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New Outlook and Teams get orphaned meeting feature, Classic Outlook skipped

Microsoft is adding a feature to new Outlook and Teams to handle 'orphaned' meetings when the organizer leaves the company. Classic Outlook will not receive the update.

Battlefield 6 Tidal Strike update launches today

The final update of Battlefield 6 Season 4, Tidal Strike, is out. A free trial runs from September 15 to 22 with maps Wake Island, Tsuru Reef, Cairo Bazaar, and Hagental Base, plus double XP.

Fedora Linux Asahi Remix 45 brings Apple Silicon M3 support to Linux

Fedora Asahi Remix 45 beta is out with support for Apple M3 chips. Hardware video decoding on M3 Macs is added, but graphics drivers are not yet available.

Firefox 156 opens PDFs 45% faster, plus a few annoying bug fixes

Mozilla released Firefox 156: built-in PDF reader opens about 45% faster, improved memory and CPU usage when compressing large JPEGs. Fixed failures loading sites without HTTPS when DNS over HTTPS is enabled and network connection loss when built-in VPN is active.

Fedora 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7

Fedora 45 beta is available for testing, with the final release expected in late October. It includes Linux kernel 7.2, GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.7, GCC 16.2, glibc 2.44, Python 3.15; RPM signature verification is enabled by default and the console switches to kmscon.

Rockstar admits GTA 6 is “extremely tough” to reveal because there’s so much cool stuff

Rockstar Games has admitted that showcasing GTA 6 is 'extremely tough' because the game has 'too much cool stuff.' According to the developers, playthrough will take about 80 hours, and the release is scheduled for November 19.

Amazon says Fire TV devices will be able to sideload Android apps again in upcoming update

Amazon stated that blocking sideloading of third-party Android apps on Fire TV was an update bug, not a deliberate restriction. A fix will be released in an upcoming Fire TV Settings update and will install automatically within a week.

Blizzard says designing a StarCraft open-world shooter presents specific challenges in scale and perspective — 'If you're 10 feet tall and you're wearing something that weighs 1,000 pounds, doors are

At BlizzCon 2026, StarCraft general manager Dan Hay said that changing genre from RTS to open-world shooter required rethinking scale and perspective. The main unexpected problem was doors: a character 10 feet tall in 1000-pound armor cannot fit through standard openings.

Paradox's grand strategy game Afterworld hasn't got a fixed history, it changes with every playthrough

Paradox Interactive has revealed details of its upcoming post-apocalyptic grand strategy game Afterworld. Each new playthrough generates a unique 200-year history of North America: where nuclear missiles fell, where nanites and chemical weapons were sprayed, and who survived. This makes the map and exploration unpredictable.

Apex Legends VS Street Fighter Brings Chun-Li, Ryu, Akuma, and More to the Outlands

On September 22, Apex Legends launches a collaboration with Street Fighter 6: eight character skins (Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, and others), weapons, emotes, and a reworked Olympus location. In Apex KO mode, fighters engage in third-person melee combat with fighting game moves.

Control Resonant Designed Around 60fps Gameplay on PS5 and PS5 Pro

Remedy detailed the graphics modes for Control Resonant less than 10 days before release. The game was designed around 60fps from the start, prioritizing responsive controls, with DualSense, 3D audio and Activities support.

TypeScript 6.0 --strictBuiltinIteratorReturn Changes Iterator Return Types

TypeScript 6.0 introduced the --strictBuiltinIteratorReturn flag, changing built-in iterator return types from any to undefined. This surfaces errors in code that passed values to .return() and .throw(), which iterators ignored.

Google Maps on Android Auto adds speedometer and traffic alerts without active route

Google is updating Google Maps on Android Auto so the speedometer, speed limit sign and traffic hints stay on screen even without an active route. Previously this data appeared only during navigation.

Oracle releases Java 27 for modern applications

Oracle introduced Java 27 with post-quantum hybrid key exchange for TLS 1.3 under IETF standards, API and runtime improvements for AI workloads, and JavaFX returning to a supported release cycle. Project Valhalla is in early access in JDK 28, while Project Leyden and Detroit continue development.

Discord not loading? Gaming chat service down for some users

Users report the Discord app is not loading, though the official status page says all servers are operational. In the UK the desktop version does not open, while the mobile app still works. The cause and scale of the outage are unknown.

