The Mcon controller balances portability and performance in a compact, MagSafe-compatible design for iPhone gamers. Mcon mobile gaming controller review: A new take on mobile controllers Gaming controllers usually come in two flavors. You'll find ones that are extremely comfortable and capable, as well as those that are small and portable. Finding a controller that is both portable and capable is a rarity, to say the least. The OhSnap Mcon is the first one I've tested that makes good choices on ..

An Apple Genius was fired after failing to meet grooming standards, but the individual filed a lawsuit claiming religious discrimination. That lawsuit has now been settled by Apple for $150,000. Apple Reston in Virginia. Image source: Apple Apple is a large company with thousands of employees across retail, engineering, and corporate entities. It isn't immune from discrimination and the lawsuits that result. According to a Law360 document read by 9to5Mac , Apple has agreed to settle a religious ..

Verizon hasn't had a great day, to say the least. The carrier has announced that vandals cut multiple fiber cables, causing service disruptions for both mobile and internet customers in parts of Southern California. Repairs were swiftly initiated, and the service was restored within a few hours. Law enforcement was notified and is investigating the incident. Theft and vandalism like this, Verizon says, "represent a direct threat to the safety and security of our communities". The company is ..

Virginia now requires data centers to fund their own dedicated power infrastructure, aiming to shield ordinary residents from rising electricity costs.

A routine security assessment found that cameras aboard Royal Navy Kraken unmanned surface vessels were sending "heartbeat" signals to an IP address in China. "A thorough investigation found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally," said a Ministry of Defense spokesperson. "Our assurance and testing processes are designed to identify and address potential vulnerabilities early, and we continue to undertake routine security activity across our ..

Firestorm Labs manufactured 12 drones aboard USS Essex using a containerized 3D-printing factory during its voyage toward RIMPAC 2026.

TMTG said it has signed more than 10 customer agreements for Truth API, the service offering faster access to President Donald Trump's posts.

The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions.

OpenAI's tender offer has been in the works since the company closed its record-breaking $122 billion funding round in March.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that because its hardware is broadly adopted, flexible and transferable, lenders can underwrite compute as revenue- generating.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Ceva Logistics, one of the world's largest shipping and logistics giants, has been hacked. Several companies that rely on Ceva for shipping their products to their customers say that their personal information was also stolen in the breach. The cyberattack on Ceva is affecting at least eight warehouses across Europe used for shipping goods across the continent, the company told TechCrunch. Industry news site FreightWaves reports that the hack ..

Weve already seen rumors that iPhone 18 Pro availability may be limited at launch due to the ongoing global memory chip shortage and a new TrendForce report now gives an estimate of how much more expensive the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro might end up being. The iPhone 18 Pros bill of materials (BOM) is expected to rise by up to 38% compared to its predecessor. This is for the 256GB storage version. As TrendForce puts it, higher retail prices for the iPhone 18 Pro are unavoidable at this point. ..

Reference Image could be a new way to prove provenance in the wake of generative AI.

The industry's annual Black Hat conference renewed demand for AI-powered cybersecurity tools.

Franklin project adds new security providers, employs digital twins and AI

The United States is backing international laws for floating nuclear reactors, while companies prepare for a potential maritime energy market.

Apple's fifth developer beta of iOS 27 has just arrived, and with it, redesigned icons for several key apps, and a lot more than normal than this late in the beta cycle. Here's what's new. iOS 27 beta 5 adds more Search settings, redesigned app ico

Valve is continuing to broaden SteamOS support beyond its own hardware, with the latest beta adding "initial gamepad support" for a few recent gaming handhelds and improving compatibility for a few others. Ars Technica reports: Those newly supported handhelds include MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+, the extremely expensive, extremely powerful handheld built around Intel's Arc G3 processor that launched this summer. While SteamOS has long included beta support for "other AMD powered handhelds," Valve has ..

A popular Kickstarter campaign promises in-ear monitors that protect your hearing, and they're also remarkably light and good-looking

Order me a table for two, ChatGPT.

Mark Zuckerberg muses about 'superintelligence' and 'arc of human civilization'

That up-and-coming channel you love just got some very bad news from YouTube.

In the US, you can now pay for stuff on Google Play - apps, games, subscriptions, in-app purchases, etc. - using your Venmo balance or the cards and bank accounts linked to your Venmo account. Of course, before you can use this, you need to set it up in Google Play, linking your Venmo account to your Play account, by going to the Payment methods section in the Google Play Store app. Once that's done, you're good to go. Venmo is merely the latest payment method that Google Play has added, ..

SpaceX and Tesla reveals more on $16.8 billion Texas chip factory that will exceed 100 million square feet when construction is complete.

Boeing is selling three of its subsidiaries to Archer Aviation in exchange for a stake in the eVTOL startup.

Amazon is unsurprisingly fighting measure to stop use of contractors for last- mile delivery in NYC.

SpaceX reported better-than-expected revenue in its second-quarter earnings report last week.

30-billion parameter LLM, Meta's first in more than a year, signals Meta's return to the open weights arena. Open version of Muse Spark to follow

Metas Muse Glimmer is a 30B model that can run on your laptop.

Aptoide has become the first third-party Android app store available directly through Google Play in the U.S. "The change is a direct result of Google's litigation with Epic, which saw a judge rule in 2024 that the Play Store would have to open up to third-party stores," notes The Verge. The change makes rival storefronts far easier to discover and install, potentially opening the door for Epic, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft and others to distribute their own app stores through Google's store. ..

Technology giants have shelled out trillions to support insatiable AI demand and the infrastructure buildout.

Samsung could give your icons the dark-theme treatment in a future update.

Watches from Google and Samsung are showing a new Gemini UI.

Ready for a driverless, carriage-like ride? Amazon's robotaxi Zoox launches first paid service in the U.S.

A billion dollars of Apple's 2nm chips are stuck at TSMC because the memory has not arrived, with Apple's own packaging choice the reason why they cannot just be stockpiled and finished later.

A few weeks ago, a new version of the Fairphone 6 surfaced dubbed the Fairphone 6+, the new model was listed with 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage. That is more than the original model, which only has 8 gigs of RAM. This is quite an unexpected move given everything that has been going on in the world of semiconductors. Anyway, the listing was spotted by NieuweMobiel and showed three color options: Cobalt Blue, Horizon Black and Forest Green. Now the Dutch publication also has images that show off ..

Nvidia is working with Wall Street heavyweights on a potential $500 billion financing package for AI infrastructure (source paywalled; alternative source). The consortium includes BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR. The Financial Times reports: The partnership underscores Nvidia's growing efforts to raise capital for itself and its clients to continue assembling the chips, power production and data centres at the heart of the AI boom. ..

Market rumors claim TSMC is holding onto a billion-dollar stockpile of Apple chips due to not having enough memory to complete packaging. However, a prominent analyst doubts it to be the case. TSMC is the chip foundry responsible for the upcoming A20 The persisting memory supply crisis has caused problems with the supply chain, in both sourcing chips for products and in paying high prices for them too. While there is certainly a crisis at hand, not every major supply chain-related claim will be ..

New YouTube partners will now need twice the number of watch hours or Shorts views in order to qualify for a cut of ad revenue.