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Memory chip makers Micron Technology Inc. and SK Hynix Inc. saw their market values surge above $1 trillion for the first time today, driven by insatiable demand for their products from artificial intelligence firms.
Artificial intelligence training data provider Human Archive Inc. today announced that it has raised $8.2 million in funding. Wing Venture Capital, NVP Capital, Y Combinator headlined the consortium that provided the capital. The funds were joined by employees at Nvidia Corp., OpenAI Group PBC, Google LLC and other major players in the AI market.
Chompie, one of the world's tops ethical hackers, says AI like Claude Mythos will make it harder for people like her to compete.
Shares of the cloud content management firm Box Inc. were headed lower in extended trading today after it barely scraped past Wall Street’s earnings and revenue targets in its first quarter financial results. The company reported adjusted earnings of 37 cents per share, coming in just ahead of the analyst consensus estimate of 36 cents.
The advertising watchdog said the adverts featuring top footballers had a strong appeal to under-18s.
Stord Inc., a startup that helps consumer brands deliver their merchandise to customers, has raised $250 million in funding. The company disclosed in its announcement of the Series F round today that more than half a dozen investors took part. The consortium included asset management heavyweights Franklin Templeton and Baillie Gifford.
The Forza Horizon 6 community has banded together against bowie knife99, a murderous AI drivatar that aggressively rams players during races.
I'm not suggesting that a man like Pope Leo—the Vicar of Christ, the Bishop of Rome, the Servant of the Servants of God—would stoop to anything quite so base as "trolling" the onetime PayPal co-founder and current Antichrist alarmist Peter Thiel. But I'm also not not suggesting it, if you see what I mean.
Shares of Zscaler Inc. plunged more than 19% in late trading today after the cloud security company reported beats on earnings and revenue in its third quarter. It also raised its full-year revenue and earnings outlook but slashed its free cash flow margin guidance on higher planned capital expenditure. For the quarter ended April 30,
Windows 11 update KB5089573 is now generally available as Microsoft's non-security preview update for May, and is packing genuinely notable performance improvements.
SpaceX and the Pentagon have been bickering about the price of using Starshield satellite service during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report published today. It appears that SpaceX asked the military for more money after it started using satellite terminals on "kamikaze" attack drones in Iran.
Microsoft's official most-played Xbox games list shows that right now, Forza Horizon 6 has more players than Call of Duty on the platform.
Windows 11 Pro's Power Automate Desktop tool is an incredibly easy way to automate workflows, saving you a ton of time no matter what you're doing on your PC. Best part? It's easy enough for beginners to use, yet powerful enough to suit advanced productivity masters.
NASA officials announced contract awards for the initial elements of a lunar base on Tuesday, including two rovers that will provide mobility to astronauts.
Rambus Inc. today announced a complete DDR5 9600 client memory module chipset designed to push PC memory speeds to 9,600 megatransfers per second, targeting the bandwidth and capacity demands of agentic artificial intelligence workloads on desktops and laptops. The new offering from the chip and silicon intellectual property company combines a second-generation client clock driver,
American Airlines joins a growing list of major carriers turning to Starlink for in-flight connectivity.
It seems fair to say that Apple's MacBook Neo took the rest of the PC industry by surprise. Companies are used to competing on price and features with $1,000-and-up Apple laptops like the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, but their $600 and $700 models usually come with cut corners and compromises that are more noticeable than the Neo's.
Quantinuum Inc., a startup that makes quantum chips based on a so-called trapped-ion qubit architecture, today filed to go public. The Honeywell International Inc. spinoff hopes to sell about 21.05 million shares for $45 to $50 apiece. That adds up to $1.05 billion at the top end of the range.
Financial operations, known as FinOps, are undergoing a quiet shift — from managing cloud costs to shaping business decisions based on AI-driven insights. The practice is now an essential tool for managing AI spend and complexity; at the same time, AI is increasingly being embedded into the FinOps workflow.
As the technology's reputation wobbles, the pope joins a chorus of AI watchers calling out its potential harms and working with the industry to mitigate them.
Amazon's got the sci-fi goods.
Here’s today’s Connections: Sports Edition answer and hints for groups. These clues will help you solve The New York Times’ popular puzzle game, Connections: Sports Edition, every day.
Here’s today’s Wordle answer, plus a look at spoiler-free hints and past solutions. These clues will help you solve The New York Times’ popular puzzle game, Wordle, every day.
Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to breach the servers running them and make off with sensitive data and credentials to third-party accounts, a security researcher is warning.
