CrowdStrike Update Causes Global Microsoft Outage, Affecting Services and Bringing ‘Blue Screen of Death’

CrowdStrike, the endpoint security software, caused a major global outage of Microsoft services, including Windows and Office 365, following an update on Friday. The alleged issue brought the ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) to Windows devices across the world, with users unable to access their devices. Furthermore, the problem is also reported to have resulted … Read more

Qualcomm’s Kedar Kondap on Bringing Low-Cost Snapdragon X CPUs to India and Snapdragon’s Retail Strategy

Qualcomm will unveil new Snapdragon X laptop CPUs next week to power low-cost AI-capable devices in India. The firm has targeted the midrange laptop segment in the country. The chipmaker’s OEM partners are expected to introduce new Copilot+ laptops priced around $600 (roughly Rs. 52,000) and offer support for on-device AI features. The company is also … Read more

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Is Bringing Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, 21 Savage

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is bringing popular rappers into the game, in celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop music. As part of its Season 5 update, coming August 2, Activision confirmed that Snoop Dogg and Nicki Minaj will be joining the game and its battle royale counterpart, Warzone 2.0, as playable operators. Other … Read more

Apple Bringing Journal App to iPad and Mac With iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 Tahoe

The Journal app is coming to the iPad and Mac computer with their respective upcoming operating system (OS) updates, as per Apple. Introduced with iOS 17.2 in 2023, the journaling app helps users write down their thoughts, provides suggestions on what to write about, and maintain a daily log, powered by on-device machine learning. Up … Read more

Apple Bringing Journal App to iPad and Mac With iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 Tahoe

The Journal app is coming to the iPad and Mac computer with their respective upcoming operating system (OS) updates, as per Apple. Introduced with iOS 17.2 in 2023, the journaling app helps users write down their thoughts, provides suggestions on what to write about, and maintain a daily log, powered by on-device machine learning. Up … Read more

Sony Set to Release PS VR2 Steam App Next Month, Bringing Support for PC VR Games

Sony has been testing PC games support for the PlayStation VR2 to expand the library of VR titles available on the headset this year. The PlayStation parent had announced last month that it would roll out PC support for PS VR2 on August 7. A PS VR2 application has now surfaced on Steam and will … Read more

Microsoft Is Bringing Elon Musk’s AI Models to Its Cloud

Microsoft is adding models from Elon Musk’s xAI to its artificial intelligence marketplace.  Grok 3, which Musk’s AI outfit introduced earlier this year, will be available on Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform, the company said Monday.  Microsoft and its biggest rivals in selling rented computing power, including Amazon.com and Google, are vying to be the place where AI … Read more