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South Korea's tax office lost millions in crypto after accidentally posting the wallet's master key 4 March 2026 at 03:04

South Korea's tax office lost millions in crypto after accidentally posting the wallet's master key

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4 March 2026 at 03:04

South Korean authorities made a serious blunder as they sought to showcase their crackdown on online fraud and cybercrime. According to local reports, Seoul's National Tax Service (NTS) released a press statement detailing an on-site investigation targeting 124 high-profile tax fraud suspects. In the process, it also published a photo...

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Apple unveils MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max, refreshes MacBook Air with M5 3 March 2026 at 23:56

Apple unveils MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max, refreshes MacBook Air with M5

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3 March 2026 at 23:56

The new MacBook Pro will be offered in 14-inch and 16-inch configurations, both featuring Liquid Retina XDR displays with up to 1600 nits of peak HDR brightness. Storage capacity starts at 1 TB for the M5 Pro model and 2 TB for the M5 Max variant.

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A rewritable hard drive made of DNA? Researchers say it's possible 3 March 2026 at 23:12

A rewritable hard drive made of DNA? Researchers say it's possible

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3 March 2026 at 23:12

According to Li-Qun Gu, DNA is an extremely compact, stable package of information. Natural DNA strands encode the biological blueprints of all life on Earth but Mizzou researchers are exploring ways to repurpose molecular biology as a digital storage medium.

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Jolla Sailfish pitches a "European phone" for users wary of Google and Apple 3 March 2026 at 22:28

Jolla Sailfish pitches a "European phone" for users wary of Google and Apple

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3 March 2026 at 22:28

Jolla's return to the smartphone market follows a turbulent decade during which the company nearly collapsed, pivoted to licensing its Sailfish OS platform, severed business ties with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, and later reorganized under the new corporate structure Jollyboys. The reset produced a device assembled in Salo,...

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OpenAI revises Pentagon contract to curb mass surveillance, but critics warn of major loopholes 3 March 2026 at 21:31

OpenAI revises Pentagon contract to curb mass surveillance, but critics warn of major loopholes

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3 March 2026 at 21:31

On X, Altman acknowledged that OpenAI should have taken more time to address the "super complex" issues surrounding privacy and data security before rushing to finalize the agreement with the Pentagon. He added that the company learned a valuable lesson from the controversy, one that will help guide better decision-making...

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Qualcomm is getting ready for Wi-Fi 8 this year, 6G in 2029 3 March 2026 at 20:54

Qualcomm is getting ready for Wi-Fi 8 this year, 6G in 2029

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3 March 2026 at 20:54

Qualcomm announced a strategic coalition with numerous telecom operators and other technology companies to prepare for the global rollout of 6G. At MWC 2026, the partners established a roadmap aimed at launching commercial deployments beginning in 2029.

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ASML looks beyond EUV, plans new tools for larger chips and 3D packaging 3 March 2026 at 20:16

ASML looks beyond EUV, plans new tools for larger chips and 3D packaging

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3 March 2026 at 20:16

The company's next moves include building machines for advanced chip packaging and exploring ways to produce even larger silicon dies, shifting ASML from its narrow role as the world's sole EUV supplier into a broader supplier of AI-era chipmaking tools. CTO Marco Pieters, who took over in October 2025 after a 40-year...

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Those cheap Windows and Office keys might come from a federal crime 3 March 2026 at 19:37

Those cheap Windows and Office keys might come from a federal crime

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3 March 2026 at 19:37

The US Department of Justice says 52-year-old Heidi Richards of Brandon, Florida, who ran Trinity Software Distribution, has been sentenced to 22 months in federal prison after a jury found her guilty of conspiring to traffic in illicit Microsoft Certificates of Authenticity (COA) labels. The court also ordered a $50,000 fine.

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Nvidia's plan to open-source 6G might be bad news for the companies that built 5G 3 March 2026 at 19:10

Nvidia's plan to open-source 6G might be bad news for the companies that built 5G

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3 March 2026 at 19:10

At this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nvidia announced a "commitment" to make 6G both AI-native and open from the ground up. The list of companies backing this includes major telcos like Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, and SoftBank. But the names that really jump out are Ericsson and Nokia, the...

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Starlink Mobile is rolling out V2 satellites that promise 100x data density from orbit 3 March 2026 at 18:13

Starlink Mobile is rolling out V2 satellites that promise 100x data density from orbit

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3 March 2026 at 18:13

The shift coincides with the rebranding of Starlink's "Direct to Cell" business as Starlink Mobile, a service that enables connectivity between smartphones and the satellite network without requiring dedicated user terminals such as dishes.

