The company shared results from a new set of experiments with TechCrunch, suggesting that it could eliminate one of the most expensive and complex components of its fusion process – the laser preheating system – by making subtle adjustments to the machinery that ignites the reaction.

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Raspberry Pi recently unveiled a new revision of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board. The single-board computer now comes in a "Dual RAM" variant, PCN 45, which adds a second DRAM module while maintaining near-full compatibility with existing software and accessories. The change reflects the current state of the...

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GPT-5.3 Codex merges the advanced coding capabilities of GPT-5.2 Codex with the reasoning and professional knowledge of GPT-5.2 into a single, unified model that is 25 percent faster than its predecessors. According to OpenAI, the model even contributed to its own development, as early versions were used to debug training processes,...

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Google enabled basic AirDrop compatibility by making its Quick Share transfer feature interoperable with Apple's file-sharing technology. Android Vice President of Engineering Eric Kay has now confirmed that the feature will soon expand to additional devices, though he did not specify which models will receive support.

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Rufus remains one of the easiest and most reliable ways to create bootable USB drives. The tool now does a better job cleaning up partitions before formatting, improves SSD detection with long IDs, and includes several important bug fixes. Longtime users continue to praise Rufus for being fast and lightweight.

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Unlike traditional testing, which requires hundreds or thousands of charge – discharge cycles, the model can estimate a new battery's useful life after just 50 cycles. The team says the approach reduces the time and energy required for testing by up to 95 percent, allowing engineers to evaluate performance with...

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The rule, issued by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, bans code written in China or by Chinese-owned firms from vehicles that connect to the cloud. By 2029, even their connectivity hardware will be covered under the same restrictions.

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AT&T writes that the amiGO Jr. Phone is the first and only carrier-made smartphone designed specifically for children.

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Tesla has dominated the continent's fully electric segment for years, but its momentum faltered sharply in 2025. JATO's figures show Tesla's registrations plunged 27 percent compared to 2024. Volkswagen filled that gap with a 56 percent jump, largely driven by its new ID.7 sedan. The result: VW's European battery-electric sales reached 274,278 units, overtaking Tesla's 236,357.

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The GPU manufacturer offered news outlets another opportunity to examine its upcoming motion clarity technologies in Munich this week. It confirmed to Hardwareluxx that owners of RTX 50 series graphics cards can begin using 6x multi-frame generation and dynamic multi-frame generation beginning in April.

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Last year saw more than 100 cases of Ryzen 9000 chips failing in Asrock motherboards. The manufacturer initially blamed the faults on several areas, including memory compatibility conflicts, user error, and even debris in the CPU socket.

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Developed under the direction of Assistant Professor Shady Farah of the Technion's Faculty of Chemical Engineering, and carried out with colleagues from MIT, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Massachusetts, the work demonstrates a functioning cell-based system that produces and delivers insulin independently.

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Mazin, who also wrote the brilliant Chernobyl miniseries, will create, write, executive-produce, and showrun the Baldur's Gate 3 show, writes Deadline. Chris Perkins, the former Head of Story at Wizards of the Coast, will serve as consultant.

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Microsoft's January 2026 Patch Tuesday update – already notorious for causing serious issues – is now being blamed for slowing down Nvidia graphics cards. While Nvidia has acknowledged the problem, Microsoft has yet to respond to the latest reports.

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A Redditor who enjoys experimenting with old hardware and ancient operating systems recently tried a small but clever experiment: installing an NVMe drive in a PCI-based machine. The idea was to force a modern(ish) SSD to operate under the constraints storage devices faced in the 1990s, requiring it to interact...

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As 2026 gets underway, it's clear that AI's momentum hasn't stalled in the least. If anything, it's picking up speed, especially with the recent surge of interest in AI-powered agents, often referred to as agentic AI, that are beginning to reshape how the technology is used.

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Blizzard is officially dropping the "2" from Overwatch 2, signaling a renewed focus on evolving the storyline and enhancing gameplay rather than releasing sequels disconnected from earlier titles. The company believes that introducing a fully connected annual storyline will deepen player engagement over time.

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During the recent Cisco AI Summit, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced that the company has appointed a new "chief GPU architect." Tan did not disclose the executive's name at the event, but subsequent reports confirmed that former Qualcomm executive Eric Demmers will lead the new venture.

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The original PowerShot 600 arrived in the summer of 1996. The pioneering digital camera featured a 1/3-inch CCD image sensor capable of generating photos with a maximum resolution of 832 x 608 pixels. It was paired with a 50mm, f/2.5 aperture lens and an optical viewfinder. The shooter packed 1MB...

