You’ve got a dilemma. You love to cook, and you love to eat, but your kitchen has no room to prepare meals. Seriously, it’s like gerbil furniture. You could just declare all hope lost and rationalize eating out night and day. But you and I both know it’s a... Read more

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Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice. Now, using deep-learning AI models, software can create not only realistic-sounding voices, but also convincingly imitate existing voices using small... Read more

Helldiver’s 2 players will be able to access new weapons in the battle against the Terminid and Automaton hordes in the acclaimed game. Those loyal to the fight for Super Earth will get not one, but two new heavy weapons to add to their arsenal. Helldivers adds new content... Read more

You get a text message from an unknown number claiming to be your bank. The message says suspicious activity has been detected in your account; it wants you to click a link to verify your identity. You panic. You want to resolve the issue immediately, and so you click... Read more

There are a ton of tricks that smart displays can do. But not all of them are created equal or are worth doing on this style of advice. The basics are easy—just about anyone knows how handy it is to ask any smart speaker or smart display to tell... Read more

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Enlarge / Internet Backdoor in a string of binary code in a shape of an eye. Getty Images Researchers have found a malicious backdoor in a compression tool that made its way into widely used Linux distributions, including those from Red Hat and Debian. The compression utility, known as... Read more

Games producer Capcom has released an in-depth survey document to receive user feedback on all things Dragons Dogma 2. The Japanese video game giant also asks thorough financial questions of the players who have picked up the title. Dragons Dogma 2 is a polarising release from the same publisher... Read more

Solar panel manufacturer Maxeon said this month that its new Maxeon 7 panel set a new efficiency record for its type at 24.9%. The figure was confirmed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The new benchmark serves “to set the pace for the entire solar industry,” Matt Dawson,... Read more