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Even brief AI use could hurt your ability to think, a new study finds

A new study from researchers at MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Oxford, and UCLA found that even brief AI use can hurt your ability to problem-solve once the tool is taken away.
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Anthropic just taught Claude to dream between tasks, and it makes agents meaningfully smarter

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chips unlock AI cameras, 90FPS gaming, and faster connectivity for budget phones

Your Galaxy Watch can now warn you before you faint

Samsung’s One UI 8.5 update finally rolls out with new AI features for these Galaxy oldies

Apple could serve an unexpected repairability surprise atop its foldable iPhone

Samsung patent shows a laptop with a clever touch-sensitive palmrest for shortcuts

Intel’s future CPU roadmap leaks reveal a company in attack mode

This compact SSD enclosure has active cooling to sustain 80Gbps speeds for as long as you need

Kids are bypassing online age checks by drawing fake beards on their face

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Dreame wants to kit you out with a smartphone, a smart ring, and a rocket-powered sports car

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Apple TV scores a dozen Tony nods, and it’s about to win a rare honor that I didn’t see coming

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Google Search updates hope to turn AI answers into a starting point for you, not a dead end

Google is rolling out five updates to AI Mode and AI Overviews in Search designed to surface more links and give users more reasons to click through to the websites behind them.
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Google is working on a “24/7 personal agent” that sounds a lot like its answer to OpenClaw

Google is building an AI agent codenamed Remy inside its Gemini app, as the company looks to compete in a fast-moving market already claimed by OpenClaw, Meta, and Anthropic.
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ReMarkable Paper Pure wants to be the only notebook you’ll ever need

ReMarkable's new Paper Pure is a no-frills, black-and-white paper tablet that starts at $399. It packs a three-week battery, faster navigation, and a writing feel identical to the flagship Paper Pro.
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Character.AI is being sued for allegedly letting a chatbot play doctor in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has sued Character.AI after investigators say a chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and offered medical guidance to users.
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Edge browser has a serious password safety problem, but Microsoft says it’s by design

A security researcher found that Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into unencrypted memory at startup, keeping them exposed for the entire session even when they are not in use.
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LG’s next-gen Tandem OLED display tech is fixing some long-standing consumer problems

LG Display's third-gen Tandem OLED doubles panel lifespan, cuts power consumption by 18%, and hits 1,200 nits peak brightness.
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Windows 11 File Explorer is getting the fix it should’ve had years ago

Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer fixes go beyond preloading, with work targeting launch order, disk reads, hangs, and visual delays that have made the app feel slower than it should.
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Windows 11’s most important update may be the least exciting

Microsoft’s optional Windows 11 update targets the boring problems that matter most, including memory leaks, startup delays, and File Explorer behavior, with a wider rollout expected through May 2026 Patch Tuesday.
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Google Chrome is installing a 4 GB AI model onto your device. Here’s how you can turn it off

Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model to your device without consent. Here's what it is, where it lives on your computer, and what you can do about it.
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Valve’s sold-out Steam Controller just became a modder’s playground

Valve has released Steam Controller CAD files under a Creative Commons license, giving modders a way to create custom shells and accessories while stock remains limited.
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Infamous “Apple copycat” offers an ingenious smartphone battery upgrade that Apple must copy

Xiaomi is offering higher-capacity battery replacements for older Xiaomi 13 phones in China, giving users a practical way to extend device life.
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Apple coughs up $250 million to pay iPhone users because Siri just wasn’t smart enough

Apple’s long-delayed Siri upgrade is no longer just an embarrassing AI setback, as the company has agreed to a very real, very hefty settlement. The company is paying $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it misled iPhone buyers in the US about the AI-powered Siri features announced as part of Apple Intelligence. According […]
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ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets is now out of beta, and it’s kind of a big deal

ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets is out of beta and now available globally. Build, edit, and ask questions about your spreadsheets using plain language.
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Samsung’s next smart ring is running late, but you’ll appreciate the planned upgrades

Samsung’s Galaxy Ring 2 may miss a 2026 launch as the company works on longer battery life, slimmer hardware, and more accurate health tracking.
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Microsoft Copilot Cowork goes mobile and it’s ready to take tasks off your plate

Microsoft Copilot Cowork is now on iOS and Android, and it's adding reusable skills and third-party plugin support to help you delegate more work from anywhere.
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Google is adopting a new framework to stop shady Android apps from raising hell

Google is expanding Binary Transparency for Android, using a public ledger to help verify official Google apps and spot unauthorized builds more easily.
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Your ChatGPT history is a personality test you didn’t know you were taking

ETH Zurich researchers collected 62,090 real ChatGPT conversations from 668 users and trained an AI to predict personality traits from them. The results are a privacy wake-up call.
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Apple’s iPhone 20 may finally ditch the design we’ve known for years

The 20th anniversary iPhone could be a glassy, buttonless glow-up, with a rumored “Glasswing” design, curved edges, Liquid Glass software, and solid-state buttons finally coming together.
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Xbox CEO scraps Copilot AI for consoles to refocus the platform on gameplay-first experiences

Microsoft has canceled Xbox Copilot AI development for consoles and mobile, as CEO Asha Sharma shifts focus toward player experience and core platform improvements.
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This Google Home update is all about smarter automation

Google Home update expands automation with new triggers, conditions, and actions, allowing smarter control across devices like locks, lights, appliances, and sensors.
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You can now win back a shred of privacy with approximate location sharing in Chrome

Chrome on Android now supports approximate location sharing, letting users limit how precisely websites can track them while still enabling essential features.
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The next Call of Duty title will test the loyalty (and wallet) of PS4 players

Activision just confirmed the next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4, ending years of cross-gen support and putting PS4 holdouts in a tough spot as the PS6 timeline looks increasingly uncertain.
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ChatGPT’s new default model is half as likely to mislead you on medical and financial questions

OpenAI has replaced GPT-5.3 Instant with GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's default model, promising 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims on medical, legal, and financial questions.
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iOS 27 could let users pick an AI model of their choice for text and image tasks

Apple's iOS 27 will reportedly let users swap AI models, including Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude, across Writing Tools, Siri, and Image Playground.
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Xbox Game Pass May 2026 lineup is here and it’s massive with Forza Horizon 6 and DOOM leading the way

Xbox Game Pass has confirmed 13 new games for May 2026, featuring big day one titles like Forza Horizon 6, Mixtape, and Subnautica 2.
Perplexity Health

You can now trust Perplexity with medical tips, or at least a tad more than ChatGPT or Gemini

Perplexity launches Premium Health Sources, bringing trusted medical journals and clinical data into AI responses to improve accuracy and credibility.

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