TAT-8 was the eighth Trans-Atlantic Telephone system and the first to replace copper transmission with single-mode optical fiber between the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The system used 1.3-micrometer single-mode fiber and optoelectronic repeaters operating at roughly 280 Mbit/s.

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The achievement, confirmed by ASML technologists Michael Purvis and Teun van Gogh, does not involve a proof-of-concept demonstration or a short-lived experiment. The company says the new light source operates under factory-ready conditions and could be deployed in commercial systems later this decade. It represents a strong response to growing...

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Linux 7.0 is officially taking shape with the release of the first release candidate. The new kernel lays the groundwork for upcoming distros like Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44, while delivering broad hardware enablement for Intel's next-gen CPUs, AMD Zen 6 and new GPUs, and expanding support for Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms. Beyond hardware, Linux 7.0 brings meaningful file system and performance improvements, continued Rust integration, and a long list of under-the-hood optimizations.

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Goldman Sachs analysts have suggested that the impact of AI on the US economy was "basically zero" in 2025. The investment bank argued that large language models, chatbots, and other AI-related technologies did not meaningfully contribute to the country's officially recorded 2.2 percent GDP growth last year. Unsurprisingly, the claim...

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The "Block AI Enhancements" toggle was originally introduced in Firefox 148 Nightly in January following significant community backlash after Mozilla's new CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, announced plans to add AI features to Firefox. With Firefox 148 now rolling out to the stable channel, the feature is available to users across all release channels.

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The San Francisco – based company's new venture is designed to serve as a comprehensive support hub for commercial self-driving fleets. The division will offer a range of services, including insurance coverage, roadside assistance, and "AV mission control" – a software layer that enables fleet operators to monitor vehicles and...

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Under the new arrangement, Skyworth takes full responsibility for manufacturing, sales, and logistics across North America and Europe. Panasonic will remain involved in product design, image processing, and quality assurance – areas where it still claims deep expertise – but physical production and go-to-market execution shift entirely to Shenzhen.

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The most anticipated game in recent memory, Grand Theft Auto 6, finally arrives on November 19 – barring any more unexpected delays.

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Sources recently informed Windows Central that Xbox Insiders who own Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming PCs can test a feature that uses the system's embedded NPU to capture notable gaming moments. The functionality works without interrupting gameplay.

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The decision comes after internal debate stretching more than a year, according to CEO Stephan Winkelmann. Market testing and dealer consultations showed that Lamborghini's core buyers, many of whom collect combustion-powered models for their mechanical character and sensory appeal, had little enthusiasm for a sleek grand tourer without a V8...

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Intel is looking for a new Senior CPU Verification Engineer, a highly skilled position that could introduce some massive changes in the company's upcoming CPUs. The new hire is expected to work together with the "Unified Core" team, a group that has not officially been introduced. Regardless, Intel is working...

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Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company's CoreAI Product president, Asha Sharma, had become the head of Xbox, replacing the retiring Phil Spencer. The news came as a surprise: former Xbox president Sarah Bond, who has now resigned from Microsoft, was expected to be the 38-year veteran's...

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An AI strategist recently demonstrated to The Verge how he accidentally gained sweeping control over thousands of DJI robot vacuums and other connected devices scattered across the globe. A remote-control app he had vibe-coded gave him visibility into strangers' homes, revealed their locations, and allowed him to command their vacuums...

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The announcement came from Sabih Khan, Apple's chief operating officer. During a tour of the Foxconn facility in North Houston, Khan told The Wall Street Journal, "We're very excited to tell you that later this year we will be beginning Mac mini manufacturing right here in this space."

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The research shows that the main driver behind this growth was subscription-based gaming. Non-mobile subscription services generated $596 million in revenue during the month, up 23% year-over-year.

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It may not be the best year to upgrade your PC, but 2026 is packed with games worth the wait. From long-awaited reboots to bold new IP, here are the PC titles we can't stop watching this year.

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The shift began in Maine in 2002, when then-Governor Angus King launched a program that put Apple laptops in the hands of every middle schooler.

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Nvidia is known to be collaborating with MediaTek to develop its N1 and N1X PC SoCs, which integrate CPU, GPU, and NPU components into a single chip. Major PC makers such as Dell and Lenovo are reportedly working on several laptops powered by the new processors, with launches expected in...

