Gears of War: E-Day PC requirements are surprisingly forgiving, apart from the 130GB SSD demand
Announced during the Xbox Games Showcase, Gears of War: E-Day, one of our Most Anticipated PC Games of 2026, launches on PC and Xbox (no PlayStation version) on October 6, 2026. It will also be available on day one on Game Pass Ultimate.
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Microsoft just announced an Xbox 25th anniversary console and controller in translucent green
Inside, the console offers the same performance profile as the standard Series X. But the semi-transparent green finish is an explicit nod to the first-generation machine, a look that Xbox largely moved away from in later hardware generations.
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Birds in Ukraine are building nests from discarded drone fiber-optic cables
The image was posted on X by Olena Tregub, co-founder of the Independent Defense Anti-Corruption Commission, who credited researcher Oleh Malchenko for taking the photo. According to the post, a Russian glide bomb knocked down a tree in Donbas, and the nest rolled out from the shattered branches.
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In Hindsight: Tech Quotes That Got the Future Right and Wrong
Tech leaders love predicting the future . Sometimes they nail it, sometimes they miss spectacularly, and sometimes they leave behind quotes that only get better with age.
AMD welcomes Nvidia to the local AI PC race, points to Gorgon Halo's 192GB memory advantage
AMD, which has already been moving in that direction with its Strix Halo chips, does not appear rattled. If anything, the company's executives are portraying Nvidia's arrival as long overdue.
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Signal, DuckDuckGo, and NordVPN threaten to exit Canada if metadata surveillance law passes
The latest version of Canada's Bill C-22 would require digital services such as internet service providers, messaging platforms, email providers, and potentially hardware companies to retain up to one year of user metadata. In addition, tech companies would have to implement mechanisms that allow authorities to obtain "lawful access" to...
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Anthropic is blacklisted by the Pentagon and being used by the NSA at the same time
The Financial Times reports that Anthropic has installed half a dozen engineers inside the NSA as forward-deployed staff. Their job is said to involve guiding the agency's use of Claude Mythos and customizing the model for specific applications.
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TeamGroup built an external SSD that destroys itself when you send it a text message
The company's new T-Create Expert P35SG is an external SSD that can effectively destroy itself on command. Unlike earlier concepts that relied on physical triggers, this version works remotely. The drive uses a 4G LTE connection, allowing users to access it even when it is not plugged into a computer...
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Summer Game Fest 2026: Virtua Fighter is back, Guild Wars 3 is real, and Final Fantasy VII's trilogy is ending
Following Sony's June 2026 State of Play, which contained plenty of PC game announcements, Summer Game Fest brought more world premieres and new previews. Microsoft is set to showcase more games this Sunday.
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Google tests making AI Mode the default in Search, then says it was an error
As spotted by Windows Report, a flag in the new Chrome Canary release called Fulfill Searchbox Queries in AI Mode appeared to confirm people's worst fears.
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