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Between online classes, group project calls, and the occasional job interview over Zoom, your webcam will be doing a lot more heavy lifting in school than it ever did at home. The problem is that most laptop cameras are bad in low light, and a single overhead bulb or a window behind you turns every call into a game of “wait, can you see me okay?” A good webcam light fixes that faster than moving your whole desk around. I picked five, starting with the most affordable and working up to the one that’s genuinely overkill for a Zoom call…

On Friday, Sony Santa Monica Studios revealed that the upcoming God of War Laufey is coming sooner than expected. The game arrives February 16, 2027.2.16.27 pic.twitter.com/RQZov8MqGx— Santa Monica Studio – God of War Laufey (@SonySantaMonica) July 25, 2026 God of War Laufey was revealed during PlayStation’s Summer State of Play event, where Santa Monica Studios shared roughly 23 minutes of the game.  The adventure follows Kratos’ wife and Atreus’ mother, Laufey (or Faye), after her death and arrival in the afterlife of the gods, known as the Everywhen, according to Laufey’s talking gelatinous cube and sword ribbon partners. The concept is…

Chrome‘s Reading Mode just got a new button tucked inside its settings menu. Google is quietly testing a translate option for the feature on Chrome Canary, the browser’s experimental testing channel where new ideas show up long before they’re ready for everyday use. What does this new translate button actually do? The option was first spotted by @Leopeva64, who shared a video demo on X highlighting the new button tucked inside Reading Mode’s dropdown menu. It exists alongside the controls for theme, font, images, and links, though it doesn’t actually do anything yet. Once this feature is live, clicking it…

Gem Browser can rebuild an existing webpage around whatever the reader asks for. Google DeepMind designer Vidy Thatte demonstrated the feature in his original announcement, showing how the Apple-only experiment uses Gemini to make a website’s familiar interface optional. That sounds wonderfully strange if you’ve ever wanted to rearrange the internet to your liking. It’s probably less delightful for whoever built the page being rearranged. How Gem Browser rebuilds the web Enter an invented address and Gem Browser creates a functioning website on the spot, with links leading to more generated pages. You can browse an internet that Gemini invents…

Waymo’s 83 parking citations in Austin don’t amount to a financial crisis. They do reveal what happens when the same driving decisions are repeated across an autonomous fleet. City records obtained by The Wall Street Journal show that Waymo vehicles have accumulated $9,325 in fines since arriving in 2024. The company has paid most of them, but the more revealing detail is how often its cars have made the same mistake. Which mistake keeps happening The records included 64 violations involving tow-away zones, far more than any other reported parking issue. That concentration suggests the problem isn’t limited to one…

I have seen my desk go from a pristine, organized workplace to something out of a horror movie within a week. One day it’s just your laptop and a coffee mug, and a month later it’s a scrapyard of tangled cables, chargers, books, and the one key that’s been missing since move-in day. If your setup has slowly turned into that mess, this list is for you. I picked five products that fix different pieces of the same problem: not enough charging, not enough storage, and not enough ways actually to keep track of the stuff you need. None of…

For the last few years, every single Apple Watch has looked identical to the last. The Apple Watch Series 11 shared its dimensions and looks with the Watch 10, and the Watch 10 with the Watch 9. Turns out that streak might not break in 2026 either. So what’s actually changing this year? According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is deep into late-stage testing of three new Watch models arriving this fall: a Wi-Fi-only and cellular Series 12, internally tagged N237 and N238, plus an Ultra 4 codenamed N240.  None of them are getting a design overhaul, though. So if…

Fresh off launching a metallic Hall-effect keyboard and a 59g gaming mouse for flashy esports setups, Lenovo has turned its attention to gamers working with much tighter budgets. The Legion 24-1r looks made for broke college students who spent way too much on their first gaming rig and now have instant noodles doing most of the heavy lifting at dinner. It costs just 669 yuan, equivalent to around $99, yet offers a 23.8-inch IPS panel running at up to 280Hz. Lenovo is also offering the 27-inch Legion 27-1r with the same core specifications for 789 yuan, or roughly $116. For…

Google is widening the rollout of two long-awaited Google Maps features for Android Auto users: Immersive Navigation and a built-in live speedometer. After months of limited availability, reports suggest both features are now reaching a broader group of users, including people running stable versions of Google Maps instead of beta builds. The update is part of Google’s ongoing effort to modernize the Android Auto navigation experience. While the company unveiled Immersive Navigation earlier this year as one of the platform’s biggest upgrades in years, the feature has been trickling out slowly, leaving many users without access. That appears to be…

For decades, the soundtrack of New York City’s streets has included the constant hum of gasoline generators powering thousands of food carts. The noise has become so familiar that most people barely notice it. Now, the city wants to find out whether rechargeable batteries can do the same job without the pollution, noise and fuel costs. According to Techxplore, New York has launched a six-month pilot that equips 10 licensed street food vendors with battery-powered energy systems, replacing the gasoline generators that typically run cooking equipment, refrigerators and ventilation systems. The trial is designed to reduce air pollution, cut noise…