Software

Garmin continues to refine its wearable lineup with a new software update for its high-end outdoor smartwatches. However, the release comes with a trade-off: installing the beta software temporarily disables one key health feature.

Garmin has released a new update to several of its popular smartwatches. Available globally as a free download, the new firmware is said to improve battery life estimates when using an Instinct E, Instinct 3 or Instinct Crossover AMOLED smartwatch in certain circumstances.

Xpeng has begun rolling out the XOS 5.9.5 over-the-air update for its G6, G9, P7+, and X9 EVs. The new software introduces an unusual change to the in-car voice controls, prevents keys from being locked inside the vehicle, and improves charging compatibility with Tesla V3 and V4 Superchargers.

Ford has started rolling out an AI-powered assistant for Ford and Lincoln owners. Available through the company's mobile apps, it can answer questions about a vehicle's capabilities, maintenance needs, fuel usage, and towing limits, while a fully integrated in-car version is planned for 2027.

Session hijacking happens after you sign in. Whoever steals your session cookie gets into your account without a password and without a second factor, and antivirus does not fix it because the stolen cookie keeps working. Chrome now ties sessions to the device with DBSC, while Firefox still stores its cookie database unencrypted. How the theft works and what really helps.

Garmin wearables offer many options for tracking workouts - and can overwhelm users with the sheer volume of data. Now there’s a new way to process workout data for your own in-depth analysis.

OpenAI is scrapping the message limit for ChatGPT Free and Go and making GPT-5.6 Luna the default model. Check today, though, and the unlimited chats are not there yet: they arrive in the week of August 10. Here is what already works and where the limits stay.

Former Fallout 3 artist Nate Purkeypile says technical and memory limitations prevented Bethesda from fully realizing its vision for the 2008 RPG. He hopes the confirmed remaster will meaningfully rebuild the Capital Wasteland rather than merely upgrade textures and apply superficial visual enhancements.

Garmin has released a new update for two of its cheaper smartwatches. Rolling out globally, the update is the first available on Garmin's Beta Program for either smartwatch. The update promises to resolve various outstanding issues, too.

A relatively affordable smartwatch with offline maps, the Amazfit Active 3 Premium is now receiving a feature-packed software update. Depending on how the wearable is used, owners stand to benefit from a noticeably improved experience.

Your phone is gone. You still know the password, but the second factor lived on that exact device. We read the recovery procedures at Google, Apple and Microsoft, and the ones at 1Password, Bitwarden and Dashlane. All six come down to the same thing. Nothing can be set up after the fact, and at one provider the account is gone for good.

Zenity Labs demonstrated at Black Hat USA 2026 that Claude in Chrome, Gemini in Chrome, Perplexity Comet, ChatGPT Atlas and Copilot Edge can all be turned against their own users by ordinary content. An email, a calendar invite or a link under a social post is enough, and the victim never clicks anything. Here is what the attacks did and how to lock your agent down.

Garmin is offering another new update for many of its latest high-end smartwatches. Available globally for free, the update features a dozen changes and improvements as Garmin prepares to release an extensive stable update for Fenix 8 and Fenix 8 Pro series smartwatches.

Steam's gaming charts have delivered some surprises, at least in Germany. Corsair Cove, a pirate-themed city builder, currently ranks ahead of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced on Steam. Meanwhile, Nintendo's new Switch 2 shooter Splatoon Raiders has claimed the top spot on the console charts, fueling the next major gaming craze.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 works the best on Linux, despite having over 90% of its total user base on Windows. However, within the Linux ecosystem, RPCS3 recommends a specific distro.

Meta has unveiled Muse Code, a new AI coding agent designed to help developers manage large and complex codebases more efficiently. The tool can automate software engineering tasks, debug code, and handle long-running workflows, marking Meta's latest push into AI-powered developer tools.

OpenAI has been testing ads in ChatGPT since February. The booking tool for businesses is now live in seven countries, Brazil and Mexico are still waiting, and Germany is not on the list at all. You can get rid of the ads, but you pay in daily messages or in subscription fees.

Garmin has started rolling out a new update to many of its popular mid-range smartwatches. Available globally, the free update is said to contain multiple improvements and bug fixes to improve the overall user experience compared to recent stable firmware.

The official RPCS3 account on X has revealed some interesting information regarding the distribution of the PlayStation 3 emulator's user base on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Unsurprisingly, Windows is by far the most dominant platform.

Samsung details its August 2026 security patch, resolving 56 vulnerabilities across Galaxy devices. Learn what’s fixed and when your phone gets the update.

Two FIDO2 keys, same standard, same price. One asks for a PIN, the other just needs a tap. On most models no PIN is set at the factory, and whether you are asked at all is usually the website’s decision. We read the manuals from Yubico, Token2, Nitrokey, OnlyKey, Feitian and Google.

OpenAI removes the official DALL-E GPT from ChatGPT on August 30, 2026. If you created images through it, download them before then. ChatGPT Images takes over and is available on every tier, free accounts included. Custom GPTs with image generation are not affected. Here is what goes, what stays and how to save your images.

Linus Tech Tips ran a simple side-by-side comparison of RAM usage on Windows 11 and Linux. Unsurprisingly, Windows 11 is shown to use much more RAM for the same tasks as Linux. However, both systems never got close to exceeding their RAM buffers.

Four AI chatbots, one forbidden task: a fake news post carrying a made-up claim. ChatGPT produced almost all of them and the most convincing ones, Gemini even faked the New York Times and the BBC. Copilot added a visible AI label, Meta AI refused the false claim. The odd part: German outlets were easier to fake than English ones.

