Back in May, the CNET Group websites (Lifehacker, Mashable, CNET, ZDNET, and PCMag) all launched the first round of the “Big Guessing Game,” a friendly competition testing our audiences’ abilitity to guess what new products and services Apple would announce this year. Round 1 was all about WWDC 2026, which kicked off on Monday. Now […]

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Apple’s biggest announcements at WWDC 2026—Siri AI and new Apple Intelligence features—weren’t surprising. Leaks and rumors covered most of them well ahead of time, so Apple spent most of the event confirming our expectations. What was shocking, however, was watchOS 27’s list of supported devices. Apple only mentioned iOS 27’s compatibility during the event, and […]

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Best Buy has joined the battle against Amazon’s Prime Day sale with Best Buy’s Tech Fest Sale. Below, I’ve rounded up all the key details you need to know so you can prepare for the big tech sale. How long is Best Buy’s Tech Fest […]

If you use Chrome (or a Chromium-based browser like Edge), listen up: You need to install your browser’s latest update. Without it, you leave your browser vulnerable to attack, which puts its data in jeopardy. As reported by Malwarebytes Labs, Google’s latest update for Chrome (version 149.0.7827.102/.103 for Windows and Mac and 149.0.7827.102 for Linux) […]

Microsoft’s June security update, known as Patch Tuesday, is the company’s largest ever, with fixes for more than 200 bugs—three of which are zero-days that have been publicly disclosed. The release addresses 206 flaws across the following categories, according to The Hacker News: 63 elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities, 20 security feature bypass vulnerabilities, 56 remote-code-execution vulnerabilities, 30 […]

If you tried to use Google’s Gemini AI on Wednesday morning, you might have run into an error message or two. If so, don’t worry, it’s not just you: Gemini appears to be down for a number of users (myself included). Even if you don’t personally use Gemini, you can see the issues from Downdetector, […]

There was a lot to take in from Apple’s WWDC 2026 keynote, but as is the case every year, the presentation couldn’t hope to cover all the changes, new features, and upgrades to Apple’s software. Developers are already busy installing the first beta versions of Apple’s new operating systems and seeing what they’re capable of—so, […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’d be fair in some respects to call WWDC 2026 “the Siri keynote.” After a two-year delay, Apple finally revealed Siri AI, and spent much of the event discussing all the ways it improves upon the old assistant. But while Siri might have stolen the […]

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My PC is nine years old, and even though I’ve upgraded its SSD and RAM, it does experience the occasional freeze. It most often happens when I leave Age of Empires 2 running while I complete a few quick chores around the house. Once I’m back at my PC, the game sometimes becomes unresponsive, and […]

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Walmart isn’t taking this year’s Amazon Prime Day sale sitting down. The retailer has announced plans for this year’s Walmart Summer Deals promotion, which will kick off the day before Amazon’s big annual sale. Walmart held a major sale alongside last year’s Prime Day, too—it […]