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Valve’s new Steam Controller has had a pretty good start. Early reactions have been positive, and the $99 controller sold out quickly after launch. That demand also brought scalpers, who started listing the controller at inflated prices. Valve has since introduced a reservation queue to give real buyers a better shot at future stock. Still, one complaint kept coming up. For many players, the Steam Controller was simply too locked into Steam. What was holding the Steam Controller back? For players who mostly game through Steam, the setup works well. Steam Input handles the controller’s extra features and gives users…

Apple’s long-awaited Siri overhaul in iOS 27 could introduce a feature that most AI chatbots still treat as optional: automatic deletion of AI conversations. According to Mark Gurman’s Bloomberg newsletter, Apple is preparing a redesigned Siri experience with a dedicated chatbot-style interface, but unlike rivals such as ChatGPT and Gemini, the company may make privacy controls a central part of the experience rather than a hidden setting. The reported feature would allow users to automatically delete Siri conversations after 30 days, one year, or keep them permanently. The approach appears similar to the auto-delete system already available in Apple’s Messages…

Apple is reportedly preparing one of the biggest Siri redesigns in years with iOS 27, but even after multiple delays, the company may still label the upgraded assistant as a beta product. According to reports from Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, internal test versions of iOS 27 already refer to the revamped Siri as a beta experience and include an option allowing users to leave the Siri beta entirely. The move would be unusually familiar for longtime Apple users. When Apple originally introduced Siri in 2011, the assistant itself launched under a beta label before Apple quietly removed the branding in…

There are very few headlines that sound equally believable as both a robotics breakthrough and the plot of a low-budget sci-fi horror movie. Japan deploying glowing robot wolves to scare away bears is definitely one of them. The country’s bizarre robots are suddenly seeing a huge spike in demand, as reported by AFP, as bear attacks and sightings continue surging across Japan. Japan’s robot wolves are becoming surprisingly popular anti-bear weapons Originally built to keep deer and wild boars away from farms, Japan’s bizarre “Monster Wolf” robots are now being deployed near residential areas, resorts, golf courses, and even construction…

ChatGPT Plus used to feel like one of those optional internet subscriptions people quietly justified to themselves every month. Now, OpenAI is partnering with governments to roll it out at a national level, which honestly feels like a very different conversation altogether. OpenAI has officially announced a partnership with Malta that will provide ChatGPT Plus access to all Maltese citizens and residents for one year after they complete a free AI literacy course. The initiative, called “AI for All,” is being developed alongside the University of Malta and is being described as the company’s first nationwide partnership of this kind.…

The corporate AI race is slowly starting to feel less like innovation and more like performance art. Companies desperately want employees to “embrace AI,” employees desperately want management off their backs, and somewhere in the middle, everyone is now apparently automating tasks nobody actually needed automated in the first place. According to a new Financial Times report, Amazon employees are using the company’s internal AI tool called “MeshClaw” for unnecessary tasks simply to inflate their AI usage scores and appear more aligned with the company’s growing AI-first culture. For context, Amazon’s MeshClaw can initiate code deployments, triage emails, and interact…

Amazon’s decision to cut support for older Kindles has pushed some longtime owners toward jailbreaking, a route many never expected to consider. From May 20, 2026, Kindle devices released in 2012 or earlier will no longer be able to buy, borrow, or download new books directly from Amazon. Books already downloaded will still work, but the store experience is basically being switched off for these devices. Reports now suggest that some users are looking at jailbreaks as a way to keep older Kindles useful instead of replacing hardware that still works. Why are Kindle owners turning to jailbreaks? The frustration…

I have spoken before about how doomscrolling has completely changed the way I consume short-form content. What used to feel like a quick break to watch a couple of YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels somehow turned into an automatic habit I barely even notice anymore. I pick up my phone for one thing, open a social media app just for a minute, and suddenly I am trapped in an endless vertical stream of videos I did not even plan to watch. And the frustrating part is that I am fully aware of it while it is happening. I have tried…

While the idea is appealing, I have never fully enjoyed using the speech-to-text feature for voice typing. I understand why it exists, and I have used it in a pinch. But it has always felt like one of those phone features that works just enough times to be useful, and not often enough to be conveniently reliable. It’s not just about speaking clearly; the problem is a bit more subtle. You have to avoid doubling back mid-sentence, or you have to pretend your brain naturally produces clean text messages in one smooth pass. And since mine does not, I’m looking…

For me, there are basically two kinds of panic in life. The first is sending a risky text to the wrong person. The second is handing my unlocked phone to someone and instantly remembering that my entire digital life lives inside it. Unfortunately, I have experienced the second one far too many times. Most of the time, the reason is completely harmless. A friend wants to click a quick picture, my cousin asks to watch a reel, or someone just wants to place a food order or check the cricket score. But the second my iPhone leaves my hand, my…