A 300TB pirate archive claims to contain nearly every song ever streamed on Spotify
86 million songs and metadata for almost all of Spotify's 256 million tracks
Viral video asks if you'd take a $240,000 office job or $120,000 remote position
Which would you choose?
Hackers exploited BitLocker in ransomware attack on Romania's water agency
Around 1,000 systems were taken offline across the country
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.
The Modern SD Card Buying Guide: Sizes, Speeds, and Storage Classes
Expandable storage may be disappearing from phones, but SD cards still power consoles, cameras, and more. This guide explains the specs, speeds, and formats that actually matter, so you can buy the right card with confidence.
The FCC just banned foreign-made drones from entering the US
DJI and others may still gain exemptions
What just happened? The FCC has banned new foreign-made drones from being imported into the US over concerns that they present an "unacceptable risk" to national security and the safety and security of US persons. This means drones and related components from the likes of popular Chinese manufacturers DJI and Autel Robotics will not receive FCC approval unless the DoD or DHS recommends them.
Waymo's robotaxis froze when San Francisco's traffic lights went dark
Autonomous vehicles stalled at intersections when traffic signals went dark, forcing the company to pause city operations
Vince Zampella, Call of Duty and Respawn cofounder, has died at 55
Famed producer and director oversaw numerous critically acclaimed shooters
A power outage knocked NIST's internet time servers out of perfect sync
One of the world's most accurate timekeepers may have reliability issues
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Nvidia RTX 5050 vs Intel Arc B580: Budget GPU Battle
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Single Stick vs. Dual Channel RAM: How Much Performance Do You Actually Lose?
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AMD FSR Redstone Looks Sharp on Paper, Plays Rough, Launches Broken
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6 Years of Mid-Range Radeon GPUs Tested: The 9070 Comes Out on Top
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The Best SSDs and Storage - Late 2025 Update
Steam is ending support for 32-bit Windows as it moves fully to 64-bit
Most users should find no difference in the architectural change
Darktable 5.4 adds capture sharpening and film-style tone mapping
Darktable is an open-source alternative to Adobe Lightroom. The latest release brings capture sharpening to the demosaic module to recover detail lost to in-camera blur, alongside a new AgX-based tone mapper inspired by Blender with film-like highlight roll-off and deeper control over contrast and exposure.
No assembly required: Proposed space station fits into one launch
This single-launch space station would save lots of time and money
Atari's video game-themed hotel is finally happening in Phoenix
Better late than never
The first ever webcam was used at Cambridge University, but what was it designed to do?
Computer scientists at Cambridge University deployed the first ever webcam in 1991.
Amazon sold a Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM kit that turned out to be DDR4 in disguise
Another return scam slips through Amazon Warehouse
Nvidia's 100-hour GeForce Now cap hits all users next month – here's how expensive it gets
Extra playtime adds up quickly for heavy users
AMD dominates Amazon's best-selling CPU chart, taking 19 of the top 20 spots
All 14 of Amazon's best-selling processors come from Team Red
Nvidia and SK hynix are building an AI SSD that could be 10x faster
Partnership expands beyond HBM as SK hynix targets 100 million IOPS
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NOBODY WANTS THIS
Firefox will add an AI "kill switch" after community pushback
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SECURITY
These browser extensions protecting your AI chats were actually copying them
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FREEBIES
Epic's free holiday games: RDR 2 could be included
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SCIENCE
Scientists discover gut bacterium 100% effective in destroying cancer cells in rats
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THE (SCAMMY) WEB
Meta knowingly took in billions from scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, says Reuters
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Samsung Exynos 2600: world's first 2nm mobile chip
Gaming demand is driving an OLED monitor boom as Asus overtakes Samsung
OLED monitor shipments jump 84% on high-end gaming and creator demand
A Starlink satellite appears to have exploded and is now spiraling toward Earth
Caused by an internal energy event, not a collision
Terminator 2D: No Fate is a new, brutally old-school shooter
Terminator 2D: No Fate adapts Judgment Day into a 2D action game built around pixel-art visuals, side-scrolling combat, and a notably high difficulty. Reviewers are praising its controls and commitment to arcade-era design.
Russian hackers exploited misconfigured customer devices hosted on AWS for years, Amazon says
Amazon links sustained cyber campaign to Russia's GRU
Apple's App Store "freedom" in Japan comes with strings attached, obviously
Apple allows third-party payments in Japan – for a fee
Trump's new nuclear pilot program is rewriting how reactors get approved
The Energy Department has taken control of testing advanced small reactors, bypassing traditional safety oversight
Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing
Ready to risk breaking your PC hardware just to frag some strangers online?
TikTok has finally agreed to a US sale
The TikTok ban saga ends with a US-led acquisition set to close January 22
Firefox will add an AI "kill switch" after community pushback
Mozilla wants an AI browser, but users may still have control
The Legion Go 2 might ditch Windows for SteamOS – and cost less
Something to look forward to: The Lenovo Legion Go 2 launched earlier this year, featuring AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip and a 144Hz OLED display. While most reviewers liked the hardware, they hated the astronomical pricing that starts at $1,099 and goes all the way up to $1,479. Thankfully, a cheaper version could be on its way next year, with a SteamOS powered variant rumored to debut at CES 2026.
League of Legends is getting a major overhaul that could change everything
A new launcher, new graphics, and accessibility features to attract new players
Starlink drops support for first-generation routers, offers free hardware upgrades
No more software updates for Starlink Gen 1
NOAA's new AI weather system promises faster forecasts with less computing power
It marks a shift from physics-based models to data-trained AI systems
Connecting the dots: Weather forecasts are about to get faster, cheaper, and more AI-powered in the US. NOAA has put a new generation of machine learning weather models into live operation, promising more accurate predictions while using a fraction of the computing power of today's systems. It's a major shift in how the country prepares for storms, heat waves, and other extreme weather.
Honda briefly shut downs factories as Nexperia chip feud isn't over yet
Even basic car chips are caught in a growing international tech dispute
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