The kids are alright. Open source operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD may soon be exempt from California’s app and OS age verification requirements. Last October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) into law, which establishes age verification obligations for operating system providers, covered app stores, and application developers. Those distributing operating systems must provide "an accessible interface at account setup" for the user to indicate birth date, age, or both.
Are AI subscriptions worth it? It depends.
The entire first season hits the streaming service on Wednesday.
Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology.
What is the role of a teacher once AI arrives in the school classroom?
Here are the best ways to watch or stream game 5 tonight between San Antonio and Oklahoma City in the Western Conference finals.
Apple is reportedly planning to equip future MacBook models with technology similar to Samsung's Privacy Display
Xbox's upcoming Halo: Campaign Evolved remake was reportedly largely built by outsourced developers according to a new report about the game.
Headquartered in Albany, New York, Anderon will operate a 300mm quantum wafer fab and offer its manufacturing services to competing quantum hardware vendors.
Need something cheaper than the Motorola Razr Ultra (2026)? The 2025 version is nearly just as good, and it'll cost you way less.
You can listen to long reads from publications such as Rolling Stone and The Atlantic.
The launch of Ferrari's EV comes as other luxury automakers roll back plans to introduce their own EVs. But public reception is polarized.
Planet Earth has some pretty great qualities going for it. (Negative reviews mostly revolve around the staff and clientele.) Pretty high on the list of positives is a richly oxygenated atmosphere. But that’s something that evolved and built up over a couple billion years, only eventually resulting in a world conducive to animal life like us.
Google reportedly submitted an appeal for a 2024 ruling that found it guilty of an "illegal search monopoly."
Non-invasive glucose monitoring for Apple Watch may be closer to launch.
Samsung Wallet is getting CLEAR-powered digital IDs, pushing Galaxy phones closer to becoming your all-in-one wallet, keychain, and identity card.
The wild new Find+Follow fan uses AI tracking to deliver fresh, cool air wherever you are.
Of all the companies I track, Zoom Communications Inc. might be the most interesting, as it’s evolving in ways that run counter to its traditional peers. When speaking with industry colleagues, including investors, channel partners, customers and fellow industry analysts, Zoom is often grouped into the unified communications-as-a-service or the contact center-as-a-service bucket.
Crims found the soft spot in the company's security. MyPillow, the US-based bedding brand founded by election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, has been listed by Play ransomware extortionists as an alleged victim. The pillow shop first appeared on Play’s name-and-shame data leak site on Monday, with the gang threatening to leak stolen data by Friday if MyPillow execs don’t pay the ransom demand.
And one of the best RPGs ever will make its way to Game Pass in June.
I spoke with Li Jun Li, Jack Huston, Abraham Popoola and showrunner Oren Uziel about making the new series.
The earliest arrests under the Take It Down Act (TIDA) suggest that cops don't have to work too hard to identify people illegally posting and selling nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes of women online.
Evidence points to a new model. No external power would be required for true satellite broadband freedom on the go.
A community claiming to represent the interests of MySQL users and developers has launched the OurSQL Foundation, with the aim of presenting a united front to Oracle, which owns the intellectual property behind the popular open source database. The new nonprofit says it will help the MySQL community access knowledge and provide feedback on future development in a transparent and consistent way.
Get ready to revel in the day that offers the most daylight of the entire year.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Blue Origin have revealed what went wrong on the third flight of New Glenn and it looks like a cryogenic leak is our culprit. According to Blue Origin: "Prior to our second GS2 burn, we experienced an off-nominal thermal condition, and, as a result, one of the BE-3U engines didn't achieve full thrust to reach our target orbit."
A $2,500 pair of humanoid robot legs built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components is not going to win marathons just yet. But such relatively inexpensive hardware could enable researchers to more easily test and train AI-powered robotics software in a physical body during real-world experiments.
Artificial intelligence-native infrastructure provider for identity and fraud prevention Didit today announced it raised $6 million in seed funding. New and continuing investors joining the round included Y Combinator LLC, Pioneer Fund, Orange Collective, Founders Future, Phosphor Capital, SaaSholic and Rebel Fund, alongside angel investors of Gusto Inc. Co-founder Tomer London, Fond Technologies Inc.
Physical AI is no longer a concept confined to factory floors and autonomous vehicles — it is reshaping the complex, time-sensitive operations of some of the world’s busiest airports.
