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.
A new Galaxy ships configured for a shop display. These ten One UI settings, with the exact paths, fix the refresh rate, the animations, the ads, the battery and the side button in about five minutes.
DoubleTrouble is an Android banking trojan handed out through Discord channels. It records your screen, logs keystrokes and blocks banking apps. Here is how it works and how to check your phone.
Huawei announced the Mate XT 2 Ultimate Design on September 7, a second-generation tri-fold that folds inward instead of wrapping around itself. It arrives five months after Samsung quietly stopped selling the tri-fold everyone said was the future.
Florida ordered license plate readers off state highways and Texas froze state funding for them in the same week. Dallas alone is shutting down more than 300 cameras.
Gran Turismo 7’s free Spec IV update lands in two parts this fall, reviving the Autumn Ring circuit for the first time since GT6, adding 12 new cars, a Family mode, and the return of Shuffle Racing.
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra to a handful of security customers before the subscribers who pay the most. Here is what actually caused the delay, and what the model does.
Anthropic says Claude autonomously produced the first fully machine-checked proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem in Lean, a 13-million-line formalization that took 11 days.
David Friedberg calls college, home ownership and Social Security the three great lies Americans are told about money. We checked each one against the actual numbers.
Microsoft is ending unlimited Xbox Cloud Gaming. Starting in November, Game Pass tiers get fixed monthly hour caps, from 5 hours on Essential to 15 on Ultimate, with paid top-ups for anyone who runs out.
Sony’s Gamescom sale cuts Red Dead Redemption 2 to $14.99 and puts God of War, The Last of Us and Resident Evil 2 at $9.99. Everything ends September 9.