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- A cultural crime against humanity? AI firms are destroying ultra-rare books so nobody else can read them
on 01/08/2026 at 19:45AI firms buy and destroy rare pre-2022 books to create clean training data, concealing purchases through NDAs while courts approve the practice.
- The Ultimate Guide to Apple Arcade
by dash.wood@futurenet.com (Dashiell Wood) on 01/08/2026 at 19:31Our definitive guide to the Apple Arcade service with everything that you need to know.
- Apple Arcade is packed with console-quality games, but you'll need a compatible controller to get the best from them. Here are my recommendations
by dash.wood@futurenet.com (Dashiell Wood) on 01/08/2026 at 19:30These are the controllers I've been using to test Apple Arcade throughout the week.
- Expert warns this dangerous Microsoft Word worm can burrow into Copilot and cause havoc — here's what we know
by Rahimnoorali11@gmail.com (Rahim Amir) on 01/08/2026 at 19:20Hidden white text in a Word document can make Copilot rewrite your figures and copy itself into the finished file.
- What kind of iPhone gamer are you? Find out in our quiz and get some hand-picked Apple Arcade recommendations
by dash.wood@futurenet.com (Dashiell Wood) on 01/08/2026 at 19:00Find out what kind of gamer you are, and get some bespoke Apple Arcade game recommendations, with our quiz.
- I played all 279 Apple Arcade games — here are the eight best, from genius quick puzzlers to addictive life sims
by dash.wood@futurenet.com (Dashiell Wood) on 01/08/2026 at 18:30The eight best Apple Arcade games right now.
- Blank spaces could hold danger - Kaspersky report warns of the dangers of 'parked domains' and empty pages where hackers could be lurking
by Rahimnoorali11@gmail.com (Rahim Amir) on 01/08/2026 at 18:20That "Domain for Sale" page you closed without reading may have fingerprinted your device on the way in.
- Apple Arcade is a joyful reminder of when mobile gaming was about fun, not emptying your wallet
by dash.wood@futurenet.com (Dashiell Wood) on 01/08/2026 at 18:00Browsing Apple Arcade feels like going back in time to the early App Store in the best possible way.
- After three weeks wearing the Meta Ray-Ban Scriber Optics I couldn't be more in love — I just wish smart glasses weren’t so controversial
by hamish.hector@futurenet.com (Hamish Hector) on 01/08/2026 at 18:00Smart glasses need to get their act together — the Meta Ray-Ban Scriber Optics are my favorite tech of 2026 so far but I’m scared to wear them.
- 'A disk in a planet-scale computer': Meta has so many expensive GPUs that it's buying SSDs to kill idle time
on 01/08/2026 at 17:35Meta redesigned its storage architecture with SSD caching and faster metadata access, dramatically reducing AI loading times while improving GPU utilisation.
- What is Apple Arcade? Everything you need to know about the gaming service included with your One subscription
by dash.wood@futurenet.com (Dashiell Wood) on 01/08/2026 at 17:00Our ultimate breakdown of everything that you need to know about the Apple Arcade service.
- Bad updates, broken cables and blackouts - Cloudflare reveals some of the wildest reasons behind Internet downtime across the world
by Rahimnoorali11@gmail.com (Rahim Amir) on 01/08/2026 at 16:05A routine key update took every .de website offline worldwide, and the failure, interestingly, made global DNS queries go up, not down.
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day's post-credits scene might not mean what you think it does — here's my wild theory about the new Marvel movie's final shot
by tom.power@futurenet.com (Tom Power) on 01/08/2026 at 16:00Yes, Spider-Man 4 has an end credits scene to stick around for — but is it implying what I think it does?
- Do you support banning phones in schools? A new poll suggests 77% of adults are now in favor of a classroom ban
by alex.whitelock@futurenet.com (Alex Whitelock) on 01/08/2026 at 15:00A new poll suggests that an overwhelming majority of adults support a classroom ban on phones. TechRadar readers can make their opinion known here.
- Insta360's new device solves the biggest problem with first-person video — and it’s not a camera
on 01/08/2026 at 14:00Insta360's POV Head Tracker aims to address the headache of filming first-person footage, synchronizing the camera with the user's head movements.
- Top tech of the month: the best new gadgets we've tested for August 2026
on 01/08/2026 at 12:45These are the standouts from the past four weeks of testing, including a stellar new GoPro flagship and a controversial TV.
- Is bulldozing homes, seizing land, harming the climate, and replacing workers really worth everyone having an AI agent?
by benedict.collins@futurenet.com (Benedict Collins) on 01/08/2026 at 11:05AI agents will soon handle your work, and your personal life - but at what cost?
- 'That's our next mission — proving that games are art': meet Story Kitchen, the bold, trail-blazing studio behind the popular Sonic movies that wants to turn your favorite game into the next movie or TV hit
by tom.power@futurenet.com (Tom Power) on 01/08/2026 at 11:00TechRadar sits down with Story Kitchen's fearless co-founders to discuss their creative approach to videogame adaptations.
- ‘Plug-in batteries are the real game-changer’: I talked to Octopus Energy and Anker about the home energy revolution than could soon be 'bigger than solar' for millions
by mark.wilson@futurenet.com (Mark Wilson) on 01/08/2026 at 10:55Could plug-in home batteries soon eclipse plug-in solar for home energy savings? I spoke to Anker, Octopus Energy, EcoFlow and WindFall Energy to find out.
- I asked ChatGPT and Siri AI to build me a workout plan — and there was only one winner
by alexblake.techradar@gmail.com (Alex Blake) on 01/08/2026 at 10:00ChatGPT and Siri AI made AI-powered workout plans for me, and only one was worth keeping.