Agents are turning up the heat for enterprises, turning air-cooled AI infrastructure into a boardroom priority. While GPUs have largely dominated the AI conversation, CPUs are increasingly coming into focus.
Logitech’s new Signature Comfort Plus keyboard and mouse add built‑in cushions that allow for more relaxed hand positions. The real question is whether they'll convince me to upgrade?
.NET product manager Richard Lander has written a lengthy post describing how the team intends to improve the memory safety of C# by introducing a new model and redefining the existing unsafe keyword, making the language more like Rust, though without giving up automatic memory management. "We envision a future where C# is among a set of languages chosen and noted for the type- and memory-safety enforcement," said Lander. Many C# developers never use unsafe, but it has been part of the language from its first release.
Nvidia has finally retired its 20-year-old control panel for GeForce GPUs. From now on, new GeForce drivers will only include the Nvidia App.
HP confirms its BIOS update is breaking Windows 11 PCs, trapping users in recovery loops and blocking Secure Boot fixes.
Red Hat Inc. is emerging as a key player in the enterprise AI infrastructure space as organizations face increased pressure from their boards of directors to demonstrate value from AI investments. The company is positioning its open hybrid cloud as the control layer organizations need to connect AI agents, cloud-native apps and legacy systems.
If you owned a Windows computer in the late '90s or early '00s, you probably remember 3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet, a surprisingly competent virtual table included for free with multiple Microsoft OS releases through Windows XP. Despite the game's authenticity to real pinball, Space Cadet wasn't based on an extant physical table, but was merely one part of the Full Tilt! Pinball software collection sold by Maxis starting in 1995.
The Suwon District Court rejected the injunction filed by five employees from Samsung’s Device eXperience division.
Artificial intelligence inference routing startup OpenRouter Inc. today announced it raised $113 million in new funding led by CapitalG, Alphabet Inc.’s independent growth fund, to push the envelope for providing access to generative AI models. Additional investors participating in the Series B round included Nvidia Corp.’
The Chinese government has imposed travel restrictions on key AI experts, requiring them to secure an approval before they can leave the country. Beijing is reportedly doing this to secure talent, which it now considers as a strategic resource, as it competes with the U.S. to gain supremacy in artificial intelligence.
At Computex next month, Intel is expected to reveal a bunch of handhelds rocking its Arc G3 series of chips, and Acer is now rumored to be one of the manufacturers showing off its devices. New leaks say a "Predator Atlas 8" is in the works that, as the name suggests, will feature an 8-inch screen and might come in both the Arc G3 and G3 Extreme variants.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has revealed more details for the new Augmentation system that will be included in the game's upcoming 3rd DLC expansion, set to launch on June 11, 2026. If you're a fan of theory-crafting character builds in CRPGs, you won't want to miss out on this insane update.
SpaceX has successfully demonstrated that Starship will be just great at deploying Starlink satellites. But a return to the Moon still looks some distance off. Starship's twelfth flight test started swimmingly on Friday, May 22, at 1730 CT as all 33 Raptor 3 engines on the Super Heavy Booster were ignited, and the vehicle leaped off its Texas launch pad. The flight test was scrubbed in the final seconds of a launch attempt on the previous day, but the countdown proceeded without significant hitches this time around.
AMD has been accused of 'bait-and-switch' tactics following changes to the licensing of Vivado on Linux.
At CANRepair last week, repair advocates celebrated recent victories, and called for a broader right to repair as a way to promote Canada’s economic independence.
Huawei is touting a semiconductor advance - including something it calls the "Tau Scaling Law" as a successor to Moore's Law - but at least one chip expert says the news is more branding than breakthrough. The Chinese tech titan unveiled its advances at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) in Shanghai during a speech titled "New Semiconductor Path in Practice" by He Tingbo, president of its semiconductor business.
The ways it set up its board and Mr. Musk’s pay appear to benefit him at the expense of other shareholders, corporate governance experts said.
German media outlet PC Games Hardware benchmarks the Core 9 273PQE and compares it to modern mainstream processors.
A few free settings changes won't transform your TV's built-in speakers, but they'll make them sound considerably less bad.
Join the flip phone revolution with this AT&T deal that lands you the new Motorola Razr Plus 2026 for less than five bucks per month.
First announced last year, a new document has confirmed that Microsoft's upcoming "Ask Copilot" feature for Windows 11's Taskbar is arriving mid-2026.
The Holo 360 replaces conventional LCD layering with a floating hologram-like image effect.
