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ChromeOS Flex gets a $3 USB installer to revive aging Windows PCs 9 April 2026 at 01:01

ChromeOS Flex gets a $3 USB installer to revive aging Windows PCs

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9 April 2026 at 01:01

Google has partnered with Back Market, a company specializing in refurbished tech products, to bring ChromeOS Flex to even more users and organizations. The advertising giant continues to promote ChromeOS Flex as a way to turn aging laptops into secure, sustainable, and fully supported machines. Thanks to the new partnership,...

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Snapdragon X2 laptops launch with up to 18 cores, 5.0GHz clocks, and 80 TOPS NPU 9 April 2026 at 00:17

Snapdragon X2 laptops launch with up to 18 cores, 5.0GHz clocks, and 80 TOPS NPU

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9 April 2026 at 00:17

Snapdragon X2 is Qualcomm's second-generation Windows PC platform, introduced in September 2025, with devices expected in the first half of 2026. The family includes the Snapdragon X2 Elite and the higher-tier X2 Elite Extreme, which targets more demanding workloads.

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CIA deployed secret "Ghost Murmur" AI to track down missing airman in Iran 8 April 2026 at 23:31

CIA deployed secret "Ghost Murmur" AI to track down missing airman in Iran

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8 April 2026 at 23:31

According to two sources cited by the New York Post, Ghost Murmur can detect heartbeats from miles away. One source described it as being able to hear a voice in a large stadium, "except the stadium is a thousand square miles of desert." The sources also claimed that the tool...

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Amazon is ending support for these older Kindle and Kindle Fire devices 8 April 2026 at 21:29

Amazon is ending support for these older Kindle and Kindle Fire devices

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8 April 2026 at 21:29

The list of devices stretches all the way back to the original 2007 Kindle and includes the Kindle 2, Kindle DX, Kindle DX Graphite, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle 4, Kindle Touch, Kindle 5, and the first-generation Kindle Paperwhite.

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Anthropic unveils new powerful AI that finds software flaws, but says it's too dangerous to release 8 April 2026 at 20:40

Anthropic unveils new powerful AI that finds software flaws, but says it's too dangerous to release

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8 April 2026 at 20:40

In Project Glasswing, announced Tuesday, the company is giving a select group of major tech and financial firms access to Claude Mythos Preview, a frontier model that has already uncovered thousands of previously unknown software vulnerabilities. Anthropic says the model is too dangerous to release to the general public.

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LG's never-released rollable phone gets torn down, revealing wild engineering 8 April 2026 at 20:02

LG's never-released rollable phone gets torn down, revealing wild engineering

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8 April 2026 at 20:02

JerryRigEverything has taken apart a working unit of the never-released LG Rollable on camera. The basic premise with these devices was that instead of folding open like a Galaxy Z Fold, the Rollable uses a small motor to slide an extra screen out of the side. With a simple swipe...

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Motorola returns to tablets with Moto Pad, revamps Moto G Stylus smartphone 8 April 2026 at 18:43

Motorola returns to tablets with Moto Pad, revamps Moto G Stylus smartphone

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8 April 2026 at 18:43

The Moto Pad is an 11-inch 2.5K tablet with a 90Hz display, powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 6300 5G chip and paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, along with a microSD slot that supports cards up to 2TB.

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Apple and Samsung named the least repairable phone brands in new report 8 April 2026 at 18:07

Apple and Samsung named the least repairable phone brands in new report

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8 April 2026 at 18:07

The repairability scores come from the Failing the Fix 2026 study by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group.

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MacBook Neo demand is so strong it's creating supply headaches for Apple 8 April 2026 at 17:42

MacBook Neo demand is so strong it's creating supply headaches for Apple

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8 April 2026 at 17:42

The lightweight laptop – available in four colors and two configurations – was built around Apple's A18 Pro processor, the chip that powered last year's iPhone 16 Pro. In the Neo, that silicon wasn't newly fabricated; instead, Apple repurposed remaining batches from the initial iPhone run, according to Ben Thompson of Stratechery.

