NASA seeks companies to take over its canceled $450 million moon rover project
The VIPER rover is almost ready
Opinion: AMD Keeps Botching Launches
AMD keeps botching their product launches, and Zen 5 is just another example in a string of releases over the last two years that range from disappointing to downright embarrassing.
$50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Titan submersible operators highlights use of $30 Logitech game controller
It wasn't the first OceanGate sub to use a game controller
Watch Google's DeepMind robot play table tennis against human players
Even skilled players enjoyed the robotic challenge
A saltwater-soluble polymer shows promise as a recyclable 3D printing ink
A pinch of salt goes a long way
Paint 3D to be retired as Microsoft continues streamlining Windows apps
Paint failed to resonate as users preferred the simplicity of the original
CrowdStrike president accepts "Most Epic Fail" award at this year's Pwnies
Sentonas graciously accepted the award as a future reminder of just how wrong things can go
Busted Steam Deck reborn as surprisingly capable $100 mini gaming PC
Breathing new life into e-waste
Researchers uncover critical vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Adreno GPU
PSA: Update your Android immediately
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and driving force in Google's growth story, dies at 56
She took YouTube's business into the stratosphere
Nvidia approves Samsung's 8-layer HBM3E chips as the graphics giant races to close gap with SK Hynix
It's an open question what Nvidia thinks of Samsung's 12-layer HBM3E chips, though
Microsoft's free Windows video editor Clipchamp gains a couple of powerful AI tricks
Harnessing AI for noise removal and background swaps
SteamOS could see a general distribution release, work with other handheld gaming PCs soon
A firmware update mentions the Asus ROG Ally, but could also make it to your Linux desktop PC if you wanted
Researchers reveal "Sinkclose" vulnerability affecting nearly all AMD processors since 2006
What just happened? Security researchers at this year's Def Con have presented findings regarding a long-standing albeit recently discovered vulnerability in AMD processors called "Sinkclose." Though rather hard to exploit, the security flaw can potentially yield catastrophic results for any system unlucky enough to fall victim to it.
Ecovacs robot vacuums can be hijacked remotely to spy on you
Hacked machines can even propagate the attack to other nearby robots
A husband's quest for justice unmasks a global smishing operation
Thousands owe their financial security to his efforts
Intel promises microcode update for crashing CPUs won't affect performance
Only minor performance impacts observed in a few applications
Breakthrough flexible solar panels are so thin they can be printed on any surface – even backpacks
A coating that's just 1 micron thick can be applied to almost any surface
Forward-looking: Oxford University researchers have developed a flexible perovskite material about 100 times thinner than a human hair that can generate solar electricity just as efficiently as traditional silicon panels. Unlike those rigid, single-purpose slabs, this material can coat just about any surface, such as cars, clothing, buildings, and even mobile devices.
One of the world's first general-purpose computers just turned 80 years old
IBM completed the machine in 1944, just in time for World War II-related computing tasks
Thanks to Apple's new policies on emulators you can play Virtual Boy games on the Vision Pro
Let's go retro: Lately, we've seen a lot of emulators popping up in Apple's App Store. Thanks to overseas antitrust pressure, Cupertino has loosened its stance on hardware emulation, resulting in everything from NES to PlayStation emulators flooding the marketplace. Now, an app for the Vision Pro brings Nintendo's Virtual Boy back from the dead.
British Royal Mint launches initiative to extract gold from electronic waste
The world's first e-waste processing facility that works at room temperature
Intel says Arrow Lake will consume 100W less power than Raptor Lake, new GPUs coming this year
Arrow Lake chips will arrive in time for the holiday shopping season
Massive 3D-printed community almost finished in Texas
3D printed neighbors not included
Robots can now train themselves with new "practice makes perfect" algorithm
Mastering the art of sweeping and clearing out trash
Asus, MSI launch beta BIOS updates to fix Intel Raptor Lake instability
Asus and MSI are leading the charge in fixing Intel's Raptor Lake instabilities
Apple's Mac mini to undergo first major redesign since 2010 – smaller and M4 powered
The upcoming model will be Apple's smallest desktop computer to date
Paid services that remove you from people-finder sites aren't very effective
You're better off manually opting out
In brief: You've likely seen plenty of ads on the internet for services that remove you from people-search sites – data brokers that collect information from public records, commercial data sources, and social media platforms. Some of these companies charge a lot of money for their work, but a new study suggests they're not really worth it.
Google's Nest Thermostat receives a full redesign after nearly a decade
A complete redesign with improved AI
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Review: Poor Value for Gamers
In a nutshell, what makes the Ryzen 5 9600X a bad product is the fact that it's often slower than its predecessor and yet somehow costs 40% more. There's no reason anyone should buy this CPU.
