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Rugged smartwatch maker Garmin continues its expansion into various sports and niche outdoor activities, which include diving as well. Divers and surface crews can now take advantage of its first smart buoy supported by the Garmin Descent line of smartwatches and diving gear.

Recruit Holdings to cut 1,300 jobs—about six percent of its HR-tech workforce—and fold Glassdoor into Indeed as it accelerates AI-driven hiring tools.

Amazon is in talks to boost its $8 billion investment in Anthropic, keeping it among the top shareholders. AWS’s new Project Rainier cluster—16 data centers powered by Trainium 2 chips—will train Claude models.

This is to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, which requires platforms to implement additional measures to stop children from accessing sensitive content online.

The Chifeng project can produce 300,000 tons of green hydrogen and ammonia per year in its present Phase. However, the plan is to scale production up to 5 million tons each year.

Bell is developing a new high-speed aircraft for DARPA that can take off vertically and reach speeds of up to 515 mph. Its key feature is the stop–fold system, where the rotors are stopped and folded away during horizontal flight to significantly reduce drag.

CEO Jensen Huang says Washington’s high-end export controls have backfired by spurring China’s homegrown hardware. He argues an open, U.S.-built tech stack must set the global AI standard for all developers.

The Naya Create is a split ergonomic mechanical keyboard that offers enough flexibility to replace just about your whole input setup, with a configurable knob, dial, trackpad, and even a track ball. But it might cost about as much as a decent setup, as it launches topping out at over $1,000 with all the accessories.

A Google executive has reportedly confirmed all of those rumors hinting that one of the world's most popular mobile device operating systems (OS) will indeed be merged with one of the best known systems for small education- or enterprise-grade laptops soon. The Android/Chrome OS hybrid is thought to challenge Apple products such as iPadOS as a productivity-friendly cross-platform solution.

The company has made several acquisitions in Artificial Intelligence to strengthen its portfolio. To date, there are no details about the deal; however, the teams are expected to merge in the following weeks.

Intel will cut 2,392 jobs at its largest Oregon site by mid-July as CEO Lip-Bu Tan ramps up cost reductions amid falling sales and manufacturing delays.

A Rotterdam court sentenced German former engineer Aksenov to three years in prison for copying confidential ASML and NXP semiconductor designs onto USB drives and passing them to a Russian contact linked to the FSB.

SpaceX is running a deal in the UK that allows customers to get the £299 Standard Kit for free when they subscribe to a 12-month Residential plan. The promo is available in select areas in the UK.

AI-driven automation is reshaping tech workforces, with entry-level roles facing steep cuts while seasoned staff risk obsolescence. Executives warn half of junior white-collar jobs could vanish within five years.

Xiaomi has yet to mark its second year in the automotive industry, yet reports that it has delivered over 300,000 cars already. The SU7 sedan is is credited with the majority of the company's orders thus far, although the YU7 SUV is backed to catch up soon. Xiaomi is also thought to break into the international car market soon.

After T-Mobile in the US and One NZ in New Zealand, now Starlink's direct-to-cell service is making a mark in Ukraine, the first country in Europe to adopt it. Starlink's satellite Internet has been active there for quite a while, and local carrier Kyivstar is now launching cellular Starlink.

HMD Global, the Finnish phone manufacturer best known for licensing the Nokia brand, has announced that will "scale back" operations in the US. The company attributes the change to "a challenging geopolitical and economic environment."

Xbox Game Pass apparently requires tremendous capital to run. According to new information that has surfaced online, it costs Microsoft more than $50 million to put some games on Game Pass. While we don't know what games cost this much, such titles are bound to be big AAA blockbusters.

OpenAI is ready to launch an Artificial Intelligence-backed browser to compete with the biggest player in the field: Alphabet’s Google Chrome, according to sources consulted by Reuters.

The new Grok 4 by Elon Musk's xAI is now the best AI model available to the public, according to third-party testing platforms, beating ChatGPT or Google's Gemini. The xAI team introduced a new and expensive AI subscription option called Grok 4 Heavy, too.

Asus' new ExpertBook B5 B5606 is a large business laptop with the latest Intel Arrow Lake processor and a high-resolution 144 Hz IPS display. However, there are quality issues such as the rickety display and weak hinges that prove disruptive in everyday use.

With so many day-one Xbox Game Pass games, some analysts question if the service is profitable. There are now indications that Microsoft hasn't considered all the expenses in its calculations. Update: New source claims Game Pass is profitable.

Just a few years ago, 32 GB was a luxury, but no more. With memory-hungry AI applications, 32 GB is slowly but surely becoming the new acceptable minimum. And for AMD's Strix Halo platform, 32 GB may not even be the acceptable minimum anymore.

The Epson EcoTank ET-3950 and ET-4950 Supertank printers feature high-capacity refillable ink tanks designed for low-cost printing with no cartridge waste. They provide duplex copying, scanning, and printing, while the ET-4950 adds fax capability.

