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- CD Projekt has revealed new details about Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.3
- The update will arrive tomorrow for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and Series S
- It will also come to Nintendo Switch 2 at a later date
Developer CD Projekt has finally told fans what to expect when Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.3 arrives.
As detailed in a recent live stream, the update focuses primarily on adding new options for players and making the world more immersive. Headline additions include three news cars and one new motorcycle, some of which will be obtainable via new quests.
Associate game director Pawel Sasko described triggering the new quests as "intuitive" and was also quick to clarify that they will not be required in order to obtain 100% completion, so achievement hunters can breathe a sigh of relief.
Every vehicle in the game will now benefit from a new autodrive system too, which lets you automatically drive to locations that you select on the map or your next quest marker. Autodrive will offer a separate 'wandering mode' that takes you for an endless, relaxing ride around Night City.
Car customization is also being expanded, with wider CrystalCoat and TwinTone paint compatibility. Now almost every vehicle in the game can be repainted. A more visually varied selection of cars will show up in the world too, thanks to the addition of 205 generic paint jobs and 168 unique paint jobs for non-playable character (NPC) vehicles.
On top of this, players will be able to rely on the Delamain taxi service - provided they have completed the Delamain side quest. Simply call Delamain on your in-game phone and a taxi shows up, ready to transport you to wherever you wish.
Johnny Silverhand can even sometimes join you in the cab, sitting alongside you in the rear passenger seats.
Elsewhere, big changes are coming to the in-game photo mode. 27 new NPCs are being added, plus new outfits and poses to choose. You will also be able to adjust the time and weather, or even skip frames in order to line up the perfect shot.
On the technical side, FSR 3.1 frame generation is being added for PC players. The game will also support FSR 4 for those with compatible AMD hardware, though this is coming with an AMD driver update at a later date.
Console players will benefit from proper variable refresh rate (VRR) support, which should hopefully make the game a little smoother.
Finally, we saw some new footage of the recently announced Mac version of the game. Players who already own the game on PC won't need to purchase it again in order to try it on Mac.
The update is set to arrive tomorrow on July 17 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S. It is also coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of the game, though needs a little more time in the oven.
You might also like...- Roborock has launched the H60 stick vac, with auto-empty dock option
- Features include a flexible wand, laser headlights and powerful suction
- Expected to be available in US, UK, AU and elsewhere; pricing TBC
Roborock is currently best known for its robot vacuums, but word has reached my ears that a new manual stick vac series is set to join the brand's range, and it looks to be an amalgamation of all the most popular features from today's best cordless vacuums.
There are six models in the new lineup: the H60, H60 Pro and H60 Ultra standalone vacuums (each with higher specs than the last), all three of which are also available as 'Hub' versions with an added auto-empty dock.
(Image credit: Roborock)Let's take a look at the special features on offer. First up, the wand can be released to bend forward to 90 degrees, enabling you to clean right under furniture without having to get down on the floor – although the guy in the press pics has decided to do so anyway. This is a feature closely associated with the best Shark vacuums. It looks like it only appears on the non-Hub models – for reasons I'll explain in a sec – and has the added bonus of allowing you to fold the vacuum up for more compact storage.
(Image credit: Roborock)At the business end you'll find a floorhead equipped with a bright green light. This is designed to create big shadows on any dust or dirt lurking on the floor, which otherwise might get missed. Dyson popularized this feature, and so far other brands' headlamp efforts have failed to match up in terms of effectiveness (and most have avoided the green color, perhaps to avoid appearing too similar to the original). However, Roborock's wide, angled beam of light looks very promising indeed.
Super storagePerhaps the most striking addition here is the auto-empty charge dock included with the H60 Hub vacuums. Pop the vacuum on the dock and everything in its bin will whoosh out into a larger dust bag in the base – this is sealed and has a capacity of either 2L or 3L depending on which model you go for. The auto-empty process here is complete in an ultra-speedy 10 seconds.
Roborock has made the vacuum wand telescopic so the dock doesn't need to be awkwardly tall (I assume it also makes it impossible to incorporate the forward-bending mechanism, which is missing on the Hub models). Conveniently, the brand has also added detail tool storage to the hub, so everything is in the same place.
(Image credit: Roborock)Auto-empty docks are very common with robot vacuums, and gradually starting to appear at the top end of the manual vacuum cleaner market too. So far it's mainly Shark embracing the trend, although Samsung's premium vacs also have auto-empty docks.
As well as keeping the vac charged up and ready to go at all times, the dock removes the need for messy and regular manual emptying. This means brands can get away with a slightly smaller onboard dust cup – which in turn means a lighter and more streamlined vacuum overall. (I don't have dust capacity or weight details for the H60 series yet.)
