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Google has confirmed a bug with the Google Search Console performance reports that specifically impacts  “Job listing” and “Job details” search appearance filter. Starting April 16th Google had an issue logging this data. So Google is reporting zero clicks and impressions for these jobs reports.

What Google said. Google wrote:

“A logging error is preventing Search Console from reporting impressions and clicks for “Job listing” and “Job details” Search appearance types from April 16, 2026 onward. We’re working to resolve this issue. This issue affects data logging only.”

Complaints. We first began noticing the complaints trickling in earlier this week, with several SEOs posting their concerns across social media.

@rustybrick Seems there is a bug in GSC where impressions and clicks for Google jobs traffic is being reported 0 since 16th, but traffic is still coming in via google_jobs_apply UTMhttps://t.co/0Ed28Jvzdj— Max Peters (@maxjpeters) April 20, 2026

Why we care. If you noticed a drop in overall impressions and clicks, and then you dig in and find zero data from the job listings and details – then do not worry. This is a Google logging bug and it is on Google’s side.

Google is still likely listing your job listings and sending traffic but it is not being tracked properly in Search Console right now.

Most enterprise SEO strategies die in slide decks. Beautiful presentations, airtight data, and solid recommendations, all collecting dust because nobody bought in. 

I’ve watched it happen at companies with eight-figure marketing budgets. I’ve also watched a single SEO insight convince a company to create an entirely new business unit and make a multimillion-dollar investment.

The difference had nothing to do with the quality of the SEO work. I’ve spent 17 years finding out what it actually comes down to. Let me walk you through how to build an SEO strategy that gets the attention it deserves.

The two ways enterprise SEO strategies fail

Before I get into what works, let me talk about the two failure modes I see again and again.

Leadership expects SEO to work like PPC

The founder, CMO, or whoever the decision-maker is often doesn’t come from an SEO background or have experience standing up a successful organic program. Many come from performance marketing.

They expect SEO to behave like PPC: invest money on Tuesday, see results on Wednesday. When it doesn’t, they deprioritize the channel, which creates a death spiral. Less investment leads to worse results, which “confirms” their bias that SEO doesn’t work.

SEO gets stuck in a silo

This one’s on us. SEO leaders who get too deep into the technical weeds, who can’t translate their work into business language, and who never get a seat at the table because they’re speaking a language nobody else in the room understands. They become consultants shouting into the void instead of strategic partners influencing decisions.

Both failure modes share the same root cause: a disconnect between what SEO can deliver and how the organization thinks about growth.

Lead with narrative, back with data

Most SEO leaders get this backwards. They walk into a meeting with the CEO armed with 40 slides of data: crawl reports, keyword rankings, and technical audits. Leadership doesn’t have time for that. They’re juggling a hundred priorities, and your data dump just became background noise.

Start with the story instead:

• “Here’s the narrative.” 
• “Here’s the opportunity.” 
• “Here’s what I need from you to take us from A to B, and here’s how we’ll get there.” 

Then bring in the data to support the narrative.

The higher you go in your SEO career, the more critical it is to be a listener first. Before I present anything to a new CEO or CMO, I invest time in understanding their leadership style, the organization’s macro challenges, and what the top three enterprise goals are. Not SEO goals — enterprise goals.

Then I frame every recommendation through that lens: “As an enterprise, our goal is X. Here’s how this recommendation gets us there.” When you do that, friction disappears. Nobody can argue against working toward a goal they already signed up for.

One tactic I’ve found consistently effective is anchoring conversations in competitor intelligence. Every CMO, every C-suite executive, cares deeply about competition.

When I show them, “Here’s what competitor A has been doing for five years, and here’s the market position it earned them. I’m not asking for five years, but I need a year, and that’s being five times more efficient than they were,” the conversation shifts. 

You’re no longer justifying SEO’s existence. You’re helping them win a competitive battle they already care about.

Retrofit your goals into their OKRs

Here’s the cross-functional playbook that has worked for me across multiple enterprises.

Your success at an enterprise depends on two teams: creative and engineering. But they have their own goals, their own KPIs, and their own OKRs. If you show up with a list of SEO requests, you’re just another stakeholder creating tickets.

Instead, I start by genuinely understanding what each team is trying to achieve — and I mean actually understanding it, not assuming. In my first month at any new company, I schedule 30-minute 1:1s with the leads of every team I’ll need to work with: product marketing, engineering, creative, brand, and analytics. I ask three questions:

• What are your top two OKRs this quarter? 
• What’s the biggest thing slowing you down? 
• What does a win look like for you by year-end?

I don’t mention SEO once in those conversations. By the end of that listening tour, I have a map:

• Product marketing wants revenue and retention. 
• Engineering wants development velocity. 
• Creative wants engagement metrics. 
• Brand wants consistency. 

I know exactly how to position every SEO recommendation as a solution to something they already care about, in their language, toward their goals.

In my previous role, I worked closely with a product marketing manager on naming a new feature. My research showed that thousands of prospects were searching for a specific term every month. Instead of framing it as an SEO recommendation, I said: 

• “If you name this feature to match what people are already searching for, you’ll get free brand mentions, natural anchor text, and on-page relevance from day one. That directly hits your acquisition and retention target.” 

He got it immediately. That’s not an SEO win; it’s a product marketing win that SEO data enabled.

This approach transforms you from a requestor into a force multiplier. You’re helping them hit their goals. Now they want to listen to you.

Case study: Turning a sales insight into an SEO-driven business strategy

The best example I can give of enterprise SEO that drove real business impact came from a conversation I wasn’t even supposed to be part of.

Back in 2021, FreshBooks, my previous employer, was competing against a much larger incumbent, QuickBooks. Think David versus a Goliath with two times the feature set and more than a hundred times the budget. 

During a cross-functional meeting, I heard the director of sales mention that they were losing prospects at the finish line. The reason was that small business owners would get excited about the product, but ultimately defer to their accountant’s recommendation. And the accountants were all loyal to the incumbent.

This was a business problem, but I saw a search-driven solution. I proposed building a professional accountant directory on our domain — a searchable database of FreshBooks certified partner accountants organized by city. (The approach was inspired by two concepts: Eli Schwartz’s product-led SEO framework and Ross Simmonds’ idea of building an SEO moat: something only your brand can do.)

The domain already had strong authority. Keyword research showed significant search volume for terms like “accountant near me,” “bookkeeper in [city],” and similar local queries across hundreds of markets in the U.S. and Canada.

The strategy was a triple win. Small business owners would find a vetted professional. Accountants would get qualified leads, and because our site outranked their own websites in their local markets, they had a strong incentive to join the program.

For every accountant we onboarded, we’d gain multiple end customers they managed. It also addressed churn: freelancers who grew their businesses and hired accountants were leaving for the competitor. A partner accountant ecosystem would keep them.

I built the full business case with sizing data, the potential to scale from low triple-digit partners to more than 10,000, and presented it up the chain: director of performance marketing, VP of marketing, and CMO. Each approved it. We hired an agency and spent six months building it.

Did the directory launch? Not in its original form. Halfway through the build, the company recognized the strategic importance of the accountant channel so clearly that they created an entirely new business unit, invested multimillions in the accounting product line, and eventually built something much larger than what I’d originally proposed.

That’s what a strategy that drives real organizational change looks like. The SEO insight didn’t just get approved; it fundamentally reshaped the company’s thinking about an entire market segment.

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Why AI visibility makes cross-functional alignment non-negotiable

Everything I’ve described — the narrative framing, the OKR retrofitting, and the cross-functional listening tour — used to be a competitive advantage. Now it’s the minimum requirement, because the AI visibility shift has made cross-functional alignment a survival skill, not a leadership style.

We started tracking traffic coming from LLMs separately. What I found was revealing: conversion rates from LLM-referred traffic were four to six times higher than traditional organic. Users arriving through AI-assisted search had already done their research inside the LLM. They were arriving with high intent and ready to act.

But here’s the challenge: roughly 85% of the sources that LLMs cite when generating responses about your products and services are third-party sites. If you want to influence what AI says about your products, you can’t do it alone. You need alignment with affiliate teams, PR, brand, product marketing, and even legal.

I essentially did a roadshow internally, went to every department, and explained (with data):

• Customers are making buying decisions inside LLMs now.
• If we want to control the narrative about our brand and products in these AI-generated responses, every team needs to be on the same page.
• The affiliate team needs to know which third-party sites to prioritize.
• PR needs to think about how press coverage feeds into AI training data.
• Legal needs to understand the implications.
• All of our content, not just SEO content, needs to be optimized for how LLMs process and cite information.

In the old world, you could publish content, build links, and win at SEO in relative isolation. That world is over. 

Enterprise SEO in the AI era requires the same cross-functional alignment I’ve been describing throughout this article, but now it’s not just a competitive advantage. It’s survival.

Your first 30 days: Show, don’t tell

If you’re stepping into an enterprise SEO leadership role for the first time, or inheriting a function that’s been siloed and undervalued, here’s the approach I’d recommend.

