Google Pixel's context-aware voice typing adds voice editing, formalizing, and rewriting without screen touch, revolutionizing hands-free texting.

Zero-day 'Dirty Frag' flaw in Linux kernel lets attackers escalate privileges after initial compromise. Urgent patching needed across all distributions.

A new analysis declares the Toyota RAV4 the only SUV most families need, combining affordability, reliability, space, and fuel economy.

Amazon rebrands Fire TV to Amazon TV. New name reflects unified ecosystem. Big changes include interface revamp and device consolidation. Background and analysis inside.

Paramount+ introduces three documentary series for May 8-10, offering factual content as a counterpoint to the upcoming Yellowstone spin-off 'Dutton Ranch'.

V8 optimized JetStream2's async-fs benchmark by introducing mutable heap numbers, replacing immutable HeapNumber allocations for seed variables, yielding a 2.5x speedup and better real-world performance.

V8's Turbofan compiler is moving away from Sea of Nodes to a new CFG-based IR called Turboshaft, addressing complexity and improving maintainability.

Chrome's V8 now lets developers mark JavaScript files for eager compilation with a magic comment, reducing startup parse and compile times by up to 630ms on average.

V8 Chrome M137 introduces speculative call_indirect inlining and deoptimization for WebAssembly, boosting WasmGC performance by over 50% in microbenchmarks and 1-8% in large apps.

V8 optimized JSON.stringify with a side-effect-free fast path, iterative serialization, and templatized string handling, resulting in over 2x speed improvement for common data objects.

V8 optimized mutable heap numbers to fix a performance cliff in JetStream2's async-fs benchmark, achieving a 2.5x speedup by reducing HeapNumber allocations during Math.random calls.

V8's shift from Sea of Nodes to Turboshaft: 7 reasons including technical debt, assembly code, control flow, try-catch, performance cliffs, deoptimization loops, and maintainability.

Learn 10 key insights about V8's Explicit Compile Hints feature, which lets developers control eager compilation to speed up JavaScript startup by up to 630ms.

V8's new speculative optimizations for WebAssembly, including call_indirect inlining and deoptimization, boost performance up to 50% on WasmGC programs.

V8's JSON.stringify is now more than twice as fast thanks to five key optimizations: a side-effect-free fast path, iterative architecture, templatized string handling, intelligent fallbacks, and real-world performance gains.

Battlefield 6 Season 3 arrives May 12 with major vehicle balance changes, netcode fixes, a colossal reimagined Golmud Railway map, and ranked battle royale mode.

GameSpot names three 2026 games with score 9: Cairn, Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, Esoteric Ebb. Must-play list updated regularly.

Preorders for Magic: The Gathering's Reality Fracture set are live. Jace Beleren turns villainous, creating the Echoverse. The set launches Oct 2 with Play Boosters, Commander decks, and more.

Housemarque's Saros is technically a roguelike but developers downplay the label, signaling an identity crisis after Returnal's success.

Take-Two CEO reveals AI exploration to cut soaring GTA 6 costs, warning linear cost growth unsustainable; industry braces for shift.