In mid-May 2026, Microsoft began rolling out a new bot-detection feature in Teams. If Teams suspects a participant is a bot, it sends that account to the meeting lobby instead of letting it join the call right away.
Microsoft says Teams now checks behavioral and infrastructure signals to spot bots that may have connected once and then kept auto-joining later meetings. The idea is to make it harder for third-party tools to record, transcribe, take notes, or generate recaps without the people in the meeting fully realizing it.
The timing makes sense. Privacy, compliance, and data-exposure risks across collaboration platforms are already climbing: Mimecast says 44% of organizations saw more attacks on these tools over the past year, publicly reported data shows breach victims jumped 211% year over year in 2025, and industry estimates put the average breach cost at $4.88 million.
If you use Microsoft Teams a lot, this is a smart update to have on hand, especially since Microsoft says the rollout started mid-May 2026 and should reach most commercial and government customers by mid-June 2026. The company is also previewing a registration path for approved meeting-bot vendors, and it plans to add an August 2026 admin control that can block all identified external bots at the tenant level.
Google used I/O 2026 to show off two new Gemini features for Workspace: Gmail Live and Keep Live. Gmail Live brings voice conversation into your inbox, so you can ask for a flight detail, an order number, or the latest update from a colleague and keep the exchange going naturally. Keep Live takes the same idea to Google Keep. You can speak ideas out loud, organize them, and clean up lists or reminders by voice instead of tapping through the usual interface.
Google introduced both tools at I/O 2026 as part of a wider Workspace push, alongside Docs Live, inbox summaries, and suggested replies, with the goal of cutting down on all the searching and clicking. The company says Workspace Gemini will follow existing security settings and won’t train on customer data unless you give permission. Still, the usual AI problems don’t disappear: missed context, shaky accuracy, answers that sound confident and turn out wrong. That likely helps explain the careful rollout, with paid users in the US first and a separate Google Workspace preview.
If Gmail or Google Keep is already part of your daily routine, these updates look like they’re worth a try, assuming Google gets the reliability where it needs to be. Google says Gmail Live and Keep Live are set to start rolling out in the US in summer 2026 for Pro and Ultra subscribers, and a Google Workspace business preview is planned too.
Photoshop adds new options. If you have already updated to the April version, you will be able to try two quite interesting features, Rotate Object and Reflection Removal. If at any time you designed a scene and thought “I wish I could rotate this object a bit,” Rotate Object is what you needed. On the other hand, with Reflection Removal we can wipe out all the reflections from the glass in one go and leave the images completely sharp. To learn how to apply each of these functions, stay with us a little longer: it is much easier than it seems. Rotate Object: this is how it works Rotate Object is, without […]
Photoshop adds new options. If you have already updated to the April version, you can try two quite interesting features, Rotate Object and Reflection Removal. If at any point you designed a scene and thought “I wish I could rotate this object a bit,” Rotate Object is what you needed.
On the other hand, with Reflection Removal we can wipe out all the reflections from the glasses in one go and leave the images completely sharp. To find out how to apply each of these functions, stay with us a little longer: it’s much easier than it seems.
Rotate Object: this is how it works
Rotate Object is undoubtedly one of the most striking (and probably useful) features that have been included in the latest updates of Adobe Photoshop. As its name suggests, it allows you to rotate and tilt objects in different perspectives.
To use it, first open the image you want to rotate or the project where the object you want to rotate is located. Now, select the layer (of pixels, mind you) that contains the object. If you have opened a JPG directly in Photoshop, it is most likely that this layer is locked. To unlock it, double-click on it and in the panel that appears, rename the layer (if you want) and click on OK.
With the layer selected, go to Edit > Rotate Object. You can also do this from the floating menu that appears when selecting a layer (if you don’t see it, go to Window > Contextual Task Bar). From there, you will need to select the icon for Transform Image > Rotate Object.
Context menu where the Transform Image option is indicated.Here is the Rotate Object option.
Let Adobe Photoshop analyze the image and prepare it for rotation. When the process is complete, you will see how the resolution decreases, but it is only temporary so you can rotate the object freely. Use the Rotate and Tilt controls to turn the image in the direction you want. If you want to be even more precise, you can go to the properties panel (Window > Properties) and even enter the degrees of tilt.
When you finish, click on Done. A new additional layer will be created with the modified object and the original, untouched, will remain in a separate layer.
Here you have to keep in mind that the more complex the structure of the object is, the worse the results will be. Rotate Object works best with objects that have a clear and recognizable shape, so keep that in mind when using it in your projects.
Reflection Removal
Now let’s detail how Reflection Removal works, designed to eliminate reflections. If you have photographed someone or something that is behind glass, for example, with Reflection Removal you will completely remove any trace of reflection.
To begin, open your image in Photoshop and select the layer that contains the reflection. Remember that the layer must be rasterized; if you want to be completely sure, you can go to the layer, right-click and select Rasterize Layer Style. Next, look for Edit > Remove Reflection.
