2026-09-01

TerraMaster's 4-star 4-bay F4-425 Pro NAS is an all-in-one media and business hub — and it's dropped to $680 at Amazon

The NAS device features Intel N350 8-core CPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 4 SATA bays plus M.2 NVMe slots, and dual 5GbE LAN, suitable for work storage and Plex backups. [...]

2026-09-01

Google Messages finally has custom backgrounds and themes — here’s how to personalize your chats

You can now set custom wallpapers and themes in Google Messages, and it's easy to do so. [...]

2026-09-01

What is the release date for The Grand Tour season 7 on Prime Video?

It's goodbye to Clarkson, May and Hammond and hello to Holland, Engelsman and Bourgeois. But when does The Grand Tour season 7 arrive on Prime Video? [...]

2026-09-01

The best steam mops of 2026, ranked by Consumer Reports

Some steam mops double as clothes steamers in a pinch. Consumer Reports tested four attachments for wrinkle removal power [...]

2026-09-01

Meta’s Agentic Muse Image Model Lands on Fal for Developers

fal on September 1, 2026 launched developer and enterprise access to Muse Image, the agentic image generation and editing model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, delivered through Meta Model API on fal's platform. fal said the model plans each request, calls tools, and reviews its own output before returning it, and fal's model page lists requests at $0.01 per image. Muse Image is the fi [...]

2026-09-01

Why you should change what apps open on startup for Windows

Running your most-used apps at startup is great, but they can weigh your system down if you're not careful. [...]

2026-09-01

Pentagon launches ChatGPT and Grok models tailored to 'warfighter needs'

The Pentagon has released secured versions of ChatGPT and Grok for use by its civilian and military staff. [...]

2026-09-01

Samsung’s 'absolutely stellar' 2TB 990 Pro SSD is still just $390 at Amazon

With read/write speeds up to 7,450MB/s and 6,900MB/s, we found it "all but maxes out what a PCIe 4.0 SSD is capable of". [...]

2026-09-01

‘Having the latest chipset will cost a lot more’: Poco gets real about the ‘pressure’ of rising memory costs as it launches the F9 Ultra with an unchanged chipset

In a briefing for the Poco F9 Ultra, Xiaomi sub-brand Poco explained why its new flagship phone doesn’t come with a chipset upgrade. [...]