• Understand your product-market fit from the inside. Sit with finance, analytics, and data teams. Identify which customer cohorts deliver the best unit economics: ARPU, MRR, and LTV. Most SEOs never get this visibility, and it’s the single biggest unlock for building a strategy that leadership actually cares about. I call it the “know thy numbers” strategy.
• Nail down your ideal customer profile (ICP) with product marketing. Understand who the ideal customer is, where they are, and what content they’re looking for.
• Do an honest competitive assessment. What’s working, what’s not, and where are the gaps?

Find one low-effort, high-impact win and execute it immediately. Show is 10 times more important than tell in enterprise SEO.

Early wins build credibility. Once leadership sees tangible impact, they become more open to listening. The more they listen, the more you can educate, and the less friction you face.

Mindset over tactics

Building an enterprise SEO strategy that drives real business impact isn’t about having the best technical audit or the most comprehensive keyword research. It’s about building an organization that thinks about search as a foundational growth lever.

That means being a listener before you’re a presenter. It means speaking in business outcomes, not SEO jargon. It means helping your cross-functional partners hit their goals first, and baking SEO into their success.

It means being willing to follow an insight wherever it leads, even if it ends up bigger than anything you originally proposed. The accountant directory I pitched was a six-month SEO project. The outcome was a multimillion-dollar business unit. That’s what happens when the organization believes SEO is worth investing in, because you’ve shown them why.

Search campaigns often see strong early gains — more visibility, traffic, and conversions. But that growth doesn’t last forever. At some point, performance stalls, whether it shows up as a plateau, volatility, or rising costs.

That slowdown isn’t necessarily a failure. More often, it signals limits in demand, targeting, conversion, or execution — the challenge is figuring out which one.

Search performance doesn’t stay linear, and once early wins are exhausted, quick gains become harder to find. When growth stalls, the instinct is to do more — launch campaigns, publish content, increase spend. But without understanding the constraint, that effort can miss the mark.

Instead, the goal is to diagnose what’s actually limiting performance so you can focus on the changes that unlock the next phase of growth.

How to identify what’s actually limiting growth

When performance drops off, there’s a natural reaction to do more. The discipline of taking a step back and having a mindset of auditing, or seeking to understand what is really going on, is key to understanding the situation.

While the answer very well may be to launch more campaigns, increase budgets, or publish more content, chances are that it will be a wasted effort and possibly compound the problem. In many cases, time is of the essence, and we don’t have time to spend a month on a forensic audit. Plus, it isn’t always necessary.

A set of questions within a diagnostic framework can quickly help you identify what’s happening.

Where is the change occurring?

This might already be answered, as a specific KPI might have triggered the concern to start with. However, it’s important to understand where the performance gap is happening.

• Is it in just one channel? One platform? Or, more broadly, across the board?
• Where in the funnel or customer journey is it happening? Is it related to visibility, traffic, conversions, or something else?

What hasn’t changed?

Knowing what metrics are stable can help isolate variables in your search for answers. The more you can isolate the issue, the better you can diagnose problems and more quickly get to resolution steps.

Is the issue upstream or downstream?

Digging into upstream items includes demand and targeting, while downstream leads to the website and conversions. Getting granular with where performance is impacted in the journey helps greatly.

Is this a limit or a gap?

Limits can include considering if an opportunity has been maxed out, leading to a plateau. And, gaps can include considering if something is missing or is misaligned in the journey, tech, and end-to-end ecosystem.

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Where search growth typically breaks down

1. Demand

I’m starting with demand, as it can be one of the most frustrating causes of performance plateaus or negative changes, as it’s one that is difficult or impossible for marketing leaders and teams to change on their own.

If impressions plateau, impression share remains high, rankings are strong, but you have limited new keyword opportunities, you might simply be at the mercy of changes in demand for your product or service. This could be due to global economic reasons, seasonality, or very niche market reasons.

Early growth often comes from capturing existing market demand. But, eventually, that demand can be saturated, and more campaigns and optimization unfortunately can’t fix this – and can only hurt the ROI we already have.

When exploring demand issues, you can expand your keyword and targeting universe, adjacent topics and subject matter (if still relevant to your product/service), seek out new audiences/personas, or consider expanded geography. All of these have to make sense for your business, though.

2. Targeting and coverage gaps

If you have inconsistent performance across campaigns, content, or landing pages, you might have some targeting and/or coverage gaps. This often looks like inconsistent performance across campaigns and pages, missed segments of the funnel, and uneven coverage of the audience.

The good news is that opportunity exists, and demand isn’t the issue, and you can identify and fill the gaps in intent coverage and ensure that all stages of the customer journey are covered. I see this most often when there’s a focus primarily on bottom-of-the-funnel users and not a full-funnel strategy.

You can consider keyword clustering/structure, segmentation of your campaigns, and ensuring that your content is mapped really well to specific intents and stages in the journey.

3. Conversion and website constraints

When traffic grows but conversions don’t, if you have a declining conversion rate, or strong visibility with weak outcomes, your website might be the bottleneck and cause.

Search can do the job of getting the visitor to the site, but if the website is hurting potential outcomes or causing a mismatch between expectations of the visitor and the ultimate experience they have on the landing page, you have a website constraint.

Landing page alignment to intent and the subject matter, and a strong user experience, are sometimes afterthoughts. A lot of focus can go into the content, topics, and targeting without considering the full experience. Trust signals, messaging clarity, clear conversion paths, and removing UX friction are key to getting the expected ROI on search.

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4. Efficiency limits in paid search

If you’re experiencing rising cost per acquisition numbers, declining return on ad spend, or a higher cost for incremental growth, then you’ve likely hit a ceiling on efficiency.

Early efficiency gains are often easier to find and achieve. When you get further into a campaign management phase, you may find that scaling requires tradeoffs and cost increases that are marginal when you expand.

You can consider different bid strategies, creative, or ad fatigue, audience expansion, and even what it looks like in how you’re balancing efficiency versus scale in your efforts.

5. Content depth vs. expansion trade-off

When you increase content creation and output with limited gains from the investment/effort, see stagnant visibility, or keyword cannibalization, you might be finding that more content isn’t necessarily the answer within your strategy.

Early on, you might have experienced gains from filling content gaps and, with gaps filled, are now focused on adding depth. Sometimes, adding depth and continuing to scale content can create unintentional overlaps and dilute performance in hidden ways.

It might not seem intuitive, but evaluating if you need to consolidate content (instead of expand) to create a sharper focus and higher overall quality (versus quantity) could be the best option for you.

A focus on improving existing content, topical authority, and the content hierarchy and linking structure could be better for you than simply producing more and new content overall if you’re experiencing plateaus.

6. Execution and resource constraints

So maybe “doing more” is the answer. I’m not contradicting what I noted early on about how doing more isn’t typically the answer, but you’ll know if that is a constraint and if you think it’s holding you back. In this case, it isn’t that you’re aimlessly adding more work, but you know that you have constraints with resources.

When you have a backlog that you can’t get to, slow implementation, or inconsistency in tactics, you’re likely limited by capacity.

Knowing what to do but not being able to execute isn’t rare or unique, and it can be frustrating to company and marketing leadership when you see what needs to be done, how it’s holding back results, creating plateaus, and if it isn’t something you can quickly fix.

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Find the constraint, then unlock growth

It’s exciting to see search performance graphs trending “up and to the right,” and the impact that can have on the bottom line.

On the flip side, it can be frustrating, create stress, and be complicated to address when that positive performance stagnates or a plateau is reached. Typically, doing more and doubling down isn’t the right answer.

The complexity and number of potential variables that impact performance can be hard to identify and isolate. Leveraging a framework like the diagnostic I unpacked and understanding common reasons can help you sort out performance concerns faster and with greater clarity in your search marketing leadership and implementation.

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WSL9x enables users to run the most modern Linux kernels in Microsoft OSes as old as Windows 95.

Workers at Samsung's largest chip fab staged a rally today, demanding higher pay and bonuses, comparing their compensation to what SK hynix offers its people.

A huge $190 saving can be had right now on this Creality K1C 3D printer, fully enclosed and ready for fast printing, and on sale for just $369 right now, matching its best-ever price.

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Web HH is a job platform focused on affiliate marketing and traffic arbitrage roles. It aggregates openings from verified teams across media buying, affiliate management, design, analytics, and more, with many roles remote. Candidates browse thousands of listings and apply directly. Hiring teams post openings from $39 and reach a targeted audience on the website and via an 18,000+ subscriber Telegram channel for exposure.

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Orbyt is an intelligent job search tracker and CRM that organizes applications, contacts, and follow-ups in one place. It auto-parses jobs from any board, syncs interviews to your calendar, and sends smart reminders so you never miss a step. Use AI to tailor resumes and cover letters, research roles, and coach your strategy. Manage your runway and wellness with built-in planners and check-ins, and let autonomous agents suggest next actions. Orbyt runs privately in your browser and stays in sync across desktop, tablet, and phone.