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Chrome finally gets vertical tabs, plus an improved Reading Mode 8 April 2026 at 17:16

Chrome finally gets vertical tabs, plus an improved Reading Mode

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8 April 2026 at 17:16

Rolling out from April 7 on desktop Chrome (download here), the vertical tabs feature gives users the option to move the browser's tab strip from the top of the window to a sidebar on the left.

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NASA just dropped new high-quality Moon photos from Artemis II 8 April 2026 at 16:45

NASA just dropped new high-quality Moon photos from Artemis II

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8 April 2026 at 16:45

Around two dozen high-resolution photos of the Moon, taken by the Artemis II mission crew, are now available to download on NASA's website and the agency's Flickr page. During the mission, four astronauts observed portions of the Moon's far side that humans have never seen directly.

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Used EV sales surge as gas prices top $4 per gallon, though another factor is also involved 8 April 2026 at 16:03

Used EV sales surge as gas prices top $4 per gallon, though another factor is also involved

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8 April 2026 at 16:03

According to Cox Automotive, sales of new electric vehicles in the US were down 28% year on year in Q1 2026 after the Trump administration killed off the $7,500 consumer tax credit.

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Intel is in talks with Google and Amazon to power AI chips with new packaging tech 8 April 2026 at 15:15

Intel is in talks with Google and Amazon to power AI chips with new packaging tech

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8 April 2026 at 15:15

Packaging has shifted from a back-end afterthought to the center of Intel's manufacturing strategy as AI workloads push designers to stitch together many specialized dies into a single system. At its Rio Rancho, New Mexico, site – once home to a shuttered Fab 9 that sat idle for years –...

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Review: AM4 Keeps on Giving 8 April 2026 at 14:12

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D Review: AM4 Keeps on Giving

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8 April 2026 at 14:12

AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D extends AM4's life once again, but is it worth it? We tested 14 games to see how this cut-down 3D V-Cache chip stacks up against Zen 3, older Ryzen parts, and newer CPUs.

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Google's AI search is producing millions of wrong answers every day 8 April 2026 at 04:17

Google's AI search is producing millions of wrong answers every day

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8 April 2026 at 04:17

According to The New York Times, testing suggests that approximately one in 10 Google AI search overviews contains false information. Given that the search engine processes roughly 5 trillion queries per year, users could be exposed to more than 57 million inaccurate answers each hour – nearly 1 million per minute.

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Which mobile app was the first to reach 1 billion users? 8 April 2026 at 00:20

Which mobile app was the first to reach 1 billion users?

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8 April 2026 at 00:20

Was it TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, or WeChat?

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Intel Nova Lake doubles down on Xe3 graphics instead of jumping to Xe4 7 April 2026 at 23:38

Intel Nova Lake doubles down on Xe3 graphics instead of jumping to Xe4

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7 April 2026 at 23:38

According to longtime Intel watcher Jaykihn, Nova Lake's integrated graphics will be built around Xe3, the same generation used in Panther Lake integrated GPUs. Jaykihn had previously suggested that Nova Lake would include an Xe4 media component but has since walked that back, stating that "there is nothing Xe4 on...

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PeaZip 11 brings a faster UI, better navigation, and smarter archive tools 7 April 2026 at 23:23

PeaZip 11 brings a faster UI, better navigation, and smarter archive tools

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7 April 2026 at 23:23

PeaZip 11.0 refines one of the most capable free archivers with faster browsing, smoother drag-and-drop across tabs, and a cleaner, more responsive UI. The update also improves scaling, adds flexible icon rendering, and introduces batch archive testing, alongside the usual fixes and cleanup.

