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This $35,000 computer made of living human neurons can run Doom 28 February 2026 at 21:42

This $35,000 computer made of living human neurons can run Doom

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28 February 2026 at 21:42

The CL1 is the first commercial system from the same researchers who wowed the tech world in 2022 by teaching a cluster of 800,000 neurons to play Pong. The new CL1 pushes the idea into engineered hardware, built around 59 electrodes positioned on a planar array of metal and glass....

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These ultra-budget laptops "include" 1.2TB storage, but most of it is OneDrive trial space 28 February 2026 at 19:33

These ultra-budget laptops "include" 1.2TB storage, but most of it is OneDrive trial space

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28 February 2026 at 19:33

Redditor "bmr99" spotted several Amazon pages for HP laptops advertised as including 1.2TB of storage, but they actually combine 128GB internal SSDs with free one-year OneDrive cloud storage trials. All of the examples also include dangerously low-end specs while attempting to boost interest with steep temporary discounts.

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Nvidia pulls Resident Evil Requiem Game Ready driver over fan control issues 28 February 2026 at 17:03

Nvidia pulls Resident Evil Requiem Game Ready driver over fan control issues

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28 February 2026 at 17:03

After Nvidia launched the February 2026 Game Ready and Studio Driver, which includes optimizations for Resident Evil Requiem and the Marathon server slam, users complained that some fans on RTX GPUs would not turn on, raising the risk of overheating. Some noted that their cards began ignoring custom fan protocols...

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Microsoft expands Windows 365 Cloud PC thin clients to Asus and Dell hardware 28 February 2026 at 02:22

Microsoft expands Windows 365 Cloud PC thin clients to Asus and Dell hardware

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28 February 2026 at 02:22

Microsoft has announced that two new devices are joining its Cloud PC program. Asus and Dell will begin offering systems designed to deliver the cloud-based Windows 365 experience over the coming months, with purpose-built internet clients aimed at streamlining the modern workspace. Naturally, customers must pay a variable monthly subscription...

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Smart TV apps are quietly scraping web data for AI training 28 February 2026 at 00:04

Smart TV apps are quietly scraping web data for AI training

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28 February 2026 at 00:04

Bright Data operates a global proxy network designed to collect publicly available web content, and customers are voluntarily joining the network so that they can spare a few dollars on their TV viewing experience. According to a recent report, code associated with Bright Data has appeared in certain smart TV...

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Perplexity launches Computer, wants AI to run tasks for months, not minutes 27 February 2026 at 22:17

Perplexity launches Computer, wants AI to run tasks for months, not minutes

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27 February 2026 at 22:17

Rather than relying on a single model, Perplexity AI's Computer system functions as an orchestrator across multiple models. Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 serves as the primary reasoning engine, while Gemini handles deep research tasks. Nano Banana generates images, Veo 3.1 produces video, Grok executes lightweight, speed-optimized tasks, and OpenAI's ChatGPT...

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Smartphone sales are expected to drop 13% worldwide amid memory crunch 27 February 2026 at 21:35

Smartphone sales are expected to drop 13% worldwide amid memory crunch

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27 February 2026 at 21:35

According to a new report from market research firm International Data Corporation, global smartphone shipments are expected to total around 1.1 billion units this year, down from 1.26 billion in 2025. This marks a significant downward revision from the company's November 2025 forecast, which projected a decline of between 0.9...

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Broadcom bets on 2nm stacked silicon to rival Nvidia in AI 27 February 2026 at 20:54

Broadcom bets on 2nm stacked silicon to rival Nvidia in AI

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27 February 2026 at 20:54

The technology is based on a vertically integrated design that bonds two chips into a single stack. By tightly coupling these silicon layers, Broadcom's engineers aim to increase data transfer speeds while reducing energy consumption – a critical advantage as AI workloads become more computationally intensive.

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US arrests OnlyFake operator accused of selling over 10,000 AI-generated digital fake IDs 27 February 2026 at 18:48

US arrests OnlyFake operator accused of selling over 10,000 AI-generated digital fake IDs

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27 February 2026 at 18:48

According to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, 27-year-old Ukrainian national Yurii Nazarenko (also known by several aliases, including "John Wick") was charged and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud involving identification documents and authentication features.