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Imagine a world where hackers don't sleep, don't take breaks, and find weak spots in your systems instantly. Well, that world is already here. Thanks to AI, attackers are now launching automated, large-scale exploits faster than ever before. The time you have to fix a vulnerability before it gets attacked is shrinking to zero. We call this the Collapsing Exploit Window, and it means your

Last week, Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, an AI model so effective at discovering software vulnerabilities that they took the extraordinary step of postponing its public release. Instead, the company has given access to Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and a coalition of others to find and patch bugs before adversaries can. Mythos Preview, the model that led to Project Glasswing, found

Some companies did not pay the ransom demand, and ShinyHunters responded by leaking the stolen files.

The Ring Battery Doorbell is a good way to keep an eye on who's calling at home, and it's even cheaper now it's on sale at Amazon.

We speak to a Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era developer ahead of the game's early access launch.

It's less fun than the Neo 2 and more straight-laced than the Flip – but DJI's new entry-level champion is simply fantastic value for money.

Don't wait until you're a sweaty mess; buying a fan now can save you money and give you time to make a better choice for your home.

The Call of Duty movie, written by Taylor Sheridan, has confirmed its 2028 release date. But will this affect the production of two forgotten Yellowstone spinoffs?

Industry analysts appear to agree that Microsoft's decision to slash the price of Xbox Game Pass and remove Call of Duty games as day-one launch titles was the right move.

You're spoilt for choice when it comes to MacBook deals this week at Amazon, but one is clearly the best value.

How frameworks like ISO 42001 turn governance into a measurable competitive advantage.

The new N3 Ultimate projector from JMGO combines lens shift, gimbal and optical zoom in a single system

Passkeys have come a long way in just four years and are now being recommended as the number one authentication method.

Today's AI agents don't just answer questions; they weave together sequences of decisions.

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today's launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more.

Topics can range from "School," "Entertainment," and "Lifestyle" to "Travel," "Writing," and "Health and Wellbeing," among others, Meta says.

What Google's systems actually do with click data and what it means for SEO and rankings.

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TSMC doesn’t need High-NA EUV to complete its current roadmap – A12, A13, and N2U nodes unveiled TSMC has unveiled its newest technology roadmap, which extends until 2029. On it, TSMC has unveiled three new lithography nodes, none of which require High-NA EUV machines. TSMC believes that standard Low-NA EUV machines will be used for […]

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Halo Archive has restored over 1.9 billion Halo 3 matches and hundreds of millions of Halo 2 records, bringing Bungie era stats back online through a dedicated community effort.

Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam have gradually stepped back from building and maintaining their own social features, leaving Discord to become the default platform for player communication.

Windows handhelds may have found a breakthrough. FSR 4 INT8, XeFG, and XeLL can turn compromised 30 FPS gaming into smooth 60 FPS play, making devices like the Legion Go far more capable than expected.

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Intel's upcoming Z970 motherboards for Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs will replace both high-end Z890 and mainstream B860 options. Intel Z970 Motherboards To Cover An Extensive Market With Both High-End & Mainstream Options For Nova Lake Builders Intel's 900-series motherboards will have a wide range of options for PC builders. The flagship Z990 chipset will be the recommended choice for enthusiast Nova Lake Desktop CPUs, featuring a dual compute tile configuration, while the Z970 chipset will retain a primary focus on the high-end market. Based on a new post by Jaykihn at X, it looks like the Z970 chipset may not […]

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Despite having been originally released on PlayStation 4, Final Fantasy VII Remake never made it to the original Nintendo Switch, debuting on the Nintendo Switch 2 earlier this year with one of the most impressive third-party ports we have seen to date. The last-generation Nintendo system, with some pointed modifications, however, can run the PC version of the game surprisingly well, even with the performance overhead of the Box64 + Wine translation layer required to get the PC version to run on an ARM-based system. This impressive technical feat was achieved by modder Naga, who detailed the creation of a […]

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South Korean-Japanese developer NEXON has announced a new PC game called Embers of the Uncrowned. It's an isometric dark fantasy MMORPG developed by a team of self-described "hardcore MMORPG veterans" with a deep passion for the genre, set on a continent ravaged by an elven invasion. In the game, players take the role of the illegitimate heir to House Harborwell. They're a mercenary called back by destiny to reclaim their lost domain and restore their noble house. The players' character growth is directly tied to their House's growth. Constructing buildings in the settlement produces essential items for the journey, while upgrading […]

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While we wait for the first Intel Core Series 3 "Wildcat Lake" laptops to make it to retail, the company has showcased its own reference design, which offers a clean design with a slim aluminum body. Intel Shows How Wildcat Lake Laptops Should Be Done With Its Reference Design, Awesome Colors & Fanless Operating In Low-Power Mode Last week, Intel announced its Core Series 3 "Wildcat Lake" CPUs. These CPUs will be powering laptops, with MacBook Neo being aimed as their main competitor. Now, Intel is showcasing its own reference design to the press, and honestly, it looks great. First […]

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Earlier this month, we reported that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie by Nintendo and Universal's Illumination set the biggest theatrical debut of 2026 in the United States. However, maintaining momentum across all territories was far from a given, especially with the rather scathing reviews from film critics. Now, according to data collected by IMDbPro's Box Office Mojo, it appears that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the highest-grossing film released this year, with nearly $756 million grossed across all territories. It's an almost even split: $361,825,355 earned in the United States (47.9%) and $393,990,000 earned elsewhere (52.1%), with Mexico leading […]

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Nvidia still hasn't sold a single H200 AI GPU to China, despite the ban being lifted four months ago. The Chinese government is making it difficult for Chinese companies to import Nvidia chips in a bid to support the country's own domestic semiconductor industry.

Bolt Graphics has announced its completed tape-out of a test chip for its Zeus GPU, marking the startup's first move from FPGA emulation to manufactured silicon.

Seagate’s FireCuda X Vault is a gaming-focused 3.5-inch external drive with easily controlled RGB and a single USB-C cable for power and data.

AI chip design startup Verkor.io claims that its agentic AI system, Design Conductor, has autonomously produced a complete RISC-V CPU core.

Posting Dude is a manual content marketing and distribution service for indie founders. We write and publish AEO and SEO-optimized content about your project across launch platforms, directories, and social media, so you don’t disappear after launch day. We publish content about your website on Aura++, Earlyhunt, Indiehunt, Uno Directory, X, and LinkedIn. This is a 100% manual, done-for-you service that solves your marketing problem.

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Mongolian governmental institutions have emerged as the target of a previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group tracked as GopherWhisper. "The group wields a wide array of tools mostly written in Go, using injectors and loaders to deploy and execute various backdoors in its arsenal," Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker

Vercel on Wednesday revealed that it has identified an additional set of customer accounts that were compromised as part of a security incident that enabled unauthorized access to its internal systems. The company said it made the discovery after expanding its investigation to include an extra set of compromise indicators, alongside a review of requests to the Vercel network and environment

How a controversial tech from the 2000s could transform AI to make it cheaper, faster and almost indestructible.

iOS 26.4.2 is a small update with just one named fix, but it's a fix that could secure your communications from law enforcement.

These fridge magnets have a tiny, battery-free, color E Ink screen that can display photos and to-do lists.

'This year you're going to see us really double down on it': Microsoft exec promises that listening to feedback will be key to fixing Windows 11.

Smartphones have become the default for integrating new technologies. For AI, this simply won't work.

Mozilla’s experiment with Anthropic’s Mythos AI shows that machines can now match elite human researchers in finding software vulnerabilities

Amazon slashes the price of the Garmin Forerunner 265. Now down to £314.49

DC Studios has released the 'genuinely terrifying' first teaser for its new body horror film.

Proton CEO Andy Yen is sounding the alarm on the global push for age verification, warning that current proposals will strip away online anonymity for everyone while handing unprecedented surveillance power to Big Tech.

A way to transfer Miis from 3DS to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on Switch and Switch 2 has been found, but the process is a little complicated.

Without early AI training, the UK's £16bn productivity opportunity will slip away.

Google has been a proud part of Austria’s landscape for years, and today, we’re announcing our first data center in Kronstorf, generating 100 direct jobs. This facility …

JEDEC is shifting the focus of LPDDR6 from mobile platforms to datacenters – Thanks AI Last year, JEDEC unveiled its JESD209-6 LPDDR6 memory standard, a new high-bandwidth memory type designed for phones, laptops, and other mobile platforms. Now, JEDEC has previewed new updates to the standard, shifting its focus from mobile platforms to “datacenter and […]

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Leading provider of industrial PC solutions AAEON (Stock Code: 6579) today announced the BOXER-6407-TWL, an ultra-slim compact embedded PC available with either the Intel Processor N250 or N150 CPU SKU from the Intel Processor N-series (formerly Twin Lake). Central to the product's value proposition is its compact 153 mm x 101 mm x 30 mm size, with its height being particularly notable, given it is 35% slimmer than previous models from AAEON's Ultra-slim Box PC portfolio. AAEON has said this design decision was made to satisfy market demand for more advanced, fanless platforms that can be integrated into existing systems with minimal space, such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment and digital signage installations.

