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.
How Russia’s 2015 data localization law played out for Google, from early indecision to repeated fines and a bankrupt subsidiary, plus what US firms should know.
What Google changed for people in Europe under the Digital Markets Act, where the new settings live, and why accounts in the US do not get them.
Savannah squares and mountain waterfalls, or Chicago museums and Route 66 in its centennial year? How Georgia and Illinois compare on seasons, costs and transit.
Music cities and the most visited national park, or lakes, canoe country and cool summers? How Minnesota and Tennessee compare on seasons, costs and getting around.
Confidential means two different things here, which is why the answers online contradict each other. No ChatGPT chat is legally privileged. Whether it is contractually confidential depends entirely on your plan.
Google did not upgrade Assistant into Gemini, it replaced one kind of product with another. Seven named features were removed outright. Here is what is gone, what is better, and what to check on your own phone.
Leaked specs for Sony’s rumored PS6 handheld, Project Canis, show games rendering at just 540p before PSSR 3.0 upscaling pushes effective performance close to the PS5 Pro.
Novo Nordisk is putting Anthropic’s Claude Science into its research labs, its third AI partnership in six months. Here is what the tool actually does, why the timing is not a coincidence, and the wall every pharma AI deal runs into.
Emulate was incorporated in August. It has no product, no website and no disclosed headcount. It is in talks to raise $700 million at a valuation approaching $4 billion, and the reason is three names from DeepMind’s world model team.
Riot confirmed 296,416 League of Legends and VALORANT accounts have been banned or suspended for rank manipulation since late 2025, with a detection system that also caught streamers Trainwrecks, Tyler1, Trick2g, and Yassuo in its net.