A Redditor reports their PNY RTX 5090, bought last September, died last month after the 12VHPWR cable connectors melted on both the GPU and PSU ends. PNY denied the warranty claim the same day, saying only its own bundled cable or adapter is covered, even though the user used the cable that shipped with their Asrock PG-1600G PSU rather than a random third-party cable. The card was reportedly idling, unmodified, running stock settings and even underclocked when it failed.
Android Authority found that Google is developing a UI change for the Phone by Google app that would move the Contacts tab back into the bottom navigation bar, alongside Home and Keypad. The feature was uncovered in beta version 240.0.986973448 and enabled through manual tinkering, not yet a public rollout. Currently, Contacts sits in a sidebar menu after Google's Material 3 Expressive redesign removed it from the main navigation last year.
Microsoft has acknowledged that recent Windows updates, including August 2026 preview builds and this month's Patch Tuesday releases (KB5120996, KB5120998, KB5124008, KB5122880), can cause black screens after sign-in and Windows Explorer crashes. The issue mainly affects Azure Virtual Desktop hosts using FSLogix profile software. Microsoft has issued a Known Issue Rollback fix for enterprise admins and suggests manually relaunching explorer.exe as a temporary workaround for individual users.
F-Droid, the open-source Android app store, has released version 2.0 with a rebuilt interface using Google's Material Design and a full rewrite of the codebase in Kotlin. The update reorganizes navigation into three sections—Discover, Search, and My Apps—and overhauls search to include app descriptions, tags, and translated terms rather than tracking user behavior.
Amazon's Prime Air drones, operating from a distribution center in Richardson, Texas since the city approved the service last December, fly deliveries from 7 am to 8 pm across a 7.5-mile radius. Some nearby residents say the aircraft pass overhead throughout the day producing noise audible inside their homes, while Amazon says such complaints are rare and describes the sound as comparable to a window fan on low.
A Sony patent published September 17, 2026 (filed March 2025) describes a PlayStation controller with NFC capability that could let users tap a phone or swipe a card against it to make purchases. The filing outlines uses including buying games, adding funds via gift cards, transferring player IDs, letting guests join multiplayer sessions, and sending screenshots or recordings to a phone.
An opinion article contends that traditional education—built around specialization, one lifelong career, and four-year degrees—no longer fits how people actually work today. The author argues the notion of a single preordained career path, embodied by the question 'what do you want to be when you grow up?', is outdated and should be discarded.
Lightspeed is raising $250 million for its fifth India fund, Lightspeed India Partners V, aimed at early-stage AI startups, according to a letter sent to investors. The fund has already secured 80% of its target and is half the size of the firm's 2022 predecessor, with investments expected to begin within two months.
Jev is a local code review tool that classifies changes in agent-generated pull requests into priority tiers (P0, P1, P2), showing only the highest-priority changes by default. It runs on the reviewer's own machine, translates diffs into natural language explanations, and does not post anything back to GitHub. The tool integrates with a Chrome extension and GitHub CLI to analyze real pull requests, alongside a offline demo mode.
Bitget said suspected North Korean hackers stole roughly $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets after unauthorized transfers were flagged Thursday evening. The exchange has paused withdrawals and enlisted Mandiant and SlowMist to investigate, while saying its cold wallets, self-custodial wallet product, and customer balances remain unaffected.
Google has unveiled a 'Live Avatar' capability, showcasing a real-time animated digital representation of a person. Commentary following the demo has focused on questioning how convincing and technically sound the feature actually is.
The creator of the AI coding app Nuanced has written that plan modes, once central to their product's approach, are losing relevance as AI models improve. They argue plan modes historically served two purposes: giving agents precise enough instructions, and helping humans understand what was being built, but that the first purpose is fading as models advance while the second still matters, just not through plan modes.
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