Highlighting its suitability for retrofitting and modernizing industrial setups, the BOXER-6407-TWL offers both VGA and HDMI display outputs to ensure compatibility with existing display panels. Meanwhile, the PC features a robust industrial I/O comprised of three USB ports (USB 3.2 Gen 2 x 1, USB 2.0 x 3), dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN, and two DB-9 ports for RS-232/422/485. This positioning of the product as one for industrial environments is consistent with its mechanical specifications, which boast a fanless, ventless chassis with a single-mold top cover, allowing it to operate in temperatures as high as 60°C while preventing dust ingress.

AMD's stock has been experiencing a significant rise over the past few months, with the company's share price reaching a record $303.46 at the time of writing and a market capitalization of nearly half a trillion USD, precisely $494.74 billion. Historically, AMD's stock has struggled to match the levels of NVIDIA and, to some extent, Intel. However, the company has seen a massive turnaround with the expansion of AI data centers. AMD has been performing well in the data center space with its EPYC processors and Instinct MI accelerators, and the stock price has followed this upward trajectory. This is AMD's best stock performance yet, supported by a strong current and upcoming product portfolio that has major investors confident in the company's operations, financials, and execution of plans.

AMD is on track to ship its EPYC "Venice" server CPUs with "Zen 6" architecture, the Instinct MI400 series of accelerators for AI training, inference, and HPC workloads, and Pensando "Vulcano" AI NICs, all housed within a rack-scale system called "Helios." Expected to match and exceed NVIDIA's "Vera Rubin" in some areas, AMD will be competitive in the world's largest industry today—AI data centers. However, the company is not resting on its laurels and has already prepared a 2027 update of this product portfolio for the next-generation AI rack. This execution has instilled confidence in AMD's investors, driving the stock price significantly higher.

Yesterday, TSMC unveiled its latest A13 node preview at the North America Technology Symposium, highlighting the company's ongoing developments. However, the most significant news isn't about a new node but the technology behind it. TSMC announced it would rely on older ASML Low-NA EUV tools instead of the more expensive High-NA EUV scanners. With the High-NA EUV scanner priced at about €350 million ($410 million), the capital expenditure required to equip a modern facility is substantial. TSMC claims it can maintain a competitive advantage using the existing Low-NA EUV technology, which costs roughly half as much per machine. Kevin Zhang, TSMC's deputy Co-COO and SVP, noted to Reuters, "This is where I think our R&D has done exceptionally well in terms of leveraging existing EUV technology while setting an aggressive technology scaling roadmap. This is definitely a strength."

TSMC's use of Low-NA EUV lithography involves a technique called multi-patterning, where the EUV machine takes multiple passes to etch a design on a single layer. By performing two Low-NA etching runs, TSMC can achieve benefits similar to High-NA exposure, effectively reducing the need for new tools. However, there are limitations to the Low-NA multi-patterning technique, which will be addressed later by introducing High-NA systems, but only for nodes at 1 nm and below. For now, and for recent nodes, TSMC sees a way to maximize performance from the existing Low-NA systems at a much lower capital expenditure than would be required for High-NA systems.

Forza Horizon 5 launched on PlayStation 5 last year, and a few short months after its release, it was evident how the game was a smashing success on Sony's console, outselling even first-party games. Today, co-developer Virtuos confirmed on its official website that the racing game they helped develop was one of the best-selling games in 2025, surpassing 5 million copies worldwide. "Forza Horizon 5 was one of the best-selling titles on PlayStation 5 in 2025, surpassing 5 million copies sold on the platform, and earning widespread acclaim with a 92 Metacritic score," Virtuos wrote on a new infographic. The […]

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Today, South Korean developer Pearl Abyss released Crimson Desert patch 1.04 on nearly all platforms (Mac users will have to wait until a later time). This update adds most of the enhancements and features outlined a couple of weeks ago in the official roadmap, except for boss rematches, which will be released in a future patch. Three difficulty modes (Easy, Normal, and Hard) have been added under Settings > Play. Easy reduces damage taken, lowers enemy stats, and extends Parry/Dodge windows. Normal is unchanged from the existing gameplay experience. Hard arguably brings the most significant changes: food effects only apply after the full consumption animation completes, […]

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Alienware unleashes its most powerful Area-51 Desktop PC to date, powered by the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU & a starting price of $4299. Dell's Area-51 PC With AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Starts at $4299 & Fully-Spec'd Config Above $7000 Alienware recently launched its Area-51 Desktop PC with AMD's Ryzen 9000 & Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs. The gaming PC offers full-on ATX hardware, delivering impressive capabilities for pre-built gamers. Today, Alienware is updating its Area-51 Desktop PC with AMD's newly launched Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU, delivering faster speeds of up to 5.6 GHz, and the same 2nd Gen 3D V-Cache that […]

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Rambus has announced its LPDDR5X SOCAMM2 memory chipset, a vital component to enable the next-gen compact memory for AI datacenters. SOCAMM2 Lays The Key Foundation of Next-Gen AI Datacenters As Rambus Gears Up Its LPDDR5X-Based Chipset For Launch Press Release: Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced a SOCAMM2 (Small Outline Compression Attached Memory Module) chipset designed to enable low-power, high-performance LPDDR5X-based memory modules for AI server platforms. The SOCAMM2 chipset represents the first step in a broader Rambus roadmap of LPDDR-based server module solutions, reflecting the company’s ongoing collaboration with industry partners to support new memory architectures optimized […]

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JEDEC has previewed its LPDDR6 memory standard, powering future AI datacenters & mobile platforms with 512 GB capacities & SOCAMM2 variants. JEDEC's LPDDR6 SOCAMM2 Modules Are Going To Be A Mouth-Watering Piece of Memory Technology For AI Datacenters Today, JEDEC unveiled a new set of features for its upcoming LPDDR6 memory standard "JESD209-6". The new memory standard will play a vital role in powering future AI datacenters, PCs, and mobile platforms. LPDDR6 will not just provide a more power-efficient memory solution, but it will also offer increased performance and higher capacities than existing LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X standards. Memory makers are […]

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Hypelist is a platform to save, organize, and explore your taste across movies, books, music, places, and more. Follow people you trust, build lists, and discover what others are loving. With millions of recommendations shared, Hypelist is where taste lives. Now on the web, with more space to explore, compare, and go deeper. Featured as Apple "App of the Day" and "Apps We Love". As seen in Forbes, Vanity Fair, TechCrunch, Yahoo, and El Pais. Over 1 million users.

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GigTrip is a tool for discovering concerts on a map and planning travel around them. You can explore events across Europe and the US, filter them by genre and date, view detailed event pages, and build multi-modal routes to the concert venue. GigTrip is designed for people who want to plan travel around live music, not just discover events in one location.

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Every wearable, every metric, one free AI-powered health app

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Turn Confluence pages into public SEO-friendly websites

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Apple has rolled out a software fix for iOS and iPadOS to address a Notification Services flaw that stored notifications marked for deletion on the device. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28950 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a logging issue that has been addressed with improved data redaction. "Notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device,"

That AI-generated password looks strong, but pattern recognition and training data make it far less random than you think.

Running Point season 2 episode 3 had a dedication hidden in its end credits — but who is Niko Mijailovic?

I recently alluded to this idea that World of Warcraft is losing control of its quality ... well, control. And this concept really came to ahead this week with Midnight's 12.0.5 patch, which introduced a mountain of new bugs.

Alphacool International GmbH from Braunschweig is a pioneer in PC water-cooling technology. With one of the most comprehensive product portfolios in the industry and over 20 years of experience, Alphacool is once again expanding its portfolio with the new Apex Manifold 360 mm.

The Apex Manifold 360 mm is designed for visually striking custom water-cooling builds and enables especially clean tubing runs for a neat and organized system layout. Four chambers and eight G1/4" inlet and outlet ports provide flexible integration of multiple components, while allowing hard tubes and soft tubes to be routed particularly straight and easily.

It was recently rumored that PlayStation would be moving away from publishing PC ports of its mainline first-party single-player games, which came with the implication that Sony would not port the upcoming Marvel's Wolverine game to PC. Speaking at a recent ALT Games Festival event in Australia, Shuhei Yoshida, Sony's former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, commented on the PlayStation exclusive situation and how PC ports impact Sony's gaming portfolio and financials in his view. Yoshida is of the opinion that PC ports are largely a positive move for Sony, and that they don't meaningfully detract from console hardware sales or game sales on consoles.

