As Xbox and PlayStation look towards a world beyond physical media, some PC gamers have started making their own discs
As Xbox announces its disc-to-digital program beginning soon, it looks like some PC gamers are going in the opposite direction.
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OpenAI’s executive exodus has one big winner
Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Verge senior AI reporter Hayden Field about some pure Decoder bait: the seemingly-endless org chart changes at OpenAI, and how all of them seem to consolidate power under cofounder Greg Brockman, the company’s president. While Sam Altman is the CEO and still OpenAI’s most public face, Brockman has amassed…
Hugging Face’s new robot is an adorable rollerskating duck
Hugging Face’s Pollen Robotics has launched its second cute AI robot, the Microduck, a one-eyed biped standing just under 10 inches tall. It’s available to preorder now for $399 in cream, graphite, lavender, and sky blue, and Pollen Robotics says it plans to start shipping the little robot “before Christmas 2026.” Video demos of the…
Plaud is launching AI earbuds
Plaud has introduced a new AI wearable that’s designed to record, transcribe, and summarize your conversations, only this time it looks like earbuds instead of a pin. The Plaud One Explorer Edition can be worn like traditional earbuds or used through its standalone charging case, and the case includes built-in 4G to upload and process…
Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies
A recap of all the incidents involving LLMs made by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI, which went rogue and attacked real companies and individuals on the internet.
Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers
Australian and US authorities collaborated to identify and charge the alleged cybercriminals, who face many years in prison. The post Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
'HTTP Terminator' Hunts for Novel Desync Attacks
James Kettle of PortSwigger talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about his AI-powered open source tool, which found new HTTP request-smuggling techniques.
ChatGPT Voice vs Grok vs Gemini Live: $4.80/Hr Gap [2026]
Three of the biggest names in AI shipped new voice models within a four-week window this summer, and almost nobody outside developer circles noticed. OpenAI quietly replaced ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode on July 8, 2026. xAI pushed a pricier, faster Grok Voice on July 29. Microsoft slid MAI-Voice-2-Flash into public preview on July 23. Google’s…
Switch 2 vs PS5 vs Xbox: 98.9% vs 632 Games [2026]
Buy a new console in 2026 and the marketing promise is always the same: your old games come with you. The reality is three completely different systems. Xbox froze its backward-compatibility program in November 2021 at a fixed catalog of legacy titles and hasn’t added a single one since. Sony rebuilt PS5 compatibility around native…
SoftBank in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot startup 1X at $6 billion valuation
SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in OpenAI-backed humanoid robotics startup 1X Technologies in a deal that would value the company at roughly $6 billion, according to an exclusive report from The Information. The talks are still […] The post SoftBank in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot startup…