From Tom's Hardware: A California man has been arrested for smuggling over $300 million worth of restricted Nvidia chips to China in violation of U.S. export controls. According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) press release on October 1, the defendant — Greg Lui, also known as Yiu Kong Lui —...

From PC Mag: Firefox ended 2025 hovering at a grueling 3.5% global market share, according to Cloudflare data. Yet inside Mozilla, head of Firefox Ajit Varma isn't interested in growth hacks or gimmicks—he's betting on a surprisingly radical, old-school philosophy: "Build better features, build a...

From TechCrunch: Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has jumped back into the music industry, and he tells The Information that he’s playing by the rules this time. (Asking for forgiveness rather than permission didn’t work out so well last time around, he readily concedes.)

Two years ago, he...

From CNET: When Apple’s budget MacBook was released in March, it was a solid bargain — the design incorporated the iPhone’s A18 Pro chip to tamp down the price and it shipped at $599. Factoring in the education discount, it was a nearly unbeatable deal for students.

In the months since then, the...

From PC Mag: Ever since the iPhone 18 Pro Max launched last month, AT&T customers have complained about being unable to make calls, send texts, or use cellular data. According to MacRumors, the carrier acknowledged the issue in a text message to customers this week and recommended an immediate...

From PC World: OpenAI unveiled several flashy new features during its annual developer’s conference Tuesday, from the always-on “Dot” work agent to a new, cloud-based security system that keeps constant watch for cyber threats. But one of the biggest — and to many ChatGPT users, the most infuriating...

From CNET: Call it what you want: RAMageddon, chipflation, the AI tax. Amid a global memory shortage that’s compelling companies to hike prices on phones, PCs, laptops and gaming consoles, our devices keep getting more expensive.

On Thursday, Samsung quietly raised prices on the Galaxy S26, S26...

From TechCrunch: Google parent company Alphabet has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model built to handle a variety of tasks such as coding, research, and writing. But it’s cybersecurity that Gemini 4 Argon is supposed to have a particular knack for, according to Google.

Argon is only being...

From Tom's Hardware: Micron said during its FY 2026 earnings call that RAM and storage chip shortages will worsen in 2027 and 2028, even as it announced a record gross margin of 86.25%. CEO and chairperson Sanjay Mehrotra said that the company has already sold most of its capacity for next year and...

From PC Mag: Get ready to pay more for Samsung’s flagship phones. The Korean smartphone maker just hiked prices across the Galaxy S26 lineup by $100.

Samsung hasn’t officially announced the hikes, but PhoneArena spotted them on the company’s online store. The base Galaxy S26 with 256GB of storage...