Technology

After months of testing, it seems Google is rolling out a button for AI Mode directly in the search box on Google’s home page – on Google.com. This seems like a big deal to me, and goes along with AI Mode being the first tab in the main search results. I covered this on Friday at Search Engine Land after …

Over 1,000 CrushFTP instances currently exposed online are vulnerable to hijack attacks that exploit a critical security bug, providing admin access to the web interface. The security vulnerability (CVE-2025-54309) is due to mishandled AS2 validation and impacts all CrushFTP versions below 10.8.5 and 11.3.4_23. The vendor tagged the flaw as actively exploited in the wild on July 19th, noting that attacks may have begun earlier, …

Microsoft just launched a service for Xbox Insiders that brings all cloud-playable games, along with play histories, to the official Xbox PC app. This includes console exclusives spanning multiple generations and hundreds of other releases. The service extends to games owned by the player and Game Pass titles. The big hook here is that recently-played games will follow people across …

The latest UK charts for physical video game sales are here, and this week Donkey Kong Bananza has punched its way to the top spot. Fellow Switch 2 exclusive Mario Kart World sits in second place this week, with Hogwarts Legacy in third. Rounding out the UK physical top 5 are EA Sports FC 25, and Robocop: Rogue City – …

Google has an event next month to officially launch the Pixel 10 series, but the leaks have been coming fast and furious beforehand. There won’t be much left to learn on August 20, particularly now that Google has revealed the phone. Over on the Google Store, there’s a video revealing the Pixel 10’s design, and it looks just a little …

PS5 players are rejoicing as a new hit shooter dropped on the console that’s not Call of Duty. While there’s no shortage of good shooters in the market, it’s hard to make a splash between the likes of Call of Duty, Rainbow Six, and free-to-play games like Fortnite. Enter Void Interactive’s Ready or Not, which has smashed past PC sales …

Fallout: Bakersfield gets its first trailer, and it looks astonishing, and we need it right now. Since its inception in 1997, long before it became a Bethesda-owned property, the Fallout series was already one of the most popular post-apocalyptic RPGs of its genre, and now, thanks to Bethesda, it’s still going strong today. Under the guidance of Bethesda, we’ve had …

Out of nowhere, developer RageSquid and publisher No More Robots shadow-released the extreme sports game Descenders Next today, July 21, and it’s included with Xbox Game Pass. The game was originally scheduled to launch in April before being quietly delayed at the last minute. Alternatively, you can buy Descenders Next outright on Steam and Xbox for $30 USD. There is …

As a JRPG player for years, I can safely say that 90 percent of them, or maybe even more, will have some pacing issue for whatever reason. Be it backtracking, lore dump, random encounters, or having to study for a math test in between saving the world. Because of that, discussing JRPGs that have no padding or fat at all …

Act surprised: Apple is soon expected to formally kick off development of iOS 27. This year, Apple will have a big task: updating the iOS experience in preparation for its most radical new iPhone yet. Details are unclear, but iOS 27 will unsurprisingly focus heavily on optimizing software for Apple’s first foldable iPhone. This will include new features specifically for …