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Nvidia is raising prices again on its RTX 50 graphics cards, by up to about $500, so anyone planning a gaming PC or upgrade may pay more.
Read more: Nvidia raises graphics card prices again, by up to $500AARP's Fraud Watch series with Phil and Pam now covers veteran scams. The advice: check who is contacting you before you share any personal details.
Read more: AARP's Fraud Watch turns to scams that target veteransBoth iPhone and Android let you see which apps can reach your camera, location and contacts, and cut off any that do not need them.
Read more: How to check which apps can see your camera, location and moreA spare Raspberry Pi can block ads, run a smart home, store files and upgrade a 3D printer, all without a screen, mouse or keyboard.
Read more: Old Raspberry Pi boards can run useful home services with no screenOpenAI is reportedly considering calling data centers 'AI compute campuses' as local opposition grows. Here is what to ask if one is planned near you.
Read more: OpenAI wants to stop calling data centers 'data centers'MacPaw, maker of CleanMyMac and Setapp, has launched Eney, an AI assistant for Mac and iPhone that works with Mail, Calendar and Reminders.
Read more: MacPaw launches Eney, an AI helper built for Mac and iPhone usersElderVoice says its AI caller, Evelyn, flagged a Denver woman's panicky call and texted her daughter within a minute. Here is how it works and what it costs.
Read more: AI phone companion for seniors texts family when a parent sounds distressedChainstack says an attacker reached customer account data and password hashes. Customers are told to reset passwords and keys now.
Read more: Chainstack says hackers got into its systems and customer dataGoogle's new Gemini 4 Carbon AI model tops a key test by one point and costs less per task than some rivals, but it still gets facts wrong and is not widely available.
Read more: Google's new Gemini 4 Carbon AI edges past rivals in testsCMF's $279 Phone 2 Pro matched the $379 Nothing Phone 3a on screen and battery. The cuts are elsewhere, and a successor is not coming in 2026.
Read more: How a $279 phone matched a $379 phone on the things you seeClaude scored 48.3% on a Google engineering test and Gemini came in fourth. Even the best score was under 50%, which matters if you plan to pay for an AI tool.
Read more: Google's engineering test ranks Claude first and Gemini fourthAn old laptop SSD can become a fast external drive with a small case, giving you cheap extra room for games or backups instead of a new purchase.
Read more: Turn the old drive from your laptop into fast external storageTraversal, which uses AI to find the cause of website outages, raised $120 million at a $1 billion value. Faster fixes can mean fewer lost sales.
Read more: Startup that uses AI to fix website outages is now worth $1 billionSmall ears can make AirPods slip, but the fixes are simple: new tip sizes, ear hooks or foam tips, most under $30.
Read more: How to get AirPods to fit small ears and stay putA report says YouTube may add time limits beyond Shorts, which could help you and your kids cap viewing without extra apps. It is not launched yet.
Read more: YouTube may add time limits for more than just ShortsApple's first macOS 27.3 test version shows Markdown files with real formatting in Quick Look, so notes and instruction files are easier to read at a glance.
Read more: Your Mac will soon show formatted text files with a quick press of the spacebarWhatsApp is reportedly working on ways to help people catch up on busy group chats, which could save time for families, teams and businesses.
Read more: WhatsApp is working on easier ways to catch up on busy group chatsA how-to guide says your router's device list and traffic tools can show which gadgets upload the most data, and whether anything looks unfamiliar.
Read more: How to see which devices on your home Wi-Fi are sending out dataBelize's Bankers' Association says scammers are calling and texting customers while posing as bank staff to steal logins and reset codes.
Read more: Bank group warns of scam calls posing as your bankA hacker team says it broke into an iPhone running Lockdown Mode, and the break-in survived a software update. Here is what that means for you.
Read more: Hackers break into an iPhone's strictest security modeAndroid Authority reports Chrome may get better tools for managing piles of open tabs, which could help anyone who keeps dozens open on a phone or computer.
Read more: Chrome may soon get better tools for taming too many open tabsGoogle added a way to save notes inside a Gemini chat, and one Android writer now uses it instead of Keep for research. It is open to personal accounts.
Read more: Why one writer now saves notes in Gemini instead of Google KeepA Bloomberg Intelligence survey says Chinese shoppers are delaying new phones because AI and foldables do not feel worth paying for yet.
Read more: Chinese buyers hold off on new phones as AI and foldables fall flatA new podcast episode looks at why some phones never reach North America, and what shoppers have left now that OnePlus is gone from the market.
Read more: Podcast asks why some phones never reach North America