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Netflix launches Playground, a kid-friendly gaming app with no ads or extra fees 7 April 2026 at 22:35

Netflix launches Playground, a kid-friendly gaming app with no ads or extra fees

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7 April 2026 at 22:35

The newly announced Netflix Playground is an all-in-one app designed to give children a curated gaming experience built around familiar cartoon characters. The streaming giant describes it as an ever-growing library of instantly playable games for kids aged 8 and under.

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Windows is finally killing off the Control Panel 7 April 2026 at 20:36

Windows is finally killing off the Control Panel

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7 April 2026 at 20:36

Speaking to Windows users on X this week, Microsoft's Director of Design, March Rogers, said the company is working to address several UI issues across Windows 11. To that end, all settings options are being consolidated in a single location, ensuring users will no longer need to switch between the...

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Google adds search to Play Store reviews to improve app discovery 7 April 2026 at 20:12

Google adds search to Play Store reviews to improve app discovery

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7 April 2026 at 20:12

The feature is now rolling out as part of the latest Play Store update, version 50.7.24-31. Google recently confirmed the release through its official support documentation, following months of limited testing.

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Amazon and USPS reach new shipping deal that keeps most package volume intact 7 April 2026 at 19:31

Amazon and USPS reach new shipping deal that keeps most package volume intact

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7 April 2026 at 19:31

For the Postal Service, which reported a $9 billion net loss last year, the deal averts what could have been a serious revenue shock. Amazon accounts for nearly 15% of USPS package deliveries nationwide, translating to about $6 billion annually. Any major pullback by the tech company – which already...

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Java 26 arrives with performance gains, security upgrades 7 April 2026 at 19:18

Java 26 arrives with performance gains, security upgrades

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7 April 2026 at 19:18

Java 26 is here with fresh language features, faster performance, stronger security, and a wave of library and tooling upgrades. Early developer reaction has been upbeat, with many praising Java's steady pace of meaningful improvements.

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Apple's foldable iPhone might be delayed, or almost ready 7 April 2026 at 18:37

Apple's foldable iPhone might be delayed, or almost ready

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7 April 2026 at 18:37

Nikkei Asia reported that Apple has encountered unexpected setbacks during the engineering test phase of its first foldable iPhone, raising the possibility of production delays. Sources familiar with the matter told the publication that the early test production phase has thrown up more problems than anticipated and will require extra...

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H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing terms 7 April 2026 at 17:22

H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing terms

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7 April 2026 at 17:22

H.264 has so far carried a flat annual cap of $100,000 for large subscription platforms. That may sound like a lot, but for these companies, the numbers are so small that most of them probably forgot it even existed on their balance sheet. Well, that comfortable arrangement just got a...

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13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center 7 April 2026 at 16:46

13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center

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7 April 2026 at 16:46

Indianapolis City-County Council member Ron Gibson, a Democrat who has held his position since 2023, recently expressed support for rezoning related to a proposed $500 million data center project. Two large buildings, from Los Angeles-based startup Metrobloks, will be built on a 14-acre site located in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood of...

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Intel joins Nvidia in pushing neural texture compression, can shrink game assets by up to 18x 7 April 2026 at 16:03

Intel joins Nvidia in pushing neural texture compression, can shrink game assets by up to 18x

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7 April 2026 at 16:03

TSNC is being positioned as a practical path for developers who already ship BC-compressed assets and want to squeeze more data into the same storage, bandwidth, or VRAM budgets without rethinking their pipelines.

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81-year-old Dodgers fan shut out by smartphone-only season tickets 7 April 2026 at 15:15

81-year-old Dodgers fan shut out by smartphone-only season tickets

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7 April 2026 at 15:15

Errol Segal has been a LA Dodgers season ticket holder for over 50 years, but that run has come to an end as the team transitions to all-digital for season tickets.

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Intel isn't done with Raptor Lake, will keep 14th-gen chips in production 7 April 2026 at 14:15

Intel isn't done with Raptor Lake, will keep 14th-gen chips in production

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7 April 2026 at 14:15

Robert Hallock, Intel's vice president and general manager of client segment technical marketing, confirmed in an interview with Club386 that the Raptor Lake lineup remains "a big part" of Intel's client segment strategy and will stay in production alongside newer chips.

