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Calibre remains one of the best free tools for managing, converting, and organizing ebook libraries. Version 9.14 adds AI-generated book covers in several styles from sci-fi and romance to pulp fiction, plus improved tag searches, and support for Anthropic and Grok backends.Read Entire Article

Jim Pickard / Financial Times: The UK unveils a £100M Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme for domestic AI startups focused on public services, amid growing opposition to Palantir contracts  —  Scheme comes in wake of growing opposition to government contracts with US software group Palantir

While Linux has been making headlines due to distros taking stances on AI code implementations and what's new with Linux 7.3, there has been something genuinely very interesting bubbling away with the kernel. Slowly, but surely, we're seeing people getting Linux working on Apple devices.

Playground Games has shared plenty of new Fable gameplay this summer, and now we’re starting to get a clearer picture of how long the studio’s first RPG will actually be. According to the developers, players can expect a reasonably sized adventure rather than a massive, hundred‑hour epic. In a recently published interview with Polygon, Fable director Will Kennedy explained that a full completionist playthrough will take around 40 hours, while those who stick primarily to the main story can finis

The company says the ex-congressman didn't fully cooperate with its investigation into alleged insider trading.

Open-source firmware consulting firm 3mdeb is out with a new blog post highlighting their recent work on enhancing the UEFI update capsules experience for open-source firmware with Coreboot and their downstream Dasharo offerings...

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.

Sony's excellent noise-canceling headphones just hit an all-time low price ahead of Labor Day.

With memory at a premium in 2026, the SanDisk 256GB microSD Express Card is built for people who want faster storage in a tiny card, and there’s a good Amazon deal on it right now. This model uses a PCIe/NVMe interface instead of standard UHS-I tech, which is why it stands out for portable gaming, apps, and media work. See the deal at Amazon

By almost any measure, Tim Cook has been one of the best tech CEOs ever. He diversified product lines, launched new lines of business, expanded across the globe, and grew Apple's overall market value ten-fold.Cook is the rare public tech figure who has, for the most part, survived the vagaries of a public life. Did he disappoint many when he appeared to bend the knee before the United States' divisive President? Absolutely, though if you understand Cook, and you listen to his explanations, you k

Aston Villa vs Newcastle: Monday, August 31 at 8pm BST / 3pm ET / 5am AEST (Tues)Streams: Sky Sports (UK) / USA Network via Fubo (US)Outside the UK? Use NordVPN to unblock your free streamWatch Aston Villa vs Arsenal live streams as the Gunners look to inflict more misery on the home side who lost their opening Premier League 2026/27 game 4-0 after seeing a host of their best players depart over the summer. It’s been a tough start to the campaign for Aston Villa boss Unai Emery. The Spaniard has

Apple is holding its big September launch event next week, and as new products arrive, the company is expected to discontinue 10+ popular current devices. more…

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: MapQuest becomes the top free iPhone app on the App Store in Canada and fourth on the US App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario to Lake America  —  MapQuest is in the spotlight this week after refusing to change “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” on its map following an executive order issued …

Adria Arjona stars in the latest film from the team behind 'The Guest' and 'You're Next,' in theaters September 4.

If you've bought a graphics card in the last few years, there's a piece of advice that you have probably heard — "just turn on frame generation." Ever since it was introduced with the RTX 40 series, frame generation has become a routine part of the PC gaming conversation. It's also the deciding factor in a lot of GPU purchasing decisions, as it was for me, too. Amidst all of this, it's easy to forget one important detail which revealed itself in the last Steam Hardware & Software Survey.

Has Google made the best smartwatch of 2026 with the Google Pixel Watch 5? While we’re waiting for Apple’s response, we’ve already seen Samsung’s challengers, and the sad thing is, there aren’t many other big-name brands tackling mainstream smartwatches anymore.

The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.

It's easy to add all your various cards and passes to Apple Wallet, and they don't have to stick around once you're done using them.

It's hard to believe that we're almost halfway through Ted Lasso season 4, but we are. Indeed, once its fifth episode has been released, the hit Apple TV show's latest season will have reached its midpoint.So, when will it premiere on Apple's streaming platform? Below, I'll tell you the exact dates and times for the soccer comedy-drama's next chapter, so you can block out some time in your busy schedule to catch it as soon as it arrives. Here, then, is when Ted Lasso season 4 episode 5 will drop

OpenClaw, the popular open-source personal agentic artificial intelligence framework, today announced the launch of version 2.0, the largest update in the agent’s history. Unlike a traditional chatbot like ChatGPT, which lives in a browser tab and only answers questions, OpenClaw acts like a digital secretary that can actually execute tasks on a user’s behalf and […] The post OpenClaw just gave everyone version 2.0 and it comes with major updates appeared first on SiliconANGLE.