With the Fourth of July upon us, many Americans are celebrating the occasion with backyard barbecues and fireworks displays. For retailers, however, the holiday is prime time for major discounts, both online and at brick-and-mortar stores. That list includes the family-owned hardware retailer Harbor Freight, which has officially announced […]

For Apple users, storage never feels finished. iPhone photo libraries keep growing, Macs fill up with large projects and downloads, and the monthly services meant to solve the problem can become another subscription to track. pCloud’s 4th of July promotion takes a different approach: pay once for lifetime cloud storage, then keep using it across your […]

What if the biggest IPO of all time was based on complete and utter fantasy? Credit: SpaceX Well, it’s official. The proposed mega-constellation of AI data center satellites from SpaceX has a name: Starmind. That dovetails nicely with projects like Starlink and the Starship spacecraft, and it implies that real progress is being made toward […]

An amendment to a California law that takes effect on July 1 requires streaming platforms to maintain a consistent volume across their entertainment and advertising content. SB 576 adds contingencies for streaming platforms to Division 8 of California’s Business and Professions Code, which currently prohibits traditional TV networks from making their commercials louder than their […]

Apple Books is facing the same crisis that has plagued Amazon’s Kindle Store for the past couple of years: fake books. Typically composed of low-quality, AI-generated summaries, these “books” copy the titles and visual assets of real books to confuse buyers and cash in on search results for popular releases. Recently, technology journalist and author […]

It’s only been a week since Valve opened reservations for its hotly anticipated Steam Machine, but scalpers are already listing the compact PCs at ridiculous markups. Buyers who will be among the first to receive the Steam Machine are now listing their reservation rights on resale platforms like eBay, TechPowerUp reports. The Steam Machine officially […]

Apple’s largest memory suppliers are being sued in California, with consumers and small businesses alleging Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Micron coordinated DRAM production cuts that drove up memory prices. Apple isn’t accused of wrongdoing in the lawsuit. Samsung, SK hynix and Micron supply memory used across Apple’s hardware lineup, putting the dispute much closer […]

A single fake error report hijacked Claude Code in controlled testing — the agent ran the attacker’s code with the developer’s full privileges, and not one alert fired. EDR, WAF, IAM, and the firewall all missed it completely. Tenet Security’s June agentjacking disclosure describes a single crafted Sentry error event — sent through a public […]

Following years of anticipation and months of preparation, WhatsApp today began rolling out username reservations worldwide, allowing users to claim a unique name before the privacy-focused feature launches later this year. Here are the details. WhatsApp username reservations now rolling out Starting today, WhatsApp is rolling out username reservations, with users receiving an in-app notification […]

If there’s one thing that annoys me about using a smartwatch outdoors, it’s squinting at the screen under bright sunlight. Whether I’m checking directions on a walk or glancing at a notification while cycling, a dim display can quickly turn a premium smartwatch into a guessing game. That’s why the latest Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 […]