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If you were hoping to squeeze Grand Theft Auto VI into a quiet weekend, Rockstar may have other plans. The next entry in one of gaming’s biggest franchises could be a seriously long commitment, with its main story and optional activities reportedly pushing some playthroughs beyond the 80-hour mark. According to a New York Times interview, Rockstar Games co-studio head Rob Nelson described Grand Theft Auto VI as “very, very immersive and lengthy.” Nelson said his own playthrough took around 80 hours, including the main story and some optional objectives. The report, shown on page 1 of the attached document,…

Walk into almost any home after a busy day and the floor tells a more complicated story than a vacuum cleaner is designed to handle. There might be crumbs under the dining table, a little water beside the sink, hair near the sofa, and the faint trail of dirt that arrived on someone’s shoes. None of it is particularly difficult to clean on its own. The problem is that it doesn’t arrive one type of mess at a time. HIZERO has built its entire cleaning philosophy around that awkward reality. Instead of asking how much suction a cleaner needs to…

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy S26 FE, and as predicted, most of the hardware sticks pretty close to what we already saw on the Galaxy S25 FE. The phone uses the Exynos 2500, keeps the same 4,900mAh battery capacity, and carries over a familiar triple-camera setup. The more interesting changes are on the software side. Samsung is making the Galaxy S26 FE the first phone in the Galaxy S26 lineup to ship with One UI 9, while also bringing over several newer camera and Galaxy AI features. Most of the hardware stays familiar The Galaxy S26 FE has a…

It has become increasingly common for people to confide in or share sensitive personal information with AI chatbots like ChatGPT. Some use it to unpack relationships, while others discuss sensitive messages or work-related documents. Many have even turned to such services for medical diagnosis. This intimacy, though, creates an uncomfortable new problem. A private ChatGPT conversation isn’t necessarily a legally protected one. The Washington Post reviewed public records and local reporting and found chatbot conversations cited in 12 civil and criminal court cases over the past two years. The real number could be considerably higher because investigators and litigants do…

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and more than 100 other companies and organizations are warning that AI-powered cyberattacks could become much more widespread and sophisticated within months. The group is calling for a global push on cyber defense as more capable AI models make attacks easier to automate and harder to contain. Hospitals, water treatment plants, and internet infrastructure are among the systems it says could face greater risk if defenses don’t improve quickly enough. The warning carries extra weight because it isn’t coming from one corner of the tech industry. AI developers, cybersecurity firms, and infrastructure companies are all backing…

Thirteen years is enough time to build an ungodly amount of expectation, especially if it’s one of the most hyped games of all time. Rockstar has been dropping carefully picked glimpses of Grand Theft Auto 6, and I already knew Vice City looked gorgeous. I knew Rockstar was chasing the obsessive environmental detail that made Red Dead Redemption 2 such an absorbing world. The new Grand Theft Auto VI extended look is the first time all of those ideas have properly clicked. Rockstar’s roughly 26-minute showcase moves between missions, quieter character moments, driving, shootouts, exploration, and everyday life around Leonida.…

Anthropic has launched a research preview of its Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a shared specification designed to let AI agents safely control lab instruments and factory equipment. The company claims MHS reduces the time required to integrate complex machinery with AI from months down to hours or minutes. The standard is currently available to select research labs and manufacturers via a waitlist, but Anthropic plans to open-source it in the future. How the standard connects AI to physical devices Much like how Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardized software connections, MHS serves as a universal translator for physical hardware. Instead…

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a new round of semiconductor tariffs that could reach beyond individual chips and into the electronics built around them. One approach under discussion would apply duties to products containing semiconductors, with laptops and gaming consoles among the devices that could be affected. For consumers, the risk is pretty simple. If finished electronics get hit with additional duties, some of that cost could show up in retail prices. Phones haven’t been specifically named, but they could be exposed if the final policy broadly covers devices containing imported chips. How broad could these tariffs get The…

The smartphone camera wars have evolved dramatically in the last few years. A conversation that used to focus on camera variety has shifted toward megapixel count, sensor size, and overall versatility. As if that wasn’t enough, manufacturers are now selling first-party zoom kits with high-quality optics and features that complement their ecosystem. I’ve spent the last few weeks living with Vivo’s X300 Ultra, one of the most ambitious camera systems packed into a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 smartphone. For more zoom flexibility, Vivo also sells ZEISS Telephoto Extender kits that turn the already chunky X300 Ultra into something resembling…

Even with HTTPS keeping your activity on a website private, your network provider and anyone snooping on the connection can still see exactly which sites and apps you’re visiting. This privacy gap has quietly existed for years, and Google is now closing it with four major network security upgrades built into Android 17. How Android 17’s Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) blocks ISP tracking Your phone has been announcing its destination out loud this whole time. Every time you connect to a site, there’s a moment in the handshake called TLS ClientHello, where your device essentially broadcasts which domain it’s about…