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GitHub has been down for most of the morning - Engadget

GitHub has been down for most of the morning If you hear lots of grumbling in coffee shops this morning, GitHub's outage may be why.

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TechRadar ·5 hr. ago

Microsoft is dropping its Excel Copilot function after only a year - and without ever getting a full public launch

Microsoft Excel is pulling the COPILOT () functionFunction allowed users to describe tasks in natural language, including as part of a formulaIt never reached public launch, and has now been overtaken by other tools…

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Eurogamer ·5 hr. ago

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Vanguard developer Sledgehammer reportedly had a Halo multiplayer prototype in the works before it got canned

A Halo game made by an Activision studio doesn't sound like a far-fetched idea, and is actually something Xbox considered per a new report.

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Android Authority ·5 hr. ago

Samsung could soon copy Apple's iPhone mirroring feature for your Galaxy phone

Samsung could soon copy Apple's iPhone mirroring feature for your Galaxy phone Aug 17, 2026 — 5:51 AM ET - Samsung is already actively testing early internal builds of One UI 9. 5 on the Galaxy S26 series.

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Carscoops ·8 hr. ago

An Eye Doctor Paid $40,000,000 For The $640K Ferrari EV Everyone Says Is An Eyesore | Carscoops

- A billionaire optometrist paid $40 million for Ferrari’s Luce EV. - All proceeds from the sale will go to The Ferrari Foundation. - First production Luce is painted white with a matching cabin.

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Pcgamer ·8 hr. ago

The Elder Scrolls 6 is probably subtitled Sentinel, and there's been an easter egg in Starfield hinting at it this whole time

While union members outside Bethesda's Maryland office celebrated a recent Microsoft visit by positioning a field of red flags representing laid-off workers and a giant inflatable rat on the lawn, inside the building…

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Digital Trends ·20 hr. ago

ChatGPT’s Computer History has one big privacy problem

We’ve already covered how ChatGPT’s Computer History feature lets the Mac app remember what users have been doing across apps and websites, using interaction events such as clicks, typing, and app switching rather than…

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Digital Trends ·23 hr. ago

I’m not buying the idea that killing PlayStation discs will make games cheaper

There is a rather optimistic argument doing the rounds about Sony’s decision to kill physical PlayStation game discs: maybe digital games will finally become cheaper.