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Most people don’t think about their online security until something goes wrong, and by then the damage to their identity, finances, or personal data has already been done. That distance between complacency and consequence is exactly what McAfee Total Protection is built to close, and at 89% off, dropping from £84.99 to just £8.99 with…
Kindle Unlimited is free ahead of Prime Day 2026
How many books did you mean to read this year, and how many have you actually finished? For anyone whose answer involves a long list of good intentions and not much else, Kindle Unlimited is offering a free one-month trial that opens up millions of books and thousands of audiobooks at no cost whatsoever, against…
Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AI A record-shattering drought has racked much of the US. But the artificial intelligence industry is pushing ahead regardless, with the majority of planned datacenters set to be built in drought-ridden locations, a Guardian…
‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism
Backlash against AI is taking an extremist turn, following in the footsteps of earlier techno-pessimist militants Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email When a 20-year-old man from Texas was arrested earlier this year for allegedly trying to burn down OpenAI’s headquarters and Sam Altman’s house, authorities found an anti-AI manifesto alongside his…
This new Chrome trick could make Googling feel a lot faster
Google looks like it’s experimenting with a small but potentially useful change to Chrome that could make searching the web feel much faster. The feature, spotted in Chrome Canary (Google’s early testing version), is a floating search bar. It can be summoned anywhere on your desktop using a keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Space on…
Microsoft is making Office 2019 for Mac users pay one way or another
If you’re still using Office 2019 on your Mac, your time may be running out. Microsoft has confirmed that from 13 July, Office 2019 for Mac will lose the ability to create, edit and save documents due to an expiring security certificate. While the apps themselves won’t suddenly disappear, they could become far less useful. This…
The Googlebook lineup is shaping up to be more diverse than expected
Google’s upcoming Googlebook platform could launch with a much broader range of devices than many expected. New findings suggest the first wave may include as many as eight laptops and tablets powered by chips from Intel, Qualcomm and MediaTek – giving buyers more choice from day one. The discovery comes from newly uncovered development boards…
Nvidia is already talking about what comes after RTX Spark
Having entered the consumer PC silicon market at Computex 2026 with the RTX Spark superchip, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has confirmed the platform extends well beyond its first chip, with successor architectures already in planning under the internal codenames N2X and N3X. Huang confirmed this during a Q&A session with Tom’s Guide at Computex 2026, where…
My year with the robots: how Joanna Stern let AI into her home, work – and heart
In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook her For a year, Joanna Stern decided to turn herself into…