From The Verge: The United Kingdom is introducing a national digital ID scheme in an effort to crack down on illegal migrant workers. A government press release on Friday announced that the digital ID will be stored on mobile devices through the GOV.UK wallet app currently in development, and will...

From The Verge: Today, Microsoft and Asus are officially opening preorders for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X at $599 and $999 respectively in the US. They’re $799 CAD and $1299 CAD in Canada, €599 and €899 in Europe, £499 and £799 in the UK, and $799 AUD and $1599 AUD in Australia. They both...

From CNET: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday spelling out a deal that could transfer the majority ownership of Chinese-founded app TikTok to Americans. The app has an estimated 170 million US users.

"This is going to be American-operated all the way," Trump said.

A...

From PC Mag: Microsoft's extended security updates (ESU) for Windows 10 will be absolutely free for users in the European Economic Area (EEA). The move comes after consumer advocacy groups criticized Microsoft for trying to benefit from the extended support program financially, Windows Central...

From Tom's Hardware: A new report claims that Intel is set to increase the price of its older Raptor Lake chips by as much as 10% in the face of the continued popularity of the lineup and customers shunning AI-equipped Lunar Lake models, according to Digitimes. While the report doesn't specify which...

From PC World: Up until now, Google’s Android operating system has been limited to smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and smartwatches/wearables (as Wear OS). There’s also Android Auto, which is used in car infotainment systems. Android hasn’t yet been used to power laptops or desktop PCs… but that’s...

From ExtremeTech: Qualcomm debuted its next-generation Snapdragon X2 System on Chip (SoC) design on Wednesday, with up to 18 CPU cores, higher clock speeds, more cache, a next-generation GPU with support for higher resolutions and refresh rates, and support for some of the latest memory and...

From TechCrunch: Meta announced on Thursday that its Teen Accounts are now being expanded to teens on Facebook and Messenger globally, after initially only being available to users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada. The accounts, which feature built-in protections and parental controls for...

From The Verge: Microsoft is blocking the Israeli military’s access to cloud and AI services that have been used in the mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith announced the decision in an internal memo to employees on Thursday, after The Guardian...

From PC World: AI company Perplexity, best known for its free AI-powered answer engine, is now launching another AI-powered tool called Perplexity Email Assistant. This AI assistant integrates directly into your email inbox and can help you maintain better control over your email.

Email Assistant...