The Best Fitness Trackers to Give As Gifts

September 3rd, 2026 08:40 PM

We may earn a commission from links on this page.This year was an interesting one for smart rings and smart bands, and we ended up with a few new devices that mark serious improvements on what was available before. With these new developments in mind, here are my picks for the best fitness trackers to consider giving (or asking for) as gifts this year. The Fitbit Air is the best fitness tracker for most peopleI'll have recommendations below for athletes, runners, and people with higher...

French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000

September 3rd, 2026 10:01 PM

France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Hôpital privé de la Loire 500,000 ($580,000) for failing to adequately protect patients' and their relatives' data. [...]

How to Manage Linux Updates Across Multiple Distributions

September 2nd, 2026 07:38 AM

The post How to Manage Linux Updates Across Multiple Distributions first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Patching a single Linux machine is easy. You run its update, reboot if the kernel changed, and you’re done. Patching The post How to Manage Linux Updates Across Multiple Distributions first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

September 1st, 2026 10:40 PM

A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana. KrebsOnSecurity also has learned that the New Orleans field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...

I’m Begging You To Stop Obsessing Over Player Numbers And Just Enjoy Games

September 3rd, 2026 08:53 PM

Horror fans are confused. Every time a licensed multiplayer horror game gets brought up, two things tend to happen: commenters wonder if it can dethrone Dead by Daylight, and they speculate that the game will shut down quickly. It's happening again today, as I've recently published my Halloween review. Comments on YouTube and in Discord servers are already repeating the sentiments I've seen for many years now. "Probably be dead in six months to a year because no one can live aside DBD." "It...

Observability 2.0: Why DevOps Teams Are Moving From Monitoring to Intelligent System Understanding

September 3rd, 2026 11:04 PM

For a long time, monitoring just meant staring at dashboards and waiting for something to flash red. Engineers tracked things like CPU usage, memory, response times, error rates, and uptime. If a number crossed a certain line, you’d get an alert. Then, someone dived in to figure out what was wrong. That basic approach isn’t useless, but it’s just not enough anymore. Today’s systems are way more complicated. Apps run across containers, Kubernetes clusters, cloud services, databases, APIs,...

This Week in Rails: August 28, 2026

August 28th, 2026 04:23 PM

Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase.Agents on Rails: lemans goes open sourceAnother week, another update from Agents on Rails. This one is a big one: lemans, the harness behind every number we’ve published, is now open source. Also four new models were added: Sonnet 5, Terra, an open-weight Qwen you can run on your own machine, and one that won’t tell us its name.Actionpack ractorizeThis Pull Request changes the following:Make...

Nvidia will officially bring DLSS 5 to older GPUs — but won’t give gamers full control

September 4th, 2026 01:49 AM

Officially, Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 AI rendering was supposed to launch this evening with only a single game, only on Nvidia's latest RTX 50 GPUs, and with developers in full control of their artistic vision. But unofficially, modders have already ported a leaked version of DLSS 5 to run on just about anything while cranking sliders to the max. Now, Nvidia is changing its plans. DLSS 5 is still launching first on RTX 50 GPUs, but it's officially coming to older RTX 40-series GPUs as...

Free Games + Amazon Prime For Your Steam Deck and Handhelds - 9/3/26:

September 3rd, 2026 09:36 PM

There are some decent free games to redeem for your Steam Deck library this week, including Alone With You and Just Die Already.

Xbox Announces Monthly Hour Limits To Cloud Gaming Are Coming In November

September 3rd, 2026 10:00 PM

Xbox has announced a major change to its cloud gaming service, which is included in Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. Starting in November, Game Pass plans will now have limits on the number of hours players can spend cloud gaming based on their subscription tier. According to an Xbox Wire Post, the number of cloud gaming hours allotted each month will be as follows: Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hoursGame Pass Premium: 10 hoursGame Pass Essential: 5 hours“Today, eligible Game Pass...

The 2024 presidential alternative many voters will want

September 1st, 2026 01:00 AM