Back to basicsIt's not all bells and whistles; the basics look very solid too. On the top-of-the-range H60 Ultra model there's a maximum of 210AW of suction – not quite up there with the best Dyson vacuums, which top out at 280AW, but very decent nonetheless. T
here's also a promised 90 minutes of cleaning on a single charge with the Ultra, which is up there with the longest runtimes on the market. It looks like the battery is removable, to allow you to extend runtimes by hot-swapping for a backup battery, too.
Elsewhere there's a promising-looking range of detail tools, and a thorough five-stage filtration system to ensure the air getting kicked out the back of the vacuum is as clean as possible.
(Image credit: Roborock)I'm a big fan of Roborock's other cleaning gadgets – the brand crops up repeatedly in my guide to the best robot vacuums, and it features amongst the best wet and dry vacuums on the market too. I'm excited to see if it can impress as much with its manual models.
I'm also intrigued to know what kind of price point we're looking at. We're light on specifics here – my brand contact told me that while the H60 Series vacs are expected to go on sale in a number of territories including in the US, UK and Australia, no pricing information is currently available.
I know they're being positioned as 'premium', but pricing varies wildly at this end of the market – Shark's fanciest model (the PowerDetect Cordless) is a sort-of affordable $429.99 / £499.99, while Dyson's top-end Gen5detect is $949.99 / £769.99, and Samsung's Bespoke AI Jet Ultra comes in at an eye-watering $1,099.99 / £1,199.99 (at list price, at least). Where will Roborock position its offerings?
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- Four in five have migrated, are migrating, or will migrate from Oracle Java, report finds
- 66% agree they could save 40% by switching to open source
- 96% agree they have concerns with licensing or pricing
Four in five (79%) organizations have either migrated, are migrating, or plan to migrate to open source Java, with nearly as many (73%) Oracle Java users having audited their setup in the past three years, new research has claimed.
In fact, only 14% of the respondents in Azul research focusing on ITAM/SAM leaders said they plan to continue with Oracle's Java subscription, with two-thirds estimating they could save at least 40% by switching to open-source Java.
The news comes after four separate Oracle pricing changes between 2020 and 2023, including a major 2023 shift to employee-based pricing which caused significant cost increases for many customers.
Oracle Java customers are unhappy with costsAlthough cost was cited as a top reason for migration by 51% of those who have migrated, with 29% also noting budget unpredictability, more respondents were worried about security and reliability (57%). Many were also worried about scalability (49%), licensing complicity and compliance (28%), and understanding Oracle's terms (27%).
In fact, while some customers plan on remaining with Oracle, a staggering 96% of Oracle Java users have some level of concern with the company's licensing and pricing. Only 1% of the respondents were not interested at all in any of the benefits of open-source.
Still, Oracle's pricing changes haven't been entirely negative, prompting healthy organizational changes in other areas.
Two in five (39%) agreed that the 2023 shift to employee-based pricing prompted them to implement better systems for monitoring employee usage and licensing costs, with 29% also noting better cross-department collaboration.
"As the financial and operational burdens of software licensing grow, organizations are recognizing the need for smarter, more collaborative approaches to managing risk and reducing spend," the report concluded.
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- AWS AI head declares a new age for agentic AI
- AWS also announces a host of new tools and services for AI
- Agentic AI could be "a tectonic change", AWS says
AWS has declared AI agents could be as key as the dawn of the Internet, in terms of the effect the technology could have on our everyday personal and working lives.
Speaking at the company’s AWS Summit New York, Swami Sivasubramanian, VP for Agentic AI, outlined how AI agents are set to dramatically accelerate innovation and improve productivity across every industry.
"This is the most impactful change we've seen since the dawn of the internet,” Sivasubramanian declared, "with these agents comes a shift to service as software.”
"Tectonic change"“It’s a tectonic change in a few dimensions,” Sivasubramanian also went on to say. “It upends the way software is built. It also introduces a host of new challenges to deploying and operating it, and potentially most impactfully, it changes how software interacts with the world - and how we interact with software.”
During the keynote, Sivasubramanian announced Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a new agentic-focused suite of tools which he described as, "everything you need for getting agents into production.”
He also revealed AWS Marketplace will be storing AI agents and tools, allowing users to discover, buy and deploy AI agent solutions from AWS Partners in a centralized catalog.
This includes pre-built agents, agent tools, agent dev solutions, professional services and software solutions, providing a central location for users to deploy and scale agents via the new AgentCore Runtime tool.
Also announced was Amazon S3 Vectors, which AWS says is the first cloud object storage with native vector support for AI workloads, helping to hugely reduce the cost of storing and querying vectors, making it cost-effective to retain and use large vector datasets to enhance AI.
“This all comes together to make AWS the best place to build and deploy agents,” Sivasubramanian declared.
"We are still in the early days of agents, but with these innovations, we are charting the path to enable you to build a bright future."
You might also likeThe rumors were true. The eagerly anticipated Mage by Google product launch event will happen on August 20 at 1PM ET, and it looks to be a product-packed event.
It's the summer of fresh Android as Google is, just a little more than a month after Samsung Unpacked all its Android 16 foldables, revealing a host of new Pixel gadgets, including new phones, new watches, and, yes, new earbuds.
Google sent out invites on Wednesday (yes, we got some), and invited media to Brooklyn, NY, on August 20 for "an in-person Made By Google" show where we'll introduce the latest additions to our Pixel Portfolio of devices."
This could be a very big year for the Pixel lineup. We're expecting not only the Pixel 10 phone line, but a new Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which now has a tough act to follow given the 4.2mm-thick Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, at least they'll both be running Android 16.
As for the Pixel 10 phones, a steady stream of rumors has painted a fairly clear picture of these new handsets. The phones will likely stick close to last year's more significant redesign, but with refinements that may make the phones look more polished. Screen technology could undergo an upgrade, and there are rumors that photography, especially macro photography, could also improve.
All the handsets are expected to run Google's Tensor 5 chip. Google has yet to outclass Apple or Qualcomm in the SoC race, though, maybe this year will be different.
The model lineup should stick close to what we had in 2024 and include the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold. On the latter, one expected change is a much larger battery, 5,015mAh, which would be considerably bigger than what you get with the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
(Image credit: Google)A new, possibly redesigned Pixel Watch 4 is also expected, but we don't have many details beyond its sizing (41mm and 45mm) and the various colors and band options that it might be available in.
It's reasonable to assume you'll be accessing Gemini Live directly on the next Pixel Watch, though, as you can now do so with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8.
Pixel Buds are more of a mystery, though we can guess that they may be smaller and feature more sensors for more on-board intelligence.
There are, by the way, no other hints about products, designs, or surprises (like Android XR glasses) in the invite.
Whatever Google unveils at its big product event, TechRadar will be there reporting it all and giving you instant reports on our first-hand experiences.
You might also like- Amazon has shifted the deadline for the launch of the web version of Alexa+
- A company spokesperson told The Washington Post that it’s still fine-tuning Alexa+ for the web before rolling it out to test users
- Despite delaying its release, the reasons for this decision remain a mystery and an exact launch date is yet to be revealed
When Amazon announced the AI-upgraded Alexa+ voice back in February, the company promised a lot of new improvements, including new listening powers and wider compatibility with smart home devices – but once again, Amazon has pushed back one of its biggest features.
Amazon had previously revealed that a web-based version of Alexa+ would be among the slew of new upgrades for the voice assistant. However due to a last-minute change on the company’s part, the launch date for the rollout of Alexa.com has been extended, despite the app version of Alexa+ already being available to early-access users in the US.
According to The Washington Post ($/£), which had access to documents from inside Amazon, the company may have “underestimated the work needed to launch Alexa.com”. Now, according to the company documents, the web version of Alexa+ will arrive “no sooner than July 31”, meaning that test users are going to have to wait a little longer for it to drop.
Despite this claim, Amazon spokesperson Lauren Raemhild told The Post that Alexa.com hasn’t been delayed, and “will be available with Alexa+ Early Access this summer”, which suggests by the end of August. She added that Amazon is “continuing to fine tune the experience as (we) expand to more customers”, but an official date still hasn’t been announced.
At the moment, Alexa+ early access is available on the Amazon Echo Show 8, 10, 15, & 21. (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff)The push-back remains a mysteryThis latest delay to the wider Alexa+ rollout means more frustration for Amazon customers waiting to try the new smart assistant. The company claims to have released “90 percent of the features announced in February.”, and as of June, Alexa+ has been rolled out to over one million test users in the US.
If the launch of Alexa.com has been delayed, and if the reason for the delay is indeed related to the sheer amount of work and testing required to get Alexa+ fully off the ground it wouldn’t come as a surprise, as we’ve seen this happen with Apple’s plans to launch its AI-enhanced Siri voice assistant.
As mentioned, an official launch date for Alexa.com has yet to be announced, but if we were to guess at a timeframe we’d expect it to arrive no later than August 31 – that’s if Amazon keeps its promise that the rest of the Alexa+ Early Access features will arrive before the end of the summer.
