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Today β€” 7 February 2026TechSpot

GPT 5.3 Codex, OpenAI's new agentic coding model, helped create itself

6 February 2026 at 23:41

GPT-5.3 Codex merges the advanced coding capabilities of GPT-5.2 Codex with the reasoning and professional knowledge of GPT-5.2 into a single, unified model that is 25β€―percent faster than its predecessors. According to OpenAI, the model even contributed to its own development, as early versions were used to debug training processes,...

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Rufus improves partition formatting, drive detection

6 February 2026 at 22:49

Rufus remains one of the easiest and most reliable ways to create bootable USB drives. The tool now does a better job cleaning up partitions before formatting, improves SSD detection with long IDs, and includes several important bug fixes. Longtime users continue to praise Rufus for being fast and lightweight.



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Yesterday β€” 6 February 2026TechSpot

Volkswagen overtakes Tesla in European EV sales for the first time

6 February 2026 at 17:23

Tesla has dominated the continent's fully electric segment for years, but its momentum faltered sharply in 2025. JATO's figures show Tesla's registrations plunged 27 percent compared to 2024. Volkswagen filled that gap with a 56 percent jump, largely driven by its new ID.7 sedan. The result: VW's European battery-electric sales reached 274,278 units, overtaking Tesla's 236,357.

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A "living" artificial pancreas implant could be a breakthrough for people with diabetes

6 February 2026 at 15:15

Developed under the direction of Assistant Professor Shady Farah of the Technion's Faculty of Chemical Engineering, and carried out with colleagues from MIT, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Massachusetts, the work demonstrates a functioning cell-based system that produces and delivers insulin independently.

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As Roblox embraces text-to-world tools, Japanese creatives brace for fallout

5 February 2026 at 19:40

The new Roblox feature is built on the same underlying technology as Roblox Cube, the company's 3D asset generator introduced last year. While the first iteration produced only static geometry, the updated engine links prompt-based generation to the platform's runtime physics, collision, and scripting layers, allowing newly created assets to...

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Upcoming Apple M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips leaked in iOS 26.3

5 February 2026 at 17:48

The discovery, made by software researcher NicolΓ‘sβ€―Alvarez and shared with MacRumors, points to two chip identifiers: T6051 and T6052. Each is tied to platform codes H17C and H17D, which align with Apple's internal numbering for its M-series processors. Within this scheme, 17 denotes the M5 generation, and the trailing letters...

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Survival horror classic 'Alone in the Dark' trilogy is free on GOG for a limited time

5 February 2026 at 06:27

The package, available for free until Thursday morning, includes Alone in the Dark 1, 2, and 3 – all emulated through DOSBox. Like most titles sold on GOG, the DRM-free downloads come with digital manuals, soundtracks, and other supplementary materials. Because the trilogy is part of GOG's preservation program, the...

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Kingpin of dark web-based drug marketplace "Incognito Market" sentenced to 30 years

5 February 2026 at 00:49

Clayton described Lin as one of the world's most prolific online narcotics traffickers. For at least four years, the Taiwan-born man managed a massive volume of e-commerce transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Lin launched the Incognito Market website in October 2020, exploiting the Tor browser's anonymous network in...

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Adobe tries to kill Animate, then reverses course after industry backlash

4 February 2026 at 19:12

Adobe recently announced that Adobe Animate would soon enter its "end-of-life" phase, meaning customers would eventually lose access to both the software and any project files stored in the cloud. The announcement triggered a massive backlash, with many users pointing to the tool's continued and widespread popularity across a range...

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Intel's 80286 CPU celebrates 44 years of x86 history

3 February 2026 at 22:53

Intel released the 80286 processor on February 1, 1982, making the CPU 44 years old. According to the company, the 16-bit chip represented a significant evolution in the personal computing industry. It introduced several innovative features for advanced computing applications and was considerably faster than the 8086.

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Intel unveils Xeon 600 "Granite Rapids" workstation CPUs with up to 86 cores, 128 PCIe 5 lanes

3 February 2026 at 19:59

The Granite Rapids-WS lineup is designed for Intel's high-end W890 workstation platform and consists of 11 SKUs, including six X-series models with unlocked multipliers and five mainstream models without the X suffix. The full lineup includes the Xeon 698X, 696X, 678X, 676X, 674X, 658X, 656, 654, 638, 636, and 634.

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Tesla expands the Model Y lineup with a lower-priced AWD option

3 February 2026 at 18:48

The newly added AWD variant offers 294 miles of range, a top speed of 125β€―mph, and can accelerate from zero toβ€―60β€―mph inβ€―4.6β€―seconds. These figures place it squarely between the rear-wheel-drive base model, which starts atβ€―$39,990, and the higher-end Performance trim. The configuration resembles Tesla's recent Standard range offerings, designed for...

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xAI launches Grok Imagine 1.0 with 10-second 720p video generation – here's what it looks like

3 February 2026 at 18:14

Users on X can now prompt Grok to generate clips up to 10 seconds long and at resolutions up to 720p. xAI announced that users have created approximately 1.245 billion videos over the past 30 days. In the hours since the release of version 1.0, users have already begun posting videos showcasing its advancements.

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Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX with plans for space-based AI infrastructure

3 February 2026 at 14:23

SpaceX has filed for permission to launch up to 1 million satellites configured as "orbital data centers." These spacecraft would operate in low Earth orbit between roughly 500 and 2,000 kilometers in a mix of low-inclination and Sun-synchronous planes, forming a dense, solar-powered compute mesh interconnected by high-bandwidth links.

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PSA: Update Notepad++ to version 8.9.1 after security incident

2 February 2026 at 22:05

Notepad++ reports that attackers compromised its former ISP in 2025 and redirected app update traffic to malicious servers without exploiting the editor's code itself – an incident we reported last month. The project has since migrated to a new host and strengthened update verification. Users must manually update to Notepad++ 8.9.1 to receive the latest security fixes.



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After 12 years with TSMC, Apple explores new partners for chip manufacturing

2 February 2026 at 19:59

Sources have told The Wall Street Journal that Apple has begun exploring the idea of sourcing certain processors from other foundries. The discussions appear to focus on the lower end of its product lineup – chips where absolute performance and power efficiency are less dependent on bleeding-edge fabrication technology. No...

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The NFL is testing a tactile device that lets blind fans feel the Super Bowl in real time

2 February 2026 at 16:32

The technology, developed by Seattle-based startup OneCourt, resembles a thick tablet etched with raised outlines of a football field. Beneath those lines, sensors pulse in patterns that reflect what's unfolding on the gridiron: the snap of the ball, a quarterback's throw, a tackle, a touchdown. In the same moment, synced...

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