This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium
Breakthrough solar desalination system produces fresh water without brine waste
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark chip and up to 128GB of RAM
Microsoft's first real MacBook Pro alternative?
Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home
Deep learning system detects mosquitoes and zaps them with a precision laser
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.
MSI's latest gaming PC ships with LuckyClaw agent and a holographic companion
Just what every gamer wants
The quiet reinvention of search in the age of AI
How APIs and developer tools are quietly reshaping the way search works
United flight turns around after passenger's Bluetooth speaker name triggers security scare
The device's name prompted crews to treat the situation as a potential threat
DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction arrives this August to make ray tracing look cleaner and more stable
The update launches with support for 27 games and promises better image quality without a major performance penalty
Mathematicians used Minecraft mobs to calculate Pi without writing a single line of code
A slime-powered experiment turned creature movement and item drops into a Monte Carlo simulation
AMD at Computex: Ryzen 7 5800X3D revival, 7700X3D launch, Radeon 9070 GRE goes global, AM5 support through 2029
AMD is focusing on cheaper upgrades and longer platform life as PC gaming gets more expensive
Nvidia RTX Spark CPU is now official: "superchip" will power Windows laptops and desktops
Nvidia wants to make your Windows PC an agentic and creator powerhouse
Why it matters: Nvidia just announced what it calls the most efficient PC chip ever built. RTX Spark is a Grace Blackwell system on a chip, 70 billion transistors on TSMC 3nm, with a Blackwell RTX GPU, a 20-core Arm CPU built with MediaTek, and up to 128GB of unified memory. It is purpose-built for agents, and it runs full RTX gaming and creation on the same thin-and-light laptop. It is a genuinely impressive piece of silicon.
Moore's law is hitting a wall, so researchers are stacking silicon chip layers instead of shrinking them
University of Illinois team stacks three active silicon layers on a single chip, achieving 98-100% transistor yield
Forward-looking: For years, the chip industry has chased better performance by shrinking transistors and squeezing more of them onto a flat slice of silicon. That strategy is running into hard limits. A group at the University of Illinois thinks the next gains will come not from going smaller, but from going vertical.
A Trump-linked startup is sending humanoid robots to the Ukraine battlefield
The Phantom MK-1 has already been tested in Ukraine, with more capable models planned for this year
MIT researchers found a way to get lithium out of hard rock without the massive energy bill
Cutting lithium extraction costs nearly in half could change the economics of EV batteries
Fake downloads of popular PC utilities are quietly installing crypto miners on enthusiast PCs
Link poisoning enters the AI era – cryptojackers target GPU owners via chatbots
PSA: PC enthusiasts downloading tools like Display Driver Uninstaller, CrystalDiskInfo, or similar utilities should take a closer look at where those downloads are actually coming from. Microsoft has uncovered an active cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting the kinds of high-end machines most likely to run benchmarking and maintenance software.
California passes bill requiring gun-blocking software in 3D printers
Manufacturers would need to certify compliant models before selling them in California
Nvidia's first consumer CPU in over a decade is coming – and it has RTX cores built in
Microsoft, Nvidia, and Arm tease "new era of PC" at Computex
A Java library just tried to trick AI coding agents into deleting your tests, and it almost worked
Hidden code ignites fierce debate about where anti-AI protest ends and sabotage begins
Sandisk is launching new SATA SSDs in 2026 because NVMe prices are out of control
Old-school SATA storage could become appealing again if Sandisk gets the pricing right
Someone got 26 years of Windows running on a classic IBM ThinkPad T43 without a virtual machine
A bare-metal tour through Windows history
Dell Alienware AW2726DM Review: QD-OLED Gaming for $350
The Dell Alienware AW2726DM makes OLED gaming more accessible than ever with its aggressive $350 price point, while still delivering excellent motion clarity, deep contrast, and 240Hz refresh rates.
Are you actually using AI on your PC?
Beyond the hype, what does AI actually do for you?
Europe fines Temu $232 million over illegal and unsafe product listings
Temu violated the Digital Service Act, and could face multiple fines in a row
DRAM coolers make a comeback: G.Skill and Cooler Master unveil DDR5 kits with built-in fans
A throwback to when DDR3 memory kits shipped with active cooling
Creative launches Sound Blaster AE-X for PC audio enthusiasts
Pump Up the Volume: Creative has added a new model to its renowned Audigy line of discrete Sound Blaster add-in cards. The Sound Blaster AE-X is a "flagship" solution for high-performance computer builds and is intended to provide a premium sound experience – so long as you are willing to pay a substantial price.
The ad-tracking industry is exposing US soldiers on the battlefield
The Pentagon knew phone tracking could expose troops, now it says enemies are doing it
New 7-Zip security flaw could put hundreds of millions of systems at risk
The situation is bad, but a software update is already available
PSA: The widely used 7-Zip utility is once again affected by a potentially dangerous security vulnerability. The open-source file archiver can be exploited to execute malicious code by tricking users into opening specially crafted archives. End users and system administrators are advised to install the latest version of the software as soon as possible.
Windows BitLocker exploit sparks messy feud between Microsoft and the researcher who exposed it
Researcher says Microsoft ignored BitLocker flaw before banning his GitHub account
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 confirmed for October 23, brings the series to Korea
Something to look forward to: Activision has finally pulled back the curtain on Infinity Ward's latest Call of Duty game, confirming prior reports regarding its setting and platform availability. As the franchise takes ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling to a new level, Modern Warfare 4 promises higher technical specifications, a revamped movement system, the return of DMZ mode, and more.
Google engineer arrested for using internal search data to win $1.2 million on Polymarket
He had access to Google's most-searched list before anyone else. He placed $2.7 million in bets. The blockchain remembered everything.
TP-Link's first Wi-Fi 8 router is coming, if the FCC allows it
The Archer 8 is targeting an October 2026 launch, but TP-Link still needs approval to sell new routers in the US
Steam Deck sells out again despite $300 price hike, meanwhile Intel unveils new handheld chip to counter AMD's dominance
New handhelds with Intel Arc G3 are coming next month
Wix lays off 1,000 workers as the AI jobs apocalypse keeps looking very real
Sam Altman said the AI jobs apocalypse had not arrived (yet?)
Apple's on-device AI dream is running into the hard limits of what a phone can do
A hybrid Siri will route more complex requests to Google's servers – Apple hopes you won't notice