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**France just voted to ban kids under 15 from social media, but Australia's ban shows how hard that is to enforce
Posted on Wednesday July 22, 2026
France's National Assembly voted 130 to 21 on Monday to ban children under age 15 from social media. President Emmanuel Macron, who strongly supported the legislation, wants to push the law into effect before the new school year begins in September. The bill also bans smartphone use in high schools...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
One in six Windows PCs still runs Windows 10, and the vulnerabilities are piling up
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
Asset management company Lansweeper recently sounded the alarm on Windows 10, noting that a lot of organizations still haven't upgraded to Windows 11. A significant portion of PCs, or roughly 17% of all Windows client devices, per Lansweeper's research, are still running Windows 10. Put simply, about one in six...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Der8auer converts $7,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z to custom water cooling, drops temps by 11°C
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
The modified waterblock, once hooked up to the PC's custom water-cooling loop, brought the operating temperature of the MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z down from 64 degrees to around 53 degrees. That result was measured at 800W under full load, though der8auer believes it would hold up similarly even in...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OpenAI's ambitious ad revenue goals look like AI-generated money, analysis says
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
A new market analysis from consulting firm Emarketer casts serious doubt on OpenAI's advertising revenue targets. The company began testing ads in ChatGPT in February, adding another revenue stream as it looks for ways to offset the enormous cost of operating its AI services. Emarketer's forecast suggests that OpenAI's internal...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Fiat's new $15,000 mini EV is now on sale in the US, but it's not yet legal to drive
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
To put $14,985 in perspective: it's less than cycling enthusiasts pay for a top-tier carbon road bike, and it's roughly half of what the average American paid for a three-year-old used car in early 2026, according to Edmunds data.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft just open-sourced the app that made Comic Sans famous
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, its quirky 1996 IRC client that turned text conversations into comic strips with cartoon avatars, speech bubbles, and dynamic panel layouts. Now released under the MIT License, the project can be explored, preserved, and even modernized by developers and retro computing enthusiasts.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
NAND shortages could finally ease in 2027, but ADATA warns the DRAM crisis may last another 10 years
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
TrendForce's latest NAND flash report is a rare piece of good news for those hoping SSD prices will eventually return to something approaching normal. The analyst firm says the market will remain undersupplied throughout 2026, recording a supply deficit of between 4% and 5%, as booming AI demand clashes with limited capacity expansion.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Samsung finally has its own credit card, seven years after Apple
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
The company's first credit card will be issued via Barclays US Consumer Bank over the Visa network. It'll be available as a fully virtual product, although a physical metal card is also available in black featuring Samsung branding on the front.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Fire departments are testing autonomous drones that fight wildfires before crews even arrive
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
A California company recently began demonstrating a system that allows firefighters to direct autonomous drones to combat wildfires. While departments already use observation drones, deploying them to fight fires directly remains an unexplored tactic.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia is giving developers more control over DLSS 5, after accusations it turns games into "AI slop"
Posted on Tuesday July 21, 2026
Nvidia used its SIGGRAPH 2026 keynote to demonstrate the controls that developers will receive when DLSS 5 launches this fall. The two main global sliders are Structure Intensity and Tone Intensity, which essentially determines how enthusiastically the AI repaints a frame.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »