Microsoft announced the creation of a platform for AI agents. It’s called Project Solara, and in the 2026 build the company showed it powering two different reference devices, a smart display and a smart key badge. Like many other companies, Microsoft believes the next platform shift will be from apps to AI agents, and wants…
It also offers Mafia III and some remastered Tomb Raider as free PC titles. Amazon Luna has dropped its additions for June and some solid titles are joining the game streaming service’s lineup. This month, streaming titles are highlighted by the indie smash Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition. The other new titles are a pair of…
The Familiar Faces feature may store biometric data without users’ knowledge. PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock The successes continue to come for Ring, Amazon’s smart home brand. The company was sued over allegations that a feature in its doorbells and cameras would allow the devices to collect and store photos of passersby without their…
Even Alphabet doesn’t have enough money to meet its AI goals. One of the most important factors in the arms race for AI dominance is the amount of investment companies are making in areas such as data centers and computing power. Anthropic, which just went public, announced last week that it had raised $65 billion…
There may be bottlenecks slowing the distribution of Core and Core Ultra Series 3 processors. Intel If you’re considering purchasing a new laptop to take advantage of Intel’s new 3-series processors, you may need to exercise a little patience. The company is reportedly struggling to get enough of its Core and…
miss.cabul/Shutterstock Meta is tweaking Instagram’s recommendation algorithm to, it hopes, improve the “original content” of photo and carousel posts on Instagram. The company changed Instagram’s algorithm in 2024 to penalize accounts that recycle Reels posts from other accounts, but did not extend the same protections…
Apple is evaluating a new OLED display backplane technology that could make future Apple Watch models more energy efficient, according to a new report from a Korean publication. The Elect. LG Display is reportedly developing high-mobility oxide thin-film transistor, or HMO, technology for its sixth-generation small and medium-sized OLED production lines. Apple reportedly sees the…
Puhimec/Getty Images As video and audio standards continue to evolve, HDMI must keep pace with cutting-edge technologies, which is why there are multiple HDMI generations. Represented by version numbers, which started with HDMI 1.0 in 2002, the standard has evolved to HDMI 2.2 in 2026….
Photo labs CC/Shutterstock If you’re looking for a budget laptop, chances are you’ve considered a Chromebook or one has come up in your searches. Unlike a PC or Mac, Chromebooks run on Google’s Chrome-based operating system, ChromeOS, which looks and works similarly to the Chrome…
The four-day shopping bonanza will take place earlier this year. If you like to wait on big purchases until big sales, listen up. Amazon announced that its Prime Day event will take place this year from June 23 to 26, a few weeks earlier than last year. As usual, the sale is exclusive to Prime…