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DirectX just made shader execution reordering official, boosting ray tracing performance in games 3 March 2026 at 17:46

DirectX just made shader execution reordering official, boosting ray tracing performance in games

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3 March 2026 at 17:46

The recently released Shader Model 6.9 brings Microsoft's official take on Shader Execution Reordering (SER) out of preview. Nvidia and a few game developers have already benefited from the feature, but the latest test nearly doubles frame rates for Intel Arc Battlemage GPUs.

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Washington state bill would ban employers from forcibly microchipping workers 3 March 2026 at 17:18

Washington state bill would ban employers from forcibly microchipping workers

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3 March 2026 at 17:18

The Washington State Legislature website describes House Bill 2303 as a law that prohibits employers from microchipping employees, which is nice.

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Charter's Cox deal approved: Higher broadband prices could follow as FCC clears $34.5B merger 3 March 2026 at 16:54

Charter's Cox deal approved: Higher broadband prices could follow as FCC clears $34.5B merger

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3 March 2026 at 16:54

The Federal Communications Commission's approval of Charter's $34.5 billion purchase of Cox positions Charter's Spectrum brand to overtake Comcast in total broadband subscribers once the transaction closes. Charter currently serves about 29.7 million residential and business Internet customers, compared with Comcast's 31.26 million. The addition of Cox's 5.9 million subscribers would make Charter the...

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Samsung Wallet can now store your house keys in your phone 3 March 2026 at 16:26

Samsung Wallet can now store your house keys in your phone

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3 March 2026 at 16:26

Starting this month, smart locks from Aqara, Nuki, Schlage, and Ultraloq will support Samsung's recently announced Digital Home Key for Samsung Wallet. Similar to Apple Wallet's digital keys, Samsung users will be able to unlock the door to their home by opening the wallet app on their phone or smartwatch...

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AI-driven warfare is here, and the Iran strikes show how fast it's advancing 3 March 2026 at 15:58

AI-driven warfare is here, and the Iran strikes show how fast it's advancing

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3 March 2026 at 15:58

Reports this week claim Anthropic's Claude AI model was used in early US-Israel operations against Iran, including intelligence analysis and scenario planning tied to targeting.

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TCL brings AMOLED to its paper-like Nxtpaper concept phone 3 March 2026 at 15:15

TCL brings AMOLED to its paper-like Nxtpaper concept phone

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3 March 2026 at 15:15

For years, Nxtpaper devices have relied on LCD panels designed to reduce glare and mimic the look of paper. That approach delivered natural, matte visuals suited for long reading or viewing sessions, though it came with the inevitable compromise of reduced contrast and color depth. Now TCL has rebuilt that...

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The Best Gaming Monitors... in $100 Increments 3 March 2026 at 14:02

The Best Gaming Monitors... in $100 Increments

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3 March 2026 at 14:02

Got a budget for your next gaming monitor? We've tested the best options from $150 to $1,500 and picked the top choice at every price point - no fluff, just clear recommendations that make buying easy.

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Microsoft blocks the word 'Microslop' in Copilot Discord, and the server melts down 3 March 2026 at 08:14

Microsoft blocks the word 'Microslop' in Copilot Discord, and the server melts down

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3 March 2026 at 08:14

Trouble began when users discovered that Discord messages containing the word "Microslop," a mocking nickname for the company's AI-heavy direction, were automatically blocked. Those attempting to post the word received a notice saying their message included a "prohibited phrase."Screenshots spread quickly across social media, pushing what might have been a...

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Claude is the top free app on iPhone right now, and the Pentagon drama is basically why 3 March 2026 at 03:08

Claude is the top free app on iPhone right now, and the Pentagon drama is basically why

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3 March 2026 at 03:08

That happened late on Saturday, February 28, and as of this writing, Claude is still holding the top spot. ChatGPT has slipped to second place, with Google's Gemini trailing in third. It's a remarkable rise for an app that wasn't even in the top 100 back in January.

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A stolen Gemini API key turned a $180 bill into $82,000 in two days 3 March 2026 at 00:45

A stolen Gemini API key turned a $180 bill into $82,000 in two days

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3 March 2026 at 00:45

One of the affected developers shared the incident on Reddit. According to the post, the Google Cloud API key was compromised between February 11 and February 12 and was primarily used to access Gemini 3 Pro Image and Gemini 3 Pro Text services.