A new ShadPS4 patch brings the PS4-exclusive racer DriveClub to PC at up to 8K resolution, 60 FPS, and uncapped frame rates. The upgrade revitalizes Evolution Studios’ acclaimed visuals, delivering the remaster-like experience Sony never released.

Thousands of users are reporting issues with WhatsApp today. Most of them can't send or receive photos, while others are facing connectivity problems.

OpenAI is discontinuing its AI browser ChatGPT Atlas on August 9, 2026, less than ten months after its launch. Bookmarks, open tabs, and browsing history will not be automatically transferred to another browser. Users who want to keep them must export them themselves beforehand. Atlas will no longer receive security updates anyway.

One million tokens sounds like enough space for everything. We calculated how many German words that actually is, how much a single query costs for the entire GPT-5.6 Sol collection, and when Obsidian or Notion are still worth it.

Rockstar Games is giving GTA Online players a free $1 million reward for simply logging in and playing between August 6 and 12, alongside double GTA$ on Super Yacht Life missions and triple rewards in community missions.

Flight Scanner is a new app that turns any Wear OS watch into a live aircraft radar, tracking nearby planes and showing important flight information directly on your wrist. It’s a niche but clever app for aviation fans who want to know what's flying overhead without having to reach for their phone.

The transparency rules of the EU AI Act apply from today. If you publish deepfakes or AI-written text professionally or for money, you have to label it visibly, on YouTube as much as on your own blog. The grace period until December covers providers such as OpenAI and Google, not you.

Microsoft is preparing Windows 11 optimizations designed to improve performance on PCs with 8GB of RAM, targeting high idle memory use. The updates will roll out gradually, with broader improvements expected by the end of 2026.

Google's Gemini Spark agent can now open Chrome, use your logged-in accounts and saved passwords, and start a flight booking for you. That part is US-only. And despite Google calling Spark worldwide, it is still unavailable in the EEA, the UK, Switzerland and Nigeria.

ZeniMax Online Studios has revised The Elder Scrolls Online’s roadmap following major Microsoft layoffs, delaying Update 52 and other planned content into 2027 while shifting its focus from fixed deadlines to quality. Game Director Nick Giacomini reassured players that ESO will continue, supported by closer collaboration with Bethesda Game Studios, with Update 51 now scheduled for September 28, 2026.

CISA warns of active exploitation targeting on-premises SharePoint Server, with attackers stealing IIS machine keys to survive patching. See which CVEs are confirmed exploited and how to respond.

Users of various Amazfit smartwatches can benefit from a new feature that provides another way to play music, making them even less reliant on locally stored tracks.

EzBench, the Norwegian studio behind 2022's brutal free UE5 benchmark, has released NukeMark into Steam early access. Launched nearly two months ago, it's a commercial, ray-tracing-focused GPU stress test that allegedly drops an RTX 5090 to 15-20 FPS at native 4K.

An AI can not only read your notes, it can also create, change and delete them. Nine systems compared, from Obsidian, Logseq and Joplin to Notion, OneNote and NotebookLM. One question decides everything: do your notes sit as files on your own machine, or in someone else's database?

Anthropic went back through 141,006 test runs and found three cases where Claude reached out of the test environment and broke into real company systems. One model built a malicious Python package and uploaded it to PyPI. Why the models thought they were still in a simulation, and what it means if you use Claude.

A new software update is rolling out to several Garmin smartwatches, bringing a range of performance improvements. The release aims to enhance the user experience across select Forerunner, Venu and Vivoactive models.

A global Xbox Series X|S outage unexpectedly blocked some disc-based games, exposing a flaw in Microsoft’s offline entitlement system. Microsoft called the failure unacceptable and said it is developing a fix to ensure physical games remain accessible during future service disruptions.

OpenAI has cut pricing across its GPT-5.6 lineup and introduced a new Fast mode for the API. The changes affect Luna and Terra, OpenAI's lower-cost tiers, and come alongside benchmark data comparing Luna's price-performance against models from Google, Anthropic, and other competitors.

Garmin has released a new update globally. Available across many of its recent mid-range smartwatches, the new update aims to improve Garmin's intervals workout experience before a future stable software launch.

A malicious Workshop map exploited a mod-loading flaw in Meccha Chameleon to drop a RAT on players' PCs, and the investigation led to the game's Discord server being hijacked. Here's what happened and how to check if you're affected.

iOS 27 allows users to remove or replace the annoying dictation shortcut in Messages. This change fixes a long-standing frustration for iPhone users who've accidentally triggered dictation or voice messages.

A key feature of the SuperStation FPGA console is finally available, namely the console mode. This means that the PlayStation-inspired console now sports a polished interface with artwork and an improved UI.

Winamp and Deezer have signed a strategic partnership for Winamp to make a comeback, hopefully a successful one this time. The new Winamp Player will bring the customizability back, along with more modern streaming features.

Samsung Messages may be gone, but a new third-party app brings back its look and adds RCS support via Google’s platform. It’s not an official Samsung replacement, but it might be the closest thing yet for Galaxy users who don’t want to switch to Google Messages.

Unity and Epic Games have demonstrated for the first time how a Unity game can run inside an Unreal Engine environment. While it may sound like little more than a technical curiosity, the technology could save developers a great deal of work – and make Fortnite an even bigger platform for games.

OpenAI says its experimental AI went beyond hacking Hugging Face, compromising four third-party accounts after escaping a controlled cybersecurity test. The company has since shut down the evaluation models, patched the security hole and added safeguards to prevent AI testing from leaking into the real world in the future.