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HyperX Omen 16 gets a huge $600 discount

HP's Omen range of laptops with dedicated graphic cards have always proved well-made mid-range machines for creators and gamers. And right now, the HyperX Omen 16 has dropped to $1400 (was $2000) from HP . This laptop pairs a…

Disney+ will be the new global streaming home of Formula E racing

Target appoints its first chief AI officer as retailers scale up AI spending

Target has named Lowe’s executive Chandhu Nair as its first chief AI officer, starting August 24. IBM research puts the share of organisations with a chief AI officer at 76% this year, up from 26% in 2025. Target has appointed its first…

UK Navy forced to strip out internet connectivity from drones after finding it sent 'heartbeat communications' to China

Navy drones secretly sent signals to China for several months Kraken admits it lost confidence in its own drone platform Chinese-made camera parts were fitted without proper origin checks The Royal Navy has stripped internet connectivity…

Google’s upcoming Pixel phones are for the fans, even if its launch event isn’t

Last year's Made by Google event for the Pixel 10 resembled a late night talk show, complete with Jimmy Fallon as host, and it aired an hour after the phones were revealed. Spec dives and executive appearances were replaced with celebrity…

Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcements

Google is gearing up to reveal a bunch of new Pixel devices on August 12th. A series of leaks leading up to the event suggest that the Pixel 11 lineup will come in an array of colors, with signs pointing to a built-in light coming to Pro…

IBM bets $240m on cheap, open-source inference to take on the hyperscalers

A multi-year deal with the startup Together AI will put Nvidia Blackwell systems on IBM Cloud, and the wager is that enterprises now care more about the cost of running AI than the prestige of the model doing the running. IBM has decided…

A developer got Word 1.1a from 1990 to run on Windows 11 - try it yourself

Longing for a plain, old-fashioned version of Microsoft Word without all the bells, whistles, and AI slop? One developer managed to coax Word 1.1a to run on today's Windows.

Why Every Enterprise SaaS Platform Is Becoming a Workflow Engine

When I started researching enterprise HR platforms for my company, I expected to spend most of my time comparing feature lists. Which platform had better reporting? Which one offered more integrations? Which one had AI capabilities? The…

U.K. government pauses Chevening Fellowships for a year over likely budget cuts

Chevening Fellowships, including the CRISP programme for science and innovation; the fellowship on cybersecurity; and South Asia Journalism Programme are halted; Chevening Scholarships are currently open

Step Into CDMX’s New Interactive Museo del Gato: A Love Letter to Felines

Cat lovers in CDMX have a new immersive museum to explore in Tabacalera, with themed rooms, VR experiences, and feline history. The post Step Into CDMX’s New Interactive Museo del Gato: A Love Letter to Felines appeared first on The Rio…

MCP Security: Trust Boundaries, Confused Deputies, and the Threats the Spec Won't Catch For You

The short version: The Model Context Protocol's authorization spec is actually pretty good. The way the world has implemented it is not. Only about 8.5% of public MCP servers implement OAuth at all, a quarter have no authentication…