Articles from July 25, 2026
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Geekbench 7 Finally Adds Native CUDA Support, Resetting Performance Scores for Windows PCs
Primate Labs released Geekbench 7 on July 25, 2026, overhauling its cross-platform benchmark with a new score scale, expanded workloads, and—for the first time—native NVIDIA CUDA GPU testing. An...
How-To Geek’s Weekend Challenge: 5 Excel Tools That Could Save You Hours Every Week
A single weekend of deliberate practice could transform the way you work with Excel. That’s the premise of a new How-To Geek guide, published July 24, that puts five built-in—and often...
Tiny Tools, Big Relief: 6 Free Apps That Finish Windows 11's Unfinished Business
Windows 11 may look polished, but spend a day hunting for a lost 50GB folder or squinting at a too-bright external monitor and you’ll quickly notice the cracks. A recent roundup from MakeUseOf...
Windows 11 Release Preview Builds Promise More Accurate Update Progress and Faster Post-Update Recovery
Microsoft has released two Release Preview builds for Windows 11—26100.8968 for version 24H2 and 26200.8968 for version 25H2—that deliver a pair of under-the-hood improvements to Windows Update....
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5: Near-Fable Coding at Opus 4.8 Prices, With Smarter Safety Fallbacks
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on July 25, 2026, a new flagship AI model that delivers coding, reasoning, and agentic capabilities within striking distance of the pricier Claude Fable 5 — while...
5 Underrated Linux CLI Tools That Supercharge Your WSL Development Environment
If you’re using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) just to run the occasional grep or ssh command, you’re barely scratching the surface. A Linux terminal inside Windows can be a full-fledged...
Stop upgrading your desktop speakers: the real bass fix is a subwoofer setup done right
A bold claim recently ripped through Windows audio forums: your expensive desktop speakers might sound thin not because they’re too small, but because you’re missing a subwoofer. A detailed...
KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Automatically Lock the Desktop When You Disconnect RDP
KDE Plasma 6.8, slated for release on October 14, 2026, will introduce a long-overdue security feature: the desktop environment can automatically lock the local session when the last Remote Desktop...
How to Safely Use 1Password’s New Claude Browser Integration (and Why You Should Be Careful)
On July 25, 2026, 1Password and Anthropic announced a new integration that lets Claude, Anthropic’s AI browser agent, log into websites on your behalf—without ever seeing your password or...
Android 17's Wi-Fi Tile Fails as a Toggle: How Pixel Users Can Regain Single-Tap Control
In June 2026, Google rolled out Android 17 to Pixel phones with a long-requested change: separate Wi-Fi and mobile data Quick Settings tiles. But the new Wi-Fi tile doesn't do what its label...
Samsung Galaxy One UI 9.0: 13 Wrong PINs Triggers Factory Reset—Here’s How to Avoid Disaster
Samsung is rolling out a lock-screen policy in One UI 9.0 that will permanently lock a Galaxy phone after 13 failed unlock attempts, forcing a full factory reset to restore access. The change,...
Meta AI's New Agent Features Bring Calendar and Email Automation to Your PC's Browser
Meta just turned its AI assistant into a proactive task manager. On July 25, 2026, the company announced that Meta AI can now connect to your calendar and email, automatically deliver daily...