Two Square Enix RPGs have been announced for Nintendo Switch 2, including the next entry in the Octopath Traveler series

Square Enix has announced two new HD-2D role-playing games (RPGs), The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales and Octopath Traveler 0. [...]

Not just YouTube: Google is using AI to guess your age based on your activity - everywhere

The new AI-powered age verification system will seemingly apply to multiple Google products and services. [...]

Uber Eats is stuffing AI slop into your meal

Uber Eats has added a slate of AI features designed to, theoretically, help merchants earn new customers and ease the shopping experience for users.<br /> AI-enhanced food images are intended to [...]

Should you turn on Adaptive Power on iOS 26? Here's my advice after testing it

Apple's iOS 26 public beta introduces a new battery-saving tool called Adaptive Power. Here's what I noticed after switching it on during a hike [...]

Reddit should be a 'go-to search engine,' Steve Huffman says

Reddit is going to be leaning even harder into search in the coming months. The company has already been working on a plan to integrate its LLM-powered search into its main search feature, but CEO Ste [...]

Trump unveils new tariffs on almost 70 countries, seeking to upend global trade again

The fusillade of tariffs will be applied to countries spanning the globe from the United Kingdom to Laos, with a minimum 15% import tax [...]

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Aug. 1

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Aug. 1. [...]

The Apple Watch Series 11 Needs to Catch Up to the Galaxy Watch in One Key Area

Commentary: Gemini has launched Android smartwatches into a new era of AI voice assistants, leaving the Apple Watch in the dust… for now. [...]

Google upgrades Gemini with Deep Think and flags early warning risks

Google unveils a new version of its Gemini AI model designed to solve complex problems by giving it more "thinking time." The technology builds on the same model that recently excelled at th [...]