The Duffer brothers wrapped up their blockbuster series Stranger Things earlier this year and also departed Netflix for a lucrative new production deal with Paramount. But a couple of their production projects remain with Netflix: the animated series Stranger Things: Tales from '85, which dropped in April to mixed reviews; and the newly released The Boroughs, a supernatural thriller set in a retirement community in the New Mexico desert.
Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see its new Q, as well as drive its new RS5, which you can read about later this week. While we were there, we spoke with the CEO. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MUNICH—One of the defining car industry trends of the early 21st century was the global, or world, car. Spread the development costs out across multiple markets, the thinking went, and efficiency takes care of the rest.
A 3D printing enthusiast broke the 3DBenchy speed record with a cute little boat model printed in 59 seconds.
Starting September 30, Samsung Galaxy users will no longer be able to backup their photos to OneDrive using the Gallery app.
Up until a decade ago, China had never launched as many as 20 orbital rockets a year. But beginning in 2022, the Asian country launched 64 rockets and last year reached a record total of 93, marking it as the second-most productive space power in the world.
The future of sanctions evasion appears to involve fewer shady middlemen and considerably more rented GPUs, according to a new RUSI report on how rogue states are using AI to fake identities, automate shell companies, and launder crypto at scale.
Steam has more than 100,000 games it wants to sell you, but some of the platform's most popular listings aren't games at all. Here are five that I don't regret adding to my collection.
Discord has released a native Arm build for Windows on Arm, improving performance on Snapdragon X PCs.
The country is positioning itself as Latin America’s next technology hub,
I've shot hours and hours of footage with my pre-production sample. Here are my thoughts about this new action camera.
We tested Arctic’s entry-level Freezer 36-S with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and it did better than you might expect for a single-tower air cooler.
Ferrari provided flights from Washington, DC, to Rome and accommodation so Ars could see the Luce. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. ROME—The arrival of any new Ferrari that isn't a two-seater is usually controversial, but the Luce might be the most divisive yet. It's Ferrari's first four-door sedan and first five-seater, but perhaps most importantly—especially for readers of Ars Technica—it's Ferrari's first-ever battery-electric vehicle.
A new self-driving bus service in the Swedish city of Gothenburg got off to a rough start this week when one of its vehicles was hit by a tram on its second passenger-carrying trip. The autonomous bus, running on route 169 between Gothenburg Central Station and Liseberg, opened to passengers on May 25. It was struck from behind shortly after setting off on its second run, resulting in damage to both vehicles and the bus enduring the ignominy of being towed away. According to reports, the bus braked and was rear-ended by the tram.
Google Pixel 10 prices are down across the board, with the 10A at $449 and higher-end models up to $300 off.
Reform UK leader alleges Moscow broke into his phone and leaked £5M gift story,
Grab all of the parts you'd need for an RTX 5080 gaming PC build in this Newegg combo for $3,189.99, saving you $919 on the parts compared to buying them separately.
Porsche provided flights from Albany, New York, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could drive the electric Cayenne Coupe. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MUNICH, GERMANY—Think about every fast Porsche you've ever seen on the road—the ones with big wings, bold colors, and wide wheels. Now get ready for an uncomfortable fact: None of them had more horsepower than the SUV you see pictured here. This is the new Cayenne Turbo Coupe, a fastback, dual-motor, upgraded version of Porsche's electric SUV.
Hitman legends IO Interactive have another absolute banger on their hands with 007: First Light, which effortlessly weaves authentic classic Bond stealth-action with poignant plot points that should worry anyone paying attention.
SK hynix has unveiled iHBM, a new thermal packaging architecture that embeds cooling elements directly into the HBM interface layer, reducing thermal resistance by 30% and helping future AI accelerators avoid performance-killing thermal throttling.
The former health secretary accused regulators and politicians of being "asleep at the wheel" on the issue.
Secure yourself online with a 27-month subscription from Surfshark. $67.23 sub drops to only $47.23 when you include a free $20 Amazon gift card with your purchase.
Logitech has introduced a cushioned mouse and an ergonomic keyboard, but as with several of the company's other products, only right-handers need apply. The Register tested Signature Comfort Plus M850 L for more than a week, and we're not convinced it's that much of a game-changer, although it's certainly a comfortable unit.
We have found a limited-time sale on the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X CPU, giving keyboard warriors and gamers a chance to significantly improve their PCs' performance for much less.
Uber might be having a serious rethink about lavishing cash on AI services as management still can't draw a clear link between LLM use and beneficial results.
