Microsoft and Adobe team up and make Photoshop 20% faster on Windows
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Compilation Matters: Despite the meteoric rise of generative AI services, traditional tools such as Photoshop still dominate the creative industry. So much so that Microsoft – now largely focused on cloud services and AI models – is working hard to find new ways to make Windows-based applications run faster.
Thanks to a close collaboration with Adobe, Microsoft engineers have significantly improved performance in certain Photoshop operations. Photoshop is a large, native desktop
Criminals have been distributing malware via Steam since 2025, tens of thousands affected
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WTF?! According to Kaspersky, cybercriminals have been targeting Steam users with a sustained malware campaign since 2025, distributing malicious software disguised as desktop wallpapers. The attack hijacked the accounts of gamers using Steam's live wallpaper application Wallpaper Engine, which ranks among the platform's most popular non-game downloads.
The attack reportedly abused Wallpaper Engine's "Application Wallpaper" executable, which runs as a
Sandisk's new PS5 SSDs cost up to $2,960, that's five PlayStation 5 consoles
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Facepalm: Sandisk has unveiled a new line of SSDs designed to expand the PlayStation 5's storage capacity. To no one's surprise, the new drives are priced more like luxury hardware than an affordable storage upgrade for a mass-market home console.
The US memory manufacturer has launched the Optimus GX PRO 850P SSD lineup, which includes storage drives specifically designed for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro
Apple's iPhone Air 2 is getting a second camera and better battery life, coming next year
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The big picture: Apple is working on a new version of the iPhone Air due out early next year. Sources familiar with the matter say the new phone will address two complaints that consumers had with the first model: a single rear-facing camera and lackluster battery life.
The next Air will reportedly ship with an ultrawide rear camera alongside the primary unit, boosting its appeal to photo bugs that may have skipped the first
Taiwan teaches civilians drone skills learned from Ukraine's war as China threat looms
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In a nutshell: No war has seen drones used quite like the Ukraine-Russia conflict, where the devices have been helping hold back invading Russian forces since 2022. Taiwan, which has been concerned about the prospect of Chinese invasion for years, is taking note.
Taiwan has seen an increase in volunteer-led civil defence groups in recent times as China becomes more aggressive and emboldened by Russia's actions
Just 16% of Americans think AI will benefit society, despite chatbot use climbing to 49% of US adults
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The takeaway: Despite the apparent growth of an anti-generative AI movement, more Americans are using chatbots than ever before, according to a new survey. But somewhat paradoxically, just 16% of participants believe the technology will have a positive impact on society over the next 20 years, while 40% think the impact will be negative.
The Pew Research Center found that 49% of US adults now
AMD confirms next-gen Threadripper with Zen 6 cores, PCIe 6.0, and new TR6 socket
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Something to look forward to: The next generation of Ryzen Threadripper chips has been officially confirmed. Codenamed Mustang Peak, the Zen 6-based CPUs are built on TSMC's 2nm process, have PCIe 6.0 support, and move to a new TR6 platform.
Details of the next Threadripper series were discovered in AMD's technical documentation portal by InstLatX64. It lists the AMD Ryzen Threadripper TR
Tim Cook confirms Apple price hikes are coming, iPhones could jump $200 or more
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Ripple effect: As demand from AI data centers pushes memory and storage costs to stratospheric highs, hardware manufacturers across the tech industry have raised prices while seeing shipments decline. Apple's outsized supply chain muscle has mostly shielded it from the trend so far, but the tech giant's CEO recently admitted that even it can't simply absorb rising component costs forever.
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently told The Wall Street Journal
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Trump says Apple will work with Intel to build chips in the US
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What just happened? President Trump says that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and build its chips in America. In a Truth Social post, Trump complained that "Stupid Presidents" had "let Taiwan and others steal our Semiconductor Factories."
"When I won my Second Term (Third, actually!), it was clear America needed its Semiconductor Industry to come back to the U.S.A