Month: August 2025
Valve founder Gabe Newell just purchased a superyacht company
In a post about the change, Oceanco says Newell’s interest in the brand comes from a “lifelong fascination with the sea” and “a deep respect for the people who live and work on it.” Oceanco is based in the Netherlands, and it has changed leadership a few times since its…
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Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it’s not supposed to, again
Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company's bots appear to be "stealth crawling" sites by disguising their identity to get around robots.txt files and firewalls. Robots.txt is a simple file websites…
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The world’s fastest SSD has been announced, but it won’t fit in a PC — Micron 9650 is the first PCIe Gen6 SSD and will reach 28GB/s in sequential read
Micron 9650 SSD reaches 28GB/s, but it’s strictly for data centers, not consumers Liquid cooling in SSDs is no longer hypothetical, and Micron just made it standard The 7600 SSD delivers ultra-low latency, yet it still depends on how workloads behave in reality Micron has introduced what it describes as,…
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Apple iOS 26 beta: How to download the update on your iPhone, new features like Liquid Glass and everything else you need to know
Liquid Glass is a huge new change coming to iOS 26. (Apple) You’ve seen all the changes coming to your iPhone and now you’re desperately ready to upgrade to iOS 26 — but it’s only August and the operating system won’t be here until this fall. But I have good…
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Amazon’s best Kindles are cheaper than ever at Best Buy
A Kindle lets you carry an entire bookshelf while on the go, which is why almost every year we recommend the e-reader in our guides to the best back to school essentials. With a new semester just around the corner, it’s no surprise Best Buy is currently offering the latest…
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Here’s a comprehensive list of compatible iPhones that can download the iOS 26 beta today
If you're a devoted iPhone owner like me, you'll be excited to check out all the exciting new updates coming to Apple's operating system this fall: iOS 26. The coolest change, in my opinion, is the new Liquid Glass design (think Windows Vista, but arguably more thoughtful), which looks to…
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