Uber might be having a serious rethink about lavishing cash on AI services as management still can't draw a clear link between LLM use and beneficial results.
Protect your home without the hassle of professional setup with the best DIY home security systems on the market, tested by our CNET experts.
TSMC responded by saying it expects employee profit-sharing bonuses to grow at a faster rate in 2026 than they did in 2025.
California lawmakers move to exempt Linux from the state’s new age-verification law, set to take effect January 1, 2027.
Third-party firmware has unlocked the ability for Blu-ray players to rip physical game media for retro consoles, transforming the way game preservation and emulation will work for retro gaming enthusiasts.
Brits are apparently giving away the equivalent of a retirement fund every time they mindlessly hammer "Accept All Cookies" just to read a recipe online. A new white paper [PDF] from the Web3 Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit pushing blockchain-based alternatives to today's platform-dominated internet, claims that the average person in the UK and across Europe generates $1,604 a year in commercial value for the data-hungry machinery of the modern internet, rising to an inflation-adjusted value of $189,405 over a 60-year "digital lifetime."
Partner Content ZTE and Ucell, one of Uzbekistan's largest mobile operators, announced the full commercial deployment of ZTE's RAN AI‑powered energy‑saving solution across Ucell's network. This milestone significantly advances Ucell's commitment to a more sustainable and energy‑efficient telecommunications infrastructure. The AI-powered energy-saving solution leverages advanced artificial intelligence analytics to dynamically optimize network energy consumption based on real‑time traffic patterns.
Zero-Day clock visualizes the effect of AI on software security and predicts that exploits will happen one minute after disclosure in 2027.
A new Mercer report reveals that 99% of CEOs expect AI-driven layoffs within two years, with entry-level workers facing the biggest threat as companies slash junior roles despite many executives admitting AI investments still show weak or unproven returns.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff appeared on the VC podcast All-In last week to share his vision for the future of AI and software. Among the usual bonhomie – he skipped Trump's trip to China; he's not a Democrat or Republican, just "here to support the country" – he revealed the CRM giant he co-founded may spend circa $300 million with Anthropic in 2026 to harness its coding agents. "Everything's gonna be cheaper to make, it's more efficient," he told the show. "I can do things that I just could not do before. I can go faster than ever before.
HP appears to have discovered a new subscription tier for printers: "Works until we decide it doesn't." A customer in Quebec claims the company remotely crippled his five-year-old OfficeJet 4650 printer after a firmware update, then spent weeks bouncing him through support queues before admitting internally that an entire generation of printers had effectively fallen off its support cliff.
In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”
DIY or die. Just don't let the CIA buy it
The CEO of SaaS-y productivity tools outfit ClickUp has announced 22 percent of the company’s workers will lose their jobs, but promised the savings will allow the company to offer some survivors seven-figure salaries. CEO Zeb Evans made that pledge late last week in a Xeet that opens “Today we reduced headcount by 22 percent.
Here’s today’s NYT Mini Crossword answer. These answers will help you solve New York Times’ popular crossword game, Mini Crossword, every day!
Here’s today’s Connections: Sports Edition answer and hints for groups. These clues will help you solve The New York Times’ popular puzzle game, Connections: Sports Edition, every day.
If you're looking for an online retailer that sells a wide variety of affordable contact lenses with insurance acceptance and a solid return policy, check out these companies.
Custard apple plants are prized for their hardiness but exporting their delicate fruit is difficult.
The App Drivers Union said it was the first organization in the country to be formally certified to represent drivers for apps such as Uber and Lyft.
With the co-founder of Anthropic at his side today in Rome, Pope Leo XIV released a major new encyclical—his first—called Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity). It calls for AI to be "disarmed" in service of the common good.
Here’s today’s Wordle answer, plus a look at spoiler-free hints and past solutions. These clues will help you solve The New York Times’ popular puzzle game, Wordle, every day.
The American pope wants to take artificial intelligence down a notch. Is he challenging the tech companies, or will tech take over the papacy?
Lisuan Tech reports having sold out 30,,000 preorder LX 7G100 graphics cards with a second batch on June 18.
Imec unveiled the world’s first silicon quantum dot qubit device fabricated with High-NA EUV lithography, suggesting quantum computing may eventually scale using the semiconductor industry’s existing advanced manufacturing ecosystem.
