Software engineer creates classic SimCity-style map of NYC—and argues that AI will be good for creatives, actually

Isometric NYC is the one-man effort of Andy Coenen, attempting to render all of New York City in an isometric pixel art style distinctly reminiscent of the SimCity series. But rather than laboriously ...

A major Pixel-exclusive security feature could be the Galaxy S26’s secret weapon

Google’s Scam Detection may come to the Galaxy S26 series, marking the first time the AI feature leaves Pixel phones. Here is what we found.

I used one simple script to remove AI from popular browsers (including Chrome and Firefox)

Chrome, Edge, and Firefox are full of bloatware, with AI among the features most of us don't want. This free tool is your ticket back to the good old days.
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Hands On: Testing Cursor, Windsurf and VS Code on Text-to-Website Generation

A hands-on comparison shows how Cursor, Windsurf, and Visual Studio Code approach text-to-website generation differently once ...

Heroic former PC Gamer writer creates a script to banish all the AI features from Google Chrome

Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but ...