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WhatsApp's username feature, which lets users reserve a handle and eventually chat without sharing a phone number.

WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations to Hide Phone Numbers

WhatsApp began letting its three billion users reserve a username on Monday, ahead of a feature that will allow messaging without sharing a phone number.

Tech  · 29 Jun 2026, 17:53  · Daniel Okafor
An illuminated Google logo on a wall. (Photo: Reuters)

Google Caps Meta's Gemini Access as the AI Compute Crunch Bites

Even the company that builds the most AI infrastructure on Earth is rationing it. Google's cap on Meta's Gemini use shows where the real bottleneck sits.

Tech  · 28 Jun 2026, 09:30  · Daniel Okafor
A scene from Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto VI showing the game's Vice City setting.

GTA 6 Will Cost $80, and the 'Physical' Copy Is Just a Box

Rockstar set Grand Theft Auto VI at $80 for the standard edition and $100 for the Ultimate, but the disc-free box is the more telling change.

Tech  · 25 Jun 2026, 08:40  · Daniel Okafor
A technician walks beside a large supercomputer installation, illustrating high-performance computing.

China's LineShine Tops Supercomputer List, Built Without GPUs

China's all-CPU LineShine system topped the TOP500 at 2.198 exaflops, the country's first No. 1 since 2017, though it lagged on a benchmark closer to AI work.

Tech  · 24 Jun 2026, 07:39  · Daniel Okafor
Valve’s Steam Machine, the company’s living-room gaming PC.

Valve Opens Steam Machine Reservations at $1,049 Before June 30 Launch

Valve priced its Steam Machine from $1,049 to $1,428 and is selling it through a randomized reservation lottery designed to shut out scalpers. The list closes June 25.

Tech  · 23 Jun 2026, 07:01  · Daniel Okafor
The Mountain Pass rare earth mine in California, operated by MP Materials.

China Hits MP Materials and USA Rare Earth With Export Controls

Beijing aimed its response to Washington's tech blacklist at the two companies the US has funded most to break China's grip on rare earth magnets.

Tech  · 22 Jun 2026, 09:24  · Daniel Okafor
Claude Guillemot, co-founder of Ubisoft and CEO of Guillemot Corporation, pictured in 2023.

Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies in French Plane Crash at 69

Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft with his four brothers in 1986 and ran its Thrustmaster and Hercules hardware arm, has died in a small-plane crash in western France at 69.

Tech  · 21 Jun 2026, 18:09  · Daniel Okafor
Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, who has died at the age of 69.

Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in France plane crash

The Ubisoft co-founder and Guillemot Corporation chief died alongside a flight instructor when their twin-engine plane went down near La Baule.

Tech  · 21 Jun 2026, 18:09  · Daniel Okafor
A promotional image for Windows 11 26H2, Microsoft's next annual Windows update.

Windows 11 26H2 Arrives This Fall as a 200KB Switch, Not an Overhaul

Microsoft confirmed Windows 11 26H2 will ship this fall as a roughly 200KB enablement package, the second straight year its annual update flips a switch rather than overhauls the platform.

Tech  · 20 Jun 2026, 11:51  · Daniel Okafor
The official Grand Theft Auto VI cover art revealed by Rockstar Games, showing stylised characters and Vice City scenes.

GTA 6 Pre-Orders Open June 25, but Rockstar Still Won't Name a Price

Rockstar will open Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders on June 25 and reveal its cover art, holding the November 19 release date, while leaving the game's price unannounced.

Tech  · 19 Jun 2026, 13:17  · Daniel Okafor
Promotional art for Android 17, which began rolling out to Pixel phones this week.

Android 17 Reaches Pixel Phones With Bubbles and Tighter Privacy

Google's biggest software update of the year lands on Pixel first, leading with floating windows and quieter, under-the-hood fixes.

Tech  · 18 Jun 2026, 07:16  · Daniel Okafor
The Telegram messaging app logo.

Telegram Challenges India Ban Tied to NEET Exam Re-Test

India ordered Telegram switched off until 22 June over the NEET medical-exam re-test. The app is fighting back in court, warning of a precedent for platform blocks.

Tech  · 17 Jun 2026, 13:21  · Daniel Okafor
Google's reCAPTCHA, which is adding a camera-based hand-gesture check.

Google's New CAPTCHA Wants You to Wave at Your Camera

Google's new bot test asks you to wave at your webcam, mapping 21 points on your hand. It aims to stop AI agents, but privacy researchers are uneasy.

Tech  · 17 Jun 2026, 08:48  · Daniel Okafor
Snap's Specs augmented-reality glasses shown in a three-quarter product view.

Snap opens preorders for $2,195 Specs AR glasses

Snap unveiled Specs, its first consumer augmented-reality glasses, at $2,195 with a fall ship date, a costly bet by CEO Evan Spiegel on a future beyond the smartphone.

Tech  · 16 Jun 2026, 18:47  · Daniel Okafor
Elon Musk, whose SpaceX is acquiring the maker of the Cursor AI coding tool.

SpaceX to Buy AI Coding Startup Cursor for $60 Billion

Days after its $2 trillion listing, Musk's SpaceX is paying $60 billion for the maker of Cursor, a bet on AI coding where his Grok has lagged rivals.

Tech  · 16 Jun 2026, 12:29  · Daniel Okafor
Jeff Bezos, who is leading the physical-AI startup Prometheus as co-CEO after stepping down from Amazon in 2021.

Bezos's Prometheus Raises $12 Billion to Automate Heavy Engineering

Jeff Bezos's once-stealth physical-AI startup emerged at a $41 billion valuation, promising to compress engineering work the way large language models compressed text. The specifics stay locked up.

Tech  · 13 Jun 2026, 18:02  · Daniel Okafor
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2025.

US Order Forces Anthropic to Disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Models

A government letter arrived Friday evening. Hours after going live, Anthropic's most capable models went dark for every user, citizen or not.

Tech  · 13 Jun 2026, 17:45  · Daniel Okafor

ChatGPT Reaches 1 Billion Monthly App Users as Public Mood on AI Sours

Sensor Tower estimates OpenAI's chatbot became the fastest app ever to hit one billion monthly users, even as graduates jeer AI at commencements and rivals Claude and Meta AI grow several times faster.

Tech  · 12 Jun 2026, 18:38  · Daniel Okafor
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, who has described China as a potential $50 billion annual market for the company. Credit: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nvidia Pitches Vera CPU to China With August Delivery Target

Locked out of China's GPU market by export controls, Nvidia is offering Chinese cloud companies its new Arm-based Vera processor instead, with first deliveries possible in August.

Tech  · 12 Jun 2026, 18:38  · Daniel Okafor