The story began in 2024, when an unnamed company completed a server upgrade. The incoming systems came with higher-capacity memory already installed, rendering the existing modules redundant. 72 sticks of registered DDR4 RAM were set aside for disposal. Before they were scrapped, an employee took them. They eventually passed to...

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Current systems emphasize sight and sound, with some progress in haptics. Smell remains largely absent, despite its unusually strong connection to memory and emotion.

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Before CDs went mainstream, recording one cost a small fortune. Made by Denon in 1991

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Four years on, we revisit the Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Core i9-12900K with modern games and DDR4 vs DDR5 configs. The result: still neck and neck, but memory choice now makes a real difference.

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Silicon Valley startup Sabi is the latest entrant to suggest using the brain as an interface device. The company is developing a noninvasive device that translates internal speech into text. Rather than relying on implanted hardware, Sabi is building a wearable device – initially in the form of a beanie,...

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

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Dutch regional broadcaster Omroep Gelderland reported that one of its journalists tracked HNLMS Evertsen, a Dutch air-defense frigate, during an active deployment in the eastern Mediterranean. The ship was operating to help protect France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle against missile threats when the tracking occurred.

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

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Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimates the Mac Mini accounted for roughly 3% of Apple's US Mac unit sales last year. That position has shifted quickly.

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Statistics from Google show a steady rise in global IPv6 usage, climbing from near zero in early 2012 to 50.1% on March 28, briefly surpassing IPv4. Although the milestone did not hold, usage now hovers between 45% and 50%.

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The storage pricing situation is so bad right now that in some cases using an older expansion card designed for a gaming console can be a better option than purchasing a new SSD. A Reddit user recently shared an experiment with Xbox expansion cards, adapting the seemingly proprietary format for...

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The New Glenn mission, scheduled for Sunday morning, will reuse the same first-stage booster that flew and landed during its second mission last November. That reuse milestone is the focus of the flight, not just the payload. Reusability now sits at the center of launch economics, enabling SpaceX to fly...

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Prominent leaker MEGAsizeGPU recently claimed that a long-rumored version of Nvidia's RTX 5050 with increased memory capacity has been delayed and might never see release. Meanwhile, the still-popular RTX 3060, originally expected to have returned to the market by now, could instead fill the gap in the release schedule in June.

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Before clean installs, dual-boot menus, and cloud everything, there was that first encounter, the moment you realized a computer wasn't just hardware, it was a system with a personality.

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Set to launch on November 12, the NeoGeo AES+ will be available in Standard and 35th Anniversary editions priced at $249.99 / £179.99 / €199.99, with an Ultimate Edition bundle already listed through Plaion's storefront. The exterior closely mirrors the 1990 model, but the internal changes are aimed at aligning...

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

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

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Nichiporchik said the increase came from new players who tried the game for free and then paid for additional content. The strategy relies less on the free offer itself and more on whether the game can retain players long enough for them to make a purchase. In this case, Graveyard...

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Prominent leaker HXL recently shared a photo of AMD marketing material advertising a 10th-anniversary edition of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, planned for the second quarter of this year. While celebrating the 10th anniversary of the company's popular socket platform is a fitting pretext, the well-regarded chip would likely also...

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The demonstration centers on a controlled track test in which the robot passes a speed-measurement device at peak velocity. Unitree says the measurement may not be exact, but the result still suggests a sharp increase in how fast humanoid robots can move. The company describes the robot as achieving "world...

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According to an official DoJ press release, 42-year-old Kejia "Tony" Wang of Edison, NJ, has been sentenced to nine years in prison, while 39-year-old Zhenxing "Danny" Wang of New Brunswick, NJ, has been sentenced to seven years and nine months in a federal penitentiary for his role in the scheme.

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

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The follow up to 2020's Metro Exodus returns to the subway tunnels beneath post apocalyptic Moscow. Although most of the trailer is pre rendered CGI, a brief segment at the end shows real time gameplay with visuals that appear far more detailed than those in Exodus.

