Apple’s long-rumored product leasing program, which it calls unironically “Apple Upgrade,” is finally here, and it looks like a low-cost way to slide into the Apple ecosystem whether on the shiny surface of a gleaming iPhone 17 Pro, a Snoopy-faced Apple Watch, a clamshell Apple Silicon Mac, or an ultra-slim iPad Pro. With no upfront…
If you think downloading a VPN directly from an official app store guarantees your digital privacy, it’s time to think again. We recently undertook a huge audit of storefront verification standards, which has exposed a severe lack of quality control across both the iOS App Store and Google Play. We evaluated developer transparency and store…
GMKtec has just launched the Evo-X1 Pro, a premium AI-focused mini PC built around AMD’s new Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 chip, 64GB LPDDR5 RAM, with an OCuLink port that lets you bolt on a full desktop GPU when you need more graphics power. To mark the new release, readers in the US and the…
There are few games as eagerly anticipated as Control Resonant, Remedy Entertainment’s upcoming action-adventure RPG. After all, we’ve endured a long wait since 2019’s Control introduced us to the Lynchian world of the red-hued Hiss and the Federal Bureau of Control. The good news is that the wait is nearly over — because Resonant arrives…
Trust your VPN software updates keep you safe? Believe that downloading the latest release protects you from most known threats? You might be surprised to learn that there could be a set of invisible vulnerabilities lurking inside your state-of-the-art VPN. That’s because more than half of Windows VPNs we analyzed include OpenVPN code that hasn’t…
Everything seems to cost more in 2026, and website builders are no exception. In the past five years, we have seen the likes of Wix, Squarespace, and Shopify shift from simple building and hosting tools into full-blown hubs for launching and growing your business. We’ve seen new tools, features, and AI integrations hitting the market…
When it comes to getting the right accessories for my home office, I’m usually focused on not only performance, but also comfort. Like many of us, my mouse and keyboard are key parts of my home working set-up, which is spread across a laptop and external monitor, and using them pretty much all day everyday…
Does innovation happen only under pressure? It is a difficult question to ask, because history does give us a difficult answer. Wars, shocks and national emergencies have often forced societies to move faster than they would in normal times, and many of the technologies we now take for granted came from moments nobody would wish…
Both OpenAI and Google have released major new AI models within days of each other. OpenAI launched GPT-5.6, and Google has followed up with Gemini 3.6 Flash. While both companies have talked up the coding and developer features of these models, they also power the consumer versions of ChatGPT and Gemini. So, rather than measuring…
Every few years, enterprise software discovers a future it insists you cannot afford to miss. Often these claims outrun the product, and amid the hype, organizations commit time and money to innovations that never quite live up to their billing. Agentic AI is the exception, and that is exactly why it deserves a closer look….