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Apple's iPad Air gets M4 performance upgrade without price increase 3 March 2026 at 00:09

Apple's iPad Air gets M4 performance upgrade without price increase

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3 March 2026 at 00:09

Apple's M4 chip delivers up to 30 percent faster performance compared to last year's M3 chip, according to Apple. The performance gap is significantly larger when compared with older Apple M1 chip devices, reaching roughly 2.3× improvement. While the upgrade from M3 to M4 is more incremental, users upgrading from...

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AirPods 4 with ANC drop to $119, near their lowest price ever 2 March 2026 at 23:50

AirPods 4 with ANC drop to $119, near their lowest price ever

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2 March 2026 at 23:50

Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation are now available for $119. The updated model adds Adaptive Audio and improved voice clarity while retaining seamless iOS integration and wireless charging. At this price, they're a compelling option for anyone who wants Apple's ecosystem features without stepping up to the Pro lineup.

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Apple unveils iPhone 17e with A19 chip and MagSafe charging starting at $599 2 March 2026 at 23:10

Apple unveils iPhone 17e with A19 chip and MagSafe charging starting at $599

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2 March 2026 at 23:10

The iPhone 17e features a 6.1-inch OLED display with peak brightness reaching 1,200 nits. The screen is equipped with an improved anti-reflective coating and is protected by Apple Ceramic Shield 2.

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390TB game archive Myrient to shut down as storage costs surge 2 March 2026 at 22:31

390TB game archive Myrient to shut down as storage costs surge

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2 March 2026 at 22:31

In a recent update shared via Telegram, the maintainer of Myrient announced that the service will shut down on March 31, 2026. After that date, hundreds of terabytes of gaming-related data is expected to disappear from the internet. The decision reportedly follows a sharp increase in storage and hosting costs,...

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Porsche turns a Resident Evil meme into a real-life racetrack stunt 2 March 2026 at 21:25

Porsche turns a Resident Evil meme into a real-life racetrack stunt

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2 March 2026 at 21:25

When The Game Awards featured the debut of Resident Evil Requiem, the reveal trailer showed protagonist Leon S. Kennedy driving a custom Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT through a cinematic storm of fire and mutant chaos. Porsche's signature design language – an aggressive stance, aerodynamic contours, and the distinctive Turbo GT...

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Samsung updates TV software to clarify how it tracks what you watch 2 March 2026 at 20:44

Samsung updates TV software to clarify how it tracks what you watch

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2 March 2026 at 20:44

Automated Content Recognition (ACR) operates within the smart TV software stack, scanning brief snippets of video and audio from whatever appears on the screen – whether streaming services, broadcast television, or external inputs. Those snippets are then compared against a large online database to identify content in real time. By...

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Motorola Razr Fold debuts with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, 6,000mAh battery, and hefty €2,000 price tag 2 March 2026 at 20:06

Motorola Razr Fold debuts with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, 6,000mAh battery, and hefty €2,000 price tag

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2 March 2026 at 20:06

The Motorola Razr Fold is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, and is paired with up to 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage. The device has also received an IP48 certification, indicating a basic level of dust and water resistance. The non-"Elite" flagship chipset and the absence...

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Lenovo's AI Workmate concept puts a desk robot with a projector in your office 2 March 2026 at 19:32

Lenovo's AI Workmate concept puts a desk robot with a projector in your office

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2 March 2026 at 19:32

The most striking prototype was the AI Workmate Concept, a desk robot that combines conversational AI with cameras, sensors, and projection hardware. Less dramatic – but more immediately practical – was the AI Work Companion Concept, a stationary desktop assistant with its own display and AI-driven scheduling engine. Together, they...

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Lenovo's Legion Go Fold concept turns into a handheld, a wide tablet, a vertical screen, and a tiny laptop 2 March 2026 at 18:51

Lenovo's Legion Go Fold concept turns into a handheld, a wide tablet, a vertical screen, and a tiny laptop

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2 March 2026 at 18:51

The Legion Go Fold's headline feature is a folding pOLED panel that goes from 7.7 inches when folded to 11.6 inches when fully opened, giving you a tablet-class screen without carrying around a tablet-sized device. The display comes with a 2,435 x 1,712 resolution and a speedy 165Hz refresh rate.

