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Google on Thursday released security updates to patch 12 vulnerabilities, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-85046 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been described as a type confusion bug in V8, Chrome’s JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. “Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.82…
Plex is urging users to update their instances to the latest version following the release of an update that patches multiple security flaws. The fixes are available in Plex Media Server 1.43.3 and Plex Desktop 1.115.0. The streaming media service did not elaborate on what those issues are, but said CVE identifiers have been requested…
A San Francisco “Hot List” is trying to buck stereotypes about dating in tech circles amid wider debates about the value of being perceived as attractive.
RugOne’s Xsnap 7 Pro comes with both an IP68 and IP69K rating, meaning the rugged phone can survive intense water blasts and complete submersion for up to 30 minutes. But what really sets the Xsnap 7 Pro apart from everything else on the market is that one of its three rear cameras can be removed…
After showing off several smart home firsts at CES, Aqara has returned to IFA with a major lineup of smart lighting compatible with both Zigbee and Thread. One of these new devices is the Floor Lamp T1, which trades the look of a typical lamp for an LED-equipped pole attached to a base. The lamp…
Following the lead of companies like Xteink, Lexar is the latest to sacrifice a USB-C port in the pursuit of slimming down its hardware. When the Lexar Muse Ultra-Slim Portable SSD launches later this year in 512GB and 1TB capacities it will be one of the slimmest you can buy. At its thickest point in…
The modern workspace is no longer built around a single computer. A developer might use a laptop for coding, a tablet for reviewing documents, and an external display for video calls. For remote workers, a well-organized remote working setup may involve moving between laptops, phones, tablets, and other connected devices throughout the day. Cloud services…
NES emulation looks like a solved problem until you actually try to pick a program. Type “best NES emulator” into a search bar in September 2026 and you get three names that keep surfacing: Mesen (now on its second major build, commonly called Mesen2), Nestopia UE, and FCEUX. Each one has a different reason to…
Grok, the chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI, went dark for users across X and its mobile apps on the morning of September 3, 2026, and the company says the blame sits squarely on its own hardware. In a statement flagged by Engadget, the SpaceXAI account apologized “for the issues you may have experienced with…
Pick up any PC building forum thread from the last six months and you will find the same argument playing out: should you drop $100 or more on a 360mm liquid cooler, or save that money and bolt on a dual-tower air cooler instead? The debate used to be simple. Liquid always won on thermals,…
