This year’s Microsoft Excel World Championship was the wildest yet — so who came out on top in the annual spreadsheet super-battle?
Excel continues to grow as a popular esport The Microsoft Excel World Championship’s (MEWC) inaugural Landmark Battle took place on the weekend of July 11th, 2026 Four competitors went to cell-to-cell, but there was only one winner The Microsoft Excel World Championship’s (MEWC) inaugural Landmark Battle has declared its first winner, Ireland’s Diarmuid Early, who […]
Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra: Everything we know about Samsung’s next flagship foldable
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is not the phone that reimagines what a foldable looks like. As that job falls to its sibling, the wider-screen Galaxy Z Fold 8, the Ultra could come as the direct successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, with the same tall, narrow design and the same book-style […]
iOS 27 public betas are out, Siri AI hands on, and Apple sues OpenAI
Benjamin and Chance talk about their latest experiences with iOS 27 and Siri AI, with Apple releasing the public betas this week so anyone in the whole world can give the new software a go. The company also sued OpenAI this week in a high-profile case over alleged trade secrets theft. And, as is tradition, […]
Apple accused misleading users about Hide My Email’s privacy protections
A California Apple user has filed a proposed class action accusing the company of misleading customers about Hide My Email’s privacy protections. Here are the details. Apple sued over alleged Hide My Email flaw A few days ago, 404 Media reported that Apple had been aware for more than a year of an alleged flaw […]
The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs
Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model-provider APIs, yet the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute almost none of them use today; a majority intend to switch or add […]
The agent evaluation gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a reality-alignment problem, not a coverage problem — and most are shipping to production anyway
Across 157 enterprises, organizations are granting AI agents more autonomy while trusting the evaluations meant to gate that autonomy less. Half have already shipped an agent that passed their internal evaluations and then failed a customer in production; only one in twenty fully trusts automated evaluation today; and the most-cited weakness is that evaluations do […]
Amazon AGI director says AI agent reliability, not capability, is blocking enterprise deployment at VB Transform 2026
The enterprise AI industry has a math problem. Cisco data shows 85% of enterprises are piloting AI agents, but only 5% have shipped them to production. At VB Transform 2026 on Tuesday, Bryan Silverthorn, Director of AGI Autonomy at Amazon, explained why that gap persists — and why the answer isn’t better benchmarks. Silverthorn, who […]
The TEWA MOTO M3 Pro is Making Waves in Electric Off-Road Riding
Electric dirt bikes have quickly evolved from niche alternatives into serious off-road machines. Riders today expect more than instant torque and lower maintenance. They want a bike that feels confident on technical terrain, adapts to changing conditions, and makes every ride more rewarding. If you’re looking for an electric dirt bike that balances performance with […]
‘Everyone else is selling parts — we’re selling the full end-to-end system’: Microsoft is allegedly telling its salespeople to take the fight to OpenAI and Anthropic
Microsoft sees itself as cheaper and more effective at bundling the full stack The company is clearly pushing its own internal models Claude also slated for being slower and less accurate Microsoft is reportedly teaching sales workers how to compare the company’s AI offerings to rival companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Per Bloomberg reporting, the […]
HTC’s smart glasses are apparently coming to the US, but HTC hasn’t said so
HTC’s VIVE Eagle smart glasses could finally be heading to the US. Apparently, Amazon got the memo before HTC was ready to share it. Notebookcheck spotted six versions available for preorder at $499, each carrying a September 1 release date. Amazon has since pulled the pages, so new orders are closed and anyone who already […]