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Modder builds a CPU cooler powered by "infinite" ice from a hacked ice maker 27 February 2026 at 17:53

Modder builds a CPU cooler powered by "infinite" ice from a hacked ice maker

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27 February 2026 at 17:53

The experiment sits halfway between absurdist entertainment and an intriguing case study in thermal engineering. The concept is deceptively simple: use melting ice to absorb the CPU's heat, then recycle the meltwater to make new ice, forming a closed-loop cooling system.

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Jack Dorsey says AI is driving Block's massive layoffs as 4,000+ roles are cut 27 February 2026 at 17:21

Jack Dorsey says AI is driving Block's massive layoffs as 4,000+ roles are cut

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27 February 2026 at 17:21

Block, which Dorsey founded in 2009, is the US market leader in point-of-sale systems. It operates Square, Cash App, and Tidal, boasting over 60 million users.

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Apple's iPhone and iPad become first consumer devices to receive NATO security clearance 27 February 2026 at 16:53

Apple's iPhone and iPad become first consumer devices to receive NATO security clearance

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27 February 2026 at 16:53

The clearance puts Apple in an exclusive position – no other consumer smartphone or tablet maker has ever reached the same security threshold under the alliance's information assurance standards.

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Hackers can now track your car's location through tire pressure sensors 27 February 2026 at 16:24

Hackers can now track your car's location through tire pressure sensors

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27 February 2026 at 16:24

The device in many automobiles that warns drivers when their tire pressure is low transmits the data in unencrypted cleartext and carries a unique identifier for each vehicle. Researchers from IMEDA Networks and several European universities recently discovered that relatively inexpensive wireless devices can track Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)...

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Viral ad shows aged Musk, Altman, and Bezos using jobless humans to power AI 27 February 2026 at 15:58

Viral ad shows aged Musk, Altman, and Bezos using jobless humans to power AI

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27 February 2026 at 15:58

The ad, set in 2036, sees Musk, Altman, and Bezos talking about their co-founded company, Energym. The eerily accurate AI-generated versions talk about how 80% of people had lost their jobs by 2030, leaving them with no money or purpose – but plenty of free time.

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Google upgrades Gemini image generation to Nano Banana 2 with 4K support 27 February 2026 at 15:15

Google upgrades Gemini image generation to Nano Banana 2 with 4K support

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27 February 2026 at 15:15

The move represents a step toward unifying Google's image AI lineup under a single, high-performance model. Since the debut of the first Nano Banana in August 2025, Gemini users have created millions of images globally while steadily pushing the models' creative limits using Gemini apps and tools, such as the AI-powered...

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Were We Wrong About Ryzen's Best Feature All Along? 27 February 2026 at 14:31

Were We Wrong About Ryzen's Best Feature All Along?

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27 February 2026 at 14:31

Platform longevity helped define Ryzen's rise, but was it really the secret sauce? As Nova Lake and Zen 6 approach, we revisit AM4 to see how much socket support truly shaped the CPU market.

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AMD FSR 4.1 update leaks with big image quality gains for Radeon GPUs 27 February 2026 at 03:45

AMD FSR 4.1 update leaks with big image quality gains for Radeon GPUs

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27 February 2026 at 03:45

A Guru3D forums user named "The Creator" recently shared a beta DLL file for an unannounced update to AMD's FSR upscaler. It didn't take long for users on Guru3D and Reddit to circulate mirrors and begin publishing side-by-side comparisons. The early verdict: noticeably less blur than the public release at...

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Trump calls on Big Tech to supply their own electricity for AI data centers 27 February 2026 at 00:28

Trump calls on Big Tech to supply their own electricity for AI data centers

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27 February 2026 at 00:28

During this week's State of the Union address, Trump said he negotiated with leading artificial intelligence companies to establish a "Ratepayer Protection Pledge" aimed at shielding American households from rising electricity costs. The president did not identify the participating companies by name, but sources close to the administration say that...

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Amazon's wishlist update could expose users' home addresses 26 February 2026 at 23:43

Amazon's wishlist update could expose users' home addresses

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26 February 2026 at 23:43

Amazon recently emailed some of its users to explain that its list feature is about to undergo a significant change. The message, sent to users with a publicly shared list and a delivery address on file, stated that purchases from third-party sellers will no longer be restricted.