CDPR wants The Witcher 3 Remastered to feel like any game released today

CD Projekt Red will release The Witcher 3 remaster as a free update on September 29. The studio reworked animations, combat system, enemy behavior, and navigation to make the game feel like a modern 2026 release, not a 2015 project.

Fortnite Kingdom Hearts collab trailer confirms Keyblade weapon and four skins

Epic Games showed a trailer for the Fortnite and Kingdom Hearts crossover. The game will add skins for Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Roxas, and Sora's Keyblade will become a mythic weapon with the Thundaga spell. The content will appear in the shop after update 42.20 on September 17, 2026.

Android Adds IMEI to Lock Screen Emergency Info

Google began rolling out a Play Services update that displays the phone's IMEI in the emergency information section on the lock screen. The feature affects devices on Android 12 and newer and can be disabled in settings.

Apple Card adds three new features in iOS 27

In iOS 27, Apple Card in Wallet gains a Recurring section with a calendar and list of regular expenses, plus Upcoming Transactions notifications predicting future charges based on transaction history. The Apple Pay checkout interface is also updated.

GM reverses course, brings back CarPlay and Android Auto

General Motors redesigned its infotainment interface and restored support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which it had previously dropped. The update will first reach pickups, then other models; phone projection appears in a separate window alongside native apps.

Apple Wallet in iOS 27 adds bill splitting, pass creation, subscription tracking

In iOS 27, Apple Wallet can split bills via photo of receipt using Apple Cash, create passes by scanning or manually, track Apple Card subscriptions, and show spending. Apple Cash and Insights features are not available in all countries.

Cockroach Labs bets on database pooling to cut cost of AI-era workloads

Cockroach Labs launched Cockroach Continuum, a database fleet management platform that pools compute and storage across isolated CockroachDB instances. It uses Cockroach Plenum for separate scaling of compute and storage and Cockroach Aegis for AI-driven diagnostics. Pricing is consumption-based, not peak capacity.

iPhone Car Keys in Apple Wallet Expanding to Three More Vehicle Brands

Code in Apple Wallet reveals references to digital car key support for Lincoln, Lucid Motors, and Chinese brand Freelander. The feature allows locking, unlocking, and starting a car with an iPhone or Apple Watch; launch timing is not specified.

iOS 27 adds new Phone app feature that’s an instant favorite

iOS 27 introduces Call Context, an Apple Intelligence-based feature that automatically displays relevant information from apps during a call, such as a confirmation code from Mail. The feature is initially available only in English and only on devices that support Apple Intelligence.

Xbox CTO Warns Against Buying Fraudulent Game Codes

Xbox's CTO warned users about the risks of buying game codes, Game Pass subscriptions, and gift cards from third-party resellers. Recently, several Japanese users had their accounts banned due to such codes, though the bans were later lifted.

Apple Releases macOS 27 Golden Gate: What's New

Apple introduced macOS 27 Golden Gate: AI automation in Finder, Calendar and Safari, an updated Siri with Spotlight integration and cross-device sync, a dynamic menu bar and adjustable Liquid Glass transparency. Notes gained Markdown support, Shortcuts new triggers, and system-wide live captions arrived.

113 Void Linux Packages Orphaned Following AI Policy Dispute

After a conflict over the admissibility of AI content in the Void Linux project, long-time contributor Andrea Brancaleoni dropped support for 113 packages. Among the orphaned packages are Alacritty, Docker CLI, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vagrant, and virt-manager. The packages are not removed but remain without a maintainer.

Kubernetes 1.36 restores a lost guarantee for database backups

In Kubernetes v1.36 the VolumeGroupSnapshot API became generally available: a CSI driver makes one atomic snapshot across all application volumes selected by label selector. This restores the consistency group guarantee lost in the move from storage arrays to per-PVC snapshots and requires no application downtime. Velero already supports the new API.

Spotify Now Lets You Keep Kids' Music Out of Your Wrapped

Spotify added a settings toggle that stops kids' and family music from influencing personal recommendations. The setting applies retroactively, so already-played tracks won't appear in Wrapped and Discover Weekly. Recommendation changes take up to 48 hours.

InOrbit.AI Releases OpenRobOps ISO 21423 Reference Implementation

InOrbit.AI open-sourced OpenRobOps, a system for orchestrating and managing mobile robot fleets, under the Apache 2.0 license. It is the first reference implementation of the ISO 21423 standard for data exchange between robots and fleet management systems.