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Following criticism of the AI’s eavesdropping capabilities, Microsoft is adding a toggle switch to Teams meetings. Organizers and presenters can now turn Copilot, Facilitator, and Recap on and off in the middle of a conversation. The rollout is underway, with widespread availability planned by the end of July. There’s still a catch when it comes to transcription.

The new Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 combines a lighter 14-inch chassis with good business performance. Our review unit is equipped with an AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 processor, 64 GB RAM as well as a matte IPS touchscreen.

Microsoft once again only offers ARM versions of its Surface devices for private customers, while business customers have access to much more powerful hardware, 5G modules and additional display options.

OpenAI has made GPT-5.6 generally available, in three tiers: Sol, Terra and Luna. Since July 9, the model has been usable in ChatGPT, in Codex, through the API and in GitHub Copilot, with Sol in ChatGPT from the Plus plan. The limited preview for select partners was the earlier stage; broad access is now here.

A Brown University economics professor made his final exam in person after suspecting AI-assisted cheating on a take-home midterm. Among those who took the final, the average score fell from 96 to 48, intensifying debate over how universities should regulate AI use while preserving academic integrity and critical-thinking skills.

Memory and training are controlled separately, and deleting a chat does not erase saved facts. Here's how to control what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude store and use for training while protecting customer and company data.

The new Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2026) combines a compact 14-inch chassis with Intel's Panther Lake CPU and Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. This combination offers better gaming performance with improved battery runtimes.

Meta's new AI image generator Muse Image can process public Instagram photos from any stranger into new images. The feature is enabled by default, and there is no notification. We show what Muse Image can do and how to stop your images from being used in just a few steps.

The ThinkPad T14s is a premium business laptop, which is sitting right between the regular ThinkPad T14 and the business flagship X1 Carbon. The new Gen 7 model is lighter than before, but the overall level of performance did not really change.

With its beta phase now over, Eustella has officially launched, complete with a free tier. I wanted to see how far Europe's ChatGPT alternative could be used without a subscription, but I ran into its limits much sooner than expected.

LG and Nvidia are launching a major robotics push. With the new Robotics Business Center and a huge AI data factory, the tech giants are moving toward a future of physical AI for industry and everyday life.

Anthropic expands Claude Cowork to web and mobile, moving agentic loops to the cloud to execute multi-step background tasks even when local devices are offline.

A new Linux kernel vulnerability called Bad Epoll gives any local user root privileges, including on Android. The twist: Anthropic's AI model Mythos had reviewed that exact code section, found a related flaw, and missed this one. In the end, a human found it. A patch is available.

Dell Technologies stock climbs following Donald Trump's third product endorsement in five months, intensifying ethics debates over his family-managed trust and stock purchases.

A developer is giving his home AI, Hana, a physical body one sensor at a time, starting from a self-correcting spatial camera map to health attachments (like a pulse oximeter), with hardware-level safety limits blocking anything serious, like autonomous control of water valves and gates.

As the surveillance state in the U.S. grows, more people are finding themselves wrongly accused of crimes they did not commit. Unfortunately, the 7-year-old Flock company leading the charge has taken a hands-off approach to deal with it.

Well-known AI assistants got a memory in 2026. They remember how you work and what matters to you beyond individual chats. What ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can do with it, how you stay in control, and why Gemini can remember preferences but cannot access the Google data of European users.

MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+ is the first device with Intel's dedicated handheld SoC, which easily beats the competition. The combination of the Arc G3 Extreme CPU and the Arc B390 iGPU reaches a completely new level of performance. Even AMD's current Ryzen Z2 Extreme does not stand a chance in a direct performance comparison.

The rising prices in the tech market affect every aspect of it. Even more affordable laptop lines, like the Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G9 IPL, are becoming more expensive. We compared the current model with the 2025 version to reveal how much more you have to pay now.

Computer prices continue to increase and new gaming handhelds are also affected. MSI's new gaming handheld Claw 8 EX AI+ with Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme chip offers very good performance figures, but we are not sure there are sufficient potential buyers considering the high price of $1799.

CheckMag Inspiration can strike at any time, and in this case, it happened while running. With the help of Gemini, I was able to take an idea into a working prototype all in the span of a six-mile run.

Anthropic is discussing a potential custom AI chip collaboration with Samsung, according to The Information, building on earlier reports that the AI company was considering building its own hardware. Key details, including the chip's purpose and power specifications, remain undecided. The talks come days after OpenAI unveiled its own custom chip built with Broadcom.

Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix face a federal class-action lawsuit accusing them of colluding to restrict consumer DRAM supply while prioritizing high-bandwidth memory for AI customers, allegedly driving prices up by as much as 700%. The case highlights mounting pressure across the tech sector, with plaintiffs seeking damages and an injunction as rising memory costs ripple through PCs, smartphones, and game consoles.