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Genshin Impact quietly removes voice data clause after fan scrutiny 26 February 2026 at 23:02

Genshin Impact quietly removes voice data clause after fan scrutiny

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26 February 2026 at 23:02

Tech-savvy fans quickly spotted the change on social platforms, including Bluesky Social PBC, where a user named Cevian shared archived evidence of the earlier policy version. According to the company's website, the revision dates to January 14, 2026. The deleted section – Section 1, Subsection XVIII – had previously stated...

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Simple blood test could dramatically boost Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy 26 February 2026 at 22:19

Simple blood test could dramatically boost Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy

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26 February 2026 at 22:19

A newly published study highlights how a quick and simple blood test may help physicians provide a more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Led by Jordi A. Matias-Guiu, a neurologist at Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid, the study reevaluates the significance of a well-known biomarker in detecting neurodegenerative conditions...

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The humble PDF is becoming a problem for AI 26 February 2026 at 21:36

The humble PDF is becoming a problem for AI

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26 February 2026 at 21:36

Researchers and developers working with large language models say these structural quirks introduce subtle but significant errors. An AI that reads lines strictly from left to right may stumble over multi-column scientific papers or misinterpret footers as part of the main text. These parsing issues can cascade into so-called "hallucinations,"...

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Pentagon threatens to cut Anthropic off unless it drops AI guardrails (updated) 26 February 2026 at 20:55

Pentagon threatens to cut Anthropic off unless it drops AI guardrails (updated)

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26 February 2026 at 20:55

The company has specifically declined requests that would allow its models to be used in areas such as mass domestic surveillance or lethal autonomous weapons systems – applications in which systems could operate without meaningful human oversight when making final targeting decisions.

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Google prepares search overhaul in Europe, will boost rival services to satisfy EU rules 26 February 2026 at 20:14

Google prepares search overhaul in Europe, will boost rival services to satisfy EU rules

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26 February 2026 at 20:14

The initiative is intended to demonstrate compliance with the European Union's Digital Markets Act, a sweeping set of competition rules that took effect last year. Regulators in Brussels allege that Google's search engine gives undue prominence to its own travel and hospitality services, limiting user exposure to competing vertical search...

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HP warns RAM now makes up 35% of the cost of building a PC 26 February 2026 at 19:37

HP warns RAM now makes up 35% of the cost of building a PC

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26 February 2026 at 19:37

Over the past few months, RAM chips used in new PCs have nearly doubled in price. According to HP Inc. CFO Karen Parkhill, memory's share of the PC bill of materials has risen from 15 percent to 18 percent, and now to roughly 35 percent. And that may be only...

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New York sues Valve, arguing loot boxes cross the line into gambling 26 February 2026 at 19:08

New York sues Valve, arguing loot boxes cross the line into gambling

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26 February 2026 at 19:08

The complaint centers on three of the company's best-known titles: Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2. Each game lets players purchase digital loot boxes with real money for the chance to receive randomized items.

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PC builder orders one DDR5 kit, receives 10 worth $3,000 by mistake 26 February 2026 at 18:36

PC builder orders one DDR5 kit, receives 10 worth $3,000 by mistake

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26 February 2026 at 18:36

Redditor AccomplishedFan8690 wrote in the /pcmasterrace subreddit that he paid $300 for a 32GB RAM kit online. Given that the average price for these Corsair kits is around $400, that's already a good deal.

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Microsoft clarifies Windows 11 legacy printer driver support after user concerns 26 February 2026 at 18:07

Microsoft clarifies Windows 11 legacy printer driver support after user concerns

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26 February 2026 at 18:07

Microsoft recently issued a correction to its Windows Roadmap regarding ongoing support for legacy printer drivers. While the company still plans to change how the operating system interfaces with printers, the Redmond giant changed its wording to emphasize that it is no longer ending support for legacy V3 and V4...

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Google ships the AI assistant Apple promised but hasn't delivered 26 February 2026 at 17:06

Google ships the AI assistant Apple promised but hasn't delivered

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26 February 2026 at 17:06

The feature set, now entering beta, allows Gemini to coordinate complex tasks directly on Android devices. That means taking cues from conversations, parsing the context of a screen, and performing real-world actions – such as placing food orders or booking rides – within third-party apps. It's the same territory Apple...

