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RadarScope, the award‑winning iPhone radar app used by meteorologists and storm spotters, has been updated to support Apple CarPlay. The new version, released in the 5.7 update, brings high‑resolution data from more than 300 radars to a CarPlay interface, allowing users to view MRMS, single‑site radar, satellite imagery and overlay their navigation route. As drivers travel, the app automatically switches to the nearest radar site, displaying warnings, prob‑severe alerts and reports directly on the map. The CarPlay [...]

PlayStation Plus Extra added the surprise 2025 PS5 title Ball x Pit to its catalog on September 29, 2024, making it available in Japan and the United Kingdom immediately and in the United States at noon Pacific time. The roguelite‑action game joins horror‑action adventure Slitterhead, which is already accessible to subscribers in all regions. Both titles appear alongside the regular September lineup that includes Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Dungeons of Hinterberg, and Sniper Elite: Resistance. Sony’s rollout follows its staggered‑release model, delivering new content to different markets at slightly different times. The [...]

Xbox is preparing a second round of layoffs this week, according to an exclusive report by The Information. The unnamed source says Microsoft will consolidate “several” studios, though specific units were not identified. This follows the July restructuring that cut 1,600 jobs across the Xbox portfolio and led to the sale or spin‑off of studios such as Ninja Theory, Undead Labs and Arkane Lyon. CEO Asha Sharma’s “reset” plan aims to refocus the gaming division on flagship franchises [...]

A leak from the Chinese rumor site Digital Chat Station provides detailed screen specifications for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 20 Pro and Pro Max, slated for a September 2027 launch. The iPhone 20 Pro is said to feature a 6.41‑inch display with a resolution of 2,686 × 1,236 pixels, while the Pro Max would carry a 6.9‑inch panel at 2,912 × 1,340 pixels. Both sizes slightly exceed the iPhone 18 Pro (6.3‑inch, 2,622 × 1,206) and Pro Max (6.9‑inch, 2,868 × 1,230) screens, making them the largest in Apple’s Pro line. The leak [...]

Google announced the October launch of Googlebooks, a new laptop line built on Googlebook OS that merges Android and ChromeOS features. The devices will run Android 17’s “Continue On” and Cast My Apps, syncing settings, passwords, Wi‑Fi and messages from a paired phone. Material 3 Expressive UI brings Pixel‑style quick settings, a centered dock and a “G” app drawer, while on‑device Gemini AI offers file‑description generation, Magic Pointer prompts and natural‑language widget creation. A desktop‑class Chrome browser supports [...]

Smart ring maker Oura filed to sell up to 50 million shares at $40‑$44 in its upcoming IPO, but the bulk of the proceeds will flow to existing investors rather than the company. Shareholders will offer 36.5 million shares—about two‑thirds of the total—generating roughly $1.53 billion at the midpoint price of $42, while Oura itself will raise about $567 million. Venture firm Forerunner Ventures, Oura’s second‑largest backer, plans to sell its entire 9.3% stake (≈28.7 million shares) for roughly $1.20 billion, accounting for [...]

After the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) took effect EU-wide in January 2025, financial firms spent a year building risk‑governance structures and vetting third‑party providers. In its second year, regulators are demanding proof that those frameworks actually work, focusing on ICT incident analysis and risk supervision. The key question for security operations centres is whether they have sufficient visibility to detect, investigate and contain an intrusion across critical assets. DORA does not mandate a specific security stack, [...]

QuEra Computing and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced a partnership to embed QuEra’s neutral‑atom fault‑tolerant quantum processors into HPE’s Cray supercomputing platforms for on‑premise hybrid quantum‑classical workloads. The collaboration will create integrated testbeds, co‑design hybrid algorithms, ensure software interoperability, and benchmark system‑level performance. QuEra will provide both cloud and on‑premise access to its fault‑tolerant machines, including the Libra system—planned as a 256‑plus logical‑qubit device slated for cloud availability in 2028 and a potential “gigaquop” version for tighter [...]