PC sales are down 20-21% year-over-year and 9% in a quarter – and prices aren't really going to get any better.

The MSI Pro Max Edge AI+ is a mini PC with a difference. Built for local AI, it features the AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395, Radeon 8060s graphics and a 50-TOPS NPU.

Pre-orders are now live for Nvidia RTX Spark laptops, but these are the three Blackwell-powered machines I'd buy if you're a small business running local AI.

Anker’s new clip-on earbuds effortlessly blend a stylish aesthetic with hi-tech features — and they don’t sound half bad, either.

Here's how to watch Boston Blue season 2 online no matter where in the world you are.

Rivian is bringing Ghostbusters to its electric vehicles with a Halloween software update, and I got to see Bill Murray with the custom Ecto-R1 in New York City and try the new features for myself.

An antitrust lawsuit is being brought against McDonald’s alleging the chain is using dynamic AI pricing to rip off customers.

It looks like you're buying a Clippy desk accessory without getting caught in a crypto scam. Would you like help? Oh yes, Microsoft's iconic mascot is back.

India just drew level with the US in the .si gold rush, and perhaps more interestingly, Morocco came third.

With Roblox scammers once again in the news, we asked our security pro what's the best way to protect email, social, and gaming accounts.

Brand new Oasis documentary features never seen before backstage, rehearsal and performance footage

With Apple prepping the launch of a monster 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studio, I've found the M5 Max machine on sale for us mortals who don't need absolute power.

BYD and Leapmotor hit record sales numbers in the UK — but increased tariffs could make Chinese EVs a lot more expensive.

'I really don't feel their execution lives up to their intent': new Word font is based on Michelangelo's handwriting, but some think the two are 'wildly' different.

Anthropic says Claude users must not be "abusive or cruel" towards its Claude AI models.

Minecraft Dungeons 2 is an acceptable approximation of a Diablo game, but it’s lacking across the board.

IKEA has launched new Christmas lights that come in unusual shapes and sizes.

Missed Amazon Prime Day? You can still get $100 off the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic.

This could be a major turning point for reliability… I hope.

Should we be thinking more critically about letting devices get connected?

Spotifast is a native and lightweight Spotify app that uses much less RAM, resulting in a speedier listening experience.

SMBs are using AI to plug some gaps and unlock more revenue, but they're not firing workers because of it.

Surshark has said it remained a sponsor at Disinfo2026 to protect open discourse from being silenced

Here's how to watch Avatar: Seven Havens online and stream every episode from anywhere.

From Mike Flanagan's Carrie adaptation to Steven Spielberg's sci-fi box office bomb, here's what's worth watching this weekend.

'Bad decision, they will find many customers cancel the auto renewal now': customers suggest a rebellion could be underway.

World of Warcraft: Forever won't feature Summoning Stones because Blizzard believes quick access to teleporting would conflict with its design intentions.

All the ways to watch Greece vs England live streams online and from anywhere for free, as the Lionesses begin their 2027 Women's World Cup play-off campaign.

As governments tighten AI rules, the tools students rely on could vanish overnight without warning.

Teams attacks are decreasing, but they're still a problem, so Microsoft is working on two new features to iron out impersonation.

NHTSA blames current vehicle standards for making it hard for carmakers to use the latest headlight tech.

Far more people than last year are willing to use AI to help them find the right gift, but few want a bot handling their payment details.

This nifty process extends the life of frying oil.

And score big savings on the already affordable Roku TV and the Google earbuds.

“Mathematics is not a game of chess,” one Fields Medal winner told CNET. Mathematicians worry AI companies are just trying to win.

The new AI features could be taking up a lot of storage on your device.

Put Apple’s biggest and best smartwatch on your wrist for its lowest-ever price.

This tech to-do has been on my list for too long. Can an agent do it for me?

But what do we do now with these old “dumb Siri” HomePods?

Worried about Flock cameras? Here’s how to spot them and avoid making mistakes about license plate cams.

The update patches an issue that Apple said might lead to a “sophisticated attack.”

Here are the movies to keep an “AI” on through the rest of the year.

This was supposed to make me happier. I felt more isolated instead.

Skygazers can spot some spectacular sights, including one last good view of the Milky Way.

Eligible recipients in the class-action settlement can now sign up for payouts over Apple’s AI lawsuit.

Apple is finally entering the smart home in a huge way. Here’s what will reportedly be announced, and what we think is unlikely.

The trick is, you have to be in an MRI machine — and it only works with pictures.

Xbox already had success with A Minecraft Movie and Fallout.

Check out the latest on Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5, along with Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4.

Need a Wordle hint today? Get spoiler-free hints for NYT Wordle No. 1,937 on Thursday, Oct. 8, then the answer, plus yesterday’s word.

Microsoft’s Execution Containers give Windows developers a “kill switch” and “YOLO mode” in terms of access for AI agents.

Quartz countertops are made through a process that releases crystalline silica, which can lead to numerous health conditions like silicosis.

This could be a game changer for AI note-taking and transcription.

The company is expected to release a new HomePod and Apple TV next week.

Bluey’s Happy Snaps is also coming to Game Pass in October 2026 to put a smile on your face.

Zohar Pinhasi stands accused of duping distressed ransomware victims by offering fake cyber services that he could not provide.

The NCSC's joint advisory names perennial offender Integrity Technology, accusing it of facilitating cyber attacks on behalf of Flax Typhoon, a Chinese state threat actor.

How optical company Zeiss built a real-time data integration system using SAP Hana Cloud and Datasphere, solving data access problems across operations and saving €2m annually

An OpenAI bot overloaded Wikimedia, attacked a system at the foundation and attempted to change entries

The half-yearly update to the Windows operating system gets a host of features for running AI models locally and securely

Payment card provider will enable offline payments to be accepted in Europe in the event of power and network outages

The US media company is looking to AI and agentic tools to improve its IT service desk and employee experience

Large language models must have lawful basis for processing personal data – ‘benefiting humanity’ is not enough, says Information Commissioner’s Office

Following a data breach earlier in October, cyber criminals appear to have a much more complete picture of Asos’ user base than first thought, it has emerged

Evren Karaibrahimgil, IT manager at the FAW, on securing the national football association of Wales against evolving cyber threats, with Euro 2028 on home soil in mind

Dutch bank has kicked off its artificial intelligence journey with a complex mortgages product line

The UK bans cloud and software for Russia, but sanctions illegal Israeli settlements only narrowly – while AWS, Google and Microsoft run the IT infrastructure for the occupation

At its European customer event in Amsterdam, Atlassian unveiled AMP, a multi-player agentic AI system said to enable collaborative teamwork between humans and artificial intelligence agents

Businesses are being inundated with trivial AI-generated data protection, say lawyers

The latest Stack Overflow survey shows that a growing number of software developers are working as sole traders

Study to delve into how 25 years of flawed legal presumption has affected perceptions of practitioners

At AI Everything Abu Dhabi, Core42 CEO Talal Al Kaissi outlined how sovereign AI is evolving beyond national borders, with the UAE seeking to become a global hub for AI infrastructure, compute capacity and cross-border digital sovereignty

Google has closed its open source vulnerability reporting programme to new submissions while it recalibrates in the face of a surge in automated junk reports

A previously unknown hacking group sent threatening messages to customers of fashion website Asos after allegedly breaching its Snowflake data platform

Green IT must look beyond physical datacentres to software efficiency. Optimising code, data retention, and architecture reduces energy demand and hardware churn