'It’s not too far-fetched to believe that companies like Discord could share this data with state or federal agencies - in the US or elsewhere - for their benefit' — users overload yet another Discord alternative's servers as they flee ID checks

Discord’s age verification backlash continues as fleeing users overload the servers of yet another platform.

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My favorite business mini PC tackles AI and 3D modeling with ease — and Lenovo just cut the price by $528

Specced for heavier workloads, this Lenovo mini PC packs a Core Ultra 5 CPU and RTX 5060 GPU.

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'We march now towards our annihilation': House of Dragon season 3 update sparks Game of Thrones fan excitement over possible launch date and trailer reveals

HBO appears to be teasing that a big announcement about House of the Dragon season 3 is on the way.

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Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch games have had their prices slashed — these are the best value right now

Some of the best Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and Switch 2 games have been discounted for Presidents' Day.

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Is Apple Intelligence already dead? A massive 96% of you say don’t use it, and Tim Cook should be worried

I was actually shocked at the percentage of TechRadar readers who aren't suing Apple Intelligence.

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Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake’s directors say the game’s take on Japanese horror is ‘both beautiful and terrifying’

‘By minimizing jump scares and graphic depictions,’ Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake’s directors emphasize the game’s unique ‘expression of Japanese horror’.

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Who remembers IRC? Clearly some hackers, as a new Linux botnet uses some incredibly old-school methods to cut costs

SSHStalker botnet uses old IRC communication, automated SSH brute-forcing, cron persistence, and cryptomining to efficiently exploit Linux servers.

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Holographic tape inches closer to mass market ahead of silica, ceramic media - 200TB WORM tech set to debut in 2027 after successful dry run in an LTO tape library

A live LTO library trial showed holographic tape can integrate into existing infrastructure, shifting credibility from theory toward deployable archival storage.

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Lenses too expensive? This lesser-known brand makes awesome, cheap Sony, Nikon, and Fujifilm-fit primes, and these are my favorites

If you shoot with a Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm or L-mount mirrorless camera and want to expand your lens collection, Viltrox is well worth a look

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This new 'relentless' Netflix horror series is set to bring my worst nightmare to life — its first unhinged trailer already has me spiralling

We've not had a horror series on Netflix for a good while, but the streamer is about to change that with the terrifying Something Very Bad is Going to Happen.

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Scared of PC price hikes? HP's latest brainwave is renting you a gaming laptop rather than selling it — but the pricing looks as painful as the RAM crisis

HP offers 'gaming laptop as a service' where you never own the notebook, and just pay monthly — but I'm far from convinced.

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OpenAI hails 1 million Codex downloads, but warns limits may be coming - but ChatGPT Deep Research users get a whole load of upgrades to boost their work

OpenAI says Codex macOS app has been downloaded more than 1 million times in just over a week.

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I made the switch to 4K Blu-ray and have never looked back — these are the discs I'd recommend above all others

These six 4K UHD Blu-ray discs will make excellent additions to anyone's collection – whether you're new to the format or not.

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Microsoft researchers crack AI guardrails with a single prompt

A single prompt can shift a model's safety behavior, with ongoing prompts potentially fully eroding it.

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The 'ultimate power solution': Save $1400 on our five-star rated EcoFlow home backup system at Best Buy for President's Day

EcoFlow is running a major President’s Day deal, with the Delta Pro 3 portable whole-home power station discounted by $1,399, a 41% saving.

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