A Year Without Instagram and the Quiet Hours It Gave Back
A Guardian writer says deleting Instagram a year ago changed how she spends her quiet moments, from scrolling and curating to simply being present.
Ugreen HomeAgent HA100 Hands-On: A New Branch in Its Storage Lineup
TechRadar offers an early hands-on with Ugreen's HomeAgent HA100, a device that sits beside the company's NAS line and is not yet sold at retail.
Belgian Startup Says Server SSDs Can Cut AI Rereading Time
Corbenic AI's Galahad beta saves model memory to local NVMe drives, but its reported 14x speedup owes more to a retrieval component than to storage.
Final Fantasy VII Revelation Opens With Its Biggest Twist Early
A hands-on account of Final Fantasy VII Revelation's opening demo shows an earlier, more linear story start, new party members and a revamped class system.
ORICO Enters Laptops With Obook15 as Preorder Discount Nears Deadline
Storage accessory maker ORICO is preparing to sell its first full laptop, the Obook15, with a preorder discount in the US and Philippines.
Anthropic Commits 5% of Shares to Public Benefit Fund Ahead of Listing
Anthropic says it will commit 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund as it prepares for a major stock market listing.
Remote Reaper Hits Steam 1.0 With Jamming and Vehicle Damage Models
Ukrainian-developed FPV drone simulator Remote Reaper has left Early Access with a full 1.0 release that adds jamming, vehicle weak spots and deeper customization.
Arm's AGI CPU Claims Rack-Level Lead Over AMD in Agentic AI Test
An Arm-cooperated assessment by Signal65 models nearly double the rack-level performance of its AGI CPU versus AMD's EPYC 9755 on agentic AI workloads.
MEP Speaks Out After Nude Deepfakes Target Female Lawmakers
Austrian MEP Lena Schilling describes finding AI-altered nude images of herself, as a report finds one in six female MEPs targeted.
Dreame's Self-Heating Travel Espresso Machine Aims to Solve the Hot Water Problem
TechRadar's reviewer says Dreame's new Ecceluxe Go portable espresso machine heats itself, removing the need for a kettle or stove on the road.
Zotac's Compact RTX 5080 Desktop Arrives Without Storage, Memory or OS
Zotac has released a small desktop built around Nvidia's RTX 5080, priced from about $2,640 in Japan, with buyers supplying their own memory, storage and operating system.
England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Open ODI Tri-Series in Pakistan From October 18
A two-week one-day international tri-series between England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka begins October 18 in Lahore and Rawalpindi, with streaming options outlined by TechRadar.
Rental Cars Used by Norwegian Army Recorded Soldiers, Reports Say
Dashcams in Chinese-made rental cars used by Norway's military reportedly filmed soldiers during an Oslo exercise, raising security questions.
Air Force Turns to Balloon Network for Weather Data Under Possible $49M Deal
WindBorne Systems has secured a potential $49 million Air Force agreement to buy atmospheric measurements from its fleet of autonomous weather balloons.
Developer Finds Way to Play Lossless Dolby TrueHD on Apple TV 4K
A developer has devised a workaround that brings lossless Dolby TrueHD and Atmos soundtracks to the third-gen Apple TV 4K, with limits.
Sennheiser stands out in TechRadar's 2026 earbud picks ahead of holiday sales
TechRadar has published a roundup of the earbuds it rated four stars or higher in 2026 testing, with Sennheiser models at both ends of the price range.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang Hails Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra as a Labor of Love
Nvidia's CEO praised the Surface Laptop Ultra at a London developer event, calling it the first Microsoft device built on an Nvidia chip after a four-year effort.
TikTok Removes Account Promoting Musk Documentary Ahead of Release
TikTok has permanently suspended the advertising account for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, days before its wider release.
UK Weighs Extending BBC Licence Fee to Streaming Services
The UK government is reportedly considering charging the BBC licence fee to streaming platforms, with any decision expected before Christmas.
NHS Trusts Turn Away Palantir's Patient Data Platform in Favor of Older Systems
Several English NHS trusts are rejecting Palantir's £330m federated data platform, saying existing systems perform as well or better, according to freedom of information responses.