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Alibaba released Qwen 3.8-Max this week and marketed the preview as second only to Claude Fable 5 (their launch-day table was more equivocal: the model leads on one of 12 coding-agent rows). But an independent harness came close to the opposite conclusion: a benchmark run, apparently using the Preview version, put Qwen 3.8-Max’s best effort […]

Apple rolled out macOS Sonoma 14.8.9, macOS Sequoia 15.7.9, and macOS Tahoe 26.6.1 today, skipping developer and public betas altogether. Here are the details. Apple rolls out second round of macOS updates in 9 days Apple is rolling out point updates to three versions of macOS, all of which contain the following generic release notes: […]

Time is running out to grab limited-time deals on Apple’s latest MacBook Air laptops, with M5 models now up to $200 off. Many deals end this weekend. Both Amazon and B&H are running back-to-school deals on M5 MacBook Air notebooks, resulting in discounts of up to $200 off. Whether you’re in the market for a […]

Windows 11 26H2 is the next annual update for Windows 11 and is is planned to rollout in the second half of 2026, maybe somewhere in and around October. Microsoft says this release will arrive as a tiny enablement package on the same Germanium platform as 24H2 and 25H2, so systems already on those versions […]

Google Maps has spent nearly two decades helping people get from point A to point B. But if Google’s latest update is any indication, simply giving directions is no longer enough. The company now wants Maps to help you plan your day, make decisions, and even take care of some of the busywork that usually […]

The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) disclosed last night that the leading two frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unsanctioned actions against the live internet during cybersecurity tests the agency was running, including a sustained campaign by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 against two working open-source software developers who had no connection to […]

Google has taken down the Nano Banana AI tool, which generates AI images and edits from Google Earth, just a day after launch due to problematic generations. The company launched the tool on July 30 and pulled it back on July 31 after users shared AI-generated images of real places that had been modified to […]

Microsoft Teams is getting a new “Report a concern” option in meetings, which will give participants a way to report/flag if they feel suspicious activity inside the meeting, tied to phishing, impersonation, scams, social engineering, deepfakes, and similar. The new option will not act as an automatic deepfake detector. Instead, it will let attendees send […]

OpenAI’s first influencer brand trip has drawn some heavy criticism after the company hosted creators at Wildflower Farms, a luxury resort in the Hudson Valley in New York. The event was called “Summer Club.” The two-day gathering included private cabins, farm-to-table meals, beekeeping, painting workshops, and sessions on how to use OpenAI products, including ChatGPT […]

Microsoft is preparing to bring Xbox 360 games to PC through its backward compatibility program. Even though the company has not officially confirmed that rollout yet, the clearest confirmed step so far is the launch of original Xbox backward compatibility on PC, which Microsoft announced in July and began with four games BliNX: The Time […]