Kids are using fake mustaches, VPNs, and their parents' accounts to get around age verification
30% of surveyed UK children have bypassed age checks, and parents sometimes help them
A government used AI to write its AI regulations. It did not go well
South Africa officials withdrew the draft after discovering it cited at least six academic papers that don't exist
Bazzite 44 brings kernel, desktop, and security updates
Bazzite 44 is a big one. Built on Fedora 44, this gaming-focused Linux distro lands with KDE Plasma 6.6 and Gnome 50, the OGC kernel 6.19, and Mesa 26.0.5 for better GPU support across Vulkan and OpenGL titles. The release also strengthens security with signed ISOs and updates bundled tools.
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 80% off the regular price.
This $88 retro gaming handheld has a screen that rotates on a hinge, because why not
Anbernic RG Rotate launches with 3.5" rotating IPS display, Unisoc T618, and Android 12
The chip industry is booming again, but only for companies building AI infrastructure
Silicon wafer shipments jumped 13% last year, and AI data centers are taking nearly all of it
3DMark tests CPU and GPU performance with modern graphics workloads
3DMark is a widely used benchmarking tool that measures GPU and CPU performance using a range of graphics tests, including modern ray tracing workloads, making it useful for everything from quick system checks to in-depth performance comparisons across different hardware configurations.
AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC is coming in June with 128GB of unified memory and a focus on local AI workloads
Powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units and a 50 TOPS NPU, it's targeting the Nvidia DGX Spark
Trivia: What was the population of the Death Star?
In a galaxy far, far away, the Death Star wasn't just a weapon... it was a monumental achievement of (fictional) engineering and human resource management.
Next-gen MRDIMM standard nears completion targeting 12,800 MT/s DDR5 transfer rates for AI and data center workloads
MRDIMM is going to be even faster, although it's not for consumers
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GPU Pricing Remains Broken, Even if It Has Stopped Getting Worse
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The Handheld Gaming "Holy Grail": FSR 4 INT8, XeFG, and XeLL
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Review: Twice the 3D V-Cache
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Flagship Rematch: Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. Core i9-12900K
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How Intel Got Into Trouble: We Test the Last Decade of Intel Flagship CPUs
The Oscars just declared that AI actors and AI-written scripts can't win awards
Movies can still use AI generation, but acting and screenplay nominations must be tied to human work
That time when a Waymo robotaxi drove off with a passenger's luggage after the trunk failed to unlock at the airport
Jin ended up boarding his flight empty-handed, and Waymo's response: two free rides
Utah just passed the first US law targeting VPN use for age verification
A new Utah law assumes websites can detect VPNs and find your real location. They can't.
Meta says New Mexico lawsuit could force Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp out of the state
Trial could force Meta to add age verification, kill infinite scroll, and limit encryption for minors
A Chinese court just ruled companies can't fire workers simply because AI can replace them
AI automation is a business choice, not a legal excuse for firing staff
This new material could make carbon capture dramatically cheaper by cutting the energy needed to run it
A Japanese team engineered carbon materials that release CO2 below 60°C – low enough to run entirely on industrial waste heat
Steam Survey: AMD's CPU gains stall as Nvidia's final RTX 5000 desktop GPU appears
The Core Ultra 200 Plus effect?
What just happened? The latest Steam survey has dropped. Last month's results show that the final RTX 5000-series desktop card has now entered the main GPU chart, nearly one year after it launched. Elsewhere, Intel's excellent Core Ultra 200 Plus series may have started to influence the CPU results as AMD failed to move the needle in its favor during April.
A startup says it can replace home sprinklers with sound waves. Fire safety experts say show us the data
Sonic Fire Tech uses inaudible low-frequency sound waves to suppress flames without water
This $170 retro-style dock gives your Mac mini a tiny screen and upgradeable storage
A dock that doubles as a tiny second screen
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"Copy Fail" rare Linux bug can turn any user into a root admin
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Early tests show minimal impact from budget HUDIMM DDR5
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Meta contractor fires 1,100 AI trainers after they revealed Ray-Ban glasses recorded intimate footage
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A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down
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AI agent running Claude wiped a startup's DB in 9 seconds
Japan is building military drones out of cardboard, and they're faster and cheaper than you'd expect
Cardboard drones that cost $3,000 and take five minutes to assemble could change how wars are fought
The Sega Genesis is the latest classic console to get the Lego treatment
The new set lets you choose between Genesis and Mega Drive branding, a nice touch for retro fans
This Early Access pirate game was quietly killing your SSD without you knowing
A misconfigured database cache was driving writes of over 108GB per hour, but a patch is already live
The Pentagon just signed AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia - and cut Anthropic out entirely
The US military is bringing AI into classified environments, and it has a very specific list of who's in and who's out
A $7 Raspberry Pi can do something Sony refuses to: give the DualSense wireless haptics on PC
The wireless dongle Sony won't make
GameStop wants to buy eBay in an aggressive pivot to e-commerce
GameStop, a $12 billion company, wants to buy $46 billion eBay
This is Why You Won't Buy a Steam Machine in 2026
Valve's Steam Machine was supposed to be an affordable gaming PC for the living room. Rising memory and storage prices have turned that dream into a pricing nightmare.
Apple's success is running into a familiar problem: not enough chips
A record quarter, a $100 billion buyback, and a CEO transition
"Copy Fail" is a rare Linux bug that can turn an unprivileged user into a root admin in seconds
Affects virtually every Linux distro released in the past nine years, and working exploits were on GitHub within 24 hours
Facepalm: Security researchers recently unveiled "Copy Fail," a bug that could potentially bring the entire Linux ecosystem to a screeching halt. The flaw can be reliably exploited across all Linux-based systems, both on local machines and in cloud environments. Vendors are now scrambling to patch the issue.
The Mac Mini is sold out for "several months" as AI developers snap them up for local agent workloads
Tim Cook admits Apple was caught off guard by Mac Mini demand
Epic Games Store launches on iPhone in Japan, but not one developer has signed on
Currently, only Fortnite and Rocket League Sideswipe are available for download
Samsung's chip profit jumped nearly 50-fold in a single year, execs warn the shortage will get worse
Hyperscalers are absorbing every advanced memory chip Samsung can produce
This ultra-cheap, water-based iron battery could last 16 years without degrading
The all-iron flow battery completed 6,000 cycles with no measurable capacity loss
Forward-looking: Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, but their cost, supply chain issues, and potential to fail in fiery ways make them less than ideal for grid-scale energy storage. Chinese researchers say they have taken a major step toward an alternative in the form of an all-iron flow battery built from cheap, abundant materials and a water-based electrolyte that cannot explode.
A Harvard study shows AI model can outperform physicians in emergency room diagnoses
The hard part is figuring out what to do with that
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