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Poll: Will you stop buying LG monitors after this week's adware scandal?

LG's monitors sparked outrage by silently installing software that promoted McAfee ads on Windows 11. While Microsoft stepped in and the pop-ups are gone, we want to know if the controversy will change your buying habits.

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OpenAI quietly signs letter from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta warning about dangers of 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models — as the White House accuses China of stealing from Anthropic

OpenAI quietly signs letter from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta warning about dangers of 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models — as the White House accuses China of stealing from Anthropic

With China's open-weight AI models continuing to improve, US companies want to see a free market for all.

Microsoft shipped a native Xbox 360 emulator with its new backwards-compatible releases on PC — modders quickly got 360 games running with minor tweaks

Microsoft shipped a native Xbox 360 emulator with its new backwards-compatible releases on PC — modders quickly got 360 games running with minor tweaks

Microsoft dropped four OG Xbox titles on PC a couple of days ago and they came with a native Xbox 360 emulator baked in. These games are packaged as Xbox 360 files, to the emulator runs them as such, then another emulator takes over to translate OG Xbox code inside…

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Meta quits clean energy pledge amid gas-powered data center push

The departure comes amid a frenzied data centre buildout by leading tech companies. Meta has struck deals paying utilities to bring new natural gas power plants online, including 10 to power its Hyperion data centre in Louisiana alone. Meta joined the pledge in 2016 according to a Wayback Machine archive…

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Wall Street Week Ahead: US stocks face tests from Fed decision, tech-led earnings deluge

Investors await the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and corporate earnings reports. Technology giants and artificial intelligence companies will release their quarterly results. Rising oil prices and inflation concerns add complexity to the economic outlook. The market remains sensitive to any signs of economic imperfection and policy shifts. Future interest…

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Oracle awarded 10-year $7 billion Pentagon deal to supply Department of War with vital software and services

The contract unifies existing Oracle licensing under a single vehicle, and is expected to save $441 million across the 10-year period.

Washington Is Weighing Curbs On Chinese AI. Nvidia, Microsoft And Meta Warn Open Models Shouldn't Be Included

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and more than two dozen technology companies are urging U.S. policymakers not to impose broad restrictions on open-weight artificial intelligence models, arguing that doing so could undermine American innovation and hand an advantage to foreign competitors.

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Saudi Arabia's takeover of EA gets approval from European Commission

Saudi Arabia's takeover of EA gets approval from European Commission

The commission has ruled that the buyout will not cause "competition concerns."

Nvidia and 24 other companies sign open-weights letter as Washington weighs Chinese AI model ban — OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google absent from the list

Nvidia and 24 other companies sign open-weights letter as Washington weighs Chinese AI model ban — OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google absent from the list

Signatories include chipmakers, server vendors, cloud operators, enterprise software firms, security companies, and venture funds

Tom’s Hardware

Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing — if you feel that's more useful

Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing — if you feel that's more useful

Think nothing is better than Copilot? Microsoft is going to let you prefer the former over the latter in a very literal sense, with the ability to remap the Copilot key to do nothing.

Nvidia’s Rivals Are Coming for Its Crown, But the Smartest AI Bet Sits Further Down the Tech Stack

Hyperscalers are building custom AI chips to cut their reliance on Nvidia. But whoever wins, every chip still runs through the same handful of companies, from Broadcom and TSMC down to ASML.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang backs open AI models, coalition for safety and innovation

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang backs open AI models, coalition for safety and innovation

A broad coalition of companies and institutions, including Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, Hugging Face, and the Linux Foundation signed a letter, arguing that open-weight models, which are systems anyone can download, inspect, and modify, deserve a major place in the US' AI strategy, not a defensive afterthought.

The Economic Times

Jensen Huang just used his first ever X post to warn the AI industry not to make the mistake that software narrowly avoided in the 1980s

Jensen Huang just used his first ever X post to warn the AI industry not to make the mistake that software narrowly avoided in the 1980s

Xi Jinping has called for "openness" and "a symphony of global cooperation," and it seems that Jensen Huang agrees.

"We've got a few more surprises coming" Microsoft talks what's next for Surface and the people's desire for a Surface Studio monitor in new video

"We've got a few more surprises coming" Microsoft talks what's next for Surface and the people's desire for a Surface Studio monitor in new video

A new Inside Windows Q&A video has been released that dives into the year so far for Surface, what's next, and whether or not we might see some new peripherals soon.

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Minecraft Java Edition system requirements want 8/16 GB RAM for the first time, but it isn't more demanding now, Microsoft just hadn't updated the specs in a while

The requirements are still light, but I remember what I was rockin' at launch.

The Independent UK

PS5 servers down: PlayStation users unable to access games during outage

Thousands of children left disapointed at the start of the summer holidays

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Microsoft finally lets you fix the worst key on your keyboard

Windows 11 now includes a native setting to remap the dedicated Copilot key to the Right Ctrl or Context menu key.

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Thousands of PlayStation users unable to access games as outages confirmed

Reports of outages first emerged on the tracking website Downdetector in the early afternoon.

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AI web browsers 'aren't ready for the public,' scientists warn as they highlight massive security red flags

By enhancing the functionality of agentic browsers, they have become insecure and could be sharing personal information.

The Economic Times

Phrases people use when they secretly want to escape a meeting, according to psychology

From a psychological perspective, these phrases can also reflect impression management—the tendency to present ourselves in ways that preserve positive professional relationships. Instead of bluntly saying, "This meeting isn't useful," many people choose more diplomatic language that shows respect while still protecting their time and priorities.

Own an LG monitor and tired of seeing that McAfee pop-up? Microsoft has banished it from Windows 11 — but wider issues need to be addressed here

Microsoft kills McAfee ad served via LG monitor app in Windows 11 — but there are wider problems to deal with in Windows Update.

Alphabet Lost $294 Billion in One Brutal Day — Almost an Entire Palantir

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) just erased $294 billion in market value in a single session — roughly the size of an entire Palantir Technologies Inc.

This $399 SteelSeries headset works on every platform: I tested it for a month to see if it's worth your cash

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni delivers on its catch-all eponym. This is one of the finest gaming headsets for multi-platform gamers.

Microsoft Earnings Are Coming—But Azure and CapEx Will Decide the Reaction

Microsoft reports fiscal Q4 2026 earnings July 29, with a beat expected, but investors will focus on FY2027 CapEx guidance and Azure growth as key signals for its AI spending trajectory.

Halo: Campaign Evolved early adopters were unable to play the game on Steam as it kept forcing them to look at the art book instead

I mean, it is a pretty art book.

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