Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 KB5121003 Update Is Crashing Games and Rebooting PCs
Microsoft has acknowledged that its latest Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 is causing games to crash on some systems.
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AirTag Investigation Tracks Rare Book Shipment to Amazon Facility Scanning Books for AI Training
A $29 Apple AirTag hidden inside a rare book helped track a shipment to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, where employees take apart books and scan their pages
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GTA 6 Leaks Show Vehicles With Fuel and HP Meters, Pointing to Deeper Simulation Systems
Leaked gameplay clips from Grand Theft Auto 6 seem to show vehicles with fuel and HP meters, new interaction options, and a more detailed wanted system.
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Amazon Makes Alexa+ Free on Fire TV Devices, Dropping the Subscription Requirement
Amazon is now offering Alexa+ at no cost on Fire TV devices, so users no longer need a Prime or Alexa+ subscription to access the AI assistant.
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Nvidia Adds Firefox to GeForce NOW's Supported Browsers for Cloud Gaming on Windows
Nvidia has added support for GeForce NOW on Firefox for Windows.
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Windows 11 Test Build Adds Per-App Camera, Microphone, and Location Controls for Desktop Programs
Microsoft is testing a way to revoke camera, microphone, and location access for individual Win32 desktop programs in Windows 11, extending granular control tha
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Firefox for iOS Adds Native Ad Blocking That Users Must Enable Manually
Mozilla is adding native ad blocking to Firefox for iOS.
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Samsung and Activision Partner on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 With Odyssey G9 Display Tie-In
Samsung Electronics has announced a hardware partnership with Activision Blizzard for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.
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Google Reportedly Plans to Move Pixel Production Out of China to India and Vietnam by 2027
Google is preparing to end production of its Pixel products in China by 2027 and move manufacturing to India and Vietnam, according to a Nikkei Asia report.
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Apple Replaces Per-Install EU Core Technology Fee With a Flat 5% Commission
Apple will remove the per-install Core Technology Fee for developers in the European Union.
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Legal Online Casinos in the U.S.: Why Real-Money iGaming Remains a State-by-State Market in 2026
Real-money online casino gambling remains one of the most unevenly regulated parts of the US digital gaming market.
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Sweepstakes Casinos Face a U.S. Reality Check as Regulators Close In
Sweepstakes casinos are still visible across the US online gambling market, but the legal space around them is narrowing.
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Apple Reportedly Trained a China-Specific AI Model With Alibaba's Help for Apple Intelligence
Apple has reportedly trained a large language model for China with help from Alibaba.
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Stripe Reportedly Acquiring AI Gateway Startup OpenRouter for More Than $7 Billion
Stripe is reportedly set to acquire OpenRouter, an AI marketplace that allows companies to switch between AI models, for more than $7 billion.
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Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 "Override" Launches August 20 With a Gaming Legends Theme
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4, called Override, arrives on August 20, 2026.
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Mozilla Adds Optional Ad Blocker to Firefox for iOS in Progressive Rollout
Mozilla is rolling out an optional ad blocker in Firefox for iOS.
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Microsoft Word Adds "Link to Location" Feature for Jumping to Specific Parts of a Document
Microsoft is introducing a "link to location" feature in Word for Windows and macOS.
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DeepSeek Releases V4 Pro With Higher Benchmarks, Open-Source Tooling, and Upcoming Price Increases
Chinese AI company DeepSeek has launched the full version of its DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 model on its web interface, mobile app, and API.
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ChromeOS 151 Rolls Out With Bookmark Bar Auto-Hide, Gemini Safe Browsing, and 18 Security Fixes
Google is rolling out ChromeOS 151 (version 16733.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Reveals Free 2.0 "Back to the Zone" Update Launching August 20 Alongside First DLC
GSC Game World has announced the free 2.
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Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug Breaks IE Mode in Microsoft Edge for Some Users
Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Windows 11 that breaks Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge for some users.
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Google Confirms Gmail Was Not Breached After Reports of 183 Million Password Leak
Google says Gmail was not breached, despite reports claiming that 183 million Gmail passwords had leaked.
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Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Buy Google's Chrome Browser
AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.
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Microsoft Merges Its Two Copilot Apps Into One and Retires Podcasts, Deep Research, and Group Chat
Microsoft will combine its consumer Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot into one app, The Verge reports.
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Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon AI Training After Enrolling All Creators by Default
Twitch introduced a new setting on August 12, 2026, that allows streamers to block their channel content from being used to train Amazon's generative AI models.
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WhatsApp Rolls Out On-Device Scam Alert to Warn Users of Potential Scam Messages
WhatsApp is testing a new Scam Alert feature that warns users about possible scams using a machine learning model that runs on the device.
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Nvidia Raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Price to $16,000, More Than Double Its Launch Price
Nvidia has increased the price of its RTX Pro 6000 96GB Blackwell workstation GPU to $16,000, up 110% from its $7,600 preorder price.
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Windows 11 Expands Low Latency Profile CPU Boost to All Apps in August Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft is expanding its Low Latency Profile (LLP) feature to all Windows 11 apps with this month's Patch Tuesday update.
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OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Ads Test to UK, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea
OpenAI is expanding its ChatGPT ads test to the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea, according to an August 11, 2026 update from OpenAI.
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Dota 2 The International 2026 Runs August 13 to 23 in Shanghai With 16 Teams and a $2.9 Million Prize Pool
The International 2026 takes place in Shanghai from August 13 to 23, bringing together 16 Dota 2 teams to compete for the Aegis of Champions and a $2.
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Google Announces Pixel 11 Lineup, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag at Made by Google 2026
Google introduced its latest Pixel devices at the Made by Google 2026 event.
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Google Sheets Improves Excel Imports With Native Tables and Adds Connected Sheets Upgrades for BigQuery
Google is updating Google Sheets to improve how Microsoft Excel files import and to add two new features for Connected Sheets users working with BigQuery.
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Google Adds Aptoide as the First Third-Party App Store Distributed Through Google Play
Google has added the Aptoide app store to Google Play, making it the first third-party store available through Google's own storefront.
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Microsoft Edge Tests Apple Account Sign-In in Latest Canary Build
Microsoft Edge may soon support signing in with an Apple account.
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Take-Two Says GTA 6 Preorders Are Skewing Toward the $100 Premium Edition
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick says that early preorders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are leaning toward the $100 premium edition instead of the $80 standar
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Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, a 30-Billion-Parameter Open-Weight AI Model That Runs on a Single Consumer GPU
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight AI model that runs on a Mac or PC with a single consumer graphics card.
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Overwatch Season 4 Adds Flexible Battle Pass Tracks Letting Players Choose Which Skins to Unlock First
Overwatch is changing its battle pass system in Season 4: Heroes of Busan.
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Microsoft Removes Picture Password Setup in Windows 11, Pushing PINs, Passwords, and Biometrics
Microsoft is removing the option to set up new picture passwords in Windows 11.
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DuckDuckGo Adds "Copy Clean Link" to Strip Trackers From URLs on iPhone
DuckDuckGo has introduced a "Copy Clean Link" feature in its iOS app that removes tracking parameters from URLs before sharing.
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Meta Confirms One of Its AI Models Breached a Company During a Misconfigured Cyber Test
Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models breached a real organization during cybersecurity testing.