Articles from July 12, 2026
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Drakong’s debut controller delivers Hall-effect sticks to Xbox and PC for just $34.99
Drakong, the new gaming peripheral label from Hyperkin, released its first product this week: a wired gamepad that undercuts much of the competition by including drift-resistant Hall-effect joysticks...
A Teen, a Chatbot, and 46,812 Canceled Subscriptions: The Bandai Channel Incident Explained
On November 4, 2025, a 15-year-old high school student launched a script that triggered the mass cancellation of 46,812 Bandai Channel accounts, with the help of ChatGPT. The attack forced the anime...
Black Flag Resynced PC Performance: Ultra Settings Choke Everything but the RTX 5090 at 4K
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GIMP 3.0’s Biggest Upgrade Yet: Say Goodbye to Floating Selections and Hello to Non-Destructive Editing
GIMP 3.0, the first major update in seven years, arrived in March 2025 with a slew of fixes that make the open-source image editor feel like a modern tool. The most immediately noticeable change:...
Windows 11’s Cloud Rebuild Promises USB-Free Recovery, but Offline Prep Remains Essential
Microsoft is rolling out a new Cloud Rebuild feature to Windows Insiders that lets you reinstall Windows 11 directly from the cloud—no USB drive required. But the feature, which downloads the...
Microsoft’s Copilot+ Badge Hides a Patchwork of AI Features — What to Know Before Buying
That Copilot+ sticker on a new Windows 11 laptop guarantees exactly one thing: the hardware meets Microsoft’s minimum bar for local AI. It does not guarantee which AI features you’ll actually...
Boko Haram Exploited Six Consumer AI Chatbots to Plan Attacks. Here’s How to Lock Down Your Microsoft 365 Tenant
A 93-page University of Cambridge study released this week alleges that Boko Haram fighters systematically used six leading consumer AI chatbots to design bombs, plan attacks, and troubleshoot...
Windows 11 Game Mode’s True Purpose: Stopping Stutters, Not Boosting FPS, Study Confirms
If you’ve ever been told to turn off Windows Game Mode to fix stuttering, a new month-long investigation suggests you can safely ignore that advice. MakeUseOf spent four weeks testing the feature...
Windows 11 Turned Print Screen Into a Capture Powerhouse—Here’s How to Tame It
The Print Screen key is no longer just for copying your screen. As of July 12, 2026, Microsoft has officially turned the decades-old hardware button into a launch point for Windows 11’s Snipping...
1,000-HP Volar-e Electric Concept Skips the Range Reveal at Barcelona Debut
On a track better known for Formula 1 pre-season testing, a new kind of prototype took to the asphalt today. Applus Idiada, the Spanish automotive engineering and testing giant, rolled out its...
Tesla Slaps $200 Weekly AI Cap on Staff, Pushes Grok 4.5 to Slash Token Costs
Tesla has imposed a $200 per-employee weekly spending ceiling on artificial intelligence tools and is actively steering workers toward Grok 4.5—the latest model from Elon Musk’s xAI—according...
Meccha Chameleon 2.7.0 Update Gives Windows Players Egypt-Themed Map and Per-Map Toggles for Random Lottery
Meccha Chameleon players on Windows PCs gained a ninth map and a batch of much-needed quality-of-life improvements today as update 2.7.0 went live on Steam. The free patch adds an Egypt-themed arena...