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The Gemini app for macOS gives Google's AI a native home on Apple desktops, with quick access via keyboard shortcuts, tight system integration, and the ability to work with on-screen content, local files, and Google services like Drive and Photos.

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

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The breakthrough addresses a critical structural failure known as delamination, where layers in fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials begin to separate over time. The new composite looks similar to traditional FRPs but is designed to be tougher, making it less prone to cracking or breaking.

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

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Take flash-based memory cards, for example. Building on data from a PCWorld investigation, Tom's Hardware recently found that memory card and USB drive prices have increased by an average of 123% compared to last year. And that's just the median – in one extreme example, a 256GB Lexar Blue microSDXC...

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

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In Western PC markets, titles ranked 21 and below accounted for 56% of spending in 2025, up from 48% in 2022. Most PC revenue now comes from games outside the Top 20. Over the same period, total PC playtime rose 14%. Games below the Top 20 increased their share of...

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PureMac strips system cleanup back to basics, offering full app uninstallation with leftover file removal alongside tools for clearing caches, logs, and other clutter. It's positioned as a free, open-source alternative to CleanMyMac, it runs on-device with no telemetry or subscriptions.

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The scale of this shift came into focus after an exchange at an Airbnb property near New York City, where an AI system speaking for hosts named Alexis and Peter responded to a guest message that appeared to test its system instructions.

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Data miners recently unearthed Steam code suggesting the storefront could soon compare each game's current price with prices from the previous 30 days, likely to warn users if developers recently raised prices ahead of a sale. Steam and other stores have offered similar warnings in Europe since 2023, but the...

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Intel describes Core Series 3 as an upgrade path for small businesses and home users following a typical five-year refresh cycle, offering performance gains over five-year-old PCs and previous-generation low-power Core processors such as Core 7 150U.

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From Kaby Lake to Core Ultra, we revisit Intel's flagship CPUs to see how a decade of design choices shaped performance, power, and ultimately, how the company lost its lead.

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College students who purchase eligible Windows laptops before July 31 can receive a free year of Microsoft 365 Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and a customized Xbox controller. Retailers including Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and Dell are leaning into the promotion, surfacing models designed to rival the MacBook Neo on...

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

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Physical books may seem like an odd market for a tech-first company, but it is perhaps not as far-fetched once you dig in a bit. Spotify already offers audiobooks, and has grown its library from 150,000 titles to over 700,000 in just two years. Offering another way into books complements...

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

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Alienware makes some of the best gaming monitors on the market, though they are not necessarily the cheapest. Now, the Dell-owned brand is taking a different approach by introducing a more affordable QD-OLED monitor with some unusual trade-offs in its hardware specifications. Getting a modern OLED panel for under $500...

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Recordly is a desktop app for recording and editing screen captures with motion-driven presentation tools built in. Recordly has emerged as one of the most compelling free alternatives to paid tools like Screen Studio, offering smooth cursor tracking, automatic zoom effects, and clean motion.

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Under the deal, Meta has committed to an initial deployment of 1 gigawatt of MTIA capacity and plans to ramp to multiple gigawatts of Broadcom-based accelerators as its AI footprint grows. Broadcom said that the chips will be the first AI silicon manufactured on a 2-nanometer process.

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Tiny Corp, the same company that built the tinybox AI accelerator, has written its own Nvidia GPU driver completely from scratch. It's called TinyGPU, and it's an open-source macOS kernel extension. Better yet, Apple has signed off on it. That means you don't need workarounds like setting up a virtual...

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According to Microsoft Executive Vice President Rajesh Jha, AI agents may eventually be required to purchase licenses to use specific software products. Jha proposed this idea during a recent conference, describing a not-so-distant future in which AI agents act as company employees with their own corporate identities.

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In April 2025, von Ahn announced plans for Duolingo to become yet another "AI-first" company, meaning more of the technology being integrated into the platform and the eventual elimination of contract workers. This wasn't a first for von Ahn: in January 2024, 10% of Duolingo's contract workers were laid off...

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