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says no one wants "sloppy" AI after urging critics to drop the term 26 February 2026 at 16:37

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says no one wants "sloppy" AI after urging critics to drop the term

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26 February 2026 at 16:37

The CEO was speaking at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre about the wonders of AI. Much of his keynote speech revolved around Copilot, of course.

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Modders unlock FSR 4 support for Vulkan games with OptiScaler 26 February 2026 at 16:01

Modders unlock FSR 4 support for Vulkan games with OptiScaler

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26 February 2026 at 16:01

A recently released preview build of OptiScaler, a popular third-party upscaling tool, is the first publicly available method for implementing FSR 4 in games that only use the Vulkan graphics API. While the update, labeled "0.9.0-pre10," is not yet available on the app's official GitHub repository, users can download it...

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Simulated war scenarios reveal AI's tendency to push toward nuclear strikes 26 February 2026 at 15:15

Simulated war scenarios reveal AI's tendency to push toward nuclear strikes

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26 February 2026 at 15:15

Each AI model was fed detailed scenario prompts spanning border conflicts, resource shortages, and existential threats to state survival. They were provided with an "escalation ladder," a spectrum of tactical options that ranged from conventional diplomacy to all-out nuclear confrontation.

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Nvidia's blockbuster quarter eases AI spending fears as data center revenue explodes 26 February 2026 at 14:15

Nvidia's blockbuster quarter eases AI spending fears as data center revenue explodes

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26 February 2026 at 14:15

Nvidia reported $68.1 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter and $1.62 earnings per share, beating analyst estimates of $66.1 billion and $1.54, respectively.

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US grid battery storage hits record, even as clean energy incentives are rolled back 26 February 2026 at 05:20

US grid battery storage hits record, even as clean energy incentives are rolled back

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26 February 2026 at 05:20

The US added 57 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery storage capacity to its electric grid last year – enough to supply the annual electricity needs of roughly five million homes. The SEIA report projects an additional 21 percent increase by the end of 2026, representing about 70 GWh of new capacity in a single year.

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Someone built an x86 CPU emulator using pure CSS, for science 26 February 2026 at 02:16

Someone built an x86 CPU emulator using pure CSS, for science

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26 February 2026 at 02:16

The recently unveiled x86CSS project aims to emulate an x86 processor within a web browser. Unlike many other web-based emulators, Lyra Rebane's implementation is written entirely in CSS. More precisely, the x86CSS page hosts a C program compiled with GCC into native 8086 machine code, which is then executed through...

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's privacy screen is the most interesting upgrade this year 26 February 2026 at 01:12

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's privacy screen is the most interesting upgrade this year

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26 February 2026 at 01:12

The Galaxy S26 lineup runs on a customized version of Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. Compared to last year's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, the new silicon delivers a 19% uplift in CPU performance, a 24% gain in GPU power, and a 39% boost in AI acceleration via...

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AMD is selling $60 billion worth of GPUs – and a piece of itself – to Meta 25 February 2026 at 23:40

AMD is selling $60 billion worth of GPUs – and a piece of itself – to Meta

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25 February 2026 at 23:40

AMD and Meta have signed what they describe as a "strategic" partnership aimed at expanding large-scale computing capacity and continuing to bankroll Mark Zuckerberg's long-running AGI ambitions. Central to the deal is a massive 6 gigawatts of total GPU capacity, which AMD will deploy in custom-built data center racks for...

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YouTube adds downloads and background play to Premium Lite plan 25 February 2026 at 23:13

YouTube adds downloads and background play to Premium Lite plan

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25 February 2026 at 23:13

YouTube said the changes were based on user feedback, noting that the additional features would make Premium Lite more attractive to people currently using the free service. They are already available to Lite users in the US and will be gradually rolled out to all eligible subscribers worldwide over the...

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Sony's "soft pause" patent would let AI step in when players get distracted 25 February 2026 at 22:06

Sony's "soft pause" patent would let AI step in when players get distracted

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25 February 2026 at 22:06

Rather than halting the simulation, Sony's design keeps the game active while shifting it into a lower-intensity state. The patent describes scenarios in which time may slow down, enemy pressure may decrease, and assistance systems may quietly become more active, allowing players to glance at messages or notifications without losing...