You might also like- A former soldier has plead guilty to a number of charges
- These include fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy to hack organisations
- The soldier and his co-conspirators exfiltrated and sold data from companies
The Department of Justice has announced that an ex-soldier has plead guilty to ‘conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort the telecommunications companies by threatening to release the stolen data unless ransoms were paid.’
The 21 year old soldier, named as Cameron John Wagenius, used online accounts under the pseudonym “kiberphan0m”. Wagenius admitted to conspiring with others to defraud ‘at least 10’ organizations by stealing login credentials obtained through a hacking tool called SSH Brute.
Once data was exfiltrated, the group used the access to extort victims, threatening to post stolen data on cybercrime forums, and offering to sell the data to other cybercriminals through the forums. These allegedly occurred whilst Wagenius was actively serving in the US military.
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Extorted dataSome of this data was successfully sold, and reportedly used to commit other fraudulent campaigns, including SIM-swapping. The group attempted to extract at least $1 million from their victims.
The crimes Wagenius plead guilty were; extortion in relation to computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Wagenius has previously plead guilty separately to two counts of “unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information in connection with this conspiracy.”
Wagenius’ activity has been linked to the Snowflake hack in which hundreds of customers were affected and significant data was stolen. This attack was allegedly financially motivated, and originated from a group extorting money in exchange for their stolen data.
Snowflake confirmed that the breach was the result of a successful credential stuffing attack - in which a threat actor had entered countless login combinations (usually purchased off the black market) until one eventually works. Credential stuffing attacks are potent and effective, and have led to some of the most notorious breaches in the last few years.
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If you had some issues accessing Reddit – either on the web or via the app on Android or iOS – earlier, you're not alone. First spotted by my colleagues in the UK, Reddit had a widespread outage on July 16 for about an hour.
“Oops” was appearing when trying to open the main page of the app and on a desktop, this “We encountered an error.” message was being displayed. Additionally, Down Detector, a service that tracks website outages in the UK and the US, saw massive spikes in reports, reaching over 130,000.
For a majority of the outage, it appeared that subreddit pages were still loading at the top with no visible posts, and that the main page wasn't pulling in trending feeds properly.
(Image credit: Future/Matthew Hanson)Reddit was quick to note the issue, posting at 11:52 AM ET that it was “investigating elevated site errors" on its status page and kept that updated very frequently during the outage. Ahead, you can read our live reporting of Reddit's July 16, 2025, outage.
Here's a look at Reddit's Down Detector page in the United States right now, currently at over 133,00 reported issues.
(Image credit: Future/Jacob Krol)My colleague Hamish shared these shots of what the Reddit app on Android looks like right now in the UK. It appears that the main home page displays a "Wow, such empty" notice, and that subreddit pages are loading partially.
On the latter, the name and top bar appear, but then no posts are visible.
(Image credit: Future)Reddit's now identified the cause of the issue and is working on a fix, and in pretty fast fashion as the update was posted to its status page at 12:06PM ET – shortly after the spikes of reported issues came.
The message in full reads, "Identified - We've identified the cause of the issue and are working to address it." It stops short of stating exactly what it's, but it's also worth noting that the outage is primarily affecting viewing posts and other parts of the site.
(Image credit: Future)There are some signs that Reddit might be recovering, making this a relatively quick blip of an outage. I'm able to load the site again on my computer, both within Google Chrome and Safari, with the homepage populating with trending posts and individual subreddits.
My colleague, Amelia Schwanke, TechRadar’s Senior Editor for Streaming and Home Entertainment, shared a screenshot of the mobile app still being down, but notes that the site is loading fine on desktop in the UK.
(Image credit: Future)Reddit's implemented a fixIn line with the site beginning to load again for me and some of my colleagues, Reddit is now saying that has fix is live.
It reads in full, "Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results." and was posted at 12:21PM ET. Granted, it might take a bit to trickle out to everyone, but it seems like Reddit is on the path to recovering from a partial outage.
(Image credit: Future)Down Detector reports are way downWhile reported puitages for Reddit on Down Detector were over 133,000 a bit ago, it appears that the platform's fix is working as reports have dropped significantly. As of 12:17 PM on July 16, 2025, there are 3,096 reported outages on Down Detector in the US, and only 296 outages are reported on the platform in the UK.
(Image credit: Future)Reddit says all systems are operationalWell, it's always a relief when outages are quick, and Reddit certainly kept its users informed via a status page and got a fix rolled out pretty fast. The service's status page now shows the incident as resolved and that everything is back to normal. This comes as Reddit is loading normally for me and most of my colleagues again.
Similarly, Down Detector reports are away way down, back to numbers that don't indicate an outage or issue.