When you click on Reflection Removal, a series of options will appear. First, you have the option to activate Create separate reflection layer, which is exactly for that: to have the reflection on a separate layer. In Quality, you can choose from several quality options, which are Preview, Standard, and Best. Choose according to your preferences and click on OK to make the changes.
Adobe Firefly, the technology behind all AI features
If you’ve ever wondered how these options work and what lies behind them, the answer is as follows: Adobe Firefly. It is a family of generative artificial intelligence models, designed to create and transform content from written descriptions.
The functions we have described before and many others within Adobe Photoshop, such as Generative Fill, use Firefly. The main goal is for them to serve as support tools so that you can streamline many processes that could have taken you hours before.
If you’re curious and not yet an Adobe user, you’re in luck; you have a 7-day free trial available for any of Adobe’s most well-known programs, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, etc. To use it, you just need to go to the official Adobe website and click on the program you want to try, Adobe will guide you from there with the steps to follow.
So you don’t have to skip to the last paragraph of the story, as so often happens these days, we’ll tell you right now: the most-used streaming service in Japan (and by a very wide margin) is YouTube. Yes, you read that right.
YouTube accounted for more than 65% of the total digital on-demand video hours watched in Japan in May, reaching 72 million viewers who, taken together, racked up 2.8 billion hours on the platform, according to new behavioral data from ampd Analytics.
The figures come from ampd’s YouTube dashboard, a streaming analytics tool launched by ampd Analytics, a Media Partners Asia company. Japanese viewers logged an average of 38.5 hours per person on the platform that month.
YouTube Captures More Than 65% of Japan’s Digital VOD Hours, With News and Baseball Leading Viewership https://t.co/1zqrgsNjjW
— Variety (@Variety) June 30, 2026
The data points to a broad nationwide audience, rather than one skewed toward young people. YouTube’s reach is split almost evenly by gender, with 36.1 million male viewers and 35.5 million female viewers, and spans every age group, from the 18 million viewers between 10 and 29 to the 13 million aged 60 or over.
Viewing is concentrated in the Kanto region, which has 32 million viewers, and that’s because in Japan you can watch both baseball (the national sport) and official news channels on YouTube.
Imagine that in 2021 someone had shown up at your house to tell you: “hey, how about I sell you a graphics card from 2016, already obsolete and without the latest tech, and charge you today’s price for it?”.
You’d surely have thought it was a joke, that no company would be crazy enough to do it and there wouldn’t be customers dumb enough to buy that GPU. Unfortunately, the present is darker than we ever could have imagined.
The boom in the AI market has been fantastic for innovation, but not so much for consumer electronics and consumers like us. Just search on Google how much a prebuilt PC cost around this time last year compared with today, and you’ll feel your bank account scream in terror.
Well then, it seems Nvidia is giving a hand to gamers who are having trouble getting a new RTX 50 GPU, since, it has reportedly started putting new RTX 3060s up for sale. And the curious thing is that they have a price almost identical to what they had when they first hit the market.
Legacy Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB returns to retail five years after original launch, priced at $339 https://t.co/v8uWttqBPz
— Tom’s Hardware (@tomshardware) June 29, 2026
The folks at Tom’s Hardware noticed that something strange was happening at Newegg. Apparently, out of nowhere, the online store is now selling GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GDDR6 Windforce GPUs, which have become available again. Curiously, Nvidia’s page for this GPU now lists it as a “Rev. 2.0” model, which implies that Nvidia has tweaked it slightly before re-releasing it.
Perhaps the most surprising thing of all is that Newegg is offering the GPU for $339.99, which is only $10 more than it cost when it first launched. Of course, buying a GTX 3060 isn’t ideal, since you’ll miss out on DLSS 4.5 and Frame Generation; however, if you need a powerful GPU for your gaming PC and you’re finding it hard to get an RTX 50 series card, this should be a good alternative… or not.
It launched on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, which finally ended the game’s Switch-only stretch. If you already own the original Switch version, though, there’s no free upgrade and no discount path into Vengeance. Atlus sells it as its own separate release.
Vengeance adds a new Canon of Vengeance route next to the original Canon of Creation, along with new characters, more demons, and major narrative changes late in the game. It also adds save-anywhere support, clearer maps, and broader balance changes that make exploration and progression feel smoother without stripping out the challenge.
If you’re looking for the most complete way to play Shin Megami Tensei V, this is the version to get, even with the complaints about Atlus charging full price again and the mixed response to parts of the story. The audience showed up anyway. Atlus says Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance sold more than 500,000 copies in its first three days, and combined sales of Shin Megami Tensei V and Vengeance had passed 2.44 million by April 2026.
You can download Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance now on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Just as much as a rerelease, it also marks Atlus pushing Shin Megami Tensei further beyond Nintendo hardware.
