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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…

There was a time when VPNs were mostly associated with office workers logging into company servers or people trying to watch region-locked Netflix libraries. Now, they’ve somehow become one of the internet’s most politically sensitive tools. Mozilla is the latest company sounding the alarm, warning UK regulators that VPNs remain “essential privacy and security tools” that should not be weakened or treated like suspicious circumvention software. The statement comes amid growing debates around online age verification systems, content controls, and broader internet regulation across Europe and beyond. Mozilla says weakening VPNs could seriously hurt online privacy In its latest policy…

Modern gaming has somehow normalized the idea that publishers can permanently shut down games people already paid for. Thankfully, California is now trying to push back against that with its proposed “Protect Our Games Act,” which has officially cleared another key legislative hurdle with strong backing from the Stop Killing Games movement. California’s new bill could force publishers to preserve online games If passed in its current form, the legislation would require publishers to either keep games playable after official support ends, provide an offline patch, release a standalone playable version, or issue refunds to players. The bill would reportedly…

ASUS ROG already sells gaming laptops, monitors, motherboards, GPUs, coolers, PSUs, routers, keyboards, and pretty much half the average enthusiast setup at this point. So when leaks surfaced late last year suggesting the company was preparing its own DDR5 RAM, it honestly felt inevitable, especially with premium memory prices continuing to climb. Now, ASUS has officially made it real with the launch of the ROG DDR5 RGB Edition 20 as part of its ongoing 20th anniversary celebrations. ASUS ROG’s first DDR5 kit is ridiculously premium in every possible way The new kit comes in a 2x24GB configuration for a total…

Most budget headphones today look painfully similar. Same safe designs, same recycled “deep bass” marketing, and the same feature checklists. That’s exactly why Edifier’s newly launched Auro Ace immediately stands out, thanks to its animated dot-matrix display built directly into the earcups and a design that clearly prioritizes personality as much as audio. Edifier’s Auro Ace headphones put lyrics directly on the earcups The biggest highlight of the Auro Ace is its customizable dot-matrix display that can show synced song lyrics, animations, custom text, and pixel-style graphics directly on the headphones. Users can tweak these effects through Edifier’s companion app.…

The iPhone Shortcuts app reminds me of Minecraft. It might be relatively easy to jump into, but it offers nearly limitless potential, allowing you to build anything you want. The same holds true for the Shortcuts app, and that endless possibilities are what many iPhone users might find intimidating. But you don’t have to. If you are new to iPhone shortcuts, think of them as little automated helpers. You can build them yourself or find ones that others have built and use them. And that’s the beauty of shortcuts. If you don’t want to get your hands dirty, you can…

If you have ever wanted Codex to work through your bugs and pull requests while you grab coffee or commute, OpenAI just made that possible. Codex, the company’s AI-powered coding agent, is now available in the ChatGPT mobile app on iOS and Android. The feature is currently rolling out in preview across all plans, including Free and Go, in all supported regions. For now, mobile support works with the macOS Codex app. Windows support is coming soon. What can Codex actually do from your phone? The mobile version is not about writing entire apps on a tiny touchscreen. Think of…

AR Glasses have promised a lot over the years but delivered considerably less. Asus ROG and Xreal are making a serious case that time is different. The companies have announced the ROG Xreal R1, the world’s first 240Hz micro-OLED gaming AR glasses. Pre-orders for the device are live on Best Buy for $849. Worldwide shipping begins on June 1, 2026. Co-engineered by ROG and XREAL, R1 brings the world’s first 240Hz gaming AR to a massive 171-inch virtual screen, built for handheld, PC, and console gaming.Pre-orders open:🇺🇸North America & 🇪🇺 Europe: May 17Your battlefield is no longer tied to a…

AI-generated videos are getting so realistic now that spotting a fake version of someone online is becoming harder by the week. And for creators, that opens up a pretty uncomfortable problem: what happens when your face starts appearing in videos you never made? YouTube seems to be taking that concern seriously. The platform is now expanding its AI likeness detection system to a much larger group of creators, giving eligible users new tools to track and report videos that digitally imitate them using artificial intelligence. The feature was previously limited to a smaller pilot group within the YouTube Partner Program,…

For many Windows users, the taskbar in Windows 11 has always felt strangely restrictive. Microsoft redesigned the interface with a cleaner, more modern look, but in the process removed several customization options people had been using for years. One of the biggest complaints? The inability to freely move the taskbar around the screen. Now, Microsoft finally seems ready to loosen things up. The company has started testing a major overhaul of the taskbar and Start menu for Windows 11 Insiders in its Experimental channel. And honestly, this feels like Microsoft acknowledging that users want their PCs to feel personal again.…