How to watch Microsoft's Windows and Surface event
Microsoft’s October 7 Windows and Surface event is almost here. Here’s where to watch and what to expect.
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TeamViewer Patches 5 Flaws, Worst Hits CVSS 8.8 [2026]
TeamViewer pushed out security bulletin TV-2026-1010 on September 29, 2026, disclosing five vulnerabilities in its Full Client and Host software, the two highest rated at 8.8 and 7.8 on the CVSS 3.1 scale. The company says it has seen no evidence of public exploit code or active exploitation so far, but the flaws sit inside…
Sony QSSR AI Upscaler Hits Base PS5, 2 Games First [2026]
Sony flipped a switch on 60-plus million PS5 owners on October 1, 2026, and most of them didn’t need to buy anything to notice. Quick Spectral Super Resolution, or QSSR, is a new AI upscaling library that runs on the standard PlayStation 5 – not the $899.99 PS5 Pro – and it shipped the same…
GeForce NOW Adds 25 Games in October, Witcher 3 Leads [2026]
NVIDIA kicked off October 2026 by confirming 25 games are joining GeForce NOW’s cloud library this month, with six titles playable the same week as the announcement. The headline additions, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered and Gears of War: E-Day, both lean on RTX 5080-class server hardware and DLSS 4.5 to push path…
STUDY: Qualcomm’s 18‑core Snapdragon X2 outperforms Intel on CPU, AI, battery, and price
New tests show Qualcomm’s 18‑core Snapdragon X2 outperforming Intel’s mainstream laptop chips across CPU, AI, battery life, and price, proving the non‑Extreme model is already a major threat.
GPT Image 2.5 API Setup: Flare vs Sunburst, 13 Steps [2026]
OpenAI pushed its image stack forward on September 8, 2026, replacing the single GPT Image 2 model with two distinct options: GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. The split matters more than a version bump suggests. Flare targets speed and everyday generation, while Sunburst trades latency for editing precision across multi-step workflows.…
Set Up Steam Link VR on Quest 3: 13 Steps, USB Beta [2026]
Valve quietly pushed one of the more useful PC VR updates of the year in September 2026: a public beta that lets Steam Link talk to a Meta Quest headset over a plain USB-C cable instead of relying only on Wi-Fi. For anyone who has fought a router for a stable SteamVR session, that’s a…
Inside Microsoft’s big Copilot rethink
Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hosted an intimate, invite-only event for leaders from some of its key enterprise customers. Instead of a flashy media event, Nadella outlined the future of Copilot directly to the customers Microsoft really cares about, pitching its latest rethink of the AI assistant as the “OS for work.” Microsoft is…
Microsoft’s Office and Teams chief is leaving
After nearly 18 years at LinkedIn and Microsoft, Ryan Roslansky is leaving the company. Roslansky, who until recently was the CEO of LinkedIn, was promoted to the head of Office last year and then took control of Microsoft Teams earlier this year. Roslansky’s departure has triggered another leadership shuffle inside Microsoft. “Ryan leaves the organization…
The Download: AI “mind-reading” and creative uses for small batteries
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at based on a brain scan A new AI tool can guess what you’re looking at just by analyzing your brain scans—and…