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So long and thanks for all the cool new video games. Summer Game Fest Summer Game Fest just wrapped up its sixth year and, like a beautifully cel-shaded version of The Blob, the show just keeps on growing.  The official Summer Game Fest 2026 showcase took place on June 5, but the surrounding buffet of new game reveals, release date announcements, review opportunities and developer spotlights actually ran from June 1 all the way to June 9. That’s more than an entire week of near-constant video game news and trailers to consume, and here we’ve gathered…

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle was actually pretty fun. Once you understand the theme, the answers are easy to unscramble — a rare treat for Strands. If you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.  If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1:…

AMD’s David McAfee expects DDR5 RAM prices to ‘recover slowly in the future’However, the exec added that DDR5 won’t return to ‘normal’ pricing levels for some two yearsMeanwhile chatter from the rumor mill claims Lenovo is going to implement another sizeable round of price hikes with its PCsAn AMD exec has told us that DDR5 RAM pricing isn’t likely to normalize until 2028, and in other news, fresh from the memory and wider component crisis, Lenovo seemingly has more price hikes in the works for its PCs.Let’s start with the AMD story. VideoCardz flagged up the interview that 4Gamers conducted…

This post lists the five best Wi-Fi 7 routers—specifically, the best tri-band Wi-Fi 7 routers—and their alternatives. These are all excellent options to consider when you need a new router in a home where a single Wi-Fi access point is enough. Need extended Wi-Fi coverage? Some of the models mentioned here are mesh-ready and can be a good way to get started with a Wi-Fi system. Or this list of purpose-built Wi-Fi 7 systems offers better options. Dong’s note: I first published this frequently-revised post on December 12, 2023, and last updated it on June 9, 2026. This pair of Ubiquiti’s UniFi…

Tuesday’s patch bundle also fixed MiniPlasma, a separate vulnerability disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse. Microsoft said in an email that the vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-17103, a vulnerability Microsoft first fixed six years ago. That means MiniPlasma was the result of a regression or an incomplete patch in its initial form. The company is in the process of updating Tuesday’s bulletin to note the republication. Microsoft has yet to release patches for other vulnerabilities disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse. The company did provide manual instructions for mitigating YellowKey, a vulnerability that allows attackers to defeat Bitlocker full-disk encryption. That could be a…

It’s like Microsoft’s Arc Mouse, but even smaller. Sam Rutherford for Engadget RATING : 8.4 / 10 Pros Super compact Great battery life Automatically turns off when folded Supports three simultaneous Bluetooth connections Cons A bit pricey Not very ergonomic USB receiver only comes with the business model Logitech makes some of the best productivity mice on the market. However, when it comes to super portable but still premium travel-friendly options, its selection is a lot more limited. You’re basically looking at just the MX Anywhere 3S. But with its latest mouse…

Apple’s Vision Pro hardware, last updated in the fall with an M5 chip, is getting new software upgrades with the latest version of VisionOS announced at WWDC. A big one is Visual Intelligence, camera-aware AI, at long last. It’s exactly the sort of thing Apple’s expected smart glasses, likely arriving next year, are going to need.VisionOS 27 can be previewed now in a developer beta, and there are a handful of little updates that look ready to improve how the headset works this year.The Vision-focused AI tools are what interest me most, though. They’re part of Apple’s new Siri-focused AI…

Old routers quietly cripple expensive broadband plans inside crowded modern households dailyMillions still depend on wireless technology standardized before modern streaming exploded globallyNew smartphones lose critical performance advantages when paired with outdated home routersGlobal internet connectivity relies heavily on internal wireless infrastructure, but a large portion of global traffic remains bound to severely outdated hardware, new research has claimed.Findingds from Ookla claim legacy systems like Wi-Fi 4 (launched in 2009) still retain an alarming 33.2% share of all network samples globally.This baseline status means hundreds of millions of consumers remain tethered to technical infrastructure standardized in the previous decade.Latest Videos…

The new NASync DXP4800 GT, part of the newly released NASync GT lineup, is a bit of a surprise. While its hardware specs suggest it’s somewhat of a downgrade from the DXP6800 Pro, it proved consistently faster in real-world use. However, that’s likely because UGREEN’s UGOS Pro operating system has improved significantly in performance since I tested the previous model. In any case, here’s the bottom line: There’s little to complain about the NASync DXP4800 GT. It’s a good-looking, robust server that has everything to justify its sensible $659.99 price tag (before discount), and then some. If you’re in the…

Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in AI coding agents. In all, multiple researchers said, 73 packages were flagged as malicious when automated systems on GitHub blocked them on the platform. Rather than noting they are malicious—and that developers who used AI agents to work with them should assume their systems are compromised—the Microsoft-owned GitHub said it disabled the packages “due to a violation of GitHub’s terms of service.” The text went on to encourage the package owner to contact…