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In a new batch of emails, 23andMe is notifying users that their information was exposed to a hacker scraping data from the DNA testing service. 

People tend to push the limits of their new gadgets. So it shouldn't be surprising to see videos popping up of people using the Meta Quest 3 outside. While this may sound like a turbo-charged version of Pokémon Go, it's a terrible idea.

Retail boxes for the PS5 Slim have revealed an internet connection is required to pair the detachable disc drive to the console before it can be used.

Apple is renowned for making its devices hard to repair, but yesterday the company pledged its support for a US right-to-repair law.

Remember back in the day when you could set it up so that your tweets automatically posted to Facebook? Facebook killed that functionality with an API crackdown in 2018, but it's revisiting the idea in a bid to drum up interest in its Twitter alternative, Threads. And a lot of people hate it.

The Biden-Harris administration announced the first series of tech hubs that are getting funded as part of the CHIPS and Science Act signed into law last summer.

Get ready for another Apple event. After launching the iPhone 15 last month, the company has another presentation on tap, and the teaser suggests Cupertino will reveal new Macs.

Apple and Google have temporarily shut down live traffic data in Google Maps, Waze, and Apple Maps in Israel and the Gaza Stripfollowing a request from the Israeli military, Bloomberg reports.

We're still about a month out from one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year: Black Friday. But you don't have to wait to save; there are some pretty solid sales available right now.

Two dozen experts, AI scientists, and researchers—including two of the three "godfathers of AI"—are calling for AI firms to be held responsible for their actions and for governments to regulate AI more effectively.

MAUI, Hawaii—At the opening keynote of the 2023 Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm representatives broke out the speeds and feeds in force and detailed the first SoC in the company's Snapdragon X Elite line, powered by its much-anticipated next-gen CPU core, code-named "Oryon." Teased earlier in the month, “Snapdragon X” is the branding for Qualcomm’s newest SoCs for PC compute, and the Snapdragon Elite X is the first issue, positioned as its premium solution. Outfitted for AI local processing and packing a host of efficiency-minded innovations, the Snapdragon X Elite built on Oryon is, according to Qualcomm, the punchiest processor for laptops that it has ever produced.

Qualcomm showed off two new computing platforms this week at its annual Snapdragon Summit that promise to put generative AI into laptops, phones, and more.

California’s DMV is suspending Cruise’s permit to test self-driving cars in the state over concerns the vehicles pose a risk to public safety. 

Farewell "like for part two"? TikTok is testing the option to upload 15-minute videos.

Qualcomm on Tuesday announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, its premium system-on-a-chip for mobile devices. The 8 Gen 3 will be the engine behind the leading Android phones and tablets over the coming year. Much like last year's 8 Gen 2, the new SoC banks on AI to set it apart from competing chips. What's different is that Qualcomm is pushing generative AI in particular directly onto devices for faster and more secure results.

Qualcomm previewed a new feature at its Snapdragon Summit in Maui that promises a less fractured multiple-device lifestyle—as long as those devices run Android or Windows. 

MAUI—Qualcomm says its newest Snapdragon Sound technology will bring premium audio experiences to the next generation of mobile headphones.

Lenovo is back with a concept smartphone that can curl around your wrist. 

A former National Security Agency employee has pleaded guilty for trying to email state secrets to a Russian agent. 

Engineers at NASA have managed to construct lighter rocket parts that don't melt using 3D printing and a novel variant of aluminum.

The recent breach at Okta gave hackers the opportunity to try and infiltrate password manager 1Password and internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. 

Still a fan of gas-powered cars? You'll have fewer options in Colorado come 2032. That's when dealerships in the state will need to fill at least 82% of their parking lots with electric vehicles, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission ruled on Friday.

Intel looks set to get some fresh competition in the personal computer market that's sure to make a few of its shareholders sweat.

Will the rise of AI programs like ChatGPT lead to even more devious robocalls? 

Toyota shared its latest EV prototypes ahead of this week's 2023 Japan Mobility Show, and it's quite the spread.

A hacking group that’s been exploiting a software vulnerability to hijack tens of thousands of Cisco devices seems to have changed tactics to avoid detection.

No luck on the dating apps? Maybe your inner circle will be better at finding you a match. Tinder this week rolled out Tinder Matchmaker, which gives your friends and family the power to recommend profiles for your consideration.

Is Apple releasing a new iPad this year or not? Several reports, including those from Supercharged and 9to5Mac, suggested that new iPads were coming last week. But all we got was a new Apple Pencil with a USB-C connector, and the latest rumor now pushes the next iPad launch to spring 2024.