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AI is now taking over game servers, and Stormgate is the first casualty 7 April 2026 at 01:26

AI is now taking over game servers, and Stormgate is the first casualty

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7 April 2026 at 01:26

Stormgate, a free-to-play, StarCraft-style RTS developed by Frost Giant Studios, relies on a third-party "game server orchestration partner" to run its online modes. Frost Giant told players on Discord that the provider had been acquired by an AI company, forcing a planned outage that will take Stormgate's multiplayer modes offline...

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Russia's attempt to block VPNs is causing widespread banking outages 7 April 2026 at 00:31

Russia's attempt to block VPNs is causing widespread banking outages

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7 April 2026 at 00:31

According to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the Kremlin's increasing efforts to control and censor the global internet are causing widespread problems for Russian users. The Russian-born entrepreneur confirmed that Telegram is now banned in the country, yet more than 50 million Russians continue to use it daily via VPNs.

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Microsoft now has 80 different "Copilot" products, and counting 6 April 2026 at 22:39

Microsoft now has 80 different "Copilot" products, and counting

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6 April 2026 at 22:39

An enthusiast has discovered that there are now a staggering 80 distinct Microsoft products carrying the name "Copilot" and perhaps even more. That figure comes from Tey Bannerman, an AI strategy and design consultant, who undertook the challenging – but rewarding – task of counting all the Copilot products now...

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Windows 11 will be force-updated to version 25H2 using machine learning 6 April 2026 at 21:58

Windows 11 will be force-updated to version 25H2 using machine learning

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6 April 2026 at 21:58

According to Microsoft's latest timeline, Windows 11 25H2 will soon be rolled out to all devices running the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 24H2. The latter is set to reach the end of official support on October 13, 2026, and Redmond is clearly aiming to move as many...

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Netflix's Void AI can remove objects from video and show how scenes evolve without them 6 April 2026 at 21:14

Netflix's Void AI can remove objects from video and show how scenes evolve without them

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6 April 2026 at 21:14

Short for Video Object and Interaction Deletion, the model can effectively delete an object from a scene and adjust for its absence.

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World's largest battery maker is taking EV tech to the seas 6 April 2026 at 20:33

World's largest battery maker is taking EV tech to the seas

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6 April 2026 at 20:33

The company, which commands 37% of the global electric vehicle battery market and 22% of the energy storage segment, has already equipped roughly 900 ships with its batteries. Most of these are small, nearshore vessels that operate along China's coastlines, at ports, or on inland waterways.

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Samsung may add a "Pro" model to Galaxy S lineup, matching Apple's strategy 6 April 2026 at 19:27

Samsung may add a "Pro" model to Galaxy S lineup, matching Apple's strategy

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6 April 2026 at 19:27

Citing unnamed industry sources, South Korean outlet ETNews reports that the Pro model would slot between the Plus and the Ultra in the upcoming S27 series, effectively becoming the second-most premium option. It is expected to inherit much of the Ultra's feature set, including Samsung's new Privacy Display technology, which...

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Target puts customers on the hook for AI shopping assistant errors 6 April 2026 at 18:43

Target puts customers on the hook for AI shopping assistant errors

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6 April 2026 at 18:43

Target is one of many retailers jumping on the AI bandwagon by introducing an assistant that can suggest products and complete purchases for customers. The pitch is convenience: less browsing, fewer clicks, and an easier way to fill a cart. The risk is that shoppers may end up handing over...

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New 3D-printed microrobot mimics worm-like motion at microscopic scale 6 April 2026 at 18:04

New 3D-printed microrobot mimics worm-like motion at microscopic scale

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6 April 2026 at 18:04

In a recently published study, the Dutch team describes an unexpected behavior observed in a 3D-printed microstructure. The "robot" consists of a flexible chain of self-propelling elements, each smaller than the width of a human hair. When exposed to an electric field, the structure begins to move on its own,...