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Apple is quietly assembling a US chip supply chain, one layer at a time 25 February 2026 at 20:27

Apple is quietly assembling a US chip supply chain, one layer at a time

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25 February 2026 at 20:27

TSMC's vast complex outside Phoenix is central to that effort. The 2,000-acre site is slated to host six fabrication plants along with supporting infrastructure. Apple is positioning itself as the anchor customer: the company plans to purchase more than 100 million chips from TSMC's Arizona facilities this year.

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Uber previews air taxi booking ahead of Dubai rollout with Joby 25 February 2026 at 19:48

Uber previews air taxi booking ahead of Dubai rollout with Joby

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25 February 2026 at 19:48

Uber is positioning itself as the booking layer. Joby supplies the aircraft and, eventually, the operations. The preview suggests that the companies believe they're close enough to a working air service to start showing off the booking system. If air taxis are going to work at scale, the first challenge...

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New Android app alerts you when someone nearby is wearing smart glasses 25 February 2026 at 18:16

New Android app alerts you when someone nearby is wearing smart glasses

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25 February 2026 at 18:16

The Android app, Nearby Glasses, comes from Swiss sociologist and hobbyist coder Yves Jeanrenaud. It scans for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) activity associated with manufacturers such as Meta, Luxottica Group, and Snap – companies behind the most recognizable smart glasses on the market – and issues an alert if it...

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OpenClaw creator says "vibe coding" is a slur against AI-assisted development 25 February 2026 at 17:49

OpenClaw creator says "vibe coding" is a slur against AI-assisted development

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25 February 2026 at 17:49

The term vibe coding is often used when developers rely heavily on AI tools to generate, modify, and refine code. The name comes from steering development by vibes while AI does much of the coding.

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This Quake-style shooter fits in just 64KB 25 February 2026 at 17:22

This Quake-style shooter fits in just 64KB

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25 February 2026 at 17:22

At first glance, QUOD is a typical Quake-inspired boomer shooter. Its four levels exhibit low-poly graphics from the mid-1990s, a handful of enemy and weapon types, id Software-style level design, and moody lighting. However, the entire game is contained within a single 64KB executable. The uncompressed version expands to a...

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Washington tells Silicon Valley the Taiwan chip risk is no longer theoretical 25 February 2026 at 16:59

Washington tells Silicon Valley the Taiwan chip risk is no longer theoretical

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25 February 2026 at 16:59

The warnings, reinforced by recent Chinese live-fire drills around Taiwan and a classified industry report projecting an economic shock on the scale of the Great Depression if Taiwan's chip supply is cut, have turned a once-abstract geopolitical worry into a direct threat to US growth. Yet for years, major US...

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Apple set to launch first touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED and Dynamic Island this year 25 February 2026 at 16:24

Apple set to launch first touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED and Dynamic Island this year

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25 February 2026 at 16:24

Apple has long taken the stance that touchscreens and laptops don't go together – Cupertino will happily point you toward its iPad line for that sort of thing. But it seems that the company has finally changed its tune.

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Death Stranding 2 on PC adds Guerrilla's Pico upscaler alongside DLSS and FSR 25 February 2026 at 15:58

Death Stranding 2 on PC adds Guerrilla's Pico upscaler alongside DLSS and FSR

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25 February 2026 at 15:58

At minimum, the sequel to Hideo Kojima's post-apocalyptic open-world delivery simulator requires a GeForce GTX 1660 or an AMD RX 5500 XT, but achieving 60fps at 1080p necessitates at least an RTX 3060 or an RX 6800. Death Stranding 2's options menu will include a handheld graphics preset, optimized for...

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Farmers are rejecting massive offers as AI data centers hunt for land 25 February 2026 at 15:15

Farmers are rejecting massive offers as AI data centers hunt for land

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25 February 2026 at 15:15

The scale of the new AI-driven demand helps explain the size of the offers. To support rapid growth in AI and cloud computing, tech firms are racing to secure what the industry calls "powered land": large parcels with access to ample electricity, water and favorable zoning.