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Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing. According to unnamed sources cited by Windows Latest, the application will soon support inserting images into text-based documents.

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In sharing the story, Redditor cgtechuk said he was running out of space after upgrading to four 16TB drives purchased from Amazon UK in 2020. Unfortunately, the 28TB replacement drives he had been eyeing were skyrocketing in price locally. Having previously purchased hardware in the US before, he decided to...

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The design replaces the complex, flammable chemistry of lithium-ion batteries with an electrolyte that's as safe as saltwater. In lab tests, the prototype endured more than 120,000 charge cycles, an endurance record that far exceeds today's commercial standards. Typical electric-vehicle batteries degrade after just a few thousand cycles – even...

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Colorado's HB26-1144 bill would expand the state's firearms rules to cover "3-dimensional printing," defined to include additive printing and subtractive manufacturing (CNC milling is covered, too).

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Through a partnership between the Interim Computer Museum (ICM) and SDF.org, twenty-eight vintage computing systems – some emulated, some partially hardware-based, and some running on original machines – are now accessible to the public through a web portal.

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The team, based at MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories, demonstrated the system by printing an electric linear motor – the type that generates straight-line motion instead of spinning a shaft.

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In a small lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clusters of mouse brain cells have taken on a task normally reserved for computer algorithms: keeping a simulated pole balanced upright. The experiment, which used real biological tissue to tackle a classic test problem in control engineering, shows that...

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Altman launched his tirade at the India AI Impact summit during an interview with The Indian Express.

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Microsoft PowerToys packs more than 30 utilities into a single toolbox, but not all of them are worth using. These 11 stand out as genuinely useful, and a few others you can safely ignore.

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On February 19, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fell back toward Earth, its fiery descent slicing across Europe's night sky. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Germany captured the event using their lidar system, running it during the predicted reentry window. A new study published in...

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Although Mojang has not provided a precise timeline for transitioning Minecraft to Vulkan, players and modders can begin testing the new renderer in Java Edition in the coming months. To ensure a smooth transition for Java Minecraft's robust modding community, the company will initially release updates on OpenGL and Vulkan,...

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University of Surrey researchers discovered a compound known as nanostructured sodium vanadate hydrate (NVOH) – a layered sodium-based material that naturally contains water within its crystalline structure. Traditionally, researchers treat such compounds with heat to evaporate that water, assuming it weakens the material's stability. The Surrey team tested that assumption...

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Update (Feb 24): ComputerBase is monitoring the situation (translated from German). On both instances, Asus.de and Acer.de websites are usable again after 10 days of downtime. However, both PC makers have removed content affected by the patent dispute, online stores are usable but limited in selection, while making drivers and...

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MSI's RTX 5090 Lightning Z is a limited-run halo product built without practical constraints. We test its thermals, power draw, and performance to see what's possible at the extreme end of GPU design.

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AMD teamed up with two well-known overclockers, Bill Alverson (aka "Sampson") and Splave, to push a Radeon RX 9060 XT to 4,769 MHz. That's a new world record for GPU frequency – and it wasn't even close to the previous mark.

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What originated as a narrow procurement notice has grown into a broader effort that links machine-learning models with government and commercial records, creating an enforcement infrastructure with few historical parallels. As the software moves from early pilot to wider operational use, the arguments around it have hardened.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced that the company's CoreAI Product president, Asha Sharma, has become the CEO of Xbox, replacing retiring Xbox boss Phil Spencer.

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Banks across the United States are grappling with a wave of physical malware attacks on their ATMs, according to a new cybersecurity alert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The agency's report warns that attackers are bypassing both digital and physical safeguards by exploiting outdated technology and generic maintenance hardware...

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During an interview with Automaton, Final Fantasy 7 Remake game director Naoki Hamaguchi explained why Square Enix is developing "PC first" and how it benefits all platforms. He said that by creating assets for the highest-end environments first, the FF7R team avoids being constrained by lower-end hardware. Once the high-end...

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For six decades, the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Claxton, Tennessee, powered a region on fossil fuel. Last year, the plant was decommissioned, collapsing the plant's twin smokestacks in a controlled demolition. Their fall didn't just erase a landmark from the Tennessee skyline; it symbolized the state's newly emerging role...