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Alphabet reported quarterly revenue of $113.8 billion, an 18 percent increase from a year earlier, fueled by the performance of its AI systems. Net profit surged 30 percent to $34.5 billion, with Gemini at the center of that growth.

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CapFrameX is a free Windows tool for capturing and analyzing PC gaming performance, with an emphasis on frame times, FPS behavior, and smoothness metrics like 1% and 0.1% lows.

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The new Roblox feature is built on the same underlying technology as Roblox Cube, the company's 3D asset generator introduced last year. While the first iteration produced only static geometry, the updated engine links prompt-based generation to the platform's runtime physics, collision, and scripting layers, allowing newly created assets to...

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That 8 million figure matters because it puts PS5 ahead of Nintendo's brand-new Switch 2 in the same calendar quarter. Nintendo's latest investor presentation shows Switch 2 hardware sell-in of 7.01 million units for its fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2025). In other words: Sony's five-year-old console still managed to...

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The discovery, made by software researcher Nicolás Alvarez and shared with MacRumors, points to two chip identifiers: T6051 and T6052. Each is tied to platform codes H17C and H17D, which align with Apple's internal numbering for its M-series processors. Within this scheme, 17 denotes the M5 generation, and the trailing letters...

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The DFR program uses drones from Skydio that can reach the scene of a crime in 2.5 minutes, according to the press release.

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In its first hardware-related blog post since announcing the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller 2 in November, Valve confirmed that it has internally delayed the upcoming devices. The three products were set to debut sometime before the end of March, but Valve and its hardware partner, AMD, recently...

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Robotics company DroidUp (also known as Zhuoyide) revealed the robot, named Moya, at Shanghai's Zhangjiang Robotics Valley.

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The idea emerged from Levesque's own frustration while sourcing hard drives in bulk. Traditional online retailers emphasize total price, but that metric can obscure how much actual storage value a user receives.

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BMW faced a wave of criticism in 2022 when heated seats were offered as part of its ConnectedDrive functions-on-demand program in markets like the United Kingdom, Germany, and South Korea. Owners could pay the equivalent of around $18 per month to access the feature – more than the $12 per...

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The package, available for free until Thursday morning, includes Alone in the Dark 1, 2, and 3 – all emulated through DOSBox. Like most titles sold on GOG, the DRM-free downloads come with digital manuals, soundtracks, and other supplementary materials. Because the trilogy is part of GOG's preservation program, the...

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Clayton described Lin as one of the world's most prolific online narcotics traffickers. For at least four years, the Taiwan-born man managed a massive volume of e-commerce transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Lin launched the Incognito Market website in October 2020, exploiting the Tor browser's anonymous network in...

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Once confined to laboratory experiments and speculative research, the technology now stands at the forefront of interplanetary innovation and represents the most credible path to cutting travel times from months to mere weeks.

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After years of rumors and speculation, Google confirmed in 2025 that it plans to "fuse" Android and ChromeOS into a single desktop platform. The new system, known internally as Aluminium OS, is reportedly already under active development. What remains unclear is the fate of ChromeOS, the operating system that has...

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Nioh 3 features deeper, more flexible combat, a semi-open-world structure, and seamless switching between Samurai and Ninja styles, earning praise as the most complete and accessible entry in the series-and one of the stronger modern Soulslike experiences for fans of demanding action RPGs.

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The mission will mark NASA's first crewed test of laser communications in lunar orbit. O2O will use infrared light instead of radio frequencies to transmit voice, mission data, and high-resolution video back to Earth. While the technology has been tested on seven prior uncrewed missions, Artemis II is the first to...

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Reddit user golfwang999 revealed the end of the PlayStation 3's Netflix app in a post on the site. The message, which is shown on what looks like an era-appropriate Philips CRT TV, confirms the app's imminent demise and advises users to visit Netflix's list of supported devices.

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Q4 revenue grew 34 percent year over year to $10.27 billion, while GAAP profits rose 44 percent to $5.57 billion. Gross margin improved from 51 percent to 54 percent, and operating income increased to $1.75 billion from $871 million. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) reached $0.92, up from $0.29 in Q4 2024.

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WinRAR 7.20 delivers faster handling of large archives, especially when deleting files or opening ZIPs with massive file counts. The update also enhances automation with smarter archive naming masks, expanded command-line switches, and faster extraction for TAR-based formats.

