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Google Play Gets Serious About the PC With Free Trials, Android Cross-Buy, More
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (310+ words) With upcoming features for Play Games, Google further connects its mobile and PC platforms. Google's work to improve Play Games for PC continues, and it used the 2026 Game Developers Conference (GDC) to announce that Google Play now lets you buy…...
Grammarly Turns Off 'Expert Review' Features, Faces Lawsuit From Author
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (340+ words) The feature presented editing suggestions designed to emulate the style of journalists, authors, or other writers without their permission. Editing tool Grammarly has turned off its controversial "Expert Review" feature, which presented suggestions mimicking the writing styles of real journalists,…...
Want to Run Android Apps, Games on Your PC? Try These 5 Programs
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (412+ words) While basic features will work with any Android device, it's best with Samsung phones. You may find that games suffer some delay and graphical blurriness. You also won't be able to easily share files from the PC directly to an…...
Google Is Using AI, Historic News Coverage to Predict Flash Floods
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (298+ words) Despite mountains of data on rainfall, river flows, and global precipitation patterns, predicting flash floods has proved frustrating. Google says Gemini can help. Google has released a new AI-curated dataset of news articles related to flooding that it claims can…...
Lost? Need a Place to Eat? Google Maps Update Lets You Ask Gemini for Help
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (513+ words) Immersive Navigation, meanwhile, will show the buildings and landmarks around you in 3D. Google calls it the biggest Maps update in over a decade. Looking for a place to charge your phone or a nearby tennis court? A new Gemini-powered "Ask…...
WhatsApp Launches Pre-Teen Accounts With Parental Controls, Built-In Limits
11+ hour ago (308+ words) The new account type blocks access to features like status updates, chat lock, view-once messages, location sharing, and more for users under 13. If you're worried about letting your child use WhatsApp, the platform's new parent-managed accounts may help ease some…...
Report: Sora AI Video Generation May Be Coming to ChatGPT
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (297+ words) A new report says OpenAI plans to let you make videos directly from its ChatGPT interface. OpenAI's powerful video generation tools have so far sat separately from ChatGPT in their own app, but that may soon change. A new report…...
FCC Chair Scolds Amazon for Opposing SpaceX's Plan for 1 Million Satellites
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (461+ words) In a surprise, FCC Chair Brendan Carr tweets that Amazon should focus on its own satellite efforts, rather than criticize SpaceX. In a rare public rebuke, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission used social media to criticize Amazon for…...
Please Stop: Framework Computer Raises RAM Prices for Third Time
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (552+ words) Framework is also warning about cost increases to SSD storage, and possible price hikes to CPU. As the memory shortage continues, upgradable laptop maker Framework Computer says it needs to raise RAM prices for a third time. It's also warning…...
200,000 Devices Erased? Pro-Iran Hackers Hit US Firm With Data-Wiping Attack
22+ hour, 25+ min ago (239+ words) The hacking group, Handala, is claiming to have erased data from over 200,000 devices, including servers and mobile phones used by employees of Stryker, a medical equipment provider. A US medical equipment provider called Stryker is facing a global outage after…...