Opera for Android now lets users buy, install and manage a travel eSIM inside the browser. Opera says it works across the whole phone in 47 destinations, with a free 3GB three-day trial in selected markets.
VideoCardz reports that Paralympics Productions is shutting down after receiving a cease-and-desist related to its unofficial GTA V ports.
Atomic has raised a $12.5 million Series A led by Klass Capital and Madrona Venture Group as the Boston startup expands supply chain software used by customers including DoorDash and HelloFresh.
A former EVGA product manager alleges the company felt compelled to sell at least one GeForce card at NVIDIA’s advertised starting price or risk lower GPU allocation, with pricier custom models making up the difference.
A user claims Sonnet 5.5 is 30%-plus faster, with task costs up to 30% lower. They say adding six lines to CLAUDE.md gave a Jev-assisted workflow a 4x boost on the same task.
PS5SX2 1.00 is a native PCSX2 port for jailbroken PS5 consoles, with up to 6x rendering, 4K output, display filters, phone-based controls and support for some online PS2 play.
Censys says the two remote-code-execution flaws are being actively exploited. It also reports seeing 42,735 internet-exposed NetScaler ADC or Gateway hosts.
A post says SpaceX made contact with the deployed satellites for the first time. It claims that, at scale, one Starship carries 60 V3 satellites—the same network capacity as about 20 Falcon 9 launches.
Techmeme, linking to CNBC, says India has invested $11.6 billion over the past decade and is looking to catch up with the US and China.
Montage Technology has begun mass production of two DDR5 clock driver chips: the CK01P for client memory modules up to 9200 MT/s and the RCD05 for server RDIMMs up to 8000 MT/s.
Sideload Launcher, a longtime Android TV and Google TV app browser for sideloaded and phone-first apps, is getting a version 2.0 redesign with new sorting tools, favorites, filters and layout tweaks.
Fast Company reports Heven AeroTech CEO Ben Levinson is pitching the company’s hydrogen-powered drones as long-endurance, low-signature platforms that could carry airborne laser systems, while stressing Heven is not itself in the laser business.
TechRadar reports that Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann says the projects will expand The Last of Us canon beyond Part 1 and Part 2.
TechRadar says Dyson's hair stylers have a new Plum and Copper color option. Its writer calls it a limited edition and has put the stylers on a Christmas wishlist.
A new Android Authority feature argues Gboard can replace some standalone Android apps for translation, case changes, clipboard history and text shortcuts, while noting dedicated apps still do more in areas like live translation and clipboard organization.
CloudSEK says attackers used the maintainer account for @dforge-core/dforge-mcp to push a malicious npm release through GitHub Actions trusted publishing, shipping the GHAPPIER loader with valid provenance before the package was fixed.
XDA Developers calls the result “surprisingly good.”
An Android Authority open thread highlights early doubts around Googlebooks, with commenters questioning premium pricing, limited app support and Google’s long-term commitment to the new laptops.
Fast Company describes Work mode as a way to get specific things done, in contrast to Chat mode.
NPowerUser reports that Huawei confirmed the launch date and identifies the external camera module as the Ruiying Z10.
