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Anker has introduced a 'smart display' on some of its chargers that shows information like temperature, charging mode, status, and real-time wattage output, plus battery progress for compatible devices. The screen also includes a small animated character that reacts to touch, offering playful animations like napping or wobbling when tapped.
CNET's latest People's Picks survey asked readers to rate phone brands on customer satisfaction, battery longevity, and price-to-value. Google came out on top with a 4.52 out of 5 average score, narrowly edging out Motorola at 4.45, while Samsung and Apple trailed with 4.19 and 3.87 respectively.
With new iPhone models on the horizon, buyers face a choice between purchasing directly from Apple or through a wireless carrier. Apple offers unlocked phones with no long-term contract, plus a discount of about $30 if the phone is activated with a carrier at purchase, while carriers often provide financing plans that spread costs over time.
Researchers at the Tech Transparency Project found more than 250 additional ads containing child sexual abuse material on Meta's platforms since early August, despite the company's claims that new AI detection tools would catch such content. Some of the ads used manipulated real photographs, including one that transformed an official image of a minor from a European royal family into a sexually explicit video.
A YouTube video titled 'I'm Back,' credited to Eminem but actually created with AI voice-cloning tools, has drawn more than 100,000 views since being posted last week. The clip ranks highly in YouTube searches for the rapper, outperforming some of his genuine charting songs, despite an artificial-sounding beat and vocals. Many commenters in the video's replies appear to believe it's a legitimate new release from Mathers.
HWiNFO64 is a diagnostic tool that tracks live data across CPU, GPU, motherboard, RAM, drives, and sensors, presenting it through a system summary, full report, and active sensor windows. It supports logging, custom alerts, and can display VRM temperatures when motherboards expose that data, though its fan control feature is a secondary function rather than its main purpose.
According to a Diamond Online report, NEC quietly halted development of physical quantum computing machines at the end of March 2026, decades after pioneering superconducting qubit research in 1999. Several researchers from the program, including a key leader, have reportedly since joined Fujitsu, which continues investing heavily in the technology. NEC has not confirmed a full exit, stating it still evaluates practical applications and industrialization of quantum technologies with customers.
Audio software maker Autodafe has launched Vintage Emulator Studio (VES), a free plugin that uses cores from the open-source MAME emulator to recreate 44 classic drum machines and synthesizers at the component level. The lineup includes famous units like the Akai MPC3000, LinnDrum, Oberheim DMX, and Roland TR-707, complete with skeuomorphic interfaces mimicking the original hardware panels.
Developer pdfu found unreleased code in the iOS 27 beta's Camera app suggesting Apple is testing four professional-grade features, including histogram and waveform exposure scopes and focus peaking tools. These functions aren't currently active in any released beta but appear to be built into the app's underlying code, according to the discovery.
A Boeing 767-300 cargo plane operated by 21 Air under Amazon's Prime Air branding overshot the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday and caught fire. At least five people died and five more were injured, forcing the airport to shut down its runways temporarily.
Microsoft has acknowledged that the August 2026 security update can cause 0xc0000409 errors tied to CompatTelRunner.exe on Windows Server 2016 machines running the Compatibility Appraiser telemetry service. The bug affects both physical hardware and virtual machines, including VMware and Azure deployments, generating repeated Application Error log entries under Event ID 1000.
Blockstream's Liquid Bitcoin sidechain confirmed that hackers withdrew about 4,000 BTC—roughly 95% of its federation wallet, worth roughly $320 million—on September 6. The attackers embedded an on-chain message calling themselves 'whitehats,' asking Liquid to patch the vulnerability before they return the funds, and Liquid has since suspended transactions while shifting communication to an encrypted channel.