Instead, Yoshida says that Sony's PC ports could help recoup some of the initial game design and development costs—presumably because games usually get a bump in sales when they launch on other platforms, and because developing a new game is far more costly than porting an existing game to a new platform. The latter is especially true with modern hardware, which all share similar x86 platform specifications, with the exception of systems like the Nintendo Switch 2 and Valve's upcoming Steam Frame. He also goes on to say that he is "not seeing any proof of them (Sony) changing their strategy this generation, but if they are changing, it's going to be interesting how they are able to maintain the investment on big budget games." On the topic of AAA game budgets, Yoshida comments that the ever-increasing budgets in the AAA industry don't seem sustainable. The full interview with Shuhei Yoshida on YouTube follows.

TSMC has presented its latest technology roadmap through 2029, bringing advanced processes such as A13 and A12 by 2029. TSMC Reluctant To Use ASML's Advanced EUV Machines Due To Cost Constraints, Focuses On Die Shrinks For 2029 With A13 & A12 During TSMC's 2026 North American Technology Symposium, the company presented its latest roadmap, which includes some major updates. These new processes will offer a further refinement, such as savings in area size, and the utilization of new technologies. Starting with the roadmap itself, following the mass production of its N2 process technology, which is expected in the first products […]

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Intel 14A finally has a big name backing it up, and it's Elon Musk, who will be leveraging the process technology at the TeraFab project. Intel & Elon Partnership Deeper Than Expected As Musk Announces 14A Process Technology For Tesla's TeraFab During its Q1 2026 earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it official that the TeraFab project was going to use 14A, Intel's much-discussed process technology, which is expected to be a game-changer for them in the Foundry business. Elon stated that they (Tesla) are excited to use the Intel 14A process, calling it "State-of-the-Art". He also acknowledged that […]

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RawImage is an unfiltered AI image generator that delivers professional-quality results in about three seconds while keeping your prompts and images private. Buy credits with crypto, avoid subscriptions, and choose Fast, HD, or Max modes across multiple aspect ratios. Operated by an Austrian company, it follows GDPR and the EU AI Act, auto-deletes data on your schedule, and stores no logs. Use it in your browser—no GPU or setup required—to create anything you imagine.

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Netflix's TV darling is back with an animated interquel — and it regularly made me long for a life-ending embrace from a demogorgon.

I'd never watched the Kate Hudson basketball Netflix series before Running Point season 2 — and in hindsight, I really wish I hadn't bothered.

FTP remains widely used across millions of servers, largely due to default hosting configurations and a lack of ongoing administrative review.

Crowledge makes your Notion a single source of truth by turning your Slack into verified, up-to-date content and making it instantly accessible from Slack. Flag any Slack message with an emoji to capture high-value information. Upload transcripts or documents and let Crowledge structure and update your pages in Notion. Create new pages that follow your templates. Every change goes through your approval directly from Slack or Notion. Ask any question from Slack and get precise, cited answers instantly.

No more hours spent searching for information, no more Notion graveyard, no more information conflicts or context switching. Crowledge integrates directly into your tools.

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Clamp is web analytics for indie hackers and small teams, shipping with AI. Install the SDK, connect the MCP server to Claude (or any MCP client), and the agent that wrote the code can see how it performed. Ask how the new onboarding flow is doing, and the agent runs the numbers, walks through the funnel, and ties the results back to the changes it shipped. Underneath, it's a normal analytics tool with pageviews, sessions, referrers, custom events, funnels, cohorts, and alerts. Cookie-free and EU-hosted.

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Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers.

Shade has its own filesystem that lets you "stream" files directly to your local drive

A new, community-enhanced version of Portal 2 is now available on Steam. The modding platform is free for Portal 2 owners, but the developers stress that it is still in beta, so users should expect bugs.

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Called It is a social prediction game where you vote on real-world events and call your friends’ moves using virtual Cred. You can create groups and post Yes/No, Who, Over/Under, When, Most Likely To, and Rate predictions, watching odds shift in real time. Track a Prediction Score with friends and a Market Accuracy score against the world. Play free on iOS and Android with no cash, crypto, or payouts. Use anonymous mode, spark debates with the AI Shit-Stirrer, and settle outcomes with real-life forfeits your group chooses.

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ZenMode is a desktop LinkedIn outreach automation tool that runs on your machine for account safety and better deliverability. It opens a real Chrome session, uses AI to draft personalized messages and voice notes, and executes multi-step sequences with human-like delays and smart rate limits. Track connections, replies, and meetings, and sync to HubSpot, Zapier, or webhooks. Sangha Intelligence learns from anonymized campaign performance to suggest openers, tones, and timing that get replies so your first campaign performs like a veteran's.

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Meta is using detailed tracking of employee activity to train AI systems that could eventually take over routine workplace tasks

Elon Musk reveals details about TeraFab: Intel provides technology, Tesla builds pilot line, SpaceX constructs high-volume fab.

Multiverse Stories lets you write collaborative fiction with branching paths. Start a tale, invite friends to continue it, and fork any moment to explore different "what if" scenarios. Share drafts for feedback before publishing, then discover new work by browsing genres, following authors, and rating the narratives that move you. Build worlds together and see where every choice leads.

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SEDA delivers programmable oracle infrastructure that brings any internet data on-chain. Developers can deploy custom data feeds, access over 11 million symbols, and get 24/7 pricing for equities, commodities, forex, and crypto with sub-50 ms latency. The Solver Network enables secure, permissionless data delivery.

Use SEDA to power perpetuals, prediction markets, and on-chain apps, or monetize private datasets. Host any API, auto-scale across chains, and replace one-size-fits-all oracles with bespoke, session-aware Oracle Programs.

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The mystery of what kind of CEO John Ternus will be for Apple may already have been solved by his own words.

Users will be able to compete for top visitor spots on Snap Map and share their rankings with friends.

The subject-specific feeds will allow users to choose from lists curated around the top 75 discussion topics, and echoes a similar feature Twitter once offered.

Ryan Roslansky will take on a position within parent company Microsoft, and LinkedIn COO Daniel Shapero will succeed him.

The new artificial intelligence-optimized project in Tulsa, Oklahoma will be the company’s first in the state and its 32nd globally.

The chatbot will now be available across major global markets and feature enhanced local language support, making it more accessible for creators and advertisers.

The feature will allow select creators and fans to engage in real-time discussions during live events, similar to Instagram’s Broadcast Channels.

Mentio checks whether your brand appears in AI chatbot answers when people ask for recommendations in your category. It runs real prompts across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, shows your ranking versus competitors, tracks sentiment, and gives you a visibility score. Built for the Spanish-speaking market first, it is the only AI visibility tool in Spanish and works for any brand in any language.

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Renewable energy overtakes coal as the main source of the world's electricity generation, as thinktank sees a 'shift in the underlying dynamics of the power system'.

Tesla's planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year.

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced a SOCAMM2 (Small Outline Compression Attached Memory Module) chipset designed to enable low-power, high-performance LPDDR5X-based memory modules for AI server platforms. The SOCAMM2 chipset represents the first step in a broader Rambus roadmap of LPDDR-based server module solutions, reflecting the company's ongoing collaboration with industry partners to support new memory architectures optimized for evolving workloads in AI data center infrastructure. This new product family extends the comprehensive Rambus offering of complete memory interface chipsets for all JEDEC-standard DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory modules.

The rapid diversification and expansion of data center workloads driven by AI is reshaping system requirements, heightening the need for purpose-built solutions that optimize for power, efficiency, form factor and memory scalability. SOCAMM2 memory modules, based on LPDDR technology, are emerging as an innovative architectural approach to address these challenges by delivering high performance with lower power consumption in a modular, serviceable, board area efficient form factor.

SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced today that it has recorded 52.5763 trillion won in revenues, 37.6103 trillion won in operating profit (with an operating margin of 72%), and 40.3459 trillion won in net profit (with a net margin of 77%) in the first quarter.

Revenue surpassed 50 trillion won for the first time on a quarterly basis, while operating profit and operating margin reached record highs at 37.6 trillion won and 72%, respectively. Operating profit has nearly doubled compared to the previous quarter, clearly demonstrating an improving profitability.

You should always enter into peer-to-peer transactions with circumspection and a fair degree of cautious wariness. That's the painful lesson a guileless Australian is now learning after being scammed out of his Apple iPhone by a crafty trickster. A quick-to-trust Australian becomes a victim of obviously fake banknotes, loses his Apple iPhone to a scammer Imagine you put up your old iPhone for sale on an online marketplace. After a while, you get a ping along with a fairly good offer. Everything checks out, and you ask the buyer to come by your home to collect the iPhone after paying […]

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Fork lets users build their own features on top of your SaaS application without touching your codebase. Think open source but for private software. You define what's forkable, set permissions and constraints, and your users customize from there. Product teams can then pull the most valuable features back to the main branch. Instead of saying "no" to feature requests, you say "go build it."

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Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

In honor of Earth Day, I rounded up every gadget I own to sort out what I actually use from what needs selling, trading in, or recycling.

Blu-ray hardware demand continues to shrink as manufacturers exit, but niche users and remaining suppliers sustain limited production and ongoing interest

Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system.

