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Gamescom 2026 turned into an unplanned refresh-rate showdown. On August 28, ASUS used the Cologne show floor to unveil three new ROG OLED esports monitors built around a 720Hz panel, calling it a world first for the format. Samsung answered within 48 hours, confirming that its Odyssey G6 display can hit 1,100Hz when it drops…
Xbox’s disc-to-digital feature is now live for Xbox Insiders in the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings. I made a quick video to demonstrate how it works in practice.
Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 7.3-rc1 on August 30, 2026, and buried inside a diff that pushes the kernel past roughly 40.98 million lines of code sits a change that Apple Silicon Linux users have wanted for years: initial USB4 and Thunderbolt support for the M1, M2, and M3 chips, according to LinuxCompatible’s coverage of…
Lenovo put a second cloud gaming handheld on shelves in China before the first one even reached stores. The Cloud Gaming Handheld G700 went official on August 26, 2026, just one day after Lenovo’s Legion C700 held its own launch event and one day after ASUS, Microsoft, and Logitech each made their own moves in…
The Federal Trade Commission closed the books on one of its highest-profile “AI washing” cases this week, finalizing consent orders that lock Cox Media Group and two smaller marketing firms into two decades of federal oversight over a fabricated AI advertising product. The order, issued August 26, 2026 and announced August 27, 2026, converts a…
The United States still has no comprehensive federal law governing artificial intelligence, and as of September 2026, that gap has become the defining story in American tech policy. A new analysis published August 31, 2026 by law firm Spencer Fane, titled “When the Models Move Faster Than the Rules — Inside America’s AI Policy Crisis,”…
Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months.
Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.
Shadow PC quietly rewrote its own rulebook in July 2026. For years, the French cloud-gaming service sold itself on one promise that its rivals couldn’t match: a full Windows machine in the cloud, with no hour limits, no session timers, and no library restrictions. That promise is gone. Every current Shadow plan now caps your…
Nvidia will supply the chips to the Texas data center and hold the lease, again using its financial might to boost a customer.
