Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 review: More screen, more battery but something’s missing
Samsung’s annual foldable refresh includes a trio of devices this year. While the Z Fold 7 comes with a top-tier processor and cameras, the Z Flip 7 carries over many technical details from its predecessor. In fact, the most significant upgrade this year is a more expansive front display, or Flex Window, as the company…

Top 11 Patch Management Solutions for Secure IT Systems
IT teams across various sectors have to be diligent about minimizing application issues and security risks for software running on their managed infrastructure. To manage this, security patches and updates are utilized to quickly fix any disruptions. There are multiple patch management solutions available, but choosing one can be a hectic task. In this blog, we…

Five fundamentals for a cyber-resilient future
Cybercriminals are getting faster at exploiting security gaps. The median dwell time observed by Sophos in the past year was a short two days. Keeping pace with these agile threat actors leaves little room for forward thinking, but decisions made today will shape your organization’s ability to respond to tomorrow’s threats. The strategies below will…

Best Back To School Tech Deals 2025: Best essential tech bargains for the new school year
Enjoy what’s left of the summer as you prepare to head back to school or maybe to your first year of college. Have you made a list of all the tech you might need for the new semester? Well, we have. Here are some of our favorite and suggested tech products that might help you…

PCB design tips for EMI and thermal management in 800G systems
As the industry accelerates toward 800G Ethernet and optical interconnects, engineers face new challenges in managing electromagnetic interference (EMI) while ensuring signal integrity at unprecedented speeds. The transition to 112G pulse amplitude modulation 4-level (PAM4) SerDes introduces faster edge rates and dense spectral content, elevating the risk of radiated and conducted emissions. Simultaneously, compact module…

AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it? | TechCrunch
As our lives grow increasingly digital and we spend more time interacting with eerily humanlike chatbots, the line between human connection and machine simulation is starting to blur. Today, more than 20% of daters report using AI for things like crafting dating profiles or sparking conversations, per a recent Match.com study. Some are taking it…

Alibaba Qwen Introduces Qwen3-MT: Next-Gen Multilingual Machine Translation Powered by Reinforcement Learning
Alibaba has introduced Qwen3-MT (qwen-mt-turbo) via Qwen API, its latest and most advanced machine translation model, designed to break language barriers with unprecedented accuracy, speed, and flexibility. Trained on trillions of multilingual tokens, Qwen3-MT supports over 92 languages—covering more than 95% of the global population. Leveraging cutting-edge architecture, reinforcement learning, and rich customization options, it delivers…

Google Search Central APAC 2025: Everything From Day 3
Google Search Central Asia Pacific 2025 focused on three pillars over the three days. The theme for day one was crawling, and day two of the event focused on indexing, with a big announcement about the new Google Trends API entering alpha. Day three picked up from there, diving into how Google actually returns search…

Major Gaming Store Delists All NSFW Games Following Pressure From Anti-Porn Campaigners
Following on from Steam’s delisting of hundreds of extreme adult games, indie gaming site Itch.io has made the even more extreme move of (in some cases temporarily) removing all NSFW games from its store pages and search results. The action, made in response to pressure group Collective Shout, has led to even this year’s IGF…

The 5 best uses for the iPhone’s Action Button that aren’t available by default
Summary Apple’s Action Button replaces the ring/silent switch on the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 16 lineup. The Action Button’s built-in skills can be customized with third-party apps to make it even more useful. Assigning shortcuts to the Action Button can let you do things like adding events to your calendar or ordering coffee….