Florida could soon let homeowners shoot down drones over their property

Apple and Meta hit with combined $797 million fine for violating EU's DMA antitrust rules

Intel to adopt TSMC's next-gen 2nm process for upcoming Nova Lake CPUs

Grab a full Windows 11 Pro license for just $15

Nvidia RTX 5000 cards show PCB hotspots that threaten longevity, says Igor's Lab

A hot potato: It's not like Nvidia's RTX 5000 series needs any more negative press, but here we are again. Igor Wallossek of Igor's Lab has discovered a problem that appears to be present in most Blackwell AIB partner cards: local hotspots at the rear of the PCBs. This could potentially lead to the cards being damaged over time due to heavy use.

New SD Express 8.0 cards double the speed of today's fastest microSDs

The Oblivion remake is real, it's gorgeous, and it's out now

Microsoft Office is down to $49 for a lifetime license

TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without breaking the bank, Microsoft Office 2021 is now available for just $49 – a significant price drop and the lowest we've seen this year.

New Nvidia GeForce hotfix driver addresses crashes and black screen issues

Doom can now run in a self-contained QR code. Sort of

CATL's new battery tech promises 800-km range and five-minute charging

Forward-looking: CATL has announced a series of breakthroughs that could reshape the EV industry, promising batteries that are cheaper, lighter, faster to recharge, and more resilient in extreme temperatures, all while extending driving range. The company, which supplies a third of the world's EV batteries to major automakers including GM and Tesla's Shanghai plant, unveiled these just ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show.

Sega arcade classic OutRun is becoming a movie, directed by Michael Bay

G.Skill unveils world's first 256GB DDR5-6000 CL32 U-DIMM memory kit

AI is enabling cybercriminals to act quickly - and with little technical knowledge, Microsoft warns

New study reveals cybersecurity threats in next-gen DNA sequencing

Microsoft tightens policies for low performers, adds voluntary exit plan

There is a solitary black hole wandering near the center of our galaxy, astronomers confirm

Uber faces FTC lawsuit for 'impossible to cancel' subscriptions

Windows 11 adds taskbar 'End Task' button for killing frozen apps

In a nutshell: Microsoft has quietly introduced a new Windows feature allowing you to deal with unresponsive applications faster. A new "End Task" option is available directly from the taskbar, streamlining a process that usually requires a few more steps and a trip to the Task Manager list of running programs.

Gen Z "digital natives" to be taught empathy, time management, and phone etiquette in soft skills program

Logitech quietly raises prices on popular PC accessories by up to 25% after tariffs

Sam Altman says polite ChatGPT users are burning millions of OpenAI dollars

Manners are not ruining the environment: The costs of training and running artificial intelligence model are massive. Even excluding everything but electricity, AI data centers burn through over $100 million a year to process user prompts and model outputs. So, does saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT really cost OpenAI millions? Short answer: probably not.

Open source AI is the new Linux, only faster

Guess who said this in 2004: "Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved"

Researchers say they've discovered a new color that no human has ever perceived

Synology to require branded hard drives for future NAS models

Use PDFsam to split, merge, and organize PDFs in a snap

Paul Rudd reprises role as Nintendo hypeman in new Switch 2 commercial

New Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling set for 2027, Lucasfilm confirms

LG launches 45" and 39" OLED gaming monitors with smart TV features

You can now generate AI videos with just 6GB of VRAM

Humanoid robots struggle in first humans vs. robots half-marathon

What just happened? It appears that one thing humanoid robots still can't do better than their human counterparts is long-distance running. This fact was illustrated during a half-marathon in Beijing, China, over the weekend, when most of the competing robots fell over, fell apart, or failed to finsih.

ChatGPT gets scarily good at guessing photo locations, sparking doxxing concerns