Destination

2026-07-20

I wore the Samsung Galaxy XR headset for a whole work week, and it’s so close to greatness — but the head strap lets it down

One extreme week with the Samsung Galaxy XR — it’s so close to greatness, but I need a better head strap. [...]

Destination

2026-07-20

I've found the 45 top tech deals in the Best Buy Black Friday in July sale — get up to 50% off Apple, LG, Nintendo, Garmin, and more

The Best Buy Black Friday in July sale is now live, so I've picked the best deals across TVs, appliances, laptops, headphones, wearables, and more. [...]

qz

2026-07-20

Samsung Electronics America is slashing hundreds of U.S. jobs as it moves its headquarters to Texas

A WARN Act filing shows 739 roles affected at the company's New Jersey campus, with roughly 100 more cut at its Plano, Texas office [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-20

AMD’s Helios puts 72 GPUs and 31 terabytes of HBM4 in one rack. It is AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s NVL72.

AMD’s Helios is a single rack containing 72 Instinct MI455X GPUs, 31 terabytes of HBM4 memory, and 2.9 exaflops of FP4 inference compute. It is AMD’s first rack-scale AI system and its direct answer to Nvidia’s Vera Rubin NVL72. The system uses 18 compute trays, each holding four MI455X accelerators on the new CDNA 5 […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-20

Google’s AI cited Facebook 19.5 million times, new research finds

When Google’s AI answers a question, it is increasingly not reading a website. It is reading a Facebook post. New data suggests social platforms have become a core source for Google’s AI answers. Often the user never visits the platform at all. The findings come from BrightEdge, an enterprise SEO firm. Its tool tracks roughly […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-20

Google is building a chip with Gemini baked into the silicon

Most AI chips are general-purpose. You load a model onto them, and they run it. Google is reportedly trying something stranger: a chip that is the model, with Gemini’s blueprint etched into the hardware itself. The project, informally called “Frozen v2,” was reported by The Information and picked up by Reuters and Bloomberg Law. Alphabet […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-07-20

OneDrive will block screenshots of sensitive documents, but only in Microsoft’s own browser.

Starting next month, OneDrive and SharePoint will block screen captures when enterprise users open certain sensitivity-labelled PDFs in Microsoft Edge. The restriction applies to documents carrying a Purview Information Protection label without the Copy (EXTRACT) permission. When those conditions are met, screenshot blocking activates by default. Personal OneDrive accounts and unlabelled files are [...]

Destination

2026-07-20

How long is a new iPhone actually supposed to last?

Apple devices tend to be pretty durable, and the average lifespan of a new iPhone seems to be fairly consistent. [...]

Destination

2026-07-20

Avengers: Doomsday finally has a real trailer

After too many weird teasers, Avengers: Doomsday finally has a real trailer. [...]