2 flaunts eye-popping 14,000 TBW rating
Sandisk NAS 800 SSD crosses into enterprise endurance territory
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‘This is so much better’: a new app gives the Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight LED the functionality it should have had to begin with
HiLight Studio is a new app that makes HiLight what it should have been out of the box, but this isn't the simplest of things to install.
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SSDs
SSD reviews, news, and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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The Labor Day Deals Have Already Started. This Is the On-Sale Tech Gear I’d Shop
From the best Dyson vacuum to the best wireless headphones and earbuds we’ve tested, you can get some great gadgets on sale already ahead of Labor Day.
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Big Tech
Discover more about Big Tech with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Supermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smuggling — claims that senior management had no knowledge of illicit transactions
The company's senior management was apparently unaware that billions of dollars' worth of hardware was being sent to questionable clients.
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I’ve finally found a cheap flash photography kit that makes portraits fun — and this Godox bargain is cheaper than Nikon, Canon and Sony options
The Godox iT32's clever built-in magnetic remote trigger makes off-camera flash a cinch
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Why AI success starts with teams, not tech
The AI differentiator will be how organizations prepare their people and unlock their business's knowledge
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Influencers and Resellers Are Turning Empty Boxes Into Big Cash
As the appetite for “authenticity” grows online, content creators are buying up empty boxes for luxury goods—and resellers are cashing in for “crazy prices.”
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DDR5
DDR5 reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools | TechCrunch
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware against Americans.