Microsoft is reportedly considering either selling Undead Labs or shutting it down, even after State of Decay 3 showed up again at the June 2026 Xbox Games Showcase. If that happens, roughly 110 jobs could be on the line, and it would throw State of Decay 3 back into doubt right after the game finally got a gameplay trailer, a 2027 release window, and, according to reports, had already reached alpha on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
State of Decay 3 was first announced in 2020. Later on, developers at Undead Labs said that at the time, the project was barely more than a text document.
The studio’s time under Microsoft hasn’t exactly been smooth, either. Microsoft bought Undead Labs in 2018, and by 2022 there were already reports describing misogyny, bad management, and production trouble connected to the game’s slow development.
If you’ve been waiting on State of Decay 3, keep an eye on this one. Reports have also mentioned Ninja Theory, Double Fine Productions, and Compulsion Games, as Microsoft keeps pushing multiplatform releases, leans hard on Xbox Game Pass, and deals with June 30 fiscal year-end approaches.
Journalists, fans, and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have already weighed in. Microsoft, though, still hasn’t confirmed any final decision.
If everything stays on track and the 2027 plan holds, you’ll be able to play State of Decay 3 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
Right now, all this comes from an unconfirmed report, but Netflix is said to be developing a live-action TV series based on Persona, Atlus and Sega’s RPG franchise. If it happens, it would mark the first live-action project tied to Atlus and Sega.
Nothing has been announced officially, and Netflix hasn’t said a word about it. Still, that same report claims the team involved includes Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment, Story Kitchen, Star Trek: Picard writer-producer Christopher Monfette, and Sonic the Hedgehog producer Toru Nakahara.
Anyone familiar with Persona already knows the appeal: Japanese high school life, friendships, turn-based combat, and the supernatural Personas themselves. A live-action version would be new territory for the series after the anime adaptations and the various spin-offs.
If you follow Persona, this is the kind of report you’ll want to keep an eye on. It’s also easy to see why people are hesitant. Netflix could go with a straight adaptation of Persona 5, pivot to Persona 3 after Persona 3 Reload, or make something original. A lot of fans are already worried that a Western take could sand off the cultural specifics that give Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5 their identity, even while Sega and Netflix try to ride the current wave of game adaptations after successes like The Last of Us and Fallout.
For the moment, that’s all it is: a report, not a confirmed Netflix release. There’s no release date yet, and no official details from Netflix, Sega, or Atlus.
A fresh rumor points to Nintendo already tinkering with the Nintendo Switch 2 screen. The reason people are saying that is a Chinese resale listing for a “new model” display.
That listing is the whole basis for the claim. And while most people following the Switch 2 believe the launch units use Innolux panels, this particular part is reportedly being put together by Sharp. Community sleuthing around the part number LS079T1SX10P also points to it still being the same 7.9-inch , 1080p LTPS panel, even though the photos show different circuitry, a different connector position, and a different ribbon-cable layout, all of which make it look like more than a minor internal tweak.
If you use your Nintendo Switch 2 a lot, this is one to keep an eye on. The launch display from June 2025 has taken heat for motion blur and ghosting, even with a 120Hz refresh rate, and Digital Foundry has said the response times don’t really land where you’d expect. If Sharp is behind a revised version, that could mean better motion handling, lower latency, and a cleaner image without any change to the panel’s size or resolution.
Nintendo has already confirmed a separate European Nintendo Switch 2 revision meant to make battery replacement easier under EU rules, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see a new screen show up there, or in later production runs.
For now, though, neither Nintendo nor Sharp has confirmed any of it.
Nintendo has updated its Nintendo Music app with more Mario Kart World Free Roam songs, part of the weekly rollout it started on June 1, 2026. This latest batch adds new arrangements built from music originally heard in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii.
Nintendo still isn’t dropping the full soundtrack all at once. It’s coming in weekly batches, so each time you open the app there’s a handful of new tracks waiting. The rollout began on June 1, 2026 with 130 songs already in place, and the Mario Kart World soundtrack on Nintendo Music now stretches past eight hours. That tracks with what’s in the game itself: Mario Kart World Free Roam has an in-game jukebox with more than 200 newly arranged songs pulled from older Mario and Mario Kart titles, all remixed to fit a more atmospheric, scenic drive.
The slow release schedule keeps Mario Kart World visible week after week, and it gives people a reason to keep checking the app. It also keeps the complaints coming, since plenty of listeners are tired of how slowly Nintendo Music adds full soundtracks. Still, the music itself has gotten a lot of praise for its size, its polished production, and that live-instrument feel. A few listeners just wish it covered a wider stylistic range.
If you already use Nintendo Music a lot, or you’ve been waiting for more Mario Kart World tracks, this is an update you’ll probably want. The app has also been growing in useful ways, with tablet support, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, a clean ad-free interface, and strong playback quality. Composer credits are still absent, though.
Nintendo Music is available on iOS, Android, and the web. Nintendo’s music streaming service still requires a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