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Florida school to deploy security drones designed to stop school shooters mid-attack 6 April 2026 at 17:22

Florida school to deploy security drones designed to stop school shooters mid-attack

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6 April 2026 at 17:22

The deployment marks a new test of drone-based security technology in US schools. Backed by more than $500,000 in state funding, Florida and Georgia are rolling out Mithril's technology as part of broader school safety initiatives. The goal, company executives say, is speed. Pilots operating from Mithril's Austin headquarters could...

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Samsung Messages is officially on the way out, pushing users to Google Messages 6 April 2026 at 16:46

Samsung Messages is officially on the way out, pushing users to Google Messages

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6 April 2026 at 16:46

The confirmation comes from an End-of-Service notice on Samsung's US website, which says the app will be discontinued in July 2026. It advises users to move to Google Messages to maintain a consistent Android messaging experience.

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Japan's Rapidus ramps up 2nm chip plans while eyeing factories on the Moon 6 April 2026 at 16:03

Japan's Rapidus ramps up 2nm chip plans while eyeing factories on the Moon

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6 April 2026 at 16:03

Rapidus' first plant, IIM-1 in Chitose, Hokkaido, has shifted from a construction site to a pilot line. In mid-2025, the company had activated the cleanroom, installed extreme ultraviolet tools, and began running test wafers through a two-nanometer gate-all-around process developed with IBM.

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Iran threatens to "annihilate" Stargate AI data center backed by OpenAI and Nvidia 6 April 2026 at 15:15

Iran threatens to "annihilate" Stargate AI data center backed by OpenAI and Nvidia

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6 April 2026 at 15:15

The IRGC released a video vowing retaliatory measures should the US attack its power facilities. Spokesperson Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the actions would entail "complete and utter annihilation" of power plants, energy infrastructure, and IT and communications facilities belonging to Israel and to companies with American shareholders.

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Banks chasing SpaceX IPO were told by Elon Musk to buy Grok subscriptions 6 April 2026 at 14:18

Banks chasing SpaceX IPO were told by Elon Musk to buy Grok subscriptions

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6 April 2026 at 14:18

Four people familiar with the matter told The New York Times that Musk is requiring banks, law firms, auditors, and other advisers on the IPO to buy subscriptions to Grok. Some of the banks have agreed to spend tens of millions of dollars on the AI and have begun integrating...

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This Android phone can run Windows games locally, no PC required 5 April 2026 at 23:38

This Android phone can run Windows games locally, no PC required

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5 April 2026 at 23:38

In a recent video, creator ETA Prime showcases Red Magic's phone running multiple Windows games directly on Android. The device is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, paired with 24GB of LPDDR5T memory and 1TB of UFS 4.1 Pro storage.

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Nvidia shows neural compression can cut VRAM usage from 6.5GB to 970MB 5 April 2026 at 20:44

Nvidia shows neural compression can cut VRAM usage from 6.5GB to 970MB

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5 April 2026 at 20:44

Consider Nvidia's work on Neural Texture Compression (NTC). In its "Tuscan Wheels" demo, the company showed VRAM usage dropping from roughly 6.5GB with traditional BCN-compressed textures to 970MB using NTC, while keeping image quality close to the original.

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A new OnlyOffice fork is Europe's answer to Microsoft Office 5 April 2026 at 20:03

A new OnlyOffice fork is Europe's answer to Microsoft Office

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5 April 2026 at 20:03

Developed by a consortium including Nextcloud, Ionos, and Proton, Euro-Office builds directly on the open-source OnlyOffice codebase. It offers a word processor, spreadsheet editor, presentation tool, and PDF editor, all supporting Microsoft formats (docx, pptx, xlsx) and open standards such as ODF. Its preview version is already available on GitHub,...

