2026-07-31

I tried Desky’s CoilFlex Ergonomic office chair and its puzzling design choices overshadow an otherwise solid mid-range option

Aussie-owned Desky’s mid-range offering has enough adjustability to fit taller users, but the verdict’s still out on the seat’s durability. [...]

2026-07-31

Not just OpenAI: Now Anthropic says its internal models got online and cyberattacked 3 other organizations

Days after OpenAI disclosed that two frontier AI models escaped containment measures and autonomously cyberattacked the AI code sharing platform Hugging Face, OpenAI's top U.S. rival Anthropic tonight revealed that — lo and behold — it has also had models surreptitiously access the web when they weren't supposed to, and cyberattack and gain "unauthorized access" to three ot [...]

2026-07-31

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 2 has my favorite surprise Big Bang Theory cameo yet, and it's not the one you're thinking — and there's a hilarious hidden reason why it works

With an AI revolution taking place in Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 2, one Big Bang Theory cameo is the last thing I expected. [...]

2026-07-31

Fast NBN, but slow Wi-Fi? It might be time for a mesh system upgrade

Learn how mesh Wi-Fi works, how it connects to different internet services and whether it is the right way to improve coverage in your home. [...]

2026-07-31

Anthropic says its AI models also hacked three organizations on their own

After OpenAI's admission that its models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic has now admitted that the models it was testing also hacked other organizations. [...]

2026-07-31

Microsoft turns to the UK Supreme Court after losing twice over second-hand software licenses, and billions could ride on the outcome

Microsoft argued Office clip art made it unresellable. Two UK courts disagreed, and now it wants the Supreme Court to look at it in an appeal that could have far-reaching consequences for the software giant. [...]

2026-07-31

'The risk is that people begin spending more time signalling progress than making it': Report claims many workers now spend more time staying visible than learning new skills

Professional credibility is increasingly about visibility, and is eating up the time people should be using to develop skills. [...]

2026-07-31

Tecno's new concept may be the first truly bezel-less smartphone

Tecno is teasing a truly bezel-less smartphone concept and it'll reveal it at IFA 2026. [...]

2026-07-31

Sony says it has secured enough ram for all the PS5s it expects to sell this year

Whenever computer or gaming hardware is discussed these days, the 'Ramageddon' memory shortage is likely to come up. [...]