The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from owning fully autonomous cars.

X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots.

Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn's CEO after six years running the world's largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company's COO, takes over immediately.

Following Xbox's Game Pass price cut and the loss of Call of Duty on day one, it's said more games in the series are coming to the service this year.

A new report claims Halo’s planned battle royale mode, Tatanka, was scrapped after failing to meet expectations, later evolving into an extraction shooter that may now be part of the next mainline Halo title.

Poncle, the developer behind the acclaimed Xbox Game Pass hit Vampire Survivors, is working on 15 projects and expanding with two new studios.

Wooting is one of the rare keyboard manufacturers that meets gamers in the middle, providing gamers with both a web app and an installable program to customize their gaming keyboards. Now, the keyboard maker has announced App Linking, which enables per-app profiles in a new beta version of Wootility. Now, Wooting users who have the Wootility Background Service enabled can switch keyboard profiles on the fly, depending on which window is in focus in their operating system. It supports up to eight linked apps per profile on the keyboard, and the 80HE and 60HE V2 can support up to four on-board profiles. The update also refines the RGB sleep timer control UI and allows editing profiles directly from the icon tray.

Wooting's profiles control everything from actuation points, features like RT, SOCD, and analogue input, to key mapping and RGB lighting. This means you could set up a Wooting 80HE or 60HE to act like a macro pad while something like a video editor or CAD suite is focussed, a regular office keyboard with a lower polling rate and reasonable actuation point when word processors or web browsers are open, and a high-performance gaming keyboard with 8 kHz polling, RT, and a 0.1 mm actuation point when in games. One caveat with this background service functionality is that it currently does not work with Wayland on Linux, since that display server, since apps are generally isolated under Wayland, and support for features like this is spotty at best on Wayland. The Wooting support team is engaging with the community about Wayland support on Linux, and it seems as though the development team will look into supporting certain desktop environments, like KDE.

Recent rumors revealed that Microsoft may be ditching APU customization for Xbox Project Helix, its upcoming PC-console hybrid that is expected to launch around the $1,000 mark, opting instead for an off-the-shelf AMD APU that will seemingly be available to other manufacturers as well. Now, per a new rumor by ubiquitous leaker Moore's Law Is Dead on the Broken Silicon podcast, it seems as though that high price may come with a significant performance boost.

Moore's Law Is DeadWhat's even more of a cause for optimism, though, is how much better PS6 and Helix will be. Helix is basically a high-end PC, even using the same silicon as AMD's 70-class or maybe 80-class RDNA 5 GPUs. It isn't an ultra-level of PC hardware, but still far more powerful than consoles usually have. It will have the biggest APU in console history... Yes it will be expensive, but guys, if it's even $1,200, it's like a $2-3,000 gaming PC. That's disruptive.

It has long been predicted that 2026 would be a year for expensive PC hardware launches, especially on the gaming and enthusiast side of things, and that is turning out to be true for ASUS's latest gaming laptops in the ROG Zephyrus line-up. As per a recent announcement by ASUS Taiwan, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo, Zephyrus G14, and Zephyrus G16 have officially been made available for pre-order in the East Asian nation. All three laptops feature color-accurate, high-resolution OLED displays, lightweight aluminium chassis, Intel Core Ultra 9 386H CPU, and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50-series graphics, making them powerhouses for both gaming and creative workflows. As we shared in our coverage of CES 2026, however, it seems as though there are more SKUs coming later down the line with different GPU configurations.

The ASUS Zephyrus Duo, largely the flagship device of the three launching today, packs an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with 24 GB of GDDR7 alongside that 16-core Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU and up to 64 GB of LPDDR5X. Despite the dual 16-inch, 120 Hz, 1,100-nit, 3K OLED displays—which incidentally have 100% DCI-P3 Wide color gamut coverage, Pantone validation, and stylus support—and dual USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, a 3.5 mm audio combo jack, a full-size HDMI 2.1 port, a full size UHS-II SD card reader, and dual Thunderbolt 4 ports, the laptop measures in at a reasonable 24.9 mm thick at its thickest and weighs in at 2.82 kg. In Taiwan, the Zephyrus Duo will retail for NT$269,999 or $8,570.31.

While 2026 has already seen some major releases like Crimson Desert, Resident Evil Requiem, and Marathon, to name a few, the biggest release of the year, and the biggest release the video game industry has seen for years is yet to come, as we all wait for GTA 6 to arrive later this year at its previously announced November 19, 2026 release date. But at the time of this writing in April 2026, there's still plenty of time for things to go wrong for Take-Two and Rockstar from now until then, and concerns of another delay linger each day. That […]

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TSMC strengthens its bifurcated process technology development approach with A14, A13, and N2U aimed at client applications and A16, A12, and N2X for high-performance data center designs.

New low-cost carrier-based laser system shows promise for defending US warships against drone threats, at $5 a pop.

Investigation maps 94 SIM farm deployments connected to 35 mobile carriers including major UK and US networks.

Antimatter targets growing inference demand with global rollout of modular data centers designed to operate where electricity supply is already available.

Government subsidies in China are driving large-scale product replacement and boosting sales.

The IKEA Varmblixt is a color-shifting light that can be fitted on a wall or placed on a table, and will grab the attention of your friends when they visit.

Fertilio is a fertility platform for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It compares fertility clinics, sperm banks, and specialized doctors independently, transparently, and for free, guiding you in three steps to the right provider. The online advisor suggests suitable clinics based on your information and allows non-binding contact. The magazine offers solid knowledge on reproductive medicine, and experience reports provide additional guidance.

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Sales rebounded a bit from the first quarter of 2025, as Tesla throws a ton of money at massive bets like robotics, AI, and its own chip fab.

Observable Space and Quantum Opus teamed up to capture data beamed back from space.

Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places you wouldn’t expect.  Watch as Rebecca Bellan and guest host Tim De Chant sit down with Rachel Slaybaugh, general partner at DCVC on this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. The trio breaks […]

OpenAI is shifting its ad model inside ChatGPT from pure impressions to performance, a move that puts it in more direct competition with Google’s core business.

What’s happening. OpenAI has begun testing cost-per-click (CPC) ads within ChatGPT, allowing advertisers to pay only when users click rather than when ads are shown. Early reports suggest clicks are being priced in the $3 to $5 range, and the feature is rolling out through a limited ads manager alongside the earlier CPM-based model.

Why now. Pricing pressure appears to be a key driver. ChatGPT’s CPMs have fallen significantly since launch, dropping from around $60 to closer to $25 in some cases. Moving to CPC helps offset that decline by tying revenue to measurable outcomes instead of impressions.

Why we care. ChatGPT is evolving into a performance channel, not just a branding environment. With CPC pricing, budgets can now be tied directly to measurable actions, making it easier to test ROI and compare against channels like Google Search.

It also opens early access to a potentially high-intent audience in a new format, giving advertisers a chance to gain a first-mover advantage before competition — and costs — increase.

The bigger picture. This is more than a pricing adjustment — it’s a strategic shift. CPC advertising has long been dominated by Google, built on strong user intent signals. By adopting the same model, OpenAI is positioning ChatGPT to compete for performance marketing budgets, not just brand spend, effectively turning the product into a full-fledged ad platform.

Between the lines. The real challenge will be proving intent. Search advertising works because users actively look for something; ChatGPT must demonstrate that its conversational context can generate similarly valuable clicks. Advertisers are likely to benchmark performance directly against Google, raising the bar for quality and conversion.

Zoom out. Advertising is becoming central to OpenAI’s long-term revenue strategy, with investments in ad infrastructure, measurement tools and a broader self-serve platform.

Bottom line. By introducing CPC ads, OpenAI is now competing for the performance-driven ad dollars that power the veteran search platforms.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has hinted at a renewed partnership with Discord, potentially tied to increased flexibility in Game Pass. While details remain unclear, the move follows recent pricing changes and ongoing speculation around new subscription tiers and features.

A new developer interview reveals how Double Fine shaped Kiln’s gameplay, detailing its origins, long development cycle, and the design decisions behind its unique collision system.

The Geekom A6 Mini-PC is a premium-grade portable PC with strong performance rates for workflow tasks, a stylish yet durable build, tons of power for creative applications, and plenty more features that are now on sale for a 15% discount.

Several retailers are hosting big-time deals for the Geekom A7 MAX Mini-PC, a decently reviewed desktop on Amazon that's equipped with high-performing hardware for productivity efficiency and mid-level gaming on the side.

Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the Metro franchise, has confirmed that Metro 2039's protagonist main character, The Stranger, is fully voiced.

TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today debuted its latest innovation in its most advanced process technology at the Company's 2026 North America Technology Symposium. TSMC's new A13 process is a direct shrink of its industry-leading A14 node announced in 2025, enabling even more compact and efficient designs to address insatiable customer demand in computational requirements for next-generation artificial intelligence, high performance computing (HPC), and mobile applications.

