Google’s new Play Store terms confirm your data plan pays for background updates
Google is rewriting its Play Store terms of service, and the new language says something it has never spelled out this plainly before. Starting July…
ChatGPT Atlas is shutting down, and OpenAI is done building its own browser
OpenAI is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, the standalone browser it launched less than nine months ago, and giving users until August 9, 2026 to move…
Apple is skipping a whole MacBook Pro chip generation because of AI
Apple is skipping an entire tier of Mac chips. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in his Power On newsletter that Apple will release a base M6…
Netflix wants you to sit through live TV again, and it is not by accident
Netflix is exploring something it spent over a decade training viewers to avoid: live TV you cannot skip through. The Wall Street Journal reported on…
Chrome keeps shipping critical patches, and Google is finding most of the bugs itself
Google shipped a new Chrome 150 security update on July 8, 2026, patching 27 vulnerabilities including two critical flaws that could let an attacker hijack…
Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 finally have real chip and battery numbers
Samsung’s decision to drop Exynos silicon from the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 now comes with real performance numbers behind it. A leaked…
ChatGPT’s voice mode finally stops waiting for you to finish talking
OpenAI rolled out GPT-Live on July 8, 2026, a new voice engine meant to replace ChatGPT’s existing voice mode with something that behaves like an…
Google’s new video editing AI landed in Photos, and it skipped the free tier entirely
Google Photos just added an AI video editor called Video Remix, and it can rewrite an entire clip from a single typed prompt. Powered by…
You won’t need a lunch break to watch Google’s next Pixel launch
Google has confirmed the Pixel 11 launch event, and it is arriving earlier in the calendar and later in the day than usual. Press invites…
Google is closing the loophole letting Chrome extensions overcollect your data
Google is tightening the rules on what Chrome extensions can do with your data, and developers have until August 1, 2026 to fall in line.…