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Google Used AI to Patch More Chrome Bugs in June Than in the Past Two Years

Google patched 1,072 security bugs in Chrome 149 and 150, more than the 1,036 fixed in the previous 23 versions combined. The company credits Gemini AI for the surge, raising the question

July 31, 2026

by Technology Desk

DoorDash Air drone delivery aircraft receiving FAA Part 135 air carrier certification

DoorDash Receives FAA Certification for Its Own Drone Delivery Service

DoorDash received an FAA Part 135 air carrier certification Wednesday and announced DoorDash Air, a drone delivery service built on proprietary aircraft developed inside its internal robotics lab — a bet on vertical integration rather than the third-party drone partnerships

July 30, 2026

by Technology Desk

Microsoft data center networking infrastructure supporting Azure cloud and AI workloads

Microsoft Azure Crosses $100 Billion in Quarterly Sales as Profit Jumps 31%

Azure crossed $100 billion in annual revenue as Microsoft reported Q4 net income of $35.8 billion,

Samsung Electronics semiconductor chip technology Q2 2026 earnings record HBM AI memory demand

Samsung’s Chip Division Posts Its Best Quarter as AI Memory Demand Overwhelms Supply

Samsung Electronics posted its best quarter in company history on Thursday, with the chip division recording

Virtual assistant chatbot interface representing bot traffic overtaking human internet activity in 2025

The Internet Was Built for Humans. Bots Have Taken It Over — and AI Giants Are Leading the Charge.

Bots now generate 53% of all web traffic, leaving humans a minority on an internet they built — and the companies selling AI tools are responsible for the largest share of that

June 16, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Garmin smartwatch lineup including Fenix 8 ahead of Prime Day 2026 deals

Garmin Fenix 8 Hits Lowest-Ever Price — and Prime Day May Not Beat It

Garmin's Fenix 8 has dropped to its lowest-ever price ahead of Prime Day 2026 — and analysts say the flagship watch is unlikely to fall further during the four-day June sale, making

June 16, 2026

Business·News·Technology

Steam Next Fest June 2026 official promotional banner from Valve featuring upcoming PC game demos

Steam Next Fest June 2026: 5,000 Demos Open Today, But the Math Is Getting Harder for Indie Studios

Steam Next Fest June 2026 launched today with nearly 5,000 free PC game demos — a record that masks a growing paradox: as the catalog expands, the algorithmic returns for small studios

June 16, 2026

News·Technology

Apple iOS 26.5.2 update coming to iPhone alongside iOS 26.6 beta 2 and iOS 27

Apple Is Running Three iOS Release Tracks at Once. Not Every iPhone Owner Is on the Same One.

Apple is now testing iOS 26.5.2 internally while simultaneously pushing iOS 26.6 into its second developer beta and iterating on iOS 27. That three-track calendar is not an accident — it's a

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

SearchLeak vulnerability chain Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise data exfiltration CVE-2026-42824

Microsoft’s Copilot Keeps Getting Hacked the Same Way — and Enterprise Defenders Can’t Stop It

Varonis researchers turned Microsoft 365 Copilot into a one-click corporate data vacuum for the third time — and enterprise IT teams can do nothing except wait for a backend patch. The SearchLeak

June 15, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Craig Duncan, head of Xbox Game Studios, photographed during his tenure at Rare

Craig Duncan Exits Xbox Game Studios After 20 Months as Layoffs Loom and Sharma Tightens Control

Craig Duncan, who oversaw 15 Xbox first-party studios including Halo and Rare, is stepping down this week as Microsoft prepares another round of mass layoffs — centralizing control under Matt Booty just

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

EA Launches Ad Platform Inside Its Games as TV Sports Budgets Face Contraction

Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a platform embedding brands directly into Madden NFL, EA Sports FC, and College Football — timed to rival broadcast sports as TV upfront budgets contract and

June 15, 2026

Business·News·Technology

ASUS a-bean 100W GaN charger launch specs showing four-port layout and color options

ASUS a-bean 100W GaN Charger Launches in China at $25 — But the Rest of the World Pays More

ASUS has quietly launched its most affordable four-port GaN charger yet in China for roughly $25 — a price point that undercuts Anker and Ugreen while matching them on hardware. Global availability

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

Nintendo headquarters Kyoto Japan TINYpulse employee data breach 2026

Nintendo Employees’ Private Workplace Confessions May Now Be On a Criminal Forum After Hacker Targets HR Vendor TINYpulse

A threat actor calling itself SHADOWBYT3$ claims to have stolen nearly 860MB of Nintendo employee data through the HR platform TINYpulse, demanding $2 million — then pivoting the ransom clock to the

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

iOS 27 Low Power Mode interface on iPhone Control Center with improved battery saving performance

iOS 27 Fixes the iPhone Feature That Made Battery Saving Unbearable

Apple's iOS 27 overhaul quietly repairs one of the most complained-about iOS 26 degradations: Low Power Mode that turned usable phones into sluggish bricks. The fix is more revealing than the headline

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

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Google Used AI to Patch More Chrome Bugs in June Than in the Past Two Years

DoorDash Receives FAA Certification for Its Own Drone Delivery Service

Samsung’s Chip Division Posts Its Best Quarter as AI Memory Demand Overwhelms Supply

The Internet Was Built for Humans. Bots Have Taken It Over — and AI Giants Are Leading the Charge.

Garmin Fenix 8 Hits Lowest-Ever Price — and Prime Day May Not Beat It

Steam Next Fest June 2026: 5,000 Demos Open Today, But the Math Is Getting Harder for Indie Studios

Apple Is Running Three iOS Release Tracks at Once. Not Every iPhone Owner Is on the Same One.

Microsoft’s Copilot Keeps Getting Hacked the Same Way — and Enterprise Defenders Can’t Stop It

Craig Duncan Exits Xbox Game Studios After 20 Months as Layoffs Loom and Sharma Tightens Control

EA Launches Ad Platform Inside Its Games as TV Sports Budgets Face Contraction

ASUS a-bean 100W GaN Charger Launches in China at $25 — But the Rest of the World Pays More

Nintendo Employees’ Private Workplace Confessions May Now Be On a Criminal Forum After Hacker Targets HR Vendor TINYpulse

iOS 27 Fixes the iPhone Feature That Made Battery Saving Unbearable

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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