Free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads could arrive in the coming weeks
Microsoft is seemingly shifting toward a hardware agnostic model
Windows 95 had a secret restart trick most people never knew
An oft forgotten "feature" in the ancient OS
Why Silicon Valley is losing faith in the American dream
The same forces driving record valuations are fueling doubts about middle-class survival
Microsoft Office is down to $35 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying any subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $35. All the essential tools you need for work or personal projects at over 80% off the regular price.
TCL will take over Sony's home entertainment division, including Bravia TV line
TCL will control 51% of the new joint venture
New chips, new designs, and bold prototypes defined PCs at CES 2026
The takeaway: If you've ever been to a CES in Las Vegas, you know how easy it is to get lost – not only amongst the convention halls, hotels, and meeting rooms, but also in the noise of all the announcements made at the event. Breaking through the nearly overwhelming tsunami of show news is no easy task, but with the benefit of a week to reflect on it all, it's clear that the PC category was unquestionably a big and successful part of the news story from the event.
TSMC struggles to meet surging AI chip demand amid data center boom
Ripple effect: While critics and PC enthusiasts are cheering for the AI bubble to burst, Big Tech and enterprise ventures cannot buy AI accelerators fast enough. In fact, even one of the world's most important chip manufacturers is now facing significant issues with its ability to meet customer demand.
NYSE is testing a new blockchain platform for 24/7 trading
Wall Street is inching toward a tokenized, always-on stock market
PowerToys adds new CursorWrap utility, upgrades Command Palette
PowerToys 0.97.0 focuses on expanding the Command Palette with deeper customization and new built-in extensions. The release also introduces CursorWrap, a new mouse utility aimed at improving navigation on multi-monitor setups.
Acer's Predator X27U gaming OLED sees significant price drop to $429
The Acer Predator X27U OLED is a 27" 1440p gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate. It delivers excellent motion clarity, deep contrast, and fast response times. When we reviewed it two years ago, its $1,000 MSRP limited its value, but at $429, the X27U is far easier to recommend.
Most plug-in hybrid drivers don't charge their cars, undermining the benefits
The biggest problem with plug-in hybrids isn't the technology
Pepper spray drones are Japan's newest tool against bear attacks
A response to rising encounters and record fatalities
Scientists infected bacteria in space, and evolution took a new path
The absence of gravity changed infection, mutation, and survival strategies
Realme says its 10,001mAh P4 Power phone can last nearly four days
It's not a brick, either
Data centers are now the fastest-growing part of US construction
Amazon, Google, and Oracle continue to bankroll enormous projects despite inflation and tariffs
AI hype meets reality as majority of CEOs report no financial returns
Most businesses are still waiting for AI to boost revenue and cut costs
Researchers build a stretchable OLED that can double in size without dimming
New material pairing doubles elasticity while maintaining record brightness levels in next-gen displays
Microsoft rushes out emergency updates to fix a broken Windows Patch Tuesday
Microsoft breaks Windows again
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FLUID DYNAMICS
Liquid gears could challenge 5,000 years of mechanical engineering
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AI MONEY
Wikipedia is now getting paid by Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity
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WTF
Jensen Huang says negativity around AI is hurting society and has "done a lot of damage"
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INTEL SAYS...
Laptop makers have about a year of stock to ride out the RAM crunch
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HEALTHCARE
Scientists create a spray-on powder that seals life-threatening wounds in seconds
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FUTUROLOGY
Researchers beam energy from a moving aircraft to test space solar power
Data shows half of all crypto tokens have gone dark, and 2025 was the worst year yet
Crypto's biggest problem might be too much crypto
The memory shortage is driving up prices for SSDs, GPUs, and hard drives – even phone makers are cutting projections
Building or upgrading a PC is getting a lot more expensive
A new Wine update could finally bring Adobe Photoshop to Linux
One developer is taking on Linux's most stubborn compatibility problem
Forward-looking: Linux powers the vast majority of the world's computing infrastructure, yet it has long struggled to gain traction with everyday users – and with creative professionals, where macOS often holds an edge over Windows. That could change in the near future if one developer's work is accepted into Wine's codebase.
EPA shuts down xAI's off-grid turbine loophole at Colossus data center in Memphis
EPA says gas turbines must meet federal clean air rules
Elon Musk says OpenAI and Microsoft owe him $134 billion in "wrongful gains"
Musk claims the companies profited from his early contributions
This humanoid robot learned realistic lip movements by watching YouTube
The technology could redefine how machines express emotion and interact with people
Something to look forward to: Inside a Columbia University engineering lab, a humanoid robot has learned to move its lips with previously unseen realism. The project, led by the Creative Machines Lab, represents the first time an autonomous system has acquired natural lip movement for speaking and singing through visual learning alone.
CD Projekt Red says the Witcher games have sold over 85 million copies as Witcher 3 expansion rumors grow
Several signs point to another Witcher 3 expansion this year
Mercedes is hitting pause on Level 3 hands-off driving, for now
The tech worked, but hardly anyone could actually use it
What just happened? Autonomous driving remains a long-term goal for Mercedes-Benz, but regulatory frameworks continue to limit how and where "eyes-off" systems can operate. For now, the company appears focused on refining solutions that can function reliably within those boundaries rather than pushing prematurely toward full automation.
A modder turned the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2 into one console
The Ningtendo PXBOX 5 shares cooling, power, and a single HDMI output
"Games should never die": Rust dev offers $25M to save Amazon's MMO New World
Amazon's big MMO experiment is coming to an end, unless...
Intel's Tejas CPU aimed for a clock speed so high it was never released. What was the target?
Before multicore took over, around the Pentium 4 era, Intel chased a clock speed so extreme it cancelled the processor outright.
Thousands of players join forces to build New York City in Minecraft at a 1:1 scale
A data-driven effort to map every street, building, and balcony at full scale
Opera browser R3 update expands tab organization and AI integration
Opera One R3 is a major update that adds more customization options to Tab Islands for improved tab management, a faster and more context-aware AI built-in, plus a more versatile sidebar with Google services and expanded split-screen layouts.
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