A great soundtrack can elevate your gaming session, but sometimes you want to listen after you put down the controller. Spotify users are in luck on that front, as Sony just added a new batch of game soundtracks to the music-streaming service.

At the 2023 Gartner Symposium, various analysts presented a variety of visions of how AI will develop over the next few years. These ranged from looking at AI's impact on jobs and the future of work, to viewing AI as a teammate, to multiple different scenarios about possible futures for AI and its impact on various organizations.

Amazon users can start ditching old-school passwords. The e-commerce giant is now offering support for passkeys, which offer a smartphone-like experience when signing on. 

Scientists give every gene a name and alphanumeric code (called a symbol) to help coordinate research. Unfortunately, those symbols can sometimes resemble dates, and Excel will "helpfully" convert them to actual dates. After causing many problems, an update is here to save the day.

In the latest PCMag Readers’ Choice survey, we asked you to rate the printers and scanners you use at home. For many, your printer and scanner are combined into one device: a multifunction or all-in-one printer. Others still have the need for a separate scanner in addition to, or instead of, having one integrated, usually for high-speed document scanning or the highest-quality photo scanning.

The last time we asked our readership for their opinions on the best printers for the workplace was 2021. Taking a couple of years off gave us time to expand the survey and the coverage. This year, we go beyond basic office printers (no matter what the work setting): We break things down into printers specifically for the office, vs those printers used for work at home.

Nearly three years ago, Google proposed a new "Gnatcatcher" system to help anonymize internet traffic and cut down on cross-site tracking. Soon, Google will roll out an updated version of that proposal, dubbed "IP Protection," with some significant changes.

Voyager 2 is having a software update installed in a bid to keep the spacecraft operating for as long as possible.

Elon Musk has a bone to pick with another nonprofit: Wikipedia. Over the weekend, the Twitter/X owner took several swipes at the encyclopedia site and its operator, the Wikimedia Foundation, accusing it of alleged bias and routinely asking users for donations. 

One of the biggest problems with owning a smart home has always been compatibility: confirming this device will talk to that gadget. Matter promised to solve this once and for all; you could buy any device from any manufacturer and know it'd work with all your existing devices. It's been slow going, but the latest version of Matter—unveiled today—should bring cross-compatibility to more devices in your home.

Blizzard is celebrating the release of Season of Blood for Diablo IV by asking players to donate their own blood in return for in-game rewards.

A new iMac may arrive as early as this month.

AI is coming to the iPhone.

If you want to find out if Slack is experiencing issues you’ll have to look somewhere other than Twitter.

Pickleball is quickly gaining in popularity across the United States. There’s no denying that playing a sport of any kind can help improve your health, but is trading your tennis racket for a kickball one a better move? Apple decided it wanted to find out.

If you find yourself making typos sometimes when you’re trying to type a URL into Chrome we’ve got some good news for you: The browser now has autocorrect.

This week Meta rolled out a new way for you to control how Instagram tracks your web activity.

The Apple HomePod now officially supports YouTube Music.

Twitch streamers can now simultaneously share streams on a wider selection of live platforms.

Twitter has been teasing, testing, and launching different subscription tiers since Elon Musk took over the company last year, but he's not done yet.

The Problem with Jon Stewarthas been canceled by Apple after just two seasons, reportedly after Apple execs balked at the idea of the show tackling topics like China and artificial intelligence, The New York Times reports.

A hacker has infiltrated Okta, a provider of single sign-on services to thousands of businesses, but the attacker only breached the company’s customer support system. 

If you want to flash your smartphone rather than pulling out a driver's license at the airport, three more states this week added support for the functionality on Android.

It took a while, But Cisco is close to releasing a patch to fix a critical flaw in the company’s software that a hacking group has been actively exploiting. 

Apple's upcoming iOS 17.1 update reportedly solves a screen burn-in issue spotted on the iPhone 15. But it does not yet address another problem vexing owners of the company's newest smartphone.

Police across Europe may have dealt a major blow to the cybercriminal gang behind the ransomware strain Ragnar Locker. 

Usually, movies are an escape from a world filled with scary, terrible things, but we all still enjoy the occasional trip into the darkness. Beyond stupid fun, scary movies can also bring people together: You can curl up into your loved one to feel safe, make jokes to alleviate the really intense parts, or laugh together afterward at gross-out moments.

