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What Is a Passkey, and How Does It Actually Work?
Google, Apple and your bank keep asking you to make one. A passkey is a login that never sends its secret across the wire, which is why it beats the password at the thing passwords fail at most: phishing.
Apple's iOS 27 Adds 'Trust Insights' to Catch Scams as They Happen
The hardest frauds to stop are the ones the victim authorises. Apple's new iOS 27 framework watches the behaviour, not just the password.
Sony Sets a 2028 End Date for New PlayStation Games on Disc
From January 2028, new PlayStation titles will ship digital-only. Games out before then keep their discs, but the retail box is on its way to becoming a keepsake.
Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite Makes AI Images in Four Seconds
Google's cheapest image model yet costs $0.034 per 1,000 pictures and, on the company's own benchmark, edges out its pricier sibling.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.