Representing TSMC's commitment to continuous improvement, A13 provides 6% area savings from A14. Design rules are fully backward compatible with A14, enabling customers to quickly migrate their designs to TSMC's latest nanosheet transistor technology. In addition, A13 delivers increased power efficiency and performance gains through design-technology co-optimization, and is scheduled to enter production in 2029, one year after A14.

Kioxia has announced the EG7 series of solid-state drives, the company's first SSD line built around its quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology, branded as BiCS FLASH. Despite using QLC NAND, the new SSDs are said to deliver performance comparable to TLC-based drives – at least according to Kioxia. However, the EG7...

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The rise of AI-powered agents inside business organizations has evolved from possibility into what increasingly looks like the next step in enterprise computing. Companies building the technologies behind those agents, including Google, have accelerated their efforts accordingly.

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Firefox 150 introduces refinements to Split View, along with new tab-sharing options that let users copy multiple links with titles in one step. The update also enhances the built-in PDF editor, adds a private real-time translations page, and continues to expand security protections.

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The most controversial topic in the video game industry now and for the last few years has been Generative AI and its place (or lack thereof) in video game development. The most recent hot-button layer to that has been NVIDIA's introduction of DLSS 5. While the tech likely won't be impacting games coming later this year, projects further off than that, like Fragmentary Order, the new extraction shooter from Nikita Buyanov, the creator of Escape From Tarkov, are likely going to be able to implement the tech if they choose to. As for Buyanov and his new team at Rant […]

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The OnePlus Watch 4 has been revealed, but not all fans are happy with what they see.

We're just months away from the 2026 World Cup, and if you want to upgrade your TV, the award-winning LG 65-inch C5 OLED TV is $1,400 off at Amazon.

A ransomware group is threatening to expose a rival’s members while offering victims decryption, creating a risky and unusual cybercrime conflict.

The third co-conspirator pleads guilty, and now faces up to 20 years in prison.

There's a surprise Tech Week sale now underway at Amazon UK, so I've looked through the offers and picked out the 14 best deals I'd buy.

Researchers observed graphene violating a long-established physics law as heat and electrical conductivity diverged under extreme quantum conditions.

Partykin is a free online event planner that brings invitations, RSVPs, wishlists, timelines, contacts, and potluck lists together on a single shareable event page. Build a personalized invite with date, location, and a live countdown, then track headcounts and gift reservations in real time. Use reusable contact groups, manage to-dos and schedules, and coordinate dishes without duplicates. Start free, or upgrade for unlimited items, custom images, premium templates, and co-organizers at $4.99/month.

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BestDeals curates discounts across electronics, home, health, clothing, and toys, verifying each offer against price history so you can spot real savings. Browse fresh deals and jump straight to trusted retailers like Amazon. Subscribe to deal alerts by category to catch new drops, and use comments and voting to help surface the best offers.

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Cursor was on track to close a $2 billion funding round this week but chose to halt discussions after SpaceX offered a $10 billion "collaboration fee" and a path to a $60 billion acquisition.

The French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents announced that hackers stole the personal information of an unspecified number of citizens.

The iPhone and iPad bug allowed law enforcement using forensic tools to read messages that had long been deleted by the Signal app.

We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch's podcast for founders at every stage.

Google's newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.

Google posted a GEO Partner Manager role in its ads sales organization, using “Generative Engine Optimization” terminology in an ads-side job description.

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Capcom, Home Depot, Mars and more businesses that are turning AI into an operational advantage.

AOC launches their AGON PRO AG326UZD2 QD-OLED monitor for £799 AOC have officially released their new AGON PRO AG326UZD2 QD-OLED monitor, a 31.5-inch flat 4K gaming screen with a QD-OLED panel. This monitor supports refresh rates up to 240Hz and a 0.03ms response time, delivering strong HDR support and motion clarity. This monitor has a […]

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Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official "checkmarx/kics" Docker Hub repository. In an alert published today, software supply chain security company Socket revealed that unknown threat actors managed to have overwritten existing tags, including v2.1.20 and alpine, while also introducing a new v2.1.21 tag that does not correspond to an official release. The

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of packages that have been compromised by bad actors to deliver a self-propagating worm that spreads through stolen developer npm tokens. The supply chain worm has been detected by both Socket and StepSecurity, with the companies tracking the activity under the name CanisterSprawl owing to the use of an ICP canister to exfiltrate the stolen data

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, today previewed a set of new features planned for incorporation into the next version of its JESD209‑6 LPDDR6 standard. Building on the foundational JESD209‑6 published in July 2025, JEDEC's JC‑42.6 Subcommittee has been working to enhance the next version of the standard to extend LPDDR6 beyond mobile platforms to support selected data center and accelerated computing workloads seeking a power‑efficient, high‑capacity memory platform.

Planned features for the upcoming LPDDR6 update include:

• Narrower per-die interface (x6) enables higher capacities: With the move to a non-binary interface width - from x16 to x24, the inclusion of x12 and an additional x6 sub-channel mode, allows more die per package and higher memory capacities per component and per channel, a critical enabler for AI-scale memory footprints.
• Flexible metadata carve‑out intended to minimize impact to peak data throughput, giving data center customers the option to balance user capacity and metadata needs according to their specific reliability requirements.
• 512 GB density on the horizon: LPDDR6 is expected to unlock densities beyond the current LPDDR5/5X maximum, a capability designed to address the ever-growing memory capacity requirements of AI training and inference workloads.
• LPDDR6 SOCAMM2 module standard in development: JEDEC is actively working on an LPDDR6-based SOCAMM2 module standard, which is being designed to carry the compact, serviceable module form factor forward and offer a clear upgrade path from today's LPDDR5X SOCAMM2 modules.

Here’s what John Ternus will keep the same when he becomes Apple’s next CEO (and what he will change).

Geekom's "tiny powerhouse" A7 Max AI Mini PC is powered by an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS processor and 16GB DDR5 RAM, and it's yours for $150 off.

So long as the sun is shining, these clever gadgets will keep on running.

The case for buying an EV over a petrol car is now even stronger as new data reveals a significant shift.

BBC Three is bringing another international spin on one of TV's most addictive formats to UK screens this month.

New beam-steering chip smaller than a grain of salt could cut hardware demands in quantum computing and high-performance data centers.

I compared the Oppo Find X9 Ultra with a travel zoom compact camera and a pro mirrorless camera — here's what I learned.

A new battery breakthrough from Chinese giant CATL means we're getting very close to EV charging matching gas refueling speeds.

The allegation, first pushed by Iranian state media and later by foreign outlets and Chinese publications, centers on hardware failures said to have occurred even while Iran remained largely cut off from the global internet.

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Apple and Google are seemingly entering into a symbiotic relationship, where the former has used its unparalleled financial heft to gain access to the latter's very capable Gemini AI models. And these mutual synergies were apparently hefty enough to merit a dedicated shout-out and prime airtime for Apple at Google's Cloud Next 2026 event. Apple has just become one of Google Cloud's most important customers Google used Apple as a very important and lucrative prop to showcase the strength of its Gemini AI models at the just-concluded Google Cloud Next 2026 event. This comes as the Cupertino-based tech giant recently […]

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Bolt Graphics has successfully taped out its Zeus GPU, which is expected to offer up to 6x faster HPC & 5x faster Path Tracing performance than NVIDIA's RTX 5090. The Bolt Graphics Zeus "12nm" GPU Aims To Offer 5x Faster Path Tracing Performance Than An RTX 5090 "5nm" Graphics Card Last year, Bolt Graphics announced its Zeus chip and claimed some big numbers. Today, we can finally confirm that Zeus wasn't just a paper announcement, as the chip has been successfully taped out. In a press release shared with us, Bolt Graphics confirms that its Zeus GPU test chip has […]

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Fallout: New Vegas Senior Designer and Writer Chris Avellone talked extensively about the Fallout franchise in a recent interview with YouTuber TKs-Mantis. Avellone (who also worked as a designer on Fallout 2 and on the canceled Van Buren project) claimed that, to his knowledge, Obsidian never provided the full source code of Fallout: New Vegas to Bethesda. Furthermore, as far as he knows, they don't have the knowledge to reassemble it, which constitutes a major problem for the rumored remaster. I don't think Bethesda has the engineering know-how to make a remaster of Fallout: New Vegas at all. And the […]

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There is, thankfully, a lot more to the camera setups within the upcoming Apple iPhone 18 Pro duo and the iPhone 20 than variable aperture bragging rights, as per the latest tidbits from a notable Weibo-based tipster (image source: Vovalenard). Apple iPhone 18 Pro duo/iPhone 20 to get a super-large main camera sensor, dedicated optical image stabilization for the ultra-wide lens, and a 200MP telephoto camera We reported a few days back that Apple was experimenting with a 200MP camera sensor, possibly for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, enabling near-lossless cropping (to a certain extent) in the […]

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GBP Leads delivers real-time Google Business Profile leads that are verified open and enriched with emails, phone numbers, and social profiles. You can search by business type and location, then filter by rating, reviews, website, and more to build precise lists. It automatically deduplicates using Google Place IDs and stores results in a personal Data Vault you can refresh anytime. Export clean CSVs to your CRM and keep your pipeline full with fresh, qualified local businesses.