Somebody at Hulu must really like Christmas movies, as there are several dozen landing on the streaming service this month, including Elf, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and both versions of Miracle on 34th Street. But if you're not in the holiday spirit yet, here are our picks for the must-watch offerings for the tenth month of the year.

The most popular posts on Twitter/X that are pushing misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war are largely coming from verified accounts, according to a new study.

if you're not sure how AI models actually work and whether they're safe to use, you're not alone.

Disney+ moves out of spooky season with the last few episodes of Goosebumps as well as the conclusion of Loki, but there's plenty of new stuff to watch this month. The latest Spider-Man movie is here, plus cartoons, documentaries, and more. Here are our picks for the best new content streaming on Disney+ this month.

The Chinese government is restricting the export of graphite, a critical mineral in the manufacture of rechargeable batteries.

The Dashlane password-management service is altering its “freemium” deal, imposing a cap of 25 saved passwords and removing email and chat support from its free tier. 

Tech support scammers are often based in foreign countries, making it harder to stop them. But thanks to a tip from Microsoft and Amazon, officials in India shut down two tech support operations in the country that were preying on consumers for over five years. 

Believe it or not, you could finally see a Tesla Cybertruck on the streets as early as next month.

Amazon has been trialing drone deliveries across California and Texas, and it will now expand its Prime Air service to customers in the UK, Italy, and a third city in the US by the end of 2024.

For years, Amazon has used robots to help fulfill customer orders. But now the e-commerce giant is testing the use of humanoid-looking bots to work at its warehouses. 

With prices in the hundreds of dollars, who wouldn’t conduct thorough research before investing in a pair of top-shelf noise-cancelling headphones? From least to most expensive, Sony's $399.99 WH-1000XM5, Bose's $429 QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, and Apple's $549 AirPods Max are the best noise-cancelling headphones you can buy—as well as some of the priciest. So how should you choose between them?

It's all well and good to talk about technology trends, but what really concerns most CIOs and other business leaders is what they need to accomplish in the year ahead. So at Gartner Symposium, I was interested in the various takes that different analysts presented in various sessions, often based on surveys the firm has done of different groups.

If you're shopping on Amazon, you might send out potential purchase links to friends to get their opinion. But then you have to keep track of multiple conversations across different message apps. Amazon's Consult-a-Friend aims to solve that.

Android's Play Store has a reputation for hosting "dangerous and malicious" apps that's somewhat undeserved. The real danger comes from sideloading apps, which bypass the Play Store's protections, so Google is rolling out expanded capabilities to help spot when an app you're sideloading is actually malicious before you finish installing it.

Is your freelance IT worker actually a North Korean operative? 

Following the tease of its upcoming "Meteor Lake" mobile processors, which incorporate dedicated silicon for local artificial intelligence (AI) processing, Intel has launched a booster initiative dubbed the AI PC Acceleration Program. In the leadup to Meteor Lake’s launch in December, this program aims to connect Intel with hardware and software makers looking to enhance their products with onboard AI technology.

OnePlus announced its first folding smartphone today, the OnePlus Open. This dual-screened device sports a purposeful design, excellent displays, and a new way to multitask that makes it a powerful productivity partner.

AMD just stoked the flames of the high-end desktop processor wars—no, make that poured a barrel of gasoline them—with the announcement of Threadripper's return to the consumer high-end desktop (HEDT) chip market. Meet the new Ryzen Threadripper 7000X series: Starting at a spicy $1,499, these new Threadripper processors straddle the line between consumer-level and workstation-grade silicon, with the promise to drive performance closer to those latter high-end professional chips.

AMD has announced the Radeon RX 7900M laptop graphics chip, which launches first inside Dell's refreshed Alienware m18, its giant-screen flagship gaming laptop.

We thought the 64-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX workstation processor was something else, but AMD's new Threadripper Pro 7995WX crams a mind-blowing 96 cores onto one chip. It's the top dog in a six-chip rollout of AMD Threadripper Pro 7000 CPUs using the company's "Zen 4" architecture, and a surprisingly fast follow-on to the 2022 launch of Threadripper Pro 5000.

Netflix is indicating that its account-sharing crackdown will expand and target its remaining freeloaders over the next two quarters.  

WhatsApp is introducing the ability to log into two accounts at the same time within the app on a single device.

It looks as though the release date for the PlayStation 5 Slim console has leaked ahead of Sony's official announcement.

The US has blocked Nvidia from selling the GeForce RTX 4090 PC graphics card to China as part of an export ban intended to thwart the country from securing cutting-edge AI chips. 

Brace yourselves: Another Netflix price hike is here.