At CES 2026, MSI unveiled a new lineup of power supplies under its MPG and MAG series. The 2026 MPG models are available in 1600W and 1300W variants and feature server-grade SiC MOSFETs designed to deliver a high level of stability and power efficiency. However, the standout addition is GPU Safeguard+, a new protection system aimed at preventing the overheating and melting issues associated with 12V-2x6 GPU power connectors.
The MacBook Air is an easy recommendation in the world of laptops thanks to its excellent pillars, featuring a great screen, build quality, performance, keyboard, trackpad, webcam, speakers, and battery life. Apple's latest M5 model can be yours for as low as $899 for the 13-inch version, or $1,099 for the 15-inch mahine.
Dell is currently blowing out a bunch of its laptops during Memorial Day weekend, and I found the 5 best sales that start at just $529 for a limited time.
Plus all the details on everything new coming in the next few years at the Disney Parks and on Disney Cruise Line.
California lawmakers introduced a new amendment that could exempt most Linux distributions from the state’s upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act after privacy backlash and concerns that the law would force open-source operating systems to become age-verification platforms.
Razer is doubling down on the "Pro" in its Huntsman lineup. The new V3 Pro TKL 8KHz takes the already excellent V3 platform and injects it with a massive 8,000Hz HyperPolling boost, improved acoustics, and the game-changing Snap Tap technology. Aimed squarely at the esports crowd, this $169.99 deck offers unparalleled customization for actuation and reset points.
Magnifica Humanitas, which translates to "magnificent humanity," advocates for a moral framework for AI that aims to safeguard the future of humankind.
Stick drift plagues countless Xbox and PC gamers, and it's not always an easy fix. That's hopefully changing now that DriftGuard has added full calibration support for ALL Xbox gamepads.
Star Citizen, originally announced back in 2012, has just amassed $1 billion in crowdfunding despite the game still not having any release date. The game is currently expected sometime in 2027-2028, which means it might have to prepare a PS6/Xbox Helix version as well. A single game spanning across four different console generations.
Huawei Technologies unveiled a new “LogicFolding” chip design framework built on its proprietary Tau scaling law, claiming it can dramatically boost transistor density and power efficiency without EUV lithography — potentially helping China narrow the gap with TSMC and Nvidia despite U.S. sanctions.
Memorial Day weekend is home to plenty of tech deals, and Best Buy actually has some better prices than Dell when it comes to Dell's own laptops.
Last week, the US government announced $2 billion in investments in quantum computing companies, allocating $100 million each to a range of startups in exchange for equity in the companies. Those could be make-or-break investments for many companies that are likely years away from a product that could see widespread use. But a member of the US Congress is now arguing that those deals are illegal, as Congress did not allocate the money for this purpose—instead, it was meant to support public research in semiconductors.
I don't like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. I'm sorry to disappoint you. I know it's confusing, and I hope you will still respect me.
The Super Flower Leadex 2800W is a technical statement rather than a conventional product. It delivers extraordinary efficiency, exemplary power quality, and an internal design that leaves nothing on the table. The asking price is extreme, but so is everything else about this unit.
The system requires no specialized hardware, no access to the target Wi-Fi network, and works even if the person being tracked isn't carrying a wireless device.
We want to hear what you think about your ISP.
Guest column: Joanna Shields, a member of the UK's House of Lords, reflects on her audience with the pope and the role of faith leaders in building a moral framework for AI.
SteelSeries is one of the world's leading providers of high-quality gaming accessories, and several of their finest keyboards and mice are now on sale, along with a pair of gamepuds at Best Buy for a limited time.
WHO, ME? Welcome once again to "Who, Me?" – The Register's Monday column in which we celebrate the things you get wrong at work, and your skill at emerging unscathed. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "April," who told us that early in her career, she worked for a company that operated several medical clinics.
Sixtieth release adds more cores, delayed hibernation,
Anthropic has revealed its intention to one day release models that match the performance of its Mythos bug-finding AI to the public, once it can make them safe. In case you came in late, in early April Anthropic announced it had developed a model called Mythos that is so good at finding security vulnerabilities in programming code that the company decided to offer it only to select entities because allowing unfettered access would mean cybercriminals could quickly discover and exploit software flaws.
PLUS: Huawei says it’s replaced Moore’s Law; Chinese mobile plans add token allowances; Singtel slinging Optus; And more!
Linux kernel boss Linus Torvalds has signaled he’ll push back when he receives irrelevant pull requests, after complaining that developers are making badly timed and trivial submissions, sometimes after using AI to review code. Torvalds foreshadowed changes in his weekly state of the kernel update, which on Sunday announced the release of a fifth release candidate for version 7.1 of the Linux kernel. “To the surprise of absolutely nobody by now, rc5 is pretty big.