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A Reddit user recently visited the Napa Valley location where the "Bliss" wallpaper was photographed. The view now closely matches the original image, which became a technology icon after Microsoft chose it as the default wallpaper for Windows XP.

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Tesla's latest features an estimated 325 miles of range and features coil springs with adaptive damping, steer-by-wire with four wheel steering, a powered frunk, and heated first-row seats. The 6' x 4' bed includes a powered tonneau cover and multiple power outlets (two 120v and one 240v) with Powershare capability....

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Think you can quickly identify fake faces generated by AI models? Think again. According to a recently published study by Australian researchers, AI-generated faces are now essentially too difficult to spot – except for a small minority of people who are exceptionally skilled at analyzing facial features. As a result,...

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Using data transmitted wirelessly from roughly one million PHEVs produced between 2021 and 2023, the researchers measured actual fuel consumption across diverse driving conditions and found an average of six liters per 100 kilometers – roughly three times the officially certified figures.

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According to Vijaya Kaza, Google's VP of app and ecosystem trust, the company rejected more than 1.75 million potentially harmful apps during the review process and blocked over 80,000 developer accounts for various policy violations. Both figures are significantly lower than in 2024, when 2.36 million apps were rejected and 158,000 developer accounts were blocked.

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It is a crucial component in superconducting quantum architectures, where even minimal noise can overwhelm a qubit's delicate state. In conventional designs, energy losses in dielectric materials have been a primary source of excess noise, adding more than a photon's worth during amplification and blurring qubit measurement results.

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Razer's new keyboard is essentially an upgraded Huntsman V3 Pro, which itself is an excellent device that carries a $250 MSRP. The first production run will be limited to 1,337 individually numbered units.

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One disruption occurred in mid-December, when AWS engineers allowed internal AI assistant Kiro to implement system changes without human intervention. According to four people familiar with the matter, the agent determined that the best course of action was to delete and recreate the environment for an AWS system that lets...

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A team of astronomers led by David Li has recently confirmed the discovery of ten potential "dark galaxies," where starlight is so faint that it's extremely difficult to detect anything with traditional observatories. The new list also includes Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), a celestial structure that might be composed of...

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Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, recently noted that while some of the company's remote-assistance (RA) contractors work in the US, many operate from other countries, such as the Philippines.

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Last summer, Netgear tried something unconventional. Instead of relying solely on law firms and cyber investigators, it recruited a teenager. Wyatt, a 16-year-old high school student interning with the company through a family connection, was given a simple but risky assignment: make contact with the scammers themselves.

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SignalRGB is a free app that makes RGB chaos manageable, letting you sync lighting effects across keyboards, mice, RAM, fans, and other PC gear – even when it's all from different brands. This update polishes the UI, fixes bugs, and expands compatibility with dozens of new devices.

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There have been several reports over the last week from users without Google accounts complaining that they are now seeing a limited view mode in Google Maps.

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Unsealed in the Northern District of California, the 14-count indictment names Samaneh Ghandali, 41, her sister Soroor Ghandali, 32, and Samaneh's husband, Mohammadjavad Khosravi, 40. All three are Iranian nationals.

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According to well-known leaker HXL, Zen 6 will span four single-CCD processor variants alongside three higher-end dual-CCD designs. While the exact Ryzen branding for each chip hasn't been disclosed, the rumored Ryzen 10000 series lineup appears to back earlier whispers that AMD's next flagship desktop CPU will push core counts...

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At the center of this effort is a new feature called Ask Copilot, which effectively turns the traditional Windows search bar into a gateway for Microsoft 365's AI services. Once enabled, it replaces Windows Search and introduces an @ command syntax that feels closer to tagging someone in a chat...

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According to unnamed sources cited by Reuters, officials developing the portal plan to route all incoming traffic through US-based VPN servers, ensuring that visitors cannot be personally identified. The sources added that user activity will not be tracked on the site.

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Microsoft has been developing Project Silica for years, transforming glass into permanent storage media capable of retaining digital data for up to 10,000 years. The company recently highlighted its latest advancements, including significant improvements in cost, performance, and storage complexity.

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Chrome has received a trio of new productivity upgrades on the desktop. The browser's new built-in split view lets you run two tabs side by side without juggling windows, while its PDF viewer can now handle highlights, notes, and even signatures. There's also a new 'Save to Google Drive' option that sends docs to the cloud into a dedicated folder.

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