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.
Your employer can read your ChatGPT prompts in three specific situations and in none of the others. Here is what each monitoring layer captures, and how to check your own laptop.
State of Play and State of Play Japan air back to back on September 3, headlined by an extended look at Final Fantasy VII Revelation. Here’s when to tune in and what else could show up.
Only 500 units of the 16-inch Jack were ever made, sold in a single two-hour drop on the official store. Here is what he sells for now, how the resale market prices him, and how to avoid a fake.
Rebel Wolves, the studio built by the creative leadership behind The Witcher 3, has launched its vampire RPG to an 85 on OpenCritic. Here is what the 30 day clock, the day and night loops and the combat actually deliver, and whether it is worth $69.99.
Sadie Adler survives Red Dead Redemption 2. Here is her full arc, from the cellar at Adler Ranch to the stabbing at Mount Hagen, and where she goes after the ending.
You can use movie clips on YouTube only with a license, from a public domain film, or under a genuine fair use argument. Here is how the four factors apply to film footage, how Content ID claims differ from copyright strikes, and where to get footage nobody will claim.
Gal Gadot says it took her lawyers six months to write the AI terms for Doug Liman’s Bitcoin, and that SAG-AFTRA rang them afterward asking how it was done. The clause protects her performance completely. It protects nobody who built the sets, because the sets were the point.
The FBI’s new alert describes a phishing attack that never asks for your password. You approve a permission screen on a real Microsoft or Google page, and the attacker keeps reading your mail afterward. Resetting your password does nothing. Here is the setting that actually cuts them off.
The Department of War added tailored versions of ChatGPT and Grok to GenAI.mil, its secure AI portal, alongside Google’s Gemini. Of the 3 million eligible military and civilian personnel, 1.7 million had already signed up, though reporting found some staff learned about the rollout only after it went live.
The European Commission designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act on August 31, 2026, the first time an AI chatbot has been placed in that legal category. OpenAI now has until December to complete risk audits, algorithmic transparency and researcher data access, or face fines of up to 6% of global revenue.