Could the Chocolate Factory's mission to reshape the web backfire?
Luke Grimes leads the Yellowstone sequel.
Red light therapy masks are a popular addition for your skin care regimen. Here's the best way to use one.
Creality's excellent Ender 3 V3 is on sale with a Co-Print multicolor upgrade kit that unlocks the final hurdle of the platform, allowing you to use the Ender 3 V3 as a multi-color powerhouse. This is a fantastic, extremely fast and well-built 3D printer with all the features you could ask for, regardless of your status as an expert or an entrant into the hobby.
A YouTuber duo unofficially broke the world record using a custom-made carbon fiber propeller blade that featured exotic sawtooth leading edges. The first test ended in a disaster, though, after the drone lost contact and crashed at 393 mph.
What would happen if you gave up your high-end Bluetooth earbuds for wired IEMs? Should this even be a thing in 2026? We've got answers!
Huang told reporters at Songshan Airport that Nvidia insists its partners follow U.S. trade rules.
This year’s Spring Surface drop arrived with no event, no excitement, and no clear strategy; just another quiet refresh at a time when the brand needs direction.
Microsoft upgraded its Surface Laptop for Business (8th Edition) with an integrated privacy screen unlike the others. I went back into our archives to figure out which laptop brand did it first, who followed up, and why Surface has the new best implementation.
The first Cray T3D supercomputer ever produced, serial number 6001, was recently put up for auction, with opening bids from £60,000 (~$81,000) invited.
Maingear impressed us with its MG-1 pre-built gaming PC in 2025, and the company has now returned with an MG-1 MK.II model that addresses most of the complaints I had. Here's what you need to know before buying.
Google's settlement with Android users would resolve the lawsuit and alter how the company manages its terms of service, though not all users will receive financial compensation.
Users can easily spray on this radar absorbent material on any drone to increase their survivability in contested skies.
The Autonomous ErgoChair Pro is a solid entry in the ErgoChair line, offering good back support and adjustability. However, it lacks any standout features that separate it from the wide range of office chairs available.
A maker bored with the staid designs of modern factory-produced PCBs has perfected their own hand-inking and home-etching process.
Bambu Lab is once more in hot water after user Moreiras3D posted a video of a melted A1 3D printer to Instagram. The footage shows an A1 with its side completely melted down to the metal chassis, but some of the key details behind the incident remain unknown.
In hours of underwater video footage from a New York aquarium, a beluga whale named Natasha stretches her neck, pirouettes, nods, and shakes her head in front of a two-way mirror. Her daughter Maris does much the same. According to a new study published in PLOS One, both animals show the behavioral hallmarks of mirror self-recognition—a cognitive ability long considered a marker of self-awareness, and one that had never before been documented in beluga whales.
These Russian satellites are getting uncomfortably close to a U.S.- and European-operated radar satellite, particularly in Ukraine, used for reconnaissance missions. While their intentions are unclear, these maneuvers consume a lot of fuel and are not typically undertaken by other satellites.
HP customers are reporting problems with BIOS updates for the PC maker's premium laptops. Over the past few months, customers have used forums to register complaints over unbootable devices, spikes in fan noise, and Blue Screens of Death following BIOS firmware updates. An example cropped up in April, when a user of a ZBook Ultra G1a (a very expensive mobile workstation) complained that a BIOS update had caused the machine to "freeze completely during the boot process."
The government’s A.I. Security Institute, staffed by alumni from OpenAI and Google, is becoming a model for countries grappling with A.I.’s emerging risks.
Demand for security engineers has surged as artificial intelligence generates a glut of new code and models like Anthropic’s Mythos create new concerns.
Shipbuilder Navantia has put forward a design for an uncrewed warship intended to complement existing naval vessels in what has been dubbed a "hybrid navy," although it may not be an exact fit for any current requirements. Developed by the UK arm of the Spanish firm, the Large Autonomous Surface Vessel, or LASV75, is basically a large seagoing drone that is armed like a conventional warship.
Libby support makes the PocketBook InkPad Color 3 e-reader a great way to support your local library - and get reading for free
PR executives say UK companies are forcing them to present ordinary automation as artificial intelligence
If you want to keep your favorite glasses frames, but have a new prescription, these are the best online retailers for buying replacement lenses.
Memorial Day Weekend brings sub-$200 phones, including this one with a stylus.
