From PC Mag: This has been a rollercoaster year for TikTok in the US. The app was banned for less than 24 hours in January before being reinstated ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration. The president has since extended the deadline for divesting TikTok from its Chinese ownership several times, and it...

From PC World: Most people probably still remember the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where personal data on millions of Facebook users was collected by Cambridge Analytica without consent for political advertising.

In the aftermath of a lawsuit, Facebook agreed in 2019 to pay a $5 billion fine to...

From CNET: Wyze's latest home security product locks your home and turns you into the key. The Palm Lock features hand-scanning biometric technology that can read the unique pattern of veins underneath your skin to unlock the door.

The new smart lock mechanism works by having homeowners hover their...

From Turtle Beach Press Release: Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: TBCH) today announced the new Turtle Beach® Vulcan™ II TKL RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard and Turtle Beach® Burst™ II Pro Esports Gaming Mouse – expanding the brand’s award-winning catalog of PC gaming peripherals. The Vulcan II TKL...

From PC Mag: Sick of switching between different launchers to find all your PC games? Microsoft wants you to do it all through its Xbox app in its latest effort to become the home of PC gaming. The Xbox app for both PC and handheld devices will now show all games installed, even if you bought them...

From PC World: Microsoft is making a free version of the Copilot Chat capability available to every Microsoft 365 user, although more premium capabilities will still be locked behind a subscription.

The Chat window will now appear inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote, allowing users...

From CNET: Penske Media, which owns publications including Rolling Stone, Variety and Billboard, is suing Google, alleging that the search giant is illegally using their content and that of other publishers to fill out the AI Overviews that have become a fixture at the top of Google search results....

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 8.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 8.00 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for...

From XPG Press Release: With the global rise of esports culture and streaming platforms, consumer demand for PC hardware customization has grown rapidly, driving innovation in the case market. Users are looking for products that offer both high performance and excellent heat dissipation, as well as...

From The Verge: Amazon has sent out invitations to its annual fall hardware event, where it traditionally launches a slew of new products, including Echo smart speakers, Fire TV devices, Kindles, and sometimes dozens of other gadgets. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 30th, 2025, in New...