Honda wants to turn highways into giant wireless chargers for electric trucks while they drive
Buried charging coils could deliver up to 150 kW without forcing trucks to stop.
VMware licensing costs are driving customers toward multi-hypervisor and container strategies
Higher licensing costs drove 90% of survey respondents to explore alternatives
Microsoft's Windows and Surface event starts at 10 am PT/ 1 pm ET – watch it live here for more on RTX Spark
Expect more details on the Surface Laptop Ultra, RTX Spark hardware, Windows AI features, pricing, and release dates
Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $29. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 85% off the regular price.
Samsung 9100 Pro SSDs are on sale at Amazon, 1TB drive is back near its launch price
In a NAND price spike, a discount on a latest-gen SSD is rare relief
Norway wants to temporarily ban smart glasses in parks, beaches, and schools
The pause is meant to buy time for an informed debate and a permanent law
The Worst Spectacle: Smart glasses are becoming an increasingly popular wearable for use in public, and privacy is paying the price. Authorities are looking for new regulatory frameworks to curb abuse, and Norway may already be ahead of the pack.
PSA: Google Chrome 155 update patches 247 security flaws, some critical
Chrome 155.0.8059.40 fixes 247 security vulnerabilities, including four rated Critical and dozens rated High. The most serious are use-after-free flaws affecting Chromecast, Browser, Navigation, and Track, with additional fixes across V8, WebRTC, PDF, WebGL, Media, and ANGLE. Given their severity, users should update Chrome as soon as possible.
Sam Altman says the world should accept some "bad things" happening because of AI
OpenAI's CEO argues the technology will ultimately do "orders of magnitude" more good than bad
AMD vows to massively increase chip supply in 2027 as AI demand keeps growing
AI demand continues to outpace supply, driving prices through the roof
Tech deals on Prime Day 2026: the deals are here, but the bargains are thin
We filtered out the recycled prices and weak discounts to find the deals worth your time
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The Witcher 3 Remastered GPU Benchmark
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The GPU Madness Has Come to This: 9070 XT vs. 5060 Ti 16GB
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AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB: It's a Scam
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Meet Jev: A New Kind of AI Model From One of ChatGPT's Co-Creators
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Nokia 3310 & 5110: The Indestructible Phones Before the Internet
GameStop is selling refurbished PS5 Pros for $1,399, as if that were a deal
A used PS5 Pro now costs 55% more than a new one at MSRP
Utah will become first state to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight
The pilot could offer an early glimpse of how AI might take over some routine medical care
This script removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27 and frees up 12 GB of storage
RemoveMacAI disables built-in AI features, deletes the models, and blocks redownloads
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops to $429 with a free $70 MSI AIO cooler and Onimusha game
That's $140 worth of extras on top of the gaming CPU king
Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings
Only 36% of surveyed retailers plan to invest in the technology this year
Google analyzed 5 years of Flights data, says buying on a specific weekday won't save you money
To save on holiday flights, book Thanksgiving about 34 days out and Christmas about 56 days out
Gears of War: E-Day GPU Benchmark: 44 GPUs Tested
We tested 44 GPUs in Gears of War: E-Day at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K to see what it takes to run the game well, how 8GB cards hold up, and whether upscaling makes Ultra settings practical.
Which AMD CPUs were famously unlocked for overclocking using the "pencil trick"?
Fun fact: The "pencil trick" involved drawing over tiny laser-cut L1 bridges with graphite to re-enable locked multipliers on certain CPUs.
Google pauses bug bounties for open source because AI slop reports are drowning its reviewers
Microsoft Edge and Linux face the same problem, and smaller projects have banned AI-generated contributions altogether
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POWER-HUNGRY PCS
German utility launches dedicated electricity tariff for gamers
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Google cleared 300 hectares of Finnish forest for a data center, and regulators want answers
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HARDWARE
Steam survey shows 32GB RAM overtaking 16GB despite the massive price surge
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Federal judge calls license plate readers unconstitutional
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A Riot ban may have followed a used Ryzen CPU to its new owner
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Buying an RTX 5090 in the US now means signing a form promising it won't leave the country
Qualcomm signs its first 5G patent deal with Huawei, and agrees to buy some of its US patents
The deal needs regulatory approval, since Huawei has been on the US Entity List since 2019
Google cleared 300 hectares of Finnish forest for a data center, and regulators want answers
Finland's regulator says the environmental review came too late, Google says it followed the law
RevPDF is a free Adobe Acrobat alternative that works offline
RevPDF is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, offering PDF editing, OCR, conversion, forms, compression, and more, with all processing done on your device. Version 5.0 adds WYSIWYG text editing, PDF-to-Excel conversion, and improved Word exports.
RTX 5090 modder claims to have solved melting power connectors with auxiliary 8-pin board
The mod spreads power draw across three sets of cables
Amazon is spending $1 billion to win over towns fighting its data centers
AWS CEO says the US "can't afford to lose" the AI race, blames "misinformation" for fueling opposition
Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will become SpaceXSI as Trump pushes to use "Super Intelligence" over AI
Musk says "No more AI" as he embraces the new SI label
Blue Origin reveals 65-foot solar tower designed to power future bases on the Moon
The Power Tower is designed to generate more than 10 kilowatts
This open-source tool aims to eliminate shader compilation stutter in PC games
SCSKiller pre-compiles shaders for DirectX 11 and 12 games on AMD and Nvidia GPUs
Avengers: Endgame overtakes Avatar again to become the highest-grossing movie of all time
The film's worldwide total has reached $2.9255 billion, edging past James Cameron's blockbuster
Microsoft's fix for shader compilation wait is coming to Nvidia, Intel, and Qualcomm GPUs
Advanced Shader Delivery sends precompiled shaders from the cloud
German utility launches dedicated electricity tariff for gamers with power-hungry PCs
With consumption presets ranging from 2,500 to 5,000 kWh per year, the offer targets everyone from casual players to shared gaming homes.
Steam is on track to top $20 billion in revenue for the first time
Free-to-play games made Steam almost $168 million in September, without a single new release
Bottom line: Steam is on course to generate more than $20 billion in gross revenue in 2026, a first for the platform, after posting record results for September and the third quarter, according to estimates from Alinea Analytics. The gains came from a mix of new releases, established franchises and free-to-play games that keep drawing spending long after launch. With one quarter left, Valve's PC gaming platform needs roughly $3.5 billion to reach the milestone.
Sony's quiet PS5 Slim revision shows how consoles keep changing long after launch
Teardown of a Wolverine bundle console reveals a new EDM-051 motherboard with a redesigned liquid metal barrier
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