It’s not just you: Verizon voice services are down for some — here's what we know so far www.techradar.com/news/live/ve... #verizondown
Is Verizon down? The carrier confirms as an active issue as folks can't make calls — follow here for live updates
If you can't make a phone call, you're not alone
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Will it be hard for OpenAI to turn consumers on to a physical ÀI device? That's what I told @CNBC www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...
I asked Gemini and ChatGPT to build OpenAI's mythical AI hardware — the results are shockingly good but still don't make me want this $300-plus device www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
'It's a smart donut': OpenAI's first gadget will reportedly be an Echo Dot with a few twists — so I asked Gemini and ChatGPT to build it
We have fresh rumored details on OpenAI's AI hardware, but what do they really mean? We turned to Gemini and ChatGPT for fresh perspective, renders, and new thoughts about why the gadget still won't w...
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Probably the only line I care about: “The viruses dreamed up by A.I. do not pose a threat to humans…” This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...
This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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It's like, 'Wait a minute, are you, wait, is that Jimothy?' The inside story of how the viral raccoon climbed inside Roku City www.techradar.com/televisions/...
Jimothy is in Roku City! The inside story of how the viral raccoon climbed inside one of America's most popular streaming platforms
Jimothy Raccoon, the squat, viral Seattle-based mammal, is now immortalized inside Roku City. Here's how that happened.
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Could Meta Ray-Bans be banned in Europe? EU regulators dial up the pressure on smart glasses — and the rest of the world is watching www.techradar.com/computing/vi...
As EU regulators consider smart glasses restrictions here’s the countries with intelligent eyewear bans — and how specs might avoid them
Can I wear these?
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ICYMI: I was on @cbsnews.com today talking about the possibility of a Myspace relaunch and why it's probably a bad idea www.cbsnews.com/video/myspac...
Myspace owners plan to relaunch 2000s social media site. Who's in your Top 8?
Y2K nostalgia is in full swing -- and soon, 2000s social media site Myspace may be making a full comeback to the World Wide Web. TechRadar editor-at-large Lance Ulanoff shares his reaction.
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Elon Musk: 'At some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world's internet,' but that promise hinges on launching thousands more next-gen satellites and the massive Starship working as promised www.techradar.com/phones/netwo...
Elon Musk: 'At some point, Starlink will deliver a majority of the world's internet' — but how?
Should T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T be worried?
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Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here's what you need to do next www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
Google reveals final shutdown date for Google Assistant on Android and Wear OS — here's how to switch to Gemini before September 4
Google has confirmed that Google Assistant will stop working on Android and Wear OS in the near future.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is flatter, thinner, and almost creaseless — and, yes, I love it more than the Z Fold 8 www.techradar.com/phones/samsu...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: the best foldable just got a little bit better — and I still choose it over the Z Fold 8
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is not a reinvention of Samsung's most powerful foldable, but it is a worthy upgrade.
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The number of states targeted in cyberattacks on water systems has jumped to 12 www.axios.com/2026/08/04/w...
The number of states targeted in cyberattacks on water systems has jumped to 12
This appears to be the broadest known coordinated cyber campaigns against U.S. municipal water systems.
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OpenAI vs Apple text messages reveal something about Apple, but probably not what you’re thinking www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
OpenAI vs Apple text messages reveal something about Apple, but probably not what you’re thinking
In the ongoing lawsuit between Apple and OpenAI, the ChatGPT parent just released messages and emails that paint a picture of something far more mundane than corporate espionage.
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A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon this week. Why is it on a collision course? www.space.com/astronomy/mo...
A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon this week. Why is it on a collision course?
"Essentially, a mixture of solar activity and gravity forces have put it on a path towards the moon."
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Someone just made the world's most elaborate Train Simulator controller — and it even includes real dashboard components from 'Class 80x' UK trains www.techradar.com/computing/co...
Think your home train simulator is impressive? This custom made UK Class 80x cabin recreation uses real train parts for next-level accuracy
I like trains
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MySpace coming back — again — is no surprise; I’m only shocked it’s not been announced as the first all-AI social media platform www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
MySpace coming back — again — is no surprise; I’m only shocked it’s not been announced as the first all-AI social media platform
No space left
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'That's our next mission — proving that games are art': meet Story Kitchen, the bold, trail-blazing studio behind the popular Sonic movies that wants to turn your favorite game into the next movie or TV hit www.techradar.com/streaming/en...
'It's a new era': I spoke to the passionate, ambitious, and visionary founders of Story Kitchen, who fought the videogame adaptation curse and Hollywood scepticism — and won
TechRadar sits down with Story Kitchen's fearless co-founders to discuss their creative approach to videogame adaptations.
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This hilarious robot collapse reminds me that robot development is nowhere near where it needs to be, but a huge breakthrough from DeepMind could change all that www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
This hilarious robot collapse reminds me that robot development is nowhere near where it needs to be, but a huge breakthrough from DeepMind could change all that
Fall around and find out
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Huge get here by Jacob Krol Exclusive: 'We...ask the impossible of these guys, and they figure it out': I saw inside Beats' labs to see how 12 years with Apple changed the company www.techradar.com/audio/headph...
Exclusive: 'Everyone said it won't work' — two days inside Beats at 20, from a wall of one-of-one customs for Messi and LeBron to the labs behind the sound
Touring its labs and speaking with the executives behind Apple's most distinctive audio brand
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One of the best things you'll read on TechRadar this week by Becky Scarrott: How the odd after-market CD player in my mom’s old car helped me deal with the grief of losing her — and why I can’t sell it now (even though I should) www.techradar.com/audio/how-th...
You know a person better after listening to their music, and the CDs I found in my mom’s old car have helped me understand and love her more (and I hope she knows)
Music is the best (grief) therapy
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Struggling with WiFi? Ask an AI, it’ll always find the Internet.🤦♂️ Anthropic's Claude AI escapes to hack into three organisations bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic's Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms' networks.
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'Underdog' — this is why struggling browser Firefox and Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham football club are now joined at the kit www.techradar.com/computing/br...
'Underdog' — this is why struggling browser Firefox and Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham football club are now joined at the kit
What's the goal?
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'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer www.techradar.com/phones/iphon...
'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer
Apple's new leasing program means you never have to give up that new phone smell
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What?! Love his music. Once is a beautiful and elegiac film with a song that you will never stop singing (I love to play it on my guitar). He was clearly a warm and gentle soul. 😢 www.npr.org/2026/07/29/g...
Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and 'Once' star, dies at 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
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A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the modern-day wild Nokia phone and may finally put foldables on the map — but how much credit will Samsung get for this enchanting design once the iPhone Ultra arrives www.techradar.com/phones/samsu...
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the modern-day wild Nokia phone and may finally put foldables on the map — but how much credit will Samsung get for this enchanting design once the iPhone Ultra arrives
Being weird might be just the thing
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Elon Musk's age of abundance is an AI pipe dream soaked in snake oil, and I've about had it www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
Elon Musk's age of abundance is an AI pipe dream soaked in snake oil, and I've about had it
No money, no troubles? Not likely
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