Author: Olivia Hartman
Olivia Hartman is GeekBlog's general technology reporter, covering the wider world of tech beyond smartphones: AI and software, laptops and PCs, gaming, streaming, space, science, consumer gadgets, deals and the policy stories shaping the industry. A versatile journalist with a nose for what actually matters, Olivia turns breaking news and product launches into accessible, no-hype reporting for everyday readers.
Forza Horizon 6 has sold an estimated 8.8 million copies and earned $579.2 million, more than any other 2026 first-party game, and the PS5 version is still to come.
At its first Config event in India, Figma launched Specs, a Markdown editor for design rules, opened code layers in public beta and added 20+ MCP tools. Here is what changes for teams working with AI agents.
Federal prosecutors say OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan hid a recording device behind a TV in an executive conference room and used chatbot prompts to build and hide it. Here is the timeline, the charge, what he could face and what is still unknown.
Planet Zoo 2 launched October 13 with an 85 on Metacritic, new aquatic and flying animals, and a Mostly Positive Steam score. Price, PC specs and early bugs inside.
On CNN’s State of the Union, Bill Gates warned of “a lot of negative surprises” from AI-powered cyberattacks over the next year. His point was not that AI will escape our control. It is that criminals can already strip the safeguards off powerful models. Here is what he said, what the threat data shows and what he wants governments to do.
Drone strikes on Yandex facilities in Sasovo, Kaluga and Vladimir took down maps, payments, taxis and cloud services across Russia and beyond. Bot traffic from Yandex’s network collapsed too, but that does not mean Russia’s troll farms went quiet. Here is what actually broke and what the Cloudflare chart really shows.
Megan Fox launched a $19.99 a month page on Subs.com, the platform built by OnlyFans co-founder Tim Stokely, and the site buckled under the traffic. The bigger story is that she is now a co-owner. Here is how Subs works, what fans actually pay and why celebrities want a piece of the platform, not just a page on it.
Epic Games has reportedly delayed its unannounced Marvel and Star Wars shooter indefinitely while it retools the project around AI-first production. Here is what Bloomberg reported, what Epic confirmed and what it means for Disney’s $1.5 billion bet.
Michael and Susan Dell’s $6.25 billion pledge is now landing as $250 deposits in roughly 25 million Trump Accounts. Whether your child gets one depends on your ZIP code, not your paycheck. Here is how the check works, why the threshold changed, and why the internet spent the week talking about Susan Dell instead.
Meta released Muse Wonder on October 12, its first frontier-class model, priced at $4 and $20 per million tokens with closed weights. Here is what is verified and what is not.