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Watch Samsung Unpacked 2026: Galaxy S26 reveal starts at 10am PT / 1pm ET 25 February 2026 at 14:15

Watch Samsung Unpacked 2026: Galaxy S26 reveal starts at 10am PT / 1pm ET

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25 February 2026 at 14:15

Samsung is expected to reveal at least three phones in San Francisco today: the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra. It seems that reports the company dropped plans for a Galaxy S26 Edge (and likely any future Edge models) following weak S25 Edge sales may have been accurate...

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The world's first transatlantic fiber cable is being pulled off the ocean floor 25 February 2026 at 03:11

The world's first transatlantic fiber cable is being pulled off the ocean floor

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25 February 2026 at 03:11

TAT-8 was the eighth Trans-Atlantic Telephone system and the first to replace copper transmission with single-mode optical fiber between the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The system used 1.3-micrometer single-mode fiber and optoelectronic repeaters operating at roughly 280 Mbit/s.

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ASML pushes EUV power to 1,000 watts, unlocking up to 50% more chips per machine 24 February 2026 at 23:36

ASML pushes EUV power to 1,000 watts, unlocking up to 50% more chips per machine

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24 February 2026 at 23:36

The achievement, confirmed by ASML technologists Michael Purvis and Teun van Gogh, does not involve a proof-of-concept demonstration or a short-lived experiment. The company says the new light source operates under factory-ready conditions and could be deployed in commercial systems later this decade. It represents a strong response to growing...

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Linux 7.0 rc1 arrives with major hardware enablement and performance gains 24 February 2026 at 23:05

Linux 7.0 rc1 arrives with major hardware enablement and performance gains

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24 February 2026 at 23:05

Linux 7.0 is officially taking shape with the release of the first release candidate. The new kernel lays the groundwork for upcoming distros like Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44, while delivering broad hardware enablement for Intel's next-gen CPUs, AMD Zen 6 and new GPUs, and expanding support for Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms. Beyond hardware, Linux 7.0 brings meaningful file system and performance improvements, continued Rust integration, and a long list of under-the-hood optimizations.

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Goldman Sachs says AI's impact on the US economy was "basically zero" last year 24 February 2026 at 22:03

Goldman Sachs says AI's impact on the US economy was "basically zero" last year

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24 February 2026 at 22:03

Goldman Sachs analysts have suggested that the impact of AI on the US economy was "basically zero" in 2025. The investment bank argued that large language models, chatbots, and other AI-related technologies did not meaningfully contribute to the country's officially recorded 2.2 percent GDP growth last year. Unsurprisingly, the claim...

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Firefox 148 rolls out with the promised AI kill switch: here's how to enable it 24 February 2026 at 20:54

Firefox 148 rolls out with the promised AI kill switch: here's how to enable it

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24 February 2026 at 20:54

The "Block AI Enhancements" toggle was originally introduced in Firefox 148 Nightly in January following significant community backlash after Mozilla's new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, announced plans to add AI features to Firefox. With Firefox 148 now rolling out to the stable channel, the feature is available to users across all release channels.

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Uber launches a new division to power robotaxis behind the scenes 24 February 2026 at 20:13

Uber launches a new division to power robotaxis behind the scenes

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24 February 2026 at 20:13

The San Francisco – based company's new venture is designed to serve as a comprehensive support hub for commercial self-driving fleets. The division will offer a range of services, including insurance coverage, roadside assistance, and "AV mission control" – a software layer that enables fleet operators to monitor vehicles and...

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Panasonic exits TV manufacturing, hands production to Skyworth 24 February 2026 at 19:25

Panasonic exits TV manufacturing, hands production to Skyworth

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24 February 2026 at 19:25

Under the new arrangement, Skyworth takes full responsibility for manufacturing, sales, and logistics across North America and Europe. Panasonic will remain involved in product design, image processing, and quality assurance – areas where it still claims deep expertise – but physical production and go-to-market execution shift entirely to Shenzhen.

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Rockstar said to be spreading misinformation about GTA 6 to catch leakers 24 February 2026 at 19:03

Rockstar said to be spreading misinformation about GTA 6 to catch leakers

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24 February 2026 at 19:03

The most anticipated game in recent memory, Grand Theft Auto 6, finally arrives on November 19 – barring any more unexpected delays.

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