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Sony quietly removes PC mentions from PlayStation Studios pages 5 April 2026 at 19:05

Sony quietly removes PC mentions from PlayStation Studios pages

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5 April 2026 at 19:05

On PlayStation Studios' official site, Sony has updated the main banner to prominently feature Ghost of Yotei and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, while Demon's Souls Remake no longer appears in the lineup.

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Italian court says Netflix must refund customers up to $576 over price hikes 5 April 2026 at 17:22

Italian court says Netflix must refund customers up to $576 over price hikes

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5 April 2026 at 17:22

An injunction action brought by consumer group Movimento Consumatori against Netflix Italia's price increases has been upheld by the Court of Rome.

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This Wi-Fi receiver can work inside a nuclear reactor, keeping robots connected 5 April 2026 at 00:12

This Wi-Fi receiver can work inside a nuclear reactor, keeping robots connected

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5 April 2026 at 00:12

The research, presented at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco earlier this year, shows the receiver can continue operating after exposure to 500 kilograys of radiation. That level of endurance far exceeds what even space-grade electronics are designed to handle.

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Steam could soon show estimated FPS based on crowd-sourced player data 4 April 2026 at 22:38

Steam could soon show estimated FPS based on crowd-sourced player data

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4 April 2026 at 22:38

The feature would represent a significant step toward bridging the gap between official system requirements and actual in-game performance. Even as studios release recommended hardware specs, the experience on diverse PC setups often differs sharply from expectations.

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New Rowhammer attack can grant kernel-level control on Nvidia workstation GPUs 4 April 2026 at 20:25

New Rowhammer attack can grant kernel-level control on Nvidia workstation GPUs

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4 April 2026 at 20:25

A study from researchers at UNC Chapel Hill and Georgia Tech shows that GDDR6-based Rowhammer attacks can grant kernel-level access to Linux systems equipped with GPUs based on Nvidia's Ampere and Ada Lovelace architectures. The vulnerability appears significantly more severe than what was outlined in a paper last year.

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Microsoft's AI in its own terms: "use Copilot at your own risk" 4 April 2026 at 19:42

Microsoft's AI in its own terms: "use Copilot at your own risk"

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4 April 2026 at 19:42

The Copilot terms of use, updated last October, draw clear limits around what the software is meant to do. The document states Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, adding that "it can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended." More notably, Microsoft explicitly advises against relying on it...

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Visa processed 106 million disputes last year, now wants AI to take over 4 April 2026 at 18:44

Visa processed 106 million disputes last year, now wants AI to take over

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4 April 2026 at 18:44

Despite being the default for global e-commerce, digital payments still require a degree of "human touch" when disputes and complaints arise. That friction is becoming a growing cost center as online transactions scale, and Visa argues that shifting to AI-managed dispute handling could streamline the process, cut losses, and turn...

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US military deploys low-cost "Lucas" drone built from reverse-engineered Iranian tech 4 April 2026 at 17:21

US military deploys low-cost "Lucas" drone built from reverse-engineered Iranian tech

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4 April 2026 at 17:21

Senior defense officials told The Wall Street Journal that the autonomous attack drones have been used in strikes against Iranian military and IRGC targets, including weapons facilities, manufacturing sites, and air-defense nodes. They said this contributed to an 83% decline in Iranian drone attacks during the early days of the conflict.

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Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 are facing delays or cancellation 4 April 2026 at 15:36

Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 are facing delays or cancellation

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4 April 2026 at 15:36

Analysts at Sightline Climate estimate that between 30% and 50% of AI data centers planned for deployment in the US this year will be delayed or canceled. The main constraints are difficulty sourcing key electrical equipment and securing enough power to operate new facilities.

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MLB's robot-assisted strike zone is exposing umpire errors in real time 4 April 2026 at 01:26

MLB's robot-assisted strike zone is exposing umpire errors in real time

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4 April 2026 at 01:26

The technology is designed to reduce strike zone disputes, long the source of baseball's most heated arguments. Under the new system, each team receives two challenges per game and only loses a challenge if it is incorrect. In practice, this incentive has quickly reshaped game-day strategy – and last Saturday's...

