Apple's bad week: FTC pressure, delayed Siri AI, and a stock sell-off
Apple News faces FTC scrutiny
Sony has an idea to make 300GB game installs less painful
Is asset streaming the right solution to tackle modern gaming gigantism?
Researchers turn Edison's 1879 light bulb into a mini graphene reactor
Early Edison bulbs used filaments made from carefully treated bamboo
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.
Driverless freight hits a new milestone with Aurora's 1,000-mile route
15-hour trips outpace human limits, reshaping logistics efficiency
Automakers lose emissions credits for start-stop technology under new EPA rules
The EPA is taking away what made start-stop unavoidable
Steam will soon let users add hardware specs and performance data to reviews
Valve might begin collecting performance data on a massive scale
Your AI assistant isn't confused, it just wants to agree with you
Why people-pleasing AI keeps changing its answer when you push back
Microsoft Store gets a new command-line interface for power users
Microsoft is still trying to drive adoption of the Microsoft Store
Star Wars: Galactic Racer gameplay trailer revealed alongside PC system requirements
Minimum specs start at an RTX 2060
Death Stranding 2 arrives on PC March 19 with ultrawide and upscaling support
Hour-long Sony stream includes other PC gaming announcements
Spotify says its top engineers haven't written code in months as AI handles development
Is vibe coding actually a flex?
Computer science enrollment falls across the University of California for the first time in 20 years
AI tools and job market uncertainty are reshaping the student pipeline that once powered Silicon Valley
AMD moves closer to open-source firmware with openSIL test, set to replace AGESA
Zen 6 firmware concepts see early testing on the MSI B850-P Pro
Minecraft clone Allumeria was kicked off Steam after an AI bot filed a copyright claim
An automated copyright system nearly erased an indie game
PowerFox brings modern, secure web browsing to classic PowerPC Macs
PowerFox is one of the few actively maintained browsers still supporting macOS 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard. Built for both PowerPC and early Intel Macs, it delivers features long thought impossible on these systems, including TLS 1.3 support, up-to-date certificate handling, and regular security fixes.
Hidden license plate readers in California are feeding a federal surveillance system
The cameras may feed data into a federal predictive surveillance network
Stoat wins traction as users look beyond Discord
Discord's new age-verification requirements have pushed some users to explore alternative chat platforms, and Stoat is emerging as a popular option. The open-source app emphasizes privacy and strong user control. Stoat (formerly Revolt) is available on the web, Windows, macOS, and Linux, with an Android beta now rolling out.
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LAPTOP SUBS
HP's latest offer turns gaming laptops into a monthly subscription
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PRIVACY
Discord's age-check is pushing users elsewhere
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GAMING
Fortnite escalates anti-cheat by mandating Secure Boot, TPM, and IOMMU
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ELECTRONICS
Sony to exit the recordable Blu-ray market in another blow to physical media
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INPUT
Logitech's Pro X2 Superstrike mouse replaces microswitches with electromagnetic analog sensing
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CHIPMAKERS
Intel's 18A process works, now it has to convince the industry
Apple delays Siri AI upgrades again as technical challenges mount
Some functions are likely to be delayed past iOS 26.4 as engineers work through reliability issues
The memory boom is back: Global revenue to reach $551 billion in 2026 as prices skyrocket
The memory market is expected to generate 2.5x the revenue of the wafer foundry industry
UCLA scientists modernize Edison's nickel-iron battery, use it to store solar power
Nature-inspired nanoclusters point to longer-lasting, faster-charging energy storage
The Steam Deck is out of stock as the RAM crunch hits gaming hardware
Is Valve choosing to stock up on memory for its upcoming Steam Machine offering?
AI could wipe out most white-collar jobs within 12 months, Microsoft AI chief warns
Suleyman says lawyers, accountants, and marketers could be at risk
A hot potato: Another big name in the AI industry has given an ominous warning about the technology replacing white-collar jobs. This time, the timeline for the automation apocalypse is a lot closer: Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, thinks AI will replace most white-collar jobs within the next 12 to 18 months.
Wikipedia may remove nearly 700,000 links after Archive.today DDoS fallout
Dispute erupts between popular web archive and independent blogger
John Carmack proposes fiber-optic loops as high-speed AI cache
The legendary developer's tweet sparks renewed interest in delay-line memory ideas for AI
Samsung announces QD-OLED Penta-Tandem branding for its latest five-layer panel tech
Five-layer QD-OLED tech aims to push peak brightness to 4,500 nits
This browser-based tool can fool facial age checks using 3D avatars
No install required: it runs in any modern web browser
Windows Secure Boot certificates are expiring after more than 15 years
Windows 11 and supported Windows 10 PCs will get updates automatically
Ryzen revenue share jumps 14.6% as AMD takes 42.6% of the desktop market
AMD closes out the year with record Ryzen sales
Russian soldiers criticize Telegram slowdown as Moscow blocks WhatsApp
The Kremlin is pushing users toward the state-backed Max app
Legends of Tech: Nintendo Entertainment System
Before the NES, home consoles were a burned market in the US. Nintendo reversed that narrative with games that turned consoles into a global industry again.
Dangerous new spyware can take full control of iPhone and Android devices
A new mobile RAT can read messages, track location, and watch your screen
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