On some level you already know your Apple gadgets are linked nodes on a network with your most sensitive data coursing through it. If you’re like many users, your app states, documents, health information, photos—possibly including nudes—and maybe your payment and banking codes, along with the passwords that unlock them, all exist nowhere and everywhere, … Read more
2026-08-09T20:47:49.043Z For me, the most interesting part of Gemini Intelligence and automation is when Gemini is used to interact with apps that aren’t usually deemed “compatible.” Let’s say you’re particularly find of an obscure note app that wouldn’t normally have tie-ins with services like Gemini. No problem, because Gemini Intelligence is supposed to be able … Read more
Rare Nintendo cartridges discovered in Waukesha storage boxA Waukesha storage box turned up nearly 100 rare Nintendo cartridges, including a previously unknown version of ‘Super Mario Bros.’ and ‘Duck Hunt.’WAUKESHA, Wis. —A box of old Nintendo games found in Waukesha turned out to contain nearly 100 copies of a previously unknown version of “Super Mario … Read more
A new cloud-streaming app that lets players stream PlayStation games to their Steam Deck and Steam Machine without a PS5 has just opened a playtest. Asobi: Remote Play – not to be confused with the developers of the same name – has just entered public testing on Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and other SteamOS or … Read more
Bill Swearingen has spent the past year running largely the same test, over and over again. The goal was to produce a computer-generated pattern that could block the surveillance cameras lining America’s streets from detecting it. Some 31 million tests later, Swearingen says he can now produce patterns on-demand that, when applied to clothing and … Read more
We’re just a few days out from the launch of Google’s Pixel 11 series and, at this point, it’s all out there. And, yeah, it’s shaping up to be a pretty boring year, and that’s got me thinking about what I want from next year’s Pixel 12 series.This issue of 9to5Google Weekender is a part … Read more
This post, first published on Aug. 6, was republished on Aug. 9 with further details of the iPhone release schedule from keynote announcement to iPhone on-sale date and everything in between.Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, plus the first-ever folding iPhone, are set to go on sale in September. They’ll be unveiled … Read more
Samsung just announced a bunch of fancy new phones, but don’t relax just yet. Google has a big product launch just around the corner too, and we’re keeping a close eye on the latest Pixel 11 leaks, rumors, and official teasers.The Android maker has already confirmed that it will announce the next batch of Pixel … Read more
If you’re wondering how The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion turned out on Nintendo Switch 2, you may want to check out some of the first gameplay that has just emerged.We’re still technically a few days out before the RPG hits Nintendo’s console. That said, it looks like physical copies are already appearing in the wild. … Read more
Saturday, 8 August 2026 Yesterday I published an article titled “App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours”. I have retracted it. Its premise was so fundamentally wrong that there’s no point merely correcting or editing it. Even the title, as I explain below, was inaccurate. Although the original is now retracted, I’m not memory-holing … Read more