Artificial intelligence and sustainability are in many ways a contradiction, yet many providers promise exactly that. It sounds too good to be true, but is it?

Intel's new gaming handheld processor Arc G3 Extreme with the Arc B390 iGPU reaches a new performance level and easily beats AMD's counterpart Ryzen Z2 Extreme at 35 Watts.

An independent researcher's post-restoration test claims Anthropic's Fable 5 helped plan an IoT botnet attack using a hypothetical framing, while rival AI models reportedly refused to. This raises fresh questions about Fable 5's safety guardrails, especially after its reinstation on July 1.

Two browser extensions posing as ad blockers have been caught secretly reading the AI chats of nearly 90,000 users, including conversations in ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. Security researchers have dubbed this campaign PromptSnatcher. Here’s how to identify the extensions involved and protect your chats.

There is currently no avoiding artificial intelligence. Many manufacturers in the tech industry are trying to ride the AI wave; the almost infinite advantages of automation and AI assistance are simply too tempting. But all that glitters is not gold.

Asus updated its compact gaming/multimedia laptop ROG Zephyrus G14 for 2026 at some areas including the switch to a new Panther Lake mobile processor from Intel. Thanks to improved efficiency numbers, the battery runtimes are much better than before.

Is "Sorry, I don't know that one" sometimes better than a confident but completely wrong answer? This is a question you inevitably ask yourself when trying out the new Alexa+. While the voice assistant is now better in many respects, it also has its weaknesses.

As the memory shortage continues, forecasted PS6 prices are increasingly dire. A reputable leaker has raised his estimate for the next PlayStation console to nearly $1000. Any release date delay may result in an even higher MSRP, prompting Sony to ship the system on time.

Goodram has reintroduced 4GB DDR4 modules with its Rival DDR4 Radiant lineup, targeting budget-conscious users as AI-driven memory demand pushes DDR4 and DDR5 prices sharply higher.

With eustella, a new European AI alternative is officially exiting beta, including EU-based servers, a no-tracking approach, and a free entry tier. The Vienna-based startup newsroom.ai is deliberately positioning itself as a counterpoint to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Pricing and subscription tiers have now also been announced.

AI is no longer some distant future topic in game development. But on Steam, even disclosing its use could become a problem for many studios. An analysis by Game Oracle shows that games with disclosed AI use receive significantly fewer reviews than comparable titles without an AI disclosure. The study is now sparking plenty of discussion on Reddit.

The hardware is one thing, but the software is just as important for an enjoyable user experience with a gaming handheld. MSI improved the software of the new Claw 8 EX AI+ significantly and the new quick settings menu in particular is very convincing.

SpaceX is preparing to launch a test AI data center satellite constellation consisting of up to a million AI1 satellites in 2027. The goal is to escape the terrestrial AI data center limitations, and now the project has gotten a cool name.

A New Zealand team used Claude Fable 5 to create a playable online role-playing game in just one weekend. The MMO was developed using vibe coding and is free to play in a browser, but it has also drawn significant criticism.

Dragon Age's ex-lead writer David Gaider warns that generative AI could introduce unreliable workflows, ethical issues, and long-term harm to developer training in game production.

We just reviewed the updated 2026 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 and it is an improvement, but also $600 more expensive than the comparable 2025 unit. As long as you can accept the disadvantages like the darker OLED screen or shorter batter life, we recommend you get the old model as long as it is available.

The iPhone 18 will adopt the current iPhone 17 Pro design—featuring a wide camera bar—in early 2027. This seems to be a done deal, judging by the latest leaks on Ex-Twitter and Weibo, which are primarily based on alleged images of a real iPhone 18.

The Microsoft 365 Copilot AI chatbot is once again being forcibly installed on millions of Windows 11 computers. For now, at least, Microsoft is sparing users in the EU, likely due to competition law.

ChatGPT told a user their generated images were permanently lost — then recovered them after an emotional appeal of sorts. Here's what actually happened, and why you should never trust an AI's "gone forever."

OpenAI's Codex CLI is quietly destroying SSDs. A misconfigured logging sink writes up to 640 TB/year to a local database, which is way more than a typical drive's lifetime endurance. The bug is still open on GitHub.

Apple's new CEO John Ternus will begin his tenure in September with a wave of new products that will bring Apple fans many exciting new releases. Well-known Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman has listed the most important new products coming our way after the summer break, including the first ones potentially bearing the “Ultra” moniker.

Nostalgia to next gen. On the sidelines of Computex 2026, MSI marked its 40th anniversary with a retrospective exhibit tracing its rise from early Intel 286 and AMD K7 motherboards to modern flagship gaming and AI platforms. Walking through the exhibit not only demonstrated how far we've come across the tech landscape but also gave a glimpse on the future ahead of us.