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An iPhone displaying the redesigned Siri interface running Apple Intelligence

Apple just paid Google $1 billion to fix Siri — and it actually worked

After a decade of broken promises, the new Siri leans on a licensed slice of Gemini — and the first honest reviews say it's genuinely good.

Aliteq Team · Aug 15 · 6 min

A person weighing a decision at a computer

is running AI locally actually worth it in 2026? An honest answer

Local AI is private, free-per-use, and offline — but the cloud is more capable and needs no hardware. Here's a straight answer on when running your own AI is worth it and when it isn't.

Aliteq Team · Jul 30 · 9 min

A credit card and laptop — Steam now requires card-based age verification in the UK

Software

to look at a horror game's store page on Steam in the UK, you now need a credit card

the Online Safety Act just rewired how Steam works in Britain. mature store pages, trailers and community hubs are behind a credit-card age check — and your past purchases don't count as proof.

Aliteq Team · Jul 20 · 5 min

Smartphone displaying a privacy/security lock screen

Web3

someone tested 85 crypto wallets for privacy leaks. MetaMask knows about its leak and just… isn't fixing it

researchers found wallets still tracking your address after you hit 'revoke,' plus cross-site leaks in most of the ones they tested. nearly everyone patched fast. MetaMask basically shrugged.

Aliteq Team · Jul 18 · 6 min