Graphics cards, scammers, Fire stick piracy, artificial blood, Firefox, animatronics, Samsung Galaxy S26, dashboard symbols and Pee-Wee Herman. It has been important to me to have my computer equipment plugged in to a UPS so that it doesn’t shut down unexpectedly when there is a brief power outage. The only challenge with this is that the batteries have a limited lifespan and mine is near the end. This meant it did have an unexpected shutdown. A replacement battery is on the way so I won’t have to worry about equipment damage. Below you’ll find the important stories from the last week in the tech industry.

• I Tested the HP EliteBook Ultra G1i. Its Deluxe Design and Features Are Perfect for On-the-Go Execs
• Asus Zenbook A14 Review: A Light and Vibrant Marathon Runner
• MSI MPG Velox 300R Airflow PZ Review: One Solid Reverse-Connector PC Case
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• AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB Review: Team Red Makes Its Big Value Play
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• Cybercriminals Hack Asus Routers: Here’s How to Check If They Got Into Yours
• Beware the Friendly Texts From Strangers: US Sanctions Web Host Tied to $200M in Online Scam Losses
• Nation-State Hackers Target Remote Software Vendor ConnectWise
• Micro Center Shopper Surprised to Find Backpacks, Not GPU, in RTX 5090 Box
• Feds Take Down Virus Scanner Used by Hackers to Refine Their Malware
• Overwhelmed by Scammers? You’re Not Alone. 96% of Americans Are Targeted Every Week
• Amazon Fire Sticks enable “billions of dollars’” worth of streaming piracy
• ISP settles with record labels that demanded mass termination of Internet users

• Healthy man goes camping—lands in ICU for 40 days with respiratory failure
• Artificial Blood That Could Work for All Blood Types in Trials
• Colon cancer recurrence and deaths cut 28% by simple exercise, trial finds
• The FDA Warns of New Zyrtec and Xyzal Side Effect. What Is Pruritus?
• Human Brain Cells on a Chip for Sale
• 23andMe’s Former CEO Pushes Purchase Price Nearly $50 Million Higher

• Perplexity’s new tool can generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and more
• Windows 10 vs. Windows 11: Should You Upgrade Now?
• Why I’m done with Firefox for good – and which browser I’m using instead
• Claude’s Hidden System Prompts Offer a Peek Into How Chatbots Work
• The new Outlook for Windows adds Copilot and other perks, but I still prefer the classic version

• I Never Saw Animatronics Like This: Epic Universe Team Reveals Challenges of Theme Park Tech
• For Some Recent Graduates, the A.I. Job Apocalypse May Already Be Here
• Trump’s Next Executive Orders Could Ban US Sales of Chinese Drones
• Laptop USB-C Ports Are Not Created Equal. Microsoft Wants to Change That
• I changed 10 settings on my Fire TV to instantly improve the performance
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• T-Mobile Officially Launches Its Fiber Service: Here’s How Much It’ll Cost You
• Intel Confirms 12 P-Core Bartlett Lake S CPU In Nova Lake Slide
• Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer
• Tech prophet Mary Meeker just dropped a massive report on AI trends – here’s your TL;DR
• Exclusive: AirPods to get camera control, sleep detection, new gestures, more

• The Honor Magic 7 Pro is the perfect Samsung alternative
• Dear Apple, Please Steal These Galaxy S25 Edge Features for a Thin iPhone
• Samsung’s Galaxy S26 May Drop Google Gemini as Its Default AI Chatbot
• T-Mobile’s Cellular Starlink Beta Is Now Open Even if You’re on Another Carrier
• I’ve used the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for 6 months – here’s my verdict now
• Samsung Confirms It’s Making an ‘Ultra’ Foldable Galaxy Phone
• I Find Android Phones Too Complicated, and That’s Why I Love Google’s Pixel 9 Pro
• AT&T Introduces New Discounted Senior Mobile Plan, and 55 Counts as a ‘Senior’

• What Do These 18 Common Car Dashboard Symbols Actually Mean?
• This Tiny $7,000 Electric Car Is More Popular in Japan Than Toyota’s EVs
• It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

• 135 Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts
• How Greenland’s Dog-Sled Patrol Became Unsung Heroes of World War II
• Thanks to Pee-wee Herman, Gen X Got to Grow Up Weird and His New Documentary Is a Reminder of That
• How Much Should the World’s Richest Man Get Paid?
• 11 Bizarre Items Sold by Sears in 1902
• Adventure at Sea: An Explorer’s Guide to Antarctica

If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.