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Gartner says sub-$500 PCs could disappear by 2028 due to RAM crisis 2 March 2026 at 17:59

Gartner says sub-$500 PCs could disappear by 2028 due to RAM crisis

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2 March 2026 at 17:59

Writing in a press statement, Gartner warns that soaring memory costs are projected to cause a 10.4% worldwide decline in PC shipments while smartphone shipments are expected to drop by 8.4% in 2026.

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Star Wars heads back to cinemas with two back-to-back films 2 March 2026 at 17:17

Star Wars heads back to cinemas with two back-to-back films

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2 March 2026 at 17:17

Industry insiders have expressed particular confidence in Starfighter, directed by Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy. According to sources cited by Variety, early showings of footage have impressed studio observers who describe Gosling's performance as standout and praise Levy for recapturing the original series' "spirit of fun."

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Steam's hardware survey just flipped: new top GPU, Windows 11 crashes, Chinese takes the lead 2 March 2026 at 16:41

Steam's hardware survey just flipped: new top GPU, Windows 11 crashes, Chinese takes the lead

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2 March 2026 at 16:41

Valve said last week that it fixed an issue where VRAM on some graphics cards was not reported correctly in the Steam survey.

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Insider says Sony is scaling back PC releases for first-party PlayStation games 2 March 2026 at 16:01

Insider says Sony is scaling back PC releases for first-party PlayStation games

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2 March 2026 at 16:01

The new details, shared by noted leaker NateTheHate2, corroborate an earlier report by journalist Jason Schreier. According to these accounts, Sony no longer views PC ports – particularly of its single-player titles – as a major priority or a significant revenue driver. Several projects already in development are still expected...

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AMD announces Ryzen AI 400 desktop chips with Zen 5, RDNA 3.5, and an XDNA 2 NPU 2 March 2026 at 15:15

AMD announces Ryzen AI 400 desktop chips with Zen 5, RDNA 3.5, and an XDNA 2 NPU

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2 March 2026 at 15:15

Announced today, the new Ryzen AI 400 Series and Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series desktop processors are being positioned as AMD's first real "AI PC" desktop lineup. They pair Zen 5 CPU cores with RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics and an XDNA 2 NPU rated at up to 50 TOPS for local acceleration.

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What happens when you try to power a desktop PC with 56 AA batteries? 2 March 2026 at 14:15

What happens when you try to power a desktop PC with 56 AA batteries?

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2 March 2026 at 14:15

The system in question was modest by desktop standards: an entry-level Intel processor, two sticks of RAM, and a 2.5-inch SATA SSD running Windows 10. The hardware drew its power through a CX430 450-watt supply – until ScuffedBits swapped it for a custom ATX plug purchased online. The adapter allowed...

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Windows 11 hits 72% share as Windows 10 fades, but not everyone is happy 1 March 2026 at 23:32

Windows 11 hits 72% share as Windows 10 fades, but not everyone is happy

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1 March 2026 at 23:32

But this shift in Windows adoption looks less like a wave of enthusiastic upgrades and more like a forced march driven by expiring support deadlines, strict hardware policies, and a steady drumbeat of problematic patches.

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Google is rolling out quantum-resistant HTTPS certificates in Chrome to future-proof the web 1 March 2026 at 19:13

Google is rolling out quantum-resistant HTTPS certificates in Chrome to future-proof the web

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1 March 2026 at 19:13

To understand why this matters, it helps to know how current web security actually works. When you visit a website, your browser checks a digital certificate to confirm you're actually talking to the real site and not some imposter. Those certificates are secured using complex math problems that regular computers...

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OpenAI lands record $110 billion investment backed by Nvidia, Amazon, and SoftBank 1 March 2026 at 18:07

OpenAI lands record $110 billion investment backed by Nvidia, Amazon, and SoftBank

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1 March 2026 at 18:07

People familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that the deal marks a major step toward a potential initial public offering later this year, even amid warnings of speculative excess across the AI sector. The scale dwarfs previous records, including Anthropic's $30 billion funding earlier this year and OpenAI's...

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Google is building a Minnesota data center powered by wind, solar, and rust 1 March 2026 at 17:03

Google is building a Minnesota data center powered by wind, solar, and rust

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1 March 2026 at 17:03

The data center – Google's first in Minnesota – will draw on 1.9 gigawatts of carbon-free electricity from wind and solar infrastructure co-developed with utility giant Xcel Energy. Powering a data center around the clock with renewable energy remains a persistent industry challenge, and Google's solution relies on Form Energy's...

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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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