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Today β€” 24 April 2026TechSpot

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced adds ray tracing, reworked combat, and handheld support

24 April 2026 at 15:58

The company has rebuilt Black Flag's graphics from the ground up using the latest version of its Anvil engine, likely reusing technology from last year's entry, Assassin's Creed Shadows. The visuals incorporate micropolygons, physically based rendering, advanced water simulation, ray-traced global illumination, and RT reflections.

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Meta to cut 8,000 jobs to bankroll its AI ambitions

24 April 2026 at 07:01

The move reflects a broader pattern across major technology companies, where AI spending is rising even as headcount declines. Meta has projected record capital expenditures this year and announced several multibillion-dollar AI partnerships in recent months. Internally, employees have been encouraged to use AI agents in day-to-day work, including software...

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Linux may drop legacy network drivers amid surge in AI-generated bug reports

23 April 2026 at 23:27

The open-source community continues to question the impact of generative AI services on software development and bug reporting. "Vibe-coded" reports are becoming a growing burden for volunteers working on major software projects, starting with Linux and its extensive collection of legacy device drivers. One developer is now proposing to remove...

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Yesterday β€” 23 April 2026TechSpot

Anker is betting its new chip can change how AI runs in earbuds

23 April 2026 at 22:44

The processor's compute-in-memory architecture departs from the conventional separation between processing and storage. Traditional chips shuttle data back and forth between memory and compute units, a process that consumes both time and energy. In Thus, computation happens directly inside the NOR flash cells themselves, so models run in the same...

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Interactive Listening Museum lets you compare the sounds of 36 mechanical keyboards

23 April 2026 at 19:58

The site functions less like a conventional product gallery and more like a controlled listening environment. Users can select from 36 keyboard models – ranging from legacy hardware such as the IBM Model M keyboard to contemporary devices from manufacturers including SteelSeries and Logitech – and then type on their...

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Kalshi fines candidates for betting on their own elections, but one says he wanted to get caught

23 April 2026 at 17:42

Kalshi says the instances of political insider trading were flagged because of its newly released safeguards that block political candidates from trading on their own elections. In addition to Moran, the other two identified candidates were Matt Klein, who is running in the Democratic primary for Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District,...

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Sony AI builds a table tennis robot that reacts faster than humans can see

23 April 2026 at 17:09

The Sony AI project focuses on table tennis, an activity that has resisted the kind of breakthroughs seen in digital environments. While AI has already outperformed humans in digital games, real-time physical sports remain difficult because they demand extremely fast, precise responses and continuous interaction under tight spatial and timing...

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Microsoft's full-screen Xbox experience is now available to Windows 11 Insiders

21 April 2026 at 21:03

Microsoft recently announced a new Canary build within the Windows Insider Program. While not particularly groundbreaking in terms of features, Windows 11 Canary Build 29570.1000 does include a potentially interesting change for gaming scenarios. The new preview release finally brings Xbox mode to Windows Insider testers, allowing users to try...

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Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame warns of inflated tech stock valuations amid fears of an AI bubble

21 April 2026 at 20:24

Best known for predicting the 2007 – 2008 subprime crisis that ultimately escalated into a full-blown financial crash, Burry argued in a recent Substack post that several Nasdaq-100 tech companies have repeatedly misreported stock-based compensation over the past decade, overstating earnings by around 20% and leading investors to buy stocks...

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Slack chats and internal data from failed startups are finding a second life in AI training

19 April 2026 at 20:19

What was once considered operational residue is now being packaged, scrubbed, and sold to AI developers seeking richer training environments. The shift reflects a broader evolution in how advanced AI models are built. Early large language models drew heavily from news archives, Wikipedia, and forums. Now, newer systems, particularly agentic...

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Leakers claim PlayStation 6 could offer at least 3x the performance of the PS5

19 April 2026 at 17:15

YouTube channel Moore's Law Is Dead recently made new claims about the performance of upcoming next-generation consoles based on supposedly leaked internal documents from AMD. Although most analysts expect the PlayStation 6 to improve ray tracing performance over the PlayStation 5 significantly, its overall impact on game performance remains a...

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Valve's Proton 11 beta boosts Linux gaming with better performance and classic game support

17 April 2026 at 22:17

Valve has released a new beta version of Proton, the company's official compatibility layer for improving Linux gaming. Proton 11.0-beta1 is a notable update for several reasons, including improved support for running classic games from the 90s. The release also lays the groundwork for further improvements expected in the near...

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Researchers warn Microsoft Defender vulnerability is already being exploited

17 April 2026 at 21:34

A security researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse recently disclosed a vulnerability dubbed "Red Sun" affecting Microsoft Defender Antivirus. While criticizing Microsoft's handling of the issue, Chaotic Eclipse explained that their proof-of-concept code could potentially be used to bypass Defender's protections. The researcher also claimed that malicious actors have already begun...

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A $7,000 DIY radar project is taking on hardware that usually costs over $100,000

17 April 2026 at 16:36

Rather than presenting a stripped-down proof of concept, Motii has published a complete, buildable system. The Aeris-10 repository includes schematics, PCB layouts, firmware, and a graphical control interface, effectively exposing the entire stack – from signal processing to user interaction. The project is available on GitHub.

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AI infrastructure boom pushes AMD, Intel and Arm to new valuation heights

17 April 2026 at 14:10

Those gains point to a broader realignment toward infrastructure built for emerging AI workloads, particularly agentic systems and retrieval augmented generation. Both lean heavily on sustained compute performance and memory throughput, putting renewed weight on CPU design, especially in systems where orchestration, preprocessing, and data movement remain CPU-bound even when...

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Japan's bullet train to debut high-tech private cabins, for an added fee

16 April 2026 at 23:22

A recently introduced Shinkansen high-speed train is set to add several exclusive private cabins over the next few months. According to a local report, these "private rooms" will include high-tech services designed to improve remote working conditions and internet performance. Travelers visiting Japan may also find the option appealing, although...

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Open-source tool decrypts all private data collected by Windows Recall on Copilot PCs

16 April 2026 at 21:32

Alexander Hagenah previously exposed issues affecting Windows Recall with his TotalRecall tool, prompting Microsoft to redesign the feature around stronger architectural principles. Now, the security researcher is once again highlighting Recall's weaknesses with TotalRecall Reloaded. The updated tool can reportedly bypass protections in Recall and access private user data stored...

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Popular WordPress plugins backdoored after ownership change, putting thousands of websites at risk

16 April 2026 at 00:18

A popular brand of WordPress plugins was recently weaponized to download and spread malicious code. The new, potentially massive supply chain attack was unveiled by Austin Ginder, a WordPress developer and founder of the WP hosting service Anchor. The entrepreneur found that the threat was already affecting some Anchor customers,...

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Intel Nova Lake-S is coming after Ryzen APUs with a 16-core iGPU for gamers on a budget

15 April 2026 at 21:47

According to well-known tipster Jaykihn, Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop CPU lineup will include at least one SKU featuring an integrated graphics chip with 12 Xe3P cores. Preliminary information from the tipster suggests the chip will feature 16 CPU cores, including four Coyote Cove performance cores, eight Arctic Wolf efficiency...

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