This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

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Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks, and top recommendations. With degrees ...

Arc System Works has announced Donutal, an alien interrogation adventure game where “conversation” is your only weapon. It will launch for PC via Steam in 2026. A demo is available now.

OpenAI introduces Harness Engineering, an AI-driven methodology where Codex agents generate, test, and deploy a million-line ...

MediaTek MT7902 wireless modules are used in many Windows laptops, but so far, a Linux driver has been missing. This is about ...

You can easily uninstall bloatware with Winhance. Winhance is an open-source app available free of charge on websites like Git Hub that makes debloating and configuring Windows almost as easy as Linux ...

We've tested and reviewed both free and paid-for antivirus software. We bombarded each one with tens of thousands of threats to see how well it can cope against viruses, ransomware and phishing ...

If you're short on cash, you can still get a VPN to improve your online privacy. Here's everything you get (and don't get) with the best free VPNs we've tested. I’ve been writing about technology ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...