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New Swimlane research underscores a paradox: While AI detection and response is essential to giving defenders an edge, one in four security pros say AI limits their skill development.
For most of the last decade, the DisplayPort vs HDMI argument was a rounding error. Both connectors could push 4K at a reasonable refresh rate, and the choice came down to whichever port happened to be free on the back of your GPU. That changed in 2026. HDMI 2.2 is now a finished specification with…
The Pentagon has started notifying millions of current and former U.S. military personnel, civilian employees and family members that their personal data was stolen in a breach that ran for roughly nine months before anyone caught it. According to TechCrunch, unauthorized users exploited a vulnerability in a file-sharing system tied to the Defense Manpower Data…
A 15-year-old high school student in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, used ChatGPT to help finish a program that knocked Bandai Namco’s anime streaming service offline for more than six weeks, according to Tokyo Metropolitan Police. The case, publicly disclosed on July 6, 2026, has become one of the clearest examples yet of how generative AI lowers…
A fresh round of industry reporting is pointing to Naughty Dog’s next project after Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and the word circulating among insiders is one PlayStation fans have waited nine years to hear: Uncharted. Multiple outlets published versions of the same claim on September 30, 2026, citing insider sourcing rather than any statement from…
Keychron priced its all-ceramic Q16 HE 8K at $229.99. Its all-aluminum Q1 HE 8K also costs $229.99. Same brand, same switch family, same polling rate, identical sticker price, and yet the ceramic board weighs 1,060 grams while the aluminum one tips the scale at 1,860 grams, according to Keychron’s own product pages. Drop a $114.99…
GPD has added a cheaper on-ramp to its most powerful handheld gaming PC. The Chinese manufacturer confirmed a new GPD WIN 5 configuration built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 388 accelerated processing unit, priced at $1,722 for a 32GB unified-memory, 1TB SSD build, according to VideoCardz. The configuration became available in mid-September 2026, with deliveries…
Microsoft has finally put a name and a sentence to something PC buyers had noticed for years: there is no AMD processor anywhere in the current Surface lineup. Surface Corporate Vice President Brett Ostrum told Windows Central that the gap is not a verdict on AMD’s silicon, but a side effect of how few Surface…
Fortnite’s six-year exile from Android’s biggest storefront in Australia is ending in pieces, not all at once. On September 2, 2026, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued Final Determination AA1000718, authorizing Google and Epic Games to implement a settlement that unwinds the Google Play ban first imposed in August 2020. The authorization took…
BMW is putting artificial intelligence at the center of a major corporate restructuring that will shrink its management structure by 20% by mid-2027, offering one of the clearest examples yet of AI moving from corporate productivity pitches into the organizational […] The post BMW plans to use AI to cut 20% of management roles by…
