August 9, 2026

Emily Rampling

Tech & AI

Apple Patches Beats Studio Buds Wiretap Flaw

Your earbuds should not become someone else’s microphone. Apple released Beats Firmware Update 1B211 on June 16 to fix a Bluetooth vulnerability in

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Microsoft to end support for Office 2021 this year

It’s official: Microsoft is terminating future support for its popular Office 2021 suite of productivity applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. While the

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I Found 29 Early Prime Day Deals That Are Worth Shopping Now (2026)

The Typhur Dome 2 is the best air fryer you can buy. Sure, it looks like a flying saucer from a bad 1960s

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Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish

Earlier this week, at TechCrunch’s newest StrictlyVC event in El Segundo, Shinkei Systems founder Saif Khawaja and Founders Fund partner Delian Asparouhov sat

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5 Best Self-Hosted Photo-Video Gallery Options

Cloud photo storage is convenient, but it is not always the best fit if you want more control over privacy, storage costs, backups,

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NYT Pips hints, answers for June 20, 2026

Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique

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Home Batteries: How They’re Installed and How Much They Cost

With electricity costs soaring, home batteries have never looked so attractive. Whether you want to store the excess generated by your solar panels

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He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.

You’ve probably used VLC Media Player, the free video player with the orange traffic-cone icon — it’s been downloaded more than 6 billion

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24B Records Exposed in Massive Leak of Emails, Passwords, and Login Data

A massive collection of stolen login credentials containing roughly 24 billion records was briefly exposed online, according to cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews. Researchers

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Moon phase today explained: What the Moon will look like on June 20, 2026

The Moon continues to get more illuminated each night as we work through the lunar cycle. Can you see anything tonight? Keep reading

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