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Google's Gemma 4 AI can run on smartphones, no Internet required 4 April 2026 at 00:02

Google's Gemma 4 AI can run on smartphones, no Internet required

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4 April 2026 at 00:02

The two largest Gemma 4 models – 26B Mixture of Experts and 31B Dense – require an 80GB Nvidia H100 GPU to run unquantized in bfloat16 format. Google claims these models deliver "frontier intelligence on personal computers" for students, researchers, and developers, providing advanced reasoning capabilities for IDEs, coding assistants, and agentic workflows.

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Toshiba starts shipping SMR MAMR enterprise hard drives offering up to 34TB of storage 3 April 2026 at 22:57

Toshiba starts shipping SMR MAMR enterprise hard drives offering up to 34TB of storage

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3 April 2026 at 22:57

Toshiba's M12 Series of 3.5-inch drives uses Shingled Magnetic Recording to achieve storage capacities ranging from 30 to 34TB. The Japanese corporation – one of the world's largest HDD manufacturers alongside Seagate and Western Digital – said the new line of drives is specifically designed for hyperscale customers, cloud service...

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Ford GT Mk IV sets Nürburgring record for gas-powered cars 3 April 2026 at 21:34

Ford GT Mk IV sets Nürburgring record for gas-powered cars

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3 April 2026 at 21:34

The time places the Mk IV just behind two record-holding hybrid and electric machines – the Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO and Volkswagen's ID.R – highlighting the car's singular achievement in an increasingly electrified field. It is also the fastest lap ever recorded by an American manufacturer at the famed German...

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Take-Two lays off AI team members weeks after "embracing" generative AI 3 April 2026 at 20:49

Take-Two lays off AI team members weeks after "embracing" generative AI

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3 April 2026 at 20:49

The revelation came from Luke Dicken, who was made Take-Two's Head of AI in early 2025. He wrote in a LinkedIn post that "It's truly disappointing that I have to share with you that my time with T2 – and that of my team – has come to an end."

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NASA's Artemis laser system will send 4K video from the Moon at 260 Mbps 3 April 2026 at 19:25

NASA's Artemis laser system will send 4K video from the Moon at 260 Mbps

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3 April 2026 at 19:25

The new system, known as the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications system, or O2O, will allow astronauts aboard Orion to send 4K footage from their mission to Earth at speeds up to 260 megabits per second, according to NASA. The capability marks a shift from radio-based transmissions that defined the...

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Nvidia shows The Witcher 4 forest demo running path tracing on an RTX 4070 3 April 2026 at 18:47

Nvidia shows The Witcher 4 forest demo running path tracing on an RTX 4070

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3 April 2026 at 18:47

Nvidia has published its full GDC 2026 presentation on its upcoming path tracing and micropolygon tools. The video offers a new glimpse at assets and engine functionality that will feature in the PC version of The Witcher 4.

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X is using a Supreme Court ruling to try to kill a $250 million music copyright lawsuit 3 April 2026 at 17:31

X is using a Supreme Court ruling to try to kill a $250 million music copyright lawsuit

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3 April 2026 at 17:31

X argued that the Supreme Court's ruling wiped out the contributory infringement claim, the only major theory left standing in limited form after last year's motion to dismiss.

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Apple may be stockpiling mobile DRAM to outmaneuver rivals in a tight market 3 April 2026 at 16:54

Apple may be stockpiling mobile DRAM to outmaneuver rivals in a tight market

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3 April 2026 at 16:54

TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently argued that Apple could widen its market share amid the current memory-market upheaval by absorbing higher memory costs instead of raising device prices. That approach, Kuo suggested, would allow Apple to expand its share even in a volatile supply environment.

