iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more
… Encrypted RCS messaging has a “beta” label in this release, and Apple says it’s limited to a subset of supported cellular carriers . …
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"Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition" may help you avoid paying for a new PC
… The 5800X3D was the first of AMD’s X3D releases, and it comes with the most compromises compared to standard Ryzen chips. …
A respectable port of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition invades macOS
… The new Mac release is a port of the Definitive Edition remaster, which arrived in 2019. …
"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original
… A seemingly thoughtful but low-effort port I had considered writing about Notepad++ for Mac last week, but lost a bit of interest after discovering it was “an independent community port” rather than an official release—independent ports and forks are all well and good, but an official release impli… …
These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda
… Claude 3.5 Haiku—the highest-rated model released in 2024—received a mean rating of just 73.1 on the benchmark. That mark would put it in the bottom third of models released in 2026 on this metric. …
Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market
… Now, Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Hideaki Nishino says we should expect the rate of new game releases to accelerate even faster as new AI development tools make it easier for developers big and small to pursue new projects efficiently. …
Amazon devices chief says a new smartphone is “just not the goal”
… Amazon’s devices chief pointed to the importance of making “a big bet when you need to,” suggesting that currently, Amazon doesn’t need to release a phone. “What I won’t ever do again is go to the customer and say , ‘Here’s another phone, what do you think?’ There’s no point. …
Nvidia kills Windows XP-era Control Panel "after 20 years of dedicated service"
… The Guru3D forum thread about the then-new ForceWare release shows there are some constants in computing and software development. …
Google's new Gemma 4 12B model is designed to run on any laptop with 16GB of RAM
… The company has announced the release of a new Gemma 4 model that fills a gap in the lineup that launched earlier this year. …
Google's Gemma 4 AI models get 3x speed boost by predicting future tokens
… Faster local inference right now Google has released new versions of Gemma 4 models with MTP that you can try today. …