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Healthcare data breach exposes 3.75M patient records
More than 3.75 million people have had personal and medical information stolen after hackers breached a cloud environment used by CareCloud, a US provider of electronic medical record technology. The company serves tens of thousands of healthcare providers, meaning many affected individuals may never have interacted with CareCloud directly, yet had their data exposed through…
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The datacenter fight could permanently transform US politics. Which party will seize advantage?
A wave of local opposition to big tech’s datacentre construction boom is uniting Americans across the political spectrum, with three-quarters now opposing datacentre development in their area—a swing of more than 30 percentage points in just a year. What began as scattered, dismissible instances of nimbyism has grown into a national movement, with more than…
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How much storage does a smart TV typically have?
Smart TVs are increasingly common worldwide, but Engadget notes that most ship with surprisingly little onboard storage, typically around 8GB, a large share of which is immediately consumed by the operating system and pre-installed “bloatware” apps. This matters because it can leave little room for the apps users actually want, causing performance issues and prompting…
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Chess.com launched a poker site and is planning even more classic games
Chess.com has expanded beyond its core product for the first time in nearly 20 years, launching Gambit, a free companion poker site where players can learn the game without real-money stakes. The move matters because it signals Chess.com’s broader ambition to become a hub for classic strategy games rather than a single-title platform, with executives…
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Watch: FEAR FACTORY Performs New Single ‘Roboticist’ Live For First Time
Fear Factory performed their new single “Roboticist” live for the first time on 29 August 2026, opening their “Cybernetic Domination” European tour at Tama in Poznań, Poland. The track, released the same day via Nuclear Blast, is the industrial metal band’s first release to feature singer Milo Silvestro and drummer Pete Webber, who have toured…
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ProCook outdoor pizza oven review: a budget-friendly model that brings the pizzeria home
This review from the Guardian’s Filter section assesses the ProCook outdoor pizza oven, a budget-friendly gas-powered model priced at £249. Unlike most pizza ovens on the market, which tend to come from specialist brands, ProCook is a broader homeware retailer, yet the reviewer found the oven punches above its weight, delivering solid basic performance that…
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West Virginia looks to AI data center boom to help eliminate state income tax
West Virginia’s governor, Patrick Morrisey, has unveiled a seven-point plan aimed at using revenue from the state’s booming artificial intelligence data centre sector to reduce, and eventually eliminate, personal income tax. The initiative reflects a wider trend of US states competing for the huge investment and job creation that hyperscale data centres bring, while also…
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Mega Man Series Producer Says Capcom Would Love To Revisit Mega Man X
Mega Man series producer Shingo Izumi has said Capcom would be keen to revisit the Mega Man X series, in response to a question from Game Informer about the franchise’s future. Speaking while promoting the upcoming Mega Man Override, Izumi described X as an “important series” within the Mega Man brand that the team would…
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China’s humanoid robot games showcase advances and failures
The World Humanoid Robot Games, a five-day event that concluded this week in Beijing, showcased both dramatic robot failures and striking technological progress, underlining China’s determination to lead the global humanoid robotics race. Alongside spectacular mishaps, such as robots losing limbs, catching fire and toppling into judges’ tables, the competition revealed genuine leaps in hardware…