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Chip foundry market hit $320 billion in 2025, driven by AI demand 3 April 2026 at 16:33

Chip foundry market hit $320 billion in 2025, driven by AI demand

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3 April 2026 at 16:33

A new report by Counterpoint Research highlights the business results of the extremely successful players in the foundry business. The research company coined the "Foundry 2.0" term because today's landscape is apparently much more complex and multifaceted than the traditional chip-making business. Either way, most silicon manufacturers have become massively...

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Colorado's landmark right-to-repair law faces pushback from tech giants 3 April 2026 at 15:58

Colorado's landmark right-to-repair law faces pushback from tech giants

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3 April 2026 at 15:58

Colorado has earned a reputation as the national leader in right-to-repair legislation. Since 2022, the state has approved measures covering powered wheelchairs, agricultural equipment, and consumer electronics, forcing manufacturers to provide the parts, tools, software, and documentation needed for repairs.

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Intel's next laptop chips could bring 28-core CPUs built for discrete GPUs 3 April 2026 at 15:15

Intel's next laptop chips could bring 28-core CPUs built for discrete GPUs

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3 April 2026 at 15:15

The chips sit above the mainstream Nova Lake-H line and retain a wider I/O complex with PCIe 5.0 connectivity for discrete GPUs. Leaker Jaykihn describes Nova Lake-HX as a higher-end branch of Nova Lake-H that uses a broader I/O subsystem designed to work with discrete GPUs.

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Roundup: 9 Graphics Cards Tested 3 April 2026 at 14:26

Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti Roundup: 9 Graphics Cards Tested

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3 April 2026 at 14:26

We tested nine RTX 5070 Ti cards and found consistent performance throughout. The problem isn't which model to buy - it's whether any of them make sense at today's prices.

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Humanity returns to the Moon, but Outlook still doesn't work 3 April 2026 at 10:29

Humanity returns to the Moon, but Outlook still doesn't work

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3 April 2026 at 10:29

A clip from NASA's livestream quickly circulated on social media, capturing the moment astronauts flagged the problem. The glitch added an unexpectedly relatable note to an otherwise historic launch.

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Dell's new XPS 14 dominates MacBook Air with 43 hours of battery life in web browsing test 2 April 2026 at 23:56

Dell's new XPS 14 dominates MacBook Air with 43 hours of battery life in web browsing test

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2 April 2026 at 23:56

Tests conducted by Hardware Canucks show that the XPS 14 delivers exceptional battery life, lasting more than 43 hours on a single charge while browsing the web with variable refresh rate enabled. During the test, the screen refresh rate was reduced to 1Hz. The laptop tested features an Intel Core...

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Developer rebuilds Doom using CSS and HTML, turning divs into a full 3D game engine 2 April 2026 at 23:15

Developer rebuilds Doom using CSS and HTML, turning divs into a full 3D game engine

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2 April 2026 at 23:15

Leenheer is best known for creating HTML5test.com, the WhichBrowser user-agent parser. He began exploring a CSS-based Doom renderer after completing an earlier experiment that ran the game on an oscilloscope, reusing code to extract map data from the original WAD file.

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Hitachi and MOL plan to turn retired ships into floating data centers 2 April 2026 at 22:21

Hitachi and MOL plan to turn retired ships into floating data centers

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2 April 2026 at 22:21

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Hitachi have signed a memorandum of understanding to build and operate floating data centers hosted on repurposed ships. The two Japanese corporations aim to develop and commercialize a novel approach to the data center business, believing that a seafaring solution could significantly improve convenience and...

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This chip keeps working at 700°C, surviving lava-like heat 2 April 2026 at 20:38

This chip keeps working at 700°C, surviving lava-like heat

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2 April 2026 at 20:38

Researchers at USC's Viterbi School of Engineering have demonstrated an electronic memory device that functions far beyond previously known thermal limits. In experiments, the device remained stable at 700 degrees Celsius – hotter than molten lava – without showing signs of degradation.

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