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Today β€” 10 February 2026TechSpot
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Microsoft is retiring legacy Windows printer drivers, one step at a time

9 February 2026 at 22:11

Starting in January 2026, Microsoft will no longer distribute new "official" printer drivers through Windows Update. First announced back in 2023, the move is meant to improve the reliability and security of Windows printing by pushing the platform toward a single, unified driver standard. Despite early warnings about an extinction-level...

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Hiroshima scientists crack the code for 3D printing tungsten carbide

9 February 2026 at 19:57

The university's team reports that their approach centers on controlled "softening" of the material rather than complete melting. The process, known as hot-wire laser irradiation, reshapes tungsten carbide while maintaining its exceptional hardness and minimizing defects – an achievement that could transform how cutting, drilling, and construction tools are manufactured.

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KPMG asked its own auditor for a discount, citing AI efficiencies

8 February 2026 at 20:46

The negotiations, which took place last year, signal how deeply automation is beginning to influence professional services markets that have long been defined by human labor. For decades, audit pricing has reflected time, expertise, and regulatory complexity. Now, tools powered by machine learning and generative AI are changing that calculus.

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Google Play Store 50.0.23 arrives with under-the-hood improvements

7 February 2026 at 17:31

Google has rolled out version 50.0.23 of the Play Store, continuing its steady cadence of under-the-hood updates. As usual, this release focuses on stability and performance rather than flashy new features. You can check your current version under Settings > About in the Play Store app, and if you're behind, you can download the latest build right here.



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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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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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