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DIYdigits offers professional-grade calculators for home improvement projects. Estimate materials, costs, and waste for painting, insulation, concrete, masonry, landscaping, and flooring with industry-tested formulas. Get instant, accurate results without signup and optimize your budget and quantities to reduce waste.

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Google brings Gemini-powered "auto browse" capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.

Users can send messages, photos, videos, links, and emoji reactions in Live Chats.

We’re announcing the general availability of Gemini Embedding 2 via the Gemini API and Vertex AI.

A snapshot of how top companies, governments, researchers and startups are enhancing their work with Google's AI solutions.

Google is rolling out App Consent Insights in Google Ads, giving advertisers a clearer view into how consent signals impact app campaign performance.

What’s new. The new diagnostics view breaks down consent data across apps, platforms, regions, and traffic sources, helping marketers pinpoint gaps in their setup.

Zoom in. Advertisers can see an overall consent rating — like “Excellent,” “Good,” or “Poor” — alongside a live count of apps actively sending consented data. A detailed table also shows consent rates for conversions, including splits between EEA and non-EEA users.

Why we care. As privacy regulations tighten, consent isn’t just a compliance box — it directly affects measurement and optimization. Advertisers now get more visibility into where consent setups may be limiting performance.

Between the lines. Google is making consent more measurable — and more actionable — as signal loss continues to impact campaign performance.

What to watch. Expect advertisers to start optimizing not just for conversions, but for consent rates themselves as a performance lever.

Bottom line. Better consent visibility means better data — and ultimately, better campaign outcomes.

First seen. This update was first spotted by Google Ads specialist Thomas Eccel on LinkedIn.

Advertisers are sharing their experience of a new Ads Manager interface for ChatGPT, signaling a shift toward a more mature advertising platform with real-time campaign control.

What’s new. The Ads Manager is described as a dashboard where marketers can run, monitor, and optimize campaigns in real time — a major step up from current reporting and controls. Digital marketers Juozas Kaziukėnas and Glenn Gabe shared images of what they saw.

Why we care. Until now, ChatGPT ads have been early-stage and limited, with advertisers reportedly relying on basic reporting like weekly CSV files. The move to a full Ads Manager suggests OpenAI is building infrastructure closer to platforms like Google Ads or Meta.

Zoom in. Advertisers are already seeing more ads appear inside ChatGPT, with brands like Best Buy and Expedia spotted in early tests. That increase in inventory, paired with a proper management interface, points to a rapid expansion of monetization efforts.

What to watch: As the Ads Manager evolves, expect improvements in targeting, reporting, and automation — areas where early feedback suggests ChatGPT ads are still limited.

First seen. Glenn Gabe shared the images of the ChatGPT ads manager on X.

Google unveils its 8th-generation TPUs for AI training and inference Google has just unveiled its 8th-generation of TPUs (Tensor Processing Units), announcing two separate TPU units for AI training and inference. These chips are Coogle’s 8t and 8i TPUs. These workload-specialised chips aim to deliver more performance per dollar, with more raw performance and more […]

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Microsoft will retire Clipchamp for iOS on June 9, 2026, leaving the video editor without any mobile app.

For a limited time, you'll be able to bundle in some high-end Apple accessories alongside your iPhone.

The Amazon Tech Week sale has some big bargains for business professionals that you won't want to miss.

A Garmin watch is the perfect outdoor companion, and I've rounded up the 12 best deals for running, hikinig and swimming, with prices starting at just $165

This ultimate FLAC vs MP3 tool tests whether your ears can pick out lossless vs lossy audio with the tracks you know best

Apple's new emoji for your iPhone include an orca, a treasure chest, a trombone, and a "hairy creature".

Mullvad VPN is rolling out a strict new "Force all apps" feature for its iOS app to prevent data leaks. A massive win for privacy purists, though it requires a manual workaround during future app updates.

This wallet from Chipolo and Secrid will keep your cards and cash safe, and can be tracked from your phone.

A bio-hybrid memory device combines synthetic DNA and semiconductors to support efficient data storage and processing with stable performance and extremely low energy requirements.

The Invicta 60 is a ludicrously powerful infrasonic subwoofer delvering 20,000W of peak power

From desk fans to breathable office chairs, get your workspace ready for the heat.

Kia unveils a Vision Met Turismo concept that hints at future sporty electric saloon for the brand.

Scott Patterson won't return to Sullivan's Crossing season 4 because of "creative differences" — but could this be a slam dunk for Virgin River season 8?

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Polish game studio, 11 Bit Studios, has just released its 2025 earnings and revenue report, indicating a rather positive year for the company, which earned 21.9 million PLN ($6.05 million) in profit, which it attributes to the sales of Frostpunk 2 (880,000 copies) and The Alters (545,000 copies). More excitingly, the studio announced that it will be focusing on a new strategy between 2027 and 2031, which includes a "reimagining" of This War of Mine and a new game set in the Frostpunk universe, which the studio says is its most valuable franchise.

Of course, Frostpunk 1866 has already been announced for a 2027 release, and that is mentioned separately from the other Frostpunk project, which 11 Bit Studios says will be in a completely different genre to the usual city builder franchise. Nothing else appears to have been published about the other upcoming games or the This Was of Mine remake, but it could easily be the same or a similar story from a different perspective or a straight remake of the side-scrolling POV game. 11 Bit also confirmed that it was working on at least two new IPs, and that it would see an "increase in the regularity of releases," and it made references to both its development and publishing divisions, suggesting that we will see more indie games, like Death Howl, Creatures of Ava, The Thaumaturge, and The Invincible.

CATL recently unveiled its new battery technology, promising improvements in some of the most difficult tradeoffs in EV performance. Its third generation Shenxing battery can be recharged almost fully in around six minutes, while also maintaining stronger efficiency in low temperatures and harsh weather.

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Intel has already raised its prices twice this year, while AMD is reportedly planning two price hikes for its server chips – one in Q2 and another in Q3 – totaling around 16 – 17%. Supply chain insiders attribute these increases to capacity bottlenecks, with new products from Intel and...

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At the beginning of March 2026, a report from Aftermath reveal that Nintendo had issued a lawsuit against the US government for what it claimed was "unlawful impositions of tariffs." Now, another lawsuit has appeared in relation to that suit, but it's not coming from Nintendo or the US government. Instead, it's directed at Nintendo from players in California and Washington, who claim that if Nintendo gets the money it claims the US government unlawfully charged, then that tariff money should make its way back to the players, who paid for the higher prices implemented because of those tariffs. This […]

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OpenAI is on a mission, an incredible mission, you might say, to scale up its AI compute capacity to 30GW by the end of this decade. 30GW By 2030: OpenAI Sets Ambitious Goals, but Will The Semiconductor Industry Be Able To Supply This Much Compute? Yesterday, Amazon and Anthropic announced that they were going to bring up 6GW of AI compute capacity by the end of this year. But their primary competitor, OpenAI, has more ambitious & mighty plans. Today, OpenAI announced that since the launch of ChatGPT, its revenue and compute resources have scaled at a rapid pace. This […]

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Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive confirms that it has laid off an undisclosed number of employees less than a month after it acquired the 7 Days to Die developer The Fun Pimps. After employees initially took to LinkedIn to reveal they had been suddenly let go, the studio released a statement to Game Developer to confirm the cuts. According to the statement from Behaviour Interactive, the cuts impacted members of its team that focused on "external development partnerships," and said that the decision to lay off members of that team was made due to Behaviour Interactive leadership seeing a […]

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There is apparently such a thing as being too successful. Look no further than China's display panel behemoth BOE, which is generating record revenues, albeit at razor-thin margins. What's more, this playbook on cutthroat economics might yet repeat with China's upstart memory players, CXMT and YMTC. China's CXMT and YMTC appear destined to follow in BOE's footsteps to a hellscape of cutthroat competition and near-zero margins By some metrics, China's BOE is a commercial success story. After all, it is a major supplier of LTPS OLED panels for Apple's iPhone 17e as well as a host of legacy models such […]

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Jesse Davies, an Australian AI consultant and founder of Agentic Labs, was caught unawares when their Google Cloud bill ballooned to more than 2,500 times their initial budget after an unknown API key registered more than 60,000 requests while they were asleep.

An ex-Samsung employee accused of corporate espionage has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for sharing over 600 critical chipmaking steps.

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: It is geared for IT and technical users.

The AI Overviews will offer instant summaries pulled from across multiple emails.

The company's all-important mass-market EV is just about ready to start heading to customers.

The cosmetics retailer, which counts 41 million customers in its membership data, declined to provide an accurate total number of customers affected.