The shift from on-premises computing to software as a service changed the technology model and forced information technology organizatios to modernize how it builds, buys and operates software. It also reshaped how software vendors price, deliver, and add value.
SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results.
If you've been looking to build a 4K-ready but the prices during the AI boom has scared you off, we've got just the deal to start you off. You can grab AMD's top-tier Ryzen 9 9850X3D CPU and RX 9070 XT GPU for less than $1,000 right now on Newegg. You're getting a combined savings of almost $200 across both items.
Meta isn't exactly known for being the most protective of user data, but you can keep yours safe with three simple settings.
Samsung's Android XR glasses are launching later this year, but let's hope Google can avoid another 'Glassholes' moment.
IO Interative's latest James Bond adventure has been hit with the curse of Denuvo DRM, leaving many paying customers frustrated over a deliberate roadblock. With all versions of Denuvo now cracked anyways, there's a high chance 007: First Light will be cracked within a few days of its launch anyways.
Plus, get Samsung's useful S Pen for note-taking, digital drawing, and more.
Destiny 2 fans fight ending updates with a massive Change.org petition and a June 9 global log-in protest.
The entire first season hits the streaming service on Wednesday.
AI fatigue is already a real thing, but I can't help but assume that its implementation in gaming is only getting started. I asked our readers what they think about this trend, and most answers were surprisingly helpful. Here's what Windows Central readers think about AI in gaming.
Work negligence and canceled meetings have spread to divisions responsible for testing and packaging AI memory.
Microsoft brings back Taskbar positioning and smaller Taskbar options on Windows 11, though some Windows 10 features remain missing.
Agentic AI is consuming so many tokens that it's draining AI budgets way faster than expected. Jevons Paradox rings true 161 years after it was coined.
Dell is offering discounts on the Dell 16 Plus laptop and several of its configurations. If you're looking for a mid-range that can help you beat schoolwork or office work, this could be the answer to your prayers.
Valve takes another shot at a PC gaming controller that tempts players away from their consoles, and it convinced me to buy. So, was it worth the asking price?
These are the best TVs I’ve reviewed for every budget, including top brands such as LG, Samsung and TCL.
Don't expect a massive payday: The allocated payment will go to your PlayStation Network wallet after the final approval hearing.
We've reviewed and chosen the top surge protectors for your home, including those with smart features.
Micron is scaling up DDR4 production as the supply of the older memory standard has become unexpectedly tight.
As RAM prices continue to climb, budget CPUs are becoming more important. Here, we look at the three leading CPUs around $100 that use DDR4 memory to find which one is right for your next budget PC build.
As RAM prices continue to climb, budget CPUs are becoming more important. Here, we look at the three leading CPUs around $100 that use DDR4 memory to find which one is right for your next budget PC build.
I wanted to see if this AI-powered wearable robot could give my regular bike ride the equivalent upgrade of an e-bike. After three test rides, the answer is clear.
Huawei developed a new die-on-board packaging, which directly mounted NAND dies on the SSD PCB, to get around the sanctions that prevented it from acquiring high-layer-count 3D NAND chips that used American tech. This allowed the company to pile in more 3D NAND on its storage devices without the limitations of traditional NAND packaging to deliver higher capacity using less dense 3D NAND dies.
Tom Akers and Joe Tanner are finally in the same class. The two veteran space shuttle crew members were inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame together on May 16. They could also have been in the same NASA astronaut selection group, too, had history played out a little differently. In 1984, Tanner reported to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to fly as an instructor pilot and then applied for the next class of astronaut candidates.
Rumors bring Samsung's wild rollable phone concept back to the table, as a patent for the "Galaxy Z Rollable" gets spotted.
A Redditor has caused a stir by coaxing a workstation build using Optane PMem DIMMs as RAM to run a 1-trillion parameter LLM.
Growing numbers of people are seeking improbable cosmetic surgery based on chatbots’ recommendations Plastic surgeons are increasingly concerned about the rise of “AI face”, as more and more clients arrive in their offices with unrealistic AI-generated visions of what they want to look like. Dr Nora Nugent, a cosmetic surgeon from Tunbridge Wells, has seen this first hand. Clients have started coming to her office with photos of themselves beautified by AI and a false expectation that those results are achievable with surgery.
For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in the Indian Ocean isn’t accidental. It’s an intentional and lucrative act that marks the start of a bloody half-a-billion-dollar offshore supply chain, tacitly supported by Beijing yet covertly concealed from port inspectors globally.