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In France, one of the internet's oldest privacy tools may soon become the focus of a national policy debate. Weeks after lawmakers approved a bill to block social media access for anyone under 15, the French government signaled that virtual private networks could be next on its regulatory agenda.

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Adobe recently announced that Adobe Animate would soon enter its "end-of-life" phase, meaning customers would eventually lose access to both the software and any project files stored in the cloud. The announcement triggered a massive backlash, with many users pointing to the tool's continued and widespread popularity across a range...

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The new High Bandwidth Drive concept represents a shift in how data moves between platters and the interface. Instead of the standard one-head-per-surface design that reads or writes sequentially, the new approach allows multiple read/write heads to operate in parallel across several tracks.

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Zelnick was responding to a question about Google's Project Genie AI tool. Announced last week, the experimental system transforms simple text instructions into short, explorable video environments – interactive worlds, essentially.

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The new standard stems from growing safety concerns. While retractable or hidden handles improve airflow and aesthetics, they can become a deadly obstacle in emergencies.

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Steven Allison, the Epic Games Store's vice president and general manager, conceded that the launcher boots and responds to user input more sluggishly than Steam. To address complaints that have persisted for years, the company is completely rebuilding the client's backend. "We're ripping the guts out of the Epic Games...

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Following a reported 5 – 10% increase in pricing last month, AMD board partners are expected to introduce a second hike this month or in March. It's unclear how large this new increase will be, but any price hike by AIB partners will make RX 9000-series graphics cards even more expensive.

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The relationship between AMD and Microsoft dates back more than a decade, with the Xbox One, Series X, and Series S generations built on custom AMD silicon. Each iteration has relied on a system-on-chip (SoC) built around AMD's CPU and GPU cores, blending x86 architecture with Radeon graphics on a...

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Spain's under-16 ban, which still requires parliamentary approval, is part of a series of measures announced by prime minister Pedro Sánchez.

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How well does AMD's FSR 4 upscaling perform compared to Nvidia's latest DLSS 4.5? Is AMD still relatively close to Nvidia in image quality, or has FSR fallen further behind? Let's find out.

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Fake SSDs used to be easy to catch. Operating systems or common diagnostic tools would quickly expose them as something other than what the sticker claimed. Today's counterfeits, however, are far more convincing, often looking legitimate until buyers start noticing performance that feels way off.

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Everyone uses "cloud computing"… but almost nobody knows who actually coined the term. Take a guess.

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VMware Workstation Pro 25H2 focuses on platform updates, adding USB 3.2 support, newer virtual hardware, improved Hyper-V detection, and compatibility with recent Linux releases like Debian 13, Fedora 42, and RHEL 10, plus a new dictTool utility for working with configuration files.

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Intel released the 80286 processor on February 1, 1982, making the CPU 44 years old. According to the company, the 16-bit chip represented a significant evolution in the personal computing industry. It introduced several innovative features for advanced computing applications and was considerably faster than the 8086.

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During his time as HP CEO, he helped the company expand beyond its traditional PC and printing businesses into services and subscriptions. HP has also made strides in AI-enabled offerings under his leadership.

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Every time a computer receives a network packet, completes a disk write, or a user moves the mouse, the processor handles an event known as an interrupt – a low-level signal that requires switching between user code and system code. For more than four decades, this process has been managed...

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The Granite Rapids-WS lineup is designed for Intel's high-end W890 workstation platform and consists of 11 SKUs, including six X-series models with unlocked multipliers and five mainstream models without the X suffix. The full lineup includes the Xeon 698X, 696X, 678X, 676X, 674X, 658X, 656, 654, 638, 636, and 634.

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The newly added AWD variant offers 294 miles of range, a top speed of 125 mph, and can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds. These figures place it squarely between the rear-wheel-drive base model, which starts at $39,990, and the higher-end Performance trim. The configuration resembles Tesla's recent Standard range offerings, designed for...

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Users on X can now prompt Grok to generate clips up to 10 seconds long and at resolutions up to 720p. xAI announced that users have created approximately 1.245 billion videos over the past 30 days. In the hours since the release of version 1.0, users have already begun posting videos showcasing its advancements.

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The US smartphone market was dragged down in Q4 due to the sub-$300 segment declining 7%, writes Counterpoint Research.

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Build 26300.7674 is the first public test of what's expected to become the major feature update for 2026. Unlike routine quality improvements, this new release is designed to bring deeper system-level changes, particularly around Copilot.