In a ranking of the fastest in-flight Wi-fi experience, the airlines who rely on SpaceX's Starlink satellite Internet take the lead. Apart from the fastest Internet on a plane, they offer the lowest ping, too.

After announcing that it would be suspending sales of the Xperia 1 VII in Japan a few days ago, Sony has now made identical announcements in both Taiwan and Hong Kong, while quietly pulling the flagship phone from its storefronts in major European markets as well.

Some critics claim that Xbox Game Pass played a role in Microsoft closing more game studios. Raphael Colantonio, the founder of Arkane Studios, doesn't think the service benefits developers. As day-one Xbox Game Pass games attract subscribers, the studios behind these titles often suffer.

Yesterday, Nvidia's market cap hit $3.92 trillion, making Nvidia the most valuable publicly traded company in history. The previous record was set by Apple on December 6, 2024, when its market cap hit $3.915 trillion.

Mainland China is on track to capture 30 percent of global semiconductor foundry capacity by 2030, driven by state-backed investment and a surge of mature-node fabs. While this shift boosts supply resilience, leading-edge production still lags under export-control limits.

Nothing posted a video on its YouTube channel two days ago, officially announcing the Nothing Phone (3), Nothing also explained why it waited 2 years to bring it — a wait Nothing said is equivalent to a 'death sentence' to consumers.

Reports from Chinese media indicate Romoss has halted production of its power banks following the withdrawal of 3C's certificates. The company is widely claimed to be facing bankruptcy as a result, but has now issued an official statement seemingly debunking those claims.

For a long time, it looked as though the EU initiative "Stop Killing Games" was doomed to fail. Initially, all metrics pointed to success, but then the curve flattened. Shortly before the end, the final hurdle was cleared, with an interesting development.

Starlink has a new rugged Performance dish in store that is ready for the gigabit satellite Internet speeds upgrade that is coming in 2026. Its predecessor is now being deeply discounted for a limited time.

Following Krafton’s sudden removal of Subnautica’s founding leadership, Unknown Worlds has issued a community letter reassuring fans that development on Subnautica 2 continues unchanged. The core team remains intact, Early Access is still planned, and the game will stay single-player-first with optional co-op.

The mass layoffs at Microsoft have shut down a lot of upcoming projects and dismantled several established development teams. One developer has now stated that the company is looking to replace its workforce with AI agents wherever possible.

AMD has raised CEO Lisa Su’s compensation to $33 million for the upcoming year, including a base salary increase to $1.32 million. However, her new package remains well below that of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose total pay has surged to nearly $50 million following Nvidia’s record-breaking performance.

The Aito M9 is an electric vehicle with an advanced silicon-carbon (SiC) battery rated to have an energy density of up to 200 watt-hours per kilogram (Wh/kg). Its successor might be even more powerful thanks to cutting-edge sodium-ion technology instead. The new battery is also touted to boost safety and reliablity in EV power with exceptional temperature-resistance.

Microsoft is cutting 9000 more jobs as part of a major restructuring, with its Xbox and gaming divisions among the hardest hit. The layoffs mark another major workforce reduction as the company seeks to streamline operations despite record profits and a booming gaming business.

Tesla just announced on X that it produced 410,244 vehicles in the second quarter of 2025 and sold 384,122. This marks a significant drop in sales compared to the second quarter of 2024.

Krafton has abruptly removed Subnautica’s original creators from Unknown Worlds, replacing the entire leadership team with Steve Papoutsis of Callisto Protocol fame. The unexpected move comes months before Subnautica 2’s early access release, sparking fan concern about the game’s direction.

A new study by Seer Interactive shows that AI systems particularly favor up-to-date content. Regular updates are especially important in fast-moving sectors such as finance, while long-lasting evergreen content can still be effective in more stable areas. For marketers, these findings may call for adjustments to their content strategy.

The control center of laptops is a central hub for users. These are developed by manufacturers themselves and increasingly abused in order to place ads or even collect user data. Lenovo is just one example.

AI is reportedly making some big changes to the UK's job market. According to data collected by Adzuna, the availability of entry-level jobs in the UK has crashed by a third since the release of ChatGPT in 2022.

OnePlus is the latest Chinese company to be caught between souring Chinese and US relations. According to US lawmakers, OnePlus is transferring 'sensitive personal information and screenshots' to Chinese servers without seeking user consent to do so beforehand.

Starlink has jacked up its demand surcharge fee to a staggering $1,000 for new Residential customers in parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The congestion fee has tripled over the past month alone, as SpaceX struggles to manage demand in oversaturated areas.

Starlink subscribers don't have to live in India to get cheap Internet plans. While India is only rumored to get a $10/month plan, eligible citizens of the state of New York can get Starlink Internet for $15/month right now.

American web services provider Cloudflare has announced it plans to block all AI web crawlers by default unless the companies using them pay the original creators.