While Grand Theft Auto 6 will dominate 2026, TechRadar’s gaming team highlights a slate of other major titles. Their list includes surprising exclusives, long-awaited sequels, and indie curiosities that could define the year.
A secretive venture led by Eric Schmidt is providing AI drones like the Bumblebee to Ukraine, creating a real-world test bed that worries the Kremlin. Meanwhile, a discussion on Threads highlights the uncomfortable trend of creators selling their very personhood for authenticity.
Trump Media & Technology Group announced a plan to issue a new cryptocurrency token to its shareholders in partnership with Crypto.com. This comes as other Trump-affiliated crypto ventures, including the $Trump meme coin, have seen significant losses this year.
Boston Consulting Group is operating like a tech company, building AI tools from the ground up. Its strategy relies on consultants in the field to innovate, with a central R&D lab curating their creations.
A sprawling criminal network called “The Com” is recruiting teenagers on Telegram to carry out sophisticated ransomware attacks. Since 2022, they’ve hit companies worth over $1 trillion. Now, a wave of arrests is revealing just how young—and vulnerable—these hackers are.
The first benchmark for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen AI 5 430 processor has appeared online. It shows a modest performance gain over the previous model, with a more significant upgrade to the integrated graphics. The new chips are expected to be a soft refresh when announced at CES.
According to Phoronix’s year-end review, their 226 featured hardware reviews in 2025 were dominated by coverage of AMD’s game-changing Ryzen AI Max “Strix Halo” processors and Intel’s discrete Battlemage graphics. The site also highlighted the ongoing struggle to fund independent Linux hardware jour
Nature’s annual list of ten influential people in science for 2025 is out. It features everything from a groundbreaking deep-sea ecosystem discovery to a Chinese AI startup that shocked Silicon Valley. These are the stories defining science this year.
