Final Fantasy 11's Unlimited Free Trial With Raised Level Cap Targets September 2026

August 23rd, 2026 09:32 AM

Square Enix is aiming for a September 2026 launch of an unlimited free trial for Final Fantasy 11. This update will also raise the trial level cap for the first time in nearly a decade. During the August 22 A.M.A.N.Live broadcast, producer and director Yoji Fujito said the company hopes to roll out the expanded trial as early as September. The level cap will increase from 50 to 75 with the regular September version update.Removing the current 14-day limit will require separate account-system...

Hands-on: Mophie’s new battery banks offer pocketable power, built-in cables at low price

August 23rd, 2026 08:27 PM

Recently, Mophie debuted four new power banks for the iPhone. They slide nicely into your pocket, come in two finishes, offer built-in cables, and pack 5000mAh or 10000mAh of capacity. They’re by no means the smallest battery banks on the market, though they hit a price point that makes them worthwhile.

What will it take to stop the England hangovers?

August 23rd, 2026 09:31 PM

Yet again, England are dealing with a player involved in a late-night incident. Only strong action will ensure there are no more, writes Stephan Shemilt.

OpenAI Faces Safety Scrutiny After Introducing 'ChatGPT For Teens'

August 23rd, 2026 08:59 PM

This week OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT exclusively designed for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, reports CTV, "saying this version came with stronger protections around content related to mentions of suicide, self-harm and romantic or sexual chats." [Tech analyst Carmi Levy says] "What it's doing is it's using cues, it's sort of watching how you're using the tool, and it's trying to guess your age." Levy said if ChatGPT thinks a person has lied about their age when they first...

GitLab 19.3 released

August 20th, 2026 12:00 AM

Xiaomi’s New Humanoid Robot Installs Nuts, Sorts Panels in EV Factory Trial

August 21st, 2026 06:22 PM

Xiaomi's latest humanoid robot spent four months training inside an EV factory, revealing progress and remaining hurdles for industrial robotics.

WATCH: Young bear takes rough tumble from Denver tree after wildlife officers tranquilize it

August 23rd, 2026 09:07 PM

A young black bear took a rough tumble from a tree in Denver on Sunday after wildlife officers tranquilized the animal before relocating it to a more suitable habitat.Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said in a thread on X Sunday that officers responded to the bear near Louisiana Avenue and Pennsylvania Street in Denver."This morning we responded to a bear in a tree ... in Denver," the post read. "Not a typo. In Denver."BEAR CAUGHT ON CAMERA PERCHED ATOP NEW MEXICO UTILITY POLE BEFORE...

You no longer need clean install for a free Windows 11-exclusive performance boost feature

August 23rd, 2026 08:32 PM

Microsoft removed the mandatory clean install requirement for a Windows 11-exclusive feature that's said to boost performance. Read more...

Dr. Dre Says He Uses AI to Produce Songs

August 23rd, 2026 09:16 PM

Fellow Grammy-winning producer Timbaland is also allegedly a "closet AI user."

Transforming Mainframe Recovery

August 21st, 2026 07:59 PM

Moving beyond disaster recovery, organizations can ensure business-critical mainframe environments. Over decades, the mainframe has earned a reputation for being synonymous with reliability. Many enterprise organizations continue to rely on the mainframe precisely because of the redundancy, automatic recovery, and availability that leads to “nine nines” reliability or 31.56 milliseconds of unplanned annual downtime per server. However, this reliability can lead to blind spots in planning and...

Postcard is a new email client for GNOME, built with AI

August 22nd, 2026 02:05 AM

Postcard is a new email client for GNOME sporting a modern design reminiscent of Geary. The app is the work of a solo developer, gxanshu on GitHub, who is upfront about using AI coding tools to bring this “modern mail client” to life. Postcard is written in Python with GTK4/libadwaita. It uses imaplib and smtplib for networking, a local SQLite index for searching, WebKitGTK for rendering HTML and libsecret for keeping passwords safe. It’s also open source, so the code is...