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Nintendo's latest financial results revealed that the original Switch hybrid sold 1.36 million units in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 that ended on December 31, 2025.

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Recent videos from Sega Saturn homebrew specialist XL2 showcase a rudimentary implementation of ray tracing running on Sega's CD-ROM console, which launched in 1994. While the second demo uses an emulator, the first manages the feat on real hardware.

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David Michaud-Cromp, level design team lead at Ubisoft Montreal, says he was placed on unpaid disciplinary suspension last week for publicly speaking out against the company's RTO plans. Ubisoft is forcing employees back into the office full-time five days per week, with a limited number of annual remote work days...

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SpaceX has filed for permission to launch up to 1 million satellites configured as "orbital data centers." These spacecraft would operate in low Earth orbit between roughly 500 and 2,000 kilometers in a mix of low-inclination and Sun-synchronous planes, forming a dense, solar-powered compute mesh interconnected by high-bandwidth links.

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In 2025, employers said artificial intelligence played a role in more than 50,000 planned job cuts, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That puts AI among the most commonly cited reasons for workforce reductions, alongside familiar corporate standbys like cost-cutting, restructuring, and shifting demand.

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The IRIS2 constellation of orbiting satellites started coming online just a few days ago. EU officials have announced that member states can now begin accessing the network, which is positioned as Europe's answer to SpaceX's Starlink when it comes to reliable satellite internet connectivity.

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Upton revisited the matter in recent correspondence. In some cases, he said, the cost of parts more than doubled over the last quarter. Left with no other option, Raspberry Pi is having to increase its own prices yet again – a move that will impact most of the company's product lines.

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Elsewhere, you'll find RGB-lit Hall-effect joysticks and standard Hall-effect triggers for precision control, crystal-textured transparent face buttons, and a 4,700mAh high-capacity battery for "extended" gaming sessions. Ayaneo didn't provide battery life estimates, but the handheld does support PD fast charging to reduce downtime.

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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) recently announced the launch of a new heat exchange system connected to the Large Hadron Collider. The system is designed to reuse the hot water that cools the LHC, providing a low-cost and environmentally sustainable source of heat for nearby residents.

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Notepad++ reports that attackers compromised its former ISP in 2025 and redirected app update traffic to malicious servers without exploiting the editor's code itself – an incident we reported last month. The project has since migrated to a new host and strengthened update verification. Users must manually update to Notepad++ 8.9.1 to receive the latest security fixes.

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Calibre 9.1 introduces a new virtual bookshelf view that displays book spines on digital shelves, along with an Edit Book button that lets users jump directly into editing supported ebook formats from their current reading position. The update also brings refinements such as adjustable chat font sizes and updated Kobo compatibility.

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Puget writes that it bases its reliability report on internal burn-in results and RMA records. The company stresses that its stricter standards mean the failure rates may be higher than industry standards and the information is based on its own systems, so it doesn't represent the industry as a whole.

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Sources have told The Wall Street Journal that Apple has begun exploring the idea of sourcing certain processors from other foundries. The discussions appear to focus on the lower end of its product lineup – chips where absolute performance and power efficiency are less dependent on bleeding-edge fabrication technology. No...

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Originally filed in February 2023, Sony's patent was issued last week (spotted by Insider Gaming).

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In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated that the book-style foldable is on track to be released in the second half of this year. He also claimed that the clamshell device will likely be the second foldable in the company's portfolio.

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When LG introduced the 88-inch Z9, it became the face of 8K OLED innovation – a rare product that combined cutting-edge self-emissive technology with a linear resolution twice that of 4K.

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From May 2022 through April 2023, Ding exploited his privileged access as a Google engineer to move more than 2,000 pages of confidential internal documents from Google's secure networks into his personal Google Cloud account.

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The technology, developed by Seattle-based startup OneCourt, resembles a thick tablet etched with raised outlines of a football field. Beneath those lines, sensors pulse in patterns that reflect what's unfolding on the gridiron: the snap of the ball, a quarterback's throw, a tackle, a touchdown. In the same moment, synced...

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AMD hit a record CPU share in the Steam hardware and software survey in December. The 43.53% (a figure that had been higher before Valve corrected it) of participants with Team Red processors in their devices meant AMD was closer than ever to passing the 50% milestone and overtaking Intel.

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Speaking on podcast TBPN, Gurman said Apple "runs on Anthropic at this point," describing custom versions of Claude, Anthropic's flagship large language model, running on Apple's own servers.

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