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From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival aboard the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the space station on July 14, 2026, after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier the same day. Kikina, Dubrov, and Menon are in the second week of their planned eight-and-a-half-month mission. They are using their new skills to conduct space research while still familiarizing themselves with living and working in space. Keep up with space station…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Wireless Horipad Turbo for Nintendo Switch 2: One-minute reviewThe Wireless Horipad Turbo for Nintendo Switch 2 is far from being one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 controllers, but it gets a lot right, and in my testing I found it to be a solid—if unremarkable—stand-in for the official Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller.After I reviewed the frankly terrible Horipad for Steam, I didn’t have high hopes for the…

Microsoft Copilot’s consumption-based pricing changes how organizations pay for AI services. Now, they can pay for the Copilot credits they use for AI tasks. This gives businesses more flexibility but requires careful planning. Therefore, organizations need to understand how Copilot credits work, estimate their expected usage, set spending limits, monitor costs, and train employees to […] This article Prepare your Organization for Microsoft Copilot Consumption-based Pricing first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

Sony has set a date: November 17, 2026, after which network services stop working on 71 of its older audio and home entertainment products. The list runs to 16 AV receivers, 17 Blu-ray players, 16 Blu-ray home theater systems, nine soundbars, five wireless speakers, and a scattering of media players and micro systems. Spotify, Netflix, and Google Cast are all gone, and from November 18 the icons disappear from the menus entirely. None of the hardware stops working, though, and a receiver that still drives your speakers properly is not going to suddenly break. What Sony is actually switching off…

Composable security operations provider Abstract Security announced on Thursday that it raised $25 million in a new funding round to accelerate development of its streaming-first security operations platform.  The round brings Abstract’s total funding to nearly $50 million, and the company said its valuation has tripled since its prior round, though it did not disclose specific dollar figures. The new capital will be used to widen the platform’s in-stream detection coverage, extend capabilities across the security operations workflow, and grow the company’s go-to-market team. Cheyenne Ventures and AVP co-led the round, with additional investment from Olive Hill Ventures, Crosslink Capital,…

Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI Says Its AI Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital LibraryKate Conger | The New York Times ($)”The trial was designed to keep the models in a safe testing environment, known as a sandbox, OpenAI said. But the models found a vulnerability that allowed them to escape the sandbox and connect to the internet. Then they targeted Hugging Face because they inferred that the library, which contains millions of AI models, could hold clues about how to successfully pass the evaluation.”TechBe Skeptical of OpenAI’s Rogue Hacker Agent StoryJohn Thickstun | The Guardian”OpenAI remains hungry for ever larger investments,…

Verdict Bose’s best immersive audio soundbar so far, the Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar delivers a clear, punchy, energy sound with a good bass performance. It’s not exactly targeted at home cinema enthusiasts though, and it’s up against some tough competition. Punchy, energetic and clear delivery Spacious sound Lovely looks Good dialogue delivery No DTS support No HDMI pass-through Audio could stand to be taller and wider from the get-go Key Features Review Price: £999.95 QuietPort Bose’s technology to increase bass without causing distoriton Wi-Fi streaming Play music from the likes of Spotify and Tidal over Wi-Fi Adjustable EQ Adjust the width…

I’ve been using Material Files as my default file manager for the longest time. However, the app does have its issues. For one, it directly deletes any files without sending them to the recycle bin, which has been an issue on more than one occasion. When looking for a more feature-rich alternative, I came across MiXplorer, an open-source app that has everything you would expect from a file manager, and it’s completely free to use should you choose to skip the Play Store version of the app. Related 4 free apps that make a cheap Android tablet worth keeping Free…

Several AI companies in the US have published an open letterThe letter is campaigning for unrestricted open-weight AIMeanwhile the US government accuses Moonshot AI of IP theftAny hopes AI tech reporters may have had about easing quietly into the weekend have been dashed by some of the biggest names in the business sharing an open letter in support of open-weight AI models — while the White House has accused China of ‘large scale’ theft from US companies in building its open-weight AI.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got the ball rolling with his first-ever tweet, linking to a statement championing open-weight AI…

Rockwell Automation has patched four vulnerabilities in its Arena Simulation software that could let an attacker execute arbitrary code on an affected system, according to advisories published by CISA and Rockwell. Arena Simulation is a discrete-event simulation software that provides organizations with a virtual environment to model, visualize, and test complex operational workflows, allowing them to identify issues and evaluate process changes before implementing them in production. The four high-severity flaws — CVE-2026-8085, CVE-2026-8312, CVE-2026-8313, and CVE-2026-8314 — are memory corruption issues stemming from improper validation of user-supplied data that can result in an out-of-bounds write.  SecurityWeek Launches Critical Impact…