TL;DR: The near-mint HP EliteBook 830 G8 pairs an 11th Gen Core i7, 32GB RAM, and enterprise-grade security for $389.99 (MSRP $549.99). Consumer laptops often emphasize thin designs and flashy marketing, while business laptops are built to survive years of daily work. The near-mint HP EliteBook 830 G8 falls squarely into the second category, delivering enterprise-grade hardware for $389.99…
Say “goodbye” to Mico and a handful of AI tools, Microsoft Copilot users. According to new Microsoft support documents, the tech giant is making major changes to its AI assistant, Copilot. The biggest change to Copilot is that it will no longer exist as separate apps for consumer and business use. Microsoft will merge both…
With the revelation that ICE will spend up to $20 million by March on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to subdue an individual, according to a notice published earlier this week by the Department of Homeland Security, it’s worth looking at how this apparel, designated as a nonlethal tool for law enforcement, actually…
Instagram on Thursday introduced a new wordmark, which is the text-only logo that spells out the company’s name. The social media giant’s logic was that the older version of its logo felt dated after a decade in use. The change was announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri on both Instagram and Threads, where he described…
More than 15 million people may now have a very personal problem: their dental, government ID, and health information could be in the hands of hackers. DentaQuest, a major U.S. dental and vision benefits administrator, has begun notifying individuals affected by a May 2026 cyberattack that compromised sensitive personal and health information. The company reported…
We’ve heard rumors that Apple‘s foldable iPhone Ultra would be late, and we’ve heard reports that it will launch and be made available in September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models. But can both of these be true? A new report from Australian outlet Channelnews claims that the iPhone Ultra would face a staggered rollout,…
Other Cases to Consider Photograph: Louryn Strampe Spigen Tough Armor ($23) and Nano Pop MagFit ($20) Cases: These affordable cases both look nice and perform well for the price. The Nano Pop case was just a little too slippery for me, and the Tough Armor case’s kickstand was flimsier than I’d have liked. But if…
The streaming platform Twitch will now use creators’ content to help train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon. This move has inspired swift and concentrated backlash from the Twitch community, especially because creators are opted in to having their content used for this AI training by default. For Amazon, these stream recordings are…
The upper end of DDoS attacks is getting much bigger — and attacks that once looked exceptional are showing up far more often. Cloudflare says it mitigated 805 network-layer distributed denial-of-service attacks exceeding 1 Tbps in Q2 2026, up from 130 in the previous quarter. The company also reported 13.17 million network-layer DDoS attacks overall,…
The Grand Tour has three brand new content creator hosts following the departure of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May — and what better way to meet them than with a slightly awkward Q&A? In the video above, TikTok star and Mash 101 alum Francis Bourgeois, and YouTube Throttle House hosts James Engelsman and…
